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Relative influence of intellectual disabilities and autism on mental and general health in Scotland: a cross-sectional study of a whole country of 5.3 million children and adults

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives To determine the relative extent that autism and intellectual disabilities are independently associated with poor mental and general health, in children and adults.Design Cross-sectional study.
Ewelina Rydzewska, Laura Anne Hughes-McCormack, Angela Henderson, Sally-Ann Cooper, Deborah Kinnear, Kirsty Dunn, Craig Melville   +6 more
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Conceptualisations of children’s wellbeing at school: the contribution of recognition theory [PDF]

, 2016
A large study in Australian schools aimed to elucidate understandings of ‘wellbeing’ and of factors in school life that contribute to it. Students and teachers understood wellbeing primarily, and holistically, in terms of interpersonal relationships, in ...
Anne Graham, Australian Secondary Principals Association (ASPA), Bingham C, Bourke L, DEEWR, Fitzgerald R, Fraser N, Graham A, Graham A, Graham A, Hamilton M, Honneth A, Honneth A, Honneth A, Mary Ann Powell, McAuley C, McBride C, MCEETYA, Munn P, Nigel Thomas, Prout A, Robyn Fitzgerald, Statham J, Thompson S, Warming H   +24 more
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Professional wellbeing [PDF]

, 2007
The aim of this chapter is to review issues relating to wellbeing and stress that may affect psychologists. It will discuss the causes of stress and wellbeing and the outcomes for psychologists, then set out some realistic ways in which stress can be ...
Gardner, Dianne, O’Driscoll, Michael P.   +1 more
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Trajectories of Physical Function in Canadian Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives We describe trajectories of physical function in children newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and identify trajectories with persisting functional impairments and associated baseline characteristics. Methods We included patients enrolled in the Canadian Alliance of Pediatric Rheumatology Investigators (CAPRI) Registry ...
Clare Cunningham, Meghan McPherson, Lillian Lim, Roberta A. Berard, Matthew Berkowitz, Jean‐Philippe Proulx‐Gauthier, Brian M. Feldman, Nicole Johnson, Dax G. Rumsey, Heinrike Schmeling, Lori B. Tucker, Thomas Loughin, Kristin M. Houghton, Jaime Guzman, The CAPRI Registry Investigators   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The association of physical function with psychosocial patient‐reported outcomes in people with systemic lupus erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective To evaluate how modifiable psychosocial factors and fatigue relate to physical functioning in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods In this cross‐sectional study of two demographically distinct cohorts [Approaches to Positive, Patient‐centered Experiences of Aging with Lupus (APPEAL) and California Lupus Epidemiology Study
Mrinalini Dey, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Maria Dall'Era, Charmayne Dunlop‐Thomas, Courtney Hoge, S. Sam Lim, Patricia P. Katz, Jinoos Yazdany, Laura C. Plantinga   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceived Physical Activity Levels and Objective Measures: A Mixed-Methods Study of Residents Aged 65 and Above in Assisted Living Homes in Australia

Journal of Aging Research
Conclusion: This study provides valuable insight into the demographic and health factors contributing to higher levels of activity, and the perceptions of activity among older adults vulnerable to health conditions associated with inactivity.
Samaher Alowaydhah, Ishanka Weerasekara, Sarah Walmsley, Sally Keir, Jodie Marquez   +4 more
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Measuring wellbeing in Scotland : the Oxfam Humankind Index [PDF]

, 2012
This paper describes recent work by the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) which constructs an index of wellbeing in Scotland. The issue of wellbeing has been extensively discussed in the economics literature on happiness, and wellbeing indices have been
Dunlop, Stewart, Swales, Kim
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Psychosocial and material pathways in the relation between income and health: a response to Lynch et al [PDF]

, 2001
Summary points: Economic and social circumstances affect health through the physiological effects of their emotional and social meanings and the direct effects of material circumstances.
Marmot, M., Wilkinson, R.G.
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A Surface‐engineered Microfluidic Device for Antibody‐Mediated Negative Selection of High‐Quality Sperm for Assisted Reproduction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study reports a microfluidic device with a functionalized surface utilizing a polyoxazoline coating and covalently immobilized gold nanoparticles and anti‐phosphatidylserine antibody. The device efficiently eliminates pre‐apoptotic and apoptotic spermatozoa and yields sperm with substantially improved quality and low DNA damage, offering a simple ...
Soraya Rasi Ghaemi, David J. Sharkey, Nicole O. McPherson, Markos Negash Alemie, Krasimir Vasilev, Sarah A. Robertson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The acceptability of a novel seismocardiography device for measuring VO2 max in a workplace setting: a mixed methods approach

BMC Public Health
Background Workplace health screening rarely includes measures of cardiorespiratory fitness, despite it being a greater predictor of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality than other routinely measured risk factors.
Anouska M Carter, Liam Humphreys, Alison Beswick, Sue Kesterton, Alex Bugg, Katharine Platts   +5 more
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