scholarly journals A differential item function analysis of somatic symptoms of depression in people with cancer

2015 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 131-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salene M.W. Jones ◽  
Evette J. Ludman ◽  
Ruth McCorkle ◽  
Robert Reid ◽  
Erin J. Aiello Bowles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Function Analysis ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Differential Item Function ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression

Unexplained Physical Complaints

1989 ◽  
Vol 154 (S4) ◽  
pp. 24-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier I. Escobar ◽  
Glorisa Canino
Keyword(s):  
Somatic Symptom ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Physical Complaints

‘Hypochondria’, ‘hypochondriasis’, and ‘somatisation’ are terms long used to characterise individuals who display unrelenting somatic symptoms that cannot be medically explained. A psychiatric aetiology for such phenomena is often assumed on the basis of potential psychological gain, the presence of ‘stressors’, the co-existence of unexplained somatic symptom and symptoms of depression or anxiety, or merely the absence of a medical explanation.

110. Beta-Adrenergic sensitivity and somatic symptoms of depression in heart failure patients

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. S31
Author(s):  
M.N. Iqbal ◽  
B.A. Wentworth ◽  
K. Wachmann ◽  
P.J. Mills ◽  
A.S. Maisel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Beta Adrenergic ◽  
Heart Failure Patients ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression

Depression and Somatic Symptoms: A Cross-Cultural Study

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Marmanidis ◽  
G. Holme ◽  
R. J. Hafner
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Australian Sample

The study was carried out by the same research team in two metropolitan hospitals, one in Greece (N = 60) and one in Australia (N q 56). Subjects comprised patients consecutively admitted with a DSM-III-R diagnosis of depressive disorder, all of whom completed questionnaire measures of depression, anxiety and somatic symptoms. Clinical concepts and practices in the two hospitals were very similar. Overall levels of depression, anxiety and somatic symptoms in the two samples were almost identical, but there were differences in the pattern of somatic complaints: Greeks scored significantly higher on dizziness, paraesthesiae and masticatory spasms, and Australians scored significantly higher on drowsiness, hypersomnia and non-refreshing sleep, with the latter two items being the best discriminators of the two samples using discriminant function analysis. These findings, combined with factor analysis, suggested that symptoms associated with hyperventilation in the Greek sample, and with sleep disturbance in the Australian sample, explained most of the differences between them.

scholarly journals Comparison of Cognitive-Affective Symptoms of Depression Between Cases of Low and High Suicidal Ideation in Medical Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-57
Author(s):  
Nuzhat Aisha Akram ◽  
Nazia Jameel ◽  
Bushra Iftikhar ◽  
Tahira Assad ◽  
Farhan Muhammad Qureshi
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Medical Colleges

Objective: To compare the severity of cognitive, affective and somatic symptoms of depression between two samples of medical students with high and low suicidal ideation using Beck Depression Inventory Study Design and Setting: This is a cross sectional study conducted in public and private medical colleges in Karachi from September-December 2018. Methodology: A total of 150 normal healthy students with 75 each from public and private medical colleges in Karachi were sampled through purposive sampling technique. Beck depression inventory (BDI) with twenty one items for depressive symptoms was used. Suicidal ideation was assessed using item 9 of BDI and participants were identified as having high and low suicidal ideation. Remaining twenty items of BDI were categorized as affective, cognitive and somatic symptoms of depression. Severity of each symptom was assessed through BDI score on a 4-point scale. Hypothesis testing for difference in BDI scores of depressive symptoms between high and low suicidal ideation cases was performed through independent sample t tests. Result: BDI showed significantly higher suicidal ideation in public medical colleges’ students. Cases with high suicidal ideation showed higher prevalence of five cognitive (past failure, feeling guilty, self-image, feeling of being punished, crying spells), four affective (sadness, irritability, decision making, self-dislike) and one somatic (physical health) symptoms of depression. Conclusion: Significant higher prevalence of affective and cognitive symptoms of depression was found among cases of higher suicidal ideation

scholarly journals A new assessment to monitor student performance in introductory neurophysiology: Electrochemical Gradients Assessment Device

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack A. Cerchiara ◽  
Kerry J. Kim ◽  
Eli Meir ◽  
Mary Pat Wenderoth ◽  
Jennifer H. Doherty
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Likelihood Estimate ◽  
Ion Concentration ◽  
Weighted Likelihood ◽  
Mixed Effect ◽  
Differential Item Function ◽  
Assessment Scores ◽  
Ion Movement

The basis for understanding neurophysiology is understanding ion movement across cell membranes. Students in introductory courses recognize ion concentration gradients as a driving force for ion movement but struggle to simultaneously account for electrical charge gradients. We developed a 17-multiple-choice item assessment of students’ understanding of electrochemical gradients and resistance in neurophysiology, the Electrochemical Gradients Assessment Device (EGAD). We investigated the internal evidence validity of the assessment by analyzing item characteristic curves of score probability and student ability for each question, and a Wright map of student scores and ability. We used linear mixed-effect regression to test student performance and ability. Our assessment discriminated students with average ability (weighted likelihood estimate: −2 to 1.5 Θ); however, it was not as effective at discriminating students at the highest ability (weighted likelihood estimate: >2 Θ). We determined the assessment could capture changes in both assessment scores (model r2 = 0.51, P < 0.001, n = 444) and ability estimates (model r2 = 0.47, P < 0.001, n = 444) after a simulation-based laboratory and course instruction for 222 students. Differential item function analysis determined that each item on the assessment performed equitably for all students, regardless of gender, race/ethnicity, or economic status. Overall, we found that men scored higher ( r2 = 0.51, P = 0.014, n = 444) and had higher ability scores ( P = 0.003) on the EGAD assessment. Caucasian students of both genders were positively correlated with score ( r2 = 0.51, P < 0.001, n = 444) and ability ( r2 = 0.47, P < 0.001, n = 444). Based on the evidence gathered through our analyses, the scores obtained from the EGAD can distinguish between levels of content knowledge on neurophysiology principles for students in introductory physiology courses.

scholarly journals Kampoh medicine and the somatic symptoms of depression.

1988 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-175
Author(s):  
Toshio MATSUHASHI
Keyword(s):  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression

scholarly journals A Pilot Study Exploring the Effects of a 12-Week T'ai Chi Intervention on Somatic Symptoms of Depression in Patients with Heart Failure

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 744-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura S. Redwine ◽  
Ming Tsuang ◽  
Anna Rusiewicz ◽  
Ines Pandzic ◽  
Stephanie Cammarata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
T'ai Chi ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
T’Ai Chi
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