... antidepressants (amitriptyline, clomipramine, imipramine, and maprotiline), (d) antiepileptics (gabapentin, pregabalin, and topiramate), and (e) other groups and drug combinations (amitriptyline/ medazepam, ... according to clinical evidence and international scientific societies [40-42] This aspect also appears with fluoxetine and citalopram, in both groups analysed In Spain, according to the indication ... (b) selective serotonin/ noradrenergic reuptake inhibitors (citalopram, duloxetine, escitalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, mirtazapine, paroxetine, sertraline, venlafaxine, and trazodone (SSRI/...
... pollution, not only in our cities but also in communities affected by polluting industries such as coal-fired power plants and coal mining Increased funding for research regarding the health effects ... air pollutants from fossil fuel mining and combustion Timely updating and strengthening of national air quality standards in keeping with current scientific and medical evidence Support for ... monitoring and reporting practices for air quality appear inadequate to fully protect public health Outside of large cities and major regional centres there may be difficulty obtaining independent...
... survivor in the Netherlands The SCP is expected to be an empowering and enabling device, by facilitating better understanding and self-care by the patient However, evidence concerning the positive and ... be performed in a setting with gynecological patients in 12 hospitals in the South of the Netherlands These 12 hospitals, including teaching and nonteaching hospitals, will be randomized to either ... extended monitoring of health status, including scales assessing physical, cognitive and emotional functioning, fatigue and sleep problems, and overall health and quality of life This core instrument...
... Husbands and wives and young adults were away at work, and children and grandchildren were at school Maids and gardeners were within the yards and homes FIGURE Homein lower Hope Pastures doing ... Improved shop andhomein August Town with vendors and with children 12 rawlins-book-01.indb 12 Midlife and Older Women 12/4/2005 6:12:22 PM on their way to and from school, walking or attempting to ... washing, hanging out clothes, minding children or sweeping their yards Middle-aged and older women can also be seen going about their business at all hours of the day, or in the yards doing chores...
... bathing or showering, dressing, eating, getting in or out of bed or a chair, walking, and using the toilet Institutionalized persons were those living in a long-term care facility, defined in ... activities are stooping, crouching, or kneeling; lifting or carrying objects weighing up to kg (10 lb); extending the arms above the shoulder; grasping small objects; and walking two to three blocks ... daily living are using the telephone, doing light housework, doing heavy housework, preparing meals, shopping for personal items, and managing money The six activities of daily living are bathing...
... since Cieza and Stucki [10] used an older version of the linking rules [7] and we modified the linking rules by including 'health condition' as a meaningful concept if it was included in the instructions ... criteria In considering which activities and participation domains the instruments cover, an even broader definition of participation was used by also including d1 Learning and applying knowledge and ... operationalize moving in the home using specific phrases such as 'getting out of bed', 'getting out of a chair' (PARTS/M) or 'getting up and going to bed' (IPA) In the other instruments, mobility includes...
... swelling inyour surgical leg Avoiding infection inyour surgical knee Sleeping better at night Increasing the bend inyour surgical knee Increasing the straightening inyour surgical knee Increasing ... Walking on a flat surface Walking on uneven ground Descending stairs Ascending stairs Cooking your own meals Doing your own housework Heavy domestic duties Light domestic duties Getting in/ out ... Driving a vehicle Going shopping Returning to your hobbies Going back to your regular exercise class or sport Environmental factors Being less of a burden on your spouse or caregiver Having the...
... conducting the linking procedure (see table 3) 1) Choice of three health professionals trained in applying the ICF and linking rules who linked PROs independently 2) Linking concepts contained in ... to include more codes in this area Why using the ICF in the health outcomes context? The ICF/ICF-CY framework can be used as an orientation in choosing PRO instruments andin interpreting and ... meaning included in one item For example, the item No.18 in the Medtap questionnaire: “I am afraid of internal bleeding” contains two different meaningful concepts “to be afraid” and “bleeding” In...
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... d163 Thinking Yes d166 Reading Yes d170 Writing d210 Undertaking a single task d230 Carrying out daily routine d240 Handling stress and other psychological demands d330 Speaking Yes d360 Using communication ... Yes d440 Fine hand use Yes Yes d445 Hand and arm use Yes Yes d449 Carrying, moving and handling objects, other specified and unspecified (d430/d445)a Yes Yes d450 Walking Yes Yes d455 Moving around ... you think about your body and mind, what does not work the way it is supposed to? If you think about your body, in which parts are your problems? If you think about your daily life, what are your...
... absorbing, storing and recalling information Learning and applying knowledge was also perceived as challenging for the participants Difficulties acquiring skills, thinking, hearing, listening and ... are your problems in this area?a - - Can you think of anything else missing in this area regarding your daily life? If you think about your environment andyour living conditions, what you find ... very burdening The participants reported difficulties in grasping, picking up and manipulating objects with their hands and pulling, reaching and turning or twisting the arms, making everyday...
... sustainability and with a rapidly ageing population in Singapore, the demographic shift caused by a shrinking working age group and smaller income tax base is expected to impose increasingly ... Population Ageing and Budgetary System in Singapore 156 3.5 Age Specific Benefit and Taxes 170 3.6 Projecting Demographic Changes in Singapore 186 3.7 Projected Fiscal Pressures for Singapore 200 ... macroeconomic forecasting In the last essay, we are primarily interested in the study of the fiscal impacts of population ageing in Singapore Demographic changes produce direct and significant effects...
... obtained for μ and φ implies that and indexes the time variation of mortality rates Hence, an is declining Since is defined as the difference of , this is equivalent to a fall in mortality index ... series jointly and incorporate their interactions In the financial sector, the dependence in co-movements across asset returns is important since the comovements or covariance of assets in a portfolio ... variances of financial time series to be interacting, see for instance, Cifarelli and Paladino 7|Page (2005) who studied the linkages in equity markets MGARCH models have been used to examine the volatility...
... speaking of the effect of tobacco, in his own case, says, that smoking and chewing "produced a continual thirst for stimulating drinks; and this tormenting thirst led me into the habit of drinking ... coffee, and all other drinks, save water, and to live on plain and unstimulating food He followed the advice in regard to drinks, in so far as to confine himself to water, and threw away the cud and ... tremors in the hands and feet, and sometimes with difficult breathing, disturbed sleep, and a dry cough, and huskiness of the voice in the morning The physician suggests the propriety of his laying...
... a single person may have multiple happiness set points (e.g., for family, marital, or work life) Changes in one domain not necessarily coincide with changes in another domain, and positive and ... toxicity and longterm survival Medical Decision Making 1995, 15:4-12 Sheldon KM, Lyubomirsky S: Achieving sustainable gains in happiness: Change your actions, not your circumstances Journal of Happiness ... (i.e., "phenotyping" HRQOL) Increased understanding of genetic determinism will also have clear effects on the design of randomized controlled trials Trait, andin the future genetic, information...
... mainly includes endowment life insurance, term life insurance, mixed life insurance In term of number the insured in the insurance policy, life insurance products including individual or group insurance ... been the individual authors and institutions announce in the study of insurance business in general and the life insurance business in particular, both domestic and international Scope of research ... Code and Insurance Business Act about benefit payment regulation when the insured person die in the human insurance (including life insurance) Second, Insurance Business Act does not define some...
... decline in private insurance and an increase in Medicaid coverage and uninsured status In contrast, individuals with poor health report an increase in Medicaid and private insurance coverage and ... are insignificant Interestingly, a one percentage point increase in state unemployment rates corresponds to a significant 1.3 percentage point decline in health This is in contrast to the finding ... over samples low-income individuals (those that qualify for Medicaid) and provides in depth information on income, health insurance, and state of residence It also includes some information on...
... sub-domains and the domains and between the domains and the total score at baseline, at endpoint after the placebo-controlled period, and for the change from baseline to that endpoint Sub-domains ... taken into account The sub-domains SS (baseline), 123 EC (baseline and for all visits), IRA (baseline), FI (baseline and for all visits), and SPS (baseline and for all visits) had values between and ... changes from baseline Correlations between sub-domains and domains and between domains and the total score were similar at baseline and endpoint The correlations for change from baseline were usually...
... of 3.6 points in PCS and points in MCS • Arthritis: reduction of 4.5 points in PCS and 1.5 points in MCS • Mental illness: reduction of 3.9 points in PCS and 13.9 points in MCS • Major injury: ... physical and mental health were estimated to be: • Cardiovascular disease: reduction of 3.3 points in PCS and 2.1 points in MCS • Diabetes: reduction of 3.5 points in PCS and 1.0 points in MCS ... decline in annual income of between US$3500 and US$6000 Kedir (2008) investigated the relationship between height, body mass index (BMI) and wages in Ethiopia Height and BMI were used as indicators...