This information is highly relevant from a health services perspective because many children and youth referred to weight management clinics present with SO and because most clinical programs use the severity of obesity and/or presence of obesity-related co-morbidities as referral criteria [ 11].
We will conduct additional exploratory regression analyses to determine whether baseline variables predict the frequency and quantity of cocaine use, the severity of cocaine dependence (SDS), reduced psychiatric symptoms (MHI-5), social support (SSQ-6) at follow-up and treatment retention.
There was insufficient information regarding the duration of metformin use, the severity of diabetes (e.g., HbA1c levels), duration of diabetes, or use of other antidiabetic drugs to enable us to investigate these effects in our study, particularly because these findings were based on a small sample.
The available pre-clinical data are equivocal: deleterious and beneficial effects as well as no therapeutic efficacy at all were reported, depending on the species used, the severity of shock, and the concomitant use of therapeutic hypothermia [19 25].
One section of the survey used the "Severity of Dependence Scale," or SDS, a popular tool that asks respondents five questions regarding impaired control over drug use and anxieties related to consumption and quitting.
The BI method consisted of GPs first evaluating their MOH patients using the Severity of Dependence Scale.
Some of these differences may be attributable to the parasite species and host systems used, the severity of the resulting infection, and the timepoints examined.
The baseline measures include demographic information (e.g., age, sex, marital status), drug use history (age of first use of ATS), and severity of dependence assessed using the Severity of Dependence Scale [ 37].
There is a large variety in the number of treated fractures (15 265 fractures), amount of open fractures, the type of classification used, the severity of the fractures, the average duration of follow-up (12 68 months), and the outcome scoring applied.
Secondary outcome measures will include the number of days per week on which cannabis is used, the severity of cannabis use disorder, the severity of cannabis dependence, cannabis withdrawal symptoms, cannabis craving, the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other non-cannabis illicit drugs, changes in mental health symptoms, and treatment retention.
That includes all the various stimulus tools that might be used, given the severity of the crisis".
