Biomedical subjects

A Carp

Publications and source records attributed to A Carp.

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PubMed2004

Recurrent atrial myxoma.

We have chosen this case of sporadic atrial myxoma for our presentation because it had a particular evolution, with recurrence at 8 years after surgical excision (echocardiography was performed every year) and a particular diagnostic means - at echocardiographic follow-up, the patient being asymptomatic. This presentation, together with a review of literature included in the article, emphasizes the importance of a careful postoperative follow-up of the patients and the existence of some particular aspects of the evolution and symptomatology of recurrent atrial myxoma.

Echocardiography↗

PubMed1983

Structural stability of well-being factors across age and gender, and development of scales of well-being unbiased for age and gender.

Well-being, life satisfaction, morale, or affect valence is often used as an outcome in studies of adult life. Many instruments are available, and choice among them is difficult. There is need for information regarding the structure underlying what they measure and, in view of rising interest in adult-span models and investigations, for instruments that are unbiased with respect to age. Analysis of the items in several instruments showed four factors that seem to define the dimensions underlying these measures and that are constant across age (25 and older) and gender. Reliable scales developed on the basis of the factors provide measures that are, for all practical purposes, unbiased with respect to age and gender. Both factors and scales were cross-validated with a second sample.

Adult↗

PubMed1982

Equity and satisfaction among the elderly.

This study compares the contribution of equity to that of aspiration, friends, and typical American as frames-of-reference for current status in predicting domain satisfactions and overall well-being. In their study of the quality of American life, Campbell, Converse and Rogers [1] found that the level-of-aspiration reference frame for viewing one's current situation provided the best prediction of domain satisfaction for younger but not for older adults and suggested equity as possibly relevant. This study of three samples of california adults aged sixty and over confirms the relevance of an equity frame-of-reference in accounting for the satisfaction of older people with specific conditions of their lives and with their overall life satisfaction or sense of well-being

Aged↗

PubMed1981

The validity, reliability and generalizability of diary data.

There is need for reliable and valid behavioral measures for field research. Five sets of data were analyzed, in which diary as well as interview approaches were taken. Results suggest that scores derived from one-week diaries have satisfactory construct validity (convergent, predictive and nomological); that, for salient activities, they are less subjective to retrospective bias than are interview data and that, for this reason, interview-diary discrepancies may be useful for hypothesis testing. For items of neutral value, interview and diary provided remarkably similar values. A one-day diary was not an adequate substitute for a one-week diary. Attrition related to diary-keeping resulted in under-representation of certain groups (e.g., low income, little education, minority ethnicity, poor health), and conclusions would be different if based on diarists' responses or those of the intact sample.

Adolescent↗