Sentences with phrase «greater health impairment»

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Professor Bourne, Professor of Ophthalmology at Anglia Ruskin University's Vision and Eye Research Unit, said: «Vision impairment is of great importance for quality of life and for the socioeconomics and public health of societies and countries.

Cannabis users also reported «addiction careers» — the years between their first use and problem resolution — that were significantly shorter than those of the alcohol group — 12 years versus 18 years, which may reflect the greater physical and mental health impairment associated with alcohol and the continuing illegality of cannabis.

Furthermore, this continuous «survival mode» means that the stress - response system is activated for too long, disrupting almost all your body's processes and putting you at greater risk of many health problems like anxiety, depression, heart disease, diabetes, digestive disorders, migraines, weight problems and memory impairment.

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Intellectual disability (ID) affects 143/10 000 children1 and is associated with a range of comorbid health conditions.2 — 4 It is heterogeneous, 5 and clustering of some medical conditions may be associated with particular disorders such as Down syndrome6 or Prader - Willi syndrome.7 While epilepsy and sensory impairments often occur in association with specific syndromes or more severe cognitive impairment, conditions such as fractures or obesity may develop as secondary to medication use, nutritional deficiency or lack of mobility.2 Consequently, children with ID may face greater health challenges than typically developing children and use healthcare systems more frequently.8, 9 Mental health problems are also common in people with ID.10 For instance, in a Canadian adolescent and adult population with ID, a high proportion of hospitalisations was attributed to the presence of psychiatric conditions.11

Low - income infants and toddlers are at greater risk than middle - to high - income infants and toddlers for a variety of poorer outcomes and vulnerabilities, such as later school failure, learning disabilities, behavior problems, mental retardation, developmental delay, and health impairments.

This 36 - item measure is the short form of the original Medical Outcomes Survey34 to measure functional impairment and contains eight subsections: (1) physical activity limitations due to health problems; (2) social activity limitations due to physical or emotional problems; (3) usual role activity limitations due to physical health problems; (4) bodily pain; (5) general mental health; (6) role activity limitations due to emotional problems; (7) vitality (energy and fatigue) and (8) general health perceptions.34 The items are scored so that higher scores indicate a greater functional ability.

The higher the score, the greater the overall impairment in terms of mental health difficulties and social functioning.