Symptom Based Classification of Environmentally Ill Patients: an Exploratory Study
The purpose of the present study was to discern a symptom pattern for environmentally ill patients and provide evidence of the uniqueness of the resultant pattern to this population. Patients' environmental exposure was confirmed by the presence of toxins in the blood serum. All patients were a...
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ndltd-unt.edu-info-ark-67531-metadc5004032017-10-19T05:20:56Z Symptom Based Classification of Environmentally Ill Patients: an Exploratory Study Flanagan, William Joseph, 1963- environmentally ill patients symptom patterns Environmentally induced diseases -- Patients. Symptoms. The purpose of the present study was to discern a symptom pattern for environmentally ill patients and provide evidence of the uniqueness of the resultant pattern to this population. Patients' environmental exposure was confirmed by the presence of toxins in the blood serum. All patients were administered psychological and physical symptom checklists, the Clinical Analysis Questionnaire, and a standardized intermediate neuropsychological examination. Results indicate a response pattern of symptoms including fatigue, low energy, weakness, poor concentration, poor memory, poor comprehension, headaches, aches and pains, clumsiness, sinus discomfort, mucus, eye problems, restlessness, and present performance inferior to prior level of functioning. Presence of these symptoms, as well as the uniqueness of this symptom pattern was supported by comparisons of the patient and standardization groups on the two standardized tests. University of North Texas Butler, Joel R. Harrell, Ernest H. Haynes, Jack Read 1990-12 Thesis or Dissertation iv, 46 leaves: ill. Text local-cont-no: 1002779027-Flanagen call-no: 379 N81 no. 6675 untcat: b1471824 oclc: 24897203 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500403/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc500403 English United States - Texas - Dallas County - Dallas United States - Texas - Tarrant County - Hurst Public Flanagan, William Joseph, 1963- Copyright Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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The purpose of the present study was to discern a symptom pattern for environmentally ill patients and provide evidence of the uniqueness of the resultant pattern to this population. Patients' environmental exposure was confirmed by the presence of toxins in the blood serum. All patients were administered psychological and physical symptom checklists, the Clinical Analysis Questionnaire, and a standardized intermediate neuropsychological examination. Results indicate a response pattern of symptoms including fatigue, low energy, weakness, poor concentration, poor memory, poor comprehension, headaches, aches and pains, clumsiness, sinus discomfort, mucus, eye problems, restlessness, and present performance inferior to prior level of functioning. Presence of these symptoms, as well as the uniqueness of this symptom pattern was supported by comparisons of the patient and standardization groups on the two standardized tests. |
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Symptom Based Classification of Environmentally Ill Patients: an Exploratory Study |
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Symptom Based Classification of Environmentally Ill Patients: an Exploratory Study |
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Symptom Based Classification of Environmentally Ill Patients: an Exploratory Study |
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Symptom Based Classification of Environmentally Ill Patients: an Exploratory Study |
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Symptom Based Classification of Environmentally Ill Patients: an Exploratory Study |
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symptom based classification of environmentally ill patients: an exploratory study |
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University of North Texas |
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