scholarly journals Evaluation of Comorbidities in Patients with OSAS and Simple Snoring

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ömer Hızlı ◽  
Müge Özcan ◽  
Adnan Ünal
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Daytime Drowsiness ◽  
Endocrine Disease ◽  
Septum Deviation ◽  
Airway Collapse ◽  
Neuropsychiatric Diseases ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Comorbid Diseases ◽  
Simple Snoring

Aim. OSAS is a disease characterized by repetitive air flow constraint or cessation due to airway collapse. Diseases that frequently coexist with OSAS and simple snoring were evaluated in this study.Materials and Methods. This study was conducted in the Otorhinolaryngology Department of the Ankara Numune Hospital between April 2008 and April 2010 with 130 patients who presented with the complaints of snoring, witnessed apnea, and daytime drowsiness. Presence of chronic disease was compared to the demographics, BMIs, Epworth Scale scores, polysomnography, and physical examination findings.Results. Comorbid diseases were present in 56 (43.1%) of the patients, and the most presented disease group was cardiovascular system diseases. Age, BMI, daytime drowsiness, and frequency of septum deviation were observed at higher rates in patients with chronic disease. Age, BMI, and frequency of septum deviation were associated with cardiovascular diseases. Endocrine disease was found to increase with decreased oxygen saturation. Neuropsychiatric diseases were associated with daytime drowsiness and age. The mean age was lower in cases with cigarette smoking compared to cases without.Conclusion. Frequency of the comorbidities mostly increased with age as expected. Comorbid diseases were also associated with obesity and daytime drowsiness. Cigarette smoking was associated with early-age disease.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Systemic Markers Related To Anemia of Chronic Disease in the Peripheral Blood of Smokers and Non-Smokers with Chronic Periodontitis

2008 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 102-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebru Olgun Erdemir ◽  
Rana Nalcaci ◽  
Osman Caglayan
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Chronic Periodontitis ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Clinical Parameters ◽  
Clinical Attachment Loss ◽  
Anemia Of Chronic Disease ◽  
Cell Parameters ◽  
Probing Depth ◽  
Age Range

ABSTRACTObjectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of cigarette smoking on clinical parameters and signs anemia of chronic disease in chronic periodontitis patients.Methods: The study base consisted of 88 patients with chronic periodontitis including 45 volunteer current smokers with age range of 30-69 (45.5±8.5) and 43 volunteer non-smokers with age range of 32-61 years (45.8±7.9). The clinical parameters including plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), bleeding on probing (BOP), probing depth (PD), clinical attachment loss (CAL) were recorded and several red blood cell parameters were determined from peripheral blood samples.Results: In smokers, PI, PD and CAL were significantly higher than non-smokers (P<.05). The number of erythrocytes and the levels of hemoglobin, hematocrit and iron were lower in smokers compared to non-smokers (P<.05).Conclusions: In the present study, it is concluded that cigarette smoking may be effective on the signs of anemia of chronic disease in patients with chronic periodontitis. (Eur J Dent 2008;2:102-109)

scholarly journals Leadership and health : an examination of authentic leadership characteristics and physical health behaviors

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Melissa Bess
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Leadership Characteristics ◽  
Significant Relationships

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between authentic leadership characteristics and physical health behaviors, as defined by the Goolsby Leadership Model (Quick, Macik-Frey, and Cooper, 2007). Physical health was measured by physical activity, cigarette smoking, and fruit and vegetable consumption, which are three of four controllable health risk factors that are related to many of the negative consequences of chronic disease (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2009). Authentic leadership was measured using the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ) by Walumbwa et al. (2008), which measured four components of authentic leadership and produced an overall authentic leadership score. The overall leadership score did not have any significant relationships with the physical health behaviors but three authentic leadership components did have significant relationships with physical health. Specifically, self-awareness had significant relationships with physical activity and fruit consumption. Balanced processing had a significant relationship with physical activity and vegetable consumption and internalized moral perspective had a significant relationship with fruit consumption. Cigarette smoking did not have any significant relationships with the four components or the total authentic leadership score. While leadership behaviors and physical health do not have a strong relationship, they are both important in the workplace.

scholarly journals Evaluation of aspiration, nebulization and oxygenization practices of patients with a tracheostomy

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 732
Author(s):  
Türkan Karaca ◽  
Emine Derya İster
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Post Operation

Aim: The aim of the study is to determine the frequency of aspiration, nebulization and oxygenization practices and factors that affect these practices after tracheostomy operation in seven days period.Method: This cross-sectional study was carried out in internal intensive care unit in a university hospital in Turkey. The sample of the study consisted of 60 patients with tracheostomy. Data was collected by using two forms. First one was patient descriptive characteristics form and second one was patient observation form about aspiration, nebulization and oxygenization practices.Results. Mean of aspiration number was 9.9±1.3, and aspiration was carried out more frequently than oxygeniation (8.4±1.7) and nebulization (6.5±1.5) practices. Patients’ age, their habit of cigarette smoking and having chronic disease situations affect aspiration, nebulization and oxygenization practices patients with tracheostomy (p<0.001).Conclusions. The frequency of aspiration, nebulization and oxygenization practices was changed according to post-operation days and affected by some of patients’ descriptive characteristics.

scholarly journals Combined health risks of cigarette smoking and low levels of physical activity: a prospective cohort study in England with 12-year follow-up

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. e032852
Author(s):  
Sarah E Jackson ◽  
Jamie Brown ◽  
Michael Ussher ◽  
Lion Shahab ◽  
Andrew Steptoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Synergistic Effects ◽  
Additive Effects ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Low Levels

ObjectivesTo (1) estimate the combined risks of cigarette smoking and physical inactivity for chronic disease, disability and depressive symptoms and (2) determine whether risks associated with these behaviours are additive or synergistic.Design and settingLongitudinal observational population study using data from Waves 2 (2004/2005) through 8 (2016/2017) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a prospective study of community-dwelling older adults in England.Participants6425 men and women aged ≥52 years (mean (SD) 65.88 (9.34) years) at baseline.Main outcome measuresSmoking status (never, former, current) and level of physical activity (high, defined as moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA) more than once a week; low, defined as MVPA once a week or less) were self-reported at Wave 2 baseline. Self-rated health, limiting long-standing illness, chronic conditions (coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, cancer, chronic lung disease) and depressive symptoms were reported in each biennial wave.ResultsBoth smoking and low levels of physical activity were associated with increased risk of incident health problems over the 12-year follow-up period. Current smokers with low levels of physical activity had especially high risks of developing fair/poor self-rated health, CHD, stroke, cancer and chronic lung disease compared with highly active never smokers (adjusted relative risk range 1.89–14.00). While additive effects were evident, tests of multiplicative interactions revealed no evidence of large synergistic effects of smoking and low physical activity (Bayes factor range 0.04–0.61), although data were insensitive to detect smaller effects.ConclusionsAmong older adults in England, there was no evidence of large synergistic effects of smoking and low levels of physical activity on risk of developing chronic disease or depressive symptoms over 12 years. However, additive effects of smoking and low levels of physical activity were evident, underscoring the importance of each of these lifestyle risk behaviours for disease onset.

Chronıc dısease rısks of workers in a factory and theır tendency to practıce preventıve health behavıours

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
K.E. Tugba ◽  
A.A. Ilknur
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Disease Status ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Preventive Health ◽  
Statistical Relation ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Multidimensional Health ◽  
Perception Of Health

Aim: This study has been conducted to detect chronic disease risk of nut-factory workers and to identify their tendency to practice preventive health behaviours. Materials and methods: Study universe is composed of 104 workers working at a hazelnut factory in Ordu, Turkey. Indicative characteristics survey form which is composed of 29 questions and prepared by the researcher, Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale B Form and Perception of Health Status Scale were used. In statistical evaluation fo data, percentage evaluation, arithmetic average, t-test, single factor analysis, ANOVA test were used. Results: According to data obtained from the study, it was found that most of the participants are overweight and obese, and are hypertension patients. Score average of workers was good according to perception of health scale status was better. It was found that there is a statistical relation between gender, educational status, chronic disease status, preventive health behaivors, cancer screening status, tension, fasting blood glucose and body mass index and Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale scores (p<0.01, p<0.05). It was determined that there is a statistical relation between gender, educational status, chronic disease status, preventive health disease and tension measurement values of laborers and their Perception of Health Status Scale scores [p<0.01] [p<0.05]. Conclusion: This study shows that workers have risk in the sense of chronic diseases. Results attained and training to be carried out have great importance for early diagnosis, information and application and development of preventive health behaviors of chronic diseases of workers by the workplace nurse

Chronic Disease of the Liver in Young Women: An Evaluation of Patients with a Negative Clot Test for Lupus Erythematosus

1962 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 532-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarence P. Alfrey ◽  
Lloyd G. Bartholomew ◽  
James C. Cain ◽  
Archie H. Baggbnstoss
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Lupus Erythematosus
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