Search PubMed⌕ Search
Home/Archive/PubMed

PubMed · 8695532

Psoriasis.

R Penzer
View original source ↗Export metadata ↓

Abstract

This article looks at psoriasis and describes the psychological support and physical care nurses can offer. The article relates to UKCC professional development categories: Care enhancement and Patient, client, family and colleague support.

Explore related subjects

Body ImageHumansPsoriasisRisk FactorsSkin CareSocial SupportJournal ArticleReview

Keep this discovery

Explore connections, maps & timelines

BibTeXRIS

R Penzer. 1996-04-10. Psoriasis.. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.10.29.49.s54

Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.

KEEP EXPLORING

Related citations

PubMed2000

Etiology of body dissatisfaction and weight concerns among 5-year-old girls.

Among adolescent girls and women, higher weight status is associated with greater body dissatisfaction and weight concerns. This study investigated the etiology of body dissatisfaction and weight concerns among 5-year-old girls by assessing associations among girls' and parents' weight status, body dissatisfaction, and weight concerns. Weight status, body dissatisfaction, and weight concerns were assessed for 197 5-year-old girls and their parents, and relationships among these variables were investigated using multiple regression in the form of path analysis. For girls and parents, higher weight status was associated with greater body dissatisfaction, which in turn was associated with higher weight concerns. No direct relationship was found between girls' weight status and girls' weight concerns. Girls' body dissatisfaction and mothers' weight concerns, however, were independently and positively associated with higher weight concerns among girls. In conclusion, relationships among weight status, body dissatisfaction, and weight concerns for 5-year-old girls parallel those reported among adults. In addition, results suggest that the etiology of weight concerns in young girls may be linked to girls' subjective evaluations of their weight status (body dissatisfaction) in combination with weight concerns expressed by their mothers.

Body Image↗
PubMed2000

A national study of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 6-12 y-old Swiss children: body mass index, body-weight perceptions and goals.

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Swiss children and to obtain information on weight perceptions and weight control practices in this population. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, three-stage, probability-proportionate-to-size cluster sampling. SETTING: Middle schools throughout Switzerland. SUBJECTS: A representative national sample of 595 6-12 y-old schoolchildren. INTERVENTION: Measurement of weight and height; interview on weight perceptions and weight control practices. RESULTS: Body mass index (BMI) was calculated and used as an indicator of overweight. The BMIs of the Swiss children were compared with US, UK, French and Swiss reference data. Depending on which reference data were used, the prevalence of obesity varied between 9.7 and 16.1% and the prevalence of overweight varied between 21.7 and 34.2%. Girls were significantly more likely to consider themselves too fat (26% and 15%, respectively) and to report currently trying to lose weight (30% and 18%, respectively) compared to boys (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of overweight in Swiss children, and its attendant health and social consequences, are important public health concerns. SPONSORSHIP: The Swiss Foundation for Nutrition Research, Zürich, Switzerland.

Body Image↗
PubMed2000

Depression and burn wounds.

The biopsychosocial impact of a burn injury on the individual hospitalized for severe burn wounds begins at the moment of injury and extends throughout that person's life. Medical and emotional problems do not exist in clinical isolation but instead interact to confound and complicate treatment outcomes, accentuating the importance of providing optimal treatment of patients' medical illnesses without neglecting their mental distress. Identifying, and responding to, the signs and symptoms of depression is integral to the burn patient's recovery and rehabilitation.

Body Image↗