ABSTRACT Background: To investigate the predisposing and precipitating risk factors for suicide ideations and suicide attempts in young and adolescent females, we tried to introduce a holistic model of suicidal behavior in young and adolescent girls. Methods: This study is based on the survey studies and was cross-sectional. Considering high rates of suicide attempts in provinces of Iran, thre...

OBJECTIVE To study precipitating factors for falls among older people living in residential care facilities. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Five residential care facilities. PARTICIPANTS 140 women and 59 men, mean age +/- SD 82.4 +/- 6.8 (range, 65-97). MEASUREMENTS After baseline assessments, falls in the population were tracked for 1 year. A physician, a nurse, and a physiot...

BACKGROUND Factors associated with delirium among community-dwelling older adults have been poorly studied. Our aim was to describe the prevalence of predisposing and precipitating factors for delirium among patients admitted for delirium and to assess whether these factors were appropriately recognized at the first patient assessment at hospital. METHODS Consecutive community-dwelling indivi...

Background: Acute-on-chronic Liver failure (ACLF) is a distinct entity, different from patients with cirrhosis and de compensation. However, despite being a devastating syndrome with inordinately high mortality, the precipitating factors or prognostic scoring systems remain ill defined. We studied the precipitating factors, role of various factors on outcome and compared prognostic scores in pr...

Relapse of congestive heart failure (CHF) frequently occurs and has serious consequences in terms of morbidity, mortality, and health care expenditure. Many studies have investigated the aetiological and prognostic factors of CHF, but there are only limited data on the role of precipitating factors that trigger relapse of CHF. Knowledge of potential precipitating factors may help to optimise tr...