OBJECTIVE To compare the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and stress in medical students from all semesters of a Brazilian medical school and assess their respective associated factors. METHOD A cross-sectional study of students from the twelve semesters of a Brazilian medical school was carried out. Students filled out a questionnaire including sociodemographics, religiosity (DUREL - Duke ...

The present study sought to determine whether certain personality traits associated with problematic substance use may also characterize young adults who report problematic internet use. An index of internet addiction as well as measures of traits previously linked to problematic substance use were administered to a sample of 86 young adults aged 18-30 years. Measures included the Internet Addi...

BACKGROUND The incidence of diabetes mellitus is ever increasing. Individuals with diabetes mellitus may have concurrent mental health disorders and are shown to have poorer disease outcomes. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress (DAS) in diabetes patients aged 20 years or more in the primary care setting. METHODS This was a cross-sect...

AIMS To (1) evaluate the psychometric properties and (2) examine the ability to detect cases with anxiety disorder and depression in a population of employees absent from work because of mental health problems. METHODS Internal consistency, construct validity, and criterion validity of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) were assessed. Furthermore, the ability to identify anxiety diso...

Purpose: The highly competitive nature of tertiary education and the pressure to perform academically have increased psychological morbidity like emotional distress. Untargeted metabolomics was used analyze serum samples university students for biomarkers perturbated metabolism due stress, anxiety, depression (SAD).Methods: Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21) assess severity SAD in s...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), adapted to meet the unique needs of individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI), and modified for both group and telephone delivery. DESIGN Matched-controlled trial, with multiple measurements across participants, including pretreatment baseline assessment plus posttreatment and 1-month follow-up. SETTING Outpatient co...

BACKGROUND Many mental health surveys and clinical studies do not include a multi-attribute utility instrument (MAUI) that produces quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). There is also some question about the sensitivity of the existing utility instruments to mental health. AIMS To compare the sensitivity of five commonly used MAUIs (Assessment of Quality of Life - Eight Dimension Scale (AQoL-8...

We present a sketch-based modeling system suitable for detail editing, based on a multilevel representation for surfaces. The main advantage of this representation allowing for the control of local (details) and global changes of the model. We used an adaptive mesh (4-8 mesh) and developed a label theory to construct a manifold structure, which is responsible for controlling local editing of th...

Ein Data-Race bezeichnet eine Situation, in der ein Thread auf ein Datum zugreift und gleichzeitig ein anderen Thread darauf schreibt.[5] In C++ ist seit dem C++11-Standard festgelegt, dass das Verhalten im Falle eines Data-Races undefiniert ist (siehe [2] §1.10/21). Weil undefinierte Zustände von kritischen Systemen in einer technikdurchdrungenen Gesellschaft wie der unseren zu beliebig großen...

Objective: In any struggling healthcare system, it is always the frontline workers—doctors, nurses, and paramedical staff – that are affected first. This study aimed to assess psychological impact—anxiety, stress, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) —among doctors working in COVID-19 wards underlying triggers a public hospital Karachi. Methods: Pre- post-survey methodologies were ...