Advanced natural language processing (NLP) techniques analyzed 389 narratives of pediatric patients with multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) from social media. 93.8 % of narratives showed negative sentiments; “Sad” (60.9 %) and “Fear” (15.4 %) were the most prevalent emotions. Strong links were identified between comorbidities and specific emotional responses. COVID-19 significantly worsened emotional experiences, increasing sadness and fear.
Read MoreThe Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ; 28-item version), a self-report instrument, assesses child-hood maltreatment in five areas: emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional neglect, and physical neglect. Subjects rate statements about childhood experiences (before age 18) on five-point Likert-type scales, (“never true” to “very often true”). Most items are phrased in objective terms (e.g., “When…
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This cross-sectional study involved 313 medical students from the University of Khartoum. The [articipants completed a self-administered questionnaire that included the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-28) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Approximately 40% of students reported childhood trauma, with sexual abuse (23.3%) and emotional neglect (19.2%) being the most common. Female students reported higher levels…
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A cross-sectional study including 19,852 adolescents showed that heatwaves were associated with a significant prevalence of symptoms of depression and anxiety. Males and rural students were potentially more susceptible to these effects. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.119499
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This study used data from 231,460 adults (19,195 current asthma, 11,972 ever asthma, 200,293 never asthma) enrolled in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), a nationwide, large-scale, cross-sectional interview survey of the civilian non-institutionalized population in the US. It showed that depression/anxiety are linked to elevated asthma risk and poorer asthma outcomes. Patients who have…
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659 individuals with ASD that were identified in the UK Biobank were found to have a 90% higher all case mortality when compared with 6590 matched individuals without ASD. They had a significantly higher risk of 45 medical conditions. A trajectory to death analysis showed three different clusters of conditions that were responsible for the…
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The term Kinesiophobia is used to describe patient circumstances characterised by an “excessive, irrational, and debilitating fear of physical movement and activity resulting from a feeling of vulnerability to painful injury or reinjury”. The Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) was first developed in 1991 by R. Miller, S. Kopri, and D. Todd. It is a…
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This is a population based study from the US of Medicare patients. A total of 13 712 propensity score–matched pairs (adjusted to 162 covariates) were included, for an overall sample of 27 424 adults. During the median follow-up of 180 days, discontinuation vs continuation of antipsychotic medications (APM) was associated with significantly lower risks of rehospitalization, inpatient…
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Among 8134 European elderly (58 % women, mean age 73 years old), median follow-up was 7.83 years. Kaplan-Meier curves showed decreasing all-cause survival with increasing numbers of comorbid physical diseases in both two groups, with higher mortality in the depression group than the non-depression group. Cox models revealed that individuals with depression and 0, 1,…
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This is a study that was presented by Dr. Panov ( Institute of Cytology and Genetics, in Novosibirsk, Russia) at the ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2021 Online Congress on March 14, 2021. The study aim was to determine if heart attacks were occurring in men without prior cardiovascular disease who were suffering from vital exhaustion.…
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