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  1. Jason Boland
  1. Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Barnsley Hospice, UK

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000111

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    Gender differences in prevalence of depression among patients receiving palliative care: the role of dependency

    ▶ Hayes RD, Lee W, Rayner L, et al. Palliat Med 2011; Published Online First: 20 July.

    In the community, depression is more common in women than in men; however, in patients receiving palliative care this is not seen. In this cross-sectional study, 300 patients were interviewed and depression evaluated. It was found that depending on others for help with basic tasks (eating, dressing, washing and tolieting) was a risk factor for depression only in men, with 37.8% of dependent men being depressed compared to 2.4% of similarly affected women. Furthermore, in men, the level of dependency was related to the severity of the depression.

    Randomized controlled trial of percutaneous vertebroplasty versus optimal medical management for the relief of pain and disability in acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

    ▶ Farrokhi MR, Alibai E, Maghami Z. J Neurosurg-Spine 2011;14:561–9.OpenUrl

    This randomised controlled trial of 82 patients compared the efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty versus optimal medical therapy in controlling pain and improving the quality of life (QOL) in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. Significant improvement in pain and QOL from vertebroplasty was detected at 1 week and …

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