Using data from an online health community to examine the impact of prostate cancer on sleep

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (5) ◽  
pp. 634-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Robbins ◽  
Girardin Jean-Louis ◽  
Nicholas Chanko ◽  
Penelope Combs ◽  
Nataliya Byrne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Online Health Community ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

163 Sexual Concerns of Female Partners of Prostate Cancer Patients: Novel Data from an Online Health Community

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. S51-S52
Author(s):  
S. Loeb ◽  
S. Ray ◽  
C. Salter ◽  
D. Wittmann ◽  
C. Nelson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Female Partners ◽  
Online Health Community ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Sexual Concerns

The impact of subsequent metastasis on survival in Medicare patients with prostate cancer.

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 94-94
Author(s):  
Tracy Li ◽  
Neal D. Shore ◽  
Maneesha Mehra ◽  
Mary Beth Todd ◽  
Ryan Saadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Proportional Hazards ◽  
Performance Status ◽  
Delayed Diagnosis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cox Proportional Hazards ◽  
All Cause Mortality ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

94 Background: This study assessed the impact of subsequent metastasis on survival in Medicare prostate cancer (PC) patients initially diagnosed with locoregional disease. Methods: Using data from the United States Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) cancer registry linked to Medicare claims, we identified patients diagnosed with locoregional PC between 2000 and 2011, age ≥ 66 at diagnosis, and who first had a diagnosis of metastasis ≥ 4 months after PC diagnosis (cases). Cases were matched to controls (patients without metastasis) in a 1:4 ratio to assess the incremental impact of developing metastasis. For each control, the timeline to develop metastasis was matched to the cases. Kaplan-Meier (K-M) analysis was used to compare all-cause, cancer-specific, and other-cause mortality between cases and controls. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to adjust for other factors associated with all-cause mortality. Results: There were 10,370 cases and 39,200 controls. Mean age at baseline was 79 years in each group. Among the cases, the median time to first metastasis was 37 months, 85% had bone metastasis, and the median survival time (months) after metastasis was 18 months compared to 118 months for controls (P < 0.0001: Log-Rank). In K-M analysis, metastasis was associated with significantly (P < 0.0001: Log-Rank) higher all-cause, cancer-related, and other-cause mortality. In multivariable survival analysis, metastasis was associated with increased all-cause mortality (HR = 4.6, 95% CI = 4.4-4.7, P < 0.0001). High risk disease (based on Gleason score, comorbidity Index, and performance status) and delayed diagnosis of metastases were associated with worse survival. Conclusions: Development of metastasis in elderly PC patients diagnosed with locoregional disease significantly increases mortality.

Accent Policy and Accent Modification Enterprises as Potential Indicators of Intercultural Power Relations: A Call for an Updated Research Agenda

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brynne D. Ovalle ◽  
Rahul Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article has two purposes: (a) to examine the relationship between intercultural power relations and the widespread practice of accent discrimination and (b) to underscore the ramifications of accent discrimination both for the individual and for global society as a whole. First, authors review social theory regarding language and group identity construction, and then go on to integrate more current studies linking accent bias to sociocultural variables. Authors discuss three examples of intercultural accent discrimination in order to illustrate how this link manifests itself in the broader context of international relations (i.e., how accent discrimination is generated in situations of unequal power) and, using a review of current research, assess the consequences of accent discrimination for the individual. Finally, the article highlights the impact that linguistic discrimination is having on linguistic diversity globally, partially using data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and partially by offering a potential context for interpreting the emergence of practices that seek to reduce or modify speaker accents.

285: The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Prostate Cancer Outcomes in a Large Series of African-American Patients

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 95-95
Author(s):  
Atreya Dash ◽  
Peng Lee ◽  
Qin Zhou ◽  
Aaron D. Berger ◽  
Jerome Jean-Gilles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
African American ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Large Series ◽  
Cancer Outcomes ◽  
The Impact

Interculturalism and the Acceptance of Minority Groups

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maykel Verkuyten ◽  
Kumar Yogeeswaran
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Social Psychological Research ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Situational Effect

Abstract. Multiculturalism has been criticized and rejected by an increasing number of politicians, and social psychological research has shown that it can lead to outgroup stereotyping, essentialist thinking, and negative attitudes. Interculturalism has been proposed as an alternative diversity ideology, but there is almost no systematic empirical evidence about the impact of interculturalism on the acceptance of migrants and minority groups. Using data from a survey experiment conducted in the Netherlands, we examined the situational effect of promoting interculturalism on acceptance. The results show that for liberals, but not for conservatives, interculturalism leads to more positive attitudes toward immigrant-origin groups and increased willingness to engage in contact, relative to multiculturalism.

International Remittances and Private Healthcare in Kerala, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-460
Author(s):  
Mohd Imran Khan ◽  
Valatheeswaran C.
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Variable ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Healthcare Expenditure ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Private Healthcare ◽  
International Remittances ◽  
Variable Approach ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Instrumental Variable Approach

The inflow of international remittances to Kerala has been increasing over the last three decades. It has increased the income of recipient households and enabled them to spend more on human capital investment. Using data from the Kerala Migration Survey-2010, this study analyses the impact of remittance receipts on the households’ healthcare expenditure and access to private healthcare in Kerala. This study employs an instrumental variable approach to account for the endogeneity of remittances receipts. The empirical results show that remittance income has a positive and significant impact on households’ healthcare expenditure and access to private healthcare services. After disaggregating the sample into different heterogeneous groups, this study found that remittances have a greater effect on lower-income households and Other Backward Class (OBC) households but not Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) households, which remain excluded from reaping the benefit of international migration and remittances.

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