Annals of Epidemiology and Public Health

A key challenge for diagnosing attention deficient hyperactivity disorder

Pollie Bith-Melander*; Timothy Nguyen; Sharon May; Lemny Perez; Amber Huynh

This research focused on a key challenge for diagnosing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among children and youth who exhibited clinical symptoms from experiencing traumatic events. The objective of this exploratory research was to gain a deeper understanding of the current challenges and barriers relating to assessments and treatments of children with a history of trauma and a putative diagnosis of ADHD.

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Experiences of parents of and guardians of children of color participating in Western New York youth Hockey: Psychosocial effects discovered in a focus group

Daryl Irving Smith*; Hai T Tran; Paula Amina Alio

The present study was designed to describe the association of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) with various risk factors in cases visiting antenatal department in territory care hospitals of district Lahore. A pretested questionnaire for each patient was used to pile data including respondent demography and risk factors.

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A match case control study on gestational diabetes mellitus in district Lahore

Shazia Muneer

The present study was designed to describe the association of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) with various risk factors in cases visiting antenatal department in territory care hospitals of district Lahore. A pretested questionnaire for each patient was used to pile data including respondent demography and risk factors. The risk factors and indicators were analyzed and ranked in the form of percentages and potential risk factors were identified among diabetic and non-diabetic groups...

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Long travel distance for health care and poor adherence to breast cancer screening programs as predictors of patient delay

Milena Edite Case de Oliveira; Tácila Thamires de Melo Santos; Lorena Sofia dos Santos Andrade; Kedma Anne Lima Gomes; Tiago Almeida de Oliveira; Mathias Weller*

Patient delay (PD) is a leading cause of advanced stage of disease and poor prognosis among Brazilian breast cancer patients. The present study addressed socio-demographic variables and their impact on PD. Odds Ratios (OR) and Confidence Intervals (CI) were determined using regression analysis. Data of 103 breast cancer patients were obtained from medical records and interviews...

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Comparison of fastrach LMA and ILMA methods for airway management

Mustafa Ozgur Cırık; Ramazan Baldemir; Sema Avcı*; Hayal Tezel; Mustafa Tayfun Aldemir

The aim of this study is to compare the hemodynamic responses, durations of intubation, intubation success rates and postoperative upper airway complications between the intubation performed with direct laryngoscopy and blind intubation performed with LMA-Fastrach application in normotensive patients. This present study was performed with the approval of ethical committee and in the surgery rooms between the date March 2010-August 2010.

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Hand hygiene amongst health workers in a teaching hospital - A kap study

Syed Arshad Hussain

Though relatively simple procedure, Hand Hygiene compliance rates tend to be highly variable and poor. Material & Methods: cross-sectional KAP study was conducted at SMHS Hospital, a teaching hospital in Srinagar, India. Study subjects were the nursing staff working in different departments of the Hospital.

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Nasal isolates of commensal Staphylococcus aureus and non-aureus species from healthy young adults in Valencia (Spain) and their resistance to chemotherapeutic agents

María Pilar Falomir; Almudena Jávega; Hortensia Rico; Daniel Gozalbo*

Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) have been gradually disseminated causing serious nosocomial infections worldwide, and recently MRSA infections have emerged in healthy individuals. Besides, non-aureus staphylococci can colonize humans and animals, and show a large proportion of methicillin resistant strains that can be transmitted between these hosts. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of commensal Staphylococcus species in the nasal cavity of healthy young adults, and their resistance to methicillin and other antibiotics, as potential reservoirs for spreading disease and antibiotic resistance into the community.

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Metabolic adverse events associated with antipsychotic polypharmacy versus monotherapy among new pediatric users

Arpit Kashyap; Bradley C Martin; Dinesh Mittal; Chenghui Li*

Purpose: Limited information is available on antipsychotic polypharmacy and associated metabolic adverse events in a pediatric population. This study sought to determine the risk of metabolic adverse events associated with antipsychotic polypharmacy compared to antipsychotic monotherapy use among commercially insured pediatric antipsychotic users.

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A review of adherence to the Mediterranean diet and breast cancer risk according to estrogen- and progesterone-receptor status and HER2 oncogene expression

Steven S. Coughlin, PhD, MPH; Jessica Stewart, MPH; Lovoria B Williams, PhD, APRN-BC, FAANP

Previous observational studies and systematic reviews have suggested that adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer, but have not examined associations with molecular subtypes of breast cancer. The current review examines the association with adherence to the Mediterranean diet and risk of breast cancer according to molecular subtypes.

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Study Protocol: Southern Women Veterans' Health Study

Steven S Coughlin* , Kimberly Sullivan

Despite the large numbers of women who served during the 1990-1991 Gulf War or post 9/11, many studies of the health of U.S. veterans have been limited to men or have not included adequate numbers of women veterans for separate analyses. As the number of women in the military increases particularly in the Southern U.S., there is a pressing need for additional health research involving women veterans including women who reside in rural areas and small towns and cities.

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