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2. Utility of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule and the World Health Organization minimal generic set of domains of functioning and health in spinal cord injury
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Sinikka Tarvonen-Schröder, Anne Kaljonen, and Katri Laimi
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disability ,ICF ,severity ,spinalcordinjury ,WHOminimalgenericsetofdomainsoffunctioningandhealth ,WHODAS. ,Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,RM1-950 - Abstract
Objective: To compare easy-to-use International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)-based measures of functioning with the level and severity of spinal cord injury. Methods: Cross-sectional study. Patients (n = 142) and their significant others completed the 12-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) questionnaire. A physician at the university hospital outpatient clinic assessed functioning with the 7-item World Health Organization (WHO) minimal generic set. Results: The patient and proxy WHODAS sum score was rated severe with decreasing severity in groups with complete and partial tetraplegia and paraplegia, respectively. Working ability was rated most severely impaired in the tetraplegic groups. Between-group differences were also found in mobility, household tasks, and self-care. Mobility was found to be associated with lesion severity; life activities, participation and friendships with lesion level; and self-care and WHODAS sum score with both lesion severity and level. Depending on the level and severity of spinal cord injury, a moderate to strong correlation was found between the sum scores of the 2 tools, and mostly very strong correlations between patient and proxy assessments of functioning. Conclusion: Both generic ICF-based tools, despite their briefness, seemed to be useful as they were able to differentiate various levels and severities of spinal cord injury. We recommend using the 12-item WHODAS 2.0 when planning individualized services for patients with spinal cord injury.
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- 2018
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3. Usability of World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule in chronic traumatic brain injury
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Sinikka Tarvonen-Schröder, Olli Tenovuo, Anne Kaljonen, and Katri Laimi
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activitiesandparticipation ,disability ,functioning ,ICF ,severity ,chronictraumaticbraininjury ,WHODAS ,Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,RM1-950 - Abstract
Objectives: To investigate functioning measured with the 12-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) in patients with mild, moderate and severe traumatic brain injury, and to compare patients’ experiences with assessments made by their significant others and by consultant neurologists. Methods: A total of 112 consecutive patients with traumatic brain injury (29 mild, 43 moderate, 40 severe) and their significant others completed a 12-item WHODAS 2.0 survey. A neurologist assessed functioning with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health minimal generic set. Results: The total patient and proxy WHODAS 2.0 sum score was rated as severe, and impairments in household tasks, learning, community life, emotional functions, concentrating, dealing with strangers, maintaining friendships, and working ability as around moderate in all 3 severity groups. In standing, walking, washing, and dressing oneself the reported impairments increased from mild in mild traumatic brain injury to moderate in severe traumatic brain injury. A neurologist rated the overall functioning, working ability, and motor activities most impaired in severe traumatic brain injury, while there were no between-group differences in energy and drive functions and emotional functions. Conclusion: Patients with chronic traumatic brain injury perceive a diversity of significant difficulties in activities and participation irrespective of the severity of the injury. We recommend assessing disability in traumatic brain injury with the short and understandable WHODAS 2.0 scale, when planning client-oriented services.
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- 2018
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4. Proceedings of the 2017 WAO Symposium on Hot Topics in Allergy: Pediatric & Regulatory Aspects
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Giovanni Traina, Rocco Luigi Valluzzi, Vincenzo Fierro, Carla Riccardi, Maria Cristina Artesani, Andrea De Vuono, Alessandro Fiocchi, Alberto G. Martelli, Luis Alberto Ríos, Christian R. Alcocer, Elsy Navarrete, Blanca Estela Del Rio Navarro, Victor Gonzalez, Berenice Velasco, Herberth J. Perez Aviles, Roberto Jose Fernandez, F. Cesar Pozo, Abdal Jabbar Farhan, Hasan Arshad, Ahmed Hussain, Olena Sharikadze, Olena Okhotnikova, Javier Alcover, Diego Rodriguez, Fernando Pineda, Ilan Dalal, Jenny Weinbrand-Goichberg, Shira Benor, Menachem Rottem, Shmuel Kivity, Sakura Sato, Noriyuki Yanagida, Motohiro Ebisawa, Tetiana Umanets, Youriy Antipkin, Vladyslava Barzylovich, Volodymyr Lapshyn, Mykola Umanets, Sergey Yuriev, Suzan Bekir, Tobias Pincock, Alberto Vieira Hernandez, Arnaldo Capriles Hulett, Mario Sánchez Borges, Fabiola Fabiano, Carlos Albarran, Rohit Goyal, Shilpa Gupta, Garg Gaurav, Allan T. Luskin, Noelle M. Griffin, Amy Wagelie-Steffen, Benjamin L. Trzaskoma, Susan L. Limb, William W. Busse, Robert S. Zeiger, Erika Gonzalez-Reyes, Thomas B. Casale, Bradley E. Chipps, Chizuko Sugizaki, Fumiko Goto, Akiko Yamaide, Kanako Mitsunaga, Minako Tomiita, Akira Hoshioka, Naoki Shimojo, Liviu L. Pop, Ioana-Mihaela Ciucǎ, Liviu Tǎmaş, Marilena Lazarescu, Corina Pienar, Fumiya Yamaide, Bahrul Fikri, Hironori Sato, Naoko Okishima, Miyabi Kobayashi, Mizuki Takai, Kotarou Nishigata, Ryou Yoda, Yu-ta Oana, Chifu Kajiwara, Moe Shimodaira, Tomoka Suzuki, Hiromi Iizawa, Koji Kamijo, Bijoya Karmakar, Swati Gupta Bhattacharya, Simona Blohlávková, Eliška Kopelentová, Petr Víšek, Jakub Štádler, Ivana Šetinová, Jana Novobílská, Krisa Lundelin, Seppo Salminen, Erika Isolauri, Tracy Pitt, Tamar Flanders, Marcos Peñalver, Patricia Martínez, Magdalena Lluch, Alfonso Malet, Young-Hee Nam, Hyun Jung Jin, Soo-Keol Lee, Prapasri Kulalert, Paskorn Sritipsukho, Jayanton Pathumanond, Krasimira Baynova, Marina Labella, Teresa De Aramburu, Manuel Prados, Leena Haanpää, Jasmin Aarnio, Merja Nermes, Piia af Ursin, Anne Kaljonen, Nandana Bala, Ketaki Bhagwat, James Hindley, Martin Chapman, Sivasankar Baalasubramanian, Lilijana Besednjak-Kocijančič, Koyel SenGupta, Evgeniya Antonova, Amanda M. Kong, Ahmar Iqbal, W. Gerald Teague, Benjamin Trzaskoma, Benjamin Ortiz, Brandee Paknis, Amar Iqbal, Karin Rosen, Stanley Szefler, Afaf Alblooshi, Suleiman Al-Hammadi, Arantza Vega, Raquel Gutiérrez-Rivas, Ana Maria Alonso, Juan Maria Beitia, Maria Belén Mateo, Remedios Cárdenas, Juan Jesús García-Domínguez, Raquel Pitchon dos Reis, Cristina Gonçalves Alvim, Claudia Andrade, Adriana Reis, Henrique Ribeiro, Carmen Panaitescu Bunu, Laura Marusciac, Sorin Paralescu, Paul Tamas, Carmen Panitescu Bunu, Enrique Martí Guadaño, Carolina Escobar Bolaños, Natalia Martí José, Pol Pau Casanovas, Gemma Biarnés Rib, Mariana Castells, Talía de Vicente Jiménez, Maurizio Mennini, Papola De Angelis, Francesca Rea, Monica Malamisura, Renato Tambucci, Luigi Dall’Oglio, Federica Del Chierico, Tania Napolitano, Silvia Reddel, Pamela Vernocchi, Angelo D’Ambrosio, Lorenza Putignani, Lamia Dahdah, Claudia Banzato, Luís Angel Echeverría Zudaire, Ana María Plaza, Montserrat Bosque García, Marcel Íbero, Oscar Mazzina, Valeria Marzano, Valeria Pecora, Pierluigi Koch, Valentina Pecora, Diletta Valentini, Francesca Santamaria, Rocco Valluzzi, Anwesha Mukherjee, Amit Kandhare, and Subhash Bodhankar
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Immunologic diseases. Allergy ,RC581-607 - Published
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5. A Comparison of Medical Birth Register Outcomes between Maternity Health Clinics and Integrated Maternity and Child Health Clinics in Southwest Finland
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Miia Tuominen, Anne Kaljonen, Pia Ahonen, Juha Mäkinen, and Päivi Rautava
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maternal health services, prenatal care, STEPS study, comparative study, maternal outcomes, perinatal outcomes ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Introduction: Primary maternity care services are globally provided according to various organisational models. Two models are common in Finland: a maternity health clinic and an integrated maternity and child health clinic. The aim of this study was to clarify whether there is a relation between the organisational model of the maternity health clinics and the utilisation of maternity care services, and certain maternal and perinatal health outcomes. Methods: A comparative, register-based cross-sectional design was used. The data of women (N = 2741) who had given birth in the Turku University Hospital area between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009 were collected from the Finnish Medical Birth Register. Comparisons were made between the women who were clients of the maternity health clinics and integrated maternity and child health clinics. Results: There were no clinically significant differences between the clients of maternity health clinics and integrated maternity and child health clinics regarding the utilisation of maternity care services or the explored health outcomes. Conclusions: The organisational model of the maternity health clinic does not impact the utilisation of maternity care services or maternal and perinatal health outcomes. Primary maternity care could be provided effectively when integrated with child health services.
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- 2016
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6. Relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics improve parents’ service experiences
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Miia Tuominen, Anne Kaljonen, Pia Ahonen, and Päivi Rautava
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comparative study ,child health services ,maternal health services ,continuity of patient care ,STEPS study ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Introduction: In the Finnish primary health care, relational continuity of care is implemented in integrated maternity and child health clinics where the same nurse takes care of the family from the pregnancy until the child reaches school age. The aim of this study was to clarify the association between this relational continuity of care and the availability, utilisation and selected features of the maternity and child health clinic services, as evaluated by the parents. Methods: A comparative, cross-sectional service evaluation survey was used. Eighteen months after their baby's delivery, mothers (N = 987) and fathers (N = 835) from Southwest Finland evaluated specific maternity and child health clinic services. Comparisons were made between the parents who had relational continuity of care in the integrated maternity and child health clinics and those who did not. Results: Home visits were more frequently provided when relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics existed. Parents who had this relational continuity of care, evaluated several features of the service, especially provided support, more positively than parents who did not. Conclusions: Relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics seems to increase parents’ satisfaction with the services and might increase the provision of home visits.
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- 2014
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7. Associations of paternal factors and child’s sex with early vocabulary development – The STEPS study
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Annette Nylund, Pirjo Korpilahti, Anne Kaljonen, and Pirkko Rautakoski
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Linguistics and Language ,Language and Linguistics ,Education - Abstract
In a changing society where the roles of fathers and mothers in caregiving are becoming more equal, the role of the father in early language development has also changed. We aimed to study associations between paternal factors and early vocabulary development in boys and girls. In a longitudinal cohort study, we examined the growth of expressive vocabulary in 354 boys and 331 girls between 13 and 24 months of age using the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory. The results show that boys who had fathers not working full time, who had mothers with higher occupational status, and who had a larger vocabulary size at 13 months of age had larger gains in vocabulary. Girls with fathers working as professionals (high occupational status) had larger vocabulary growth compared to girls with fathers of lower occupational status. The results demonstrate that vocabulary growth in boys and girls relates differently to environmental factors. The results highlight the importance of further studies on fathers’ role in children’s early vocabulary development and the need to analyse the influence of environmental factors on early language development as a function of the child’s sex.
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- 2022
8. Multi-center nationwide study on pediatric psychiatric inpatients 2000–2018: length of stay, recurrent hospitalization, functioning level, suicidality, violence and diagnostic profiles
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Andre Sourander, Heikki Ellilä, Anne Kaljonen, Miika Vuori, Elina Tiiri, and Kim Kronström
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Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Psychosis ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Assessment scale ,medicine.disease ,030227 psychiatry ,Functioning level ,03 medical and health sciences ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Cohort ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,medicine ,Child and adolescent psychiatry ,Anxiety ,Pediatric psychiatric ,030212 general & internal medicine ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Depression (differential diagnoses) - Abstract
Inpatient treatment is an important part of child and adolescent psychiatric (CAP) care. This nationwide study explores the changes in length of stay, recurrent hospitalization, functioning level, suicidality, violence and diagnoses of CAP inpatients in Finland in 2000, 2011 and 2018. We obtained comprehensive questionnaire data on each study year from 93 to 95% of all CAP wards in Finland. We split the 1276 inpatients into two age groups in each study year: under 13 and 13–18. The median length of stay in inpatient treatment decreased from 82.0 days in 2000 to 20.5 days in 2018 (p
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- 2021
9. Influence of Respiratory Tract Infections on Vocabulary Growth in Relation to Child’s Sex: The STEPS Study
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Annette Nylund, Laura Toivonen, Pirjo Korpilahti, Anne Kaljonen, Viveka Lyberg Åhlander, Ville Peltola, and Pirkko Rautakoski
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Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,acute otitis media ,child’s sex ,language development ,MacArthur–Bates Communicative Development Inventory ,respiratory tract infections ,vocabulary - Abstract
Common health issues have been less examined in studies of early language development, particularly in relation to the child’s sex. Respiratory tract infections, often complicated by acute otitis media, are common in children during the first years of life, when early vocabulary development takes place. The present study, conducted in Finland, aimed to investigate whether possible associations between recurrent respiratory tract infections, background factors, and vocabulary growth differ in boys and girls aged 13 to 24 months. The participants (N = 462, 248 boys and 214 girls) were followed for respiratory tract infections and acute otitis media from 0 to 23 months of age. The parents completed daily symptom diaries of respiratory symptoms, physician visits, and diagnoses. The expressive vocabulary was measured with parental reports. We found that recurrent respiratory tract infections were not associated with slower vocabulary development in boys or girls. In fact, boys with recurrent respiratory tract infections had more vocabulary growth during the second year than boys who were less sick. We found that vocabulary growth was associated differently with respiratory tract infections and background factors as a function of the child’s sex. The vocabulary growth of boys seems to be more influenced by environmental factors than that of girls.
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- 2022
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10. Continuous positive airway pressure treatment may negatively affect auditory maturation in preterm infants
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Anne Kaljonen, Satu K. Jääskeläinen, Helena Lapinleimu, Jaakko Salonen, Jaana Antinmaa, Tampere University, and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology
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medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,Birth weight ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Gestational Age ,Audiology ,Affect (psychology) ,3124 Neurology and psychiatry ,Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem ,Humans ,Medicine ,Continuous positive airway pressure ,Brainstem auditory evoked potential ,Child ,Retrospective Studies ,Continuous Positive Airway Pressure ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Gestational age ,Retrospective cohort study ,General Medicine ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Brainstem ,Audiometry ,business ,Infant, Premature - Abstract
Aim: Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices generate loud noise, which might harm auditory function and maturation. The function of auditory pathways can be examined by using brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) and brainstem audiometry (BA) recordings. Our objective was to study whether CPAP treatment during the neonatal period is associated with abnormalities in BAEP and BA recordings. Methods: Included in this retrospective study were preterm infants (birth weight ≤1500 g and/or gestational age ≤32 weeks) born between 2002 and 2006 with a comprehensive clinical background and follow-up data, including the duration of CPAP treatment (n = 162). BAEP and BA were recorded near the mean corrected age of one month. The following variables from BAEP and BA examinations were analysed: latencies of BAEP components I, III, V, interpeak intervals (IPI) I-V, I-III, III-V (ms), amplitude I and V (µV), amplitude ratio I/V and BA thresholds. Results: In the adjusted analysis, a longer CPAP treatment leads to longer latencies of BAEP component III (p = 0.01) and V (p = 0.02) in the right ear. Conclusion: CPAP treatment may impair the auditory maturation and processing mediated via the dominant right ear. The hearing and neurodevelopment of the children who are treated with CPAP should be followed. publishedVersion
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11. Neonatal antibiotic exposure impairs child growth during the first six years of life by perturbing intestinal microbial colonization
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Regina Ensenauer, Oren Ziv, Himanshu Kumar, Nicola Segata, Christina Kunz, Aia Oz, Hila Ben-Amram, Olli Turta, Helena Ollila, Anna Belogolovski, Hanna Lagström, Seppo Salminen, Itai Sharon, Hadar Neuman, Sarah Perschbacher, Yoram Louzoun, Anne Kaljonen, Samuli Rautava, Edoardo Pasolli, Omry Koren, Atara Uzan-Yulzari, Erika Isolauri, Uzan-Yulzari, A., Turta, O., Belogolovski, A., Ziv, O., Kunz, C., Perschbacher, S., Neuman, H., Pasolli, E., Oz, A., Ben-Amram, H., Kumar, H., Ollila, H., Kaljonen, A., Isolauri, E., Salminen, S., Lagstrom, H., Segata, N., Sharon, I., Louzoun, Y., Ensenauer, R., Rautava, S., Koren, O., Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki, HUS Children and Adolescents, and Helsinki University Hospital Area
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,Antibiotics ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Physiology ,Body Mass Index ,Feces ,Mice ,0302 clinical medicine ,3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics ,Growth Disorder ,Pregnancy ,Risk Factors ,Early childhood ,Intestinal Mucosa ,Child ,Growth Disorders ,2. Zero hunger ,Multidisciplinary ,Confounding ,Bacterial Infections ,Fecal Microbiota Transplantation ,3. Good health ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Child, Preschool ,Female ,Human ,medicine.drug_class ,Science ,Bacterial Infection ,Article ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Follow-Up Studie ,03 medical and health sciences ,Sex Factors ,030225 pediatrics ,Anti-Bacterial Agent ,medicine ,Animals ,Germ-Free Life ,Humans ,Microbiome ,Preschool ,Full Term ,business.industry ,Animal ,Risk Factor ,Body Weight ,Infant, Newborn ,Antibiotic exposure ,Infant ,General Chemistry ,Newborn ,Body Height ,Gastrointestinal Microbiome ,Disease Models, Animal ,030104 developmental biology ,Follow-Up Studies ,Disease Models ,Fece ,Metagenomics ,business ,Body mass index - Abstract
Exposure to antibiotics in the first days of life is thought to affect various physiological aspects of neonatal development. Here, we investigate the long-term impact of antibiotic treatment in the neonatal period and early childhood on child growth in an unselected birth cohort of 12,422 children born at full term. We find significant attenuation of weight and height gain during the first 6 years of life after neonatal antibiotic exposure in boys, but not in girls, after adjusting for potential confounders. In contrast, antibiotic use after the neonatal period but during the first 6 years of life is associated with significantly higher body mass index throughout the study period in both boys and girls. Neonatal antibiotic exposure is associated with significant differences in the gut microbiome, particularly in decreased abundance and diversity of fecal Bifidobacteria until 2 years of age. Finally, we demonstrate that fecal microbiota transplant from antibiotic-exposed children to germ-free male, but not female, mice results in significant growth impairment. Thus, we conclude that neonatal antibiotic exposure is associated with a long-term gut microbiome perturbation and may result in reduced growth in boys during the first six years of life while antibiotic use later in childhood is associated with increased body mass index., In this study, Omry Koren, Samuli Rautava and colleagues report a sex-specific association between neonatal antibiotic exposure and weight and height gain during the first six years of life and showing that boys but not girls exposed to neonatal antibiotics exhibit impaired weight and height development.
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12. Associations between human milk oligosaccharides and growth in infancy and early childhood
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Lars Bode, Johanna Mäkelä, Hanna Lagström, Anne Kaljonen, Chloe Yonemitsu, Samuli Rautava, Julia Gupta, Olli Turta, and Helena Ollila
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Adult ,Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Population ,Breastfeeding ,Oligosaccharides ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Standard score ,Childhood obesity ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Child Development ,Humans ,Medicine ,Longitudinal Studies ,Prospective Studies ,Early childhood ,education ,health care economics and organizations ,Finland ,education.field_of_study ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Milk, Human ,business.industry ,Body Weight ,Infant ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,Body Height ,Original Research Communications ,Breast Feeding ,030104 developmental biology ,Infant formula ,Child, Preschool ,Female ,business ,Breast feeding ,Demography - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding modulates infant growth and protects against the development of obesity. However, whether or not maternal variation in human milk components, such as human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), is associated with programming of child growth remains unknown. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to determine the association between maternal HMO composition and child growth during the first 5 y of life. In addition, the association between maternal prepregnancy BMI and HMO composition was assessed. METHODS: Human milk samples from 802 mothers were obtained from a prospective population-based birth cohort study, Steps to healthy development of Children (STEPS), conducted in Turku, Finland. HMO composition in these milk samples was analyzed by HPLC. Child growth data from 3 mo to 5 y were collected from municipal well-baby clinics and linked to maternal HMO composition data to test for associations. RESULTS: Maternal HMO composition 3 mo after delivery was associated with height and weight during the first 5 y of life in children of secretor mothers. Specifically, HMO diversity and the concentration of lacto-N-neo-tetraose (LNnT) were inversely associated and that of 2′-fucosyllactose (2′FL) was directly associated with child height and weight z scores in a model adjusted for maternal prepregnancy BMI, mode of delivery, birthweight z score, sex, and time. Maternal prepregnancy BMI was associated with HMO composition. CONCLUSIONS: The association between maternal HMO composition and childhood growth may imply a causal relation, which warrants additional testing in preclinical and clinical studies, especially since 2′FL and LNnT are among the HMOs now being added to infant formula. Furthermore, altered HMO composition may mediate the impact of maternal prepregnancy BMI on childhood obesity, which warrants further investigation to establish the cause-and-effect relation.
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13. Neonatal brainstem auditory function associates with early receptive language development in preterm children
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Jaana Antinmaa, Satu K. Jääskeläinen, Anne Kaljonen, Helena Lapinleimu, Suvi Stolt, Jaakko Salonen, Doctoral Programme in Cognition, Learning, Instruction and Communication, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Early Language Development -group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, and HUS Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District
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INFANTS ,Audiology ,Lexicon ,Child Development ,0302 clinical medicine ,3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics ,VERY-LOW-BIRHT-WEIGHT ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Brainstem auditory evoked potential ,Auditory function ,Child ,Finland ,HEARING ,PRETERM ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,LONGITUDINAL ,Regular Article ,SPEECH ,General Medicine ,Language development ,VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT ,Brainstem ,VERY-PRETERM ,brainstem auditory evoked potentials ,Infant, Premature ,medicine.medical_specialty ,POTENTIALS ,RECEPTIVE LEXICON ,LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT ,Gestational Age ,MATURATION ,03 medical and health sciences ,030225 pediatrics ,Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem ,medicine ,Receptive language ,Humans ,Retrospective Studies ,VERY PRETERM ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Retrospective cohort study ,PREDICTIVE-VALUE ,SCREENING ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,6163 Logopedics ,NEONATAL BRAINSTEM AUDITORY FUNCTION ,Audiometry ,business ,Brain Stem ,Regular Articles - Abstract
Aim: To study whether auditory function measured with brainstem auditory evoked potential and brainstem audiometry recordings in the neonatal period associates with language development 1 year later in preterm infants.Methods: This retrospective study included 155 preterm infants (birthweight ≤1500 g and/or birth ≤32 gestational weeks) born between 2007 and 2012 at the Turku University Hospital. Auditory function was recorded in neonatal period. Information of language development was gathered at the mean corrected age of 1 year by using the Finnish version of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory.Results: Slower auditory processing (longer interpeak interval, IPI I-V) in the right ear in the neonatal brainstem auditory evoked potential recording associated with smaller receptive lexicon size at 1 year (P = .043). Infants with longer IPI I-V were more likely to have a deviant (≤17 words) receptive lexicon size (P = .033). The ab-sence of a contralateral response with right ear stimulation increased the risk for deviant lexicon size (P = .049).Conclusion: The results suggest that impaired auditory function in the neonatal pe-riod in preterm infants may lead to a poorer receptive language outcome 1 year later. Auditory pathway function assessment provides information for the identification of preterm children at risk for weak language development.
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14. Multi-center nationwide study on pediatric psychiatric inpatients 2000-2018: length of stay, recurrent hospitalization, functioning level, suicidality, violence and diagnostic profiles
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Kim, Kronström, Elina, Tiiri, Miika, Vuori, Heikki, Ellilä, Anne, Kaljonen, and Andre, Sourander
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Inpatient treatment is an important part of child and adolescent psychiatric (CAP) care. This nationwide study explores the changes in length of stay, recurrent hospitalization, functioning level, suicidality, violence and diagnoses of CAP inpatients in Finland in 2000, 2011 and 2018. We obtained comprehensive questionnaire data on each study year from 93 to 95% of all CAP wards in Finland. We split the 1276 inpatients into two age groups in each study year: under 13 and 13-18. The median length of stay in inpatient treatment decreased from 82.0 days in 2000 to 20.5 days in 2018 (p 0.001) and recurrent hospitalization increased from 38 to 46%. General functioning, which was evaluated by the Children's Global Assessment Scale, deteriorated by an average of six points between 2000 and 2018. Violent threats decreased from 21.5 to 16.6% and violent acts decreased from 26.9 to 20.3%. Suicidal threats decreased from 42.6 to 23.3% in those aged under 13 and remained stable among those aged 13-18. In the 13-18 group, there was an increase in the diagnoses of ADHD, from 5.0 to 16.9% and depression, from 25.1 to 41.7%. However, psychosis decreased from 23.2 to 12.6% in the older age group. In the whole cohort, anxiety disorders increased from 7.6 to 15.6%. The overall picture does not show that CAP inpatients have become more disturbed. While the general functioning of CAP inpatients deteriorated somewhat over the 2000-2018 study period, symptoms of suicidality and violence remained stable or decreased. There was also a continuous increase in short-term treatment.
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15. Communication skills predict social-emotional competencies
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Anne Kaljonen, Piia af Ursin, Alice S. Carter, Päivi Maria Pihlaja, Pirkko Rautakoski, Annette Nylund, Department of Education, and Teacher Education
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Male ,Parents ,Vocabulary ,Emotions ,BITSEA ,CHILDREN ,BEHAVIORAL-PROBLEMS ,Social-emotional competence ,Developmental psychology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Social emotional learning ,Early childhood ,media_common ,Communication ,05 social sciences ,ASSESSMENT BITSEA ,Risk factor (computing) ,Language development ,Communication development ,VOCABULARY ,Cohort ,DELAY ,Female ,Communication skills ,Psychology ,050104 developmental & child psychology ,Gesture ,Linguistics and Language ,Cognitive Neuroscience ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology ,Language Development ,03 medical and health sciences ,Speech and Hearing ,030225 pediatrics ,Social emotional problems ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,6121 Languages ,EARLY-CHILDHOOD ,Problem Behavior ,GESTURE ,Infant ,LPN and LVN ,LATE-TALKING ,Preverbal ,COMMUNITY SAMPLE ,6163 Logopedics ,LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT ,CDI - Abstract
Introduction Studies have shown that many children with early language difficulties also have delays in social-emotional competencies as well as social-emotional and behavioral problems. It is unclear if these conditions are causally related, if they share a common underlying etiology, or if there are bidirectional effects. Studies investigating these associations have mostly involved children who are already using words to communicate, but it is important to know whether delays in preverbal communication and language development have any effects on these associations. The aim of the present study was to examine associations between preverbal communication and early verbal skills in infancy and subsequent social-emotional competencies and ensuing social-emotional and behavioral problems in early toddlerhood. The role of background factors known to influence early language development was also examined. Methods The sample consisted of 395 children (51.6% boys) from the Finnish Steps Study cohort. Language was assessed at age 13 months ( + 1 month) with the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory for Infants (CDI-I), and the social-emotional domain was assessed at age 17 months with the Brief Infant–Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA). Results Infants with lower preverbal gestural communication and receptive language skills had a higher risk of delays in social-emotional competencies in toddlerhood than children with better communication skills, but not of elevated social-emotional and behavioral problems. Conclusions The results indicate that lower early communication skills can predict delays in the development of social-emotional competencies, which has been found to be a risk factor for later development of social-emotional and behavioral problems. It is important to monitor early communication skills to provide guidance to parents in supporting early pragmatic communication and language development in infancy, if needed.
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16. Heritability of Bullying and Victimization in Children and Adolescents: Moderation by the KiVa Antibullying Program
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Ada Johansson, Anne Huhtamäki, Michel Boivin, Anne Kaljonen, Christina Salmivalli, and Miia Sainio
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Schools ,Adolescent ,education ,Poison control ,Human factors and ergonomics ,Bullying ,Heritability ,Moderation ,Quarter (United States coin) ,Suicide prevention ,Occupational safety and health ,Peer Group ,Clinical Psychology ,Injury prevention ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Humans ,Psychology ,Child ,Students ,Crime Victims ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Bullying affects approximately a quarter of schoolchildren and is associated with numerous adverse outcomes. Although distinct risk factors for bullying and victimization have been identified, few studies have investigated the genetic and environmental underpinnings of bullying and victimization. The aims of this study were twofold: first, to examine the contributions of genetic and environmental factors to bullying and victimization, and second, to analyze whether the KiVa antibullying program moderated the magnitude of these contributions by comparing estimates derived from the KiVa versus control groups.The sample comprised students from schools that participated in the evaluation of the KiVa antibullying program in Finland during 2007-2009. Bullying and victimization were measured using peer nominations by classmates. The sample for the twin analyses comprised of 447 twins (107 monozygotic and 340 dizygotic twins) aged 7-15.Genetic contributions accounted for 62% and 77% of the variance in bullying and in victimization at pre-intervention, respectively. There was a post-intervention difference in the overall role of genetic and environmental contributions between the intervention and the control group for bullying and victimization, with non-shared environmental effects playing a lesser role (and genes a larger role) in the intervention than in the control group context.This study replicates previous findings on the genetic underpinnings of both bullying and victimization, and indicates that a school-based antibullying program reduces the role of non-shared environmental factors in bullying and victimization. The results indicate that prevention and intervention efforts need to target both environmental and (heritable) individual level factors to maximize effectiveness.
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- 2020
17. Disability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis compared with traumatic brain injury using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 and the International Classification of Functioning minimal generic set
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Katri Laimi, Anne Kaljonen, and Sinikka Tarvonen-Schröder
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Male ,030506 rehabilitation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Schedule ,Traumatic brain injury ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,World health ,Disability assessment ,Disability Evaluation ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Brain Injuries, Traumatic ,medicine ,Humans ,Disabled Persons ,Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ,Set (psychology) ,Aged ,business.industry ,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ,Rehabilitation ,Middle Aged ,ta3121 ,medicine.disease ,Female ,0305 other medical science ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
We compared the functioning of two neurological patient groups, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), using brief and validated International Classification of Functioning (ICF)-based tools. A 12-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) questionnaire was mailed to ALS and TBI patients and their significant others 2 weeks before their appointment at an outpatient clinic of a university hospital. In addition, a neurologist filled in the ICF minimal generic set. Two years after diagnosis, no significant differences between the two diagnosis groups were found in overall functioning or in working ability using either patient or proxy WHODAS or physician-rated minimal generic set. In single items, however, clear differences were found. Patients and significant others rated household activities, mobility, and self-care as more impaired in the group with ALS, and learning, concentrating, and maintaining friendships in the group with TBI. There were no differences between the two diagnosis groups in the WHODAS items emotional functions, engaging in community, relating with strangers, or in working ability. Both brief ICF-based generic scales, WHODAS and the ICF generic set, could show differences between these patient groups with severe disability. The results of this study should promote assessment of disability with WHODAS 2.0 in ALS and TBI.
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- 2018
18. The occurrence of social-emotional difficulties and/or deficits among 18-month old toddlers: M2-06-2
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Päivi, Pihlaja, Jenny, Fyrsten, Jaana, Alakortes, Anne, Kaljonen, Irma, Moilanen, Hanna, Ebeling, and Alice, Carter
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- 2011
19. The Finnish psychiatric birth cohort consortium (PSYCOHORTS) - content, plans and perspectives
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Tuula Hurtig, Andre Sourander, Anne Kaljonen, Svetlana Filatova, Heljä-Marja Surcel, Lauri Sillanmäki, David Gyllenberg, Mika Gissler, Hanna Lagström, Martta Kerkelä, Markus Keski-Säntti, Jouko Miettunen, Tiina Ristikari, Susanna Hinkka-Yli-Salomäki, Juha Veijola, Auli Suominen, Nuorisopsykiatria, University of Helsinki, and HUS Psychiatry
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Male ,CHILDHOOD ,YOUNG-PEOPLE ,consortium ,data harmonization ,3124 Neurology and psychiatry ,Cohort Studies ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Cause of Death ,SCHIZOPHRENIA ,MATERNAL SMOKING ,10. No inequality ,Finland ,POPULATION ,media_common ,Cause of death ,RISK ,education.field_of_study ,Birth cohorts ,Mental Disorders ,Middle Aged ,Biobank ,psychiatry ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Alcoholism ,Suicide ,PREGNANCY ,Female ,Psychology ,BEHAVIOR ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Inequality ,Adolescent ,DISORDERS ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Population ,Harmonization ,causes of death ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,medicine ,Humans ,education ,Psychiatry ,Health economics ,medicine.disease ,Mental health ,Comorbidity ,030227 psychiatry ,Socioeconomic Factors ,COMORBIDITY ,Self-Injurious Behavior ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Background: Psychiatric disorders tend to be developmental, and longitudinal settings are required to examine predictors of psychiatric phenomena. Replicating and combining data and results from different birth cohorts, which are a source of reliable data, can make research even more valuable. The Finnish Psychiatric Birth Cohort Consortium (PSYCOHORTS) project combines birth cohorts in Finland. Aim: The aim of this paper is to introduce content, plans and perspectives of the PSYCOHORTS project that brings together researchers from Finland. In addition, we illustrate an example of data harmonization using available data on causes of death. Content: PSYCOHORTS includes eight Finnish birth cohorts. The project has several plans: to harmonize different data from birth cohorts, to incorporate biobanks into psychiatric birth cohort research, to apply multigenerational perspectives, to integrate longitudinal patterns of marginalization and inequality in mental health, and to utilize data in health economics research. Data on causes of death, originally obtained from Finnish Cause of Death register, were harmonized across the six birth cohorts using SAS macro facility. Results: Harmonization of the cause of death data resulted in a total of 21,993 observations from 1965 to 2015. For example, the percentage of deaths due to suicide and the sequelae of intentional self-harm was 14% and alcohol-related diseases, including accidental poisoning by alcohol, was 13%. Conclusions: PSYCOHORTS lays the foundation for complex examinations of psychiatric disorders that is based on compatible datasets, use of biobanks and multigenerational approach to risk factors, and extensive data on marginalization and inequality.
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20. Comparing functioning in spinal cord injury and in chronic spinal pain with two ICF-based instruments: WHODAS 2.0 and the WHO minimal generic data set covering functioning and health
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Anne Kaljonen, Sinikka Tarvonen-Schröder, and Katri Laimi
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Health Status ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Walking ,World Health Organization ,Disability Evaluation ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health ,Activities of Daily Living ,Medicine ,Humans ,Spinal cord injury ,Spinal Cord Injuries ,Aged ,Pain Measurement ,business.industry ,Rehabilitation ,food and beverages ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Spinal pain ,Data set ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Female ,Self Report ,Chronic Pain ,business - Abstract
To investigate whether the two briefest validated ICF-based (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) tools can detect differences between different spinal conditions.Cross-sectional study.University hospital rehabilitation clinic.A total of 84 patients with spinal cord injury and 81 with chronic spinal pain.Disability evaluated using self-reported and proxy 12-item WHODAS 2.0 ((World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule), and physician-rated WHO minimal generic data set covering functioning and health.The two measures used showed severe disability in both patient populations, those with spinal cord injury (mean age 47.5 years, SD 13.2) and those with chronic spinal pain (mean age 47.2 years, SD 9.5), WHODAS patient sum being 18.4 (SD 9.6) versus 22.0 (SD 9.0),Both scales were able to find differences between two patient populations with severe disability.
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- 2019
21. Utility of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule and the World Health Organization minimal generic set of domains of functioning and health in spinal cord injury
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Anne Kaljonen, Katri Laimi, and Sinikka Tarvonen-Schröder
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Adult ,Male ,030506 rehabilitation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cross-sectional study ,MEDLINE ,severity ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,macromolecular substances ,RM1-950 ,WHODAS ,World Health Organization ,Proxy (climate) ,03 medical and health sciences ,Disability Evaluation ,International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health ,spinalcordinjury ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,medicine ,Outpatient clinic ,Humans ,Tetraplegia ,Spinal cord injury ,Spinal Cord Injuries ,business.industry ,Rehabilitation ,ICF ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,disability ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Paraplegia ,WHOminimalgenericsetofdomainsoffunctioningandhealth - Abstract
Objective To compare easy-to-use International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)-based measures of functioning with the level and severity of spinal cord injury. Methods Cross-sectional study. Patients (n = 142) and their significant others completed the 12-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) questionnaire. A physician at the university hospital outpatient clinic assessed functioning with the 7-item World Health Organization (WHO) minimal generic set. Results The patient and proxy WHODAS sum score was rated severe with decreasing severity in groups with complete and partial tetraplegia and paraplegia, respectively. Working ability was rated most severely impaired in the tetraplegic groups. Between-group differences were also found in mobility, household tasks, and self-care. Mobility was found to be associated with lesion severity; life activities, participation and friendships with lesion level; and self-care and WHODAS sum score with both lesion severity and level. Depending on the level and severity of spinal cord injury, a moderate to strong correlation was found between the sum scores of the 2 tools, and mostly very strong correlations between patient and proxy assessments of functioning. Conclusion Both generic ICF-based tools, despite their briefness, seemed to be useful as they were able to differentiate various levels and severities of spinal cord injury. We recommend using the 12-item WHODAS 2.0 when planning individualized services for patients with spinal cord injury.
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- 2018
22. Changes in the clinical features of child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients: a nationwide time-trend study from Finland
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Lauri Kuosmanen, Andre Sourander, Heikki Ellilä, Anne Kaljonen, and Kim Kronström
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Psychosis ,Time Factors ,Adolescent ,Child Behavior Disorders ,Psychiatric Department, Hospital ,Child and adolescent ,Feeding and Eating Disorders ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,medicine ,Child and adolescent psychiatry ,Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Psychiatry ,Child ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Finland ,ta515 ,Depressive Disorder ,Inpatients ,business.industry ,Mental Disorders ,05 social sciences ,medicine.disease ,Anxiety Disorders ,ta3124 ,030227 psychiatry ,Hospitalization ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Trend analysis ,Eating disorders ,Adolescent Behavior ,Anxiety ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,050104 developmental & child psychology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Few studies have focused on the recent trends in clinical features child and adolescent inpatient.This study focuses on the change in the characteristics of child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients in Finland.The data collection was carried out on selected study days in 2000 and 2011. Questionnaires were sent to the psychiatrists of all child and adolescent wards in Finland.By comparing the data obtained in 2000 (n = 504) and 2011 (n = 412), several changes were found: the percentage of girls in adolescent wards grew and the diagnoses of depression, anxiety disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and eating disorders increased. In contrast, the diagnoses of psychosis and conduct or oppositional disorders decreased. General functioning was evaluated with the Childreńs Global Assessment Scale (CGAS). There were no changes in the distribution of CGAS scores among child inpatients, whereas among adolescents the share of inpatients with lowest CGAS scores (1-30) increased significantly. The mean length of stay dropped.The growing percentage of girls in adolescent wards is associated with an increase in diagnoses that are more prevalent among girls than boys, namely depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. The changes in the distribution of diagnoses may be due to changes in diagnostic or referral practices, or reflect true changes in the prevalence of disorders among children and adolescents in need of inpatient treatment. The share of adolescent inpatients with the poorest general functioning has increased. The observed shortening in inpatient treatment time seems to be a result of changes in treatment practices.
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- 2016
23. Population-Based Screening for Language Delay: Let’s Talk STEPS Study
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Pirjo Korpilahti, Eira Jansson-Verkasalo, and Anne Kaljonen
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Vocabulary ,Point (typography) ,Language delay ,media_common.quotation_subject ,General Medicine ,Developmental psychology ,Test (assessment) ,Comprehension ,03 medical and health sciences ,Identification (information) ,Language development ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,Psychology ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,media_common ,Cohort study - Abstract
This study evaluates the reliability of two differently constructed screening instruments for language delay. Only few studies have addressed the question of early identification at population level. Data for this article were drawn from a Finnish cohort study, entitled the Steps to the Healthy Development and Well-Being of Children (the STEPS study, N = 9.936). The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDI-T), based on parent reported vocabulary, was used for screening at 24 months. At 36 months, child’s language skills were screened with the Fox Language Inventory (FLI) carried out by a clinical nurse. The Renfrew Word Finding Vocabulary Test and Reynell Developmental Language Scales III (language comprehension), served as outcome measures at 36 months. Receiver operating characteristic-analysis (ROC) was used to examine the cost and benefit of the two screening methods in decision making at 36 months. We found that expressive vocabulary at 24 months, can already foretell later language development. However, to reach even better predictivity, screening based on a structured language battery and age point of 36 months would be a valuable addition to clinical assessment. Further studies are needed to address to what extend early screening is able to predict atypical language during later preschool-years.
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- 2016
24. Does induced abortion affect the experience of maternity services?
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Susanna Holmlund, Miia Tuominen, Pia Ahonen, Anne Kaljonen, Juha Mäkinen, and Päivi Rautava
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Health (social science) ,Health Policy ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,ta3123 - Published
- 2016
25. Genetic risk clustering increases children's body weight at 2 years of age - the STEPS Study
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Juho-Antti Mäkelä, Teemu Kuulasmaa, Hanna Lagström, Anne Kaljonen, Niina Pitkänen, Harri Niinikoski, and Markku Laakso
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0301 basic medicine ,2. Zero hunger ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Single-nucleotide polymorphism ,medicine.disease ,Body weight ,Obesity ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young age ,030104 developmental biology ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Risk allele ,Medicine ,Genetic risk ,medicine.symptom ,10. No inequality ,business ,Body mass index ,Weight gain ,Demography - Abstract
Summary Background Genetic determinants have an impact on adult weight but the association between genetic determinants and weight at young age is still poorly understood. Objective The objective of this study was to examine the association between genetic risk scores and early growth from birth to 2 years of age. Methods Genetic risk scores of 83 adiposity-related or obesity-related single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (genetic risk score [GRS]83) were calculated for 1278 children. Specific phenotype score for 16 weight-related SNPs (weightGRS) was calculated. Anthropometric data were obtained at birth, 13 months and 2 years of age. Results The GRS83 was associated with weight at 13 months (β = 0.080, P = 0.015) and 2 years (β = 0.080, P = 0.017) of age and with weight gain from birth to 13 months (β = 0.069, P = 0.036) and to 2 years of age (β = 0.074, P = 0.028). At 2 years of age, the GRS83 was also associated with weight for height (β = 0.065, P = 0.046), weight-for-height standard deviation score (SDS) (β = 0.074, P = 0.022) and body mass index SDS (β = 0.068, P = 0.045). WeightGRS was associated with higher body weight at 13 months (β = 0.081, P = 0.014) and 2 years of age (β = 0.086, P = 0.011). The genetic effect on weight varied from 0.69 to 1.89 kg at 2 years of age according to number of risk alleles. Children with high genetic risk for adiposity were heavier than children with low genetic risk at 2 years of age (12.8 vs. 13.4 kg, P = 0.017). Conclusion The GRS 83 revealed increased genetic risk for higher weight in children already at 13 months and 2 years of age, which may result in increased obesity risk later in life.
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- 2015
26. Appendiceal neoplasm risk associated with complicated acute appendicitis-a population based study
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Tuomo Rantanen, Paulina Salminen, Jukka-Pekka Mecklin, Pia Nordström, Elina Lietzén, Anne Kaljonen, Ari Leppäniemi, Juhani Sand, Juha Grönroos, Hannu Paajanen, Tero Rautio, II kirurgian klinikka, Clinicum, University of Helsinki, HUS Abdominal Center, HYKS erva, and Päijät-Häme Welfare Consortium
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UNCOMPLICATED ACUTE APPENDICITIS ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Population ,030230 surgery ,ANTIBIOTIC-THERAPY ,APPENDECTOMY ,Gastroenterology ,03 medical and health sciences ,MALIGNANCIES ,0302 clinical medicine ,Appendiceal neoplasm ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,Epidemiology ,SURVEILLANCE ,medicine ,Neoplasm ,EPIDEMIOLOGY ,Humans ,Abscess ,education ,Complicated acute appendicitis ,Finland ,education.field_of_study ,Acute appendicitis ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Hepatology ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,SERIES ,Appendicitis ,3. Good health ,Cancer registry ,ABSCESS ,Appendiceal Neoplasms ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine ,Acute Disease ,Female ,business ,Non-operative treatment - Abstract
Appendiceal tumors are rare, but high neoplasm rates have been reported at interval appendectomy after periappendicular abscess. Non-operative management of uncomplicated acute appendicitis has shown promising results. The data on appendiceal tumor incidence and presentation among acute appendicitis patients is limited, especially in patient cohorts differentiating between uncomplicated and complicated acute appendicitis. Objective was to assess appendiceal tumor incidence and tumor association to appendicitis in patients with uncomplicated and complicated acute appendicitis. This nationwide population-based registry study was conducted from 2007 to 2013. The Finnish Cancer Registry and the National Institute for Health Registry were used to combine data on all appendiceal tumors and acute appendicitis diagnosis with medical reports evaluated at eight study hospitals. Altogether, 840 appendiceal tumors were identified, and out of these, 504 patient reports were reviewed, including 472 patients in this study. Tumor was diagnosed at appendectomy for suspected acute appendicitis in 276 patients (58%). In the whole study, histologically acute appendicitis and tumor were both present in 53% (n = 250), and out of these, 41% (n = 102) were complicated and 59% (n = 148) uncomplicated acute appendicitis. The associated tumor risk was significantly higher in complicated acute appendicitis compared with uncomplicated cases (3.24% vs. 0.87%, p
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- 2018
27. Suicidality among child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients: time trend study comparing 2000 and 2011
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Andre Sourander, Anne Kaljonen, Elina Tiiri, Kim Kronström, and Elina Jokiranta-Olkoniemi
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Poison control ,Suicide, Attempted ,Suicidality ,Suicide prevention ,History, 21st Century ,Occupational safety and health ,Child and adolescent ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Injury prevention ,Child psychiatry ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,medicine ,Child and adolescent psychiatry ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Psychiatry ,Child ,Inpatients ,Inpatient treatment ,Adolescent psychiatry ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Infant, Newborn ,Human factors and ergonomics ,Infant ,General Medicine ,Original Contribution ,Time trend study ,030227 psychiatry ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Trend analysis ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,business ,050104 developmental & child psychology - Abstract
Child and adolescent inpatient treatment has faced major changes since the year 2000, including shorter inpatient stays and a greater use of psychotropic drugs. This study explored changes and correlates of suicidal threats and suicide acts among inpatients, by comparing Finnish cross-sectional surveys from 2000 to 2011. A questionnaire that explored the background, diagnosis and treatment characteristics of inpatients was sent to all child and psychiatric wards in Finland. The data collection was carried out on specified days in 2000 and 2011. We received comprehensive data on 504 patients from 64/69 (93%) wards in 2000 and on 412 patients from 75/79 (95%) wards in 2011. The Spectrum of Suicidal Behaviour Scale was used to explore suicidality. The prevalence of suicidality did not change in this nationwide study: suicidal threat rates were 38% in 2000 and 37% in 2011, and suicide attempts in both years were 11%. The prevalence of suicidal acts was higher among girls and teenagers, while low general functioning, defined as Children's Global Assessment Scale scores of under 30, was associated with both suicidal threats and acts. Violent acts were associated with both suicidal threats and acts in 2000, but not in 2011. Despite changes in treatment practices and shorter inpatient stays, the prevalence of suicidality in child and adolescent inpatient treatment remained unchanged in Finland in 2000 and 2011.
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- 2018
28. Comparing disability between traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury using the 12-item WHODAS 2.0 and the WHO minimal generic data set covering functioning and health
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Olli Tenovuo, Anne Kaljonen, Sinikka Tarvonen-Schröder, and Katri Laimi
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Adult ,Male ,030506 rehabilitation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Traumatic brain injury ,Population ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,03 medical and health sciences ,Disability Evaluation ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health ,Activities of Daily Living ,Brain Injuries, Traumatic ,medicine ,Outpatient clinic ,Humans ,Medical diagnosis ,education ,Spinal cord injury ,Spinal Cord Injuries ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Rehabilitation ,Cognition ,Recovery of Function ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,ta3124 ,Data set ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Self Report ,0305 other medical science ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Objective: To compare disability between two patient groups using short validated tools based on International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: University hospital specialist outpatient clinic. Subjects: A total of 94 patients with traumatic brain injury and 59 with spinal cord injury. Main measures: Disability evaluated using self-reported and proxy 12-item WHODAS 2.0 (World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule), and physician-rated WHO minimal generic data set covering functioning and health. Results: The two measures used showed severe but very different disabilities in these patient groups. Disability was assessed worse by physicians in the spinal cord injury population (sum 15.8 vs. 12.7, P = 0.0001), whereas disability assessed by the patients did not differ significantly between the two groups (sum 18.4 vs. 21.2). Further analysis revealed that in patients with “high disability” (the minimal generic data set score ⩾15), self-reported functioning was more severely impaired in the traumatic brain injury group compared to the spinal cord injury group (29.7 vs. 21.4, P < 0.0001), with no difference between these two diagnostic groups in patients with “low disability” (the minimal generic data set below 15). Patients with traumatic brain injury perceived more difficulties in cognition, getting along and participation, patients with spinal cord injury in mobility and self-care. Conclusion: Both generic measures were able to detect severe disability but also to detect differences between two patient populations with different underlying diagnoses.
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- 2018
29. Usability of World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule in chronic traumatic brain injury
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Olli Tenovuo, Sinikka Tarvonen-Schröder, Katri Laimi, and Anne Kaljonen
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Adult ,Male ,030506 rehabilitation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Traumatic brain injury ,MEDLINE ,Emotional functions ,severity ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,WHODAS ,RM1-950 ,World Health Organization ,World health ,functioning ,03 medical and health sciences ,Disability Evaluation ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,chronictraumaticbraininjury ,Brain Injury, Chronic ,medicine ,Humans ,Disabled Persons ,Young adult ,Aged ,business.industry ,Rehabilitation ,ICF ,Reproducibility of Results ,Usability ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Schedule (workplace) ,disability ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,activitiesandparticipation ,0305 other medical science ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Objectives: To investigate functioning measured with the 12-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) in patients with mild, moderate and severe traumatic brain injury, and to compare patients’ experiences with assessments made by their significant others and by consultant neurologists. Methods: A total of 112 consecutive patients with traumatic brain injury (29 mild, 43 moderate, 40 severe) and their significant others completed a 12-item WHODAS 2.0 survey. A neurologist assessed functioning with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health minimal generic set. Results: The total patient and proxy WHODAS 2.0 sum score was rated as severe, and impairments in household tasks, learning, community life, emotional functions, concentrating, dealing with strangers, maintaining friendships, and working ability as around moderate in all 3 severity groups. In standing, walking, washing, and dressing oneself the reported impairments increased from mild in mild traumatic brain injury to moderate in severe traumatic brain injury. A neurologist rated the overall functioning, working ability, and motor activities most impaired in severe traumatic brain injury, while there were no between-group differences in energy and drive functions and emotional functions. Conclusion: Patients with chronic traumatic brain injury perceive a diversity of significant difficulties in activities and participation irrespective of the severity of the injury. We recommend assessing disability in traumatic brain injury with the short and understandable WHODAS 2.0 scale, when planning client-oriented services.
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- 2018
30. Extralevator versus standard abdominoperineal excision in locally advanced rectal cancer: a retrospective study with long-term follow-up
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P. Varpe, Jukka Karvonen, Anne Kaljonen, Arto Rantala, A. Carpelan, Juha Grönroos, and Heikki Huhtinen
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Colorectal cancer ,Perforation (oil well) ,Locally advanced ,Perineum ,Disease-Free Survival ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Abdomen ,Medicine ,Humans ,Adverse effect ,Digestive System Surgical Procedures ,Aged ,Demography ,Retrospective Studies ,business.industry ,Rectal Neoplasms ,Gastroenterology ,Retrospective cohort study ,Hepatology ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Female ,business ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
To analyze the results of abdominoperineal excisions (APE) for locally advanced rectal cancer at our institution before and after the adoption of extralevator abdominoperineal excision (ELAPE) with a special reference to long-term survival. A retrospective cohort study conducted in a tertiary referral center. All consecutive patients operated for locally advanced (TNM classification T3–4) rectal cancer with APE in 2004–2009 were compared to patients with similar tumors operated with ELAPE in 2009–2016. Forty-two ELAPE and 27 APE patients were included. Circumferential resection margin (CRM) was less than 1 mm (R1-resection) in 10 (24%) of ELAPE patients and 11 (41%) of APE patients (p = 0.1358). Intraoperative perforation (IOP) occurred in 4 (10%) patients and 6 (22%) patients in ELAPE and APE groups, respectively (p = 0.1336). There were 3 (7%) local recurrences (LRs) in ELAPE group and 5 (19%) in APE (p = 0.2473). There were no statistical differences in adverse events, overall survival, or disease-free survival between ELAPE and APE groups. We found a non-significant tendency to lower rates of IOP and positive CRM as well as lower rate of LR in the ELAPE group. Long-term survival and adverse events did not differ between the groups. ELAPE is beneficial for the surgeon in offering better vicinity to the perineal area and better work ergonomics. These technical aspects and the clinically very important tendency to lower rate of LR support the use of ELAPE technique in spite of the lack of survival benefit.
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- 2018
31. Recurrent respiratory tract infections or acute otitis media were not a risk factor for vocabulary development in children at 13 and 24 months of age
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Pirjo Korpilahti, Anne Kaljonen, Annette Nylund, Ville Peltola, Laura Toivonen, and Pirkko Rautakoski
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Male ,Vocabulary ,Recurrent respiratory tract infections ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Acute otitis media ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Language Development ,Cohort Studies ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,Health care ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Risk factor ,Socioeconomic status ,Respiratory Tract Infections ,ta515 ,media_common ,Respiratory tract infections ,business.industry ,Infant ,General Medicine ,ta3123 ,Vocabulary development ,ta3124 ,3. Good health ,Otitis Media ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,business - Abstract
Aim This study examined associations between recurrent respiratory tract infections (RTI) and acute otitis media (AOM) during the first one and two years of life and vocabulary size at 13 and 24 months of age. Methods We studied 646 children born between January 2008 and April 2010 and followed up from birth to two years of age with daily diary and study clinic visits during RTIs and AOM. The families were recruited from maternity health care clinics or delivery wards in south-west Finland. Parents completed the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory at 13 and 24 months, and the vocabularies of children with high rates of RTIs or AOM were compared to children without recurrent issues. Results Of the 646 children, 9.6% had recurrent RTIs and 9.9% had recurrent AOM from 0 to 24 months. Children with high rates of RTIs or AOM did not have smaller vocabularies than children without recurrent RTIs or AOM. Girls had larger vocabularies and higher parental socioeconomic status was associated with a larger expressive vocabulary at 24 months. Conclusion The child's gender and parental socioeconomic status played a more critical role in vocabulary development in the first two years than a high burden of RTIs or AOM.
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32. Respiratory Tract Infections and Voice Quality in 4-Year-old Children in the STEPS Study
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Laura Toivonen, Anne Kaljonen, Emma Kallvik, Ville Peltola, and Susanna Simberg
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Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Rhinovirus ,Voice Quality ,Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections ,medicine.disease_cause ,Hoarse voice quality ,Risk Assessment ,030507 speech-language pathology & audiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Speech and Hearing ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,medicine ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Respiratory system ,030223 otorhinolaryngology ,Respiratory Tract Infections ,Viral etiology ,Anamnesis ,Pregnancy ,Hoarseness ,Picornaviridae Infections ,Respiratory tract infections ,business.industry ,Age Factors ,LPN and LVN ,medicine.disease ,Prognosis ,ta3123 ,Pediatric voice ,Hospitalization ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Child, Preschool ,Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human ,Female ,0305 other medical science ,business - Abstract
Summary Objectives Health-related factors are part of the multifactorial background of dysphonia in children. Respiratory tract infections affect the same systems and structures that are used for voice production. The purpose of this study was to investigate if the number of respiratory tract infections or the viral etiology were significant predictors for a more hoarse voice quality. Methods The participants were 4-year-old children who participated in the multidisciplinary STEPS study (Steps to the Healthy Development and Well-being of Children) where they were followed up from pregnancy or birth to 4 years of age. Data were collected through questionnaires and a health diary filled in by the parents. Some of the children were followed up more intensively for respiratory tract infections during the first 2 years of life, and nasal swab samples were taken at the onset of respiratory symptoms. Our participants were 489 of these children who had participated in the follow-up for at least 1 year and for whom data on respiratory tract infections and data on voice quality were available. Results The number of hospitalizations due to respiratory tract infections was a significant predictor for a more hoarse voice quality. Neither the number of rhinovirus infections nor the number of respiratory syncytial virus infections was statistically significant predictors for a more hoarse voice quality. Conclusions Based on our results, we would suggest including questions on the presence of respiratory tract infections that have led to hospitalization in the pediatric voice anamnesis. Whether the viral etiology of respiratory tract infections is of importance or not requires further research.
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33. Mothers’ restrictive eating and food neophobia and fathers’ dietary quality are associated with breast-feeding duration and introduction of solid foods: the STEPS study
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Anne Kaljonen, Jenni Vaarno, Hanna Lagström, Minna Aromaa, and Harri Niinikoski
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Adult ,Male ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Psychological intervention ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Mothers ,Phobic disorder ,Fathers ,Food Preferences ,medicine ,Personality ,Humans ,Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena ,Finland ,ta515 ,media_common ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Parenting ,business.industry ,Neophobia ,Confounding ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Infant ,Feeding Behavior ,ta3142 ,medicine.disease ,Research Papers ,ta3123 ,Diet ,Health promotion ,Breast Feeding ,Phobic Disorders ,Female ,business ,Breast feeding ,Demography - Abstract
ObjectiveThe purpose of the present study was to examine the association between parental eating behaviours and dietary patterns and feeding practices of infants and young children.DesignData on infant-feeding practices were collected from each infant’s birth via parentally self-administered follow-up diaries. Three questionnaires, the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire, the Food Neophobia Scale and the Index of Diet Quality, were administered when the children were aged 4 and 13 months.SettingSouth-western Finland.SubjectsFamilies participating in the STEPS longitudinal cohort study (n1797).ResultsMean duration of exclusive breast-feeding was 2·4 months and total duration of breast-feeding averaged 8·1 months. The first solid food was introduced into children’s diets at the age of 3·9 months, on average. Mothers with highly restrictive eating were more likely to introduce solid foods sooner than mothers who ranked lower in these behaviours (3·8 monthsv.4·0 months,P=0·012). Neophobic mothers breast-fed exclusively (2·0v. 2·6 months,P=0·038) and in total (7·2v. 8·5 months,P=0·039) for shorter times than average mothers, even after adjusting for various demographic characteristics. Fathers’ diet quality was associated with total breast-feeding duration and with introduction of complementary foods in unadjusted analyses and with total breast-feeding duration also after adjusting for confounding factors.ConclusionsMothers’ and fathers’ eating patterns and practices are associated with the feeding practices of infants and young children. Health promotion interventions seeking to improve parents’ eating patterns might lead to more favourable feeding practices for infants and young children.
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- 2015
34. Food neophobia associates with lower dietary quality and higher BMI in Finnish adults
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Hanna Lagström, Anne Kaljonen, Tuuli Puolimatka, Mari Sandell, Antti Knaapila, Ulla Hoppu, and Jenni Vaarno
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Adult ,Male ,Longitudinal study ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Overweight ,White People ,Body Mass Index ,Food Preferences ,Young Adult ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Vegetables ,Food Quality ,medicine ,Humans ,Longitudinal Studies ,Health and development ,Finland ,ta415 ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,business.industry ,Neophobia ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,ta3142 ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Research Papers ,Diet ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Nutrition Assessment ,Diet quality ,Fruit ,Cohort ,Educational Status ,Female ,Analysis of variance ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Body mass index ,Follow-Up Studies ,Demography - Abstract
ObjectiveFood neophobia has been associated with decreased consumption of vegetables mainly among children. We hypothesized that food neophobia in adults is also associated with lower overall dietary quality and higher BMI.DesignData for the present cross-sectional analyses were derived from parents in a follow-up family study.SettingThe STEPS study, a longitudinal study of health and development of a cohort of children born in south-west Finland.SubjectsThe parents, 1178 women (age 19–45 years, mean 32·2 years) and 1013 men (age 18–57 years, mean 34·1 years), completed a questionnaire at home when their child was 13 months old. The questionnaire included the Food Neophobia Scale (FNS; range 10–70), the Index of Diet Quality (IDQ; range 0–16) and a measure of fruit and vegetable consumption. At that time the participants’ height and weight were also measured by a research nurse to calculate BMI.ResultsCompared with the food neophilics (FNS score 10–24), the food neophobics (FNS score 40–70) consumed fewer vegetables (women: 15 v. 10 portions/week; men: 13 v. 7 portions/week), scored lower on the IDQ (women: 9·7 v. 8·5; men: 8·8 v. 7·8) and had higher BMI (women: 24·2 v. 26·0 kg/m2; men: 26·5 v. 27·5 kg/m2) as tested by one-way ANOVA, with all P values ConclusionsFood neophobia may complicate adaptation to dietary recommendations and predispose to overweight.
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- 2014
35. Psychological ill-being experienced by first-time mothers and their partners in pregnancy after abortion: a cohort study
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Päivi Rautava, Juha Mäkinen, Susanna Holmlund, Hannele Räihä, Anne Kaljonen, and Niina Junttila
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Behavioral Symptoms ,Abortion ,Health Services Accessibility ,Cohort Studies ,Pregnancy ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Humans ,Medicine ,Psychiatry ,Reproductive History ,Finland ,Illness Behavior ,business.industry ,Sick Role ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Abortion, Induced ,medicine.disease ,Mental health ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Sexual Partners ,Social Perception ,Reproductive Medicine ,Psychological well-being ,Cohort ,Women's Health ,Female ,Reproductive Health Services ,business ,Cohort study - Abstract
The psychological effects of abortion have been much discussed lately, with recently published studies indicating that induced abortion (IA) may, contrary to the general consensus, be contributing to psychological symptoms post-abortion. Using a cohort of first-time mothers, we assessed the likelihood of them experiencing psychological ill-being at the midpoint of their pregnancy, depending on their IA history. We also examined the psychological symptoms of their partners, the hypothesis being that ill-being in IA-experienced mothers might reflect onto their partners. Altogether 680 future first-time mothers (9.8% of whom had an IA history) and their partners were selected. Most mothers attended their 16 check-ups at maternity health clinics (MHC), where the family's physical and emotional well-being were checked. Several internationally validated questionnaires, which gauged psychological ill-being, were filled in at the 20th week of pregnancy. There were no significant differences between the study and the control group in terms of psychological ill-being during the pregnancy. The contribution of prior IA to psychological ill-being during the next pregnancy seems to be minimal. The availability of IA procedures, intensive MHC services in Finland, as well as this society's neutral attitude towards IA, may be among the reasons why the results are so positive for mothers who have previously undergone one or more IAs.
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- 2014
36. National time trend changes in psychotropic medication of child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients across Finland
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Heikki Ellilä, Kim Kronström, Lauri Kuosmanen, Anne Kaljonen, and Andre Sourander
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Background information ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multivariate analysis ,business.industry ,Assessment scale ,Psychotropic medication ,ta3124 ,030227 psychiatry ,Pharmacological treatment ,Child and adolescent ,03 medical and health sciences ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Child and adolescent psychiatry ,Medicine ,Age distribution ,business ,Psychiatry ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Background There have been no comprehensive studies on trends in psychotropic medication use in child and adolescent inpatient settings. The aim of this nationwide study was to report changes in the psychotropic medication given to child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients across Finland and the factors associated with those changes. Methods We asked the psychiatrist responsible for each inpatient to complete a questionnaire that included questions about the pharmacological treatment and background information. The data were collected on all inpatients on one selected study day in 2000 and 2011. Changes in the use of regular psychotropic medication were studied by comparing the data on 504 patients in 2000 and 412 patients in 2011. Results The study showed that there had been a significant increase in the use of psychotropic medication from 2000 to 2011. According to the multivariate analysis, the increase in psychotropic medication was associated with the study year (in 2000 39%, in 2011 58%), but could not be explained by changes in diagnostic profiles, age distribution, suicidality, violence or the Children's Global Assessment Scale scores. The use of combined psychotropic medication increased from 9% in 2000 to 25% in 2011. The increase in the use of antipsychotics among child inpatients was particularly noteworthy, with an increase from 10% to 32%. Conclusions There is a need for evidence-based studies to clarify recommendations for indications and treatment practices when using psychotropic medication in children and adolescents. Cross-cultural studies of the use of psychotropic medication are warranted.
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- 2017
37. Association between infant swimming and rhinovirus-induced wheezing
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Ville Peltola, Laura Toivonen, Matti Waris, Linnea Schuez-Havupalo, Sinikka Karppinen, Anne Kaljonen, and Tuomas Jartti
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Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Rhinovirus ,ta3111 ,medicine.disease_cause ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,030225 pediatrics ,Wheeze ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Infant swimming ,Risk factor ,Respiratory Tract Infections ,Swimming ,Respiratory Sounds ,Picornaviridae Infections ,Respiratory tract infections ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,General Medicine ,Atopic dermatitis ,Odds ratio ,medicine.disease ,ta3123 ,3. Good health ,Bronchiolitis ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,human activities - Abstract
Aim Infant swimming has been considered as a risk factor for wheezing, but the role that respiratory viruses play is unclear. We explored the effects of infant swimming on the risk of all wheezing illnesses and wheezing associated with rhinoviruses. Methods We followed up a birth cohort of 1827 children until 17 months of age, collecting data on infant swimming, other risk factors and physician-diagnosed bronchiolitis or recurrent wheezing. Viral diagnostics were performed in a subset of children with all respiratory tract infections. Results Data on infant swimming were obtained for 1038 children, with viral follow-up for 635 children. At least one wheezing illness was documented in 45/469 (9.6%) swimming children versus 39/569 (6.9%) nonswimming children (p = 0.11), and rhinoviruses were associated with wheezing in 11/296 (3.7%) swimming children versus 4/339 (1.2%) nonswimming children (p = 0.04). In adjusted logistic regression analyses, swimming had an odds ratio of 1.71 (p = 0.05) for bronchiolitis and 3.57 (p = 0.06) for rhinovirus-associated wheezing. An association between infant swimming and rhinovirus-associated wheezing was detected for children with atopic eczema (p = 0.006). Conclusion There may be a link between infant swimming and rhinovirus-induced wheezing illnesses in atopic infants.
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- 2014
38. Cohort Profile: Steps to the Healthy Development and Well-being of Children (the STEPS Study)
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Pirjo Korpilahti, Anne Kaljonen, Hannele Räihä, Hanna Lagström, Olli Simell, Pekka Niemi, Päivi Pihlaja, Ville Peltola, Pirkko Rautakoski, Eva Österbacka, and Päivi Rautava
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Epidemiology ,Developmental Disabilities ,media_common.quotation_subject ,MEDLINE ,Cohort Studies ,Nursing ,Pregnancy ,Multidisciplinary approach ,medicine ,Humans ,Language Development Disorders ,ta516 ,Longitudinal Studies ,Obesity ,Child ,Respiratory Tract Infections ,Finland ,ta515 ,media_common ,business.industry ,Mental Disorders ,Infant ,ta3141 ,General Medicine ,Census ,medicine.disease ,ta3123 ,Asthma ,Child, Preschool ,Family medicine ,Cohort ,Well-being ,Female ,business ,Welfare ,Cohort study - Abstract
The STEPS Study aims to search for the precursors and causes of problems in child health and well-being by using a multidisciplinary approach. The cohort consists of all mothers (Finnish or Swedish speaking) who had live deliveries in the Hospital District of Southwest Finland from January 2008 to April 2010 and their children (n=9811 mothers, n=9936 children). Of these, 1797 mothers and their 1827 children were recruited to an intensive follow-up group during the first trimester of pregnancy or soon after delivery. Information about the whole study cohort is based on pregnancy follow-up data from maternity clinics, National Longitudinal Census Files and child welfare clinics. Data from multiple sources are used to obtain a picture of the overall well-being of the child and the family. After birth, study visits include several clinical examinations. Collaboration is encouraged, and access to the data will be available when the data set is complete.
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- 2013
39. A Comparison of Medical Birth Register Outcomes between Maternity Health Clinics and Integrated Maternity and Child Health Clinics in Southwest Finland
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Päivi Rautava, Juha Mäkinen, Pia Ahonen, Miia Tuominen, and Anne Kaljonen
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Health (social science) ,Sociology and Political Science ,Prenatal care ,Health outcomes ,Child health ,03 medical and health sciences ,Maternity care ,0302 clinical medicine ,Nursing ,Birth register ,Perinatal health ,medicine ,STEPS study ,030212 general & internal medicine ,comparative study ,lcsh:R5-920 ,Research and Theory ,business.industry ,maternal outcomes ,maternal health services, prenatal care, STEPS study, comparative study, maternal outcomes, perinatal outcomes ,030503 health policy & services ,Health Policy ,maternal health services ,University hospital ,ta3123 ,Family medicine ,perinatal outcomes ,Health clinic ,prenatal care ,0305 other medical science ,business ,lcsh:Medicine (General) - Abstract
Introduction: Primary maternity care services are globally provided according to various organisational models. Two models are common in Finland: a maternity health clinic and an integrated maternity and child health clinic. The aim of this study was to clarify whether there is a relation between the organisational model of the maternity health clinics and the utilisation of maternity care services, and certain maternal and perinatal health outcomes. Methods: A comparative, register-based cross-sectional design was used. The data of women (N = 2741) who had given birth in the Turku University Hospital area between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009 were collected from the Finnish Medical Birth Register. Comparisons were made between the women who were clients of the maternity health clinics and integrated maternity and child health clinics. Results: There were no clinically significant differences between the clients of maternity health clinics and integrated maternity and child health clinics regarding the utilisation of maternity care services or the explored health outcomes. Conclusions: The organisational model of the maternity health clinic does not impact the utilisation of maternity care services or maternal and perinatal health outcomes. Primary maternity care could be provided effectively when integrated with child health services.
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- 2016
40. Quality of Life of Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer Treated with Epirubicin and Docetaxel
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Eeva Salminen, Pekka Mali, Anne Kaljonen, and Jaana Korpela
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Oncology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Chemotherapy ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Phases of clinical research ,medicine.disease ,Metastatic breast cancer ,Hair loss ,Breast cancer ,Docetaxel ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,business ,Adverse effect ,medicine.drug ,Epirubicin - Abstract
This phase II study assessed the clinical response and short-term quality of life of patients receiving first-line chemotherapy with epirubicin-docetaxel combination for metastatic breast cancer. Thirty-one breast cancer patients were treated with epirubicin (75 mg/m2 for 15 minutes) followed one hour later by a one-hour infusion of docetaxel (75 mg/m2) q3w. EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-BR23 forms were filled in at baseline, and at the second and eighth cycle of chemotherapy. The combination of epirubicin and docetaxel provided a high degree of clinical benefit. Clinical response was observed in 17 patients (55%), including five (16%) complete responses and 12 (39%) partial responses. Of responding and stable patients 23 (74%) maintained the same status for at least six months (clinical benefit). The mean survival time was 40.8 months. During the treatment the emotional functioning improved and the concerns about the future were relieved. Some aspects of quality of life were impaired, with slightly decreased physical and cognitive functioning, distress related to body image and hair loss, and adverse effects of chemotherapy. Overall, the global quality of life was maintained.
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- 2011
41. A Large-Scale Evaluation of the KiVa Antibullying Program: Grades 4-6
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Anne Kaljonen, Christina Salmivalli, Todd D. Little, Elisa Poskiparta, Antti Kärnä, and Marinus Voeten
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Program evaluation ,education ,Behavior change ,Psychological intervention ,Poison control ,Human factors and ergonomics ,Victimisation ,Suicide prevention ,Education ,Intimidation ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
This study demonstrates the effectiveness of the KiVa antibullying program using a large sample of 8,237 youth from Grades 4-6 (10-12 years). Altogether, 78 schools were randomly assigned to intervention (39 schools, 4,207 students) and control conditions (39 schools, 4,030 students). Multilevel regression analyses revealed that after 9 months of implementation, the intervention had consistent beneficial effects on 7 of the 11 dependent variables, including self- and peer-reported victimization and self-reported bullying. The results indicate that the KiVa program is effective in reducing school bullying and victimization in Grades 4-6. Despite some evidence against school-based interventions, the results suggest that well-conceived school-based programs can reduce victimization.
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- 2011
42. Construction and evaluation of a self-contained index for assessment of diet quality
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Kirsi Laitinen, Hanna Lagström, Anne Kaljonen, and Johanna Leppälä
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Adult ,Male ,Index (economics) ,Diet therapy ,Food consumption ,Health Promotion ,Test validity ,Diet Surveys ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Nutrition Policy ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Humans ,Medicine ,Finland ,Aged ,business.industry ,Dietary intake ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Ascorbic acid ,Diet ,Diet quality ,Female ,Guideline Adherence ,Self Report ,Energy Intake ,business ,Dietary Services ,Demography - Abstract
Aims: To construct and validate a self-contained index for the evaluation of a health-promoting diet in adults. Methods: Participants (n = 103) were healthy volunteer adults aged 20 to 64 years. A food consumption questionnaire containing 55 questions was formulated and evaluated against seven-day food records. Key questions best reflecting the health-promoting diet, defined in nutrition recommendations, were identified by correlation and ROC analyses in comparison to calculated food and nutrient intakes from the food records. A shorter questionnaire was scored to compile an Index of Diet Quality (IDQ). Results: Based on ROC analyses 18 questions were sufficient to describe the health-promoting diet and comprised the index. IDQ had a sensitivity of 67% and a specificity of 71%. The IDQ score reflected dietary intake, shown as statistically significant correlations between higher IDQ scores and higher intakes of protein (r = 0.35), fibre (r = 0.42), calcium (r = 0.39), iron (r = 0.31), vitamin C (r = 0.31) and a higher ratio of unsaturated to saturated fatty acids (r = 0.23) and a lower intake of saturated fatty acids (r =—0.22) and saccharose (r =—0.25). Conclusions: IDQ reflects dietary intake of key foods and nutrients associated with health and depicts adherence to dietary recommendations. It is applicable in nutritional studies where diet in its entirety is of interest and also in large-scale studies, being fast in execution with analysis free of complex calculations.
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- 2010
43. The Creation and Evaluation of an Ambulatory Orthopedic Surgical Patient Education Web Site to Support Empowerment
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Helena Leino-Kilpi, Katja Heikkinen, Sanna Salanterä, Miika Jääskeläinen, Reima Suomi, and Anne Kaljonen
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Nursing (miscellaneous) ,Adolescent ,media_common.quotation_subject ,education ,Health Informatics ,Patient Education as Topic ,Preoperative Care ,Ambulatory Care ,medicine ,Humans ,Empowerment ,Finland ,Aged ,Web site ,media_common ,Information Services ,Internet ,business.industry ,Usability ,Middle Aged ,Orthopedics ,Patient Satisfaction ,Orthopedic surgery ,Ambulatory ,Physical therapy ,Female ,business ,Program Evaluation ,Surgical patients - Abstract
The use and evaluation of Web sites in ambulatory surgery patients' education are rare; hence, innovative approaches to educate these patients should be adopted and evaluated. The aim of this study was to describe the creation of and evaluate the utility and usability of an ambulatory orthopedic surgical patient education Web site. A descriptive study design was used. The evaluators were 72 ambulatory orthopedic surgery patients receiving education through a Web site. The data were collected after education preoperatively and 2 weeks postoperatively. Two instruments were used: "Patients' Evaluation of Education" and "Diary of the Use of the Website." Web site evaluators' scores for utility of the Web site ranged from 57.56 to 87.87 of 100. Utility of the Web site evaluations was significantly higher (P < .05) 2 weeks postoperatively than immediately after the operation. Web site evaluators' scores for usability of the Web site ranged from 85.69 to 88.32. The use of this program as educational material for orthopedic surgery patients was supported by the patients' opinions of the usability and utility of the Web site.
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- 2010
44. Association of allergic diseases with children’s life satisfaction: population-based study in Finland
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Leena Haanpää, Merja Nermes, Piia af Ursin, Anne Kaljonen, and Erika Isolauri
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Male ,Allergy ,Population ,Eczema ,physical activity ,Allergic condition ,Dermatology ,Disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Hypersensitivity ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,education ,life satisfaction ,Finland ,Asthma ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Research ,Life satisfaction ,General Medicine ,asthma ,allergy ,medicine.disease ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,030228 respiratory system ,Patient Satisfaction ,Cohort ,Quality of Life ,Female ,business ,Psychosocial ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
ObjectiveTo assess the impact of allergic diseases on the subjective well-being and life satisfaction of primary-school children.DesignPopulation-based cohort.SettingFinnish sample of children ages 10 and 12 from the International Survey of Children’s Well-Being.ParticipantsNationally representative sample of 1947 school children.Main outcome measureTwo different instruments to assess the child’s own perception of well-being, the short version of the Student Life Satisfaction Scale (SLSS) and the Brief Multidimensional Student Life Satisfaction Scale (BMSLSS).ResultsAltogether, 51.4% of children reported having at least one allergic condition (10.1% asthma, 23.8% eczema and 40.3% seasonal allergic rhinitis). A statistically significant distinction in life satisfaction emerged between non-allergic and allergic children (inferior in the latter). In particular, children with eczema were more likely to report a reduction in life satisfaction compared with non-allergic children (SLSS β=−128.220; BMSLSS β=−90.694; pConclusionsActive allergic disease reduces the child’s own perception of well-being. During clinical visits, more attention should be paid to the child’s psychosocial status and impairments, which may differ substantially from those of parents or medical authorities.
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- 2018
45. Preference for information and behavioral control among adult ambulatory surgical patients
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Katja Heikkinen, Sanna Salanterä, Heli Virtanen, Ari Hiltunen, Anne Kaljonen, Helena Leino-Kilpi, and Kirsi Johansson
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Male ,Behavior ,business.industry ,Control (management) ,Preference ,Access to Information ,Empirical research ,Ambulatory Surgical Procedures ,Patient Satisfaction ,Ambulatory ,Humans ,Medicine ,Female ,business ,Finland ,General Nursing ,Clinical psychology ,Surgical patients - Abstract
This empirical study aimed to describe the ambulatory surgical patients' information and control preferences with reference to received knowledge. The results indicate that patients' information preferences and behavioral preferences are not very high, and they seem to receive most knowledge in the biophysiological domain. The most important finding is that patients with higher preferences seem to receive less knowledge than those with lower preferences. The results suggest the need to further study nurses in the ambulatory surgery setting and the extent to which the information expectations of patients are met.
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- 2009
46. Ambulatory orthopaedic surgery patients’ knowledge expectations and perceptions of received knowledge
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Sanna Salanterä, Kirsi Johansson, Sirkku Rankinen, Anne Kaljonen, Katja Heikkinen, Heli Virtanen, Helena Leino-Kilpi, and Ari Hiltunen
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Population ageing ,business.industry ,Professional development ,MEDLINE ,Ambulatory Surgical Procedure ,Patient satisfaction ,Nursing ,Family medicine ,Ambulatory ,Medicine ,Pre-tertiary education ,business ,General Nursing ,Patient education - Abstract
Title. Ambulatory orthopaedic surgery patients’ knowledge expectations and perceptions of received knowledge Aim. This paper is a report of a study to compare orthopaedic ambulatory surgery patients’ knowledge expectations before admission and their perceptions of received knowledge 2 weeks after discharge. Background. Advances in technology and population ageing are driving up the number of ambulatory orthopaedic surgical procedures. Shorter hospital stays present a major challenge for patient education. Methods. A descriptive comparative cross-sectional study (pre- and post-test) design was adopted. The data were collected from 120 consecutive patients in 2004, using the Hospital Patient’s Knowledge Expectations Scale and Hospital Patient’s Received Knowledge Scale. All patients participated in a preoperative education session given by a nurse. Results. Patients expected more knowledge than they actually perceived that they received on all dimensions except the bio-physiological. They perceived that they received least knowledge about experiential, ethical, social and financial dimensions of knowledge. Knowledge expectations correlated with age and professional education. Perceptions of received knowledge correlated with earlier ambulatory surgery, and both expected knowledge and perceptions of received knowledge were related to the level of basic education. Conclusion. Patients’ knowledge expectations are greater than the knowledge they perceived that they receive, and they cannot become empowered if they lack important knowledge. Further research is needed to learn about meeting patients’ knowledge expectations.
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- 2007
47. Identification of biological and environmental risk factors for language delay: The Let's Talk STEPS study
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Eira Jansson-Verkasalo, Pirjo Korpilahti, and Anne Kaljonen
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Male ,Parents ,Vocabulary ,Language delay ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Population ,Special education ,Developmental psychology ,Cohort Studies ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,030225 pediatrics ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Humans ,Speech ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Language Development Disorders ,Parent-Child Relations ,education ,Child ,Finland ,media_common ,education.field_of_study ,05 social sciences ,Language acquisition ,Comprehension ,Language development ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Female ,Psychology ,Child Language ,050104 developmental & child psychology ,Social status - Abstract
The aim of this population-based study was to identify demographic factors for language delays at an early age. The risk analysis covered 11 biological and 8 environmental factors. The mothers' concerns regarding language development were also examined. A total of 226 children from a Finnish cohort study were invited to participate in language assessments at 36 months. The test results for word finding and language comprehension were compared with parental questionnaires about children's vocabulary at 13 and 24 months. Regression analysis revealed that the father's social class (t=-2.79, p=0.006) and working full time (t=-2.86, p=0.005) significantly predicted children's language delay. In addition, language comprehension was significantly predicted by the mother's social class (t=-2.06, p=0.041) and by gender, with an advantage to girls (t=-2.71, p=0.008). Vocabulary at 24 months was a powerful predictor for lexical development (t=4.58, p
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- 2015
48. Cognitive functioning and expressed emotion among patients with first-episode severe psychiatric disorders
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Päivi Jalo, Tero Taiminen, Anne Kaljonen, Jyrki Heikkilä, Elina Wallenius, Kirsi-Marja Leinonen, Markus Heinimaa, Hannu Lauerma, Hasse Karlsson, Raimo K. R. Salokangas, Tuula Ilonen, and Salla Koponen
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,lcsh:RC435-571 ,Cognition ,lcsh:Psychiatry ,medicine ,Humans ,Expressed emotion ,Psychiatry ,Intelligence Tests ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,First episode ,Intelligence quotient ,Mood Disorders ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Cognitive test ,Expressed Emotion ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Mood disorders ,Schizophrenia ,Regression Analysis ,Female ,Schizophrenic Psychology ,Psychology ,Psychopathology - Abstract
Expressed emotion (EE) in families is able to predict the clinical outcome of patients with schizophrenia and mood disorders. However, the origins of EE and its interactions with the patient's clinical characteristics are not clear. In this respect, cognitive functioning of schizophrenic and mood-disorder patients has yielded contradictory results. In this cross-sectional study, we examined a sample of 42 consecutive first-episode patients with schizophrenia-related psychoses and severe mood disorders. Forty-two relatives were interviewed with the Five-Minute Speech Sample method. The relationships between EE and 3 clusters of patient-related variables (sociodemography, performance in cognitive tests, and psychopathology) were analyzed with stepwise regression analysis. With the exception of premorbid adjustment in childhood, only the cognitive variables were significantly associated with EE after controlling for the effect of the other variables. High EE was significantly associated with good performance in cognitive tests. Our results favor the attribution hypothesis of EE instead of the hypothesis that patient psychopathology would explain EE. Good cognitive functioning may lead to higher EE scores because of the higher expectations by the relatives.
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- 2006
49. Patient Education and Health-related Quality of Life
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Kirsi Johansson, Katja Heikkinen, Anne Kaljonen, Sanna Salanterä, Helena Leino-Kilpi, and Heli Virtanen
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Adult ,Male ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Health Status ,media_common.quotation_subject ,MEDLINE ,Nurse's Role ,Hospitals, University ,Nursing care ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,Patient Education as Topic ,Perioperative Nursing ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Outcome Assessment, Health Care ,Health care ,Humans ,Medicine ,Quality (business) ,Hospital patients ,Finland ,Internal-External Control ,General Nursing ,Aged ,media_common ,Aged, 80 and over ,Inpatients ,Point (typography) ,business.industry ,Middle Aged ,Self Care ,Nursing Evaluation Research ,Surgical Procedures, Operative ,Family medicine ,Quality of Life ,Female ,Power, Psychological ,business ,Patient education - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the connections between patient education and health-related quality of life as an outcome variable. Data were collected among surgical hospital patients (n = 237) in Finland. On the basis of the results, there seems to be a positive relationship between received knowledge and health-related quality of life, and as such, the study produced knowledge about one quality indicator in nursing care. More research is needed to explore this connection in greater details.
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- 2005
50. Mammographic screening reduces risk of breast carcinoma recurrence
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Lea Kauhava, Anne Kaljonen, Kaija Holli, Osmo Räsänen, Immonen-Räihä P, Pekka J. Klemi, Ilmo Parvinen, Hans Helenius, Liisa Pylkkänen, and Pauliina Kronqvist
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Gynecology ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Univariate analysis ,education.field_of_study ,Multivariate analysis ,business.industry ,Hazard ratio ,Population ,Cancer ,medicine.disease ,Confidence interval ,Oncology ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,Risk factor ,Breast carcinoma ,business ,education - Abstract
BACKGROUND The current report is a long-term evaluation of breast carcinoma recurrence, factors predicting recurrence, and postrecurrence prognosis in relation to patients' use of service screening, which has been provided in Turku, Finland, since 1987 for women ages 40–74 years. METHODS The current study included 527 invasive breast carcinomas: 418 in the screening group (which included screen-detected and interval malignancies) and 109 in the nonscreening group (which included breast carcinomas detected before initial screening and those detected in patients who chose not to undergo screening). These breast carcinomas were diagnosed among women ages 40–74 years between 1987 and 1993, with follow-up extending until the end of 2001. RESULTS In the screening group, the risk of recurrence was only approximately half of the corresponding risk in the nonscreening group (hazard ratio [HR], 0.57; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.39–0.83; P = 0.003). Five years after the primary diagnosis, 16% of patients in the screening group and 28% of patients in the nonscreening group (P = 0.001) had experienced recurrence; 10 years after diagnosis, the corresponding rates were 21% and 34%, respectively (P = 0.001). Postrecurrence prognosis was comparable for both detection groups (HR, 1.17; 95% CI, 0.70–1.94; P = 0.551), with approximately half of all patients dying of disease 5 years after recurrence. Detection of breast carcinoma via a method other than mammographic screening was associated with a high risk of recurrence on univariate analysis. On Cox multivariate analysis, risk factors for recurrence included lobular histologic type (HR, 2.23; 95% CI, 1.44–3.48; P < 0.001), poor histologic grade (HR, 2.02; 95% CI, 1.20–3.39; P = 0.008), and large tumor size (HR, 1.60; 95% CI, 1.07–2.37; P = 0.021). CONCLUSIONS Long-term data from a population-based program demonstrated that mammographic screening reduced patients' risk of breast carcinoma recurrence. Specifically, the risk for patients with screen-detected disease was only approximately half of the risk for patients with non-screen-detected disease. Nonetheless, postrecurrence prognosis was comparable for patients in both detection groups. Cancer 2005. © 2004 American Cancer Society.
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- 2004
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