Antecedents of teenage pregnancy from a 14-year follow-up study using data linkage

Abstract Background Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of disease burden globally. With advancements in medical and surgical care more people are surviving initial acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and are in need of secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Increasing availability of high quality individual-level data linkage provides robust estimates of outcomes long-term. Purpose To compare 3 year outcomes amongst ACS survivors who did and did not participate in Australian CR programs. Methods SNAPSHOT ACS follow-up study included 1806 patients admitted to 232 hospitals who were followed-up by data linkage (cross-jurisdictional morbidity, national death index, Pharmaceutical Benefit Schedule) at 6 and 36 months to compare those who did/not attend CR. Results In total, the cohort had a mean age of 65.8 (13.4) years, 60% were male, only 25% (461/1806) attended CR. During index admission, attendees were more likely to have had PCI (39% v 14%, p<0.001), CABG (11% v 2%, p<0.001) and a diagnosis of STEMI (21% v 5%, p<0.001) than those who did not attend. However, there was no significant difference between CR attendees/non-attendees for risk factors (LDL-cholesterol, smoking, obesity). Only 19% of eligible women attended CR compared to 30% of men (p<0.001). At 36 months, there were fewer deaths amongst CR attendees (19/461, 4.1%) than non-attendees (116/1345, 8.6%) (p=0.001). CR attendees were more likely to have repeat ACS, PCI, CABG at both 6 and 36 months (Table). At 36 months, CR attendees were more likely to have been prescribed antiplatelets (78% v 53%, p<0.001), statins (91% 73%, p<0.001), beta-blockers (11% v 13%, p=0.002) and ACEI/ARBs (72% v 61%, p<0.001) than non-attendees. Conclusions Amongst Australian ACS survivors, participation in CR was associated with less likelihood of death and increased prescription of pharmacotherapy. However, attendance at CR was associated with higher rates of repeat ACS and revascularisation. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: Foundation. Main funding source(s): New South Wales Cardiovascular Research Network, National Heart Foundation

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The Educare Chicago Research-Program Partnership and Follow-Up Study: Using Data on Program Graduates to Enhance Quality Improvement Efforts

Early Education and Development ◽

10.1080/10409289.2013.739542 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 19-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Amanda Stein ◽

Karen Freel ◽

Ann T. Hanson ◽

Debra Pacchiano ◽

Brenda Eiland-Williford

Keyword(s):

Quality Improvement ◽

Research Program ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Using Data

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Underweight/overweight and the risk of long‐term care: Follow‐up study using data of the Japanese long‐term care insurance system

Geriatrics and Gerontology International ◽

10.1111/ggi.12102 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 328-335 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Akiko Honda ◽

Naohito Tanabe ◽

Nao Seki ◽

Yoshiko Ogawa ◽

Hiroshi Suzuki

Keyword(s):

Long Term Care ◽

Term Care ◽

Insurance System ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Long Term Care Insurance ◽

Using Data

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Comorbidity of anxiety disorders and depression: does it affect course and outcome?

Psychiatry and Psychobiology ◽

10.1017/s0767399x00000225 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 4 (5) ◽

pp. 315-323 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

H.U. Wittchen ◽

C.A. Essau

Keyword(s):

Anxiety Disorders ◽

Depressive Episode ◽

Age Of Onset ◽

Clinical Sample ◽

Diagnostic Interview ◽

Major Depressive ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Using Data ◽

Relationship Of

SummaryThe comorbidity of anxiety disorders and depression, and its effect on course and outcome was examined by using data from the Munich Follow-up Study (MFS). The MFS is a prospective 7 year follow-up study in both a clinical sample of originally 291 former inpatients as well as a representative sample (N = 657) from the general population. Diagnoses were based on the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) not using the optional DSM-III exclusion rules. Based on earlier studies the temporal relationship of diagnoses was examined by using the age of onset and recency codings of the DIS, correcting for inaccuracies in patients’ judgement. The results showed: 1), Comorbidity seems to be a rather frequent and stable phenomenon in clinical and epidemiological samples. The comorbidity rates of the DIS/DSM-III diagnoses, amounted to about 50% in the epidemiological and 75% in the clinical sample. 2), The majority of the subjects with both disorders indicated an onset of anxiety disorders before that of a major depressive syndrome. None of the cases developed a major depressive episode prior to an anxiety disorder. 3), A less favorable course and outcome was generally found for subjects with both disorders (anxiety and depression), although the predictive value of the diagnostic grouping was meager. Clear differences were found for “pure” disorders (anxiety only, depression only) in the clinical and epidemiological sample. 4), Regardless of whether a depressive episode was present at the time of the follow-up investigation, the mixed group had the worst outcome of all other comparative groups.

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Time to recovery from severe acute malnutrition and its predictors: a multicentre retrospective follow-up study in Amhara region, north-west Ethiopia

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034583 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. e034583

Author(s):

Adhanom Gebreegziabher Baraki ◽

Temesgen Yihunie Akalu ◽

Haileab Fekadu Wolde ◽

Wubet Worku Takele ◽

Worku Nigussu Mamo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Vitamin A ◽

Severe Acute Malnutrition ◽

Female Gender ◽

Acute Malnutrition ◽

Amhara Region ◽

North West ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Health Institutions ◽

Using Data

ObjectivesThis study aimed to determine the time to recovery from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and its predictors in selected public health institutions in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia.DesignAn institution-based retrospective follow-up study was conducted using data extracted from 1690 patient cards from September 2012 to November 2016.SettingSelected government health institutions in the Amhara region, Ethiopia.ParticipantsChildren treated in therapeutic feeding units for SAM were included.Outcome measuresTime to recovery from SAM.ResultsOne thousand and fifty children have recovered from SAM, 62.13% (95% CI 59.8% to 64.5%). The median time to recovery was 16 days (IQR=11–28). Female gender (adjusted HR (AHR)=0.81, 95% CI 0.67 to 0.98), oedematous malnutrition (AHR=0.74 95% CI 0.59 to 0.93), pneumonia (AHR=0.66, 95% CI 0.53 to 0.83), tuberculosis (AHR=0.53, 95% CI 0.36 to 0.77), HIV/AIDS (AHR=0.47, 95% CI 0.28 to 0.79), anaemia (AHR=0.73, 95% CI 0.60 to 0.89) and receiving vitamin A (AHR=1.43, 95% CI 1.12 to 1.82) were notably associated with time to recovery.ConclusionsThe time to recovery in this study was acceptable but the proportion of recovery was far below the minimum standard. Special emphasis should be given to the prevention and treatment of comorbidities besides the therapeutic feeding. Supplementing vitamin A would also help to improve the recovery rate.

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Social Organization and Differential Association: A Research Note from a Longitudinal Study of Violent Juvenile Offenders

Crime & Delinquency ◽

10.1177/0011128788034003006 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 307-327 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Craig Reinarman ◽

Jeffrey Fagan

Keyword(s):

Social Class ◽

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Social Organization ◽

Differential Association ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

The Social ◽

Social Structural ◽

Crime And Delinquency ◽

Using Data

Social-structural dimensions of the work of Sutherland and Cressey are typically neglected in favor of the social-psychology of differential association, which attempts to explain individual crime and delinquency in terms of socialization and learning. In this article we follow a lead from Don Cressey's article, “Epidemiology and Individual Conduct,” and explore how differential social organization may be related to differential association. Using data from a 3-year follow-up study of 130 serious juvenile offenders, we attempt to assess whether the effects of differential association variables (and others from competing theories) vary according to the social-class characteristics of the delinquents' social areas. While differential association variables were found to be the strongest predictors of delinquency, we were unable to demonstrate that their predictive efficacy varied significantly by the social class of the delinquents' social areas.

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Electron Microscopy of Human Gallstones

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100065523 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 296-297

Author(s):

C. Wolpers ◽

R. Blaschke

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Bile Pigment ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Triclinic Crystal System ◽

X Ray ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Infra Red ◽

Main Components

Scanning microscopy was used to study the surface of human gallstones and the surface of fractures. The specimens were obtained by operation, washed with water, dried at room temperature and shadowcasted with carbon and aluminum. Most of the specimens belong to patients from a series of X-ray follow-up study, examined during the last twenty years. So it was possible to evaluate approximately the age of these gallstones and to get information on the intensity of growing and solving.Cholesterol, a group of bile pigment substances and different salts of calcium, are the main components of human gallstones. By X-ray diffraction technique, infra-red spectroscopy and by chemical analysis it was demonstrated that all three components can be found in any gallstone. In the presence of water cholesterol crystallizes in pane-like plates of the triclinic crystal system.

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