Attribution of Mental Disorders in Suicide Occurrence

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-321
Author(s):  
Mehran Babanejad ◽  
Ali Delpisheh ◽  
Khairollah Asadollahi ◽  
Ali Khorshidi ◽  
Kourosh Sayehmiri
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Suicide Attempters

The present study aimed to determine attribution of mental disorders in suicide occurrence. By a cross-sectional study, all suicide records ( n = 5188), between 1993 and 2009 in Ilam province, were investigated. Multiple logistic regression analysis was adopted. Totally, 27.5% of the suicides occurred due to mental disorders. This was significantly higher in males (29.3%), individuals born in 1996 (44%) and 1990s (30.3%), those aged 30 years and above (33.2%) and suicide attempters (28.3%), respectively and separately. The risk of suicide due to mental disorders was observed for females (OR = 0.85, CI = 0.74–0.97), those born in 1994 (OR = 2.82, CI = 1.27–6.24), completed suicides (OR = 0.81, CI = 0.68–0.97) and the age group 25 to 29 years old (OR = 0.82, CI = 0.66–1.01). Suicide due to mental disorders was higher among males compared to females, the rate of which was directly proportional to attempted suicide and age. It is therefore recommended that health educations be seriously carried on targeted groups.

scholarly journals Clinical Differences between Eosinophilic and Noneosinophilic Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Guangming Dai ◽  
Yajuan Ran ◽  
Jiajia Wang ◽  
Xingru Chen ◽  
Junnan Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Underlying Diseases

Rationale. Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is highly heterogeneous with a plethora of different etiologic factors and inflammatory presentations. COPD with higher blood eosinophil count is associated with increased readmission rates and better corticosteroid responses. However, the clinical features of eosinophilic AECOPD are not well explored. Thus, this study was aimed at exploring the clinical differences between eosinophilic and noneosinophilic AECOPD. Methods. A total of 643 AECOPD patients were enrolled in this multicenter cross-sectional study. Finally, 455 were included, 214 in the normal-eosinophil AECOPD (NEOS-AECOPD) group, 63 in the mild increased-eosinophil AECOPD (MEOS-AECOPD) group, and 138 in the severe increased-eosinophil AECOPD (SEOS-AECOPD) group. Demographic data, underlying diseases, symptoms, and laboratory findings were collected. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the independent factors associated with blood eosinophils (EOS). Correlations between blood EOS and its associated independent factors were evaluated. Results. The significant differences in 19 factors, including underlying diseases, clinical symptoms, and laboratory parameters, were identified by univariate analysis. Subsequently, multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that lymphocyte%, neutrophil% (NS%), procalcitonin (PCT), and anion gap (AG) were independently associated with blood EOS in AECOPD. Both blood EOS counts and EOS% were significantly correlated with lymphocyte%, NS%, PCT, and AG. Conclusions. Collectively, blood EOS was independently associated with lymphocyte%, NS%, PCT, and AG in AECOPD patients. Lymphocyte% was lower, and NS%, PCT, and AG were higher in eosinophilic AECOPD. Our results indicate that viral-dominant infections are the probable major etiologies of eosinophilic AECOPD. Noneosinophilic AECOPD is more likely associated with bacterial-dominant infections. The systemic inflammation in noneosinophilic AECOPD was more severe.

scholarly journals Hyperuricemia and Associated Factors in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Jie Xu ◽  
Lingxiao Tong ◽  
Jianhua Mao
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Hyperuricemia is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD) just in adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics of hyperuricemia and its associated factors in Chinese children with CKD at a single center. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 170 CKD children collected from the Department of Nephrology, The Zhejiang University Children’s Hospital was conducted. The clinical data, including anthropometric data, blood pressure measurements, and biochemical parameters, were recorded and analyzed retrospectively. The factors associated with hyperuricemia in CKD children were evaluated by Pearson and Spearman correlation analysis and multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: The mean age was 9.79 ± 4.10 years, and 72 (42.35%) were girls. Higher blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine, cystatin C, D-dimer, lower hemoglobin, albumin, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were significantly associated with higher serum uric acid (SUA). In multiple logistic regression analysis, anemia and higher BUN were both positively associated factors, whereas eGFR ≥ 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 was a negatively associated factor for subjects with SUA ≥ 390 µmol/L (6.5 mg/dL). Conclusions: SUA was significantly associated with kidney risk factors in CKD children. Monitoring and controlling SUA, Hb, BUN, and Scr levels in CKD children may help to prevent the progression of CKD.

scholarly journals Clinical features of alcoholic suicide attempters/ non-attempters

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 656-659
Author(s):  
Meena Agarwal ◽  
Keith Gaskell
Keyword(s):  
Antisocial Personality Disorder ◽  
Psychiatric Comorbidity ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Antisocial Personality ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Treatment Unit ◽  
Suicide Attempters ◽  
High Incidence

A cross-sectional study of 74 consecutive alcoholic patients admitted to a subregional alcohol treatment unit examines the socio-demographic and clinical differences between those who had/had not attempted suicide, and investigates their relationships to current suicidal ideation. The suicide attempters were significantly younger, separated and unemployed. They began regular drinking earlier, were more severely dependent and had a higher proportion of major depression, antisocial personality disorder and another drug abuse. The results suggest a high incidence of suicidal behaviour in alcoholics and high psychiatric comorbidity in alcoholics who attempt suicide.

scholarly journals Determinants of the intensity of uremic pruritus in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0245370
Author(s):  
Jian-Hui Zhao ◽  
Qiu-Shuang Zhu ◽  
Yi-Wen Li ◽  
Li-Li Wang
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Maintenance Hemodialysis ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Urea Nitrogen ◽  
Uremic Pruritus ◽  
Hs Crp

Background Uremic pruritus (UP) is a common and frustrating symptom in patients receiving hemodialysis (HD). The majority of patients have mild to moderate itching of the skin, and a small percentage have severe itching, which seriously affects their quality of life and survival rate. However, little is known about factors that influence the intensity of itching in patients. Methods A cross-sectional study on uremic pruritus in male and female patients receiving HD was conducted in September 2019. This study included 148 eligible patients who received HD at the Blood Purification Center of Xinchang County People’s Hospital, Zhejiang Province, China from March 2019 to June 2019. We collected general data consisted of age, sex, body mass index (BMI), place of residence, educational level, diabetes mellitus status and duration of HD; as well as clinical, biochemical indicators, including serum calcium (Ca), serum phosphorus (P), serum albumin (ALB), haemoglobin (Hb), serum intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), pre-dialysis serum urea nitrogen (BUN), normalized protein catabolic rate (nPCR), urea nitrogen clearance index (KT/V), ferritin (FER) and pre-dialysis serum creatinine (sCR). We also assayed the inflammatory cytokine serum high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP). The Five-Dimensional Itching Scale (5DIS) was used to evaluate the degree of skin itching (none, mild, moderate, or severe). We used multiple logistic regression to analyze influencing factors on the degree of skin itching in patients with UP. Results Of the 148 patients, 60 had uremic pruritus (incidence rate, 40.54%). These included 22 cases of mild skin itching (14.86%), 30 of moderate skin itching (20.27%), and 8 of severe skin itching (5.41%). Compared with uremia patients without skin pruritus, patients with UP had higher levels of iPTH, Hb, BUN, nPCR, and hs-CRP. The composition ratio showed significant differences between urban and rural patients with different degrees of skin itching (P = 0.017); moreover, the difference of iPTH and hs-CRP levels were statistically significant (P = 0.009 and < 0.001, respectively). Using no itching as a reference, multiple logistic regression analysis showed that as hs-CRP level increased, the patient’s risks of mild skin itching (odds ratio [OR] = 1.740; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.061–2.854; P = 0.028), moderate skin itching (OR = 2.8838 95% CI, 1.744–4.718; P < 0.001), and severe skin itching (OR = 9.440; 95% CI, 3.547–25.124; P < 0.001) all increased as well. Compared with urban residents, rural residents have a higher risk of moderate itching (OR = 3.869; 95% CI, 1.099–13.622; P = 0.035). Conclusion Levels of hs-CRP were associated with the intensity of skin itching in patients with UP. Higher hs-CRP levels were closely related to severe skin itching. The relationship between the intensity of skin itching and the environment in maintenance hemodialysis patients needs further clarification.

scholarly journals Association between geohelminth infections and physical growth in schoolchildren

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita de Cássia Ribeiro Silva ◽  
Ana Marlucia Oliveira Assis
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Physical Growth ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Anthropometric Assessment

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess the association between geohelminth infections and the physical growth of schoolchildren. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study with the participation of 1861 children aging from 7 to 14 years who live in a municipality in the Southern region (Recôncavo) of the State of Bahia. The participants were submitted to anthropometric assessment and stool tests. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used as the statistical means to determine the association of interest. RESULTS: The risks of stunting were greater among boys with Ascaris lumbricoides (Odds ratio=1.79; confidence interval 95%: 1.07-3.01), Trichuris trichiura (Odds ratio=2.26; confidence interval 95%: 1.33-3.84) and ancylostomiasis (Odds ratio=2.18; confidence interval 95%: 1.28-3.73) when compared with non-infected children. These results remained unchanged after adjustments for the location of the school, children's ages and other geohelminth infections. CONCLUSION: These infections did not compromise girls´ growth. These results emphasize the association between geohelminth infection and linear physical growth, indicating the need to implement preventive and curative measures that allow the quality of life of the children to improve since the repercussion that these parasites have on the nutritional status and health of this population is severe.

scholarly journals The prevalence of common mental disorders among health care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic at a tertiary Hospital in East Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hailu Abera Mulatu ◽  
Muluken Tesfaye ◽  
Esubalew Woldeyes ◽  
Tola Bayisa ◽  
Henok Fesseha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Level

AbstractBackgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in unprecedented morbidity, mortality, and health system crisis leading to a significant psychological distress on healthcare workers (HCWs). The study aimed to determine the prevalence of symptoms of common mental disorders among HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic at St. Paul’s Hospital, Ethiopia.MethodsA self-administered cross-sectional study was conducted to collect socio-demographic information and symptoms of mental disorders using validated measurement tools. Accordingly, PHQ-9, GAD-7, ISI, and IES-R were used to assess the presence of symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and distress, respectively. Chi-square test, non-parametric, and logistic regression analysis were used to detect risk factors for common mental disorders.ResultsA total of 420 healthcare workers participated in the survey. The prevalence of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and psychological distress was 20.2%, 21.9%, 12.4%, and 15.5% respectively. Frontline HCWs had higher scores of mental health symptoms than other health care workers. Logistic regression analysis showed that being married was associated with a high level of depression. Working in a frontline position was an independent factor associated with a high-level depression, anxiety, and psychological distress.LimitationsIt is a single-centre cross-sectional study and the findings may not be generalizable or reveal causality.

scholarly journals Association between Hyperuricemia and Metabolic Syndrome: An Epidemiological Study of a Labor Force Population in Taiwan

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Yu Wei ◽  
Chia-Cheng Sun ◽  
James Cheng-Chung Wei ◽  
Hsu-Chih Tai ◽  
Chien-An Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship

The increasing prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) has become an important issue worldwide. Metabolic comorbidities of hypertension, obesity, and hyperlipidemia are shown as important risk factors for incident gout. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between hyperuricemia and MetS. This is a cross-sectional study. The effective sample included 21,544 individuals who received worker health examinations at a local teaching hospital in Changhua County from 2008~2012. We used multiple logistic regression analysis to investigate the influences of hyperuricemia on MetS. The results showed that individuals with MetS had significantly higher blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, triglycerides, waist circumference, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol than those without MetS(P<0.001). Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed hyperuricemia to be an important factor of MetS. The risk of developing MetS is higher with high levels of serum uric acid (SUA) and the odds ratio (OR) of having MetS is 4.98 times higher for Tertile 3 than for Tertile 1 (95% CI = 4.16–5.97) and 4 times higher for Quartile 4 than for Quartile 1 (95% CI = 3.59–4.46). In conclusion, males are more likely to develop MetS than females, and the risk of having MetS increases with age and SUA concentration.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Confinement and Sexual Activity in Spain: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2559
Author(s):  
Rubén López-Bueno ◽  
Guillermo F. López-Sánchez ◽  
Alejandro Gil-Salmerón ◽  
Igor Grabovac ◽  
Mark A. Tully ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Annual Household Income ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Complete Set

Restrictions of free movement have been proven effective in tackling the spread of COVID-19 disease. However, sensitive populations submitted to longer periods of restrictions may experience detrimental effects in significant areas of their lifestyle, such as sexual activity. This study examines sexual activity during the COVID-19 confinement in Spain. A survey distributed through an institutional social media profile served to collect data, whereas chi-squared tests, t-tests, analyses of variance, and multiple logistic regression analysis were used to assess differences among sample subgroups. A total of 71.3% adults (N = 536) (72.8% female) reported engaging in sexual activity with a weekly average of 2.39 times (SD = 1.80), with significant differences favoring males, middle age, married/in a domestic relationship (p < 0.001), employed (p < 0.005), medium–high annual household income, living outside the Iberian Peninsula, and smoking and alcohol consumption. Analyses adjusted for the complete set of control variables showed significant odds for a lower prevalence of weekly sexual activity in women (OR = 0.44, 95% CI 0.27–0.72). Interventions to promote sexual activity in confined Spanish adults may focus on groups with lower sexual activity.

scholarly journals Happiness inequality in young adults: a nationwide cross sectional study from Iran

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Montazeri ◽  
Mahmoud Tavousi ◽  
Aliasghar Haeri-Mehrizi ◽  
Jila Sadighi ◽  
Faranak Farzadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Gender And Education ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Objective The correlation between happiness and health is well established. This study aimed to measure happiness and its correlates among a sample of young adults in Iran. As such a national cross sectional study was conducted and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) was administered to measure happiness. We performed logistic regression analysis to examine the relationship between happiness and independent variables. Results In all 14292 young adults (7702 female and 6590 male) were completed the questionnaire. The mean happiness score for the study sample was 4.09 (SD = 0.57) out of 6; indicative of a condition that is named as ‘rather happy; pretty happy’. The results obtained from multiple logistic regression analysis showed insignificant association between happiness, age, gender, and education whereas the association between happiness and income [OR for poor/very poor= 1.69, 95% CI: 1.51-1.90] and employment status [OR for unemployed = 1.88, 95% CI: 1.53-2.32] was significant. In addition separate analyses for men and women showed that income and employment still were significant for men but for women only income was significant.

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