Epilepsy is a common, sometimes chronic, condition with physical risks and psychological and socioeconomic consequences which impair quality of life. The management of patients with epilepsy demands long term commitment from both the general practitioner (GP) and the specialist. The prime requirements are a complete diagnosis, selection of optimal treatment, and counselling appropriate to indiv...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of a brief psychosocial manipulation on physiological responses to laboratory stress in lower and higher socioeconomic status (SES) adolescents. METHODS A total of 115 adolescents participated in two acute laboratory stress tasks: one with psychosocial intervention and one with no intervention. In the intervention condition, half of the adolescents were given ...

STUDY DESIGN Combined analysis of 2 prospective clinical studies. OBJECTIVE To identify socioeconomic characteristics associated with workers' compensation in patients with an intervertebral disc herniation (IDH) or spinal stenosis (SpS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Few studies have compared socioeconomic differences between those receiving or not receiving workers' compensation with the sam...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic inequality in health and mortality remains a disturbing reality across nations including Bangladesh. Inequality drew renewed attention globally. Bangladesh though made impressive progress in health, it makes an interesting case for learning. This paper examined the trends and changing pattern of socioeconomic inequalities in under-five mortality in rural Bangladesh. It ...

BACKGROUND Single questions on self-reported morbidity are commonly used in social or health surveys. It has been suggested that these may underestimate socioeconomic gradients in health because more disadvantaged social groups may have higher thresholds for defining illness. Method Face-to-face interviews by research nurses with community-based respondents in the West of Scotland, using a spec...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of socioeconomic and psychological factors on glycemic control in young children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study assessing prepubertal children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The authors analyzed the socioeconomic status using the Brazil Economic Classification Criterion (Critério de Classificação Econômica Brasil [CC...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to analyse whether individuals’ socioeconomic characteristics – age, gender and income – influence their online shopping behaviour. The individuals analysed are experienced e-shoppers i.e. individuals who often make purchases on the internet. Design/methodology/approach – The technology acceptance model was broadened to include previous use of the intern...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic disadvantage and other social stressors in childhood have been linked with cardiometabolic diseases in adulthood; however the mechanisms underlying these observed associations and the timing of their emergence are unclear. The aim of this review was to evaluate research that examined relationships between socioeconomic disadvantage and other social stressors in relation...

Socioeconomic disadvantage (SED) and its contribution to the pain experience is of growing interest and relevance. This review will provide a brief overview of definitional and measurement issues related to SED. Selected literature considering the relationships between SED and pain will then be summarized, and several possible mechanisms to explain the relationships will be considered. Last, fu...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of area of residence on functional health as represented by medical outcomes study SF-36 physical and mental component summary scores. DESIGN Multilevel analysis of cross sectional data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition in Norfolk, UK (EPIC-Norfolk). PARTICIPANTS A community dwelling cohort of 18399 men and women,...