Appendix G: Sample Ergonomic Symptom Report

2013 ◽  
pp. 191-192
Keyword(s):  
Symptom Report

Dyspnea

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret L. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Terminal Illness ◽  
Behavioral Assessment ◽  
Supplemental Oxygen ◽  
Subsequent Treatment ◽  
Nursing Assessment ◽  
Symptom Report ◽  
Patients Experience ◽  
Dyspnea Assessment

Patients experiencing a dyspnea exacerbation will often report feeling smothered or suffocated. This highly distressing, prevalent, multidimensional symptom is the chief complaint signifying pulmonary dysregulation. Increasing dyspnea intensity heralds the onset of respiratory failure, leading to hospitalization and/or admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Dyspnea can only be known from the patient’s report about the personal experience. However, many ICU patients experience temporary or permanent cognitive impairment precluding a symptom report; thus, a behavioral assessment is indicated. Comprehensive dyspnea assessment informs subsequent treatment. Conventional treatment of dyspnea includes reducing or eliminating the underlying cause, mechanical ventilation, supplemental oxygen, balancing rest with activity, and positioning. Opioids and benzodiazepines reduce dyspnea and the associated fear or anxiety and are most often used to maintain ventilator–patient synchrony, in terminal illness or during the withdrawal of mechanical ventilation. Inhaled furosemide is under investigation as an alternative to opioids. The focus of this article is to provide an evidence-based approach to nursing assessment and management of dyspnea.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACUTE MOOD, SLEEP, AND SEX ON NEUROCOGNITIVE PERFORMANCE POST-CONCUSSION IN ADOLESCENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4_suppl3) ◽  
pp. 2325967120S0019
Author(s):  
Sara Stremlau ◽  
Richard Cameron Allred ◽  
Richard Gerkin ◽  
Steven Erickson ◽  
Jamie Pardini
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Visual Memory ◽  
Cognitive Testing ◽  
Motor Speed ◽  
Neurocognitive Performance ◽  
Symptom Report ◽  
Mood Symptoms ◽  
Visual Motor ◽  
And Performance

Background: Both sleep disturbance and mood changes are common symptoms post-concussion (Sell & Rubeor, 2017). Studies have found these symptoms are correlated with poorer performance on neurocognitive testing (Kontos et al., 2012 and Kostyun et al., 2015). In addition, Brown et al., (2015) showed that females report more symptoms at both baseline and post-concussion compared to males on the Post-Concussion Scale and the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 2. Hypothesis/Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how a patient’s sex, as well as self-reported acute mood and sleep symptoms are related to neurocognitive performance in individuals with concussion. Methods: Data were acquired through IRB-approved retrospective chart review. Composite scores from the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) computerized evaluation and self-reported symptom scores on the Post-Concussion Symptom Scale were gathered for 1619 adolescents age 12-18 (49.3% female) who presented to a large metropolitan outpatient clinic for treatment of concussion. Results: Females endorsed higher overall symptoms (x=19.52, SD 19.37, median 13.0 for females; x=12.88, SD 15.89, median 7.0 for males; Mann-Whitney U Test p<0.001). This same pattern emerged for the mood and sleep symptom clusters (female mood mean=2.92, SD 4.51; male mood mean=1.64, SD 3.34; female sleep mean=1.59, SD 2.0; male sleep mean=1.11, SD 1.84; both Independent Samples Mann-Whitney U Tests ps<0.001). There were significant but modest negative correlations between mood symptoms and performance on verbal memory (r=-0.174), visual memory (r=-0.213), and visual motor speed (r=-0.146) composites (all ps<0.01). There was positive correlation between reaction time composite and mood symptoms (r=0.191). There were significant but modest negative correlations between sleep symptoms and performance on verbal memory (r=-0.171), visual memory (r=-0.184), and visual motor speed (r=-0.161) composites (all ps<0.01). There was a positive correlation between reaction time composite and sleep symptoms (r=0.196, p<0.01). Conclusion: Consistent with prior research, adolescent females reported more symptoms post-concussion, including total symptom score, mood symptoms, and sleep symptoms. Adolescents presenting with more mood and sleep symptoms demonstrated poorer performance on neurocognitive testing. However, given the modest nature of the correlation, a significant amount of variation in test performance is not explained by symptom report. Results from this study underscore the importance of a multidimensional concussion assessment that includes both symptom report and cognitive testing when working with pediatric athletes. This study also reinforces the importance of understanding potential effects of sleep, mood, and sex on concussion.

Reliability and component structure of the modified Daily Symptom Report (DSR-20)

2012 ◽  
Vol 136 (3) ◽  
pp. 612-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Canning ◽  
Mitch G. Waterman ◽  
Nigel Simpson ◽  
Louise Dye
Keyword(s):  
Symptom Report ◽  
Component Structure

scholarly journals Relationship between Anxiety and Interleukin 10 in Female Soccer Players with and Without Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
pp. 602-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Foster ◽  
Mauro Vaisberg ◽  
Maíta Araújo ◽  
Marcia Martins ◽  
Tiago Capel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Premenstrual Syndrome ◽  
Luteal Phase ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Interleukin 10 ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Symptom Report ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Simulated Game

Objective To investigate the level of anxiety and its relationship with interleukin (IL)-10 (anti inflammatory cytokine that modulates mood swings) in a group of female soccer players. Methods Fifty-two eumenorrheic soccer players were evaluated (age 19.8 ± 4.7 years). The presence of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and phases of the menstrual cycle were determined by a daily symptom report (DSR) kept for 3 consecutive months. The concentration of cytokine IL-10 was determined from urine samples collected at four moments: at the follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle, and before (pre) and after (post) the simulated game, and it was quantified by flow cytometry (Luminex xMAP - EMD Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA). The level of anxiety was determined through the BAI anxiety questionnaire answered by all athletes at the same time of the urine collection. The Student t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson correlation with significance level at 5% were used for data analysis. Results We showed that the prevalence of PMS among female soccer players is similar to that reported in the literature. In addition, we showed that the group with PMS has a higher level of anxiety compared with group without PMS (p = 0.002). Interleukin-10 analysis in players without PMS revealed that there was a significant decrease in the level of this cytokine before the game during the luteal phase when compared with the follicular phase (p < 0.05). The correlation analysis between IL-10 and anxiety showed a negative correlation post-game in the luteal phase in the group without PMS (p = 0.02; r = -0.50) and a positive correlation post-game in the luteal phase in PMS group (p = 0.04; r = 0.36). Conclusion Our results suggest that IL-10 may contribute to reduce anxiety in the group without PMS. This could be attributed to the fact that no IL-10 variation was observed in the group with PMS, which presented higher anxiety symptoms when compared with the group without PMS.

scholarly journals Postconcussive Symptom Report in Polytrauma: Influence of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychiatric Distress

2014 ◽  
Vol 179 (8) ◽  
pp. 856-864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigid Waldron-Perrine ◽  
Heather Hennrick ◽  
Robert J. Spencer ◽  
Percival H. Pangilinan ◽  
Linas A. Bieliauskas
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Symptom Report ◽  
Psychiatric Distress

Patterns of Symptom Report on the Brief Symptom Inventory

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 427-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
William D. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Brief Symptom Inventory ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Symptom Report ◽  
Symptom Dimensions ◽  
Symptom Inventory ◽  
Global Indices ◽  
The Relationship

Three global indices of symptomatology summarize results of the Brief Symptom Inventory. This study attended to the relationship between global indices of symptom enumeration and symptom severity. Among profiles of 850 adult outpatients, a strong relationship existed between style of reporting symptoms, emphasizing number or intensity, and prominence of certain symptom dimensions. Patients reporting numerous low-grade symptoms were high on Somatization and Phobic Anxiety. Those with more intense focal symptoms were high on Depression and Anxiety. An explanation of results is offered by referring to features likely common among associated symptom dimensions.

Working in collaboration with young people and health professionals. A staged approach to the implementation of a randomised controlled trial

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 561-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Aldiss ◽  
R.M. Taylor ◽  
L. Soanes ◽  
R. Maguire ◽  
M. Sage ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomised Controlled Trial ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Alert System ◽  
Symptom Report ◽  
Mobile Phone Technology ◽  
Randomised Controlled

ASyMS© is an Advanced Symptom Management System utilising mobile phone technology to monitor chemotherapy-related symptoms and promote self-care. It was first developed with an adult cancer population and is now being evaluated with young people through an iterative development process. ASyMS© involves patients recording and sending symptom reports to the hospital and receiving tailored self-care advice. Health professionals are alerted when severe symptoms are reported. Three phases of the ASyMS©-YG (young people) study are complete. Phase 1 involved young people identifying the symptoms to be assessed. Phase 2 involved young people testing the symptom report system, and ascertaining young people’s, parents’ and professionals’ perceptions of ASyMS©-YG. This paper reports on Phase 3, in which the system was developed further in preparation for a randomised controlled trial (RCT). Health professionals devised an alert system based on risk modelling side-effect severity, and young people and professionals developed self-care advice. A pilot study was conducted to test the alert system and study design in readiness for a definitive RCT. The contribution young people and professionals have made to this project is invaluable in evaluating the practical effectiveness of ASyMS©-YG and ensuring the intervention is acceptable and works in everyday practice.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document