scholarly journals HOSPITAL ACQUIRED FUNCTIONAL DECLINE: THE ROLE OF IN-HOSPITAL PROCESSES BEYOND PERSONAL RISK FACTORS

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 1277-1277
Author(s):  
A. Zisberg ◽  
G. Sinoff ◽  
N. Gur-Yaish ◽  
O. Tonkikh ◽  
E. Shadmi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Functional Decline ◽  
Personal Risk ◽  
Personal Risk Factors ◽  
Hospital Acquired

scholarly journals The role of weight- and appearance-related discrimination on eating disorder symptoms among adolescents and emerging adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Cohrdes ◽  
Claudia Santos-Hövener ◽  
Katja Kajikhina ◽  
Heike Hölling
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Eating Disorder Symptoms ◽  
Personal Risk ◽  
Personal Risk Factors

Abstract Background Eating disorder symptoms (EDs) have been discussed as a prominent problem among late adolescent girls with serious health risks and long-term consequences. However, there is a lack of population-based evidence on EDs comprising the age range from early adolescence to emerging adulthood as well as considering both females and males equally. Additionally, the differential role of a comprehensive set of several relevant risk factors and particularly weight- and appearance-related discrimination warrants further attention. Thus, we aimed to contribute to a better understanding of sex- and age-related differences in associations between discrimination experience and other relevant personal risk factors (body image, social media use, self-efficacy, social support) with EDs. Furthermore, we were interested in the exploration of underlying mechanisms enhancing the risk of EDs by taking discrimination experience into account. Methods Based on a logistic regression model, we investigated associations between weight- and appearance-related discrimination and EDs while controlling for other relevant personal risk factors in a subsample of N = 8504 adolescents and emerging adults (54.4% female, mean age = 20.71 years, SD = 4.32 years) drawn from a German representative health survey (KiGGS Wave 2). In a second step, we investigated the mediating role of discrimination experience between the other risk factors and EDs with the help of a path model. Results While controlling for other relevant personal risk factors, weight- and appearance-related discrimination was significantly related to EDs. Whereas the risk of EDs was significantly enhanced in males and emerging adults frequently experiencing weight-related discrimination, adolescents showed a higher risk of EDs when experiencing appearance-related discrimination. Moreover, discrimination experience partly explained the associations between body image dissatisfaction, low self-efficacy, high media use and ED symptoms. Conclusions The results highlight weight- and appearance-related discrimination as one central factor to be considered in the pathogeneses of EDs and underpin the need for discrimination prevention as well as the promotion of adaptive coping with discrimination experience to reduce the risk of developing ED symptoms. Males and emerging adults need particular attention when facing weight-related discrimination whereas risk constellations and EDs particularly affecting females need further investigation.

The role of parental and personal risk factors in the formation of pharyngeal tonsil hypertrophy in infants and preschool children

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-76
Author(s):  
E. V. Shabaldina ◽  
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R. Yu. Zamaraev ◽  
D. R. Akhtyamov ◽  
N. S. Deeva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Personal Risk ◽  
Personal Risk Factors ◽  
Pharyngeal Tonsil

scholarly journals Cumulative Risks from Stressor Exposures and Personal Risk Factors in the Workplace: Examples from a Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5850
Author(s):  
Mary A. Fox ◽  
Richard Todd Niemeier ◽  
Naomi Hudson ◽  
Miriam R. Siegel ◽  
Gary Scott Dotson
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Multiple Stressors ◽  
Cumulative Risk ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Exposure Limits ◽  
Personal Risk ◽  
Personal Risk Factors

Protecting worker and public health involves an understanding of multiple determinants, including exposures to biological, chemical, or physical agents or stressors in combination with other determinants including type of employment, health status, and individual behaviors. This has been illustrated during the COVID-19 pandemic by increased exposure and health risks for essential workers and those with pre-existing conditions, and mask-wearing behavior. Health risk assessment practices for environmental and occupational health typically do not incorporate multiple stressors in combination with personal risk factors. While conceptual developments in cumulative risk assessment to inform a more holistic approach to these real-life conditions have progressed, gaps remain, and practical methods and applications are rare. This scoping review characterizes existing evidence of combined stressor exposures and personal factors and risk to foster methods for occupational cumulative risk assessment. The review found examples from many workplaces, such as manufacturing, offices, and health care; exposures to chemical, physical, and psychosocial stressors combined with modifiable and unmodifiable determinants of health; and outcomes including respiratory function and disease, cancers, cardio-metabolic diseases, and hearing loss, as well as increased fertility, menstrual dysfunction and worsened mental health. To protect workers, workplace exposures and modifiable and unmodifiable characteristics should be considered in risk assessment and management. Data on combination exposures can improve assessments and risk estimates and inform protective exposure limits and management strategies.

scholarly journals Personal risk factors associated with heat-related illness among new conscripts undergoing basic training in Thailand

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. e0203428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudchanu Nutong ◽  
Mathirut Mungthin ◽  
Panadda Hatthachote ◽  
Supak Ukritchon ◽  
Worarachanee Imjaijit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Personal Risk ◽  
Personal Risk Factors

scholarly journals Work-Related Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Loggers in the Ark-La-Tex Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-176
Author(s):  
Rodriguez ◽  
Casanova ◽  
Levin ◽  
Gimeno Ruiz de Porras ◽  
Douphrate
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Lower Extremities ◽  
Musculoskeletal Symptoms ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Personal Risk ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Lower Back ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Personal Risk Factors

Background: The U.S. logging sector is among the most dangerous industrial sectors, with high fatality and non-fatal injury rates. Limited research has addressed work-related musculoskeletal disorders among logging machine operators (LMOs). The purpose of this study was to estimate the 12-month prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and the associated work-related risk factors among LMOs in the Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas (Ark-La-Tex) logging region.Methods: A self-administered 93-item questionnaire with six different sections: (1) demographics, (2) lifestyle and medical background, (3) work experience, (4) job training, (5) occupational heat-related stress, and (6) occupational injuries and MSS was administered to LMOs (n = 88) using Qualtrics Mobile Survey Software®. Poisson regression models were used to estimate crude prevalence ratios (PR), adjusted PR [aPR], and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).Results: Regarding organizational, ergonomic, and handling equipment occupational factors and 12-month MSS prevalence, the adjusted model controlled for age, BMI, smoking status, and drinking status. For organizational, the most problematic factors for the lower back were performing a task over and over (63.2%) and working very fast, for short periods (60.0%). For ergonomics, the most problematic factor for the lower extremities was awkward or cramped conditions (58.1%) and for the lower back was bending/twisting back awkward (55.9%). Last, for handling equipment, the most problematic for both the lower back and lower extremities was handling or grasping small objects (57.1%).Conclusion: Our findings revealed associations between work-related MSS and specific job factors (e.g., organizational, ergonomic, handling equipment, etc.), extreme environmental conditions or environmental, and personal risk factors. In particular, study findings suggest lower back and lower extremities MSS are associated with the a majority of job-related risk factors, lower extremities with extreme environmental conditions, and neck and upper back with personal risk factors.

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