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Knuuttila JP, van Brakel WH, Anderson AM. Ocular impairments in an impairment survey of leprosy-affected persons in Nepal. INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEPROSY 1998; 70:93-6. [PMID: 9598409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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An impairment survey was carried out in Nepal. The study subjects (n = 318) were a mixture of out-patients and patients admitted less than one month before the survey. Of the subjects, 101 were attending the hospital out-patients clinic or were admitted and the rest were examined in the field. The patients studied included those on MDT and care-after-cure cases. Ocular impairments were found in 25% of these cases. The most common ocular impairment was poor vision followed by lagophthalmos and insensitive cornea.
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Ward-Lonergan JM, Liles BZ, Anderson AM. Listening comprehension and recall abilities in adolescents with language-learning disabilities and without disabilities for social studies lectures. JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 1998; 31:1-32. [PMID: 9421765 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9924(97)00048-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Listening comprehension and recall abilities for social studies lectures were examined and compared in 20 adolescent males with language-learning disabilities (LLD) and 29 without disabilities (WD). Subjects viewed two social studies lectures with comparison and causation expository discourse structures and verbally responded to literal and inferential comprehension questions. Regardless of lecture type or question type, the group with LLD performed significantly more poorly than did the group WD. Both groups responded accurately to significantly more inferential questions for the causation lecture over the comparison lecture. Neither group demonstrated a significant difference with respect to their response accuracy for the literal questions across lecture types.
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van Brakel WH, Anderson AM. Comment. Sensory testing of the hands in leprosy. LEPROSY REV 1997; 68:382-5. [PMID: 9503877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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van Brakel WH, Anderson AM. Impairment and disability in leprosy: in search of the missing link. INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEPROSY 1997; 69:361-76. [PMID: 9474512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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This paper describes the results of a survey aimed at studying the relationship between impairment and disability in leprosy. Persons affected by leprosy attending the Green Pastures Hospital, Pokhara, or one of the field clinics in the Western Region of Nepal visited during the study period were interviewed using a standardized questionnaire. Two hundred and sixty-nine subjects were included in the study. For the analysis, 'disability', was defined as activities being done with 'much difficulty', 'only with help' or being 'impossible'. The most commonly affected indoor activities were cutting nails (22%), washing clothes (16%), using scissors (17%) and tying a knot (18%). Among the outdoor activities, cutting grass, digging, harvesting, threshing and milking a cow or buffalo were the most commonly affected (22%-26%). Sensory impairment of the thumb and/or index finger at the 2 g level was a very significant risk factor for disability activities involving the hand(s). Muscle weakness of the thumb and mobile clawing of the fingers had a strong association with disability in several activities. Sensory impairment of the sole was the strongest determinant of disability in activities involving the lower limb. We recommend that efforts should be made to include disability as a standard activity for monitoring and evaluation of rehabilitation, both for individuals and on programme level.
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Morgan SL, Anderson AM, Hood SM, Matthews PA, Lee JY, Alarcón GS. Nutrient intake patterns, body mass index, and vitamin levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. ARTHRITIS CARE AND RESEARCH : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE ARTHRITIS HEALTH PROFESSIONS ASSOCIATION 1997; 10:9-17. [PMID: 9313385 DOI: 10.1002/art.1790100103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess nutrient intakes and vitamin levels in 79 patients with rheumatoid arthritis participating in a trial and to determine whether changes in body mass index were associated with changes in disease activity. METHODS This study evaluated baseline vitamin levels, 1-day dietary intakes, and weight every 3 months for 1 year. Linear regression analysis was used to evaluate the relationship of time to body mass index. Analysis of covariance was used to determine if body mass index, time, or treatment had an effect on disease activity. RESULTS Deficient vitamin levels and poor nutrient intake patterns were prevalent in the study population. Changes in body mass index over time did not correlate with changes in disease activity. CONCLUSIONS Rheumatoid arthritis patients are at high risk of obesity, abnormal vitamin levels, and poor nutrient intakes. Changes in body mass index failed to correlate with changes in disease activity.
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Wichstrøm L, Anderson AM, Holte A, Wynne LC. Disqualifying family communication and childhood social competence as predictors of offspring's mental health and hospitalization. A 10- to 14-year longitudinal study of children at risk of psychopathology. J Nerv Ment Dis 1996; 184:581-8. [PMID: 8917154 DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199610000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Forty-nine families from the University of Rochester Child and Family Study were followed up 10 to 14 years after initial assessment. Two inclusion criteria were applied: at least one of the parents had been hospitalized for a functional psychiatric disorder before initial assessment and, second, the male index offspring should be 18 years or older at follow-up. Initial measures included observationally based coding of the family's level of disqualifying communication toward the index offspring, index child's scores on the Child Manifest Anxiety Scale, and ratings of the index child's social competence carried out by peers, teachers, and parents. Offspring outcome was measured by the Mental Health Inventory, Global Assessment Scale (GAS), and hospitalization for psychiatric disorder. The results showed that every measure of offspring outcome was predicted by the amount of disqualification directed to the offspring from the other family members. In addition, GAS score and mental health were predicted by the offspring's competence as a child. Family disqualification, childhood competence, and socioeconomic status accounted for 63% of the variance in adult GAS scores.
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Anderson AM. The father-infant relationship: becoming connected. JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF PEDIATRIC NURSES : JSPN 1996; 1:83-92. [PMID: 8933480 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.1996.tb00005.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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PURPOSE To explore fathers' experiences of developing a relationship with their infants during the infant's first 2 months of life DESIGN Grounded theory approach SETTING Fathers' homes or other mutually agreed-upon site PARTICIPANTS First-time fathers (N = 14), ages 28-44, Caucasian, middle class MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Tape-recorded semistructured interviews to elicit fathers' perceptions of their fathering selves, their infants, and the father-infant relationship. RESULTS Using constant comparative method for analysis, three major categories were identified as operative in the initial development of the father-infant relationship: (a) making a commitment, (b) becoming connected, and (c) making room for the baby CONCLUSIONS With an increased understanding of the father-infant relationship, nurses can provide humanistic, thoughtful care to assist fathers in developing this significant relationship.
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Mowrey D, Albert RH, Anderson AM, Britton P, Cawley JL, Condon RJ, Reinberg M, Horwitz W, King DW, Malcolm S, McClure FD, Nelsen TC, Nemeth MA, Phillips JG, Rund RC. Statistics Committee. J AOAC Int 1996. [DOI: 10.1093/jaoac/79.1.326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Wichstrom L, Anderson AM, Holte A, Husby R, Wynne LC. Confirmatory and disconfirmatory family communication as predictor of offspring socio-emotional functioning. A 10 to 14 year follow-up of children at risk. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1996; 93:49-56. [PMID: 8919329 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb10618.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Forty-nine families from the University of Rochester Child and Family Study were followed up 10 to 14 years after initial assessment. Two inclusion criteria were applied: at least one of the parents should have been hospitalized for a functional psychiatric disorder before initial assessment and the male index offspring should be 18 years or older at follow-up. Family communication was observed by the Consensus Rorschach procedure and coded with the Confirmation-Disconfirmation Coding System. Offspring childhood social competence was rated by peers, teachers and parents. Outcome measures included the Denver Community Mental Health Questionnaire, the Global Assessment Scale and hospitalization for a psychiatric disorder. Results showed that the family's level of confirmation and disconfirmation communication during Consensus Rorschach at initial testing predicted offspring interpersonal functioning and hospitalization for psychiatric disorders. These findings were not due to the initial social competence or IQ of the child, the level of functional impairment in parents or their social class.
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Anderson AM. Enhancing hospital cash reserves management. HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT : JOURNAL OF THE HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION 1993; 47:91, 93, 95. [PMID: 10145846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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O'Connor TP, Anderson AM, Lennox B, Muldoon C. A novel sustained-release formulation of ibuprofen provides effective once-daily therapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE 1993; 47:10-3. [PMID: 8461240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The efficacy and safety of a novel sustained-release formulation of ibuprofen given once-daily was compared with conventional-release ibuprofen tablets 400 mg given four times daily, in a single-blind, parallel-group study. This study was conducted at 84 general practice centres throughout the UK among patients with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. An unequal randomisation in the ratio of 4:1 was carried out, with 463 patients who received sustained-release and 115 who received conventional-release ibuprofen providing evaluable data. In this study sustained-release ibuprofen was shown to be a more effective alternative to conventional ibuprofen therapy for the treatment of arthritic diseases in general practice, offering the convenience of once-daily dosing and the associated potential benefit of improved patient compliance.
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Donnér M, Anderson AM, Kristofferson AC, Dahlbäck B, Holmberg L. Genetic polymorphism in a region of the vWF pseudogene corresponding to exon 28 of the vWF gene. Eur J Haematol 1992; 49:279. [PMID: 1473591 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1992.tb00063.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Spontaneous mutants resistant to deoxycholic acid (DCA) have been selected from a CHO cell line AuxBl. One of the colonies or 'lines' selected was subsequently mutagenized by ethylmethanesulfonate (250 micrograms/ml) and a more resistant cell, named alpha 3, has been selected. When AuxBl and alpha 3 were exposed to graded concentrations of DCA for 1 h, the LD50 for the mutant strain alpha 3 was 0.66 mM compared to 0.26 mM for the parental line. AuxBl. alpha 3 showed a cross-resistance compared to AuxBl with respect to cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid and to other acidic lipids such as linoleic and oleic acids. As an initial step in characterization of the cell lines, the amounts of different phospholipids from whole cell extracts of the parental and mutant strains have been measured after thin-layer chromatography (TLC) separation. The results obtained demonstrated that the fraction of sphingomyelin and phosphatidylcholine over the total phospholipids was slightly increased in the resistant cell line, alpha 3, compared to the parental line, AuxBl (54.9% +/- 1.04 compared to 51.2% +/- 0.3, P = 0.01). Further characterization of cell lines resistant to bile acids could lead to the identification of the cellular target of bile acid action.
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Brolin RE, Wallis EM, Anderson AM, Avedian JD. A two-year analysis of DRG #288, procedures for obesity. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 1987; 72:11-6. [PMID: 10317974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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DRG #288 is composed of operative procedures performed for obesity, both gastric and plastic. A two-year cost analysis of 103 consecutive gastric reduction operations performed for morbid obesity was conducted at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. It showed a net loss to the hospital of $18,033 in 1984 and $24,126 in 1985. Although the mean length of stay was 1.43 days less in 1985 than in 1984, DRG #288 was still a money loser. A detailed cost breakdown of nine active cost-center categories showed large financial disincentives (losses) in surgical supplies, OR/recovery room time and X ray utilization during both years of the study. These losses were not offset by substantial profits in the room-and-board category, which is directly related to length of stay. It is intuitively obvious that plastic surgical procedures for obesity require less expensive surgical supplies, fewer X rays, and shorter OR/recovery room times than gastrointestinal operations performed for morbid obesity. We conclude that DRG #288 is improperly constructed because it contains a clinically incoherent, heterogeneous mixture of operations that cannot be expected to consume similar amounts of resources and incur similar costs. Hospitals in which the preponderance of operations performed for obesity are gastrointestinal as opposed to plastic are inherently penalized by the current aggregation of DRG #288.
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Rafter JJ, Child P, Anderson AM, Alder R, Eng V, Bruce WR. Cellular toxicity of fecal water depends on diet. Am J Clin Nutr 1987; 45:559-63. [PMID: 3030089 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/45.3.559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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To determine whether concentrations of potentially toxic lipids in the aqueous phase of human stool are responsive to changes in dietary fat, calcium, and fiber, 20 male volunteers were placed on a high-fat, low-calcium, low-fiber or a low-fat, high-calcium, high-fiber diet for 4 days. To assess toxicity of the fecal fractions, we examined the ability of fecal supernatants to lyse human erythrocytes. Bile acid concentrations in fecal water from the low-fat group were reduced significantly from 180 +/- 60 microM to 100 +/- 70 microM; in the high-fat group, increased from 190 +/- 60 microM to 250 +/- 100 microM. Erythrocyte lysis was 76% for the high-fat group, 37% for the low-fat group. There was a significant weak correlation between aqueous bile acid concentration and cell lysis. Results suggest that diet can influence concentrations of detergents in the aqueous phase of human stool and the potential toxicity of this fraction to cell membranes.
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Anderson AM, Hastings GW, Fisher TR, Ross ER, Shuttleworth A. Collagen types present at human fracture sites--a preliminary report. Injury 1986; 17:78-80. [PMID: 3770908 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1383(86)80002-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Collagen has been examined from normally and abnormally healing fractures. A higher proportion of type III collagen than was expected was found in abnormally healing fractures. Very little is known about collagen synthesis in healing fractures and how it is altered in abnormal healing states such as delayed and non-union.
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McCreadie RG, Heykants JJ, Chalmers A, Anderson AM. Plasma pimozide profiles in chronic schizophrenics. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1979; 7:533-4. [PMID: 475950 PMCID: PMC1429580 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1979.tb01001.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Anderson AM, Penny G, Potter FR, Taylor A. Three system built units for geriatric patients--a preliminary report. HEALTH BULLETIN 1979; 37:67-70. [PMID: 437967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Anderson AM. Concepts of leadership. THE NEW ZEALAND NURSING JOURNAL. KAI TIAKI 1967; 60:7-10. [PMID: 5228308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Anderson AM. Principles of management. THE NEW ZEALAND NURSING JOURNAL. KAI TIAKI 1967; 60:9-12. [PMID: 5228304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Anderson AM. Pioneer in Peru. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION 1965; 47:489-90. [PMID: 5845433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Anderson AM. The Period of Incubation in Typhoid, with Notes of Two Cases under Antiseptic Treatment. GLASGOW MEDICAL JOURNAL 1894; 42:321-333. [PMID: 30434564 PMCID: PMC5914603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Anderson AM. The Condition of the Bowel in Typhoid after Antiseptic Treatment. GLASGOW MEDICAL JOURNAL 1894; 42:4-6. [PMID: 30434553 PMCID: PMC5914572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Anderson AM. Case of Congenital Multilocular Cyst of the Abdominal Wall. West J Med 1879; 1:225-6. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.946.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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