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Murad Almomani - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Health-related quality of life and physical, mental, and cognitive disabilities among nursing home residents in Jordan
Quality of Life Research, 2014Co-Authors: Fidaa Mohammad Almomani, Joan M. Mcdowd, Wegdan Bani-issa, Murad AlmomaniAbstract:Purpose To describe the physical, cognitive, psychological, and medical status of nursing home residents in Jordan. We also investigated the perceived health-related quality of life of this population. Methods A sample of 221 nursing home residents in Jordan was recruited to participate in this study. Demographic variables and medical history were collected. In addition, all participants were assessed using health-related quality of life items (HRQOL), mini-mental state examination (MMSE), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Tinetti assessment battery for gait and balance (TAB), and disability of arm, shoulder, and hand assessment (DASH). Results TAB and DASH scores were related to the following HRQOL items: self-reported general health status, the Need for personal care, the Need for Help from others in handling routine Needs, the number of days of pain, feeling sad, depressed, worried, and not getting enough sleep, and the number of days feeling very healthy and full of energy. MMSE scores were related to self-reported Need for personal care, the Need for Help from others in handling daily routine Needs, and the number of days feeling pain, sad, worried, and depressed. GDS scores were related to self-reported general health status, the Need for personal care, the Need for Help from others for handling daily routine Needs, the number of pain, sad, worried, and not getting enough sleep days, and the number of days feeling healthy and full of energy. Conclusions This study revealed a substantial impact of physical, cognitive, and psychological disabilities on HRQOL of nursing home residents in Jordan
Stephen R Zubrick - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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mental disorders in australian 4 to 17 year olds parent reported Need for Help
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2018Co-Authors: Sarah Johnson, David Lawrence, Michael G Sawyer, Stephen R ZubrickAbstract:Objective:To describe the extent to which parents report that 4- to 17-year-olds with symptoms meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition criteria for mental disorde...
Herbert Matschinger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the stigma of mental illness effects of labelling on public attitudes towards people with mental disorder
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2003Co-Authors: Matthias C Angermeyer, Herbert MatschingerAbstract:Objective: Aim of the study is to examine the impact of labelling on public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia and major depression. Method: In Spring 2001, a representative survey was carried out in Germany involving adults of German nationality (n = 5025). Results: Labelling as mental illness has an impact on public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia, with negative effects clearly outweighing positive effects. Endorsing the stereotype of dangerousness has a strong negative effect on the way people react emotionally to someone with schizophrenia and increases the preference for social distance. By contrast, perceiving someone with schizophrenia as being in Need for Help evokes mixed feelings and affects people's desire for social distance both positively and negatively. Labelling has practically no effect on public attitudes towards people with major depression. Conclusion: Our findings illustrate the Need for differentiation, differentiation between the different components of stigma as well as differentiation between the various mental disorders.
Frank C Verhulst - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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factors associated with adolescent mental health service Need and utilization
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2003Co-Authors: Marieke Zwaanswijk, Jan Van Der Ende, Peter F M Verhaak, Jozien M Bensing, Frank C VerhulstAbstract:ABSTRACT Objective To determine the association of parent, family, and adolescent variables with adolescent mental health service Need and utilization. Method Correlates of adolescent mental health service utilization, self-perceived Need and unmet Need were investigated in a general population sample of 1,120 Dutch adolescents aged 11 to 18 years (78% response rate). Results 3.1% of the sample had been referred for mental health services within the preceding year, and 3.8% reported unmet Need. 7.7% of adolescents at risk for psychopathology, and 17.8% of those indicating a Need for Help, had been referred. Family stress and adolescent's self-reported problems were most strongly associated with service Need and utilization. Internalizing problems, female gender, and low education level were associated with self-perceived unmet Need. Adolescent ethnicity and competence in activities and school were associated with service use, but did not influence service Need, while the opposite effect was found for adolescent age and parental psychopathology. Conclusions In designing intervention programs aimed at increasing adolescent mental health service use, distinctions should be made between efforts focused at adolescents not recognizing their problems, and those with unmet Need.
Carol Thomas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Psychosocial Needs in cancer patients related to religious belief.
Palliative Medicine, 2003Co-Authors: M. B. Mcillmurray, Brian Francis, Juliet Harman, Sara Morris, Keith Soothill, Carol ThomasAbstract:In a study of psychosocial Needs amongst cancer patients, the possession of a religious faith has been identified as a significant factor in determining a range of psychosocial Needs. Of the 354 respondents to a questionnaire, which included a comprehensive psychosocial Needs inventory, 83% said they had a religious faith, and in general these patients were less reliant on health professionals, had less Need for information, attached less importance to the maintenance of independence and had less Need for Help with feelings of guilt, with their sexuality or with some practical matters than those who said they had no religious faith. In addition, they had fewer unmet Needs overall (32% compared with 52%). The knowledge of a patient's spirituality should Help service providers to predict aspects of psychosocial Need and to respond sensitively and appropriately to a patient's experience of cancer.
