We conducted a large nationwide postal survey to estimate the prevalence of chronic pain with or without neuropathic characteristics in the French general population. A questionnaire aimed at identifying chronic pain (defined as daily pain for at least 3 months), evaluating its intensity, duration and body locations, was sent to a representative sample of 30,155 subjects. The DN4 questionnaire ...

this study was a field study for determining views of clinical nurses about the problems of patient teaching at three levels of patient teaching process.   i this study had five main aims: first, to determine demographic characteristics of clinical nurses, second, third and fourth, to determine their views about the problems of patient teaching at each level of patient teaching process, fifth, ...

background & aim: women experience various changes in their transition into motherhood and feel stressed while facing new challenges in this period. high levels of stress may prevent mothers from realizing their maternal role. in this study, we aimed to explore the effects of training on the stress of primiparous mothers. methods:in this quasi-experimental intervention, 100 pregnant women were ...

OBJECTIVES We compared health and social needs by gender, age, and race/ ethnicity of people leaving New York City jails and assessed the implication of these differences for the development of jail reentry programs. METHODS Surveys were completed with 1,946 individuals (536 men, 704 women, and 706 adolescent males) between 1997 and 2004. Structured questionnaires captured data on demographic...

The goal of this paper is to identify the main differences in the way men and women perceive TV ads. This paper is based on a research project conducted partly as a review of relevant papers, which deals with gender influence on the cognitive process and postmodern perception of advertising. In addition to that, qualitative research was conducted by means of interviews and structured questionna...

AIM To estimate the prevalence of asthma among children in central St. Petersburg and to evaluate associations between asthma and socio-demographic, biological, and environmental factors. METHODS A cross-sectional study included 1464 children aged 0-18 years from two central districts of St. Petersburg. Parents filled out a questionnaire on children's respiratory health, characteristics at bi...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to analyse the psychometric properties of the Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) in Spanish population (FCQ-SP), its factor structure and internal consistency. In addition, the relationships between the FCQ-SP and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), the Irrational Food Beliefs Scale (IFBS), and the Eating Disorders Inventory-3 (EDI-3) were analysed in order t...

PURPOSE To investigate associations between fear of falling (FOF) and recurrent falls among women and men, and gender differences in FOF with respect to International Classification of Functioning (ICF). METHODS Community-dwelling people (n = 230, 75-93 years, 72% women) were included and followed 1 year regarding falls. Data collection included self-reported demographics, questionnaires, and...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES bipolar disorder is a severe mental disorder that has been widely studied in developed countries. Very few studies of this disorder exist in developing countries. The objective of this study was to describe the demographic and diagnostic characteristics of bipolar patients in Enugu, South East Nigeria. SUBJECTS AND METHOD the design of the study was cross-sectional. ...