Basketball injuries in a rural area.

This study was conducted to determine the frequency and nature of basketball injuries occurring in a rural setting. More than 6000 patients with sports-related injuries presented to a rural emergency department between June 1, 1988 and June 1, 1994. Of these patients, 1189 (19% of the total) were injured playing basketball.

Case-control study of agricultural injuries to women in central Wisconsin.

A small number of women are the owner/operators of farms and women often participate in the work of production agriculture. Estimates of the percentage of females involved in agricultural injuries range from 11-45% and it is not clear if the risk factors associated with injuries to women are different from those for men. In a two year case-control study of injuries to farm residents, there were 40 injuries involving adult women.

A population based case-control study of agricultural injuries in children.

Objectives: To identify preventable risk factors related to agricultural injuries occurring to children on family farms.

Setting: A geographically defined central region of Wisconsin, USA with nearly 1800 family dairy farms.

Methods: A two year, population based incidence study of occupational injuries among farm residents was conducted.

Utilization patterns of community mental health services by newly referred patients.

The present study compared the pattern of service utilization over a 1-year period, of 349 newly referred adult patients to the four community mental health clinics in Jerusalem. Treatment in these clinics is provided free of charge and there are no limits on length of treatment. Irrespective of patient diagnosis and clinic setting, the percentage of patients remaining in contact with the clinics declined sharply during the first 3 months, and after 6 months stabilized to around 25-40%.

Long-term utilization of community mental health outpatient services in Jerusalem.

A survey of the long-term users of community mental health clinics in Jerusalem was conducted in 1986. The study population included all patients in regular contact for at least one year (789 patients). Data on clinical diagnosis, type of treatment and selected sociodemographic variables were extracted from the patient's file at the clinic.

Classification system for the chronic mentally ill outpatient.

A system for identification and classification of the chronic mentally ill in the outpatient mental health sector is proposed, integrating three criteria: duration of illness, functional disability, and psychiatric diagnosis. Previous psychiatric hospitalization of a patient is used to determine their level of severity within the system. An example of the operationalism of these criteria is provided, along with validation of the system by using treatment and sociodemographic variables and indicators of the patient's level of functioning.

Prescribing patterns of neuroactive drugs in 98 schizophrenic patients.

Ninety-eight schizophrenic outpatients receiving pharmacotherapy were surveyed on two census days, 18 months apart. From this study sample it was found that, as recently as 1987, 18% of the patients were prescribed three classes of neuroactive drugs--16% two antipsychotic drugs simultaneously. Of antipsychotics receivers, 44% were prescribed anticholinergics, 3% antidepressants, and 4% benzodiazepines.