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| Ida Joanna KorfageSummaryAffiliation: Erasmus MC Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Effects of systematic screening and detection of child abuse in emergency departmentsEveline C F M Louwers
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Pediatrics 130:457-64. 2012..This study investigates whether introducing screening, and training of emergency department nurses, increases the detection rate of child abuse...
Having a Pap smear, quality of life before and after cervical screening: a questionnaire studyI J Korfage
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BJOG 119:936-44. 2012..To assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) impact of cervical cancer screening in women with normal test results...
Informed choice on Pap smear still limited by lack of knowledge on the meaning of false-positive or false-negative test resultsIda J Korfage
Dept of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Patient Educ Couns 85:214-8. 2011..Screening for cervical cancer may have favourable or unfavourable effects at the individual level. This study assesses whether invitees in The Netherlands made an informed choice about screen uptake...
Deciding on PSA-screening - Quality of current consumer information on the InternetIda J Korfage
Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eur J Cancer 46:3073-81. 2010..We assessed the quality of consumer information available through the Internet per November 2009 and its possible contribution to informed decision-making by potential screenees...
Anxiety and borderline PAP smear resultsIda J Korfage
Dept of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Room Ae 108, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eur J Cancer 46:134-41. 2010..We compared quality of life and anxiety in women with BMD and a reference group of screening participants who were awaiting smear taking...
Erectile dysfunction and mental health in a general population of older menIda J Korfage
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Sex Med 6:505-12. 2009..Erectile dysfunction (ED) is more prevalent with increasing age. Previous studies showed that ED was negatively associated with mental health (MH) in specific patient groups...
Health-related quality of life in cervical cancer survivors: a population-based surveyIda J Korfage
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73:1501-9. 2009..In a population-based sample of cervical cancer survivors, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was assessed 2-10 years postdiagnosis...
Does "normal" aging imply urinary, bowel, and erectile dysfunction? A general population surveyIda J Korfage
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Urology 72:3-9. 2008..We assessed if urinary, bowel, and sexual dysfunction and associated bother were part of the "normal" aging process in the general male Dutch population...
Response shift due to diagnosis and primary treatment of localized prostate cancer: a then-test and a vignette studyIda J Korfage
Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Qual Life Res 16:1627-34. 2007..Whether a prostate cancer diagnosis induces response shift has not been established so far. Therefore, we assessed response shift in men who were diagnosed with localized prostate cancer...
Patients' perceptions of the side-effects of prostate cancer treatment--a qualitative interview studyIda Joanna Korfage
Department of Public Health, ErasmusMC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P O Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands
Soc Sci Med 63:911-9. 2006..By presenting these findings we want to draw attention to issues that complicate QoL assessments in general and in prostate cancer patients in particular...
Anxiety and depression after prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment: 5-year follow-upI J Korfage
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Br J Cancer 94:1093-8. 2006..STAI-State can be a useful screening tool but needs further development...
Prostate cancer diagnosis: the impact on patients' mental healthIda J Korfage
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P O Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eur J Cancer 42:165-70. 2006..The methodological implication is that considering a post-diagnosis assessment as 'baseline' may lead to an underestimation of the patient's mental health...
Five-year follow-up of health-related quality of life after primary treatment of localized prostate cancerIda J Korfage
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Cancer 116:291-6. 2005..Scores of both patient groups remained above those of norm populations. Innovative graphs describing disease-specific and generic functions after treatment can help patients and physicians in their treatment choices...
Including the quality-of-life effects in the evaluation of prostate cancer screening: expert opinions revisited?M L Essink-Bot
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BJU Int 92:101-5. 2003..g. the EQ-5D) and linking these descriptions to utility estimates using the standard preference-based algorithm, combining them with the appropriate duration into quality-adjusted life years, and sensitivity analysis...
A cluster-randomised trial of screening for language disorders in toddlersH J de Koning
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Med Screen 11:109-16. 2004..Short-term health benefits could not be demonstrated. Large-scale introduction cannot be recommended on the basis of this information alone...
Measuring disease specific quality of life in localized prostate cancer: the Dutch experienceI J Korfage
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Qual Life Res 12:459-64. 2003..We aimed at developing and testing a Dutch health-related quality of life measure for localized prostate cancer patients...
