Mental health status following severe sulfur mustard exposure: a long-term study of Iranian war survivors

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. e12252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahriar Khateri ◽  
Mohammadreza Soroush ◽  
Naghmeh Mokhber ◽  
Mohammadreza Sedighimoghaddam ◽  
Ehsan Modirian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Sulfur Mustard ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
War Survivors

scholarly journals An Assessment of Long-Term Physical and Emotional Quality of Life of Persons Injured on 9/11/2001

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Brackbill ◽  
Howard Alper ◽  
Patricia Frazier ◽  
Lisa Gargano ◽  
Melanie Jacobson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Injury Severity ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Component Score

Fifteen years after the disaster, the World Trade Center Health Registry (Registry) conducted The Health and Quality of Life Survey (HQoL) assessing physical and mental health status among those who reported sustaining an injury on 11 September 2001 compared with non-injured persons. Summary scores derived from the Short Form-12 served as study outcomes. United States (US) population estimates on the Physical Component Score (PCS-12) and Mental Component Score (MCS-12) were compared with scores from the HQoL and were stratified by Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and injury status. Linear regression models were used to estimate the association between both injury severity and PTSD and PCS-12 and MCS-12 scores. Level of injury severity and PTSD history significantly predicted poorer physical health (mean PCS-12). There was no significant difference between injury severity level and mental health (mean MCS-12). Controlling for other factors, having PTSD symptoms after 9/11 predicted a nearly 10-point difference in mean MCS-12 compared with never having PTSD. Injury severity and PTSD showed additive effects on physical and mental health status. Injury on 9/11 and a PTSD history were each associated with long-term decrements in physical health status. Injury did not predict long-term decrements in one’s mental health status. Although it is unknown whether physical wounds of the injury healed, our results suggest that traumatic injuries appear to have a lasting negative effect on perceived physical functioning.

scholarly journals A Long Term Study on the Health Status and Performance of Sows on Different Feed Allowances during Late Pregnancy

1989 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arne Persson ◽  
Anne Eide Pedersen ◽  
Leif Göransson ◽  
Wladyslaw Kuhl
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Late Pregnancy ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
And Performance

Physical and Mental Health Status of Older Long-Term Cancer Survivors

2005 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 2145-2152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Keating ◽  
Marie Nørredam ◽  
Mary Beth Landrum ◽  
Haiden A. Huskamp ◽  
Ellen Meara
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Physical And Mental Health

The Effects of Type 1 Diabetes and its Long-Term Complications on Physical and Mental Health Status

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 559-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarmo Hahl ◽  
Helena H??m??l??inen ◽  
Tuula Simell ◽  
Olli Simell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Physical And Mental Health

Dysmorphophobia—A Long-term Study

1978 ◽  
Vol 132 (6) ◽  
pp. 568-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Hugh Connolly ◽  
Michael Gipson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Long Term Study

SummaryThis study examines the mental health of 187 patients who had a rhinoplasty fifteen years earlier. Of 101 who had the operation following disease or injury 9 are now severely neurotic and one schizophrenic; of 86 who had the operation for aesthetic reasons 32 are now severely neurotic and 6 schizophrenic. The differences between the two groups are significant, and show that dysmorphophobia is an ominous symptom.

Extent and appropriateness of benzodiazepine use

1998 ◽  
Vol 173 (5) ◽  
pp. 433-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Taylor ◽  
C. F. M. McCracken ◽  
K. C M. Wilson ◽  
J. R. M. Copeland
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Older People ◽  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Benzodiazepine Use ◽  
Continued Use

BackgroundWe sought to determine the extent and appropriateness of benzodiazepine use in an elderly community, by measuring prevalence and incidence of benzodiazepines and examining mental health status as a predictor of benzodiazepine use.MethodData were collected from two longitudinal studies of people from the same community, sampled in 1982–1983 and again in 1989–1991.ResultsBenzodiazepine prevalence did not decrease during the period under study, but there was a significant reduction in anxiolytic use. Prevalence of benzodiazepines in women is twice that in men, and incidence of hypnotics is slightly higher in women. Prevalence and incidence of hypnotics are strongly associated with increasing age. There were high proportions of long-term users (61 and 70%), and continued use was high (52%) among new users. A large proportion of benzodiazepine use was by those who were concurrently depressed. Similarly, anxiety predicted both current and subsequent use of hypnotics.ConclusionsMany older people still use benzodiazepines, contrary to official guidelines with regard to their mental health. Our findings add to the weight of opinion that persistent and long-term use should be discouraged.

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