ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) is a serious illness affecting several hundred thousand British people. Some 25% of people with ME/CFS may be severely ill (housebound or bedbound), sometimes for decades. This observational, questionnaire-based study was designed to identify risk factors for severe disease. Exposure to potential risk factors, including familial risks,...

This study evaluates the construct validity and internal consistency of a Chronic Illness-Related Stress Inventory (CRSI) for primary care Chinese patients and studies the relationship between chronic illness-related stress and sociodemographic characteristics and indices of disease severity. A total of 301 patients were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. The responses to the CRSI we...

  The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics associated with stress Hyperglycemia among patients attending to the neonatal and pediatric Emergency wards. Patients who require d blood sampling for evaluated of an acute illness from August 1995 to July 1996 to the Namazi hospital of Shiraz medical university were enrolled prospectively for Hyperglycemia ( ...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Drawings can be used to assess perceptions of patients about their disease. We aimed to explore the utility of the drawing test and its relation to illness perceptions, quality of life (QoL), and clinical disease severity in patients after long-term remission of Cushing's syndrome. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS We conducted a cross-sectional study including 47 patients with long-t...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome of a secondary intervention conducted with infants at risk for asthma. DESIGN Families of wheezing infants were randomized to a 1-year intervention or control group; outcome evaluation occurred from April 1, 2000, through September 30, 2003, when children reached 4 years of age. SETTING Home intervention and clinic evaluation. PARTICIPANTS A total of 149 ...

background : irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a disorder of the gastrointestinal system that presents with special gastrointestinal signs and lack of an organic etiology. quality of life (qol) is one of the most important outcomes of ibs. several psychological factors are mentioned as effective in determining qol in ibs patients. the goal of this study is to determined the relationship between...

Neonates hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit are exposed to many painful and stressful procedures. Biobehavioral pain reactivity in preterm infants during the neonatal period may reflect the capacity of the central nervous system to regulate arousal and neurobiological organization. We review empirical studies on the effects of sex, gestational age, and neonatal illness severity on p...