Prevalence of nail changes in patients infected with HIV - A cross sectional study

Objectives: Nail changes are present in 25–50% of psoriatic cases. Nail Psoriasis Severity Index (NAPSI) assess the extent of the involvement of the psoriatic nail unit. This study was conducted with the aim of finding the prevalence, clinical characteristics and severity of nail psoriasis. Methods and Materials: In this cross-sectional study, a thorough clinical examination was done to determine the type and extent of skin disease including PASI (psoriasis area severity index) score, and all the fingernails and toenails were examined in a well-lit environment, under a magnifying lens to visualize the nail findings, and NAPSI score was calculated for each patient. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS v. 11.0) software was used to analyze the data collected. Results: Of the100 patients studied, 73% of patients with psoriasis had nail involvement. Mean total NAPSI was 30.97 ± 30.79. Mean age of onset of psoriasis was 43.62 ± 15.31 and 33.04 ± 12.80 in those with and without nail involvement respectively (P-value 0.002). The majority without nail involvement (77.8%) belonged to the early- onset group, while 22.2% of those without nail involvement had late-onset psoriasis (P-value 0.001). The most common nail pattern in our study was Pitting (93.2%). Limitation: Nail changes in severe forms of disease could not be studied since patients receiving systemic drugs for the disease were excluded from the study. Conclusion: The mean duration of psoriasis in those with nail involvement in our study was 5 years more than in those without nail disease. Our study demonstrated a significant association between higher PASI scores and nail involvement. All patients with severe psoriasis (PASI >20) in our study had nail involvement.

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Dermoscopic evaluation of nail psoriasis: a cross-sectional study

International Journal of Research in Dermatology ◽

10.18203/issn.2455-4529.intjresdermatol20205595 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 53

Author(s):

Krishnendra Varma ◽

Ujjwal Kumar ◽

Praneeta Jain

Keyword(s):

Clinical Examination ◽

Nail Plate ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Nail Psoriasis ◽

Immune Mediated ◽

Nail Changes ◽

The Common ◽

Nail Disease

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory immune mediated disease that can involve skin, nails, scalp, etc. Nails can be involved in up to 90% of psoriatic patients in their lifetime. Also, psoriatic arthritis is commonly found in patients having nail involvement. Nail changes in psoriasis can be imperceptible to the unaided eye and easily missed on clinical examination. Onychoscopy has helped in improving diagnosing these subtle clinical features. Aim of the research was to study dermoscopic features in nails involved in psoriasis.Methods: 50 patients having clinically evident nail psoriasis, of which 2 were excluded due to positive KOH examination were recruited in the cross-sectional descriptive study. After clinical examination, all the nails were subjected to dermoscopic examination. The findings were tabulated in Excel and comparisons were made.Results: The common dermoscopic findings were pits (79.2%), splinter haemorrhage (72.9%), onycholysis (68.8%), subungual hyperkeratosis (50%), nail plate scales (50%), dilated PNF/LNF capillaries (20.8%), ridges (18.8%), leukonychia (14.5%), salmon spots (10.4%), fuzzy lunula (8.3%), and dilated hyponychial capillaries (6.3%).Conclusions: Dermoscopy is a simple, easy, rapid and an office-based technique. It helps in picking up subtle nail changes not visible to the naked eye. It also precludes from doing painful nail biopsy in nail disease without its skin manifestation. Onychoscopy helps in picking up early nail findings in psoriasis and thereby warning the patients against impending disease severity.

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Patients' understanding of words used to describe lumps: a cross-sectional study

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology ◽

10.1017/s0022215105006481 ◽

2005 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Neil K Chadha ◽

Costa Repanos

Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Does a Graduate Course in Fluency Disorders Make a Difference?

Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders ◽

10.1044/ffd20.1.10 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 10-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Evelyn R. Klein ◽

Barbara J. Amster

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Graduate Programs ◽

The United States ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Graduate Course ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Fluency Disorders ◽

Introductory Course ◽

Communicative Disorders

Abstract A study by Yaruss and Quesal (2002), based on responses from 134 of 239 ASHA accredited graduate programs, indicated that approximately 25% of graduate programs in the United States allow students to earn their degree without having coursework in fluency disorders and 66% of programs allow students to graduate without clinical experience treating people who stutter (PWS). It is not surprising that many clinicians report discomfort in treating PWS. This cross-sectional study compares differences in beliefs about the cause of stuttering between freshman undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory course in communicative disorders and graduate students enrolled and in the final weeks of a graduate course in fluency disorders.

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Confidence toward vaccination as reported by parents of children admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross sectional study

Vacunas ◽

10.1016/j.vacun.2020.04.004 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 95-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Y.M. AlGoraini ◽

N.N. AlDujayn ◽

M.A. AlRasheed ◽

Y.E. Bashawri ◽

S.S. Alsubaie ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Abstract #862211: Muscle Mass and Muscle Function Determinants in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study

Endocrine Practice ◽

10.1016/s1530-891x(20)39867-0 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 ◽

pp. 158-159

Author(s):

Bagher Larijani

Keyword(s):

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Elderly Patients ◽

Muscle Mass ◽

Muscle Function ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Conflict Avoidance in Old Age

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000168 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 61-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Lia Oberhauser ◽

Andreas B. Neubauer ◽

Eva-Marie Kessler

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Well Being ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Conflict Avoidance ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Adult Lifespan ◽

Set Up

Abstract. Conflict avoidance increases across the adult lifespan. This cross-sectional study looks at conflict avoidance as part of a mechanism to regulate belongingness needs ( Sheldon, 2011 ). We assumed that older adults perceive more threats to their belongingness when they contemplate their future, and that they preventively react with avoidance coping. We set up a model predicting conflict avoidance that included perceptions of future nonbelonging, termed anticipated loneliness, and other predictors including sociodemographics, indicators of subjective well-being and perceived social support (N = 331, aged 40–87). Anticipated loneliness predicted conflict avoidance above all other predictors and partially mediated the age-association of conflict avoidance. Results suggest that belongingness regulation accounts may deepen our understanding of conflict avoidance in the second half of life.

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Internalizing Behavior During the Transition from Childhood to Adolescence

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000025 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 187-193 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Marc Vierhaus ◽

Arnold Lohaus ◽

Indra Shah

Keyword(s):

Research Design ◽

Internalizing Symptoms ◽

Fourth Graders ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Second Graders ◽

Internalizing Behavior ◽

Longitudinal Assessment ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The One

This investigation focuses on the question whether assessments of the development of internalizing behavior from childhood to adolescence are affected by the kind of research design (longitudinal versus cross-sectional). Two longitudinal samples of 432 second-graders and 366 fourth graders participated in a longitudinal study with subsequent measurements taken 1, 2, and 3 years later. A third sample consisting of 849 children covering the same range of grades participated in a cross-sectional study. The results show that the development of internalizing symptoms in girls – but not in boys – varies systematically with the research design. In girls, there is a decrease of internalizing symptoms (especially between the first two timepoints) in the longitudinal assessment, which may reflect, for example, the influence of strain during the first testing situation. Both longitudinal trajectories converge to a common trajectory from grade 2 to grade 7 when controlling for this “novelty-distress effect.” Moreover, when we control this effect, the slight but significant decrease characterizing the common trajectory becomes similar to the one obtained in the cross-sectional study. Therefore, trajectories based on longitudinal assessments may suggest more changes with regard to internalizing symptoms over time than actually take place, while trajectories based on cross-sectional data may be characterized by an increased level of internalizing symptoms. Theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.

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