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PubMed1992

[The effect of Bentazone, a Czechoslovak developmental herbicide, on health status indicators in sheep during subchronic poisoning].

A three-month feeding trial was conducted with sheep of the Slovak Merino breed (13-14 months of age, males and females) as a part of the obligatory toxicological tests of the Czechoslovak developmental herbicide bentazone (Research Institute for Chemical Technology, Bratislava). Partial results are shown describing the action of this herbicide on the overall health of sheep with respect to weight gains, trias values and intrauterine foetus development. The sheep of the first experimental group were fed bentazone as an additive to molasses feed M at a daily rate of 195 mg/kg lwt. (1/10 from LD50), and the sheep of the second group were fed a rate of 97.5 mg/kg lwt. (1/20 from LD50). No symptoms of the toxic effects of bentazone were observed in the course of the experiment. There were no differences between the experimental and test animals in the dynamics of pulse value changes (Fig. 1), breathing value changes (Fig. 2) and body temperature value changes (Fig. 3) from the beginning till the end of the trial. A slight increase in the pulse and breathing values above the upper reference value observed in the experimental groups in the last two to three weeks of the trial cannot be associated with the bentazone action. This increase reflects the physiological condition of the animals in the given conditions because the identical changes were also found in the control group. We assume that the changes were evoked by the elevated temperature of the external environment due to the fact that the sheep were not sheared.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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[Essential nutrition and health status indices of schoolchildren of various heights].

The nutrition pattern and disease incidence were studied in 9634 schoolchildren with varying body lengths. A direct correlation was established between the body length and energy value of nutrition, the content of basic food, macroelements and trace elements, vitamins A and B. Tall schoolchildren were shown to have a greater incidence of obesity, chronic tonsilitis, rheumatic fever, enuresis, abnormal posture and scoliosis. The biogeochemical provinces with endemic fluorosis and goiter were disclosed to have the increased number of children below medium height and of low height, which is accounted for by the deficient content of fluorine and iodine in the environment.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2003

Improvement in indices of health status in outpatients with schizophrenia switched to ziprasidone.

Side effect and health status changes were measured in 3 studies in which outpatients experiencing suboptimal efficacy or tolerability with their current antipsychotic were switched to 6 weeks of open-label ziprasidone. The studies differed only in the patient's prior antipsychotic; 1 study group was on olanzapine (n = 104), a second on risperidone (n = 58), and third on a conventional antipsychotic (n = 108). Baseline and end point health status measures included weight and height, nonfasting cholesterol, and triglyceride levels, prolactin levels, and extrapyramidal side effects. Improvements in health indices and side effects were seen among all 3 groups, but the specific benefits depended on the preswitch antipsychotic. For example, patients switched from olanzapine experienced a mean weight loss of 1.76 kg (P < 0.0001), those switched from risperidone had a lesser reduction in weight (-0.86 kg; P = 0.015), and those switched from conventionals had a nonsignificant increase (+0.27 kg; P = 0.3). Prolactin levels decreased among those switched from risperidone (P < 0.0001) or conventionals (P = 0.05), but not for patients switched from olanzapine. EPS improved among those switched from conventionals (P < 0.0001) and to a lesser extent among those switched from risperidone (P < 0.01), but not in those changed from olanzapine (NS). Thus, in these studies, switching to ziprasidone in patients with continuing symptoms or side effects on their current medication was often associated with improved health status indices, lowered prolactin levels, or less EPS, with the magnitude benefit consistent with the known side-effect profile of the preswitch antipsychotic.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

Epidemiologic indicators of health status to guide health care management decision making.

Health objectives, developed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, were published recently in the document entitled Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives. They were developed to guide national and local health policy toward actions to increase the health of the nation. To effectively apply these objectives locally, epidemiologists and health planners must work together. Through collaboration, the Healthy People 2000 objectives can be prioritized to guide health policy and planning on a regional basis. The purpose of this study was to assess certain health status indicators in southwestern Pennsylvania to determine whether it was likely that the year 2000 targets would be met if trends from the past 20 years were to continue. The following mortality rates were analyzed: heart disease, homicide, breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, suicide, motor vehicle accidents, work-related injury, and infant mortality. In addition, incidence of the following diseases was evaluated against the year 2000 targets: gonorrhea, primary and secondary syphilis, measles, tuberculosis, and AIDS. By employing epidemiological principles and considering strategic planning needs, it is possible to prioritize some of the health care needs in local areas for the next decade.

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PubMed1979

The President's NHI proposal: solution or problem?

Are the Carter administration's NHI principles appropriate for resolving health problems in the United States? An examination of the applicability of these principles to the problems--categorized in terms of health status indicators, health care resources, and consumer satisfaction--concludes that evidence in these areas does not indicate a need for NHI. Recommendations for establishing appropriate health care proposals follow.

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PubMed1999

Geographic variation in sarcoidosis in South Carolina: its relation to socioeconomic status and health care indicators.

Geographic patterns of sarcoidosis have been detected and studied on a global scale. However, the associations between these disease patterns and population characteristics have not been determined. The authors studied the geographic pattern of sarcoidosis in South Carolina and its relation to socioeconomic status (SES) and health status indicators. Hospitalization rates for the period 1985-1995 were used as geographic indicators of sarcoidosis. Rates were assessed for the 46 counties in South Carolina, adjusting for differences in SES, availability/accessibility of health care, diagnostic practices, and hospital utilization. Patterns in geographic variation were assessed based on physiographic characteristics and proximity to the Atlantic coastline. Significant variation was identified with an increase in sarcoidosis rates proximal to the Atlantic coastline. Population characteristics were identified that appeared to explain regional variation in sarcoidosis in Caucasians; however, regression analysis was unable to explain the regional differences in disease distribution by variation in SES, diagnostic practices, accessibility/availability, or hospital utilization in African Americans. These results suggest that the development of sarcoidosis is associated with a geographically linked risk factor in African Americans. This work supports the need for additional studies that will identify this risk factor(s).

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PubMed1998

Spouse-rated limitations and spouse-rated life expectancy as mortality predictors.

Survival analyses are used to examine the predictive value of spouse-rated limitations due to health problems and spouse-rated life expectancy for 3-year mortality in a communication sample of elderly Australian married couples, net of health status indicators, health behaviors, and sociodemographic factors. Tests for gender differences in the effects and for empirical overlap with self-ratings of health expectancy were also done. Findings show that both spouse-ratings are predictive of husbands' mortality, while for wives' mortality the parallel measures are not predictive in the adjusted model. Wives' rating are not substitutes for other health indicators or for self-ratings of health and life expectancy. The independent effect suggests that wives are more astute reporters or judges of their husbands' mortality risk for that wives' perceptions indicate tangible influences on husbands' health and mortality risk. Future analyses should be directed toward finding mechanisms linking spouse perceptions to health outcomes.

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PubMed1986

Regular activities as indicators of subjective health status.

In order to measure rehabilitation effectiveness, both functional limitations and symptoms need to be assessed. The utility of activity measures as health indicators was explored by studying patterns of everyday activity in two samples, using 26 self-report items. Subjects in one group had survived a myocardial infarction (MI) four months beforehand, while subjects in the other were members of an exercise class whose infarcts had occurred several years previously. For the recent MI group, the variable most closely associated with fewer mental and physical symptoms was the number of different activities involving social interaction. On the other hand, the fitter subjects related their subjective health to the more conventional activity indicators; frequency of working, sexual activity and exercise. It appears that immediately after an acute episode of illness, chronically ill people may judge their recovery in terms of resuming normal social relationships.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed1976

Indicators of health status in adolescence.

The study reported here is based on data obtained in 1968-1970 from a representative community sample of urban black youths in the United States aged 12-17 years, inclusive. Analysis is directed at conceptual and methodological issues in measureing health status. It suggests the need for greater attention to subjective self-evaluated self-reported components of health status, specified here as "ontological" health. This is related to health and illness behavior generally, to utilization of health services more particularly. The case is made for a multiple-indicator approach to measuring health status as being more consistent with the multidimensional phenomenon to which it refers. The method used in this study for deriving a composite health status index from four component self-reported indicators is described. The distribution of the sample on this composite was used to identify self-reported health conditions that warrant attention from providers of adolescent health services. Since subjective evaluations influence experienced severity of health problems, the health status composite index was applied in this study as a means of discriminating differntial seriousness in self-reported health problems. Finally, some differences between indications of "ontological" health and "medical" health also are analyzed for commonalities and differences between them.

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