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Does lung function predict the risk of disability pension? An 11-year register-based follow-up study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Spirometry is widely used in medical surveillance in occupational health and as a diagnostic test for obstructive and restrictive lung disease.
Irmeli Lindström, Paula Pallasaho, Jouko Remes, Tuula Vasankari, Markku Heliövaara   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Living in a glass house: exploring occupational alienation [PDF]

, 2004
Background. Community mental health care has shifted focus from resettlement to empowerment, reflecting a wider agenda for social inclusion. Purpose. This study evaluated mental health day services from the perspectives of thirty-nine clients.
Bryant, W, Bryant, Wendy, Craik, Christine, McKay, EA, Craik, C, McKay, Elizabeth A.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Occupational balance: What tips the scales for new students? [PDF]

, 2005
The open question, ‘What prevents you from reaching occupational balance?’, was posed within a questionnaire aimed at exploring the meanings of occupation, health and wellbeing with a cohort of first-year occupational therapy students during their ...
Wilcock, A, Ann Wilcock, Wilson, L, Lesley Wilson   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Factors associated with in-hospital mortality among health workers and non-health workers with COVID-19 in South Africa, 2020–2022

Discover Public Health
Background Health workers (HWs) faced substantial risks during the COVID-19 pandemic. However evidence comparing their in-hospital mortality with that of non-health workers (non-HWs) in South Africa remains limited.
Jonathan Ramodike, Hlologelo Ramatsoma, Asanda Mkulisi, Waasila Jassat, Lucille Blumberg, Nisha Naicker, Kerry Wilson   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exercise Capacity, Physical Activity, Fatigue, and Neurocognitive Function in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of reduced exercise capacity, decreased physical activity levels, persistent fatigue, and neurocognitive deficits. The aim was to investigate exercise capacity and physical activity levels of adult survivors of childhood ALL and their associations with ...
Laura Jess, Gustaf Glavå, Simon Skau, Hans‐Georg Kuhn, Maria Bäck, Marianne Jarfelt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Status of Occupational Health and Safety and Related Challenges in Expanding Economy of Tanzania

Annals of Global Health, 2015
Introduction: Occupational health and safety is related with economic activities undertaken in the country. As the economic activities grow and expand, occupational injuries and diseases are more likely to increase among workers in different sectors of ...
Ezra J. Mrema, Aiwerasia V. Ngowi, Simon H.D. Mamuya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

White Matter Microstructural Abnormalities in Neonatal Onset Genetic Epilepsy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Recent evidence indicates that epilepsy is associated with abnormal white matter. If seizures alter white matter, then the impact upon network function, epileptogenesis, and cognition could be pronounced in neonates undergoing rapid developmental myelination. Neonates with epilepsy due to nonstructural genetic causes provide a unique
Amanda G. Sandoval Karamian, Tianjia Zhu, Hao Huang, Shavonne L. Massey, Mark P. Fitzgerald, Darshana Parikh, Arastoo Vossough, Ingo Helbig, Nicholas S. Abend   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling Progressive Brain Volume Losses in Chronic Moderate Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Extensive, but Attenuating

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Progressive brain atrophy has now been widely observed in the chronic stages of moderate–severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI), but there is only coarse information regarding its prevalence and magnitude, and whether rate of atrophy accelerates or attenuates across time. We examined these questions in a Canadian inception cohort from
Robin E. A. Green, Brenda Colella, Alana Changoor, David J. Mikulis, Adrienne Li, Kadeen Johns, Georges A. Monette   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Juvenile Huntington Disease With Cerebellar‐Predominant Atrophy Identified by Genome Sequencing

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Juvenile Huntington disease accounts for a small fraction of Huntington disease cases and is driven by the largest trinucleotide repeat expansions. We describe a 6‐year‐old boy with progressive global regression, generalized dystonia, and epilepsy, in whom serial imaging showed striking cerebellar‐predominant atrophy with an initially normal ...
Enrique Gonzalez Saez‐Diez, Amy Tam, Siofra Carty, Monica Ferrer Socorro, Kathryn Yang, Darius Ebrahimi‐Fakhari   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parkinson Disease Subtype Stability and Eventual Convergence

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Previous research identified distinct Parkinson disease (PD) clinical subtypes of “Motor Only,” “Psychiatric & Motor,” and “Cognitive & Motor” based on comprehensive, multidomain classification. Whether these subtypes reflect distinct trajectories or progressive disease stages remains unknown.
Laura M. Rosok, Christina N. Lessov‐Schlaggar, Abdulmunaim M. Eid, Erin R. Foster, Baijayanta Maiti, Hailee Domash, Helen Hwang, Richard J. Perrin, Paul T. Kotzbauer, Joel S. Perlmutter, Meghan C. Campbell   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source