Predicting offense recidivism in Schizophrenia patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S589-S590
Author(s):  
B. Oueslati ◽  
M. Ali ◽  
R. Ridha
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Recidivism Rates ◽  
Conventional Antipsychotics ◽  
The Family ◽  
Violent Recidivism ◽  
Recidivism Prevention ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
The Government

IntroductionSchizophrenia increases the risk of offending. Recidivism rates are significant.AimIdentifying general and violent recidivism risk factors in schizophrenia patients.MethodsWe conducted a case control study. All included patients were admitted, at least once, to the forensic psychiatry department in Razi Hospital between January 1st, 1985 and December 31st, 2014 after a decision of irresponsibility by reason of insanity. All those who reoffended during this period were considered as cases. A draw was performed to create the control group. Both groups were matched according to their first offences’ types as well as to their ages. A multivariate analysis was performed.ResultsWe included 25 cases and 38 controls. Eight recidivism risk factors were identified. Living in urban poor neighbourhoods (P = 0.039; OR = 1.23), having been unemployed (P = 0.047; OR = 1.22) and not having lived with the family (P = 0.039; OR = 1.36) after discharge were considered as risk factors. The same applied to alcohol (P = 0.032; OR = 1.29) and cannabis use disorders (P = 0.005; OR = 1.34). A hospitalization shorter than 6 months increased the risk by 1.44 (P = 0.039). A combination of conventional antipsychotics (P = 0.003; OR = 1.36) and a poor adherence (P = 0.006; OR = 1.36) were considered as recidivism risk factors too.ConclusionsAll eight recidivism risk factors are dynamic. This makes recidivism prevention conceivable. Measures involving the patient, the health care system, patients’ families, society and the government should be taken.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Predicting offense recidivism in Schizophrenia patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S590-S590
Author(s):  
B. Oueslati ◽  
R. Ridha ◽  
A. Mrabet
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Recidivism Rates ◽  
Conventional Antipsychotics ◽  
The Family ◽  
Violent Recidivism ◽  
Recidivism Prevention ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
The Government

IntroductionSchizophrenia increases the risk of offending. Recidivism rates are significant.AimIdentifying general and violent recidivism risk factors in schizophrenia patients.MethodsWe conducted a case control study. All included patients were admitted, at least once, to the forensic psychiatry department in Razi Hospital between January 1st, 1985 and December 31st, 2014 after a decision of irresponsibility by reason of insanity. All those who reoffended during this period were considered as cases. A draw was performed to create the control group. Both groups were matched according to their first offenses’ types as well as to their ages. A multivariate analysis was performed.ResultsWe included 25 cases and 38 controls. Eight recidivism risk factors were identified. Living in urban poor neighbourhoods (P = 0.023; OR = 4.86), having been unemployed (P = 0.042; OR = 2.18) and not having lived with the family (P = 0.039; OR = 1.36) after discharge were considered as risk factors. The same applied to alcohol (P = 0.026; OR = 4.89) and cannabis use disorders (P = 0.018; OR = 6.01). A hospitalization shorter than 6 months increased the risk by 1.79 (P = 0.046). A combination of conventional antipsychotics (P = 0.023;OR = 4.81) and a poor adherence (P = 0.001; OR = 10.42) were considered as recidivism risk factors too.ConclusionsAll eight recidivism risk factors are dynamic. This makes recidivism prevention conceivable. Measures involving the patient, the health care system, patients’ families, society and the government should be taken.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals HUSBAND’S SUPPORT PARTICIPATION FOR PREGNANT WOMEN THROUGH VIDEO IN FE TABLET CONSUMPTION

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-57
Author(s):  
Utami Dewi ◽  
Fidyah Aminin ◽  
Nurniati TR ◽  
Vina Jayanti
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Group Design ◽  
The Family ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Target Set ◽  
The Government

The Indonesian government has initiated the provision of iron tablet supplementations to pregnant women. However, the lack of support from the family, especially husbands, in controlling the consumption of these tablets has resulted in the government program not being able to achieve the target set. This quasi experimental study used a pre-posttest model with a control group design. In this study, there were two groups, namely the treatment group and the control group who were given a questionnaire before and after the intervention. The treatment group was given intervention in the form of a husband's mentoring video, while the control group received services in the form of health education with sample size for each group at 47 persons. The results of the analysis showed there were more respondents who experienced the increased knowledge, i.e., 30 persons when compared to those in the control group by only 16 persons. It was then concluded that the use of video to increase the participation of husbands as a companion to remind the wife to consume iron supplementation was significant.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF MICROSOCIAL FACTORS ON THE FORMATION OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN SCHOOLCHILDREN

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1(39)) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
Dmitrо Nechytailo ◽  
T.M. Miheeva ◽  
N.I. Kovtyuk
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Blood Pressure Level ◽  
Pressure Level ◽  
Control Group ◽  
The Family ◽  
Unbalanced Diet ◽  
Vegetables And Fruits ◽  
Hypertension In Children

Introduction. In recent years, there has been anincrease in the prevalence of hypertension in both adults andchildren. The discrepancy in the prevalence of the diseasein children is associated with the absence of a standardizedmethod of measuring blood pressure, uniform criteria forassessing its level, as well as the "hypodiagnostics" ofarterial hypertension in children. Attention should alsobe paid to the relatively low compliance of some childrenand adolescents in the treatment and awareness of the needto maintain a sufficient level of physical activity, healthyeating and prevention of bad habits.The aim of the study was to determine the influence ofmicrosocial factors on the formation of arterial hypertensionin schoolchildren.Material and research methods. 848 school - agechildren were examined and divided into the followinggroups: the first group consisted of 182 children withhypertension, the second group - 78 children with arterialprehypertension and the control group - 588 children withnormal blood pressure.Sociometric survey was conducted by collectinginformation about the peculiarities of diet and quality ofnutrition, physical activity and psychological factors inchildren using questionnaires. Blood pressure level wasmeasured with automatic tonometers with variable cuffs inthe morning on both hands, three times, with an intervalof 2 minutes. The results were evaluated according topercentile tables in terms of age, sex and height. Statisticalprocessing of the obtained data was performed usingMicrosoftOfficeExcel and Statistica 10.0.Results. Analyzing the psychological atmospherewithin the family, it was found that 585 (69.0%) childrencalled the situation within the family good and warm, 100(12.1%) thought that family conditions were bad and 138(16.3%) children did not decide on account of bad or goodrelations within the family.Assessing the peculiarities of nutrition among thesurveyed schoolchildren, it was found that children fromthe 1st group ate the most irrationally. They ate bread andbaked goods more often every day, meat and dairy productsa little less often, and vegetables and fruits even less often.Equally important factors influencing a child’s healthand development are the presence of physical activity, dailyroutine, walks in the fresh air, and so on. Another importantfactor that affects both the general health of the child andhis physical development is regular exercise in sections orclubs.Children from the 1st group have the lowest level ofregular sports, unbalanced diet, and more often havepsychological problems in relationships with peers andparents. Given the data of statistical analysis, thesemicrosocial factors can be regarded as risk factors for thedevelopment of hypertension in schoolchildren.Conclusions. According to the conducted correlativeand cluster analysis, three key groups of microsocial factorsthat affect the level of blood pressure in children can beidentified: the factor of balanced nutrition, psychosocialfactor and the factor of physical activity. The abovefactors are complex, they can be classified to the categoryof risk factors for the development of hypertension inschoolchildren and early prediction of increased bloodpressure in them.

Mixed-effects models: Family burden and functionality in patients with bipolar disorder

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S331-S331 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Bermúdez-Ampudia ◽  
A. García-Alocén ◽  
M. Martínez-Cengotitabengoa ◽  
S. Alberich ◽  
I. González-Ortega ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Subjective Burden ◽  
The Family ◽  
Modifiable Factor ◽  
Objective Burden ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
One Year ◽  
Experimental Group

IntroductionThe bipolar disorder (BD) has an important effect over the lives of patients and families. The attitude of the family is a modifiable factor through specific interventions and it has been related with BD prognosis.ObjectivesStudy a sample of families and patients with BD.AimsCompare between two groups its course of burden of caring for family members with BD. Also, we will see the course of the functionality in patients.MethodsSample of 148 individuals who caring a familiar with BD. Seventy-six of these followed psychoeducation session are going to be experimental group (EG), and the others 72 did not followed any session are going to be control group (CG). There is a follow-up at 6 months and one year. To see the course of the burden and the functionality it will be used mixed models.ResultsAt baseline, there were not significant differences between CG and EG in objective and subjective burden and functionality. But over time there were significant results in the three cases. For objective burden (b = −0.016; P = 0.0001) EG presented a drop (b = −0.014; P = 0.0062), while CG did not show changes (b = 0.002; P = 0.4691). For subjective burden (b = −0.014; P = 0.0058) without significant results for CG (b = −0.352; P = 0.3203) and a significant decrease in EG (b = −0.017; P = 0.003). For the functionality (b = 1.474; P = 0.000) there was a significant increase in EG (b = 1.349; P = 0.000) but not for CG (b = −0.125; P = 0.3828).ConclusionsTwo groups did not differ at baseline however after the psychoeducation sessions appear clear differences, decreasing the burden for EG group and the functionality also improved for EG.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Behavioural Risk Factors of Noncommunicable Diseases among Nepalese Urban Poor: A Descriptive Study from a Slum Area of Kathmandu

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Oli ◽  
Abhinav Vaidya ◽  
Gobardhan Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Behavioral Risk ◽  
Risky Behaviour ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Government

There has been a rapid rise in the burden of noncommunicable diseases in low-income countries like Nepal. Political and economical instability leading to internal migration give rise to haphazard urbanization in Nepal. This, coupled with negative effects of globalization, is largely responsible for changing lifestyle and developing risky behaviour among the urban poor that put them at high risk of developing noncommunicable diseases. A descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted from September to December 2012 in an urban slum of Kathmandu to explore the prevalence of four major behaviour risk factors namely physical inactivity, low fruit and vegetable consumption, and tobacco and alcohol use and to measure the burden of obesity and hypertension in the population. We used WHO NCDs Risk Factor steps 1 and 2 questionnaires in all the 689 households of the slum. The major behavioral risk factors for noncommunicable diseases were very common with at least a quarter of the population having the major risk factors. The results may serve to form a framework to future planning, policy-making, implementation, and evaluation of any measures undertaken to reduce these risk factors, especially as the government is planning to unveil the National Urban Health Policy soon.

scholarly journals RISK FACTORS OF DEVELOPMENT OF HALLUCINATORY-PARANOIDAL DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA OF A MIXED GENESIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Shevchenko-Bitensky
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Cognitive Disorders ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Financial Conditions ◽  
The Family ◽  
Paranoid Symptoms ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The Brain

Abstract Seventy-two patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) with late onset and vascular brain disease, dementia with hallucinatory-paranoid symptoms (the main group) were examined. The control group included 61 patients with AD with late onset and vascular disease of the brain without hallucinatory-paranoid symptoms. The risk factors for the development of hallucinatory-paranoid disorders in patients with mixed dementia were determined. These factors included: female gender; age of 78.6 ± 7.3 years old; hereditary burden of personality disorders; genetic predisposition for cognitive disorders; the presence of a neuropathic constitution in childhood; a retardation of a psychophysical development in childhood; low levels of academic performance; absence of family; secondary and secondary speciaized education; a physical type of a job; acute psychogenic factors associated with the worsening of financial conditions, conflicts in the family, and divorce.

Analysis and Study on Effects of Family Environment Improvement on Children with Asthma

2014 ◽  
Vol 675-677 ◽  
pp. 241-244
Author(s):  
Ji Hong Wang ◽  
Hong Juan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Recurrence Rate ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Childhood Asthma ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Asthma Attack ◽  
The Family ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
Experimental Group

An attempt was made to reduce the recurrence rate of childhood asthma by improving the family environment and creating a good living environment to avoid risk factors in the family environment. 80 Cases of children with bronchial asthma treated in one hospital were selected and taken as the study subjects. After they were treated with the conventional therapy and discharged, the patients were randomly divided into a control group and an experimental group. The children in the experimental group were followed up for six months and guided to improve risk factors in the family environment and avoid the risk factors in the environment to induce asthma attack. The results showed that the recurrence rate of asthma in children in the experimental group was significantly lower than that in the control group. To improve the family environment and create a good atmosphere can effectively avoid the recurrence of childhood asthma.

scholarly journals Association of information, education, and communication with enrolment in health insurance: a case of Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Devaraj Acharya ◽  
Bhimsen Devkota ◽  
Kamal Gautam ◽  
Radha Bhattarai
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Background Characteristics ◽  
Decision Making Capacity ◽  
The Family ◽  
Insurance Programme ◽  
The Government ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
Health Programmes

Abstract Background Many studies indicate that various health programmes have been failed because of the lack of appropriate information, education, and communication [IEC] for the target audiences. It is still unanswered which methods/means of communication could be the most powerful for changing behaviour or decision-making capacity. The paper aims to assess the effects of IEC on family enrolment in health insurance programme [HIP] in Nepal. Methods We employed a household-based observational study with a control group. Altogether 810 household interviews were conducted in Baglung and Kailali districts of Nepal in 2018. The study used a validated structured interview schedule. Background characteristics of the family and respondents and their exposure to the means of communication were the independent variables while enrolment in health insurance [HI] was the dependent variable. Results Data showed that 72% of the respondents heard about the HI and 66% knew the contribution amount for enrolment in HI. In the total enrolled households, 53% were household heads, 59% belonged to the age group 41–60 and 68% were above 60 years. More than half (56%) of rich compared to 46 and 49% of middle and poor (p < 0.05); 60% of the family member suffering from the chronic disease were enrolled in the HI. Similarly, 68% of those who heard about HI compared to 4 % who did not hear were enrolled (p < 0.001). A vast majority (69%) of those knowing contribution amount, 73% who interact with peer neighbour compared to 39% who did not, and 62% of those who listened to the radio and 63% of those who watched TV were enrolled in HI (p < 0.001). However, heard about HI (aOR = 21.18, 95%CI: 10.17–44.13, p < 0.001), knowledge about contribution amount (aOR = 5.13, 95%CI: 3.09–8.52, p < 0.001), having HI related books or guidelines (aOR = 4.84, 95%CI: 2.61–8.98, p < 0.001), and interact with peer or neighbours (aOR = 1.74, 95%CI: 1.34–2.65, p < 0.01) were appeared to be positive and significant predictors for enrolment in HI. Conclusion Knowledge about HI and interaction with peers and neighbours about the HI scheme of the government could lead to higher participation in the HIP. It would be better to incorporate this strategy while planning interventions for increasing enrolment in the HIP.

Correlation of Metabolic Risk Factors with Sessile Serrated Lesions

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-179
Author(s):  
Melania Macarie ◽  
Simona Bataga ◽  
Simona Mocan ◽  
Monica Pantea ◽  
Razvan Opaschi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Interval Cancer ◽  
Metabolic Risk Factors ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Anatomical Site ◽  
Metabolic Risk ◽  
Right Colon ◽  
Serrated Lesions ◽  
The Right

Background and Aims: The importance of sessile serrated lesions (SSLs) in the pathogenesis of colorectal carcinoma has been recently established. These are supposed to cause the so-called “interval cancer”, having a rapidly progressive growth and being difficult to detect and to obtain an endoscopic complete resection. We aimed to establish the most important metabolic risk factors for sessile serrated lesions. Methods: We performed a retrospective case-control study, on a series of 2918 consecutive patients who underwent colonoscopy in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, County Clinical Emergency Hospital, Târgu-Mureș, Romania between 1 st of January 2015-31 th of December 2017. In order to evaluate the metabolic risk factors for polyps’ development, enrolled participants were stratified in two groups, a study group, 33 patients with SSLs lesions, and a control group, 138 patients with adenomatous polyps, selected by systematic sampling for age and anatomical site. Independent variables investigated were: gender, smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, arterial hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperuricemia, nonalcoholic liver disease. Results: For SSLs the most common encountered localization was the right colon in 30.55% of cases. By comparative bivariate analysis between SSLs group and control group, it was observed that hypertension (p=0.03, OR 2.33, 95 %CI 1.03-5.24), obesity (p=0.03, OR 2.61, 95 %CI 1.08-6.30), hyperuricemia (p=0.04, OR 2.72, 95 %CI 1.28-7.55), high cholesterol (p=0.002, OR 3.42; 95 %CI 1.48-7.87), and high triglycerides level (p=0.0006, OR 5.75; 95 %CI 1.92-17.2) were statistically associated with SSLs development. By multivariate analysis hypertension and hypertriglyceridemia retained statistical significance. Conclusions: Our study showed that the highest prevalence of SSLs was in the right colon and hypertension and increased triglycerides levels were associated with the risk of SSLs development. These risk factors are easy to detect in clinical practice and may help identifying groups with high risk for colorectal cancer, where screening is recommended.

Social Reform and Remedy Rendered in the Select Novels of Indira Goswami

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 848-852
Author(s):  
Dr.B.R. VEERAMANI ◽  
A. KUMARAVALLI
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Social Reform ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Government ◽  
Public Instruction ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
Creative Effort

Dr. Indira Goswami (Mamoni Raisom Goswami) is one of the leading writers of the India today. She has won the Jnanpith Award for the year 2000, which is the highest literary award of India today. She belongs to the family of Sattra adhikars (Head of Vaisnava monastery) of South Kamrup in Assam. Her father, Late Uma Kanta Goswami, was an economist, who worked as the Director of Public Instruction of the Government of Assam. Indira did her schooling in Guwahati and Shillong. She has written eighteen novels, and several hundreds of short stories. Her novels and short stories have been translated into many Indian and Foreign languages. She tries to write from her direct experiences of her life. She only moulds her experiences with her imagination. Her language is like a velvet dress by which she endeavors to cover the restless soul in its journey through existence. But however hard, she might try, the fabric of this dress seldom takes on the texture of velvet or fine Muslim, and it comes out rather tattered. Sometimes they feel that it is a futile effort to arrest the soul with language and capture it in cold print. It is better, perhaps to feel it only in numb science. But, then, those very experiences impel a person to unload them from the psyche by creative effort which gives a sort of relief. And, the tattered fabric has a beauty which puts to shame the finest of velvets.

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