Changes in Drinking Behaviour, Employment Status and other Life Areas for Employed Alcoholics Three, Six and Twelve Months after Treatment

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund J. Freedberg ◽  
William E. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Treatment Program ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Marked Improvement ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Drinking Behaviour ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

The study examined the treatment results with 365 clients who had participated in a multi-modal, behaviourally oriented treatment program. The program involved an intensive three week residential phase and a one year out-patient phase. Seventy-nine percent of the clients sought treatment after confrontation by their employers over inadequate job performance. At the end of the one year out-patient period, 79% had retained their jobs, only 13% had been fired, and 62% showed significant improvement in their drinking behaviour. Some improvement was shown on tests measuring various aspects of psychosocial functioning by virtually all clients, and most of the clients' supervisors reported marked improvement in work performance.

Children With Encopresis: A Study of Treatment Outcome

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 845-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melvin D. Levine ◽  
Harry Bakow
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Treatment Program ◽  
Marked Improvement ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Careful Monitoring ◽  
Maintenance Program ◽  
Pediatric Treatment ◽  
One Year

A pediatric treatment program for encopresis was established in a large medical center. This consisted of counseling and education, initial bowel catharsis, a supportive maintenance program to potentiate optimum evacuation, retraining, and careful monitoring and follow-up. A group of 127 children received care for this problem. At the end of one year, outcome data were obtained on 110 patients. Of these, 51% had not had "accidents" for more than six months. Another 27% showed marked improvement and were having only rare episodes of incontinence. 14% of these children showed some improvement, but continued to have incontinence, while 8% showed no improvement whatsoever during the treatment year. These four outcome groups were compared with respect to a large number of demographic, developmental, psychosocial, and clinical variables.

Reversal of changes in lipoprotein A and lipoprotein B cholesterol during and for a year after a detoxication treatment program in chronic alcoholism.

1983 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 874-875 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Perier ◽  
J Janin ◽  
S Pierre-Louis ◽  
J Frey
Keyword(s):  
Total Cholesterol ◽  
Treatment Program ◽  
Apolipoprotein B ◽  
Chronic Alcoholism ◽  
Chronic Alcohol ◽  
Chronic Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Evolutionary Changes ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual

Abstract We studied the individual and occasional changes in lipid metabolism induced by chronic alcohol abuse. In addition, the influence of a detoxication treatment program on the evolutionary changes in some serum lipidic components was studied for a one-year period. Before this program, total cholesterol was above normal, with high values for LP-A cholesterol, whereas for some patients LP-B cholesterol was increased. After the program, there was an increase in total cholesterol, LP-B cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B, with a decrease in LP-A cholesterol. These evolutionary changes continued during the one-year period after the end of the inpatient program.

Chronic low back pain: Physical training, graded activity with problem solving training, or both? The one-year post-treatment results of a randomized controlled trial

Pain ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 134 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob J.E.M. Smeets ◽  
Johan W.S. Vlaeyen ◽  
Alita Hidding ◽  
Arnold D.M. Kester ◽  
Geert J.M.G. van der Heijden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Graded Activity ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

scholarly journals Jailed double-microcatheter technique following horizontal stenting for coil embolization of intracranial wide-necked bifurcation aneurysms: A technical report of two cases

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahiro Kitahara ◽  
Taketo Hatano ◽  
Makoto Hayase ◽  
Etsuko Hattori ◽  
Akinori Miyakoshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endovascular Treatment ◽  
Coil Embolization ◽  
Internal Carotid ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Technical Report ◽  
Complete Obliteration ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One ◽  
Additional Coil

The horizontal stenting technique facilitates endovascular treatment of wide-necked bifurcation intracranial aneurysms. Previous literature shows, however, that subsequent coil embolization at initial treatment results in incomplete obliteration in many cases. The authors present two consecutive cases of wide-necked large bifurcation aneurysms to describe an additional coil embolization technique following horizontal stenting. The patients were a 53-year-old female with an unruptured internal carotid artery terminus aneurysm and a 57-year-old female with a recurrent basilar artery tip aneurysm. Both patients underwent endovascular treatment with horizontal stenting followed by coil embolization with jailed double-microcatheters. Immediate complete obliteration was achieved with no complications, and no recanalization was observed at the one-year follow-up in both cases. Coil embolization with jailed double-microcatheter technique following horizontal stenting is a safe and effective strategy for wide-necked bifurcation aneurysms.

scholarly journals Video Games and Human Performance

1986 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine Maningat ◽  
Corwin Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Motor Skill ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Manufacturing Plant ◽  
Local Manufacturing ◽  
Supervisory Ratings ◽  
The One

Workers are frequently bored with monotonous work. Thirty-three subjects, principally welders, at a local manufacturing plant were either in an experimental or a control group. They either played video games during breaks or not. A number of perceptual-motor skill tests showed no improvement due to games. Neither did supervisory ratings of job performance. However, work performance improved significantly for the one month period. Other and longer test periods are desirable.

Resources: Internet Resources for the Independent Medical Evaluator – 2007

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Brigham ◽  
Jenny Walker
Keyword(s):  
Head Trauma ◽  
Clonic Seizure ◽  
Acute Subdural Hematoma ◽  
Orbital Fracture ◽  
Orbital Wall ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One ◽  
Neurological Injuries ◽  
Medial Orbital Wall

Abstract Rating patients with head trauma and multiple neurological injuries can be challenging. The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides), Fifth Edition, Section 13.2, Criteria for Rating Impairment Due to Central Nervous System Disorders, outlines the process to rate impairment due to head trauma. This article summarizes the case of a 57-year-old male security guard who presents with headache, decreased sensation on the left cheek, loss of sense of smell, and problems with memory, among other symptoms. One year ago the patient was assaulted while on the job: his Glasgow Coma Score was 14; he had left periorbital ecchymosis and a 2.5 cm laceration over the left eyelid; a small right temporoparietal acute subdural hematoma; left inferior and medial orbital wall fractures; and, four hours after admission to the hospital, he experienced a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. This patient's impairment must include the following components: single seizure, orbital fracture, infraorbital neuropathy, anosmia, headache, and memory complaints. The article shows how the ratable impairments are combined using the Combining Impairment Ratings section. Because this patient has not experienced any seizures since the first occurrence, according to the AMA Guides he is not experiencing the “episodic neurological impairments” required for disability. Complex cases such as the one presented here highlight the need to use the criteria and estimates that are located in several sections of the AMA Guides.

Catheter-directed foam sclerotherapy treatment of saphenous vein incompetence

VASA ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asciutto ◽  
Lindblad
Keyword(s):  
Saphenous Vein ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Foam Sclerotherapy ◽  
Results Of Treatment ◽  
Ulcer Healing Rate ◽  
Complete Obliteration ◽  
Ceap Classification ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

Background: The aim of this study is to report the short-term results of catheter-directed foam sclerotherapy (CDFS) in the treatment of axial saphenous vein incompetence. Patients and methods: Data of all patients undergoing CDFS for symptomatic primary incompetence of the great or small saphenous vein were prospectively collected. Treatment results in terms of occlusion rate and patients’ grade of satisfaction were analysed. All successfully treated patients underwent clinical and duplex follow-up examinations one year postoperatively. Results: Between September 2006 and September 2010, 357 limbs (337 patients) were treated with CDFS at our institution. Based on the CEAP classification, 64 were allocated to clinical class C3 , 128 to class C4, 102 to class C5 and 63 to class C6. Of the 188 patients who completed the one year follow up examination, 67 % had a complete and 14 % a near complete obliteration of the treated vessel. An ulcer-healing rate of 54 % was detected. 92 % of the patients were satisfied with the results of treatment. We registered six cases of thrombophlebitis and two cases of venous thromboembolism, all requiring treatment. Conclusions: The short-term results of CDFS in patients with axial vein incompetence are acceptable in terms of occlusion and complications rates.

Regional household poverty and mobility analysis – a transition probability approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-302
Author(s):  
Damian Mowczan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Transition Probability ◽  
General Level ◽  
Transition Matrices ◽  
Equivalent Unit ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Probability Matrices ◽  
General Mobility ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

The main objective of this paper was to estimate and analyse transition-probability matrices for all 16 of Poland’s NUTS-2 level regions (voivodeship level). The analysis is conducted in terms of the transitions among six expenditure classes (per capita and per equivalent unit), focusing on poverty classes. The period of analysis was two years: 2015 and 2016. The basic aim was to identify both those regions in which the probability of staying in poverty was the highest and the general level of mobility among expenditure classes. The study uses a two-year panel sub-sample of unidentified unit data from the Central Statistical Office (CSO), specifically the data concerning household budget surveys. To account for differences in household size and demographic structure, the study used expenditures per capita and expenditures per equivalent unit simultaneously. To estimate the elements of the transition matrices, a classic maximum-likelihood estimator was used. The analysis used Shorrocks’ and Bartholomew’s mobility indices to assess the general mobility level and the Gini index to assess the inequality level. The results show that the one-year probability of staying in the same poverty class varies among regions and is lower for expenditures per equivalent units. The highest probabilities were identified in Podkarpackie (expenditures per capita) and Opolskie (expenditures per equivalent unit), and the lowest probabilities in Kujawsko-Pomorskie (expenditures per capita) and Małopolskie (expenditures per equivalent unit). The highest level of general mobility was noted in Małopolskie, for both categories of expenditures.

From Scarcity to Abundance: Achieving Quality-Assured Mass Higher Education

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter P. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Secondary System ◽  
Mass Higher Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

The United States is in a bind. On the one hand, we need millions of additional citizens with at least one year of successful post-secondary experience to adapt to the knowledge economy. Both the Gates and Lumina Foundations, and our President, have championed this goal in different ways. On the other hand, we have a post-secondary system that is trapped between rising costs and stagnant effectiveness, seemingly unable to respond effectively to this challenge. This paper analyzes several aspects of this problem, describes changes in the society that create the basis for solutions, and offers several examples from Kaplan University of emerging practice that suggests what good practice might look like in a world where quality-assured mass higher education is the norm.

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