scholarly journals Features of COVID-19 Among Children and Adolescents Without Risk Factors Before and After the Delta Variant Outbreak in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung-Han Ryu ◽  
Sun In Hong ◽  
Su Jin Lim ◽  
Younghwa Cho ◽  
Kyung-Wook Hong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Before And After

scholarly journals The Effect of a Social-Emotional School-Based Intervention upon Social and Personal Skills in Children and Adolescents

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Tania Gaspar ◽  
Ana Cerqueira ◽  
Cátia Branquinho ◽  
Margarida G. Matos
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Waiting List ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Emotional Skills ◽  
Before And After

In the middle of the 20th century, there was a shift from a skills deficit approach to a positive approach, focused on promoting assets and individual strengths. The role of social-emotional competences became salient. School is a privileged arena for universal and selective prevention interventions that can help pupils in raising their competence to cope with life challenges in a relaxed, non-violent and effective way. Personal and social-emotional skills play a key role in children and adolescents’ development, as well as their behavior towards risk factors and there is a need to evidence-based interventions. The scale “For me it’s Easy” is an evaluation tool for personal and socio-emotional skills and was used to assess the effect of a Social and Emotional Skills Promotion Program. Personal and social skills play a key role in children and adolescents’ development, as well as their behavior towards risk factors. The study includes an intervention group with 960 Portuguese children and adolescents with a mean age of 12.5 years (SD = 1.61) and included were 56.8% boys of different educational levels. The waiting-list group included 171 children and adolescents; 46.2% were boys. The mean age was 14.7 years and the SD was 3.3. The results reveal significant differences in the intervention group related to the competences before and after the intervention, namely in the interpersonal relationships and definition of goal related skills, while in the waiting list group there were no significant differences in the moment before and after the intervention, and the scale “For me it’s Easy” can be considered an instrument which contributes to the research and evaluation of intervention in children and adolescents, especially in the prevention and promotion of personal and social skills and healthy development.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF METASTASES IN REGIONAL LYMPH NODES - RISK FACTORS FOR THE RECURRENCE OF PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-165
Author(s):  
Mikhail Fridman ◽  
Svetlana Mankovskaya ◽  
Olga Krasko
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Thyroid Cancer ◽  
Lymph Nodes ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Papillary Thyroid Cancer ◽  
Papillary Thyroid ◽  
Regional Lymph Nodes ◽  
Cancer In Children ◽  
Qualitative Characteristics

Among the factors determining the relapse/persistence of papillary thyroid cancer in children and adolescents the most important are the age of the patient (p= 0.003), the presence of concomitant background pathology (p

Association between muscle strength and risk factors for metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents: a systematic review

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago R. de Lima ◽  
Priscila C. Martins ◽  
Giuseppe L. Torre ◽  
Alice Mannocci ◽  
Kelly S. Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Muscle Strength ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Lower Risk ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
The Body ◽  
Reference List

AbstractThe aim of this systematic review was to identify and summarize evidence for the association between muscle strength (MS) and metabolic syndrome (MetS), and MS and combinations of risk factors for MetS in children and adolescents. Five databases (Medline/PubMed, EBSCO, Scielo, Scopus, and Web of Knowledge) were searched up to November 2019 with complementary reference list searches. Inclusion criteria were studies that investigated the relationship between MS and MetS or MS and combinations of risk factors for MetS in children and adolescents (≤19 years of age). Risk of bias was assessed using standard procedures. From the total of 15,599 articles initially identified, 13 articles were included, representing 11,641 children and adolescents. Higher MS values were associated with lower risk for MetS or combinations of risk factors for MetS (n=11/13 studies). Of the total of included studies, about 23.1% (03/13) were longitudinal and all included studies were classified as having a moderate risk of bias. This review provides preliminary evidence for a beneficial relationship between MS and MetS among children and adolescents. Additionally, although the body of evidence points to the beneficial relationship between higher MS and lower risk for combination of factors for MetS in children and adolescents, this relationship is inconclusive.

Growth arrest and its risk factors after physeal fracture of the distal tibia in children and adolescents

Injury ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyon Soo Jung ◽  
Moon Seok Park ◽  
Kyoung Min Lee ◽  
Kug Jin Choi ◽  
Woo Young Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Distal Tibia ◽  
Growth Arrest ◽  
Physeal Fracture

scholarly journals Rupture Risk of Intracranial Aneurysm and Prediction of Hemorrhagic Stroke after Liver Transplant

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 445
Author(s):  
Hye-Mee Kwon ◽  
In-Gu Jun ◽  
Kyoung-Sun Kim ◽  
Young-Jin Moon ◽  
In Young Huh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Intracranial Aneurysm ◽  
Hemorrhagic Stroke ◽  
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ◽  
Hazard Analysis ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Incidence And Mortality ◽  
Before And After ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cirrhotic Patients

Postoperative hemorrhagic stroke (HS) is a rare yet devastating complication after liver transplantation (LT). Unruptured intracranial aneurysm (UIA) may contribute to HS; however, related data are limited. We investigated UIA prevalence and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and HS incidence post-LT. We identified risk factors for 1-year HS and constructed a prediction model. This study included 3544 patients who underwent LT from January 2008 to February 2019. Primary outcomes were incidence of SAH, HS, and mortality within 1-year post-LT. Propensity score matching (PSM) analysis and Cox proportional hazard analysis were performed. The prevalence of UIAs was 4.63% (n = 164; 95% confidence interval (CI), 3.95–5.39%). The 1-year SAH incidence was 0.68% (95% CI, 0.02–3.79%) in patients with UIA. SAH and HS incidence and mortality were not different between those with and without UIA before and after PSM. Cirrhosis severity, thrombocytopenia, inflammation, and history of SAH were identified as risk factors for 1-year HS. UIA presence was not a risk factor for SAH, HS, or mortality in cirrhotic patients post-LT. Given the fatal impact of HS, a simple scoring system was constructed to predict 1-year HS risk. These results enable clinical risk stratification of LT recipients with UIA and help assess perioperative HS risk before LT.

scholarly journals Subtle changes of the crystalline lens after cycloplegia: a retrospective study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Dai ◽  
Meng Liu ◽  
Xiaodong Lv ◽  
Binzhong Li
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Population Change ◽  
Anterior Segment ◽  
Anterior Chamber Depth ◽  
Crystalline Lens ◽  
Equivalent Diameter ◽  
Crystalline Morphology ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After

Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the shape of the crystalline lens in terms of biometry and diopters before and after cycloplegia using the CASIA2 swept-source (SS) optical coherence tomography (OCT) system on the anterior segment. Methods This was a retrospective study. Children and adolescents (26 males and 29 females, aged 4–21 years) with simple ametropia were selected for optometry and CASIA2 imaging at 2 separate visits before and after cycloplegia. Diopter values were derived from the spherical power (S) obtained by optometry. Biometric parameters of the crystalline lens, including the anterior chamber depth (ACD), anterior and posterior curvature of the lens (ACL and PCL), lens thickness (LTH), lens decentration (LD), lens tilt (LT), and equivalent diameter of the lens (LED), were measured by the CASIA2 system. The differences in these parameters after compared with before cycloplegia were determined, and their relationships were analyzed. Results Fifty-five participants (106 eyes) were initially enrolled. There was a significant difference (P < 0.05) in the S (t=-7.026, P < 0.001), ACD (t=-8.796, P < 0.001), ACL (t=-13.263, P < 0.001) and LTH (t = 7.363, P < 0.001) after compared with before cycloplegia. The change in the PCL (t = 1.557, P = 0.122), LD (t = 0.876, P = 0.383), LT (t = 0.440, P = 0.661) and LED (t=-0.351, P = 0.726) was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). There was a significant (P < 0.05) correlation of the change in the S with that in the ACL (r = 0.466, P < 0.001), LTH (r=-0.592, P < 0.001), and LED (r = 0.223, P = 0.021) but not the PCL (r = 0.19, P = 0.051), LD (r=-0.048, P = 0.0628) or LT (r=-0.022, P = 0.822). Furthermore, the change in the ACD was closely related to the change in crystalline morphology. However, in children and adolescents, we found that the change in crystalline morphology was unrelated to age. Conclusions Changes in lens morphology after compared with before cycloplegia are mainly related to the ACL and LTH, but there is no difference in the PCL, LD, LT, or LED. In the adolescent population, change in the S is related to change in the ACL, LED and LTH. However, age is unrelated to the shape and tendency of the crystalline lens. Further research is required to determine whether the same conclusion applies to different age groups and different refractive states (myopia, hyperopia, emmetropia) .

scholarly journals Effects of Behavioral Risk Factors and Social-Environmental Factors on Non-Communicable Diseases in South Korea: A National Survey Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 612
Author(s):  
Nam Jeong Jeong ◽  
Eunil Park ◽  
Angel P. del Pobil
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Behavioral Risk Factors ◽  
Behavioral Risk ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Path Analyses ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Social Environmental Factors

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are one of the major health threats in the world. Thus, identifying the factors that influence NCDs is crucial to monitor and manage diseases. This study investigates the effects of social-environmental and behavioral risk factors on NCDs as well as the effects of social-environmental factors on behavioral risk factors using an integrated research model. This study used a dataset from the 2017 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. After filtering incomplete responses, 5462 valid responses remained. Items including one’s social-environmental factors (household income, education level, and region), behavioral factors (alcohol use, tobacco use, and physical activity), and NCDs histories were used for analyses. To develop a comprehensive index of each factor that allows comparison between different concepts, the researchers assigned scores to indicators of the factors and calculated a ratio of the scores. A series of path analyses were conducted to determine the extent of relationships among NCDs and risk factors. The results showed that social-environmental factors have notable effects on stroke, myocardial infarction, angina, diabetes, and gastric, liver, colon, lung, and thyroid cancers. The results indicate that the effects of social-environmental and behavioral risk factors on NCDs vary across the different types of diseases. The effects of social-environmental factors and behavioral risk factors significantly affected NCDs. However, the effect of social-environmental factors on behavioral risk factors was not supported. Furthermore, social-environmental factors and behavioral risk factors affect NCDs in a similar way. However, the effects of behavioral risk factors were smaller than those of social-environmental factors. The current research suggests taking a comprehensive view of risk factors to further understand the antecedents of NCDs in South Korea.

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