scholarly journals Impact of trichiasis surgery on daily living: A longitudinal study in Ethiopia

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esmael Habtamu ◽  
Tariku Wondie ◽  
Sintayehu Aweke ◽  
Zerihun Tadesse ◽  
Mulat Zerihun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Functional Capabilities ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
One Year ◽  
Activity Requirement ◽  
Trachomatous Trichiasis

Background: Trachomatous trichiasis (TT) may lead to disability, impeding productive activities, resulting in loss of income. This study was conducted to determine if trichiasis surgery improves participation in productive and leisure activities, and ability to perform activities without difficulty or assistance. Methods: We recruited 1000 adults with trichiasis (cases) and 200 comparison participants, matched to every fifth trichiasis case on age (+/- two years), sex and location. The ‘Stylised Activity List’ tool, developed for the World Bank Living Standard Measurement Survey, was adapted to collect data on activity in the last week (participation in activity, difficulty with activity, requirement of assistance for activity), at baseline and 12 months later. All trichiasis cases received trichiasis surgery at baseline. Random effect logistic regression was used to compare cases and comparison participants. Results: There was strong evidence that trichiasis surgery substantially improves the ability of trichiasis cases to perform all the productive and leisure activities investigated without difficulty, with large increases in processing agricultural products, 21.1% to 87.0% (p<0.0001), farming, 19.1% to 82.4% (p<0.0001), and fetching wood, 25.3% to 86.0% (p<0.0001). Similarly, there was a significant increase in the proportion of cases who could perform activities without assistance, with the largest increases in animal rearing 54.2% to 92.0% (p<0.0001) and farming 73.2% to 96.4% (p<0.0001). There was no change in the proportion of comparison participants performing activities without difficulty or assistance. The change in most of the activities in cases was independent of visual acuity improvement and recurrent TT at 12 months. One year after trichiasis surgery, the proportion of cases reporting ocular pain reduced from 98.9% to 33.7% (p<0.0001). Conclusions: Eyelid surgery for TT improves functional capabilities regardless of vision gains. These data lend strong support to the view that TT surgery improves function and contributes to improved household income and wealth.

scholarly journals Impact of trichiasis surgery on daily living: A longitudinal study in Ethiopia

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Esmael Habtamu ◽  
Tariku Wondie ◽  
Sintayehu Aweke ◽  
Zerihun Tadesse ◽  
Mulat Zerihun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Functional Capabilities ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
One Year ◽  
Activity Requirement ◽  
Trachomatous Trichiasis

Background: Trachomatous trichiasis (TT) may lead to disability, impeding productive activities, resulting in loss of income. This study was conducted to determine if trichiasis surgery improves participation in productive and leisure activities, and ability to perform activities without difficulty or assistance. Methods: We recruited 1000 adults with trichiasis (cases) and 200 comparison participants, matched to every fifth trichiasis case on age (+/- two years), sex and location. The ‘Stylised Activity List’ tool, developed for the World Bank Living Standard Measurement Survey, was adapted to collect data on activity in the last week (participation in activity, difficulty with activity, requirement of assistance for activity), at baseline and 12 months later. All trichiasis cases received trichiasis surgery at baseline. Random effect logistic regression was used to compare cases and comparison participants. Results: There was strong evidence that trichiasis surgery substantially improves the ability of trichiasis cases to perform all the productive and leisure activities investigated without difficulty, with large increases in processing agricultural products, 21.1% to 87.0% (p<0.0001), farming, 19.1% to 82.4% (p<0.0001), and fetching wood, 25.3% to 86.0% (p<0.0001). Similarly, there was a significant increase in the proportion of cases who could perform activities without assistance, with the largest increases in animal rearing 54.2% to 92.0% (p<0.0001) and farming 73.2% to 96.4% (p<0.0001). There was no change in the proportion of comparison participants performing activities without difficulty or assistance. The change in most of the activities in cases was independent of visual acuity improvement and recurrent TT at 12 months. One year after trichiasis surgery, the proportion of cases reporting ocular pain reduced from 98.9% to 33.7% (p<0.0001). Conclusions: Eyelid surgery for TT improves functional capabilities regardless of vision gains. These data lend strong support to the view that TT surgery improves function and contributes to improved household income and wealth.

scholarly journals Large scale land investments and food security in agropastoral areas of Ethiopia

Food Security ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adugna Eneyew Bekele ◽  
Liesbeth Dries ◽  
Wim Heijman ◽  
Dusan Drabik
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Additional Food ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Direct Benefits ◽  
Large Scale Land ◽  
Household Food Consumption ◽  
Positive Effect

AbstractIn Ethiopia, large scale land investments have been expanding into pastoral regions. However, little is known about the consequences of these investments on the food security of the pastoral community. Using Living Standard Measurement Survey data of the World Bank, we find that, on average, about 32% of the respondents from the (agro-)pastoral regions are food insecure. After controlling for confounders, proximity to large scale land investments is associated with additional food intake of up to 745 kcal per day per adult compared to the households located farther away from a large scale land investment. Proximity to large scale land investment has no significant effect on the coping strategies based food security. For households located in proximity to a large scale land investment, food intake significantly increases with access to roads and markets. Proximity to a large scale land investment has a positive effect on household food consumption not necessarily because of direct benefits from large scale land investments, but due to land and soil quality near the large scale land investments.

scholarly journals Evaluation of performance and personal satisfaction of the patient with spastic hand after using a volar dorsal orthosis

2010 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle dos Santos Cutrim Garros ◽  
Rubens José Gagliardi ◽  
Regina Aparecida Rossetto Guzzo
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Performance Measure ◽  
Personal Satisfaction ◽  
Occupational Performance ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Evaluation Of Performance ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure

The performance and the satisfaction of the patient were quantitatively compared with the use of the volar dorsal orthosis in order to position the spastic hand. Thirty patients wearing the orthosis for eight hours daily were evaluated by the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure and the box and blocks test, for a three-month period. Five activities were selected (among daily life activities, productive activities, and leisure activities) by the patients, which were impaired by spasticity. There was an improvement related to performance after use of orthosis, with an average of 1.4±0.5 to 6.3±0.8 (p<0.01). Patient satisfaction average after wearing the orthosis was of 1.7±0.4 to 6.3±0.6 (p<0.01). In this casuistic, the use of orthosis for wrist and finger spasticity has shown an improvement in the functional performance and patient satisfaction.

scholarly journals The Continuous Intention of Older Adult in Virtual Reality Leisure Activities: Combining Sports Commitment Model and Theory of Planned Behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 7509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei-Yuan Jeng ◽  
Tsu-Ming Yeh ◽  
Fan-Yun Pai
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽  
Planned Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Continuance Intention

Digital devices are being increasingly adopted for healthcare purposes. The present study investigates the continuous intention of older adults in virtual reality leisure activities by using a sports commitment model and the theory of planned behavior to develop a new planned behavior model, and by testing the model using a sample of 388 older adults following three months of firsthand experience. The results show that sports commitment has a positive influence on continuance intention, and subjective norms and perceived behavioral control are the strongest predictors of continuous intention in virtual reality leisure activities. Further, the participation of the older adults in virtual reality leisure activities requires strong support from society as well as friends and family in order to produce continued participation. Perceived behavioral control shows that when individuals have more resources and opportunities, they face fewer expected obstacles and have greater continuance intention. In addition, the present study demonstrates that attitude influences behavioral intentions.

A conundrum in cancer quality measurement: Performance on long-term survival reflects performance a long time ago.

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e18222-e18222
Author(s):  
Allison Lipitz-Snyderman ◽  
Michael A. Curry ◽  
David M. Rubin ◽  
Diane G. Li ◽  
Elaine Duck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Survival Outcomes ◽  
Median Income ◽  
Long Term Outcomes ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
One Year

e18222 Background: Long term outcomes, such as five-year survival following cancer treatment, are widely accepted as important metrics of cancer care quality. But because they take years to accrue, they reflect the quality of care delivered in the past. The objective of this study was to delineate to what extent measures of long term outcomes related to cancer care could be reliably used to predict care quality in future periods. Methods: Taking advantage of FFS Medicare data from related studies, we assessed survival of cancer patients at one and four years by hospital for four separate index years 2006, 2011-2013. We assembled pairs of years across which we could compare risk adjusted outcomes separated by one year (2011 to 2012; 2012 to 2013), two years (2011 to 2013), and five through seven years comparing 2006 to 2011, 2012, or 2013 respectively. The outcome was risk adjusted mortality rates at the hospital level determined by dividing the observed number of deaths by an expected number, adjusting for age, and median income level of the zip code of residence. For each hospital and for every pair of analytic years we separately compared the correlation of one and four-year risk adjusted mortality using both Pearson and Spearman correlation statistics. A mixed effects model was fit to determine if size and year gap between measurements could explain possible differences in the correlation of hospital performance, while controlling for hospitals as a random effect. Results: There were 1,640 hospitals and more than 350,000 patients in each analysis year. Focusing on the correlation of the four year survival outcomes, the highest volume hospitals have significantly higher correlations compared to the other hospital categories (P < 0.001). The greater the elapsed time between measurement periods the lower the correlation. But in the mixed model analysis neither time elapsed between measurement periods (p = 0.51) nor the interaction between time elapsed and hospital volume (p = 0.95) were significant. Analyses of one-year outcomes produced similar findings. Conclusions: Performance on four-year survival outcomes of cancer patients was reasonably correlated for large volume hospitals, but less so for hospitals with lower volumes.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF ESG PERFORMANCE TO FIRM PERFORMANCE AND MARKET VALUE

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-41
Author(s):  
David Junius ◽  
Adriel Adisurjo ◽  
Y. Arief Rijanto ◽  
Yang Elvi Adelina
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Random Effect Model ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Return On Equity ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Price Earnings Ratio ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact

This research aims to investigate the impact of ESG performance on firm performance and market value. Total samples used are 271 listed companies (1355 firm-years observations) in five years period (2013-2017), which consisted of four ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand). This study is analyzed using multiple regression analyses with the random-effect model and descriptive statistic. The independent variable is ESG Score; the dependent variables are three performance indicators (Return on Assets, Return on Equity, and Tobin’s Q) and Price-Earnings ratio; the control variables are firm size, firm's age, financial leverage, and industry. This research contributes to broadening the scope of the literature review regardings ESG performance by analyzing it on developing countries and also by using rarely used dependent variables, market value. The finding in this research is there is no significant influence from ESG Score to Firm Performance and Market Value because ESG Score is not yet a part of firm performance measurement. This research is limited in conducting lag effect research with the lag period of only one year, and also the number of companies that already have ESG scores is limited.

scholarly journals Leisure Activities, APOE ε4, and Cognitive Decline: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Zhang ◽  
Shihui Fu ◽  
Ding Ding ◽  
Michael W. Lutz ◽  
Yi Zeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Healthy Longevity ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
Ε4 Allele ◽  
State Examination

Background: Both leisure activities and the ε4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (APOE ε4) have been shown to affect cognitive health. We aimed to determine whether engagement in leisure activities protects against APOE ε4-related cognitive decline.Methods: We used the cohort data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey. A total of 3,017 participants (mean age of 77.0 years, SD = 9.0; 49.3% female) from 23 provinces of China were recruited in 2008 and were reinterviewed in 2014. We assessed cognitive function using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). We calculated cognitive decline using subtraction of the MMSE score of each participant in 2008 and 2014. We genotyped a number of APOE ε4 alleles for each participant at baseline and determined the Index of Leisure Activities (ILAs) by summing up the frequency of nine types of typical activities in productive, social, and physical domains. We used ordinal logistic regression models to estimate the effects of leisure activities, APOE ε4, and their interaction on cognitive decline, statistically adjusted for a range of potential confounders.Results: There were significant associations between APOE ε4 and faster cognitive decline, independent of potential confounders, and between leisure activities and mitigated cognitive decline. The odds ratios were 1.25 (95% CI: 1.03, 1.53) and 0.93 (95% CI: 0.89, 0.97), respectively. We found significant interactions of APOE ε4 with leisure activities with a P-value of 0.018. We also observed interactive effects of subtypes of leisure activities: participants who regularly engaged in productive activities were more likely to reduce the risk of APOE ε4-related cognitive decline.Conclusion: Our findings provide support for the indication that participating in leisure activities reduces the risk of APOE ε4-related cognitive decline.

scholarly journals Shankar Acharya and Rakesh Mohan (eds.) India’s Economy—Performance and Challenges: Essays in Honour of Montek Singh Ahluwalia. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010. xv+465 pages.

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-158
Author(s):  
Rashid Amjad
Keyword(s):  
Strong Support ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Ruling Elite ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Finance Minister ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Deputy Chairman

This volume comprises a compilation of essays written by distinguished Indian economists, and international economists and observers on India, in honour of Montek Singh Ahluwalia, an eminent economist and currently Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, widely recognised as one of the main architects and drivers of the economic reform process. In a very well-written Introduction to this festschrift, capturing the essence of the contributions to the volume and weaving them into an excellent overview, Shankar Acharya and Rakesh Mohan state, “Indeed the story of India’s economic policies over the past three decades could easily be woven around Montek’s career as the pre-eminent government economist through most of this time”. This role is earlier acknowledged in the foreword to the volume by the current Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, the initiator of the overall reform process as Finance Minister from 1991-96, when Montek (as he is popularly known) worked under him in important positions. This recognition also finds strong support amongst the authors, who were close associates of Montek in policy-making, as they recount the role he played in both shaping and driving the economic policy reform agenda. How a small but well-knit team of economists, most of whom had earlier worked in the World Bank or the IMF, could actually achieve this in a country as large and complex as India would baffle any observer. While the book provides no explicit answer, the reform process appears to have initially found favour in response to the economic crisis in 1991. The process then gained momentum as the reforms showed measurable success, and this helped win over the trust and confidence of the political ruling élite.

Ecological Analysis of Gastroschisis Incidence Decline in Liaoning, China, 2006-2016

2020 ◽  
pp. 100-106
Author(s):  
Ruiping Li ◽  
Fengyu Zhang ◽  
Claude Hughes ◽  
Jianxin Li
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Risk Exposure ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Ecological Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Industrial Manufacturing ◽  
One Year ◽  
Job Participation

Background: A gastroschisis incidence decline has recently been reported in Liaoning, China, from 2006-2015; we suspect that this decline could be associated with the fall in industrial manufacturing activities. Methods: The outcome variable, gastroschisis incidence, was from a previous publication. The industrial manufacturing activities were measured by relative job participation and production in the primary and secondary economic sectors, and the corresponding data were collected in 14 cities from 2005 to 2015. The general linear model and a random-effect Poisson regression model were performed to assess the association and time-series trend of gastroschisis with the manufacturing activities. Results: The relative job participation in the first economic sector was marginally associated with gastroschisis incidence in 2006 (p=0.070), but more significantly associated (Beta=-0.040; p=0.014) in the cross-sectional and time-series analysis with one-year lag in the outcome variable. Conclusion: The gastroschisis incidence decline in Liaoning is likely due to the reduced job participation in manufacturing and heavy industry, which might be an indication of reduced risk exposure associated with the industrial manufacturing activities.

Implementation of electre methods in determining for recipient candidate for pamsimas program in district pringsewu

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.27) ◽  
pp. 244
Author(s):  
Rita Irviani ◽  
Siti Mukodimah ◽  
Muhammad Muslihudin ◽  
Trisnawati .
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Sanitation Services ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The People ◽  
Electre Method ◽  
The Government ◽  
One Year

Community-based Water Drinking Supply and Sanitation is one of the programs implemented by the Government of Indonesia with the support of the World Bank. One of the government targets under the RPJPN 2015-2019 is that Indonesia can provide drinking water and sanitation services for the people of Indonesia. The ELECTRE method is chosen because it is able to select the best alternative from the existing alternatives. This research used seven criteria as reference in determining for recipient candidate for PAMSIMAS program. The number of incidents of diarrheal diseases in one year (number of incidents), the number of people who have not used safe drinking water (individual), the number of people who have not used the toilet, the financial ability of the region, the income of the villagers, the distance of the source of clean water from the settlement, the availability of clean water. In addition to the criteria is also used the quality of the criteria to determine the best alternative and from the calculation of the alternative obtained the greatest value contained in A4 with value E = 4 and alternative A5 with the value E =4 thereby alternatives 4 and 5 are viable alternatives to the prospective recipient villages of the PAMSIMAS program in Pringsewu district.  

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