Sentences with phrase «reported symptom level»

A previous publication suggested that there was little evidence of symptom attenuation (lower reported symptom levels in subsequent data waves), cohort differences, or differential dropout in this sample.11

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Because studies show that one - off concussion education isn't enough to change concussion symptom reporting behavior, Step Three in the SmartTeams Play SafeTM #TeamUp4 ConcussionSafetyTM game plan calls for coaches, athletes, athletic trainers, team doctors (and, at the youth and high school level, parents) to attend a mandatoryconcussion safety meeting before every sports season to learn in detail about the importance of immediate concussion symptom reporting, not just in minimizing the risks concussions pose to an athlete's short - and long - term health, but in increasing the chances for individual and team success.

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.

found that the attitudes and behaviors of coaches of university - level teams in Canada may have discouraged athletes from reporting concussion symptoms at the time of injury, with a third of athletes admitting to have suffered a concussion saying that they did not reveal their symptoms out of fear that being diagnosed with a concussion would affect their standing with their current team or future teams and nearly one - fifth because they feared such a diagnosis would result in negative repercussions from the coach or coaching staff.

Parents report lower levels of depression, distress about the abuse, and symptoms of PTSD.

They also reported larger drops in self - reported depressive symptoms, increased social support, lower levels of other psychiatric symptoms and increased functional capacity.

Teenage boys who reported high levels of depressive symptoms, and had high levels of cortisol, were more likely to have become clinically depressed over the next three years than any other combination.

Although the relationship between CRP and delirium has been previously reported, this study is the first to document and analyze CRP levels before onset of symptoms.

Women report more overall distress than men do and tend to experience higher levels of psychophysiological symptoms in response to stress — headaches, insomnia, muscle tension, anxiety, hostility, dizziness, nausea, pounding heart, lack of motivation, and various acute and chronic illnesses.

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.

Teenage boys who reported many depressive symptoms, and had high levels of cortisol, were more likely to have become depressed over the next three years than any other group.

About 60 percent of respondents reported symptoms that would be expected in people exposed to high levels of the chemicals found in the air samples, Subra said.

Adverse symptoms were self - reported and blood samples were taken to assess levels of peripheral inflammation.

«Students often report feeling overwhelmed and experiencing high levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms,» says Barker, who is also a member of the Centre for Research in Human Development.

The study reports that Alzheimer's Disease and type 2 diabetes are so closely related that drugs currently used to control glucose levels in diabetes may also alleviate the symptoms and progression of Alzheimer's disease.

«Everyone, including the highly distractible people, who reported higher levels of ADHD symptoms and who responded up to 41 % slower when the cartoon distractor was present, benefited from increasing the task difficulty, which may be contrary to common expectations,» says Lavie.

As expected, teens who reported higher levels of interpersonal dependent stress showed higher levels of negative cognitive style and rumination at later assessments, even after the researchers took initial levels of the cognitive vulnerabilities, depressive symptoms, and sex into account.

«Despite having low levels of circulating testosterone, very few subjects reported symptoms consistent with testosterone deficiency or excess,» Page said.

And 47 percent of the 100 women reported symptoms at «clinical» levels, meaning the symptoms were of at least moderate severity.

In a study recently published online in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, the researchers found that mothers of teenagers with ASD or ID reported higher levels of stress and other negative psychological symptoms — think depression or anxiety — than mothers of teenagers with typical development, or TD.

When the deformed pancreas proteins were injected into mice without type 2 diabetes, the animals developed symptoms of the disease, including overly high blood sugar levels, the researchers report online August 1 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Those who reported high levels of distress and high levels of depressive symptoms were assigned one of three interventions, all of which were designed to reduce the distress associated with managing diabetes, rather than symptoms of depression.

The study found that most caregivers reported high levels of depression symptoms, which commonly persisted up to one year and did not improve in some.

The researchers found that nearly 24 percent of the 465 athletes reported a «clinically relevant» level of depressive symptoms, and 6 percent reported moderate to severe symptoms.

Generally, the patients reported a high level of disease - related symptoms prior to entering the study, with major impact on daily life and ability to participate in family and social activities.

Testosterone deficiency — defined as low levels of total testosterone in the presence of symptoms - is common among men with obesity and type 2 diabetes, with a reported prevalence of 58 % and 45 %, respectively.

At the end of the 12 - week yoga program, the 10 participants who attended yoga classes reported significantly less acute symptoms of depression, and lower levels of perceived stress than at study onset.

After adjusting for confounding factors, hose who ate the highest levels of whole foods were the least likely to report symptoms of depression, while those who ate the highest levels of highly processed foods were most likely to report depression.

Additionally, copper dysregulation is a key factor in ADHD.40 Many studies likewise report a close association between zinc deficiency and clinical depression, with severity of symptoms inversely correlated with serum zinc levels.

Circulating testosterone levels decline with increasing age but do not appear to be significantly affected by the menopausal transition.8 As early as the 1940s, testosterone was reported not only to alleviate menopausal symptoms but also to restore libido.9 In recent years, evidence has accumulated supporting the hypothesis that the decline in endogenous testosterone levels is associated with menopausal symptoms, including decreased libido, worse moods, and poorer quality of life.10 Clinical trials have demonstrated that exogenous androgens in conjunction with estrogens can ameliorate symptoms affecting sexual function and general well - being.11, 12 In addition, studies have found beneficial effects of androgen therapy on bone mineral density.13 - 15

North American couples reported a higher level of symptoms when compared with their European counterparts.

* Children who left both parents behind in their country of origin to join other family members or who came to the U.S. with a parent leaving the other behind in country of origin reported higher levels of depressive symptoms.

Many pet owners who supplement their dogs» diets with raw meat report improvements in energy levels and arthritis symptoms, as well as glossier, healthier - looking coats.

False elevation of blood glucose levels Humans report headache, dizziness, ringing in the ears, rashes and itchiness If you see any of these symptoms or notice anything else unusual, contact your veterinarian Can this drug be given with other drugs?

Dr Laurie states clearly she has no expertise in acoustics, but does consult regularly and collaborates closely with those who are acousticians, to help ensure she understands what she needs to in relation to exposure levels of infrasound, audible noise and vibration and correlations with reported health symptoms.

Created reporting and tracking Infrastructure database for Motorola's Failure Analysis Lab (FAL) to track DUTs, recording unit SN details, visible damage, origination, symptom, failure disposition, component level details and remediation.

A study showed that the strongest benefit from mentoring, and most consistent across risk groups, was a reduction in depressive symptoms — particularly noteworthy given that almost one in four youth reported worrisome levels of these symptoms at baseline.

Adolescents who were depressed who reported higher baseline levels of interpersonal difficulties showed a greater and more rapid reduction in depressive symptoms if treated with IPT - A compared with treatment as usual.

Moreover, participants reported fewer symptoms of depression, higher levels of social support, and greater life satisfaction at 3MFU.

As shown in Table 2, MBSR participants reported lower levels of depressive symptoms (β = — 0.16, P =.02), self - hostility (β = — 0.14, P =.02), somatization (β = — 0.13, P =.03), negative affect (β = — 0.19, P =.003), negative coping (β = — 0.13, P =.04), and rumination (β = — 0.13, P =.03).

Patients completed a measure of depressive symptoms, the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), a 27 - item self - report symptom - oriented scale used with children and adolescents with at least a first - grade reading level (Kovacs, 1992).

At high levels of access to public transport stops (≥ 59.7 transit points per km2), health clinics / services (≥ 18.8 destinations in residential buffers) and crowdedness (~ 2 standard deviations above average), participants living alone were significantly less likely to report any depressive symptoms than their counterparts.

Specifically, higher levels of pedestrian infrastructure, connectivity and prevalence of public transport stops were associated with increased odds of reporting one or more depressive symptoms.

In fact, Jorngarden, Mattsson, and von Essen (2007) reported that adolescent cancer patients had higher levels of depressive symptoms than healthy peers 6 months after being diagnosed but lower levels at the 18 - month follow - up.

Mothers reporting a high level of depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression Scale score ≥ 16) reported significantly poorer prevention practices for car seat use, covering electrical plugs, and having syrup of ipecac in the home.

We hypothesised that (1) objective measures of availability / access to destinations, greenness and a pedestrian - friendly infrastructure would be negatively associated with depressive symptoms; (2) environmental stressors such as signs of crime / disorder, pollution, traffic - related variables and presence of stray dogs would be positively associated with depressive symptoms; (3) older adults living alone would report more depressive symptoms than their counterparts; (4) and the negative effects of living alone on depressive symptoms would be attenuated by better access / availability of destinations and lower levels of environmental stressors.

As expected, when compared with participants living with others, those living alone were more likely to report (any) depressive symptoms when living in neighbourhoods with poorer access to civic / institutional destinations, retail, food / eating outlets, public transport stops and health clinics / services, lower levels of crowdedness and fewer people on the streets (table 4).

Those living alone and residing in neighbourhoods with higher levels of connectivity tended to report more depressive symptoms than their counterparts.

In contrast, those living alone tended to report more depressive symptoms than those living with others, if residing in neighbourhoods with high levels of connectivity.

Functional expectations of caregivers are often huge with multiple responsibilities such as household chores, emotional support, providing transportation and symptom management.4 As cancer survivorship grows, from 50 % in the 70s, to 54 % between 1983 and 1985, to 65 % in 2009, the illness may become a chronic disease, further stressing caregivers with a cumulative and unrelenting burden of care and responsibility.5 Psychological morbidity or psychiatric symptomatology among cancer caregivers is high.6, 7 Levels of distress have also been shown to be higher than those reported by patients themselves.8