"Comorbidity" refers to the presence of two or more medical conditions or diseases in a person at the same time. It means that someone has multiple health problems or illnesses occurring together.
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Rates and Patterns of
Comorbidity of Adolescent Behavioral Syndromes as Reported by Parents and Teachers in a Taiwanese Nonreferred Sample.
154 people aged 18 — 44 years who participated in the US
National Comorbidity Survey Replication study.
This report presents preliminary results of the latter type of analysis based on the US National
Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS - A).
Clinical and therapeutic implications of psychiatric
comorbidity in high functioning autism / Asperger syndrome: An Italian study
The high degree of
comorbidity between disorders in categorical models such as the DSM and ICD have led some to propose dimensional models.
«However, patients with more
medical comorbidities in our cohort were less likely to receive physician follow - up postdischarge.»
A cross-cultural study of the structure of
comorbidity among common psychopathological syndromes in the general health care setting
The efficacy of two parent training programs for families of school - age children diagnosed with attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder was examined as well
as comorbidity as a treatment moderator.
Unfortunately, anxiety is a common occurrence in autism — according to a research paper published in Neuropsychiatry, «up to 80 % of children with ASDs experience clinically significant anxiety, with
high comorbidity rates for social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) and separation anxiety disorder (SAD)(30, 35, 37 and 38 %, respectively).»
We aimed to 1) establish proportions of children with recurring, persisting, and resolving sleep problems; 2) identify early predictors of later sleep problems; and 3) identify whether persistent or recurrent sleep problems at age 3 to 4 years are associated with
comorbidities such as child behavior problems, maternal depression, and poor family functioning.
Central hypothalamic insulin signaling interfered with negative feedback to the hypothalamus - pituitary - adrenal (HPA) axis in stressed male mice (151), which potentially explains high
comorbidity rates of mental and metabolic disorders (see section V.P).
«It's not uncontroversial,» said Andrey Rzhetsky, a professor of genetics at the University of Chicago with a background in mathematical biology who has published
on comorbidity networks.
We did find an effect of non-anxiety comorbid disorders on externalizing symptoms;
non-anxiety comorbidity did have a negative impact on change in externalizing symptoms in anxious children when suppressor effects were taken into account.
«Multiple biological pathways are likely involved in the pathogenesis of ME / CFS, with a range of clinical subtypes relating to variability in the types of environmental triggers, genetic and epigenetic vulnerability, as well as
comorbidity patterns,» says senior author Ian Lipkin, MD, director of CII.
The second talk focuses on treatment of personality
disorder comorbidity in adults with autism spectrum disorder by identifying the related early maladaptive schemas and schema mode structure.
«We are planning to develop a lung cancer - specific
comorbidity index using prospective data for the best estimate of the impact of individual comorbid conditions on survival.»
Attendees will learn effective EFT strategies and interventions for
common comorbidity issues such as depression, trauma, or other stress - related disorders to improve a couple's overall therapeutic outcome.
More than half of TKR patients have a body mass index (BMI) within the obesity range (greater than 30 kg / m ²), which has been linked to a higher risk for
related comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis; and in some studies, to higher medical costs and longer hospital stays.
The National
Comorbidity Study Replication, for example, found that during a 12 month period - and among those receiving treatment for mental health concerns - the median number of clinic visits was 2.9 (Wang et al., 2005).
Psychiatric Comorbidity in Patients with Psoriasis, Vitiligo, Acne, Eczema and Group of Patients with Miscellaneous Dermatological Diagnoses
Based on the methods of Wells et al. (29), we estimated medical
comorbidity by having patients complete a checklist of medical conditions from a total of 18, giving a count of 0, 1, 2, or > 2 chronic medical conditions.
Collaborative care depression management for older adults: level of
comorbidity does not affect outcome
Children with ADHD and DMDD were similar to children with ADHD in the other domains measured when taking into account other
comorbidities including ODD.
Given that we found strong associations between indoor tanning dependence and beliefs about physical appearance and
psychological comorbidities like depression, these intensive behavior - modification resources likely need to address these co-occurring psychological concerns.
(3) Does total and / or non-anxious
comorbidity predict Reliable Change in non-anxiety symptoms (self - reported depressive symptoms and parent - reported externalizing symptoms) above and beyond overall severity?
(2) Does total and / or
non-anxious comorbidity predict Reliable Change in self - reported anxiety and parent - reported internalizing symptoms above and beyond overall severity?
PSYCHOSOCIAL FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH
LIFETIME COMORBIDITY OF MAJOR DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY DISORDERS AMONG A COMMUNITY SAMPLE OF MID-LIFE WOMEN: THE SWAN MENTAL HEALTH STUDY.
«The likelihood that most individuals with stage B HF will die of non-cardiovascular disease causes before they experience overt HF underscores the importance of targeting prevention efforts at
comorbidities at the earlier HF stages to avoid death,» she said.
Demonstrate how IFS translates common
comorbidities into parts language, showing a non-pathological perspective of mental health disorders.
Quantification of diabetes
comorbidity risk across life, using nation - wide big claim data, further revealed age - related sex differences (335).
Total comorbidity did not add to the prediction of recovery using child - reported anxiety nor parent - reported internalizing symptoms over and above the contribution of symptom severity.
Notably, in the present study we assessed
comorbidity using a dimensional approach the advantage of which is that it does not miss potentially informative covariation in symptoms as categorical approaches do.
They conclude that «Even in a relatively well - resourced environment, challenges regarding allocation of appropriate attention to vulnerable populations and integration of treatment response to significant medical and mental
health comorbidities remain areas of ongoing programmatic development.»
Menzies says a number of factors may be behind the higher death rates, including later diagnosis, reduced uptake of or access to treatment,
greater comorbidities, and higher rates of more aggressive cancers.
«More specifically, the improvements promoted by the Wii balance board can reduce the risk of accidental falls in patients with MS, thereby reducing the risk of fall - related
comorbidities like trauma and fractures.»
The association was quantified after adjusting for the
Charlson comorbidity index and bronchiectasis.
«This nationwide study adds to the evidence that use of TNF inhibitors for RA also has an impact on
cardiovascular comorbidity,» Dr. Ljung says.
They tend to have a much higher
comorbidity burden, and they tend to be sicker and heavier.
Childhood LD are over-represented among homeless adults with
complex comorbidities and predict a range of poor health outcomes in adulthood, including mood and anxiety disorders, suicidal ideation, early and severe substance use and physical health problems.
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