scholarly journals Knowledge about Cervical Cancer Early Warning Signs and Symptoms, Risk Factors and Vaccination among Students at a Medical School in Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 2529-2532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulaziz Ahmed Al-Darwish ◽  
Abdullah Fouad Al-Naim ◽  
Khalid Saleh Al-Mulhim ◽  
Nasser Khaled Al-Otaibi ◽  
Mohammed Saad Morsi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Early Warning Signs

Knowledge and Awareness of Colorectal Cancer Early Warning Signs and Risk Factors among University Students in Jordan

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 448-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nizar M. Mhaidat ◽  
Belal A. Al-husein ◽  
Karem H. Alzoubi ◽  
Dima I. Hatamleh ◽  
Youcef Khader ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
University Students ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Early Warning Signs

scholarly journals Awareness Levels about Breast Cancer Risk Factors, Early Warning Signs, and Screening and Therapeutic Approaches among Iranian Adult Women: A large Population Based Study Using Latent Class Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahdi Tazhibi ◽  
Awat Feizi
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Cancer Risk Factors ◽  
Early Warning Signs ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk Factors ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Screening Approaches

Background and Objective. Breast cancer (BC) continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality among women throughout the world and in Iran. Lack of awareness and early detection program in developing country is a main reason for escalating the mortality. The present research was conducted to assess the Iranian women’s level of knowledge about breast cancer risk factors, early warning signs, and therapeutic and screening approaches, and their correlated determinants.Methods. In a cross-sectional study, 2250 women before participating at a community based screening and public educational program in an institute of cancer research in Isfahan, Iran, in 2012 were investigated using a self-administered questionnaire about risk factors, early warning signs, and therapeutic and screening approaches of BC. Latent class regression as a comprehensive statistical method was used for evaluating the level of knowledge and its correlated determinants.Results. Only 33.2%, 31.9%, 26.7%, and 35.8% of study participants had high awareness levels about screening approaches, risk factors, early warning signs and therapeutic modalities of breast cancer, respectively, and majority had poor to moderate knowledge levels. Most effective predictors of high level of awareness were higher educational qualifications, attending in screening and public educational programs, personal problem, and family history of BC, respectively.Conclusion. Results of current study indicated that the levels of awareness among study population about key elements of BC are low. These findings reenforce the continuing need for more BC education through conducting public and professional programs that are intended to raise awareness among younger, single women and those with low educational attainments and without family history.

scholarly journals The challenge of recognizing severe pain and autonomic abnormalities for early diagnosis of CRPS

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Kristian Lunden ◽  
Ellen Jorum
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Delayed Diagnosis ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Intense Pain ◽  
Early Warning Signs

Abstract Objectives Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a disabling usually post-traumatic pain condition. International guidelines emphasize early diagnosis for treatment and improved outcome. Early intense and persistent pain along with features of autonomic dysfunction in the first week’s post-injury are early warning signs for development of CRPS. We have previously reported a delayed diagnosis of CRPS. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate possible causes of a delayed diagnosis, with a special focus of recognition of risk factors. Methods A total of 52 CRPS 1 (without detectable nerve damage) and CRPS 2 (with evidence of nerve lesion) patients were included in the study. When examined at OUS-Rikshospitalet, we retrospectively asked the patients on the development of pain and autonomic abnormalities from the time of the eliciting injury, performed a thorough clinical investigation with an emphasis on signs of autonomic failure and compared symptoms and clinical findings with such information in previous medical records. We also evaluated symptoms and signs according to the type of injury they had suffered. Results Of a total of 52 patients (30 women and 22 men, mean age 39.0 years at the time of injury), 34 patients had CRPS type 1 (65.4%) and 18 CRPS type 2 (34.6%), 25 patients with pain in the upper and 27 in the lower extremity. A total of 35 patients (67.3%) were diagnosed with CRPS (following mean 2.1 years) prior to the investigation at OUS-Rikshospitalet (mean 4.86 years following injury). Mean time from injury to diagnosis was 33.5 months (SD 30.6) (2.8 years) for all patients. In retrospect, all 17 patients first diagnosed at OUS met the CRPS diagnosis at an earlier stage. All patients retrospectively reported intense pain (numeric rating scale > 7) from the time of injury with a large discrepancy to previous medical records which only stated intense pain in 29.4% of patients with CRPS type 1 and 44.4% of patients with CRPS type 2 within the first four months. While the patients reported an early onset of autonomic dysfunction, present in 67.3 and 94.2% of the patients within one week and one month, respectively, reports of autonomic abnormalities within the first four months was far less (maximum in 51.7% of patients with CRPS type 1 and in 60% in CRPS 2). In 10 patients with CRPS type 1, no symptom nor sign of autonomic abnormalities was reported. Conclusions We still find a significant delay in the diagnosis of CRPS. There is a large discrepancy between both self-reporting of intense, disproportionate pain, as well as symptoms of autonomic abnormalities from the time of injury, and documentation in previous medical records. Our findings suggest a lack of awareness of risk factors for the development of CRPS, such as early intense pain and autonomic abnormalities without recovery, contributing to delayed diagnosis. The present results suggest causes of delayed CRPS-diagnosis. An increased attention to early warning signs/risk factors may improve diagnosis of CRPS.

scholarly journals Do Multiple Stroke-Related Educational Opportunities Enhance Stroke Knowledge among Students Enrolled in Communication Sciences and Disorders Programs?

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Lankford ◽  
E. Marshall ◽  
Amanda Pittman ◽  
Charles Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Stroke Risk ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Stroke Risk Factors ◽  
Early Warning Signs ◽  
Multiple Stroke ◽  
Level Of Instruction ◽  
Stroke Knowledge

Purpose: Stroke education modules have been added to medical school curriculums to improve stroke knowledge in graduate physicians, and this has resulted in positive outcomes. These findings suggest that similar strategies may be successful in graduate programs such as Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD). The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of multiple stroke-related education opportunities on students enrolled in CSD programs. Methods: Seventy-six first and second year students enrolled in a Communication Sciences and Disorders program completed a survey of stroke risk factors and early warning signs of stroke. Results: Risk factor knowledge - 97% identified smoking as a risk factor; 61% identified diabetes; 90% identified high cholesterol; 84% identified age, and 90% identified physical inactivity. Students varied in their recognition of diabetes as a stroke risk factor based on their level of instruction. Early warning signs and first response knowledge - 83% recognized sudden confusion or trouble speaking; 100% recognized sudden facial, arm or leg weakness; 83% recognized sudden vision loss; 76% recognized sudden trouble walking; and 75% recognized sudden headache as early warning signs of stroke. Seventy-nine percent recognized calling 9-1-1 as the appropriate first action. Students varied in their recognition of sudden trouble walking and severe headache as an early warning sign of stroke based on their level of instruction. Conclusions: Most students recognized individual stroke risk factors and early warning signs, but few recognized multiple risk factors and warning signs. Multiple education opportunities appear to enhance student recognition of risk factors and warning signs.

scholarly journals Perspectives of patients, carers and mental health staff on early warning signs of relapse in psychosis: a qualitative investigation

BJPsych Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Allan ◽  
Simon Bradstreet ◽  
Hamish J. McLeod ◽  
John Gleeson ◽  
John Farhall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Relapse Prevention ◽  
Objective Response ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Health Staff ◽  
Mental Health Staff ◽  
Early Warning Signs

Background Relapse prevention strategies based on monitoring of early warning signs (EWS) are advocated for the management of psychosis. However, there has been a lack of research exploring how staff, carers and patients make sense of the utility of EWS, or how these are implemented in context. Aims To develop a multiperspective theory of how EWS are understood and used, which is grounded in the experiences of mental health staff, carers and patients. Method Twenty-five focus groups were held across Glasgow and Melbourne (EMPOWER Trial, ISRCTN: 99559262). Participants comprised 88 mental health staff, 21 patients and 40 carers from UK and Australia (total n = 149). Data were analysed using constructivist grounded theory. Results All participants appeared to recognise EWS and acknowledged the importance of responding to EWS to support relapse prevention. However, recognition of and acting on EWS were constructed in a context of uncertainty, which appeared linked to risk appraisals that were dependent on distinct stakeholder roles and experiences. Within current relapse management, a process of weighted decision-making (where one factor was seen as more important than others) described how stakeholders weighed up the risks and consequences of relapse alongside the risks and consequences of intervention and help-seeking. Conclusions Mental health staff, carers and patients speak about using EWS within a weighted decision-making process, which is acted out in the context of relationships that exist in current relapse management, rather than an objective response to specific signs and symptoms.

The early warning symptom intervention for patients with bipolar affective disorder

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Morriss
Keyword(s):  
Affective Disorder ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Bipolar Affective Disorder ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Central Feature ◽  
Early Warning Signs ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
Depressive Episodes

Randomised controlled trials and surveys of patients' experiences indicate that the recognition and prompt treatment of early warning signs of relapse in selected patients with bipolar affective disorder are effective in lengthening the time to the next manic relapse and improving function. Improvements in patient coping mechanisms allied to these techniques can prevent some depressive episodes. The intervention is described in some detail and conditions under which it is most likely to be effective or to fail are reviewed. If the intervention is to be successful, patients must be carefully selected, early warning signs and symptoms must be analysed in detail, it must be a central feature of the care plan and the service must be ready to respond quickly to a patient's early warning symptoms.

Early Warning Signs and Preventing a Relapse

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T Compton ◽  
Beth Broussard
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Prodromal Phase ◽  
Early Warning Signs ◽  
Short Period

In this chapter, we discuss early warning signs, which are signs and symptoms that often occur before an episode of psychosis. These signs and symptoms, though mild, may occur before the first episode of psychosis and also before later episodes. That is, some mild signs and symptoms may occur during the prodromal phase of the illness, before psychotic symptoms first develop. These same signs and symptoms often serve as warning signs before another episode of illness, or a relapse of psychosis, occurs. So, it is important to be familiar with early warning signs and what to do if they begin to develop. Many people who have had a first episode of psychosis will go on to have one or more relapses of their illness. A relapse happens when symptoms appear again. Some relapses may happen with little or no warning over a short period of time, such as a few days. However, most relapses develop slowly over longer periods, like a few weeks. A relapse may or may not require hospitalization, but it definitely calls for immediate attention, evaluation, and treatment. After a stay in the hospital or after outpatient stabilization, some people feel better quickly. Others take weeks, or even months, to function as well as they had before the relapse. One way of avoiding a relapse is to stay in treatment and attend all follow-up appointments (see Chapter 8 on Follow-up and Sticking with Treatment). Also, it is very important to become aware of one’s specific early warning signs, which are changes in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that happen a few days or weeks before an episode (reappearance of symptoms). By carefully watching for these signs, patients, their families, and their mental health professionals can work together to help lessen the severity of any episode that may occur. Relapse prevention is the goal of preventing a relapse altogether, by sticking to treatment and watching for early warning signs. The first step in determining one’s specific early warning signs is to think back to the changes that occurred in the prodromal period of the illness, or the time just before the first episode of psychosis. While there are common early warning signs, they will show up slightly differently in each person. Early warning signs in one person may be clear and easy to detect, while in another person they may be trickier to figure out. Early warning signs are signals that symptoms are beginning again and that another episode of psychosis may happen.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document