OBJECTIVES To examine whether bullying is a risk factor for psychological distress among children in poor, urban South Africa. To determine risk and protective factors for bullying victimization. METHOD One thousand and fifty children were interviewed in deprived neighborhoods, including orphans, AIDS-affected children, streetchildren, and child-headed households. Using standardized scales, c...

Hostility and chronic stress are known risk factors for heart disease, but they are costly to assess on a large scale. We used language expressed on Twitter to characterize community-level psychological correlates of age-adjusted mortality from atherosclerotic heart disease (AHD). Language patterns reflecting negative social relationships, disengagement, and negative emotions-especially anger-e...

background: this study examined the association between incident pulmonary tuberculosis (tb) and social and behavioral characteristics in almaty oblast, kazakhstan from 2012 to 2013. methods: we used a matched case-control design to estimate the role of factors for acquiring pulmonary tb. totally 324 individuals were recruited from sep 2012 to mar 2013. participants included 110 tb index cases ...

introduction: andropause is a common clinical entity of advanced age, with a decline in androgen levels in males. many of the signs of male aging are results of this condition with significant decline in their quality of life and adverse effects on multiple organ systems function. androgen deficiency of the aging male (adam) questionnaire is one of the most applied screening tools for androgen ...

abstract: background and aim:cardio vascular diseases (cvds) are important cause of morbidity and mortality in world wide and constitutes a major public health problem in iran . due to increase of cvd in this contex ,the bjective of this study was to describe the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors amony gonabad urban population. materials and methods:in this cross sectional study , a tot...

BACKGROUND The suicide rate in Bali has significantly increased in recent years. However, to date, there have been no case-control studies investigating risk factors for suicide. METHODS A psychological autopsy study was conducted comparing 60 suicide cases and 120 living controls matched in age, sex, and area of residence. RESULTS Multiple logistic regression analysis identified the follow...

BACKGROUND Low back pain (LBP) is the most costly ailment in the work force. Risky work behaviour and psychological stress are established risk factors. AIMS To explore the associations between workplace risk factors, psychological stress and LBP among Malaysian railway workers. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out on railway workers in Malaysia. Socio-demographics, workplace ris...

We examined the risk factors for and psychological problems associated with violence victimization in a nationwide representative sample of Korean adolescents. Data from the 2016 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey was used. Participants were asked about their experience of being a victim of violence that required medical treatment during the past 12 months, as well as their perceived h...

Background One of the main obstacles in studying suicide risk factors is the difference between cases in which the individual died by suicide and those in which the individual engaged in suicidal behavior. A promising strategy that overcomes this obstacle is the study of survivors of serious suicide attempt (SSA), i.e., an attempt that would have been lethal had it not been for the provision of...

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