living with mental disabilities in late modern society

... structure had higher prevalence of mental ill-health when compared with those living within nuclear family structure, (X2 = 0.09, 1df p = 0.766) Those living within monogamous family structure had ... confounding variables The dependent variable was psychiatric morbidity as a dichotomous variable with a score of less than being an option indicating good mental health while a score of and more being ... characteristics The Single (never married & separated and divorced) had a higher morbidity rate when compared with the married (p= 0.091) This is shown in table Fewer respondents living within the extended...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... medication The last indicator, having goals was assessed by asking whether the patient is developing and maintaining specific goals when living with HIV Goals could be relatively long-term, intermediate, ... clinics during the study period and able to give informed consent were included in the study Data collection Data was collected using structured interviewer-administered questionnaires which include ... HAART was determined based on the five indicators of readiness [19]: These indicators are: Changing attitudes towards HIV medication, finding the right health care provider, creating the right...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... for skipping a dose should be given due emphasis from clinical, dispensing visit as well as during ongoing adherence counseling, and follow up visit Other interventions aimed at maintaining adherence, ... annual income and adherence [36,37] Findings have also been inconsistent in defining the relationship of lower income [6,8,37,38] to adherence A monthly middle income was significantly associated with ... comparison purposes a combined indicator of adherence was made using the three adherence measures taking into account all questions pertaining adherence So in this study Adherent is defined as when a PLWHA...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... wanted to explore how clinical expert working in low income settings in sub-Saharan Africa judge the health related quality of life for different categories of people living with HIV/AIDS Our study ... health-related quality of life of individuals living with HIV who are receiving HAART AIDS Care 2005, 17(5):579-88 12 Lara AM, et al.: Utility assessment of HIV/AIDS-related health states in HIV-infected ... in terms of clinical stage and disease progression, and not distinguish between patients receiving or not receiving treatment In the Hogan study, the issue of treatment was dealt with by making...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... sources of unhappiness, such as hunger, oppression and sexual abstinence The better the external living conditions in society, the more the remaining differences in happiness depend on inner life ability ... negative aspects of modern societies may be favorable One reason for the prominence of mental disorders in the statistics about unhappiness is that modern society has eliminated a lot of traditional ... involved A first point is that people diagnosed as abusing alcohol are as happy as people without any mental disorder This may be explained by the finding that most people abusing alcohol are young,...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... mental health Increased risk of malnutrition (combining medium and high risk) was found in 7.1% of the individuals in the current sample In previous studies of communityliving elderly individuals, ... missing in 413 persons; in addition, 472 persons omitted data related to smoking, education or mental health symptoms Therefore, 1558 men and 1553 women (51.0% of the invited individuals) were included ... present and result in a vicious circle over time in affected individuals Conclusions Impaired mental health was strongly associated with the risk of malnutrition in community living elderly men...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... were not trained There is no official swimming training in the school program in the Mekong River Delta It seems an irrational structure for children living in a floodplain as the Delta In the flood ... Upgrading the hydro-meteorological monitoring network and data processing Building flood protection dykes Diversifying the crop production calendars Widening/deepening drainage channels Finding ... from for those living in the urban areas, children in the rural area are familiar with the water in rivers and canals Their daily lives are linked with the rice fields and flood plains Some of them...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 12:15

... Following extensive experience in social work, Mita has been involved in training in the mental health field for many years, with a special interest in anti-racist/discriminatory practice and in ... Madden Defining race equality training Context of race equality training Race equality training programmes Evaluation and follow up Checklist for training courses Implications of training for organisational ... worked in a Hindu community in the Himalayas and with Punjabis settled in Britain Vivien Lindow Vivien is an independent consultant, researcher and writer in the field of user involvement in mental...

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Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 13:20

... in some ways, even more so – to the lives of people experiencing mental distress For many people, living with mental distress may be difficult, but this may be nothing compared with dealing with ... This may involve accepting and living with parts of themselves or their experience that had previously appeared frightening or shameful – such as finding ways of valuing and negotiating with voices ... research funding · research design and process · dissemination of research findings · action following from research Mental health service users are now involved in commissioning, peer reviewing and...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20

... Similarly, vitamin E alone or in combination with other medications or life-style modification has been evaluated in adults with NAFLD with conflicting results.[102,103] Although vitamin E is inexpensive ... include angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB), probiotics, antibiotics, lactulose and nateglinide (insulin secretagogue) At the time being and in ... months in a small group of patients with NAFLD.[88] Orlistat effects were also compared to sibutramine (a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor) In both groups, reduction of body mass index,...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20

... Associated with These Declines Within-individual declines in breeding success in the years before death were tested for with a generalized linear mixed-effect model (GLMM), taking into account ... the season, and late laying is associated with re- duced breeding success (Wanless and Harris 1988) To check whether within-individual senescent declines in breeding success later in life could ... birds breeding later, we repeated the GLMM with relative laying date of individuals each year included as a continuous fixed effect Testing for Declines in Probability of Breeding or Holding a Site...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 16:20

... differences in living with RA have been reported Brekke et al [[8], p1743], in a Norwegian study of people with RA living in two socio-economically different areas with equivalent disease with respect ... difficulties in walking, kneeling, standing, washing clothes or carrying things, and manipulating small objects such as fastening buttons or sewing b) Self care and domestic chores The main self care ... the main problems Describing and measuring the consequences of living with a chronic illness falls into the domain of functioning and disability While there are a number of ways of describing disability,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Journal of the International AIDS Society 2006, 8:24 Introduction With over million people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA), India has the world's second highest number of HIV-positive cases.[1] With their ... by 5" initiative, targets a goal of reaching 100,000 eligible PLHA over years.[8] In 20042005, a total of 25 HAART centers were functioning in India (17 in the high-prevalence states, in the ... capital, and the remainder in the medium-prevalence states) The program goal was to initiate HAART in 25,000 PLHA in that time period The national estimate for AIDS cases in India for August 2006...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... "Treat, Train and Retain" initiative, echoing the important lead of UNESCO/EI-EFAIDS in supporting teachers living with HIV [18] The GIPA statement requires investment in people with HIV in order ... This means understanding that a functioning health system is everybody's business It means listening to, working with and supporting the meaningful involvement of people living with HIV to understand ... groups, often in extremely hostile environments; and the human rights campaigning and sacrifices of many people living with HIV and AIDS People with HIV also have been instrumental in reshaping critical...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... Setting and sample In 2005, a cross-sectional survey was conducted using a convenient sample of HIV-infected patients attending for routine clinical care visits We recruited study subjects from infectious ... cases in Estonia are diagnosed in Tallinn and north-eastern Estonia [9] and, together, these three infectious diseases clinics serve more than 95% of all HIV-infected patients in care in Estonia ... 0.009); living in the capital city (57% vs 36% in Ida-Viru county, p = 0.0001); being employed or studying (52% vs 38% among unemployed, p < 0.0001); being legally married (55% vs 39% among people in...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... and to determine the direct non-medical costs the caregivers incur in providing care to PLHIV These costs were examined within the context of: increased cost of living; decreased income due to ... of care giving represented by informal care, which includes home nursing and domiciliary care, as well as caregiver time in selected studies for people living with Alzheimer disease in the community, ... because drugs (including antiretrovirals) are usually given free of charge in Botswana, costs incurred by caregivers in assisting the client or family of the client in purchasing drugs have been...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... the PLHIV in activities of daily life, including maintaining hygiene, eating and dressing The level of care required by the PLHIV can be overwhelming: When it comes to the brother lying on the ... Semi-structured interviews were conducted concurrently with each PLHIV and his or her DICG by two graduate students working with the research team Interviews were conducted using an interview guide containing ... diagnosed with HIV; and (b) they could identify one person who provided them with informal care Each participating PLHIV identified a person who provided him or her with informal care for inclusion in...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... Higginson IJ, Carr AJ: Measuring quality of life: Using quality of life measures in the clinical setting BMJ 2001, 322:1297-1300 Wood-Dauphinee S: Assessing Quality of Life in Clinical Research: From ... participate in the study due to lack of time, transportation issues, or lack of interest in the study Demographic and HIV/AIDS related information Demographic information, including age, sex, ... Furthermore, in Thai and other Asian cultures, deference to authority (such as the interviewer) and the desire to minimize interpersonal conflict may influence patient response in intervieweradministration...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... creating a lot of uncertainty and distress when interpreting signs and symptoms for the individuals at risk [11,12] In addition, information of being at risk of a possible life-threatening cardiac ... characteristics; however in the genetic counseling setting it is interesting to analyze them together since they are very similar with regard to the risk they are living with, they share some common disease ... genetics investigation in affected individuals (patients with a diagnosis) and their relatives (patients at genetic risk) represents a challenge in the genetic counseling session with respect to information,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20