background & aim: evaluation of prevalence of risk factors for breast cancer in different regions of iran and identification of their significant effect on this disease can promote the prevention and reduction of breast cancer incidence. therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence, demographic characteristics, and frequency of the risk factors of breast cancer during 10 years. method...

conclusions sphingomonas paucimobilis can cause serious infections, especially in immunocompromised patients with determined risk factors such as indwelling catheters and diabetes mellitus, due to the effects of multiple virulence factors, together with biofilm formation. results all the clinical isolates of s. paucimobilis produced biofilms. primary bacteraemia (n = 16) was the most common cli...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors associated with early repeat workers' compensation claims in Victoria, Australia and to compare our findings with those of a study on the Alberta's Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) in Canada. METHODS We reviewed and described 178,630 claims from 1996-2009. Both persons with single and persons with multiple claims were included. Survival analysis was us...

INTRODUCTION A personality pathology framework may be useful in the diagnosis and treatment of children with chronic psychopathology and impairment in many domains of functioning. This paper presents the utility of such an approach through a description of research investigating borderline pathology of childhood (BPC). METHODS Literature regarding the phenomenology, risk factors, and outcomes...

Our purpose was to identify risk of pain medication misuse (PMM) among participants with spinal cord injury (SCI) by examining associations with multiple sets of risk factors including demographic and injury characteristics, pain experiences, frequency of pain medication use, substance use, personality, and depressive symptoms. Risk of PMM was defined by a cutoff score ≥30 measured using the Pa...

Child healthy development is largely influenced by parent-child interaction and a secure parent-child attachment is predictively associated with positive outcomes in numerous domains of child development. However, the parent-child relationship can be affected by several psychosocial and socio-demographic risk factors that undermine its quality and in turn play a negative role in short and long ...

The causes of suicidal behaviour are not fully understood; however, this behaviour clearly results from the complex interaction of many factors. Although many risk factors have been identified, they mostly do not account for why people try to end their lives. In this Review, we describe key recent developments in theoretical, clinical, and empirical psychological science about the emergence of ...

BACKGROUND Psychological morbidity in young people aged 10-24 years, with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increased, but risk factors for and impacts of this are unclear. AIM To undertake a systematic literature review of the risk factors for and impact of psychological morbidity in young people with IBD. METHODS Electronic searches for English-language articles were performed with keyw...