scholarly journals Predicting risk along the suicidality continuum: A longitudinal, nationally representative study of the Irish population during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Author(s):  
Philip Hyland ◽  
Sarah Rochford ◽  
Anita Munnelly ◽  
Philip Dodd ◽  
Robert Fox ◽  
...  
Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 2450
Author(s):  
Anna Karin Lindroos ◽  
Lotta Moraeus ◽  
Jessica Petrelius Sipinen ◽  
Eva Warensjö Lemming ◽  
Emma Patterson

Adolescence is a time in life when lifestyle behaviours are acquired. One indicator of poor diet quality is the intake of foods and beverages with a relatively low nutritional value. Using the Australian classification of such foods, termed “discretionary”, we classified the intakes of Swedish adolescents who participated in the Riksmaten Adolescent 2016–17 national dietary survey. From selected schools, 3099 adolescents in age groups 11–12, 14–15 and 17–18 years provided two 24-h recalls. Intakes and healthy dietary scores were calculated. Plasma ferritin, folate and 25(OH)D were available for a third. Almost 40% of total energy came from discretionary foods/beverages. Adolescents with higher intakes were more likely to be female, older, from a low socioeconomic position-household and born in Sweden. Most discretionary foods/beverages were consumed on weekend days and during in-between meals, outside of the home and at school. Percent energy from discretionary intake was associated with healthy dietary scores but not nutritional status. A substantial amount of energy was obtained from discretionary foods/beverages, and we found that consumption is pervasive across sociodemographic factors, time and place. Addressing this pattern will require a comprehensive approach to food environments and behaviours to reach all adolescents in an equitable manner.


Seizure ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 84-90
Author(s):  
Parul Agarwal ◽  
Huaqing Xi ◽  
Nathalie Jette ◽  
Jung-yi Lin ◽  
Churl-Su Kwon ◽  
...  

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. e0221758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajat Das Gupta ◽  
Shams Shabab Haider ◽  
Ipsita Sutradhar ◽  
Mohammad Rashidul Hashan ◽  
Ibrahim Hossain Sajal ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Miksza ◽  
Brent M. Gault

The primary purpose of this study was to describe the music experiences elementary school children in the United States receive in the academic classroom setting. The data were drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study of the Kindergarten Class of 1998–1999 (ECLS-K), a nationally representative study that followed kindergarteners through to their eighth-grade school year with the last data collection wave in 2006–2007. The variables pertaining to music experiences in the academic classroom that were available in the ECLS-K were (a) the frequency and duration with which children received music instruction, (b) the frequency that music was used to teach math, and (c) the percentage of children receiving formal music instruction outside of school. Each of these variables also was analyzed as a function of child urbanicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and race. Statistically significant ( p < .001) disparities among children based on urbanicity, SES, and race were found on each of the music experience variables. Overall, White suburban students of high levels of SES tended to receive significantly more music experiences than students of color from urban and rural settings and of low SES. The findings support the need to advocate for high-quality music programs for all students and particularly for those from traditionally underserved populations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Kilian ◽  
S. Supanya ◽  
C. Probst ◽  
C. Morgan ◽  
T. Bärnighausen ◽  
...  

Abstract Aims Most research exploring the link between traumatic events and psychotic experiences has focused on either Australia, Europe or North America. In this study, we expand the existing knowledge to Thailand and investigate the impact of the type and the number of traumatic events on psychotic experiences in Thailand. Methods We used data from the nationally representative 2013 Thai National Mental Health Survey (TNMHS), including questions on traumatic events and psychotic experiences. We regressed the lifetime experience of hallucinations or delusions against the following independent variables: the experience of any traumatic event during lifetime (dichotomous; hypothesis 1); the experience of either no traumatic event, one interpersonal, one unintentional or both interpersonal and unintentional traumatic events (categorical; hypothesis 2) and the number of traumatic events experienced during lifetime (categorical; hypothesis 3). We adjusted the regression models for sociodemographic indicators and psychiatric disorders, and considered survey weights. Results About 6% (95% confidence interval: 4.9–7.0) of the respondents stated that they had either hallucinatory or delusional experiences during their lifetime. The risk of reporting such experiences was more than doubled as high among respondents who had experienced at least one traumatic event during their lifetime than among those who had not yet experienced one, with higher risks for interpersonal or multiple traumatic events. Our results further indicated an increase in the risk of psychotic experiences as the number of traumatic events increased, with up to an eight-fold higher risk for people exposed to five or more traumatic events in their lifetime, compared to those with no traumatic events. Conclusions Individuals reporting interpersonal or multiple traumatic events face much higher risk of psychotic experiences. Effective and widely accessible secondary prevention programmes for people having experienced interpersonal or multiple traumatic events constitute a key intervention option.


2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akintunde M Akinjero ◽  
Oluwole Adegbala ◽  
Nike E Akinjero ◽  
Eseosa Edo-Osagie ◽  
Tomi Akinyemiju

Background: The prognosis of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTCM) is worse than in the general population. It is unclear how atrial fibrillation (AF) impacts this prognosis. We sought to evaluate the effect of concurrent AF on outcomes in patients with TTCM. Methods: We used the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) to extract all hospitalizations between 2007 and 2011 with concurrent diagnosis of AF and TTCM. The ICD-9 CM codes for AF and TTCM were used. We compared patients admitted for TTCM who had coexisting AF to those without. We excluded patients below the age of 18 as well as those diagnosed with TTCM who later underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Multivariate regression was used to assess the independent effect of coexisting AF on clinical outcomes (length of stay (LOS), stroke, and in-hospital mortality). Results: A total of 13,136 TTCM patients were studied. Of these, 2,083 (15.86%) had coexisting AF. Compared with those without, TTCM patients with coexisting AF had a greater multivariate-adjusted risk for increased stroke rate (aOR=1.66, 95% CI=1.27-2.18, Table 1). We found no significant association with in-hospital mortality (aOR=1.21, 95% CI=0.96-1.52) or LOS (aOR=1.21, 95% CI= 0.83-1.58). Conclusions: In this large, nationally representative study, we found higher stroke rates in patients with coexisting AF and TTCM. Our findings suggest the need for closer monitoring during hospitalization.


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