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Assessment of Headache among High School Students in Jordan
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ALBashtawy, Mohammed; Al Qadire, Mohammad; Aloush, Sami; Tawalbeh, Loai; AlAzzam, Manar; Suliman, Mohammad; Batiha, Abdul-Monim; Alhalaiqa, Fadwa; Alshakh, Hind; Abd Al-Rahman, Areej – Journal of School Nursing, 2019
Headache is considered one of the most common complaints affecting all ages: children, adolescents, and adults. A school-based, cross-sectional study was conducted to assess primary headache among high school students aged 16-18 in Grades 11-12, over a period of 3 weeks (May 2017). A questionnaire was designed, in accordance with the International…
Descriptors: High School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Grade 12
The Complexity of Lifelong Comorbidities with Severe Intellectual Disability
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Wark, Stuart; Kingstone, Martin – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: This descriptive single-case study reports upon a four-decade history of health care and support provided to one male with life-long intellectual disability and significant comorbidities. Methods: All available paper and electronic documentation from the past 40 years was reviewed, with relevant health and medication information…
Descriptors: Comorbidity, Health Services, Intellectual Disability, Documentation
Comorbidity of Migraine with ADHD
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Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Riise, Trond; Lund, Anders; Dilsaver, Steven C.; Hundal, Oivind; Oedegaard, Ketil J. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2012
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate how often drugs used to treat migraine and ADHD are prescribed to the same patients to assess, indirectly, the comorbidity of these disorders. Method: We used data from the Norwegian prescription database for 2006, including the total Norwegian population (N = 4,640,219). Results:…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Patients, Comorbidity, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
The Profile of Patients and Current Practice of Treatment of Upper Limb Muscle Spasticity with Botulinum Toxin Type A: An International Survey
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Bakheit, Abdel Magid – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2010
To document the current practice in relation with the treatment of patients with upper limb spasticity with botulinum toxin type A to inform future research in this area. We designed an international, cross-sectional, noninterventional survey of current practice. Nine hundred and seventy-four patients from 122 investigational centres in 31…
Descriptors: Patients, Human Body, Drug Therapy, Physical Disabilities
Conversion Disorder in Australian Pediatric Practice
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Kozlowska, Kasia; Nunn, Kenneth P.; Rose, Donna; Morris, Anne; Ouvrier, Robert A.; Varghese, John – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objectives: To describe the incidence and clinical features of children presenting to Australian child health specialists with conversion disorder. Method: Active, national surveillance of conversion disorder in children younger than 16 years of age during 2002 and 2003. Results: A total of 194 children were reported on. The average age was 11.8…
Descriptors: Incidence, Child Health, Age, Depression (Psychology)