Characteristics Of Outpatients Research Articles

Incidence determinants of gonorrhea, chlamydial genital infection, syphilis and chancroid in attendees at a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Athens, Greece.

To determine the specific impact on the incidence rate of some demographic and behavioral characteristics in outpatients with four bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). A cross-sectional hospital outpatient-based study was conducted from 1990 to 1996 on 1064 consecutive symptomatic STD cases (Chlamydia trachomatis, n = 375; gonorrhea, n = 369; early symptomatic syphilis, n = 288, and chancroid, n = 32) using a standardized questionnaire. In a reference STD population of 5831 symptomatic outpatients, the relative incidence of gonorrhea, syphilis and chancroid was found to be increased among immigrants. Low educational/socioeconomic level was also a significant incidence predictor. Older age characterized homo/bisexuals. The chlamydial infection detection rate was not affected by nationality, injecting drug use history or sexual orientation in males. Innovative preventive and control strategies are needed among immigrants, older men having sex with men and injecting drug users, apart from those targeting the general population.

Depression amongst outpatients with traumatic brain injury.

The incidence of depression and its association with subject characteristics in outpatients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) were investigated. Logistic regression was estimated with depressed/not-depressed as the dependent variable in 41 outpatients with TBI who filled out the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). Twenty-four of 41 subjects (59%) scored in the depressed categories based on BDI-II scores >13. Fourteen (34%) scored in the moderate or severe depression categories (BDI>19). Logistic regression demonstrated a positive relationship amongst depression and age, female gender, mild TBI, and use of antidepressant and stimulant drugs; and a negative relationship between depression and violent aetiology of injury. ANOVA demonstrated that individuals with mild TBI were significantly older than those with moderate or severe TBI, which might account for the association between depression and age. The implications of these results are discussed.

Personality and Affect Characteristics of Outpatients With Depression

This investigation was designed to examine the relationship between depression severity and personality disorders measured by the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II (Millon, 1987) and affectivity measured by the Positive Affectivity/Negative Affectivity Schedule (Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988). Discriminant analyses were employed to identify the personality and affective dimensions that maximally discriminate between 4 different levels of depressive severity. Differences between the 4 levels of depressive severity are suggestive of unique patterns of personality characteristics. Discriminant analysis showed that 74.8% of the cases were correctly classified by a single linear discriminant function, and that 61% of the variance in depression severity was accounted for by selected personality and affect variables. Results extend current conceptualizations of comorbidity and are discussed with respect to depression severity.

Depression amongst outpatients with traumatic brain injury

The incidence of depression and its association with subject characteristics in outpatients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) were investigated. Logistic regression was estimated with depressed/not-depressed as the dependent variable in 41 outpatients with TBI who filled out the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). Twenty-four of 41 subjects (59%) scored in the depressed categories based on BDI-II scores >13. Fourteen (34%) scored in the moderate or severe depression categories (BDI>19). Logistic regression demonstrated a positive relationship amongst depression and age, female gender, mild TBI, and use of antidepressant and stimulant drugs; and a negative relationship between depression and violent aetiology of injury. ANOVA demonstrated that individuals with mild TBI were significantly older than those with moderate or severe TBI, which might account for the association between depression and age. The implications of these results are discussed.

Estudio electroclínico y de neuroimagen en epilepsia

During 54 months, we have studied the electro-clinical and neuroimaging features in outpatients with active epilepsy. Each patient was interviewed for one of us. Then, we have reviewed the medical records about both the clinical featuring. EEG and neuroimaging (NI) studies and seizures frequency (SF) outcome. Differences in crude proportions were assessed by chi 2 test for independence by 2 x 2 tables. It has been 207 patients with 49 +/- 19.6 years of mean age at review. Partial seizures was significantly related with both a higher SF at onset and politherapy. Also, with a focal EEG distribution but only in case of complex partial seizures. Abnormal NI was significantly more frequent in oldest patients. A greater proportion of patients were in politherapy in four situation: SF at onset > 1 by day, a focal EEG distribution, duration of epilepsy longer than 20 years and age of onset lesser than 60 years. A 37.2% was seizures-free in the last year and in 34% the SF was improved a 50% or more from the beginning. A significantly greater proportion of patients was following with seizures in four cases: when the SF at onset has been > or = 1 by day, being partial seizures, women and having politherapy.

The characteristics of outpatients in metropolitan foot clinic.

The characteristics of outpatients in metropolitan foot clinic.