“…This suggests that a patient’s perception of a financial barrier might be used in clinical and research settings as an additional measure along with standard measures of socioeconomic status (ie. income, education, social status). CONCLUSIONS: After adjusting for relevant covariates, perceiving a financial barrier was associated with increased rates of hospitalization and mortality and higher hospital costs compared to those without financial barriers. …”
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“…RESULTS: Some of the identified strengths of ebola virus include: Ebola virus is an RNA virus with inherent capability to mutate, reassort and recombine to generate mutant or reassortant virulent strains; Ebola virus has a broad cellular tropism; Natural Reservoir of ebola virus is unconfirmed but fruit bats, arthropods, and plants are hypothesized; Ebola virus primarily targets and selectively destroys the immune system; Ebola viruses possess accessory proteins that inhibits the host’ immune responses; Secreted glycoprotein (sGP), a truncated soluble protein that triggers immune activation and increased vascular permeability is uniquely associated with Ebola virus only; Ability to effectively cross the species barrier and establish productive infection in humans, non human primates, and other mammals; Ebola virus attacks every part of the human body; The Weaknesses include: Ebola virus transmission and persistence is severely limited by its virulence; Ebola virus essentially requires host encoded protein Niemann–Pick C1 (NPC1) for host’s cell’ entry; Ebola virus essentially requires host encoded proteins (TIM-1) for cell’ entry; Relative abundance of Ebolavirus Nucleoprotein than the other virion components; The Opportunities harnessed by ebola virus include: Lack of infection control practices in African health-care facilities and paucity of health infrastructures, especially in the endemic zones; Permissiveness of circulating Monocytes, Macrophages and dendritic cells in virus mobilization and dissemination; Collection, consumption and trade of wild games (bushmeats); Pertubation and drastic changes in forest ecosystems present opportunities for Ebola virus; Use of dogs in hunting predisposes man and animals to inter-species contact; Poverty, malnutrition, crowding, social disorder, mobility and political instability; Ease of travel and aviation as potentials for global spread; Possible mechanical transmission by arthropod vectors; No vaccines or therapeutics are yet approved for human treatment; The Threats to ebola virus include: Avoidance of direct contact with infected blood and other bodily fluids of infected patient; Appropriate and correct burial practices; Adoption of barrier Nursing; Improved surveillance to prevent potential spread of epidemic; Making Available Rapid laboratory equipment and procedures for prompt detection (ELISA, Western Blot, PCR); Sterilization or disinfection of equipment and safe disposal of instrument; Prompt hospitalization, isolation and quarantine of infected individual; Active contact tracing and monitoring, among others. …”
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“…Child morbidity and breastfeeding self-efficacy scores were assessed at 1, 3, and 5 months postdelivery. Social desirability was measured at 5 months, and text messages expressing delivery success and user experience were assessed at the end of the study. …”
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“…CONCLUSIONS: While transitional support programs are helpful in supporting new graduate nurses in their first year of practice, there are unmet needs for clinical, social and emotional support. Understanding new graduate nurses’ experiences and their unmet needs during their first year of practice will enable nurse managers, educators and nurses to better support new graduate nurses’ and promote confidence and competence to practice within their scope.…”
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“…CONCLUSION: The rumours captured through this research indicate the variety of strong emotions drawn out by the trials, highlighting the importance of understanding the emotional and social context of such research. The uncertainty, fear, and distrust associated with the trials draw from the contemporary context of the Ebola outbreak, as well as longstanding historical issues in Ghana. …”
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“…Patient interviews revealed the social impact (e.g. unable to go outside) of side effects such as photosensitivity associated with pirfenidone and the risk of infection associated with eculizumab. …”
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“…STI treatment, emergency contraceptive pills, referral for termination of pregnancy, psychological, social and legal support is also provided. METHODS: This is a retrospective descriptive study of routine programmatic data collected at the Edith Opperman polyclinic in Mbare SGBV clinic from 2011 to 2014. …”
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“…However, initial disgust elicitation was not followed by a change in associated psychological mediators, and social norms were not measurably changed. CONCLUSIONS: The lack of measured behaviour change was likely due to issues with both the intervention’s content and its delivery. …”
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“…We aimed to review morbidity and mortality data on four overlapping populations who experience considerable social exclusion: homeless populations, individuals with substance use disorders, sex workers, and imprisoned individuals. …”
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“…Additionally, less is known about how putative risk factors operate in young adults and how social factors influence the risk of high BP. In this study, we estimated the relative risk for elevated BP or hypertension (EBP/HTN), defined as BP ≥ 120/80 mmHg, among young adults with putative cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in Jamaica and evaluated whether relative risks differed by sex. …”
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“…We collected demographic, social, and clinical characteristics and conducted baseline and 30-day assessments of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with the Atrial Fibrillation Effect on Quality of life (AFEQT) measure; self-reported medication adherence with the Morisky 8-item Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8); and patient activation with the Patient Activation Measure (PAM). …”
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“…This influenced the way research partners and academics built social and personal relationships required for the successful conduct of the project. …”
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“…METHODS: Young people with FEP were screened for study eligibility and invited to participate if they met stringent inclusion criteria indicating low-risk of harm to self or others, and adequate social support. Hence a large proportion of patients were assumed a priori to be too high risk to withhold antipsychotic medication. …”
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“…Qualitative findings identified participants’ experiences and the most important themes related to benefits of the DMT intervention: enhanced activation, motivation, socialization, and self-awareness. DISCUSSION: Results of this study contribute to knowledge about body-based interventions for schizophrenia and indicate that DMT had an effect on participants psychosocial functioning and coping with negative symptoms. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Cognitive impairments in domains such as attention, memory, processing speed and executive functions are a central feature of psychotic disorders that have significant negative consequences for daily functioning, including activities of daily living, social and vocational roles. Compensatory approaches aim to minimise the impact of cognitive impairment on daily functioning through the use of aids or strategies to reduce cognitive load, in much the same way as glasses reduce the impact of vision impairment. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Exposure to childhood trauma (CT) is a global major public-health and social-welfare problem worldwide. CT increases the vulnerability to major psychiatric conditions including psychosis and is associated with poorer clinical outcome. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia is a chronic severe mental illness affecting 0.4% of the society with its early age of onset (generally between 15–25 years) which can be seen in people from all social strata, has recurrent episodes or relapses, and causes disability by deteriorating interpersonal and occupational functioning. …”
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“…For PR groups (CR+PR group and PR only group) received comprehensive inpatient PR, including optimal pharmacotherapy, vocational rehabilitation, social skills training, daily living skills training, illness management, independent living skills training, and patient empowerment program. …”
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“…Consequently, 3 factors (perceived incompetency, internalized stereotypes and social withdrawal, concealment of the illness) were detected and they could explain 66% of the total variance. …”
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“…The impact of depression is considerable; poor social and economic functioning and significant life limitations [1]. …”
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