... Haemoglobin Estimation, ESR, urine screening for sugar and albuminurea, urine routine examination, screenings for Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis-C and HIV/AIDS I had some savings from my clinic's income ... doing blood sugar testing, urine sugar testing and pregnancy tests in my clinic from my own resources; but there was an immense need to initiate the following very important tests: Blood grouping, ... magnitude of the most pressing healthproblems of women living in Shamsabad Therefore, all the women attending my clinic for any reason were questioned about their (women's) healthproblems for one month...
... neck, arm, leg pain during physical activity and headache/migraine) are scored on a four-point rating scale ranging from no complaints (0) to serious complaints (3) Each complaint is also scored ... that individual characteristics might explain the high level of distress symptoms among ambulance personnel [8-10] In general, factors within the workplace interact with those within the individual ... a stressor [6], without taking into consideration that some situations in ambulance work, such as ‘incident with seriously injured children’ or ‘handling seriously injured persons’, may be experienced...
... 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 ... of modern market economies is not definitively settled, but Kessler et al (2007) found high incidences of mental disorder in non-capitalistic societies In a large international comparison in ... negative aspects of modern societies may be favorable One reason for the prominence of mental disorders in the statistics about unhappiness is that modernsociety has eliminated a lot of traditional...
... working, studying and participating in leisure activities in mainstream settings; good family relationships; living independently; having control of one's self-care, medication and money; having ... the findings from the study with the World Health Organisation, the Departments of Health and care standard setting agencies in the participating countries including the practicalities of incorporating ... http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/9/36 face interview with the institution's manager The toolkit is refined in response to inter-rater reliability testing, feedback from interviewers and interviewees regarding its utility,...
... Dehydration (not drinking fluids to prevent urination) Vaginal symptoms: Itching, burning, pain, & discharge Menstrual complaints: Pain, heavy bleeding, missed or irregular periods, PMS Women in Bureau ... on feminine • hygiene and menstrual self-care practices lead to a decrease in genitourinary complaints during deployment? Specific Aims To increase knowledge level about feminine hygiene in the ... problemsin Deployed Environment Urination: increased rate of UTIs & symptoms (pain, urgency, frequency) • Holding urine • Poor feminine hygiene • Use of “make shift measures” to urinate • Dehydration...
... 40 to 48% increase per decade in the number of elderly in Zimbabwe (See Table I) Given a continuing high fertility in the 1970's and 1980's and an increasing life HealthProblems of Institutionalised ... Equity inHealth (Ministry of Health, 1984), which was a signifIcant departure from colonial policies of health care, dermed qualitative changes inhealth care which included: * redirecting the majority ... after Independeoce The continued inequalities in ownership of wealth and in incomes continued to generate huge differences in the type and extent of morbidity in different social classes in Zimbabwe...
... can meet local needs in dealing with SHS.152) CONCLUSION Healthy indoor air is a fundamental right for people studying in schools, working in offices and living in residences Indoor air quality ... combustion gases in residences and buildings CO is well-known to cause poisoning by CO-hemoglobin (Hb) formation, inhibiting oxygen utilization by internal organs NO2 sources in buildings include gas ... improve public health since 1970 by the “Act for Maintenance of Sanitation in Buildings”; however, small buildings and individual residences are not included, and the substances in indoor air and...
... daily living-instrumental activity of daily living (ADLIADL) without help e.g dressing, transferring from bed, toileting or taking bath, preparation of food, eating, shopping and walking Height ... within urban elderly population there was striking differences inhealth status in terms of functional health between educated and less educated The increased level of health awareness for remaining ... Although in bi-variate analysis no gender difference was detected in disability, yet in logistic regression analysis after eliminating the influence of other factors, risk of disability increased in...
... taken into account through multiple regression analysis of the survey data, the lack of an intact two-parent family and of regular religious training continue to be linked with developmental problems ... exhibit positive social behavior, including showing respect for teachers and neighbors, getting along with other children, understanding other people’s feelings, and trying to resolve conflicts with ... assessments and developing a computer-based reporting system, and supporting the nationwide implementation of the system, which included large-scale training of local program staff, compiling data from...
... epidemic, the growing awareness of the difficulties in retaining medical doctors in rural areas and the brain drain from low-income to high-income countries has renewed the interest in looking at alternatives ... notwithstanding efforts made to interview professionals in the Ministry of Health The assistants who helped in note-taking were not always trained for the task, as in each province a provincial manager ... active role in this training programme with emphasis on a more practical approach, implying a hands-on and problem-specific training process: " An in- service training is necessary because in the districts...
... change from baseline in UUI episodes and changes in PPBC and KHQ domain scores in subjects treated with TER or placebo Placebo TER r PPBC KHQ domain General Health Perceptions Incontinence Impact ... with changes in PPBC and HRQL scores in subjects with OAB treated with either tolterodine ER or placebo These findings indicate that data obtained from PROs provide a distinct source of information ... KHQ = King's Health Questionnaire; PPBC = Patient Perception of Bladder Condition; TER = tolterodine extended release; UUI = urgency urinary incontinence in subjects who showed a ≥ 2-point improvement...
... pre-tested during training Clarity was confirmed through back-translation prior to pilot testing and finalizing the instrument The initial Thai language version of the PIPP was pilot tested in the study ... High scores indicate greater impact In the current Thai study, the PIPP was interviewer administered, although the instrument can be administered by an interviewer or self completed Instrumentation ... north of Thailand [14] A second survey conducted in 1999 produced similar findings [15] Studies have been undertaken in Thailand examining healthproblems of people with disabilities, particularly...
... pre-tested during training Clarity was confirmed through back-translation prior to pilot testing and finalizing the instrument The initial Thai language version of the PIPP was pilot tested in the study ... High scores indicate greater impact In the current Thai study, the PIPP was interviewer administered, although the instrument can be administered by an interviewer or self completed Instrumentation ... north of Thailand [14] A second survey conducted in 1999 produced similar findings [15] Studies have been undertaken in Thailand examining healthproblems of people with disabilities, particularly...
... problem in our society and it is what the old dread the most – being unwanted and uncared for in the time of need There are other problems old folks face, but none can be as bad as the indifference ... all The luckier ones may have a child or two staying with them The less fortunate ones may have to pine their lives away in an old-folk home or in their empty house that once was filled with the ... better off staying at home It is common to hear of old people being knocked down by vehicles on the roads They just cannot handle the traffic anymore This busy world is certainly not kind to old...
... foot care, including nail clipping and filing, callus filing and daily hygiene and inspection [13] A clinical audit of 139 rheumatoid patients undertaken in the UK reported that poor foot health ... main or only cause of walking difficulty in 25% [1] In the foot, joint pain and stiffness is the most common initial presentation, but a range of other features, including tenosynovitis, nodule ... appears to be varied and in some instances absent, especially in New Zealand Podiatrists have a prominent role to play in symptom relief and improving quality of life because involvement of the feet,...
... significant problem in primary care [45] Conversely, inquiry regarding cough in patients with mental healthproblems may also be crucial in identifying reversible morbidity in this group In one study, ... were also asked to bring all current medicines (including complementary medicines) into the clinic at their appointment Respiratory measures Asthma was defined as current self-reported physiciandiagnosed ... with advancing age in people without other recognized lung disease seen in our study again suggests that efforts at identifying and managing chronic cough and its related problemsin older adults...
... eigenvalue >1 “Having trouble concentrating in class” and “Can not manage to be calm in class” indicating attention problems, and “Arguing with the teacher”, “Having fistfights” and “Getting scolded ... indicating conduct problems The summarized scores of all items in each category were dichotomised into low or high scores, defining “attentions problems or Page of “conduct problems as having ... adolescence also appeared to be a major contributor to increased risk for both frequent drinking and drug use in accordance with recent findings [8,24] Girls’ drinking in late adolescence was strongly...
... METHODS Many interesting research questions differing in complexity in data structures / study deigns were encountered in the years of experience working in Singapore Eye Research Institute However, ... prevailing grading protocols Differences in grading methods, definitions of lens opacities and examination techniques limit meaningful inferences from the comparisons across studies conducted using ... Helsinki and ethics approval was obtained by the Singapore Eye Research Institute Institutional Review Board The conversion algorithm was further validated in the Singapore Indian Eye Study40 (SINDI);...
... sector of the health system Even though the role of private sector in delivering health services in Iraqi Kurdistan is increasingly growing, it was not included in this study However, we think that ... poor implications inhealth policy and evidence-based decision making are in fact well recognized problemsin most developing countries including Iraq [3,5,17] The need for social insurance of Page ... Baghdad: Ministry of Health; , 2004 Alwan A: Health- sector funding: options for funding health care in Iraq East Mediterr Health J 2008, 14(6):1372-1379 Kreisel W: Health situation in Iraq Brussels:...