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A R Omran

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PubMed1990

Health systems research: approaches and pitfalls.

In recent decades there has been growing interest in health systems research, reflecting the increased complexity of services, the evolution of alternative options, mounting budgetary pressures, and rising scepticism about public programmes. The methodological and operational challenges encountered in this field are reviewed below.

Health Services Needs and Demand↗
PubMed1986

Systematic analysis of research on religious variables in four major psychiatric journals, 1978-1982.

The authors conducted a systematic analysis of quantitative research on religious variables found in four psychiatric journals between 1978 and 1982. Of the 2,348 psychiatric articles reviewed, 59 included a quantified religious variable. In this research, the religious variable chosen was most often a single static measure of religion rather than multiple dynamic measures. In addition, other available religious research was seldom cited. Comparison with systematic analyses of religious research in psychology and sociology suggests that psychiatric research lacks conceptual and methodological sophistication. The data suggest that the academic knowledge and skills needed to evaluate religion have not been absorbed into the psychiatric domain.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1978

Follow-up study of patients treated by X-ray epilation for tinea capitis: psychiatric and psychometric evaluation.

To investigate the late effects of radiation to the head upon subclinical mental disorders, a psychiatric and psychometric evaluation was performed on 177 cases treated 10-29 years earlier for ringworm of the scalp by X-ray therapy (N :109) or, by chemotherapy (N :68). Analyses which controlled for educational level and family psychiatric disorders showed that, among whites, the irradiated group manifested more psychiatric symptoms and more deviant MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) scores. They were also judged more maladjusted from their MMPI profiles, and more frequently had a history of treated psychiatric disorders; however, the psychiatrist's overall rating of current psychiatric status showed only a borderline differnece between the two groups. There were no significant differences between irradiated and chemotherapy treated blacks.

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