RATIONALE Daily physical symptoms play a critical role in health and illness experiences. Despite their daily prevalence, the ability of these symptoms to predict future health status is debated. OBJECTIVE The current study examined whether physical symptom reports predict future health outcomes independent of trait measures of emotion. METHODS Participants (N = 1189) who completed both Mid...

The purposes of this study were to examine differences in symptoms, aging-stereotyped beliefs about management of symptoms, and health-promoting behaviors depending on a diagnosis of osteoarthritis and to investigate the associations between symptoms, aging-stereotyped beliefs, and health-promoting behaviors in 171 older Korean women. Compared to older women without osteoarthritis, those with o...

BACKGROUND Effective implementation of child survival interventions depends on improved understanding of cultural, social, and health system factors affecting utilization of health care. Never the less, no standardized instrument exists for collecting and interpreting information on how to avert death and improve the implementation of child survival interventions. OBJECTIVE To describe the me...

Food allergies are recognised as a major paediatric health problem in Western countries, affecting 6% to 8% of children up to the age of three years. Food allergy symptoms can be very severe or subtle and sometimes overlooked. Following a Department of Health review of allergy services in 2006, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) was commissioned to produce a guidel...

BACKGROUND Awareness of ovarian cancer among women and healthcare providers is understudied. An early awareness of ovarian cancer may lead to early detection and treatment of ovarian cancer. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the level of that awareness among a sample of women and providers. METHODS Written surveys were developed by the authors based on available literatu...

PURPOSE Responding to the critical needs of the linguistically isolated, this pilot study tested the use of telehealth technology in providing access to culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health services. The goal of the study was to explore the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a telecounseling program in the client's native language. DESIGN AND METHODS Using a small samp...

The aims of this study were to quantify and describe the variations in respiratory symptoms and diagnosis prevalence across regions of the world according to national income. In 2002 and 2003, the World Health Organization implemented the World Health Survey (WHS), which used a standardised survey instrument to compile comprehensive baseline information on health and healthcare expenditure. We ...

BACKGROUND Patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are highly prevalent in primary care. There are no guidelines for treatment and management of this group of patients in the Polish health care system and the establishment of a long-term doctor-patient relationship, which is the crux of the therapy, is impeded. OBJECTIVE To establish what challenges Polish GPs encounter while deali...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated pharmacists' and pharmacy assistants' current practices and perspectives with regard to oral healthcare provision across Australian community pharmacies. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. A questionnaire for each pharmacist and pharmacy assistant cohort was developed and administered by online or postal means. Pearson's χ2 test was used to examine relationships ...

Background: Poisoning is considered an important public health issue. Considering the high prevalence of poisonings and the diversity of their ensuing symptoms, this study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of the clinical symptoms of poisoning in children admitted to Shahid Madani and Ta'min Ejtema'i hospitals of Khorramabad in 2011. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the data was col...