Sentences with phrase «symptom burden in»

Other natural agents that assist with mood and stress management, as well as psychological techniques to help manage stress, such as mindfulness practice and mediation, may also ameliorate symptom burden in patients with IBS.

The paper, titled «In People Living with HIV (PLWH), Menopause (Natural or Surgical) Contributes to the Greater Symptom Burden in Women: Results from an Online US Survey,» was published in the March 2018 online edition of Menopause.

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«I'm a personal believer that the opioid epidemic and the chronic disease burden we see in the country are symptoms of the problem, not the real problem,» he said.

The resulting higher viral burden in the patients causes more severe disease symptoms, or even death.

Dr. Guyuron and colleagues conclude, «Both procedures can be performed safely with significant improvement in symptom burden, without concern for great morbidity [complications].»

The study published in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), suggests that screening and treatment of psychosocial symptoms may curb the cardiovascular disease burden in RA patients.

The DSM - H is a synergistic combination of elements from several interprofessional training programs utilizing both online education, off - line mentoring, and evidence - based assessment tools and care plans to provide a structured way for HHC agencies to assess and manage pain and behavioral symptoms such as agitation, verbal and physical aggression, delusions, hallucinations, and sleep problems in PLWD and to also decrease their caregivers» stress, burnout, and burden of care.

Chronically - ill cancer patients have different exercise limitations than their healthy counterparts and other concurrent diseases and high symptom burden add challenges in how best to study and implement physical activity programs in lung cancer patients.

«These patients have symptoms that create a major burden in their lives.

Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the study is the first meta - analysis of the effect of palliative care as it relates to patients» quality of life, symptom burden and survival.

«We observed higher rates of neurocognitive decline, increased symptom burden and a decline in health - related quality of life over time among non-progressing patients treated with bevacizumab,» he says.

Because multiple symptoms common with blast traumatic brain injury are also seen with growth hormone and testosterone deficiencies, perhaps treating these hormone deficiencies will help improve the symptom burden and quality of life for these veterans,» said lead study author Jeffrey S. Taylor, MD, endocrinology fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia.

The American Journal of Nursing paper concludes: «We believe that in tackling the significant burden of post critical illness physical, psychological, and cognitive morbidity, the CCRC presents a bold and innovative step to modify these PICS symptoms and to improve ICU survivors» quality of life.

Battles for the soul have been fought while either tapering steadily off the mind - altering medications and working consciously with the debilitating withdrawal symptoms, or without the added burden of the medications, simply working to bring balance on a deeper soul level in order to engage more fully in life as a balanced and constructively engaging human being.

However, if one or more of these pathways becomes sluggish, congested, overwhelmed, or is otherwise functioning less than optimally, this puts an unnatural burden on the others, which often results in unpleasant symptoms.

Watch symptoms melt away, in just days, as you reduce metabolic burden and the body focuses on elimination.

A mild infestation of whipworms in cats will show no evident signs or symptoms, but as the worms multiply, the burden of these parasites begin to take their toll on a feline's body, causing the following symptoms:

«In the case of this study, burden is at a high - enough level that for some people, it could be causing symptoms of anxiety and, more likely, depression.»

«Some people have deemed the skills shortage the result of an education system that has failed to prepare young people for working life, while others describe it as a symptom of employer efforts to shift the burden of training employees onto academia rather than investing in it themselves.

For example, Chinese caregivers displayed a tendency for collective decision - making regarding important decisions, adopted a fatalistic explanation for the care recipients» illness, experienced a sense of guilt and shame, 16, 17 and had reservations in expressing their feelings to avoid placing unnecessary burden on other family members.16, 18 Familial obligation to care for the family member with cancer was also emphasised.19 Distress was often experienced in terms of physical symptoms, and emotional coping involved the strategy of endurance.17 Since these culturally derived attitudes and perceptions frame the caregiving experience, interventions that are culturally sensitive, patient - centred and theoretically motivated have been advocated.20

According to the WHO, it is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide.1 More than 300 million people are estimated to be suffering from depression, corresponding to 4.4 % of the global population.1 Depression is more common among older adults, with a prevalence of 7 % and believed to be underestimated.2 As the world population ages, there will be a corresponding increase in the number of older adults with depressive symptoms and associated global health burden.3

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

Levels of depressive symptoms in spouses of people with lung cancer: effects of personality, social support, and caregiving burden

PTSD is a severe psychiatric illness characterised by four core symptom clusters: re-experiencing, avoidance, negative cognition and mood and hyperarousal.1 With an estimated lifetime prevalence in community samples of up to 8 %, PTSD results in a great deal of personal suffering and escalating social and economic costs.2 Unfortunately, current evidence - based treatments for PTSD leave a high percentage with a significant symptom burden, highlighting the urgent need for novel treatments.

There was no increase in suicide ideation and no difference between groups in symptoms of schizophrenia or burden of care.

There are well - documented associations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and intimate relationship problems, including relationship distress and aggression, 1 and studies demonstrate that the presence of PTSD symptoms in one partner is associated with caregiver burden and psychological distress in the other partner.2 Although currently available individual psychotherapies for PTSD produce overall improvements in psychosocial functioning, these improvements are not specifically found in intimate relationship functioning.3 Moreover, it has been shown that even when patients receive state - of - the - art individual psychotherapy for the disorder, negative interpersonal relations predict worse treatment outcomes.4, 5

Attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 3 % — 5 % of children and young people under 18 years old.1 The core symptoms include inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity leading to significant impairments in academic and social function and increased risk of substance misuse, unemployment, criminality and mental health problems.2 3 Early treatment is crucial to improve symptoms and reduce the burden on the family and wider social and healthcare systems.4 With the increasing rates of diagnosis of ADHD, spending on ADHD medication has increased sevenfold between 1998 and 2005,5 and expenditure on medication treatment costs in the UK is now estimated at # 78 million per year.5 6 This has placed increasing financial burden on health services and highlighted the need for more efficient and cost - effective services to diagnose and treat the condition.

The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of reciprocal filial piety (RFP) between the care recipient's behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) and the caregiver's burden or gain among adult - child caregivers caring for parents with dementia in China.

Other findings for the person with the condition include improved adherence with medication, reduced symptoms and improved social functioning and vocational activity.1 In addition, these interventions have been shown to reduce distress and burden in primary carers and improve family functioningIn addition, these interventions have been shown to reduce distress and burden in primary carers and improve family functioningin primary carers and improve family functioning.7

Globally, harmful alcohol use is a major modifiable contributor to the burden of disease.1 The typical age of initiation of alcohol use is around mid-adolescence and for a significant minority of adolescents their alcohol use will result in substantial harms, the most costly of which is alcohol use disorder (AUD).2 Defined as a cluster of symptoms indicating continued alcohol use despite significant problems, AUD is common and imposes a significant burden on the individual, their family and the wider society.

Specifically, the ACE Study model relies strongly on the idea that adverse childhood experiences create a burden of psychological stress that changes behavior, cognitions, emotions, and physical functions in ways that promote subsequent health problems and illness.22 Among the hypothesized pathways, adverse childhood experiences lead to depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, which in turn can lead to substance abuse, sleep disorders, inactivity, immunosuppression, inflammatory responses, and inconsistent health care use, possibly leading to other medical conditions later in life.23, 24 Therefore, childhood behavioral and emotional symptoms very likely represent a crucial mediator linking adverse childhood experiences and the longer term health - related problems found in the ACE substudies.

Caregiver burden in recent - onset schizophrenia and spectrum disorders: the influence of symptoms and personality traits

If the respondents endorse the requisite symptoms (based on DSM criteria), respondents are then asked to rate the child's level of distress due to these symptoms (e.g. «kr381: Degree to which general anxieties upset child») and several questions regarding burden / impaired functionality are then asked (e.g. «Degree to which worries interfered how well child gets on with respondent / rest of family in day - to - day life»).

There were no significant differences between boys and girls in the impact on use of services, treatment received and family burden associated with ODD symptoms and diagnosis.

Socioeconomic burden of subsyndromal depressive symptoms and major depression in a sample of the general population

Positive and negative symptom behaviors and caregiver burden in the relatives of persons with schizophrenia

Our study also has key strengths: 1) analyses were based on a community sample and we were able to estimate the burden of behavioural problems associated with food insecurity among children in the general population, while most prior studies focused on high - risk families; 2) longitudinal follow - up of children's mental health allowed us to distinguish different types of symptoms and their developmental patterns over up to 7 years of follow - up; 3) statistical adjustment for multiple individual and family factors potentially associated with children's outcomes.