scholarly journals A 10-year follow-up study on subjective well-being and relationships to person–environment (P–E) fit and activity of daily living (ADL) dependence of older Swedish adults

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. e16-e22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Werngren-Elgström ◽  
Gunilla Carlsson ◽  
Susanne Iwarsson
1995 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Carrà ◽  
Massimo Clerici ◽  
Carlo L. Cazzullo

SummaryAims - Evaluating socio-demographic characteristics of a sample of 102 schizophrenic patients and their relatives which got in touch with a facility with different psychoeducational treatments. Checking differential characteristics among subsamples according to the engaging to different treatment programs. Longitudinally evaluating both patient's psychosocial course and relative's perception 1 year after the end of such a treatment. Design - Assessment of patients and relatives sociodemographic characteristics, according to engaging in 2 different psychoeducative groups (informative and support) or not engaging (early drop-outs), matching Vs. an external control sample of «no-treated» families. One year follow-up study on patients and relatives both for «objective» and «subjective» conditions. Setting -A private social organization of voluntary psychiatrists, the Association for Research on Schizophrenia in Milan. Main outcome measures - Survey on characteristics of patients and relatives in different stage of treatment collected by standardized records and contrasted with those of comparison groups. Follow-up study by structured questionary. Student's two tailed t tests were used to compare some socio-demographic data. Chi-square analyses were used to compare nominal data. Mc Nemar test is used to follow significative changes. Results - Some preliminar differences in sociodemographic features, between different groups, are to be confirmed by increasing sample while there are interesting evidences for different course and outcome in a group following a particular kind of treatment (informative group) for both patient's objective performance and family subjective well-being. Conclusions - Psychoeducational family treatment shows good prospects for families interested to coping with schizophrenia and which are able to look for information and support. Longitudinal evaluation shows interesting changes in the relationship with public facilities and in the occupational status overall in the informative group. It proves its importance for «acute» schizophrenia, while a supportive treatment retains an usefulness in chronic ilnesses reducing the burden of care.


2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Carlo Altamura ◽  
Matteo Porcellana ◽  
Paola M. Marinaccio ◽  
Maria Ciabatti ◽  
Emanuela P. Nocito ◽  
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BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. e044747
Author(s):  
Geeta Appannah ◽  
Nor Aishah Emi ◽  
Mugambikai Magendiran ◽  
Zalilah Mohd Shariff ◽  
Azriyanti Anuar Zaini ◽  
...  

IntroductionGrowing evidence suggesting that dietary intakes of adolescents are generally of poor quality but not adequately assessed in relation to the early manifestation of non-communicable diseases. This study aimed; (1) to examine tracking of an empirical dietary pattern (DP) linked to cardiometabolic risk factors and, (2) to assess prospective relationships between a DP characterised by high intakes of dietary energy density (DED) and added sugar, and cardiometabolic risk factors, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), carotid intima-medial thickness (CIMT) and mental well-being during adolescence.Methods and analysisThe PUTRA-Adol is a prospective follow-up study that builds up from 933 Malaysian adolescents who were initially recruited from three southern states in Peninsular Malaysia in 2016 (aged 13 years then). Two sessions are planned; the first session will involve the collection of socio-economy, physical activity, dietary intakes, mental well-being, body image, risk taking behaviour, sun exposure, family functioning and menstrual (in women) information. The second session of data collection will be focused on direct assessments such as venesection for blood biochemistry, anthropometry and ultrasonography imaging of liver and bilateral carotid arteries. Z-scores for an empirical DP will be identified at 16 years using reduced rank regression. Multilevel modelling will be conducted to assess the tracking of DP and prospective analysis between the DP, cardiometabolic health, NAFLD, CIMT and mental well-being.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval for the conduct of this follow-up study was obtained from the Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Ethics Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects (JKEUPM) (Reference number: JKEUPM-2019–267). The findings from this study will be disseminated in conferences and peer-reviewed journals.DiscussionThe findings gathered from this study will provide evidence on prospective relationships between DPs, cardiometabolic risk factors, NAFLD, early atherosclerosis and mental well-being and that it may be mediated particularly DED and added sugar during adolescence.


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