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Treatment satisfaction and need for shared decision-making in patients with psoriasis from Peru
(Wiley, 2017)
Psoriasis is reported by the World Health Organization as a chronic skin disease with an elevated physical, emotional and socioeconomic burden. However, this burden is underestimated in developing countries, such as Peru, ...
Syphilis-Naive Patients Achieve Treatment Success More Quickly: A Comparison of Time to Syphilis Treatment Success in Patients With Repeat Versus Naive Infection
(Oxford University Press, 2022)
We read with great interest the manuscript by Marra et al that described the attenuation of syphilis detection in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in subsequent episodes of syphilis. The authors describe how ...
Why do women reject bisphosphonates for osteoporosis? a videographic study
(Public Library of Science, 2011)
Background: Despite access to effective, safe, and affordable treatment for osteoporosis, at-risk women may choose not to start bisphosphonate therapy. Understanding the reasons women give for rejecting a clinician's offer ...
Patient Reported Delays in Seeking Treatment for Tuberculosis among Adult and Pediatric TB Patients and TB Patients Co-Infected with HIV in Lima, Peru: A Qualitative Study
(Frontiers Media, 2014)
INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge worldwide, and particularly in Peru with one of the highest incidence rates in Latin America. TB patient behavior has a direct influence on ...
Clinical and epidemiological profile of genotype 3 HCV patients in the South of Brazil
(HCPA/FAMED/UFRGS, 2020)
Association of Major Depressive Episode with Negative Outcomes of Tuberculosis Treatment
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) persists an important contributor to the burden of diseases in developing countries. TB control success is based on the patient’s compliance to the treatment. Depressive disorders have been ...
Association Between Chronic Diseases and Need for Dental Treatment in a Stomatology of Special Patients Service
(SAGE Publications, 2023)
Aim: To determine the association between chronic diseases (CD) and the need for dental treatment in patients of the stomatology of special patients service (SSPS) of the Teaching Dental Center (TDC) of Universidad Peruana ...
Patients’ preferences of cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment outcomes: Findings from an international qualitative study
(Public Library of Science, 2020)
BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a disease that often affects exposed skin areas and may heal leaving lifelong scars. Patients' expectations from treatment are rarely considered in drug development for CL. An ...
Is there an effective treatment for late-onset systemic lupus erythematosus?
(Future Science Group, 2013)
Over the past 60 years, overall mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus patients has dramatically decreased, but late mortality, which relates to the damage caused by the disease, its treatments and/or evolving comorbidities, ...