Background. It is known that genders differ in body structure and constitution resulting in different functional capability. These ancestral differences interacting with environmental factors in dental surgery can affect the prevalence of physical complaints among genders. The present study aimed at documenting and evaluating the specificity of self-reported chronic physical health complaints b...

Introduction: Physical symptoms associated with depression and common psychiatric disorders sometimes lead to the misdiagnosis of depressive disorders. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency distribution of different chief complaints in patients with major depressive disorder referring to psychiatric clinics according to their demographic characteristics and source of referral. Me...

Subjective incapacity and fatigue are common as secondary symptoms in many physical and psychiatric disorders. In the last decade, however, a range of “new” illnesses has emerged in which incapacity and fatigue are the primary and central complaints. Patients with these illnesses may often be difficult to treat on an individual level. In the public domain, they are very vocal, challenging medic...

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal complaints are associated with a large medical and societal burden. Although acupuncture is a frequently used therapy for musculoskeletal complaints, little is known about the effect on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to (i) compare the HRQoL of patients undergoing routine acupuncture treatment for musculoskeletal complai...

OBJECTIVES To study work-related physical and psychosocial risk factors for sick leave among patients who have visited their general practitioner for neck or upper extremity complaints. METHODS Three hundred and forty two patients with neck or upper extremity complaints completed self-report questionnaires at baseline and after 3 months. Cox regression models were used to investigate the asso...

OBJECTIVE To study factors related to quality of life after a hypoxic period due to cardiac arrest. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SUBJECTS Eighty-eight survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, admitted to a Dutch academic hospital between 2001 and 2006. METHODS Patients received a set of questionnaires at home. The main outcome measures were physical and mental quality of life (M...

Background: The aim of this study is to measure the level internet addiction among high school adolescents and determine relationship between their time spent on back neck pain eye health problems they experience.Methods: a simple cross-sectional descriptive study. 8926 students participated in Students were selected by cluster sampling method pursuant gender, type, grade distributions. Young's...