This prospective study assessed the effect of social deprivation on the Oxford hip score at one year after total hip replacement. An analysis of 1312 patients undergoing 1359 primary total hip replacements for symptomatic osteoarthritis was performed over a 35-month period. Social deprivation was assessed using the Carstairs index. Those patients who were most deprived underwent surgery at an e...

BACKGROUND Geographical variation in the prevalence of common mental disorders has not been explained adequately. AIMS To investigate whether regional mental health differences in Wales would persist after having taken into account the characteristics of individuals and regional social deprivation. METHOD Data from the 1998 Welsh Health Survey were used. Common mental disorders were assesse...

Employees are getting less sleep, which has been shown to deplete self-regulatory resources and increase unethical behavior (Barnes, Schaubroeck, Huth, & Ghumman, 2011; Christian & Ellis, 2011). In this study, we extend the original mediated model by examining the role of 2 moderators in the relationship between sleep deprivation, depletion, and deceptive behavior. First, we derive psychologica...

Abstract We contribute to the discussion on social exclusion interrelationships by examining relationship between material conditions and loneliness, as one potential marker of connections economic domain. Our analysis focuses a sample individuals aged 50+ in Survey Health Ageing Retirement Europe (SHARE). In its 5th wave, survey was extended include specific items related deprivation. use this...

Schizophrenia is considered a neurodevelopmental disorder; however, all the available treatment options are used when the disease becomes clinically significant in adolescence or early adulthood. Using a developmental rat model of schizophrenia, we examined whether neonatal treatment with memantine, an NMDA receptor modulator, can improve schizophrenic-like symptoms in adulthood. Early maternal...