scholarly journals An Analysis of Anger in Adolescent Girls Who Practice the Martial Arts

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Lotfian ◽  
Vahid Ziaee ◽  
Homayoun Amini ◽  
Mohammad-Ali Mansournia
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Adolescent Girl ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Anger Control ◽  
Adolescent Anger Rating Scale

The effect of martial arts on adolescents' behavior, especially aggression, is controversial. The aim of this study was to assess and compare anger ratings among adolescent girl athletes of different martial arts. 291 female adolescents between the ages of 11 and 19 were assessed according to the Adolescent Anger Rating Scale designed by DM Burney. In the case group, the martial arts practiced were either judo (n=70) or karate (n=66), while the control group was composed of swimmers (n=59) and nonathletes (n=96). Total anger scores showed statistically significant differences between the groups (P=0.001) decreasing from girls who practiced judo to nonathletes, karate, and swimmers. Instrumental and reactive anger subscales also showed significant differences between the groups, but this difference was not found for anger control. As a conclusion, the anger rate did not differ between judoka and nonathletes, but that both of these groups received higher scores in total anger than karateka and swimmers.

Adjunctive Treatment with Gabapentin in Bipolar Patients during Acute Mania

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Nazeri Astaneh ◽  
Omid Rezaei
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Acute Mania ◽  
Adjunctive Treatment ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Final Score ◽  
Bipolar Patients ◽  
And Control

Objective: In this clinical trial, we studied the effects of adjunctive treatment with gabapentin in controlling the symptoms of acute mania in patients admitted with bipolar disorder. Method: Sixty patients with bipolar disorder (30 men and 30 women) admitted in the acute phase of mania were categorized as case and control groups, each holding 30 patients. Both groups were treated with lithium for 6 weeks and the case group received an adjunctive treatment with 900 mg gabapentin simultaneously. All patients were evaluated at the beginning and the end of the trial using Young's Mania Rating Scale (YMRS), and two groups were compared for improvement in acute symptoms. Findings: The final score of YMRS was significantly improved in the case group compared to the control group ( p = 0.00). The improvement of YMRS score was not significantly different between men and women and between different age groups. Conclusion: Adjunctive treatment with gabapentin is effective for controlling symptoms of acute mania.

scholarly journals Assessment of an Educational Intervention on the Perception of Adolescent Girls towards Menstrual Hygiene in Ogun State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-118
Author(s):  
Ugochinyere Chinasa Ekeanyanwu
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Age At Menarche ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Ogun State

In low and middle-income countries, menstruation is impeded by several misconceptions, taboos and shrouded in secrecy. This serves as a major challenge to proper Education regarding menstrual hygiene and has blocked the access of adolescent girls to the right kind of information, thereby influencing a negative outcome associated with harmful behaviours. The objective of the study was to investigate the assessment of an educational intervention on the perception of adolescent girls towards menstrual hygiene in Ogun state, Nigeria. The study utilized a quasi-experimental design. One hundred and twenty (120) in-school adolescent girls were selected through a multistage sampling technique from four (4) secondary schools within four (4) local government areas in Ogun State, Nigeria. A validated 23-items questionnaire measured on a 69-point rating scale with a Cronbach Alpha scores 0.79 was used for data collection. The mean ±SD age and age at menarche of adolescent girls was 14.92±1.82; 12.73±1.38. The majority of respondents had low scores of perceptions. The educational intervention had an effective change in the level of perception of adolescent schoolgirls between baseline and the 6th-week follow-up, indicating a mean difference of 26.70 (p<0.01) for the peer-led, 26.54(p<0.01) parent-led, 20.16(p<0.01) parent and peer-led and a decrease in mean in the control group (-0.17; p=0.866). The peer-led educational approach had a better impact on adolescent girls’ perception compared to other educational approaches. Hence, this is an indication that peer-education strategies should be utilized for further interventions and in reaching out to adolescents.

scholarly journals Efektivitas Kompres Air Hangat dan Air Dingin terhadap Penurunan Intensitas Nyeri pada Remaja Putri dengan Dismenore

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Amrina Rosyada Amalia ◽  
Yulia Susanti ◽  
Dwi Haryanti
Keyword(s):  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Adolescent Girl ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Warm Water ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Before And After

Dysmenorrhea is pain during or before the start of menstruation. The incidence of dysminorrhea in adolescents in Central Java by 2015 is estimated to be 12% to 35% of teenagers, while in Kendal regency as many as 11,565 people (29.8%). Methods of hot and cold water compress ispart of the non-pharmacological methods that are effective, easy, and cheap to overcome dysmenorrheal pain. The purpose of this research was to know the difference of warm water compress and cold water compress to decrease pain intensity of adolescent girl with dysmenorrhea in MAN Kendal. This research usei Quasi Experimental design with Pretest-Posttest design, Non-Equivalent Control Group Design. The sample in this study is 17 people in each treatment group whith was collected with the reasareh uset questeonnare bowbonais as researeh instrument pair schale.the consecutive sampling. Data analysis used Wilcoxonand Man Withn. The results showed that there was a difference in pain intensity before and after being given warm water compresses in adolescent girls with dysmenorrhea in MAN Kendal (p value 0.000 <0.05). There was a difference in pain intensity before and after being given cold water compresses on adolescent girls with dysmenorrhea at MAN Kendal (p value 0.000 <0.05). Warm water compresses are more effective at reducing the intensity of pain than cold water compresses in adolescent girl with dysmenorrhea at MAN Kendal. It is expected that adolescent girls who experience dysmenorrhea can use warm compress cold water compress therapy independently when experiencing dysmenorrhea pain that can reduce the consumption of painkillers.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF YOGA ON PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA PAIN REDUCTION IN FEMALE ADOLESCENTS AT SMAN 3 DENPASAR

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ni Luh Ayu Aris Ulan Devi ◽  
Nila Wahyuni ◽  
Ida Ayu Dewi Wiryanthini
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Numerical Rating Scale ◽  
Pain Reduction ◽  
Female Adolescent ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Primary Dysmenorrhea ◽  
Yoga Group ◽  
Group 10 ◽  
And Control

Primary dysmenorrhea is pain during menstruation without the presence of abnormalities in the genital. Pain occurs from contractions of  uterus and often in 13-16 years old. Purpose of this study is to prove the effectiveness of yoga on primary dysmenorrhea pain reduction in female adolescents at SMAN 3 Denpasar. This research is an experiment research design with pretest and posttest group control design. These samples included 20 people, for yoga group 10 people and control group 10 people. Intervention given 2 times per week at 3 weeks. Measurement of pain reduction using a Numerical Rating Scale (NRS). Pain reduces at group 1 before yoga with mean difference 4.90 and after yoga 3.00. Data result using paired simple t-test shown that yoga group p= 0.000 and control group p= 0.015. The difference between yoga group and control group was obtained p=0,000 (p<0,05). Based of these result, it can be concluded that there is effectiveness of yoga exercise on primary dysmenorrheal pain reduction in female adolescent in SMAN 3 Denpasar Key Words: Primary Dysmenorrhea, Yoga, Female Adolescent, Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) 

Depression is associated with lower circulating endothelial progenitor cells and increased inflammatory markers

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 235-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Yang ◽  
Lie-Min Ruan ◽  
Hong-Hua Ye ◽  
Han-Bin Cui ◽  
Qi-Tian Mu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Progenitor Cells ◽  
Endothelial Progenitor Cells ◽  
Inflammatory Markers ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Endothelial Progenitor ◽  
Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells ◽  
Depression Status

Yang L, Ruan L-M, Ye H-H, Cui H-B, Mu Q-T, Lou Y-R, Ji Y-X, Li W-Z, Sun D-H, Chen X-B. Depression is associated with lower circulating endothelial progenitor cells and increased inflammatory markers.Objective: To test the hypothesis that depression status in subjects without cardiovascular diseases (CVD) or diabetes is associated with depletion of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and impaired endothelial function.Method: Thirty depressive persons with the first episode of depression (case group) diagnosed according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) and 30 healthy people (control group) were investigated. The depression status was estimated using Hamilton Rating Scale of Depression from which the criteria of depression are determined to be >21 score. EPCs labeled with CD34-ECD, CD133-phycoerythrin and kinase insert domain receptor (KDR)-fluorescein isothiocyanate antibodies were counted by flow cytometry in the peripheral blood of patients and control subjects. Mononuclear cells that were positive for CD34/KDR, CD133/KDR and CD34/CD133/KDR within the lymphocyte population were characterised as different phenotypes of EPCs.Results: There were no significant differences in baseline clinical characteristics between patients and healthy individuals (all p > 0.05). However, patients with depression had significantly lower levels of circulating CD34+CD133+KDR+ EPCs (132.20 ± 17.27 vs. 225.93 ± 9.88, p = 0.000) and endothelial colony-forming units (26.40 ± 3.79 vs. 36.60 ± 2.88, p = 0.000) than that of healthy subjects. Furthermore, CD34+CD133+KDR+ EPCs had a negative correlation with tumour necrosis factor-α (Spearman's ρ = 0.433, p = 0.000) and interleukin-6 (Spearman's ρ = 0.441, p = 0.032).Conclusion: Our result shows that depression was associated with lower levels of circulating EPCs, which may contribute to the development of endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis.

scholarly journals FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN PERNIKAHAN USIA DINI PADA REMAJA PUTRI

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Nurhikmah Nurhikmah ◽  
Bunga Tiara Carolin ◽  
Rosmawaty Lubis
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Premarital Pregnancy ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRAK: FACTORS RELATED TO EARLY MARRIAGE AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS Background: One of the problems that often occur in adolescents is early marriage. This can have various impacts including on the emotional and health of the reproductive system in adolescents. In 2019 in Kotabaru district, there were a total of 1,552 marriages, and 39.63% had early marriages.Objective: To determine some factors related to early marriage among adolescent girls in Pulau Laut Kepulauan District, Kotabaru Regency.Methodology: This study used correlation research with Case Control. The sample in this study was 78 adolescents which consisted of 39 adolescents in the case group and 39 adolescents in the control group. The sampling technique used was a total sampling. The research instrument consisted of a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the chi square test.Results: The results showed that there were not premarital pregnancy (75.6%), high family income (57.7%), pornography media (62.8%), lack of knowledge (65.4%), negative culture of early marriage (65,4%), negative peer influence (51.3%). The bivariate results found that there were premarital pregnancy (p=0,000), family income (p=0,000), pornography media (p=0.101), knowledge (p=0,000), early marriage culture (p=0,000), peer influence (p= 0,000).Conclusions: Factors related to early marriage among adolescent girls is premarital pregnancy, family income, knowledge, early marriage culture, and peer influence with early marriage. Suggestions: Youth are expected to dig more information about the impact of early marriage so that a quality generation can be created. Keywords: adolescents, early, marriage. Latar Belakang: salah satu permasalahan yang sering terjadi pada remaja adalah pernikahan usia dini. Hal ini dapat menimbulkan berbagai dampak diantaranya terhadap emosional dan kesehatan sistem reproduksi pada remaja. Pada tahun 2019 di kabupaten Kotabaru dari 1.552 total pernikahan, 39,63% melakukan pernikahan usia dini.Tujuan: Mengetahui beberapa faktor yang yang berhubungan dengan pernikahan dini pada remaja putri di Kecamatan Pulau Laut Kepulauan Kabupaten KotabaruMetodologi: Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian korelasi dengan Case Control. Sampel dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 78 remaja yang tediri dari 39 remaja kelompok kasus dan 39 remaja kelompok kontrol. Tekhnik pengambilan sampel menggunakan total sampling. Instrumen penelitian terdiri dari kusioner. Data dianalisis menggunakan uji chi square.Hasil Penelitian: hasil penelitian didapatkan tidak hamil pranikah (75,6%), pendapatan keluarga tinggi (57,7%), media fornografi (62,8%), pengetahuan kurang (65,4%), negatif budaya pernikahan dini (65,4%), pengaruh teman sebaya negatif (51,3%). Hasil bivariate didapatkan hamil pranikah (p=0,000), pendapatan keluarga (p=0,000), media fornografi (p=0,101), pengetahuan (p=0,000), budaya pernikahan dini (p= 0,000), pengaruh teman sebaya (p=0,000).Kesimpulan: Factor yang berhubungan dengan pernikahan usia dini pada remaja putri adalah hamil pranikah, pendapatan keluarga, pengetahuan, budaya pernikahan dini, dan pengaruh teman sebaya pernikahan usia dini.Saran: Remaja diharapkan lebih menggali informasi mengenai dampak dari pernikahan usia dini sehingga tercipta generasi yang berkualitas. Kata kunci : Remaja, Pernikahan, Usia Dini

Mentalization in female adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury and alexithymic and depressive features in their parents

2021 ◽  
pp. 135910452110138
Author(s):  
Mehmet Tekden ◽  
Ali Güven Kılıçoğlu ◽  
Caner Mutlu ◽  
Gül Karaçetin
Keyword(s):  
Female Adolescents ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Common Diagnosis ◽  
Group Reading ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Control Study ◽  
Tas 20

Background: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a condition with debilitating consequences. We aimed to assess the mentalization skills of female adolescents with NSSI and parents who showed alexithymia and depressive symptoms. Method: Ours was a case-control study. Thirty adolescents with NSSI were recruited into the case group, 31 adolescents were recruited into the control group. Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) and the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children – Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL) were applied. The Inventory of Statements about Self-Injury was used. The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were given to parents. Results: There were no significant differences between two groups for RMET and parental TAS-20 scores. Maternal BDI scores were found to be significantly higher in the NSSI group. There were no significant differences for paternal BDI. RMET scores correlated negatively with maternal BDI scores. Major depression was found to be the most common diagnosis in the NSSI group. Conclusion: Because maternal depressive features seem to be related to NSSI, a detailed psychiatric examination of mothers should be carried out. Studies with larger samples or different designs are needed for a better understanding of the mentalization in NSSI.

scholarly journals BDNF, GDNF, NGF and Klotho levels and neurocognitive functions in acute term of schizophrenia

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Betul Aslan Turkmen ◽  
Esra Yazici ◽  
Derya Guzel Erdogan ◽  
Mehmet Akif Suda ◽  
Ahmet Bulent Yazici
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Neurotrophic Factors ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Wechsler Memory Scale ◽  
Neurocognitive Functions ◽  
Psychiatric Rating Scale

Abstract Background Klotho and its relationship with neurotrophic factors and cognition in schizophrenia has not yet been investigated. In this study, the hypothesis that the blood serum levels of BDNF, GDNF, NGF and Klotho in schizophrenia patients and healthy controls would be related to cognitive functions was investigated. Methods In this study, two groups were assessed: schizophrenia patients (case group) who were hospitalised in the Psychiatry Clinic of Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital and healthy volunteers (control group). The patients were evaluated on the 1st and 20th days of their hospitalisation with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), the General Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF) and the Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI). For cognitive assessment, both groups were evaluated with the Wechsler Memory Scale-Visual Production Subtest (Wechsler Memory Scale III-Visual Reproduction Subtest) and the Stroop test. Results BDNF, GDNF, NGF and Klotho levels were lower in schizophrenia patients than in healthy controls. In the schizophrenia patients, on the 20th day of treatment, there was a statistically significant increase in BDNF compared to the 1st day of treatment. BDNF, GDNF and Klotho showed positive correlations with some cognitive functions in the healthy controls. BDNF, GDNF, NGF and Klotho levels were intercorrelated and predictive of each other in both groups. Conclusion This study suggests a relationship between cognitive functions, neurotrophic factors and Klotho. Most of the results are the first of their kind in the extant literature, while other results are either similar to or divergent from those generated in previous studies. Therefore, new, enhanced studies are needed to clarify the role of Klotho and neurotrophic factors in schizophrenia.

scholarly journals Current use of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications and clinical characteristics of child and adolescent psychiatric outpatients prescribed multiple ADHD medications in Japan

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0252420
Author(s):  
Yoshinori Sasaki ◽  
Noa Tsujii ◽  
Shouko Sasaki ◽  
Hikaru Sunakawa ◽  
Yusuke Toguchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Adhd Medications

Background/aim Patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) manifest symptoms of hyperactivity, impulsivity, and/or inattention. ADHD medications available in Japan are limited compared with those in Western countries. Prescribing status has not been sufficiently evaluated in clinical settings in Japan. This study investigated the current use of ADHD medications and characteristics of patients who received multiple ADHD medications in a clinical setting in Japan. Methods Study participants were those who visited the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kohnodai Hospital between April 2015 and March 2020. We investigated patients who received osmotic-controlled release oral delivery system methylphenidate, atomoxetine, or guanfacine. A retrospective case–control design was used to evaluate the characteristics of patients who received multiple ADHD medications. Patients who were given three ADHD medications were defined as the case group. Randomly sampled sex- and age-matched patients diagnosed with ADHD were defined as the control group. We compared data for child-to-parent violence, antisocial behavior, suicide attempt or self-harm, abuse history, refusal to attend school, and two psychological rating scales (the ADHD-Rating Scale and Tokyo Autistic Behavior Scale). Results Among the 878 patients who were prescribed any ADHD medications, 43 (4.9%) received three ADHD medications. Logistic regression revealed that children with severe ADHD symptoms, autistic characteristics, or tendency of child-to-parent violence were more likely to have been prescribed three medications during their treatment. Conclusions Our findings suggest the approach to prevent the use of multiple ADHD medications. A prospective study to investigate the causality between prescribing status and clinical characteristics is warranted.

scholarly journals Adolescent sexuality: practices and contraceptive problems in Douala (Cameroon)

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Essome Henri ◽  
Eposse Ekoube Charlotte ◽  
Kedy Koum DC ◽  
Egbe Obinchemti Thomas ◽  
Halle Ekane Gregory ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
World Health ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Age Difference ◽  
Family Planning Services ◽  
Significance Threshold ◽  
Health Organization

Introduction: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), adolescence is the period of growth between 10 and 19years of age. Complications from pregnancy are the second leading cause of death for adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 worldwide. Objective: Our objective was to study the sexual practices of adolescent girls in secondary schools in the Douala 3rd district as well as their contraceptive attitudes towards precocious pregnancies. Methodology: We conducted a case-control analytical study from November 8th, 2018 to June 26th, 2019 in ten secondary schools in the Douala 3rd district. We matched, around the obstetric variable, a case group with this history to a control group who declared not to have had one and studied the different strategies used to avoid the occurrence of pregnancy. Data analysis was done using SPSS 20.0 software. The significance threshold was set at p<0.05. Results: A total of 445 consenting adolescent girls were selected, including 89 cases and 356 controls. The multivariate analysis of the results showed that the factors associated with the occurrence of teenage pregnancies were: an age greater than 17years (aOR=1.91; CI=1.64-2.33), being single with a boyfriend (aOR=6.48; CI=3.33-12.60), the use of the male condom and the after pill (aOR=6.73; CI=3.53-12.83, aOR=4, 34; CI=1.86-10.11), find out about sexuality from your sexual partner or on social networks (aOR=2.24; IC=1.11-4.54, aOR=1.78; IC=1.01-3.13), do not ask your parents (aOR 2.20; IC=1.31-3.70), alcohol consumption (aOR=2.01; IC=1, 23-3.29), multi sexual partnership (aOR=2.89; CI=1.24-6.69), an age difference of more than 5years with partner (aOR=2.24; CI=1.16-4.35). Conclusion: The teenager of the 3rd district of Douala is subject to early and unsafe sexuality and underuses family planning services which lead to precocious pregnancy.

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