An Assessment of the Representativeness of the SSI DA&A Study Panels

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 123-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wittenburg ◽  
David Stapleton ◽  
Adam Tucker ◽  
Rick Harwood
Keyword(s):  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Supplemental Security Income ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
National Population ◽  
Target Populations ◽  
Drugs And Alcohol ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
Age Range

In this study, we used data derived from SSA administrative records to compare the composition of study panels, study samples, and the national population of former recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for drug addiction and alcoholism (DA&A). We found that the panels represented the selected samples in the nine-study sites in terms of demographics, SSI program status, and medical eligibility. However, the selected samples varied in how well they represented their target populations. Additionally, compared with the national DA&A population, SSI Study respondents were more likely to be black, to abuse both drugs and alcohol, to be more concentrated in the 30-49 age range, and to have been medically eligible for SSI in January and June 1997. Thus while the SSI Study data can be used to draw inferences about former DA&A SSI-only recipients in the study catchment areas, results should not be assumed to apply to the national population of such recipients.

Profil Pasien Katarak Senilis Pada Usia 40 Tahun Keatas di RSI Siti Rahmah Tahun 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Rada Puspita ◽  
Haves Ashan ◽  
Fidiariani Sjaaf
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Vision Impairment ◽  
High School Education ◽  
Frequency Data ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
The World ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Cataract Patients

Vision impairment is estimated to affect 285 million people in the world, where 16-20% experience blindness, from the number of blindness suffered at the age of 40-50 years. Cataract seninis is all lens opacities that are found in old age that is above 40 years. The purpose of identifying and collecting frequency data Profile of Senilis cataract patients at the age of 40 years and above at RSI Siti Rahmah Padang in 2017. The research method is descriptive type of research, this study data taken is secondary data, In this study data was taken from the Medical Record at RSI Siti Rahmah Padang. When the study was conducted in February-August 2018, the population of this study were all cataract patients at the age of 40 years and above at RSI Siti Rahmah Padang in 2017 with 80 samples. Data analysis is univariate presented in the form of a frequency distribution table. Results From 80 respondents as many as 40 people (50%) were in the age range of 60-69 years, as many as 42 people (52.5%) patients were male, as many as 31 people (38.8%) patients with high school education and 35 people (43.8%) patients work as private companies. Conclusion In general, most patients are at the age of 60-69 years, the most sex is men, the highest education is high school and most patients are private.

scholarly journals Management of the lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), with terazosin

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mubeen ◽  
Ahmad N ◽  
Muhammad Shahzad ◽  
Nawaz M ◽  
Akbar M
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia ◽  
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms ◽  
Lower Urinary Tract ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Prostatic Hyperplasia ◽  
Urinary Tract Symptoms ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Lower Urinary

Objective: This study was designed to assess the efficacy, safety and compliance of terazosin in the management of lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia. Patients and methods: Study was conducted in the department of urology, DHQ Hospital Vehari, in about 1-year i-e from July 2004 to June 2005. Sixty patients with an age range of 45-85 years were included in the study. Data was collected prospectively. Patients were assessed according to the international prostate symptom score (I-PSS) at the start of study, during follow up and at the end of study. Results: Out of sixty patients, fifty-two were able to complete the study. It was observed that most of the patients obtained a significant decrease in the prostate symptoms score and improvement in QoL score, with only a few side effects. Conclusion: Terazosin is a safe and effective treatment for BPH with good compliance.

An Analysis of the Criminogenic Effects of Terminating the Supplemental Security Income Impairment Category for Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 391-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Swartz ◽  
Zoran Martinovich ◽  
Paul Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Property Crime ◽  
Supplemental Security Income ◽  
Moderate Increase ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
Treatment Access ◽  
Reported Crime

This study examined the criminogenic effects of terminating the Supplemental Security Income program for drug addiction and alcoholism. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to analyze self-reported crime, economic, and drug-use data collected as part of a two-year multisite study with five interview waves from 1,640 former DA&As. The primary independent variables examined included subjects’ replacement of lost SSI benefits legally or through re qualification under another disability category and their weekly use of heroin and/or cocaine. The study found that failure to replace lost cash benefits resulted in a moderate increase in crime, particularly drug and property crime, that peaked two years after loss of benefits. Heroin and cocaine use were also related to criminality, though the magnitude of this effect was greatest at six months after loss of benefits. The study also found a relationship between drug use and loss of benefits, suggesting that the federal legislation has created a crime-prone residual population of drug users with limited treatment access.

scholarly journals Drug Treatment Participation and Retention Rates among Former Recipients of Supplemental Security Income for Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 335-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Swartz ◽  
Kevin Campbell ◽  
Jim Baumohl ◽  
Peggy Tonkin
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Supplemental Security Income ◽  
Treatment Retention ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Federal Legislation ◽  
Survival Analyses ◽  
Formal Treatment ◽  
Treatment Participation

This study examined drug treatment participation and retention rates for a multisite sample of 1,586 former recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for drug addiction and alcoholism (DA&A). Fewer than half of the sample were complying with the DA&A program treatment mandate at the time the program was terminated by federal legislation in January 1997. For all forms of treatment, both participation and retention rates declined steadily thereafter until fewer than 10% of the total sample reported being in a formal treatment two years after termination of the mandate. Survival analyses comparing treatment retention rates for DA&A beneficiaries with non-DA&A SSI beneficiaries revealed that most of the decline in treatment retention could be attributed to ending the mandate. The findings suggest that although the mandate was often not well enforced, it did bring into drug treatment many individuals who would not otherwise have participated.

First Admission Incidence Study of Mania, 1975–1981

1995 ◽  
Vol 167 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Daly ◽  
Marcus Webb ◽  
Michael Kaliszer
Keyword(s):  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Admission Rates ◽  
Specific Analysis ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
One Year ◽  
Rate Ratios ◽  
Age Range ◽  
First Admission ◽  
Cross National

BackgroundA previous cross-national epidemiological study of first admission rates in London and in Aarhus, Denmark, found that the incidence of mania was virtually identical for both centres. This study sought to examine the corresponding rate for a defined catchment area in Dublin, Ireland, and to establish whether the impression of a higher rate could be validated.MethodThe study combined a six-year retrospective review and one-year prospective collection of first-admission cases of mania from a defined catchment area. Diagnosis was according to ICD criteria and the Syndrome Check List of the Present State Examination (PSE). Cross-national comparisons were made using standardised incidence rate ratios (SIRs).ResultsThe crude incidence rate for Dublin in the age range 18–60 years was established at 4.5 per 100 000 per year. A comparison of SIRs for the three centres showed the Dublin rate to be higher than expected (P < 0.02). Age-specific analysis indicated that this increase came mainly from the age range 18–29 (χ2 = 9.08, P = 0.01).ConclusionsThe study confirmed the impression that the local incidence of mania in Dublin is higher than that reported from two other North European centres. A variation in rates from contrasting socioeconomic districts within the catchment area points to some caution in the interpretation of the results and suggests further study from wider catchment areas.

Duration of untreated psychosis and ethnicity in the ÆSOP first-onset psychosis study

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
CRAIG MORGAN ◽  
PAUL FEARON ◽  
GERARD HUTCHINSON ◽  
KWAME McKENZIE ◽  
JULIA M. LAPPIN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Study Data ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Duration Of Untreated Psychosis ◽  
Treatment Delays ◽  
Black African ◽  
Black Patients ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
African Patients ◽  
First Contact

Background. There is a common assumption that Black patients with a psychotic mental illness experience longer treatment delays during a first episode. We sought to investigate this issue in a large cohort of patients with a first episode of psychosis.Method. All patients with a first episode of psychosis presenting to secondary mental health services within tightly defined catchment areas in south-east London and Nottingham over a 2-year period were included in the study. Data relating to duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) and clinical and sociodemographic characteristics were collected from patients, relatives and case-notes.Results. There was no evidence that African-Caribbean or Black African patients experienced longer periods of untreated psychosis than White British patients prior to first contact with services. There was evidence that Black African patients experienced shorter periods of untreated psychosis than White British patients.Conclusions. Contrary to what is commonly assumed, our study suggests that Black patients with a psychotic mental illness do not experience longer treatment delays prior to first contact with services than White British patients. This suggests that strategies to reduce treatment delays targeted specifically at Black patients will be of limited value.

scholarly journals Association of eating speed and energy intake of main meals with overweight in Chinese pre-school children

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 2029-2036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Lin ◽  
Liping Pan ◽  
Lixia Tang ◽  
Jingxiong Jiang ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
School Children ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Main Meals

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the association between eating behaviours (eating speed and energy intake of main meals) and overweight in pre-school children.DesignCross-sectional study. Data consisted of measurements (height and weight), questionnaire information (eating behaviours of eating speed and overeating) and on-site observation data (meal duration and energy intake of main meals).SettingSeven kindergartens in Beijing, China.SubjectsPre-school children (n 1138; age range 3·1–6·7 years old) from seven kindergartens participated in the study.ResultsThe multivariate-adjusted odds ratio of overweight in participants with parent-reported ‘more than needed food intake’ was 3·02 (95 % CI 2·06, 4·44) compared with the ‘medium food intake’ participants, and higher eating speed was associated with childhood overweight. For the two observed eating behaviours, each 418·7 kJ (100 kcal) increase of lunch energy intake significantly increased the likelihood for overweight by a factor of 1·445, and each 5-min increase in meal duration significantly decreased the likelihood for overweight by a factor of 0·861. Increased portions of rice and cooked dishes were significantly associated with overweight status (OR = 2·274; 95 % CI 1·360, 3·804 and OR = 1·378; 95 % CI 1·010, 1·881, respectively).ConclusionsEating speed and excess energy intake of main meals are associated with overweight in pre-school children.

scholarly journals Use of Null Models to Explain Crustacean Zooplankton Assemblages in Northern Patagonian Lakes (Chile) with and Without Mixotrophic Ciliates

Crustaceana ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 84 (9) ◽  
pp. 1061-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricio De Los Ríos-Escalante ◽  
Stefan Woelfl
Keyword(s):  
Null Model ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Null Models ◽  
Crustacean Zooplankton ◽  
Species Number ◽  
Calanoid Copepods ◽  
Patagonian Lakes ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
Mixotrophic Ciliates

AbstractThe zooplankton assemblages in deep, mostly oligotrophic northern Patagonian lakes are characterized by a low species number and a marked dominance of calanoid copepods, as well as often by the presence of large mixotrophic ciliates (Stentor). In the present study, data collected in field work on four northern Patagonian lakes were analysed using co-occurrence of null models, with the aim to determine potential regulating factors for the observed crustacean and mixotrophic ciliate assemblages, using a presence-absence matrix. The null model uses species co-occurrence, and the basis of this model is that the species associations observed are random. The results revealed the absence of regulating factors and indicate that the sites are relatively homogeneous, with low species numbers, and similar plankton assemblages at all study sites. This finding coincides with similar descriptions for zooplankton assemblages in other Chilean Patagonian lakes.

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