Commentary
Value the patient as a person: Answering the call for a person-centred model of care
There has been a change in patients’ attitudes towards healthcare professionals in recent decades, coupled with an increasingly evident shift in the care paradigm....
Editorial
Impact of pre-existing depression on severe COVID-19 outcomes
The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in 2019 had rapidly developed into a global pandemic, causing more than 6.8 million deaths and impacting the...
Commentary
Leveraging ChatGPT to aid patient education on coronary angiogram
Natural-language artificial intelligence (AI) is a promising technological advancement poised to revolutionise the delivery of healthcare.1 Traditionally, inclusion of technology in the augmentation of...
Letter to the Editor
Surgical margins assessment reduces re-excision rates in breast-conserving surgery
Dear Editor,
Breast-conserving surgery (BCS) followed by radiation therapy for breast cancer offers improved cosmetic results and comparable long-term survival rates as mastectomy.1 However,...
Original Article
Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on cognition and quality of life in schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder with a profound impact on patients, their families, caregivers and society. The global prevalence of lifetime schizophrenia is...
Editorial
Bridging electroconvulsive therapy in schizophrenia with cognition and quality of life
Schizophrenia is one of the most debilitating severe mental illnesses with significant impact,1 irrespective of culture or socioeconomic class.2 Over the decades, antipsychotic medication...
Letter to the Editor
Perception of disease, well-being and financial burden by patients with chronic hepatitis B: A self-reported assessment
Dear Editor,
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection affects approximately 248 million individuals in the world1 and 3.6% of the Singapore population.2 Given the natural history...
Letter to the Editor
Psychosocial impact and treatment trends of hidradenitis suppurativa in Singapore
Dear Editor,
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a common disease with a prevalence of about 1%.1 Patients commonly suffer from pain, disfigurement and psychosocial embarrassment, and...
Original Article
Diagnostic thresholds for absolute systolic toe pressure and toe-brachial index in diabetic foot screening
Diabetes mellitus is a global healthcare problem. In Singapore, the rising disease burden of this metabolic condition places considerable strain on the healthcare system,...
Review Article
The Appropriate Use of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) Testing in Rheumatic Diseases
In 1982, Davies and co-workers in Melbourne described the presence of a serum factor that stained the cytoplasm of neutrophil leukocytes by indirect immunofluorescence...
Original Article
Surface Laser Scanning of the Cleft Palate Deformity —Validation of the Method
Cleft palate morphology and palatal dimensional changes due to growth and treatment have been analysed by numerous quantitative techniques. Many of these methods, however,...
Others
Active Management of a Patient with Endstage Pulmonary Emphysema Using Lung Volume Reduction Surgery and Intensive Rehabilitation
A 65-year-old Chinese man with a 30-pack year history of cigarette smoking was referred to our institution for further management of chronic obstructive pulmonary...
Original Article
Measuring Health-related Quality of Life in Singapore: Normal Values for the English and Chinese SF-36 Health Survey
Advances in diagnosis and therapy in the second half of the 20th century have lead to impressive improvements in survival for patients with many...
Others
Validity and Reliability of the EQ-5D Self-report Questionnaire in Chinese-speaking Patients with Rheumatic Diseases in Singapore
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) refers to patients’ perceptions of their own functioning and well-being. HRQoL is increasingly being used as a primary or...
Original Article
Measuring Quality of Life in Chinese Cancer Patients: A New Version of the Functional Living Index for Cancer (Chinese)
Health-related quality of life (QOL) is recognised as an important aspect of patient care. In oncology studies, it may stand as the primary end-point....
Original Article
Utility and Validity of the Self-administered SF-36: Findings From an Older Population
The shift towards broader health perspectives and the emphasis on patient preferences have led to the development of many health questionnaires and their inclusion...
Review Article
Critiques on the Objective Structured Clinical Examination
Assessment techniques appear to have an impact on study strategies1 and to influence the performance of students.2,3 The proper selection of a method of...
Review Article
Standard Setting in Student Assessment: Is a Defensible Method Yet to Come?
To validate any “adjective”, be it for living or non-living, a criteria or standard is needed. Globalisation, mobility of doctors and the rising number...
Review Article
Isokinetic Dynamometry in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Reconstruction
Of all the ligaments of the knee joint, the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is the most frequently injured despite its structural proficiency and its...
Original Article
Concurrent Validity of Power Output Derived from the Non-motorised Treadmill Test in Sedentary Adults
The use of the Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT) for assessing all-out intensity short-duration sprint cycling lasting between 10 and 40 seconds is pervasive. Many...
Original Article
Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of Singapore Malay and Tamil Versions of the EQ-5D
The EQ-5D is a widely used preference-based instrument (available in at least 60 language versions and used in more than 800 published studies to...
Original Article
Staging of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia is Helpful in Patients with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Suggestive of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), one of the most common diseases of ageing men, affects the quality of life by interfering with normal daily activities...
Original Article
Psychological Symptoms in People Presenting for Weight Management
Multiple factors contribute to the genesis and maintenance of obesity which is a difficult condition to treat and weight loss is often not maintained....
Original Article
Diagnostic Accuracy of Anthropometric Indices for Obesity Screening Among Asian Adolescents
Obesity or excess body fat is strongly associated with enhanced risks of morbidity and mortality, and its prevalence is rapidly escalating worldwide. Despite these...
Original Article
Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Singapore Cancer Patients
Worldwide, the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) by cancer patients is highly prevalent. For cancer specialists, knowledge on CAM use in their...
Original Article
Health-related Quality of Life is Associated with Diabetic Complications, but not with Short-term Diabetic Control in Primary Care
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major chronic disease globally. With increasing life expectancy, long-term complications of diabetes mellitus leading to significant morbidity and...
Original Article
Quality of Life in Pathological Gamblers in a Multiethnic Asian Setting
Pathological gambling is categorized under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV-TR) as an impulse control disorder not elsewhere classified....
Original Article
Asian Adaptation and Validation of an English Version of the Multiple Sclerosis International Quality of Life Questionnaire (MusiQoL)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common disorders of the central nervous system with a lifetime risk of 1 in 400. In...
Original Article
The Health-Related Quality of Life of Junior Doctors
It is widely reported that junior doctors experience a large amount of work-related stress and fatigue. This has detrimental effects both on the well-being...
Original Article
Accuracy of self-reported height, weight and BMI in a multiethnic Asian population
Overweight and obesity continue to be one of the most critical public health issues worldwide. Body mass index (BMI) derived from height and weight...