Locked door psychiatric units have more disadvantages than advantages say staff
...ance in an emergency. Just over half of the staff surveyed (53 per cent) had also worked on an open door psychiatric unit. The majority (70 per cent) were female and the average age of the 20 registered nurses was 52 five years older than the 20 mental health nurse assistants. The registered nurses had been...LSUHSC public health documents unmet health needs of Katrina-displaced
...co after the hurricane. 44% of the care givers surveyed reported that they did not have health insurance, although nearly half had at least one chronic medical condition. A number indicated that they had lost their insurance when they lost their jobs subsequent to the storm. 10% of children were uninsu...Youngest hurricane victims facing...
...rning disabilities. Nearly half of the parents surveyed reported that at least one of their children had emotional or behavioral difficulties that the child didn't have before the hurricane. More than half the women caregivers showed evidence of clinically-diagnosed psychiatric problems, such as depres...Healthcare staff not prepared for flu pandemic
Nearly half of health workers surveyed would not go to work during an influenza pandemic. The results of a survey of health workers in Maryland, USA, published today in the open access journal BMC Public Health reveal that the staff's perceived importance of their role in the response to ...Nearly half of public health employees unlikely to work during pandemic
Over 40 percent of public health employees surveyed said they are unlikely to report to work during an...rnal BMC Public Health. For the study, researchers surveyed 308 public health workers from three Maryland counties. The counties, Carroll, Dorchester and Harfor...Survey: Perceptions of male culture may deter women from a career in surgery
...olleagues at the University of Vermont, Burlington surveyed 298 Vermont physicians and medical students. Of the 141 who completed the survey, there were 90 women and 60 men, including 31 attending physicians (16 general surgeons and 15 obstetrician/gynecologists), 16 residents and 94 medical students. Sixty-...Self harm high among Goth youths
...ort this. Researchers at the University of Glasgow surveyed 1,258 young people during their final year of primary school (age 11) and again at ages 13, 15, and 19. They were asked about self harm and identification with a variety of youth subcultures, including Goth. They found that belonging to the Goth subc...Newsbriefs from the journal Chest, April 2006
...s peak in women ages 50 to 59. Swedish researchers surveyed 6,817 women regarding snoring habits and potential risk factors for snoring, including BMI, smoking habits, physical activity, alcohol and medication use, and menopausal and hormonal status. The total prevalence for snoring was 7.6 percent, with the ...Awareness, analysis of tobacco advertising may go long way (baby) to prevent teen smoking
...ure of smoking norms. Also, the student population surveyed was homogeneous in terms of race, ethnicity and geography, so the results will need to be confirmed in more diverse populations. Finally, a longitudinal study that tracks the relationship between higher SML scores and future decisions to begin smokin...Watch not, want not? Packard/Stanford study links kids' TV time and consumerism
...d's School of Medicine. The researchers surveyed more than 800 ethnically and socio-demographically diverse third-graders at 12 elementary schools in California. They asked the children how much time they spent watching television or watching movies or videos on a VCR. The study also included playi...Over 80 percent of college girls surveyed diet to lose weight
Eighty-three per cent of college girls surveyed diet to lose weight, regardless of their current body weight. A study published today in the open access journal Nutrition Journal (http://www.nutritionj.com/) also reveals that college girls practice unhealthy behaviours, such as smoking or skipping...Daughters of Indian immigrants continue trend of giving birth to small babies
... the U.S.-born daughters of these immigrants. They surveyed more than 6 million births that occurred in 11 states between 1995 and 2000 to white, foreign and U.S.-born Asian-Indian and Mexican women. In addition to collecting data about the mother's birthplace and ethnic group, the birth records documented ma...Study examines risk for misuse of ADHD stimulant medications
...s of abuse during the past four years. Of the 98 surveyed participants, 46 also met the criteria for substance use disorder and 21 for conduct disorder. The results showed that participants with ADHD were more likely than those without ADHD to report misusing their medication, with 11 percent admitting se...Mental disorders as common in Lebanon as in western Europe
...pulation in Lebanon. They found one out of every 6 surveyed met criteria for having a mental disorder at some time in the previous year, the most common being anxiety followed by mood disorders. The investigators found that half the respondents were exposed to war-related traumatic events at some point in the...Elephantiasis close to elimination in Egypt
...m lead by Reda Ramzy (Ain Shams University, Cairo) surveyed villages in two areas of Egypt for signs of infection. One of the study areas had a high infection rate and one a low infection rate before MDA was initiated. The investigators found that all measures of infection and transmission fell sharply in bot...'Sick building syndrome' hallmark of job stress and lack of support, not unhealthy surroundings
...uildings and the symptoms. The civil servants were surveyed about their health, including the symptom cluster defining sick building syndrome, the physical properties of their offices, and the demands of their job, including levels of support at work. The results showed that women tended to have higher rates ...Patients want to know results of their clinical trials
...medical terms. In fact 96% of health professionals surveyed requested that the information about trials be disseminated into lay language, for patients to understand. In May 2004, the European Union introduced a Clinical Trials Directive. This covers many aspects of running clinical trials in Europe, inclu...Oxford Immunotec welcomes UK NICE guideline on tuberculosis as disease incidence continues to rise
...ee with the NICE recommendations. Nearly all those surveyed (93%) felt it was important that TB is diagnosed as accurately as possible every time, with around three quarters (76%) believing blood testing should replace the skin test as the standard TB diagnostic tool in the UK. NICE's inclusion of blood testi...Severe cases of occupational hand eczema may predict unemployment or days missed from work
...ted the follow-up. During follow-up, 25 percent of surveyed patients had persistently severe or aggravated OHE, 41 percent improved and 34 percent of patients experienced unchanged minimal or mild to moderate OHE. The groups most affected by OHE were butchers, kitchen workers and cooks, hairdressers and patie...Alcohol-branded merchandise associated with early teen drinking
...ages 10-14 took part in the study in 1999 and were surveyed to determine if they drank alcohol. From that group, students who said they had not used alcohol were followed up 1 to 2 years later with a phone interview that asked about their drinking, that of their peers, and whether they owned alcohol-branded ...