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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"illness severity"”.
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Cluster analysis of disorders characterized by impulsivity in patients with methamphetamine use disorder
… psychiatric disorders with impulsive features. Illness severity was measured by the Yale Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale – adapted for drug use. The UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale was used to assess impulsivity levels. A cluster analysis (CA) of lifetime comorbid disorders with impulsive …
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An Investigation of Sleep Architecture and Consequent Cognitive Changes in Olanzapine Treated Patients with Depression
… the effect of olanzapine augmentation therapy on illness severity and cognitive function. Finally, to examine the correlation between sleep architecture, illness severity and cognition. Methods: Prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. Patients with major depressive …
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Development and validation of a biomarker-based model to predict persistent hypoxemic respiratory failure among mechanically ventilated adults
… vitals, standard laboratory values, and illness severity scores) for parsimonious model selection. Then I examined whether a combination of log2 transformed research biomarkers previously predictive of ICU outcomes (interleukin-6 [IL-6], interleukin-8 [IL-8], angiopoietin-2 [Ang-2], …
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Surgery Improves Survival Among Patients With Intestinal Obstruction
… as a predictor of death after adjusting for illness severity. Results: Among 38,931 patients, 17,544 (45.1%) underwent operative intervention for intestinal obstructions. Surgical patients were slightly younger than non-surgical patients (65 vs. 68 years), and had more severe illness, as …
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Persistent (>6 months) Neuropsychiatric symptoms in a cohort of SARS- CoV-2 PCR positive patients in Cape Town, South Africa
… data from younger African cohorts and few acute illness biomarkers of persistent neuropsychiatric symptoms. Objectives : To determine the prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in a cohort of South African SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive patients at least six months following infection/hospitalization. …
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Neuropsychological assessment for first-episode psychosis patients in low resource settings
… dietary history, previous childhood trauma and illness severity), and after the resolution of psychotic symptoms, a neuropsychological assessment was performed using the gold standard MATRICS consensus cognitive battery. Student t-tests and chi-square tests were used to determine differences in …
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Parental Mental Health and Infant Outcomes in the NICU: A Pilot Study
… such as longer length of stay, whether infant illness severity is impacting the poorer parental mental health, or whether the relationship between these variables is reciprocal. The purpose of this investigation was to implement a pilot study in preparation for a larger longitudinal …
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Pediatric Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant ICU Patients in Children’s and General Hospitals
… regard to characteristics that could bear on illness outcomes. Specifically, we used the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project’s State Inpatient Databases from a total of 21 U.S. states for 2001, 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2019. We used ICD-9 and 10 codes to identify diagnoses, chronic …
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Impact of diarrhea on growth velocity in Egyptian infants.
… diarrheal episodes was 16 g/d lower than before illness and 15 g/d lower than reference infants. One-month post-illness weight velocity was similar to pre-illness weight velocity, with no evidence of catch-up growth. Illness severity indices, namely the number of symptoms or illnesses …
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Illness Perceptions of Patients with Late-Stage Cancer and Their Partners
… with their psychological adjustment and illness-related behaviors. The current studies used the Common-sense Model of Self-regulation (Leventhal, Brissette, & Leventhal, 2003) to understand how patients and their partners manage the demands of this understudied illness context. The …
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The role of initial coping strategies on subsequent appointment attendance in individuals with HIV: a longitudinal analysis
… regimens, HIV has become a treatable chronic illness that requires extensive clinical management (Kelly, Otto-Salaj, Sikkema, Pinkerton, & Bloom, 1998). Nonadherence to HIV medical regimens is a primary reason for treatment failure. HIV medication regimens are complicated and require extensive …
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The Association between Depression, Anxiety and Clinical Outcomes for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
… outcomes of diabetes with regard to mental illness diagnosis, and examination of mental illness treatment and mental illness severity. Finally, factors predicting HgA1c goal attainment were assessed via the use of a logistic regression model.</p> <p>Result: The inclusion/exclusion criteria …
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Inhibition of Gamma Oscillations as a Neurophysiological Endophenotype of Schizophrenia
… patients. This was found to be independent of illness severity and medication. The final study demonstrated deficits in frontal inhibition in SCZ patients, which were significantly less than their unaffected first-degree relatives. No differences were found between first-degree relatives of SCZ …
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Theory of Mind in Bipolar Disorder: A Pilot Descriptive Study
… if mental state decoding is related to the severity of depressive, manic, or anxious symptoms Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional, study of ToM in patients with bipolar disorder experiencing mania (n = 14), depression (n = 25), or euthymia (n = 20), using the “Reading the Mind in the …
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Neutralising antibody responses in acute hepatitis C and SARS-CoV-2 infection
… with older age, but not with gender or illness severity. In summary, this thesis examined the role of viral and nAb traits associated with two different viruses and their varied infection outcomes. The findings contribute to better understanding of interactions between virus and host …
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Effects of a Collaborative Care for Depression Intervention on Health Service Utilization and Depression Severity
… estimated the odds of decreases in depression severity and acute care, and increases in outpatient services. Ttests and chi-squares were used to identify factors influencing clinical improvement in depression. After controlling for covariates, group status was not a significant predictor of the …
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Derivation and validation of a severity scoring tool for COVID-19 illness in low-resource setting
… been purpose-designed to aid in evaluating the severity of potential COVID-19 patients. In the context of the COVID-19 crisis, a low-input severity scoring tool could be a cornerstone of ensuring timely access to appropriate care and justified use of critically limited resources. Aim and …
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Subjective wellbeing in a sample of South African, Xhosa people with schizophrenia
… score with higher education level, increased illness severity and GAF scores. Discussion and Conclusion: The isiXhosa version of the SWN-20 scale can be used for clinical and research purposes in LMICs but predictors of SWBN in this population differed from those previously established in …
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Antisocial Personality Disorder Comorbidity in Methamphetamine Use Disorder: Sociodemographic, clinical and childhood trauma correlates
… and the impact of this comorbidity on both the severity of MAUD and levels of functional impairment. Casting light on such phenomena may aid in early identification of treatment targets, assist in the management of patients in this particular population, and contribute to development of …
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Patterns of acute kidney injury and functional outcome scores in pediatric patients hospitalized with acute respiratory failure
… After adjusting for age and initial illness severity (PRISM-III, excluding SCr), the association between severe AKI and new substantive functional morbidity among survivors was reduced (adjusted risk difference 5.5%; 95% CI -8.4%-19.3%). PICU mortality was higher in patients with …
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