The study aims to assess the impact of over weight on quality of life in preparatory school children. A survey study was conducted in El-Nahda and Eaasmat Afefy Preparatory schools in Assiut City during academic year2005\2006. The systematic random sample was used for this study on every fourth class. The total sample was 440 students girls. Every class contains about 55 girls. Three tools were designed specifically to collect data; first tool: Questionnaire sheet to assess demographic data; second tool: to assess weight and height of students and BMI and third tools : Quality Of Life (QOL) questionnaire sheet. The original scale was constructed by Lehman (1986) to assess (QOL) of students. Study showed that mean age of studied students was 13 years mean weight was 51.6 Kg, and mean height was 154 cm. The majority of students were normal weight 72.3% but 16.8% of students were at risk for overweight, only 3.6% of them were overweight and 2.5%obese, 4.8% of sample were under weight. Statistically significant differences were observed between the three categories of overweight in levels of QOL; while the majority of students had low Quality Of Life (83.8%) compared to only 16.2% moderate level (QOL) and no high (QOL) in the three categories. The school is an ideal setting for promotion of new health behaviors school health nurse and specialists in pediatric nursing should work in collaboration with teachers and other educator in the community to achieve positive outcome related to childhood overweight and obese.
Background: Dysmenorrhea is the leading cause of gynecological morbidity in women of reproductive age and it was found to have significant effect on day-today activities. Present study aimed to assess prevalence of dysmenorrea and its effect on Student's Quality of Life at Faculty of Nursing Beni-Sueff University. Subjects and Methods: This study was exploratory descriptive, A convenient sample was selected from 516female students at faculty of Nursing Beni-suef University Data collection tools:1) Socio-demographic Questionnaire 2) verbal multidimensional scoring system 3) Pediatric quality of life Generic Core Scales. The results of the study revealed that the majority of the studied students suffered from dysmenorrheal in different grads, most of them experienced grade 1, more than one third experienced grade 2 and eighty percent of them experienced grade 3. Forty had moderate level of quality of life in physical health while more than one third experienced low level in psychological health, less than half experienced low level in social health and more than half experienced low level in academic performance and there was highly statistical significant correlation between dysmenorrheal and quality of life. The study concluded that the majority of the studied students suffered from dysmenorrheal & it had negative effect on quality of life, leading to absenteeism, reduced physical activity, loss of concentration, and poor social relationship. So study recommended to conduct better quality population-based longitudinal studies on the natural history of dysmenorrhea and on the effect of its risk factors across the reproductive life course.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder with the age of onset under 3 years old. It is characterized by definite impairments in social interactions, speech abnormalities, and stereotyped patterns of behaviors. Although the exact pathology and etiology of ASD are not fully elucidated, exposure to environmental toxins, micronutrients deficiency, dysbiosis and mutation in genes of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway are emerging as risk factors for ASD. Maternal exposure to heavy metals, air pollutants, and pesticides markedly increases the risk of ASD. Many clinical and experimental trials documented that gastrointestinal symptoms and disturbances of the gut microbiota usually accompanied cerebral disorders in autistic patients. Furthermore, studies showed that gene mutations causing hyperactivation of mTOR significantly lead to autistic symptoms. Pharmacological and nutritional interventions revealed a significant improvement in autistic individuals. The use of dietary supplements and the elimination diets exhibit minor or no adverse effects as compared to conventional drugs. In this review article, we tried to summarize some of the etiological factors that predispose to autism. We discussed the possible mechanisms that potentiate autistic symptoms by such factors. Also, we focused on the role of interventions either by various dietary supplements or by elimination diets in the management of autism.
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