Sentences with phrase «number of symptoms reported»

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Besides the 2013 University of Washington study, a number of other recent studies have found education ineffective in improving self - reporting by athletes, adding to a growing body of evidence challenging the conventional wisdom that inadequate athlete concussion knowledge is the principal barrier to increased reporting, and suggesting that one of the best ways to combat underreporting by athletes of concussion symptoms may be to shift the focus of educational efforts towards helping coaches facilitate concussion reporting, the theory being that athletes will be more likely to report concussion symptoms if they no longer think that they will be punished by the coach for reporting, such as by losing playing time or their starting position, perceived by their teammates as letting them down, or viewed by their coach as «weak,» all of which have been documented in numerous studies over the past decade as reasons athletes are reluctant to report concussion symptoms.

[1 - 9] As a 2013 research paper [7] and a number of other recent studies [12 - 15] show, education alone (or at least that which focuses on educating athletes about the signs and symptoms of concussion and not changing attitudes about reporting behavior) does not appear capable of solving the problem, because the reasons for under - reporting are largely cultural, [2,3,9,10, 12 - 15] leading the paper's author to conclude that «other approaches might be needed to identify injured athletes.»

One way, I believe, to address the problem of under - reporting and increase the chances a concussion will be identified early on the sports sideline may be to rely less on athletes themselves to remove themselves from games or practices by reporting concussion symptoms (which the most recent study shows occurs at a shockingly low rate, [9] or on game officials and sideline observers to observe signs of concussion and call for a concussion assessment, but to employ technology to increase the chances that a concussion will be identified by employing impact sensors designed to monitor head impact exposure in terms of the force of hits (both linear and rotational), number, location, and cumulative impact, in real time at all levels of football, and in other helmeted and non-helmeted contact and collision sports, where practical, to help identify high - risk impacts and alert medical personnel on the sideline so they can consider performing a concussion assessment.

According to a number of recent studies [1,2,5,13,18], while the culture of sport (including influences from professional and other athletes), as well as the media and other outside sources play a role in the decision of student - athletes to report experiencing concussion symptoms, it is coaches and teammates, along with parents, who have the strongest influence on the decision to report a concussion during sport participation, with coaches being one of the primary barriers to increased self - reporting by athletes of concussive symptoms.

The imaging changes also strongly correlated with the number of head hits (self - reported by the athletes in a diary), the symptoms experienced, and independent cognitive tests, said lead author Jeffrey Bazarian, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of Emergency Medicine at URMC.

To diagnose depression, psychiatrists typically tally up the number of depression symptoms that patients report in questionnaires.

As levels of ozone, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter fell over time, so did the number of children who reported a daily cough, persistent congestion and other symptoms of irritated lungs.

The fact that only just over a third of men and women reporting a problem meeting all three criteria had sought professional help in the last year, suggests that a huge number of people experiencing dysfunction are not receiving help — around 1.2 million in the UK and 5.8 million in the U.S. Overall, this study helps demonstrate how the DSM - 5 diagnostic criteria impose a focus on clinically significant symptoms, posing promising applications in both clinical and research contexts.

A recent study released by the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine shows a stunning number of participants not only experienced concussion - related symptoms and head impacts but also continued performing either without reporting the incident or without receiving the recommended care.

Before Friday's announcement, the number of pregnant women who tested positive for Zika but did not have any of its symptoms was not publicly reported.

As a result, many adolescents developed anxiety disorders, with females reporting a greater number of PTSD symptoms than males.

The study, conducted by the Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium, reports genetic analysis of more than 11,000 people with Alzheimer's disease and a nearly equal number of elderly people who have no symptoms of dementia.

Probiotics, for example, have been shown to ease symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and reduce diarrhea, but some supplements don't contain the number of viable organisms listed on their labels; in a 2009 ConsumerLab.com report, nearly half of the probiotic products tested contained only 7 to 58 percent of the amount listed on the label.

The above data is entirely based on anecdotal evidence, so don't take it as gospel or scientific, but rather consider these caffeine allergy symptoms as possible since they were reported by a large number of people.

I would also mention, it may be possible that when eliminating candida some report feeling an increase of the symptoms of candida overgrowth and could conclude that the ACV or cleansing isn't working, this discomfort happens when a large number of toxins (candida yeast included) are rapidly kicked up in the system.

Alcohol craving in rehabilitation: assessment of nutrition therapy «Patients who received nutrition therapy reported significantly fewer hypoglycemic symptoms, lower sugar intake, less alcohol craving as well as significantly greater nutrient intakes; a greater number abstained from alcohol.

Most cases were reported in the last four to five weeks, mostly but not all small dogs, all symptoms the same, largest number of reports are in the North East.

Various drugs can be used for this purpose, but they need to be prescribed with care, as a number of complications and unusual results have been reported in canine liver disease cases which are caused by drugs administered for symptoms.

«The majority of veterinarians are still reporting an increasing number of animals coming in with respiratory symptoms,» said Dr. Donna Alexander, a vet who is administrator of the Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control.

Frankly, it is the nearest wind turbine to where I live, and a number of neighbours are having problems, and not just with the audible noise but with the infrasound and low - frequency noise, based upon the symptoms they are reporting to me.

After the spraying, those who were most concerned about the health risks reported the greatest number of symptoms.

The report says that crime victims» post-traumatic stress symptoms are reduced by RJ, and that the number of offences dealt with away from the courts could be doubled.

The primary domains assessed included (1) depression symptoms as measuredby the clinician - rated HAMD and self - reported Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) 29; (2) global functioning as measured by the clinician - ratedClinical Global Impressions scale (CGI) 30 andC - GAS; and (3) social functioning as measured by the Social Adjustment Scale — Self - Report (SAS - SR).31 Higher scores on the HAMD and BDIindicate a greater number of symptoms; on the CGI and C - GAS, better functioning; and on the SAS - SR, worse functioning.

> «People who never married have 12 percent more mobility limitations and 13 percent more depressive symptoms, but report no difference in the number of chronic health conditions from married people.

Eleven studies reported an effect based on a single composite score for psychosomatic complaints, whereas the remaining studies reported data for a number of different symptoms distinctly (eg, headache, stomachache, backache, abdominal pain, dizziness, sleeping problems, poor appetite, bedwetting, skin problems, vomiting; see Table 1).

Frequency of suicide attempts and acts of self harm, number and duration of inpatient admissions, service utilisation, and self reported measures of depression, anxiety, general symptom distress, interpersonal functioning, and social adjustment.

That is, with each increase in the number of reported physical conditions, the odds of the patient experiencing depression symptoms likewise rose.

Elevated rates of academic and conduct problems, substance abuse, 9,10 previous forced sexual contact, 11 and a greater number of sexual partners12 have been reported among teenage fathers, which may be symptoms of childhood exposure to abuse and domestic violence.9, 10 However, because the prevalence of exposure to childhood abuse among teenage fathers has not been previously investigated, no conclusions about the potential relevance of childhood abuse to teen paternity can be drawn.

Further adherence - related measures assessed the complexity of the medication (total number of prescriptions, number of single doses / day and Medication Regimen Complexity Index), 73 patients» beliefs and attitudes towards medication (Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire), 56 57 cognitive function (verbal fluency test, VFT) 59 and depressive symptoms (Geriatric Depression Scale, GDS).60 61 GDS and VFT will be reported elsewhere.

Mothers reported a number of benefits that came out of both the control and intervention sessions, which were: increased awareness of what PND is and what help is available; improved knowledge of the signs and symptoms; learned strategies to deal with PND; and gaining learnings from others» experiences.

As predicted, after experiencing sexual coercion, adolescents reported increased externalizing symptoms, more frequent sexual intercourse and a greater total number of intercourse partners.

In the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (MTA) study of large numbers of children with ADHD and various coexisting conditions, behavioral treatments were equally as effective as medication treatment for children with ADHD and parent - reported anxiety symptoms.

The number of People's patients with a diagnosis of depression who have reported an improvement in depressive symptoms (compared to forty percent nationally).

large numbers of children with ADHD and various coexisting conditions, behavioral treatments were equally as effective as medication treatment for children with ADHD and parent - reported anxiety symptoms.

Smoking cessation at the end of treatment and at 6 months after the start of treatment: measured by self - report and / or biochemical verification (expired carbon monoxide (CO) level); reduction in nicotine dependence at the end of treatment and at 6 months (measured by change in expired CO level and self - reported number of cigarettes smoked, and other biochemical measurements such as serum cotinine levels); change in positive, negative and depressive symptoms at the end of treatment measured using validated tools; adverse events.

In contrast to the meta - analytic results, there are a number of studies, including some newer work, from community and clinic samples that have reported inconsistent or nonsignificant associations between victimization and depressive symptoms or major depressive episodes (Arias et al. 1997; Bargai et al. 2007; Cascardi et al. 1999; Chang et al. 2009; Reid et al. 2008).

The results revealed that (1) for females and males, higher levels of depressive symptoms correlated with a more depressive attributional style; (2) females and males who met diagnostic criteria for a current depressive disorder evidenced more depres - sogenic attributions than psychiatric controls, and never and past depressed adolescents; (3) although no sex differences in terms of attributional patterns for positive events, negative events, or for positive and negative events combined emerged, sex differences were revealed on a number of dimensional scores; (4) across the Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire (CASQ) subscale and dimensional scores, the relation between attributions and current self - reported depressive symptoms was stronger for females than males; and (5) no Sex × Diagnostic Group Status interaction effects emerged for CASQ subscale or dimensional scores.

With regard to attention given to the emotions themselves, several research studies report that people who present high levels of attention to emotions manifest a greater number of physical symptoms, depression, anxiety, and a deficit in their physical and social functioning (Extremera and Fernández - Berrocal 2002; Goldman et al. 1996; Salovey et al. 2002; Thayer et al. 2003).

Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence, with a prevalence of 3 — 5 % in school - age children (6 — 12 years) and 10 — 19 % in adolescents (13 — 18 years); 1, 2 and the prevalence of anxiety disorders in this population tends to increase over time.3 Anxiety is the most common psychological symptom reported by children and adolescents; however, presentation varies with age as younger patients often report undifferentiated anxiety symptoms, for example, muscle tension, headache, stomachache or angry outbursts.4 According to the standard diagnostic systems, there are various types of anxiety disorders, for example, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobias (SOP), social anxiety disorder (SAD), panic disorder (PD), overanxious disorder, separation anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).5 Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents often occur with a number of comorbidities, such as autism spectrum disorders, 6 depressive disorders, 7 conduct disorder, 8 substance abuse9 or suicide - related behaviour.10 Youths with anxiety disorders experience serious impairment in social functioning (eg, poor school achievement; relational problems with family members and peers).11, 12 Childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders can persist despite treatment, 1 and they are associated with later adult psychopathology.13, 14

Kavanagh39 reported the median proportion of high EE families in their meta - analysis as 54 % with a range from 23 % to 77 %, whereas figures are typically lower than 40 % in staff - patient studies.12, 23,24,27,28,40 — 42 It may be the case that psychiatric staff have both more experience and training in managing patients» problems than relatives which may be protective factors against the development of high EE.43 In support of this hypothesis, an early study which involved interviewing nurses about how they cope with patients» symptoms of schizophrenia found that more experienced senior staff used a greater number and range of coping strategies than less experienced staff.43 High EE ratings in staff - patient studies are also almost exclusively based on the presence of critical comments with infrequent hostility and very little evidence of EOI.

Third, only a small number of mothers reported depressive symptoms in the postpartum period.

The findings for emotional symptoms are in line with studies from New Zealand showing that the number of depressive episodes in adolescence was associated with later self - reported welfare dependence after adjustment for confounding factors and comorbidity.17 In a study with an outcome measure similar to that of our study, Pape et al16 reported that anxiety and depression symptoms in adolescence increased the susceptibility of receiving medical benefits in early adulthood in a Norwegian sample.

Mental health problems were assessed using the self - report version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a multi-informant wide - angle screening questionnaire.26, 27 The SDQ has been used in a large number of population - based studies in several countries.27 It is a 25 - item questionnaire with five subscales, each consisting of five items, generating scores for emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity — inattention, peer problems and prosocial behaviour.

Assessed the quantity (i.e. number of supports) and valence (i.e. positive and negative supports) of supports on participant reports of depressive symptoms and positive / negative affect across a period of 18 months.

Differences Between Boys and Girls in Weekly Amounts of Game Play and Numbers of Pathological Gaming Symptoms Reported