Sentences with phrase «prevalence of the disorder»

Patterns and Prevalence of Disordered Eating and Weight Control Behaviors in Women Ages 25 — 45 (relevant because this is what early dieting frequently leads to)

These revelations about the underpinnings of the disease have in turn led doctors to rethink the prevalence of the disorder.

William Fifer, a professor of medical psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, said, «I think this gives us a much more valid estimate of the prevalence of these disorders.»

The prevalence of disorders among purebred and mixed - breed dogs varied with the condition.

Combining current screening schemes with pedigree and genotyping information could prove helpful in selective breeding programs to further reduce the prevalence of disorders with complex inheritance such as patellar luxation [55].

The Griffon Bruxellois (known as the Brussels Griffon in the USA) has a high prevalence of the disorder with a conservative estimate of 65 % having CM and 42 — 52 % having syringomyelia [3], [31].

It is known that many individual breeds show a higher than expected frequency of some disorders [7 — 10] suggesting that the higher prevalence of those disorders may be restricted to discrete subsets of the purebred dog population.

These latter data suggest that many truly BOAS - affected French Bulldogs may be accepted as «normal for breed» by owner and the veterinary profession because the pervasively high true prevalence of the disorder may conflate perceptions of «typically expected» and «desirably expected».

Disorder prevalence generally increased with severity of suicidal behaviour (prevalence of any disorder among those with ideation was 89.3 %, among planners was 93.6 % and among attempters was 96.1 %).

The prevalence of each disorder is elevated in virtually all subsamples of youths with suicidal behaviors, with 78.7 % of these differences statistically significant at an α level of.05.

The majority of studies came from North America and Europe, were carried out around 1987, and yielded a mean prevalence of disorders of 9 percent.

Most information available about the prevalence of the disorder of written expression is based on studies of reading disorders or learning disorders in general.

The observed increase is unlikely due to a genuine increase in the prevalence of the disorder, but rather reflect changes in diagnostic practice.

One aspect of concern of depression and anxiety disorders is the greater prevalence of these disorders among adolescent and adult's females may simply be more likely than adolescent males to endorse all items on common measures of depression and anxiety because adolescent females are more willing to disclose personal information.

The majority of research on RAD to date deals with characterizing the disorder operationally and with examining groups that seem to have a higher prevalence of the disorder.

Additional research examining the prevalence of this disorder in pediatric settings is needed.

The prevalence of the disorder in children and adolescents is relatively consistent across countries that differ in race and ethnicity.

Although we know of no previous attempt to estimate the lifetime prevalence of DSM - IV oppositional - defiant disorder, conduct disorder, or attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder in a nationally representative sample of adults, the NCS - R estimates are in the range reported in epidemiological surveys of adolescents.26, 27 The NCS - R prevalence estimate for intermittent explosive disorder is also consistent with the scant data on the prevalence of that disorder.28 Given that previous epidemiological surveys excluded these impulse - control disorders, it is striking that their combined lifetime prevalence is higher than that for either mood disorders or substance use disorders.

Among adults, the prevalence of disordered gambling has increased significantly.

Six - month prevalence of disorder and rates of service utilization

Not exact matches

But while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved more than two dozen drugs targeting a range of male sexual matters, pharma has turned a cold shoulder to female dysfunction, despite the prevalence of conditions like hypoactive sexual desire disorder, a chronic disinterest in sex estimated to affect 8 to 14 percent of American women ages 20 to 49.

The vision of the American dream with its great ideals and dedication to the good of mankind has become clouded, not only by social and political disorder and revelations of immorality, but by the prevalence of a self - centered hedonism which finds expression in a feverish quest for enjoyment.

Up to 20 percent of the Australian adult population is estimated to avoid gluten, far exceeding the estimated prevalence of gluten - related disorders, such as coeliac disease.

Prevalence, Correlates, Disability, and Comorbidity of DSM - IV Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

But discouraging harsh physical discipline — a response to child behavior practiced by close to half of American parents — could yield important payoffs, the authors wrote, concluding that «reducing physical punishment may help to decrease the prevalence of mental disorders in the general population.»

The University of Michigan Composite International Diagnostic Interview (UM - CIDI), a revised version of the CIDI, 23 was used to measure the prevalence of the following 4 psychiatric disorders, as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition, revised: 24 anxiety disorder (including one or more of social phobia, simple phobia, agoraphobia, panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder); major depressive disorder; alcohol abuse or dependence; and externalizing problems that included one or more of illicit drug abuse or dependence and antisocial behaviour.

It's the only anxiety disorder exclusive to childhood and the prevalence rate is about 4 per cent for school - aged children and 1.3 per cent of teens, Dr. Mendlowitz says.

The numbers probably indicate increased prevalence as well as greater awareness of the disorder, the agency notes.

As Autism prevalence grows, with one in 68 children on the spectrum, it is one of the fastest - growing developmental disorders in the nation.

The group hopes its recommendations will help reduce a disturbing prevalence of eating disorders and unsafe weight - maintenance habits that affect up to 62 percent of athletes.

Prevalence of reactive attachment disorder in a deprived population.

Although most studies of parental depression have focused on mothers, the impact of depression in fathers has received increasing attention.2, 3 Using data from the 2002 National Comorbidity Replication Survey, the Institute of Medicine report also estimated that 4.3 % of men with a child under 18 years old had a major depressive disorder within the previous 12 months.1 In addition, a recent meta - analysis4 suggested that the prevalence of paternal depression within the first year of a child's life was 10.4 %.

Recognizing the prevalence (1 in 7 women will suffer) and serious implications of untreated maternal mental health disorders for mothers, children, families, and society more generally, the California Legislative Women's Caucus put forth Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR) 148 which was passed in 2014.

«Adults with migraines have triple the prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder.»

In the first population - based study of the disorder's prevalence, the researchers identified 35 cases from 1976 to 2010 reported in Minnesota's Olmsted County.

The study found the prevalence of preterm birth — defined as delivery before 37 weeks» gestation — was 14.6 percent for women diagnosed with a sleep disorder during pregnancy, compared to 10.9 percent for women who were not.

Although precise estimates of the disease's prevalence are unknown, the disorder is rare, striking about 1 in 100,000 Americans of European descent; the rates are thought to be higher in African Americans.

Dr. Joaquín Espinosa is enthusiastic about the results of his study, «The constant activation of the Interferon response could explain many aspects of Down syndrome, such as cognitive deficit, stunted growth, increased prevalence of autoimmune disorders, high risk of Alzheimer's disease, and protection against solid tumors.»

The 11.5 % rate of anxiety disorders — such phobia, panic or generalized anxiety disorder — was slightly higher than in the general population (9 %), while the prevalence of other mental health diagnoses was similar to rates in the general population.

Prevalence of any functional GI disorder increased only slightly; these disorders affect nearly one in four children.

The investigators found that 32 % of patients experienced at least one clinically meaningful mental health issue (defined in the study as a mental health disorder)-- a prevalence higher than in the general population, in which 18 - 20 % are estimated to have a clinically meaningful mental disorder.

It is likely that the prevalence of adjustment disorders (11 %), which is rarely assessed in general population surveys, significantly contributed to the overall higher prevalence rate of mental disorders in this population of patients with cancer.

For comparison, the aggregate lifetime prevalence of bipolar spectrum disorders worldwide is about 2.4 percent.

The report, requested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), says it is possible to stem the still - escalating prevalence of opioid use disorder and other opioid - related harms without foreclosing access to opioids for patients suffering from pain whose providers have prescribed these drugs responsibly.

«Veterans with PTSD had a very high sleep disorder prevalence of 16 percent, the highest among the various health conditions or other population characteristics that we examined,» said Principal Investigator and senior author James Burch, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina.

In comparison, the prevalence of PTSD in the U.S. general population is 3.5 percent, with 18 percent meeting criteria for any anxiety disorder in the last year, and 9.5 percent meeting criteria for any mood disorder.

A new study found a six-fold increase in the age - adjusted prevalence of any sleep disorder diagnosis over an 11 - year period among U.S. veterans.

In a sample of more than 9.7 million U.S. veterans, the age - adjusted prevalence of sleep disorders increased from less than 1 percent in 2000 to nearly 6 percent in 2010.

For the 2.2 million Americans with schizophrenia and the 5.7 million Americans with bipolar disorder, the increased prevalence of obesity and its related diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease is particularly disconcerting.

The prevalence of mental illness among homeless individuals is much higher than the rest of the population, with more than 12 per cent suffering from severe mental illness, 11 per cent having mood disorders and close to 40 per cent reporting alcohol and drug addictions.