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PubMed1981

[Hospitalized aged patients as a social problem. Preliminary study].

Hospitalisation of an aged person is undertaken for various reasons, partly medical, and partly (even primarily in some cases) social. Exaggerated hospitalisation can upset the functional efficiency of a hospital. In some instances, admission itself may be the cause of serious psychophysical deterioration. An investigation of 40 aged patients successively admitted to a hospital department was carried out to identify the medical and social factors responsible for the above-mentioned phenomena. The preliminary results appear to suggest that geriatric hospital 34 departments are almost solely peopled by subjects belonging to the lower social classes, and that both autochthonous and immigrant aged women and culturally ostracised subjects are exposed to the greatest risk.

Aged↗
PubMed2006

Phenomenological characteristics, social problems, and the economic impact associated with chronic skin picking.

In this study, the authors collected data on the demographic characteristics, phenomenology, and social and economic impact of skin picking. A total of 92 participants completed an anonymous, Internet-based survey through a link to the Trichotillomania Learning Center's home page. Results indicated that skin pickers experienced social, occupational, and academic impairment, a number of medical or mental health concerns, and financial burdens, which they attributed to skin picking. Results also revealed moderate, statistically significant relationships between skin picking severity and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and experiential avoidance. Subsequent mediational analyses demonstrated that the relationship between skin picking severity and symptoms of anxiety and depression was partially mediated by experiential avoidance. Implications, conclusions, and future areas of research are discussed.

Adolescent↗