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Objective measures of physical capability and subsequent health: a systematic review
- Authors:
- COOPER Rachel, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Age and Ageing, 40(1), January 2011, pp.14-23.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Most of the 24 studies included in this review reported an association between lower levels of physical capability and higher risk of subsequent health problems in community-dwelling populations. The evidence is mostly from studies examining the association between grip strength or walking speed and the risk of subsequent fracture or cognitive decline. The review identifies a need for further research in this area and the use of clearly defined standardised outcome definitions.
Burnout and physical health among social workers: a three-year longitudinal study
- Authors:
- KIM Hansung, JI Juye, KAO Dennis
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 56(3), July 2011, pp.258-268.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The risk of burnout for social works is well documented. However, little is known about its impact on the physical health of social work staff. This paper investigated the relationship between burnout and physical health, using data from a longitudinal study of social workers. Four hundred and six California-registered social workers were surveyed annually over a three-year period. The authors conducted an analysis to test whether burnout predicted changes in physical health over time. Findings revealed that social workers with higher initial levels of burnout later reported more physical health complaints. Also, higher levels of burnout led to a faster rate of deterioration in physical health (including headaches, gastrointestinal problems and respiratory infections) over a one-year period. The authors concluded that these health problems could negatively affect relationships between social workers’ and their clients, and lead to reduced job performance including absenteeism and high turnover.
Stressful life-events exposure is associated with 17-year mortality, but it is health-related events that prove predictive
- Authors:
- PHILLIPS Anna C., DER Geoff, CARROLL Douglas
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Health Psychology, 13(4), November 2008, pp.647-657.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Despite the widely-held view that psychological stress is a major cause of poor health, few studies have examined the relationship between stressful life-events exposure and death. The present analyses examined the association between overall life-events stress load, health-related and health-unrelated stress, and subsequent all-cause mortality. This study employed a prospective longitudinal design incorporating time-varying covariates. Participants were 968 Scottish men and women who were 56 years old. Stressful life-events experience for the preceding 2 years was assessed at baseline, 8-9 years and 12-13 years later. Mortality was tracked for the subsequent 17 years during which time 266 participants had died. Cox's regression models with time-varying covariates were applied. Results were adjusted for sex, occupational status, smoking, BMI, and systolic blood pressure. Overall life-events numbers and their impact scores at the time of exposure and the time of assessment were associated with 17-year mortality. Health-related event numbers and impact scores were strongly predictive of mortality. This was not the case for health-unrelated events. The frequency of life-events and the stress load they imposed were associated with all-cause mortality. However, it was the experience and impact of health-related, not health-unrelated, events that proved predictive. This reinforces the need to disaggregate these two classes of exposures in studies of stress and health outcomes.
Control and the psychology of health: theory, measurement and applications
- Author:
- WALKER Jan
- Publisher:
- Open University
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 267p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Presents a comprehensive review of concepts and theories that are central to our understanding of the psychology of health, including perceived control, locus of control, learned helplessness, self efficacy and social support. The origins and theoretical development of each concept are explored, and the links between them analysed. Their current status as variables in health related research is examined and examples of their applications in a range of health care contexts are given, along with an overview of tools of measurement. The final chapter brings these concepts together within a single theoretical framework, which explains the potential interaction of personal control theory and social support in promoting and sustaining psychological well being.
Risk of acquiring Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from blood transfusions: systematic review of case-control studies
- Authors:
- WILSON Kumanan, CODE Catherine, RICKETTS Maura N.
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 1.7.00, 2000, pp.17-19.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
The objective of this study was to determine the strength of association between history of blood transfusion and development of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Two independent reviewers selected the relevant abstracts and articles. Case-control studies do not suggest a risk of developing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from blood transfusion. Rather, a trend seems to exist towards a lower frequency of previous blood transfusion in patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease than in controls.
Warning: poverty can seriously damage your health
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Poverty, 105, Winter 2000, pp.19-20.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
Provides facts and figures taken from research projects which highlight how inequalities in health relate to poverty.
A winter's tale
- Author:
- POWNALL Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Practitioner, 71(12), December 1998, pp.401-402.
- Publisher:
- Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
The onset of winter brings familiar tales of elderly people at risk of illness and death from cold temperatures. The author asks why the winter months are so dangerous for the UK's elderly population when in other, colder countries no such problems occur.
Electrocardiographs
- Author:
- SHIU Matthew
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 5(1), April 1996, pp.21-42.
Looks at a number of treatments for heart conditions and gives a description of how the electrocardiograph examination (ECG) works. Also looks at a number of treatments for different forms of heart disease, including coronary angioplasty and coronary stents which can be used as an alternative form of surgical treatment. Also looks at artificial cardiac pacemakers, coronary artery bypass graft operation (CABG).
The process of managing the dietary regimen in elderly people with diabetes
- Author:
- ALBRIGHT Judith
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 2(1), January 1994, pp.41-52.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes a study of the dietary habits of overweight elderly people with Type II diabetes; a social psychological process which identifies strategies used to adhere to a weight loss dietary regimen is described.
Health and deprivation: inequality and the North
- Authors:
- TOWNSEND Peter, PHILLIMORE Peter, BEATTIE Alastair
- Publisher:
- Croom Helm
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 211p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London