The article is devoted to the analysis of gender and age specifics determining value-motivational trends volunteering. purpose research reveal socio-psychological factors volunteering, and, above all, role place volunteer. was implemented by filling out an individual volunteer questionnaire. sample consisted 302 volunteers aged 17 80 years from more than 15 cities Ukraine. In particular, it sho...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate the validity of the self-reported smoking indicator used in the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS). SETTING 43 middle and high-school classrooms from 26 schools were selected from Mexico City and Cuernavaca, Morelos. PARTICIPANTS A total of 1257 students provided both a questionnaire and a urine sample. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME Sensitivity and specific...

The present study examined the specificity in relations between observed withdrawn and intrusive parenting behaviors and children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms in an at-risk sample of children (ages 9 to 15 years old) of parents with a history of depression (N = 180). Given past findings that parental depression and parenting behaviors may differentially impact boys and girls, gend...

PURPOSE As a follow-up for the validity study of Community Health Surveys (CHSs), the purpose of this study was to evaluate the factors affecting the accuracy of CHSs by investigating subjects' characteristics. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used data from 11,217 participants (aged 19 years or older) who had participated in the CHS, conducted by a local government in 2008 and analyzed the variables...

The paper is based on the advance studies of adaptation MADI students, future engineers, to conditions a forced pandemic associated with COVID-19 virus. At first stage study (spring 2020), using content analysis method, main directions and patterns engineers were identified: educational activity, social responsibility, communication, financial constraints that arose during period sharp change i...

PURPOSE To evaluate sensibility and specificity of a screening questionnaire with multivariable analysis, compare them and elaborate an artificial neural network for future screenings. METHODS Observational, transversal study performed at UNIFESP, with 48 patients with allergic conjunctivitis and 54 children without the disease. Their age ranged between 3 and 14 years and there was no restric...

BACKGROUND Previously, a biomarker panel was developed for use as an aid to major depressive disorder (MDD) diagnosis; it consisted of 9 biomarkers associated with the neurotrophic, metabolic, inflammatory, and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis pathways. This panel and associated algorithm produced good clinical sensitivity and specificity (92% and 81%, respectively) in differentiating MDD pa...