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IntroductionThe first wave of the asthma treatment ventolin put a large burden on many healthcare cheap ventolin online canada systems. Fears arose that demand for resources would exceed supply, necessitating triage in critical care, for example, when allocating intensive care unit (ICU) beds. The role of age in resource allocation was an especially cheap ventolin online canada salient issue given the proclivity of asthma to cause excess mortality in older groups. Several asthma treatment triage guidelines included age as an explicit factor,1–4 and practices of both triage and ‘anticipatory triage’ likely limited access to hospital care for elderly patients, especially those in care homes.5–8 This raised ethical and societal questions about the role of age in triage decision making.9–11In medical ethics literature, different principles for resource allocation exist.

Following a scoping review, we identified four that have explicit implications for the use of age as a deciding factor in triage:(1) the ‘fair innings’ principle, (2) the ‘life projects’ principle, (3) the ‘egalitarian principle’ and (4) the ‘maximise life years’ principle. (1) The ‘fair innings’ principle prioritises younger over cheap ventolin online canada older people so that younger people also get the chance to reach later life stages.12 (2) The ‘life projects’ principle prioritises young to middle-aged people so that everyone gets the chance to complete their life projects (eg, raising children and making a career).13 (3) The egalitarian principle calls for equal treatment of all and does not permit discrimination on the basis of age, meaning we must take a ‘lottery’ or ‘first come, first served’ approach.14 15 (4) Finally, the ‘maximise life years’ principle, a utilitarian approach, permits indirect discrimination on the basis of age insofar as this maximises the amount of life years saved.16These principles have conflicting implications. Our study aimed to explore general public views on the role of age in triage decision making during the asthma treatment ventolin. Specifically, we wanted to understand attitudes to the aforementioned four allocation principles, as well as on related factors such as quality of life and frailty.

We also sought to understand, and elicit, participants’ considered recommendations on triage, with a view to developing ethical guidelines that are sensitive to public thinking.MethodsWe held deliberative workshops with members of the general public following the general method of deliberative democracy,17–19 in collaboration with UK market cheap ventolin online canada research company Ipsos MORI, which has expertise in deliberative workshops. We requested them to recruit 25 participants from South East London, so as to inform clinical ethics forums in hospitals associated with King’s College London. Participants were guided through a deliberative process so they could arrive at an informed and considered opinion on topics that may have been new or unfamiliar to them. Four workshops, each lasting 2 hours, took place during 3 weeks across August and September 2020, in a particular social window between the first and second wave of asthma treatment cheap ventolin online canada.

This was an opportunity for participants to discuss the complex ethical questions on triage in a context in which its importance was pertinent. Three participants dropped out before the first session for personal reasons. Nineteen participants took part in all four cheap ventolin online canada sessions. The three remaining participants each took part in three out of four sessions.Deliberative democracy offers medical ethics a promising way to consult public preferences while ensuring these are adequately informed and considered.

The sessions met the three standards for deliberation set out by Blacksher et al.20 First, sessions included informative presentations to provide ‘balanced, factual information that improves participant’s knowledge of the issue’. Second, we ensured ‘the inclusion of diverse cheap ventolin online canada perspectives’ through strategic sampling. Participants reflected the demographics of the demographically diverse boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark (see table 1 for sample characteristics). We made particular effort to include participants over 60 years.

Third, participants were given ‘the opportunity to reflect on and discuss freely a wide spectrum of viewpoints cheap ventolin online canada and to challenge and test competing moral claims’. The sessions included plenary discussions and discussions in smaller breakout groups, which were facilitated by experienced qualitative research staff from Ipsos MORI. Facilitation was non-directive and neutral with respect to content but active in promotion of an engaged, inclusive process among participants.View this table:Table 1 Participant demographicsThe research team (GO, MNIK, ARK) observed sessions and held discussion with the facilitators between workshops. The sessions were transcribed by professional note takers, cheap ventolin online canada and transcriptions were thematically analysed in two stages.

First, general themes were identified in the raw data by Ipsos MORI and the research team and summarised in the report. In a second step, the research team analysed the raw data again with particular focus on the ethical reasoning underlying discussions.Ahead of the study, we worked with Ipsos MORI to develop a detailed but accessible discussion guide for the workshops and survey questions to be answered by participants after each session. We also developed cheap ventolin online canada information materials to present to participants. A presentation on how resource allocation and treatment escalation works in England’s National Health Service, an overview of relevant data on how asthma treatment affects the elderly, video presentations spelling out the four allocation principles, materials explaining the concepts of frailty and quality of life and case vignettes showing how triage dilemmas may arise.

These materials and further details of the methods are reported elsewhere.21During session 1, the information materials were presented to participants, and initial reactions to the four principles were briefly explored in breakout groups. During session 2, case study cheap ventolin online canada examples were discussed in breakout groups to examine the practical implications of the respective principles. During session 3, participants were introduced to the notions of frailty and quality of life and explored these in breakout groups through one further hypothetical triage dilemma. Participants also deliberated further on the four principles and were asked to spell out their concerns about them.

During session 4, participants were asked to formulate final recommendations and caveats in breakout cheap ventolin online canada groups. They also discussed how recommendations should be implemented and communicated to the public.Given ventolin safety measures, the workshops were conducted online on Zoom. This was a relatively novel approach to deliberative democracy. Benefits of this approach were that participants felt more comfortable expressing opinions about sensitive subjects, carers or family members could more easily support older or vulnerable participants to contribute to the deliberations, and there was more time between sessions for reflection cheap ventolin online canada than with face-to-face sessions, which usually take place within 1 day.

Downsides were that some participants experienced minor technical difficulties.All participants gave informed consent before taking part.Findings‘Fair innings’ and ‘life projects’ principlesThe ‘fair innings’ and ‘life projects’ principle were strongly rejected from the outset and throughout the deliberative process. Participants found the ‘fair innings’ principle arbitrary and unnuanced, as well as unfair. They felt that age alone does not provide sufficient information about someone’s medical condition and that the lives cheap ventolin online canada of older people are important too. €˜We should get all equal treatment, young or old, we’re all the same’.

Some participants also mentioned the contributions of the elderly to society, stating that ‘older people have just as much to give to society as younger people do’. The ‘life projects’ principle was equally firmly rejected, on the basis that it was cheap ventolin online canada normalising, favouring existing societal norms that not everyone meets. €˜It’s very discriminatory and not right. There are late developers.

There are people who bloom later or cheap ventolin online canada earlier in life’. It was also emphasised that retirement was a time in which, after a life of work, people are finally free to start and pursue their life projects. €˜When you get older, that’s when you want to start projects. […] There are a lot of people almost having cheap ventolin online canada second lives doing all the things they couldn’t do previously’.

Dismissing this period, therefore, seemed counterintuitive.Egalitarian principleThe egalitarian principle was accepted, though a number of concerns about it were raised throughout the study. Initially, this principle was received as the most straightforward and fairest principle, but as discussion progressed, worries emerged about its practical application. First of all, participants rejected a randomised ‘lottery’ approach, preferring a cheap ventolin online canada ‘first come, first served’ version of this principle. €˜lottery doesn’t feel like a good system when it’s people lives.

It’s inappropriate’. But even the latter approach raised concerns cheap ventolin online canada. Participants were mostly worried about hidden inequalities, stating this approach would not redress, and even risk reinforcing, existing inequalities (eg, people with better access to the hospital may get there sooner). One participant said that ‘first come, first served isn’t egalitarian and you have the socio-economic challenges because, if you are in a particular class, you’re in a better position to be able to take care of yourself and get to the doctors first’.

There were further concerns that a ‘first come, cheap ventolin online canada first served’ approach would waste valuable resources, when patients with a worse prognosis happen to arrive earlier. Finally, some participants felt uneasy that, on this approach, resources would not necessarily go to those who need them most. €˜On the face of it, it looks good, but I think means that those that come in later who are in greater need haven’t got access’. A few participants remained in favour of an egalitarian approach, though all accepted that, if a patient’s prognosis cheap ventolin online canada is extremely poor, they should not be escalated for treatment.

€˜if you were following the egalitarian principle but you have someone in front of you who the evidence would suggest is highly unlikely to survive treatment and you’ve got someone who is highly likely to survive, as unfair as it may seem, it feels like it would be an important consideration […] I’m only thinking about extreme cases where you’ve got someone who is extremely frail and therefore extremely unlikely to survive’.‘Maximise life years’ principleWhen the ‘maximise life years’ principle was introduced, immediate concerns were raised about the accuracy of medical judgments about life expectancy. €˜Nobody knows how long anybody is going to live for. There are cheap ventolin online canada some assumptions, even if you’ve got two people in front of you, one who is 40 and one who is 60’. Furthermore, in discussing this principle, participants spontaneously distinguished survival chance from life expectancy in the deliberations and strongly favoured the former.

They supported maximising the number of lives saved, rather than the amount of life years saved. €˜There’s a logic in maximum number of lives you save irrespective cheap ventolin online canada of the number of life years they have’. The underlying reasoning seemed to be that every life is of equal value. A majority of participants agreed that ‘a life is a life’.It was thus widely felt that a patient’s immediate medical condition was a very important factor in triage, insofar as this informed their chances of survival.

In this context, participants cheap ventolin online canada recognised frailty as a key factor. Though it was not initially understood as a medical term, it was eventually accepted as a relevant prognostic variable for predicting survival chances.Some participants questioned the survival chance-based approach, though. For example, a small number of participants expressed concern about the disproportionate effects it could have on groups that may be more vulnerable to asthma treatment. €˜By virtue of prioritising survival of the fittest, it will discriminate and cheap ventolin online canada people are uncomfortable with this because it means older people will be less likely to be escalated, people in wheelchairs, people in BAME communities’.

Another more widespread worry was that this approach failed to allocate resources in accordance with need. These concerns led some participants to formulate a new, vulnerability-based allocation principle, which is discussed further below.Quality of lifeThe notion cheap ventolin online canada of quality of life was initially treated with suspicion, seen as inviting unconscious bias and too subjective. €˜I don’t know if professionals can really confirm how somebody’s well-being is’. Throughout the study, it was increasingly accepted, though mostly as a secondary factor when patients’ medical conditions are highly similar, in which case those with a higher quality of life would be prioritised.

Caveats were that it should only be applied in extreme cases and that quality of life assessments should, where possible, involve ‘input of the person, their family, carers and that kind of stuff’ to avoid biased assessments.However, one participant said those with a lower quality cheap ventolin online canada of life should be prioritised, so that their quality of life may be improved. Some also noted that quality of life may be strongly influenced by socioeconomic factors, indicating a danger of exacerbating existing inequalities. €˜I do worry with quality of life, the more money you have, the better quality of life you tend to have […] your health is defined by your class and how much money you have’.VulnerabilityThroughout the study, concerns were expressed about vulnerability, especially in reaction to the utilitarian approach. In these cheap ventolin online canada discussions, participants struggled to formulate an additional allocation principle.

This had two aspects, though these were not always clearly differentiated. One aspect concerned vulnerable groups (eg, age, disability or ethnic groups) who may be disproportionately affected by the ventolin itself or the social response to it (eg, unconscious bias). One participant said cheap ventolin online canada. €˜we know it affects the elderly at higher rates than the youth.

[…] It makes the most sense to prioritise the elderly over the young, just on the basis of the percentages of old people vs young people dying. Young people are more cheap ventolin online canada likely to survive’. There was, however, some disagreement over whether positive action for these groups should indeed be taken to mitigate the vulnerability or whether this was itself a form of discrimination.The other aspect concerned individuals in need (eg, those presenting to hospital as sicker) and whether a humane principle was to prioritise those in greatest medical need. €˜The more help somebody needs, the more they should get’.

Some suggested to prioritise those cheap ventolin online canada least likely to survive. €˜I think the most vulnerable should be prioritised. […] If you think you can save them, then prioritise them’. Reasons given cheap ventolin online canada for such an approach were that ‘the true measure of any society is how it treats its most vulnerable members’.

But, again, it was accepted that if treatment was unlikely to succeed, patients should not be escalated. €˜you give the resources to the people that most need it, in my opinion, up until the point where the giving of resources is next to useless, where it’s ascertained that they will die anyway’.Other participants rejected this need-based approach altogether, out of a concern for efficiency. €˜Does that mean, if those people cheap ventolin online canada are most likely to die, you’re directing your resources at people who are weaker?. So resources could be going to a group who stand the least chance of surviving?.

That doesn’t feel like a great use of resources’.ImplementationDuring the final workshop, participants were asked how their recommendations should be implemented. We found cheap ventolin online canada strong support for discretion (applying recommendations as guidance rather than a mandatory policy), and participants felt groups of doctors, not individuals, should make decisions as this could reduce burden and bias. Thus, guidelines should not be binding but instead guide expert deliberation, and this deliberation is ideally executed by teams rather than individuals, so that different perspectives can be considered.DiscussionIn summary, we observed a strong rejection of the two explicitly age-based principles. A tolerance for an egalitarian ‘first come, first served’ principle, though with doubts about sufficiency.

Wide support for cheap ventolin online canada a newly formulated approach based on survival chances, with some consideration of frailty and quality of life. Concerns about group vulnerability and individual need. And a preference for discretion and deliberation in triage decision making.These findings raise important questions regarding existing guidelines and expert recommendations, when and where they do not align with them. Fallucchi et al22 have observed similar public intuitions, which cheap ventolin online canada digress from US triage guidelines, but conclude that the public requires more education.

We found, however, that these public moral intuitions persist even after a robust process of reflection and deliberation. We think this warrants serious consideration of public preferences.A first preference deserving serious consideration is the stark rejection of direct discrimination on the basis of age, as well as the use of randomised ‘lottery’ approaches, both of which have been observed in similar studies.22 23A second focal point is the preference for survival chance over life expectancy, which also has been observed elsewhere.19 22 Savulescu et al24 have criticised the UK’s NICE guidelines on resource allocation during asthma treatment25 for including considerations of survival chance but not life expectancy. The NICE guidelines reject the latter as it results in indirect discrimination cheap ventolin online canada on the basis of age. According to Savulescu et al, however, the guidelines already tolerate indirect discrimination since basing triage on survival chance will also disproportionally affect the elderly.

The authors thus assume both factors operate on the same logic. However, we suspect our participants may have highlighted an ethically relevant cheap ventolin online canada distinction between survival chance and life expectancy. In fact, there are at least two ways in which these factors may be different. First, considering life expectancy in triage seems closer to direct age-based discrimination.

While survival chance is closely linked to age specifically in the context of asthma treatment, cheap ventolin online canada life expectancy has a closer (indeed almost conceptual) link to age. To be older simply is to be closer to death. A similar distinction between survival chance and life expectancy has been made by Mello et al,26 who argue that only the latter results in disability-based discrimination. Second, a live saved and a cheap ventolin online canada life year saved seem to produce a different kind of value.

A life saved is a categorical outcome, whereas a life year saved is a scalar outcome. This conceptual difference seems ethically relevant because most participants considered any life saved of inherent value, regardless of its predicted length. It is ‘about cheap ventolin online canada saving as many people as possible, even if they have a shorter life’. On this logic, saving more of a life does not produce additional value.A third finding deserving of consideration is the concern about vulnerability.

The core values of equality and efficiency, and the question of how to balance both, are central to discussions about resource allocation. During our study, however, a third relevant cheap ventolin online canada principle spontaneously emerged from the discussions. Vulnerability. Though this notion was not unpacked in much detail during the deliberations, it alludes to values of antidiscrimination and protection, in line with emerging debates in the literature.27 28How can these public intuitions be incorporated into triage decisions?.

Participants generally accepted the need for triage but did not arrive at a unified recommendation of one principle cheap ventolin online canada. Indeed, in the final survey, recommendations included a mixture of principles and factors. However, a concern for three core principles and values emerged. As mentioned, deliberation resulted in the formulation of three broad, but distinguishable, allocation principles cheap ventolin online canada.

An egalitarian ‘first come, first served’ principle, a utilitarian principle (but based mainly on survival chance and frailty) and a ‘vulnerability’ principle. The underlying core values of each of these principles could be described as equality, efficiency and vulnerability, respectively. In other words, a ‘triad’ of ethical values cheap ventolin online canada emerged. While these remain very hard to fully respect at once, they captured a considered, multifaceted consensus.

All three principles were embedded in caveats and raised their own set of concerns. Notably, for each principle, these caveats and concerns can be linked back cheap ventolin online canada to the two other values of the triad:The egalitarian ‘equality’ principle raised concerns about efficiency and vulnerability. If treatment was likely futile, it was agreed that patients should forgo it (efficiency concern). Participants worried strongly about hidden inequalities (vulnerability concern).The ‘efficiency’ principle raised concerns about equality and vulnerability.

Most agreed that if there was a ‘close call’ between cheap ventolin online canada patients, an egalitarian approach should be adopted instead (equality concern). Some worried about groups more vulnerable to asthma treatment and about individuals with greater clinical need (vulnerability concerns).The ‘vulnerability’ principle raised concerns about equality and efficiency. Many participants resisted the notion of positive discrimination for vulnerable groups (equality concern). Many also worried that scarce resources would be ‘wasted’ on vulnerable individuals as they may not survive or take up more time in ICU (efficiency concerns).We are hopeful, therefore, that this ‘triad’ cheap ventolin online canada of ethical principles may be a useful structure to guide ethical deliberation as societies negotiate the conflicting ethical demands of triage.This links to our finding that participants favoured discretion and group deliberation in triage decisions.

In light of this, the triad may offer a useful framework, as it does not prescribe one single principle but rather a balancing exercise among three core values, ideally performed by a team of deliberators. In sum, rather than inviting moral paralysis, we hope this triad could guide fruitful case discussion for doctors, reduce moral distress and give them more confidence that the triage decisions they arrive at have public acceptability.Strengths and limitationsStrengthsWe achieved a purposeful sample, there was a high level of participant engagement, participants showed they could think through complex ethical topics, a triad consensus emerged from a very diverse South-East London group, indicating a degree of robustness and there was the ecological validity of doing this study in the social window in between two asthma treatment waves.LimitationsThe South-East London sample may not generalise to other areas, findings may not generalise to other triage contexts (eg, ventolins effecting children) and some elements, for example, vulnerability, remained underexplored, indicating a need for further research.ConclusionTo ensure the legitimacy of triage guidelines, which affect the public, it is important to engage the public’s moral intuitions, as they do not always align with expert recommendations. Guiding the public through a process of deliberation ensures that public intuitions cheap ventolin online canada do not stem from ignorance or misunderstanding but rather express genuine and considered preferences. We found that (widespread) utilitarian considerations of efficiency should be tempered with a concern for equality and vulnerability.Data availability statementNo data are available.Ethics statementsPatient consent for publicationNot required.Ethics approvalThe study was approved under the Ipsos MORI research ethics committee.AcknowledgmentsWe are grateful to Suzanne Hall, Chloe Juliette, Paul Carroll and Tom Cooper at Ipsos MORI, and to Bobby Duffy, Benedict Wilkinson, Alexandra Pollitt and Lucy Strang at the Policy Institute for their input.

We would also like to thank Anthony David, Nuala Kane, and the King's College Hospital Clinical Ethics Group..

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€‚For the podcast buy cheap ventolin online associated with this pop over here article, please visit https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/pages/Podcasts. First scienceThe asthma treatment ventolin has changed the world and has refocused science, including cardiovascular (CV) research.1 This ventolin not only affects the throat and lungs, but also profoundly impacts the CV system. First of all, male sex, obesity, hypertension,2 diabetes and cardiac conditions at buy cheap ventolin online large increased the risk of , possibly related to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) expression,3,4 and of an unfavourable disease course.

Secondly, asthma treatment affects the heart, leading to myocarditis,5,6 myocardial injury,7 scar formation and arrhythmias, and heart block,8 as well as affecting the blood vessels, leading to vascular occlusion due to local thrombus formation or embolism and eventually cardiac death.9 The mechanisms involved are the usual suspects, as outlined in the Viewpoint ‘asthma treatment is, in the end, an endothelial disease’, by Peter Libby from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, USA and myself. It is well known that the vascular endothelium provides the crucial interface between the circulating blood and tissues, and displays remarkable buy cheap ventolin online properties that normally maintain homeostasis.10 This tightly regulated array of functions includes control of haemostasis, fibrinolysis, inflammation, oxidative stress, vascular permeability, and eventually vasomotion and vascular structure. While these functions participate in the moment to moment regulation of the circulation and coordinate many host defence mechanisms, they can also contribute to disease when their usually homeostatic and defensive functions overreach and turn against the host, as is the case with asthma, the ventolin causing the current ventolin (Figure 1).

Figure 1Cytokine buy cheap ventolin online storm. Proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-1 and TNF-α induce each other’s gene expression, unleashing an amplification loop that sustains the cytokine storm. The endothelial cell is a key target of cytokines, as they induce action of a central proinflammatory transcriptional hub, nuclear factor-κB.

IL-1 also cause substantial increases in production by endothelial and other buy cheap ventolin online cells of IL-6, the instigator of the hepatocyte acute phase response. The acute phase reactants include fibrinogen, the precursor of clot, and PAI-1, the major inhibitor of our endogenous fibrinolytic system. C-reactive protein, commonly elevated in asthma treatment, provides a readily buy cheap ventolin online measured biomarker of inflammatory status.

The alterations in the thrombotic/fibrinolytic balance due to the acute phase response predisposes towards thrombosis in arteries, in the microvasculature including that of organs such as the myocardium and kidney, and in veins, causing deep vein thrombosis and predisposing towards pulmonary embolism. Thus, the very same cytokines that buy cheap ventolin online elicit abnormal endothelial functions can unleash the acute phase response which together with local endothelial dysfunction can conspire to cause the clinical complications of asthma treatment. The right side of this diagram aligns therapeutic agents that attack these mechanisms of the cytokine storm and may thus limit its devastating consequences (from Libby P, Lüscher T.

asthma treatment is, in the end, an endothelial disease. See pages 3038–3044).Figure 1Cytokine buy cheap ventolin online storm. Proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-1 and TNF-α induce each other’s gene expression, unleashing an amplification loop that sustains the cytokine storm.

The endothelial cell is a key target of cytokines, as they induce action of a central proinflammatory transcriptional hub, nuclear buy cheap ventolin online factor-κB. IL-1 also cause substantial increases in production by endothelial and other cells of IL-6, the instigator of the hepatocyte acute phase response. The acute phase reactants include fibrinogen, the precursor of clot, and PAI-1, the major inhibitor of buy cheap ventolin online our endogenous fibrinolytic system.

C-reactive protein, commonly elevated in asthma treatment, provides a readily measured biomarker of inflammatory status. The alterations in the thrombotic/fibrinolytic balance due to the acute phase response predisposes towards thrombosis in arteries, in the microvasculature including that of organs such as the myocardium and kidney, and in veins, causing deep vein thrombosis and predisposing towards pulmonary embolism. Thus, the very buy cheap ventolin online same cytokines that elicit abnormal endothelial functions can unleash the acute phase response which together with local endothelial dysfunction can conspire to cause the clinical complications of asthma treatment.

The right side of this diagram aligns therapeutic agents that attack these mechanisms of the cytokine storm and may thus limit its devastating consequences (from Libby P, Lüscher T. asthma treatment is, in the buy cheap ventolin online end, an endothelial disease. See pages 3038–3044).It produces protean manifestations ranging from head to toe, wreaking seemingly indiscriminate havoc on multiple organ systems including the lungs, heart, brain, kidney, and the vasculature.

This Viewpoint presents the hypothesis that asthma treatment, particularly in the later complicated stages, represents buy cheap ventolin online an endothelial disease. Cytokines, protein proinflammatory mediators, are key signals that shift endothelial function from the homeostatic into the defensive mode. The endgame of asthma treatment involves a cytokine storm with positive feedback loops governing cytokine production buy cheap ventolin online that overwhelm counter-regulatory mechanisms.

This concept provides a unifying concept of this raging and a framework for rational treatment strategies at a time when we possess an only modest evidence base to guide our therapeutic attempts to confront this novel ventolin.11Surprisingly, emergency unit visits for acute cardiac conditions have declined markedly.12 Several reasons have been suggested. First, patients may have been wary of visiting hospitals during the ventolin.12,13 Secondly, with life on standstill, plaque ruptures and aortic dissections may have become less likely, and, thirdly, the marked reduction in pollution may also have had an influence.14 The first hypothesis is supported by the Fast Track manuscript ‘asthma treatment kills at home. The close relationship between the epidemic and the increase of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests’ by Simone Savastano and colleagues from the Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo in Italy.15 They included all consecutive out-of-hospital buy cheap ventolin online cardiac arrests (OHCAs) occurring in the Provinces of Lodi, Cremona, Pavia, and Mantova in the 2 months following the first documented case of asthma treatment in Lombardia compared with those that occurred in the same time window in 2019.

The cumulative incidence of asthma treatment from 21 February to 20 April 2020 was 956/100 000 inhabitants and the cumulative incidence of OHCA was 21/100 000 inhabitants, with a 52% increase as compared with 2019 (Figure 2). A significant correlation was found between the difference in cumulative incidence of OHCA and the cumulative incidence buy cheap ventolin online of asthma treatment. Thus, the OHCA excess in 2020 is closely correlated to the asthma treatment ventolin.

These findings are important for furthering the buy cheap ventolin online understanding of the reduced emergency unit visits and for planning of future ventolins, as outlined in an Editorial by Hanno Tan from the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.16 Figure 2(A) Over a period of 60 days from 20 February, the cumulative incidence of asthma treatment per 100 000 inhabitants in the four provinces and in the overall territory (dotted line) (upper part), and the trend of the difference of OHCA between 2020 and 2019 per 100 000 inhabitants in the four provinces and in the overall territory (dotted line) (bottom part). (B) The cumulative incidence of the difference in OHCA between 2020 and 2019 per 100 000 inhabitants as a function of the cumulative incidence of asthma treatment per 100 000 inhabitants, since 20 February 2020. Dots are the observed values.

The red line is the function buy cheap ventolin online fitted using fractional polynomials. The shaded area is the 95% CI for the estimates (from Baldi E, Maria Sechi G, Mare C, Canevari F, Brancaglione A, Primi R, Klersy C, Palo A, Contri E, Ronchi V, Beretta G, Reali F, Parogni P, Facchin F, Rizzi U, Bussi D, Ruggeri S, Visconti LO, Savastano S, on behalf of the Lombardia CARe researchers. asthma treatment kills at home buy cheap ventolin online.

The close relationship between the epidemic and the increase of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. See pages 3045–3054).Figure 2(A) Over a period of 60 days from 20 February, the cumulative incidence of asthma treatment per 100 000 inhabitants in the four provinces and in the overall territory (dotted line) (upper part), and the trend of the difference of OHCA between 2020 and 2019 per 100 000 inhabitants in the four provinces and in the overall territory (dotted line) (bottom buy cheap ventolin online part). (B) The cumulative incidence of the difference in OHCA between 2020 and 2019 per 100 000 inhabitants as a function of the cumulative incidence of asthma treatment per 100 000 inhabitants, since 20 February 2020.

Dots are the observed values. The red buy cheap ventolin online line is the function fitted using fractional polynomials. The shaded area is the 95% CI for the estimates (from Baldi E, Maria Sechi G, Mare C, Canevari F, Brancaglione A, Primi R, Klersy C, Palo A, Contri E, Ronchi V, Beretta G, Reali F, Parogni P, Facchin F, Rizzi U, Bussi D, Ruggeri S, Visconti LO, Savastano S, on behalf of the Lombardia CARe researchers.

asthma treatment kills buy cheap ventolin online at home. The close relationship between the epidemic and the increase of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. See pages 3045–3054).With a prothrombotic state of the endothelium, thrombo-embolism should increase during the asthma treatment ventolin.17 This buy cheap ventolin online hypothesis is pursued in a Fast Track entitled ‘Pulmonary embolism in asthma treatment patients.

A French multicentre cohort study’ by Ariel Cohen from the Hopital Saint-Antoine in Paris, France.18 In a retrospective multicentric observational study, the authors included consecutive patients hospitalized for asthma treatment. Among 1527 patients, 6.7% patients had pulmonary embolism confirmed by computed tomographty pulmonary angiography (CTPA). Intensive care unit (ICU) transfer buy cheap ventolin online and mechanical ventilation were significantly higher in the pulmonary embolism group.

In a univariable analysis, traditional venous thrombo-embolic risk factors and pulmonary lesion extension in chest CT were not associated with pulmonary embolism, while patients under anticoagulation prior to hospitalization or in whom it was introduced during hospitalization had a lower risk of pulmonary embolism, with an odds ratio of 0.37. Male gender, prophylactic or therapeutic anticoagulation, C-reactive protein, and time from symptom onset to buy cheap ventolin online hospitalization were associated with pulmonary embolism. Thus, risk factors for pulmonary embolism in asthma treatment do not include traditional thrombo-embolic risk factors, but rather independent clinical and biological findings at admission.

In line with the concept outlined above, inflammation is a major driver of pulmonary embolism in asthma treatment, as further discussed in a thought-provoking Editorial by Adam Torbicki from the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education in Otwock, Poland.19Inflammation is also a trigger for atrial fibrillation as it changes the electrical properties of the atrial myocardium and eventually favours tissue fibrosis.20 Furthermore, inflammation may trigger tissue factor expression in the atrial endothelium and favour thrombus formation.21 On the other hand, life on standstill may reduce sympathetic drive and hence reduce the likelihood of new-onset atrial buy cheap ventolin online fibrillation.22 In their article entitled ‘New-onset atrial fibrillation. Incidence, characteristics, and related events following a national asthma treatment lockdown of 5.6 million people’, Anders Holt and colleagues from the Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte in Hellerup, Denmark resolved this conundrum.23 During 3 weeks of lockdown, weekly incidence rates of new-onset AF were 2.3, 1.8, and 1.5 per 1000 person-years, while during the corresponding weeks in 2019, incidence rates were 3.5, 3.4, and 3.6 per 1000 person-years. Incidence rate ratios comparing the same weeks were 0.66, 0.53, and 0.41 buy cheap ventolin online.

Patients diagnosed during lockdown were younger and had lower CHA2DS2-VASc-scores. During the first 3 weeks of lockdown, 7.8% of patients experienced an ischaemic stroke or death within 7 days of new-onset atrial fibrillation compared with 5.6% during the equivalent weeks in 2019, corresponding to an odds ratio of 1.41. Thus, following a national lockdown in Denmark, new-onset atrial fibrillation declined by 47%, while buy cheap ventolin online ischaemic stroke or death within 7 days increased.

These complex findings are put into context in an excellent Editorial by Carina Blomstrom-Lundqvist from the Department of Medical Science in Uppsala, Sweden.24Myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery or MINS is caused by myocardial ischaemia due to a supply–demand mismatch or thrombus and is associated with an increased risk of mortality and major adverse CV events or MACE.25 In their review ‘Myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery. Diagnosis and management’ Philip Devereaux and colleagues from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada note that the diagnostic criteria for MINS include elevated post-operative troponin levels with no evidence of a non-ischaemic aetiology during or within 30 days after non-cardiac surgery, buy cheap ventolin online and without ischaemic features such as chest pain or ECG changes.26 Patients with MINS should receive aspirin and a statin, unless contraindicated, and an NOAC (non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant) if not at high bleeding risk. Cardiac catheterization is only recommended for those with recurrent ischaemia, heart failure, or high risk based on non-invasive imaging.

Troponin should buy cheap ventolin online be measured for the first few days after surgery in patients ≥65 years or with atherosclerotic disease to avoid missing MINS and the opportunity for secondary prophylactic measures and follow-up.Finally, the issue is complemented by various Discussion Forum contributions on this very timely topic. In a contribution entitled ‘Should atrial fibrillation be considered a cardiovascular risk factor for a worse prognosis in asthma treatment patients?. €™, Fabian Sanchis-Gomar from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Valencia, Spain discuss the recent publication ‘Characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized for asthma treatment and cardiac disease in Northern Italy’ by Marco Metra and colleagues from Brescia, Italy.9,27 Metra et al.

Respond in buy cheap ventolin online turn. In a comment entitled ‘ACE2 is on the X chromosome. Could this explain asthma treatment gender buy cheap ventolin online differences?.

€™ Felix Hernandez from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa in Madrid, and his colleague Esther Culebras discuss the recent publication entitled ‘Circulating plasma concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in men and women with heart failure and effects of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone inhibitors’ by Adriaan Voors and colleagues from the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands.3,28 Voors et al. Respond in a separate comment.29In a contribution buy cheap ventolin online entitled ‘Circulating plasma angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 concentrations in patients with kidney disease’, Insa Marie Schmidt and colleagues from the Boston University in Massachusetts, USA also comment on the article by Voors et al.3,30 Voors and colleagues respond in a separate message to this piece.31 Time for the last wordsThis is my last Issue@aGlance in the European Heart Journal in my role of Editor-in-Chief. It has been a pleasure and honour to serve both authors and readers of this fine journal and the European Society of Cardiology over more than a decade.

My goal has always been to make it more attractive and informative for clinicians and important and stimulating for scientists worldwide. I hope you buy cheap ventolin online have enjoyed it. Needless to say, that was only possible thanks to an amazing team of editors, reviewers, authors, and editorial staff.

I hope buy cheap ventolin online that you enjoy this very last issue under my leadership. The time has come to hand the European Heart Journal over to the new Editor-in-Chief, Filippo Crea from Rome. I am certain Professor Crea will do an excellent job with his new team, retaining some of the experienced editorial staff from buy cheap ventolin online Zurich.

Thank you for submitting to, reviewing for, and reading the European Heart Journal, and goodbye—I am sure we will stay in touch.With thanks to Amelia Meier-Batschelet for help with compilation of this article. References1Anker SD, Butler J, Khan MS, Abraham WT, Bauersachs J, Bocchi E, Bozkurt B, Braunwald E, Chopra VK, Cleland JG, Ezekowitz J, Filippatos G, Friede T, Hernandez AF, Lam CSP, Lindenfeld J, McMurray JJV, Mehra M, Metra M, Packer M, Pieske B, Pocock SJ, Ponikowski P, Rosano GMC, Teerlink JR, Tsutsui H, Van Veldhuisen DJ, Verma S, Voors AA, Wittes J, Zannad F, Zhang J, Seferovic P, Coats AJS. Conducting clinical trials in heart failure during (and after) the asthma treatment buy cheap ventolin online ventolin.

An Expert Consensus Position Paper from the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J 2020;41:2109–2117.2Gao C, Cai Y, Zhang K, Zhou L, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Li Q, Li W, Yang S, Zhao X, Zhao Y, Wang H, Liu Y, Yin Z, Zhang R, Wang R, Yang M, Hui C, Wijns W, McEvoy JW, Soliman O, Onuma Y, Serruys PW, Tao buy cheap ventolin online L, Li F. Association of hypertension and antihypertensive treatment with asthma treatment mortality.

A retrospective buy cheap ventolin online observational study. Eur Heart J 2020;41:2058–2066.3Sama IE, Ravera A, Santema BT, van Goor H, Ter Maaten JM, Cleland JGF, Rienstra M, Friedrich AW, Samani NJ, Ng LL, Dickstein K, Lang CC, Filippatos G, Anker SD, Ponikowski P, Metra M, van Veldhuisen DJ, Voors AA. Circulating plasma concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in men and women with heart failure and effects of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone buy cheap ventolin online inhibitors.

Eur Heart J 2020;41:1810–1817.4Nicin L, Abplanalp WT, Mellentin H, Kattih B, Tombor L, John D, Schmitto JD, Heineke J, Emrich F, Arsalan M, Holubec T, Walther T, Zeiher AM, Dimmeler S. Cell type-specific expression of the putative asthma receptor ACE2 in human hearts. Eur Heart J 2020;41:1804–1806.5Kim IC, Kim JY, Kim buy cheap ventolin online HA, Han S.

asthma treatment-related myocarditis in a 21-year-old female patient. Eur Heart J buy cheap ventolin online 2020;41:1859.6Zhou R. Does asthma cause viral myocarditis in asthma treatment patients?.

Eur Heart J 2020;41:2123.7Shi S, Qin M, Cai Y, Liu T, Shen B, Yang F, Cao S, Liu X, Xiang Y, Zhao Q, Huang H, Yang B, Huang buy cheap ventolin online C. Characteristics and clinical significance of myocardial injury in patients with severe asthma disease 2019. Eur Heart J 2020;41:2070–2079.8Azarkish M, Laleh Far V, Eslami M, Mollazadeh R.

Transient complete heart block buy cheap ventolin online in a patient with critical asthma treatment. Eur Heart J 2020;41:2131.9Inciardi RM, Adamo M, Lupi L, Cani DS, Di Pasquale M, Tomasoni D, Italia L, Zaccone G, Tedino C, Fabbricatore D, Curnis A, Faggiano P, Gorga E, Lombardi CM, Milesi G, Vizzardi E, Volpini M, Nodari S, Specchia C, Maroldi R, Bezzi M, Metra M. Characteristics and outcomes of patients buy cheap ventolin online hospitalized for asthma treatment and cardiac disease in Northern Italy.

Eur Heart J 2020;41:1821–1829.10Libby P, Lüscher T. asthma treatment is, buy cheap ventolin online in the end, an endothelial disease. Eur Heart J 2020;41:3038–3044.11Pericàs JM, Hernandez-Meneses M, Sheahan TP, Quintana E, Ambrosioni J, Sandoval E, Falces C, Marcos MA, Tuset M, Vilella A, Moreno A, Miro JM.

asthma treatment. From epidemiology to treatment buy cheap ventolin online. Eur Heart J 2020;41:2092–2112.12De Rosa S, Spaccarotella C, Basso C, Calabrò MP, Curcio A, Filardi PP, Mancone M, Mercuro G, Muscoli S, Nodari S, Pedrinelli R, Sinagra G, Indolfi C.

Reduction of hospitalizations for myocardial infarction in Italy in the asthma treatment era buy cheap ventolin online. Eur Heart J 2020;41:2083–2088.13Mafham MM, Spata E, Goldacre R, Gair D, Curnow P, Bray M, Hollings S, Roebuck C, Gale CP, Mamas MA, Deanfield JE, de Belder MA, Luescher TF, Denwood T, Landray MJ, Emberson JR, Collins R, Morris EJA, Casadei B, Baigent C. asthma treatment ventolin and admission rates for and management buy cheap ventolin online of acute coronary syndromes in England.

Lancet 2020;396:381–389.14Lelieveld J, Münzel T. Air pollution, the underestimated cardiovascular risk buy cheap ventolin online factor. Eur Heart J 2020;41:904–905.15Baldi E, Sechi GM, Mare C, Canevari F, Brancaglione A, Primi R, Klersy C, Palo A, Contri E, Ronchi V, Beretta G, Reali F, Parogni P, Facchin F, Rizzi U, Bussi D, Ruggeri S, Oltrona Visconti L, Savastano S.

asthma treatment kills at home. The close relationship between the epidemic and the increase of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests buy cheap ventolin online. Eur Heart J 2020;41:3045–3054.16Tan HL.

How does asthma treatment kill buy cheap ventolin online at home. And what should we do about it?. Eur Heart buy cheap ventolin online J 2020;41:3055–3057.17Gue YX, Gorog DA.

Reduction in ACE2 may mediate the prothrombotic phenotype in asthma treatment. Eur Heart J 2020;doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa534.18Fauvel C, Weizman O, Trimaille A, Mika D, Pommier T, Pace N, Douair A, Barbin E, Fraix A, Bouchot O, Benmansour O, Godeau G, Mecheri Y, Lebourdon R, Yvorel C, Massin M, Leblon T, Chabbi C, Cugney E, Benabou L, Aubry M, Chan C, Boufoula I, Barnaud C, Bothorel L, Duceau B, Sutter W, Waldmann V, Bonnet G, Cohen A, Pezel T. Pulmonary embolism in buy cheap ventolin online asthma treatment patients.

A French multicentre cohort study. Eur Heart J 2020;41:3058–3068.19Torbicki A buy cheap ventolin online. asthma treatment and pulmonary embolism.

An unwanted alliance buy cheap ventolin online. Eur Heart J 2020;41:3069–3071.20Lazzerini PE, Laghi-Pasini F, Acampa M, Srivastava U, Bertolozzi I, Giabbani B, Finizola F, Vanni F, Dokollari A, Natale M, Cevenini G, Selvi E, Migliacci N, Maccherini M, Boutjdir M, Capecchi PL. Systemic inflammation rapidly induces reversible atrial electrical remodeling.

The role of interleukin-6-mediated buy cheap ventolin online changes in connexin expression. J Am Heart Assoc 2019;8:e011006.21Steffel J, Lüscher TF, Tanner FC. Tissue factor in cardiovascular diseases buy cheap ventolin online.

Molecular mechanisms and clinical implications. Circulation 2006;113:722–731.22Chen PS, Chen LS, Fishbein MC, buy cheap ventolin online Lin SF, Nattel S. Role of the autonomic nervous system in atrial fibrillation.

Pathophysiology and therapy. Circ Res 2014;114:1500–1515.23Holt A, Gislason GH, Schou M, Zareini B, Biering-Sørensen T, Phelps M, Kragholm K, Andersson C, Fosbøl EL, Hansen ML, Gerds TA, Køber L, Torp-Pedersen C, buy cheap ventolin online Lamberts M. New-onset atrial fibrillation.

Incidence, characteristics, and related events following a national asthma treatment lockdown of 5.6 million people buy cheap ventolin online. Eur Heart J 2020;41:3072–3079.24Blomström-Lundqvist C. Effects of asthma treatment lockdown strategies on management of atrial fibrillation buy cheap ventolin online.

Eur Heart J 2020;41:3080–3082.25Konstantinides SV, Torbicki A, Agnelli G, Danchin N, Fitzmaurice D, Galiè N, Gibbs JSR, Huisman MV, Humbert M, Kucher N, Lang I, Lankeit M, Lekakis J, Maack C, Mayer E, Meneveau N, Perrier A, Pruszczyk P, Rasmussen LH, Schindler TH, Svitil P, Vonk Noordegraaf A, Zamorano JL, Zompatori M, Zamorano JL, Achenbach S, Baumgartner H, Bax JJ, Bueno H, Dean V, Deaton C, Erol Ç, Fagard R, Ferrari R, Hasdai D, Hoes A, Kirchhof P, Knuuti J, Kolh P, Lancellotti P, Linhart A, Nihoyannopoulos P, Piepoli MF, Ponikowski P, Sirnes PA, Tamargo JL, Tendera M, Torbicki A, Wijns W, Windecker S, Erol Ç, Jimenez D, Ageno W, Agewall S, Asteggiano R, Bauersachs R, Becattini C, Bounameaux H, Büller HR, Davos CH, Deaton C, Geersing G-J, Sanchez MAG, Hendriks J, Hoes A, Kilickap M, Mareev V, Monreal M, Morais J, Nihoyannopoulos P, Popescu BA, Sanchez O, Spyropoulos AC. 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and management buy cheap ventolin online of acute pulmonary embolism. The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

Endorsed by the European Respiratory Society (ERS). Eur Heart buy cheap ventolin online J 2014;35:3033–3080.26Devereaux PJ, Szczeklik W. Myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery.

Diagnosis and buy cheap ventolin online management. Eur Heart J 2020;41:3083–3091.27Sanchis-Gomar F, Perez-Quilis C, Lavie CJ. Should atrial fibrillation be considered a cardiovascular risk factor for a worse prognosis buy cheap ventolin online in asthma treatment patients?.

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€‚For the podcast http://monmouthrugbyclub.com/cost-of-zithromax-500mg associated with this article, please visit cheap ventolin online canada https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/pages/Podcasts. First scienceThe asthma treatment ventolin has changed the world and has refocused science, including cardiovascular (CV) research.1 This ventolin not only affects the throat and lungs, but also profoundly impacts the CV system. First of all, male sex, obesity, hypertension,2 diabetes cheap ventolin online canada and cardiac conditions at large increased the risk of , possibly related to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) expression,3,4 and of an unfavourable disease course.

Secondly, asthma treatment affects the heart, leading to myocarditis,5,6 myocardial injury,7 scar formation and arrhythmias, and heart block,8 as well as affecting the blood vessels, leading to vascular occlusion due to local thrombus formation or embolism and eventually cardiac death.9 The mechanisms involved are the usual suspects, as outlined in the Viewpoint ‘asthma treatment is, in the end, an endothelial disease’, by Peter Libby from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, USA and myself. It is well known that the vascular endothelium provides the crucial interface between the circulating blood and tissues, and displays remarkable properties that normally maintain homeostasis.10 This tightly regulated array of functions includes control cheap ventolin online canada of haemostasis, fibrinolysis, inflammation, oxidative stress, vascular permeability, and eventually vasomotion and vascular structure. While these functions participate in the moment to moment regulation of the circulation and coordinate many host defence mechanisms, they can also contribute to disease when their usually homeostatic and defensive functions overreach and turn against the host, as is the case with asthma, the ventolin causing the current ventolin (Figure 1).

Figure 1Cytokine cheap ventolin online canada storm. Proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-1 and TNF-α induce each other’s gene expression, unleashing an amplification loop that sustains the cytokine storm. The endothelial cell is a key target of cytokines, as they induce action of a central proinflammatory transcriptional hub, nuclear factor-κB.

IL-1 also cause substantial increases in production by endothelial and other cells of IL-6, cheap ventolin online canada the instigator of the hepatocyte acute phase response. The acute phase reactants include fibrinogen, the precursor of clot, and PAI-1, the major inhibitor of our endogenous fibrinolytic system. C-reactive protein, commonly elevated in asthma treatment, provides a cheap ventolin online canada readily measured biomarker of inflammatory status.

The alterations in the thrombotic/fibrinolytic balance due to the acute phase response predisposes towards thrombosis in arteries, in the microvasculature including that of organs such as the myocardium and kidney, and in veins, causing deep vein thrombosis and predisposing towards pulmonary embolism. Thus, the very same cytokines that elicit abnormal endothelial functions can unleash the acute phase response which together with cheap ventolin online canada local endothelial dysfunction can conspire to cause the clinical complications of asthma treatment. The right side of this diagram aligns therapeutic agents that attack these mechanisms of the cytokine storm and may thus limit its devastating consequences (from Libby P, Lüscher T.

asthma treatment is, in the end, an endothelial disease. See pages cheap ventolin online canada 3038–3044).Figure 1Cytokine storm. Proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-1 and TNF-α induce each other’s gene expression, unleashing an amplification loop that sustains the cytokine storm.

The endothelial cell is a key target of cytokines, as they cheap ventolin online canada induce action of a central proinflammatory transcriptional hub, nuclear factor-κB. IL-1 also cause substantial increases in production by endothelial and other cells of IL-6, the instigator of the hepatocyte acute phase response. The acute cheap ventolin online canada phase reactants include fibrinogen, the precursor of clot, and PAI-1, the major inhibitor of our endogenous fibrinolytic system.

C-reactive protein, commonly elevated in asthma treatment, provides a readily measured biomarker of inflammatory status. The alterations in the thrombotic/fibrinolytic balance due to the acute phase response predisposes towards thrombosis in arteries, in the microvasculature including that of organs such as the myocardium and kidney, and in veins, causing deep vein thrombosis and predisposing towards pulmonary embolism. Thus, the very same cytokines that elicit abnormal endothelial functions can unleash the acute phase response which together cheap ventolin online canada with local endothelial dysfunction can conspire to cause the clinical complications of asthma treatment.

The right side of this diagram aligns therapeutic agents that attack these mechanisms of the cytokine storm and may thus limit its devastating consequences (from Libby P, Lüscher T. asthma treatment is, in the cheap ventolin online canada end, an endothelial disease. See pages 3038–3044).It produces protean manifestations ranging from head to toe, wreaking seemingly indiscriminate havoc on multiple organ systems including the lungs, heart, brain, kidney, and the vasculature.

This Viewpoint presents the hypothesis cheap ventolin online canada that asthma treatment, particularly in the later complicated stages, represents an endothelial disease. Cytokines, protein proinflammatory mediators, are key signals that shift endothelial function from the homeostatic into the defensive mode. The endgame of asthma treatment involves a cytokine cheap ventolin online canada storm with positive feedback loops governing cytokine production that overwhelm counter-regulatory mechanisms.

This concept provides a unifying concept of this raging and a framework for rational treatment strategies at a time when we possess an only modest evidence base to guide our therapeutic attempts to confront this novel ventolin.11Surprisingly, emergency unit visits for acute cardiac conditions have declined markedly.12 Several reasons have been suggested. First, patients may have been wary of visiting hospitals during the ventolin.12,13 Secondly, with life on standstill, plaque ruptures and aortic dissections may have become less likely, and, thirdly, the marked reduction in pollution may also have had an influence.14 The first hypothesis is supported by the Fast Track manuscript ‘asthma treatment kills at home. The close relationship between the epidemic and the increase of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests’ by Simone Savastano and colleagues from the Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo in Italy.15 They included all consecutive out-of-hospital cardiac arrests cheap ventolin online canada (OHCAs) occurring in the Provinces of Lodi, Cremona, Pavia, and Mantova in the 2 months following the first documented case of asthma treatment in Lombardia compared with those that occurred in the same time window in 2019.

The cumulative incidence of asthma treatment from 21 February to 20 April 2020 was 956/100 000 inhabitants and the cumulative incidence of OHCA was 21/100 000 inhabitants, with a 52% increase as compared with 2019 (Figure 2). A significant correlation cheap ventolin online canada was found between the difference in cumulative incidence of OHCA and the cumulative incidence of asthma treatment. Thus, the OHCA excess in 2020 is closely correlated to the asthma treatment ventolin.

These findings are important for furthering the understanding of the reduced emergency unit visits and for planning of future ventolins, as outlined in an Editorial by Hanno Tan from the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.16 Figure 2(A) Over a period of 60 days from 20 February, the cumulative incidence of asthma treatment per 100 000 inhabitants in the four provinces and in the overall territory (dotted line) (upper part), and the trend of the difference of OHCA between cheap ventolin online canada 2020 and 2019 per 100 000 inhabitants in the four provinces and in the overall territory (dotted line) (bottom part). (B) The cumulative incidence of the difference in OHCA between 2020 and 2019 per 100 000 inhabitants as a function of the cumulative incidence of asthma treatment per 100 000 inhabitants, since 20 February 2020. Dots are the observed values.

The red cheap ventolin online canada line is the function fitted using fractional polynomials. The shaded area is the 95% CI for the estimates (from Baldi E, Maria Sechi G, Mare C, Canevari F, Brancaglione A, Primi R, Klersy C, Palo A, Contri E, Ronchi V, Beretta G, Reali F, Parogni P, Facchin F, Rizzi U, Bussi D, Ruggeri S, Visconti LO, Savastano S, on behalf of the Lombardia CARe researchers. asthma treatment kills at cheap ventolin online canada home.

The close relationship between the epidemic and the increase of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. See pages 3045–3054).Figure 2(A) Over a period of 60 days from 20 February, the cumulative incidence of asthma treatment per 100 000 inhabitants in the four provinces and in the overall territory (dotted line) (upper part), and cheap ventolin online canada the trend of the difference of OHCA between 2020 and 2019 per 100 000 inhabitants in the four provinces and in the overall territory (dotted line) (bottom part). (B) The cumulative incidence of the difference in OHCA between 2020 and 2019 per 100 000 inhabitants as a function of the cumulative incidence of asthma treatment per 100 000 inhabitants, since 20 February 2020.

Dots are the observed values. The red line is the function fitted using cheap ventolin online canada fractional polynomials. The shaded area is the 95% CI for the estimates (from Baldi E, Maria Sechi G, Mare C, Canevari F, Brancaglione A, Primi R, Klersy C, Palo A, Contri E, Ronchi V, Beretta G, Reali F, Parogni P, Facchin F, Rizzi U, Bussi D, Ruggeri S, Visconti LO, Savastano S, on behalf of the Lombardia CARe researchers.

asthma treatment kills cheap ventolin online canada at home. The close relationship between the epidemic and the increase of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. See pages 3045–3054).With a prothrombotic state of the endothelium, thrombo-embolism should increase during the asthma treatment ventolin.17 This hypothesis is pursued in a Fast Track entitled cheap ventolin online canada ‘Pulmonary embolism in asthma treatment patients.

A French multicentre cohort study’ by Ariel Cohen from the Hopital Saint-Antoine in Paris, France.18 In a retrospective multicentric observational study, the authors included consecutive patients hospitalized for asthma treatment. Among 1527 patients, 6.7% patients had pulmonary embolism confirmed by computed tomographty pulmonary angiography (CTPA). Intensive care unit (ICU) transfer cheap ventolin online canada and mechanical ventilation were significantly higher in the pulmonary embolism group.

In a univariable analysis, traditional venous thrombo-embolic risk factors and pulmonary lesion extension in chest CT were not associated with pulmonary embolism, while patients under anticoagulation prior to hospitalization or in whom it was introduced during hospitalization had a lower risk of pulmonary embolism, with an odds ratio of 0.37. Male gender, prophylactic or therapeutic anticoagulation, C-reactive cheap ventolin online canada protein, and time from symptom onset to hospitalization were associated with pulmonary embolism. Thus, risk factors for pulmonary embolism in asthma treatment do not include traditional thrombo-embolic risk factors, but rather independent clinical and biological findings at admission.

In line with the concept outlined above, inflammation is a major driver of pulmonary embolism in asthma treatment, as further discussed in a thought-provoking Editorial by Adam Torbicki from the Centre of Postgraduate Medical cheap ventolin online canada Education in Otwock, Poland.19Inflammation is also a trigger for atrial fibrillation as it changes the electrical properties of the atrial myocardium and eventually favours tissue fibrosis.20 Furthermore, inflammation may trigger tissue factor expression in the atrial endothelium and favour thrombus formation.21 On the other hand, life on standstill may reduce sympathetic drive and hence reduce the likelihood of new-onset atrial fibrillation.22 In their article entitled ‘New-onset atrial fibrillation. Incidence, characteristics, and related events following a national asthma treatment lockdown of 5.6 million people’, Anders Holt and colleagues from the Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte in Hellerup, Denmark resolved this conundrum.23 During 3 weeks of lockdown, weekly incidence rates of new-onset AF were 2.3, 1.8, and 1.5 per 1000 person-years, while during the corresponding weeks in 2019, incidence rates were 3.5, 3.4, and 3.6 per 1000 person-years. Incidence rate ratios comparing the cheap ventolin online canada same weeks were 0.66, 0.53, and 0.41.

Patients diagnosed during lockdown were younger and had lower CHA2DS2-VASc-scores. During the first 3 weeks of lockdown, 7.8% of patients experienced an ischaemic stroke or death within 7 days of new-onset atrial fibrillation compared with 5.6% during the equivalent weeks in 2019, corresponding to an odds ratio of 1.41. Thus, following a national lockdown in Denmark, new-onset atrial fibrillation declined by 47%, cheap ventolin online canada while ischaemic stroke or death within 7 days increased.

These complex findings are put into context in an excellent Editorial by Carina Blomstrom-Lundqvist from the Department of Medical Science in Uppsala, Sweden.24Myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery or MINS is caused by myocardial ischaemia due to a supply–demand mismatch or thrombus and is associated with an increased risk of mortality and major adverse CV events or MACE.25 In their review ‘Myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery. Diagnosis and management’ Philip Devereaux and colleagues from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada note that the diagnostic criteria for MINS include elevated post-operative troponin levels with no evidence of a non-ischaemic aetiology during cheap ventolin online canada or within 30 days after non-cardiac surgery, and without ischaemic features such as chest pain or ECG changes.26 Patients with MINS should receive aspirin and a statin, unless contraindicated, and an NOAC (non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant) if not at high bleeding risk. Cardiac catheterization is only recommended for those with recurrent ischaemia, heart failure, or high risk based on non-invasive imaging.

Troponin should be measured for the first few days after surgery in patients ≥65 years or with atherosclerotic disease to avoid missing MINS and the opportunity for secondary prophylactic measures and follow-up.Finally, the issue is complemented by various Discussion Forum contributions on this very timely cheap ventolin online canada topic. In a contribution entitled ‘Should atrial fibrillation be considered a cardiovascular risk factor for a worse prognosis in asthma treatment patients?. €™, Fabian Sanchis-Gomar from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Valencia, Spain discuss the recent publication ‘Characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized for asthma treatment and cardiac disease in Northern Italy’ by Marco Metra and colleagues from Brescia, Italy.9,27 Metra et al.

Respond in cheap ventolin online canada turn. In a comment entitled ‘ACE2 is on the X chromosome. Could this explain cheap ventolin online canada asthma treatment gender differences?.

€™ Felix Hernandez from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa in Madrid, and his colleague Esther Culebras discuss the recent publication entitled ‘Circulating plasma concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in men and women with heart failure and effects of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone inhibitors’ by Adriaan Voors and colleagues from the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands.3,28 Voors et al. Respond in a separate comment.29In a contribution entitled ‘Circulating plasma angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 concentrations in patients with kidney disease’, Insa Marie Schmidt and colleagues from the Boston University in Massachusetts, USA also comment cheap ventolin online canada on the article by Voors et al.3,30 Voors and colleagues respond in a separate message to this piece.31 Time for the last wordsThis is my last Issue@aGlance in the European Heart Journal in my role of Editor-in-Chief. It has been a pleasure and honour to serve both authors and readers of this fine journal and the European Society of Cardiology over more than a decade.

My goal has always been to make it more attractive and informative for clinicians and important and stimulating for scientists worldwide. I hope you have enjoyed cheap ventolin online canada it. Needless to say, that was only possible thanks to an amazing team of editors, reviewers, authors, and editorial staff.

I hope that you enjoy this very last issue cheap ventolin online canada under my leadership. The time has come to hand the European Heart Journal over to the new Editor-in-Chief, Filippo Crea from Rome. I am certain Professor Crea will do an excellent job with his new team, retaining some of cheap ventolin online canada the experienced editorial staff from Zurich.

Thank you for submitting to, reviewing for, and reading the European Heart Journal, and goodbye—I am sure we will stay in touch.With thanks to Amelia Meier-Batschelet for help with compilation of this article. References1Anker SD, Butler J, Khan MS, Abraham WT, Bauersachs J, Bocchi E, Bozkurt B, Braunwald E, Chopra VK, Cleland JG, Ezekowitz J, Filippatos G, Friede T, Hernandez AF, Lam CSP, Lindenfeld J, McMurray JJV, Mehra M, Metra M, Packer M, Pieske B, Pocock SJ, Ponikowski P, Rosano GMC, Teerlink JR, Tsutsui H, Van Veldhuisen DJ, Verma S, Voors AA, Wittes J, Zannad F, Zhang J, Seferovic P, Coats AJS. Conducting clinical cheap ventolin online canada trials in heart failure during (and after) the asthma treatment ventolin.

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How to cite this article:Singh http://thieroutdoors.com/the-unexpected-cougar/ OP aphex twin ventolin. Psychiatry research in India. Closing the aphex twin ventolin research gap. Indian J Psychiatry 2020;62:615-6Research is an important aspect of the growth and development of medical science.

Research in India in general and medical research in particular is always being criticized for lack of innovation and originality required for the delivery of health services suitable to Indian aphex twin ventolin conditions. Even the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) which is a centrally funded frontier organization for conducting medical research couldn't avert criticism. It has been criticized heavily for not producing quality research papers which are pioneering, ground breaking, or pragmatic solutions for health issues plaguing India. In the words of a leading daily, The ICMR could not even list one practical application of its hundreds of aphex twin ventolin research papers published in various national and international research journals which helped cure any disease, or diagnose it with better accuracy or in less time, or even one new basic, applied or clinical research or innovation that opened a new frontier of scientific knowledge.[1]This clearly indicates that the health research output of ICMR is not up to the mark and is not commensurate with the magnitude of the disease burden in India.

According to the 12th Plan Report, the country contributes to a fifth of the world's share of diseases. The research conducted elsewhere may not be generalized to the Indian population owing to differences in biology, health-care systems, aphex twin ventolin health practices, culture, and socioeconomic standards. Questions which are pertinent and specific to the Indian context may not be answered and will remain understudied. One of the vital elements in improving this situation is the need for relevant research base that would equip policymakers to take informed health policy decisions.The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare in the 100th report on Demand for Grants (2017–2018) of the Department of Health Research observed that “the biomedical research output needs to be augmented substantially to cater to the health challenges faced by the country.”[1]Among the various reasons, lack of fund, infrastructure, and resources is the prime cause which is glaringly evident from the inadequate budget allocation for biomedical research.

While ICMR has a budget of 232 million dollars per year on health research, it is zilch in comparison to the annual budget expenditure of the National Institute of Health, USA, on biomedical research which is 32 billion dollars.The lacuna of aphex twin ventolin quality research is not merely due to lack of funds. There are other important issues which need to be considered and sorted out to end the status quo. Some of the factors which need our immediate attention are:Lack of research training and teachingImproper allocation of research facilitiesLack of information about research work happening globallyLack of promotion, motivation, commitment, and passion in the field of researchClinicians being overburdened with patientsLack of collaboration between medical colleges and established research institutesLack of continuity of research in successive batches of postgraduate (PG) students, leading to wastage of previous research and resourcesDifficulty in the application of basic biomedical research into pragmatic intervention solutions due to aphex twin ventolin lack of interdisciplinary technological support/collaboration between basic scientists, clinicians, and technological experts.Majority of the biomedical research in India are conducted in medical institutions. The majority of these are done as thesis submission for fulfillment of the requirement of PG degree.

From 2015 onward, publication of papers had been made an obligatory requirement for promotion of faculty to higher posts aphex twin ventolin. Although it offered a unique opportunity for training of residents and stimulus for research, it failed to translate into production of quality research work as thesis was limited by time and it had to be done with other clinical and academic duties.While the top four medical colleges, namely AIIMS, New Delhi. PGIMER, Chandigarh. CMC, Vellore aphex twin ventolin.

And SGIMS, Lucknow are among the top ten medical institutions in terms of publication in peer-reviewed journals, around 332 (57.3%) medical colleges have no research paper published in a decade between 2004 and 2014.[2]The research in psychiatry is realistically dominated by major research institutes which are doing commendable work, but there is a substantial lack of contemporary research originating from other centers. Dr. Chittaranjan Andrade (NIMHANS, Bengaluru) and Dr. K Jacob (CMC, Vellore) recently figured in the list of top 2% psychiatry researchers in the world from India in psychiatry.[3] Most of the research conducted in the field of psychiatry are limited to caregivers' burden, pathways of care, and other topics which can be done in limited resources available to psychiatry departments.

While all these areas of work are important in providing proper care and treatment, there is overabundance of research in these areas.The Government of India is aggressively looking forward to enhancing the quality of research and is embarking on an ambitious project of purchasing all major journals and providing free access to universities across the country. The India Genome Project started in January, 2020, is a good example of collaboration. While all these actions are laudable, a lot more needs to be done. Following are some measures which will reduce the gap:Research proposals at the level of protocol can be guided and mentored by institutes.

Academic committees of different zones and journals can help in this endeavorBreaking the cubicles by establishing a collaboration between medical colleges and various institutes. While there is a lack of resources available in individual departments, there are universities and institutes with excellent infrastructure. They are not aware of the requirements of the field of psychiatry and research questions. Creation of an alliance will enhance the quality of research work.

Some of such institutes include Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi. And National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, KalyaniInitiation and establishment of interactive and stable relationships between basic scientists and clinical and technological experts will enhance the quality of research work and will lead to translation of basic biomedical research into real-time applications. For example, work on artificial intelligence for mental health.

Development of Apps by IITs. Genome India Project by the Government of India, genomic institutes, and social science and economic institutes working in the field of various aspects of mental healthUtilization of underutilized, well-equipped biotechnological labs of nonmedical colleges for furthering biomedical researchMedical colleges should collaborate with various universities which have labs providing testing facilities such as spectroscopy, fluoroscopy, gamma camera, scintigraphy, positron emission tomography, single photon emission computed tomography, and photoacoustic imagingCreating an interactive, interdepartmental, intradepartmental, and interinstitutional partnershipBy developing a healthy and ethical partnership with industries for research and development of new drugs and interventions.Walking the talk – the psychiatric fraternity needs to be proactive and rather than lamenting about the lack of resource, we should rise to the occasion and come out with innovative and original research proposals. With the implementation of collaborative approach, we can not only enhance and improve the quality of our research but to an extent also mitigate the effects of resource crunch and come up as a leader in the field of biomedical research. References 1.2.Nagoba B, Davane M.

Current status of medical research in India. Where are we?. Walawalkar Int Med J 2017;4:66-71. 3.Ioannidis JP, Boyack KW, Baas J.

Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators. PLoS Biol 2020;18:e3000918. Correspondence Address:Dr. Om Prakash SinghAA 304, Ashabari Apartments, O/31, Baishnabghata, Patuli Township, Kolkata - 700 094, West Bengal IndiaSource of Support.

None, Conflict of Interest. NoneDOI. 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_1362_2Abstract Background. The burden of mental illness among the scheduled tribe (ST) population in India is not known clearly.Aim.

The aim was to identify and appraise mental health research studies on ST population in India and collate such data to inform future research.Materials and Methods. Studies published between January 1980 and December 2018 on STs by following exclusion and inclusion criteria were selected for analysis. PubMed, PsychINFO, Embase, Sociofile, Cinhal, and Google Scholar were systematically searched to identify relevant studies. Quality of the included studies was assessed using an appraisal tool to assess the quality of cross-sectional studies and Critical Appraisal Checklist developed by Critical Appraisal Skills Programme.

Studies were summarized and reported descriptively.Results. Thirty-two relevant studies were found and included in the review. Studies were categorized into the following three thematic areas. Alcohol and substance use disorders, common mental disorders and sociocultural aspects, and access to mental health-care services.

Sociocultural factors play a major role in understanding and determining mental disorders.Conclusion. This study is the first of its kind to review research on mental health among the STs. Mental health research conducted among STs in India is limited and is mostly of low-to-moderate quality. Determinants of poor mental health and interventions for addressing them need to be studied on an urgent basis.Keywords.

India, mental health, scheduled tribesHow to cite this article:Devarapalli S V, Kallakuri S, Salam A, Maulik PK. Mental health research on scheduled tribes in India. Indian J Psychiatry 2020;62:617-30 Introduction Mental health is a highly neglected area particularly in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). Data from community-based studies showed that about 10% of people suffer from common mental disorders (CMDs) such as depression, anxiety, and somatic complaints.[1] A systematic review of epidemiological studies between 1960 and 2009 in India reported that about 20% of the adult population in the community are affected by psychiatric disorders in the community, ranging from 9.5 to 103/1000 population, with differences in case definitions, and methods of data collection, accounting for most of the variation in estimates.[2]The scheduled tribes (ST) population is a marginalized community and live in relative social isolation with poorer health indices compared to similar nontribal populations.[3] There are an estimated 90 million STs or Adivasis in India.[4] They constitute 8.6% of the total Indian population.

The distribution varies across the states and union territories of India, with the highest percentage in Lakshadweep (94.8%) followed by Mizoram (94.4%). In northeastern states, they constitute 65% or more of the total population.[5] The ST communities are identified as culturally or ethnographically unique by the Indian Constitution. They are populations with poorer health indicators and fewer health-care facilities compared to non-ST rural populations, even when within the same state, and often live in demarcated geographical areas known as ST areas.[4]As per the National Family Health Survey, 2015–2016, the health indicators such as infant mortality rate (IMR) is 44.4, under five mortality rate (U5MR) is 57.2, and anemia in women is 59.8 for STs – one of the most disadvantaged socioeconomic groups in India, which are worse compared to other populations where IMR is 40.7, U5MR is 49.7, and anemia in women among others is 53.0 in the same areas.[6] Little research is available on the health of ST population. Tribal mental health is an ignored and neglected area in the field of health-care services.

Further, little data are available about the burden of mental disorders among the tribal communities. Health research on tribal populations is poor, globally.[7] Irrespective of the data available, it is clear that they have worse health indicators and less access to health facilities.[8] Even less is known about the burden of mental disorders in ST population. It is also found that the traditional livelihood system of the STs came into conflict with the forces of modernization, resulting not only in the loss of customary rights over the livelihood resources but also in subordination and further, developing low self-esteem, causing great psychological stress.[4] This community has poor health infrastructure and even less mental health resources, and the situation is worse when compared to other communities living in similar areas.[9],[10]Only 15%–25% of those affected with mental disorders in LMICs receive any treatment for their mental illness,[11] resulting in a large “treatment gap.”[12] Treatment gaps are more in rural populations,[13] especially in ST communities in India, which have particularly poor infrastructure and resources for health-care delivery in general, and almost no capacity for providing mental health care.[14]The aim of this systematic review was to explore the extent and nature of mental health research on ST population in India and to identify gaps and inform future research. Materials and Methods Search strategyWe searched major databases (PubMed, PsychINFO, Embase, Sociofile, Cinhal, and Google Scholar) and made hand searches from January 1980 to December 2018 to identify relevant literature.

Hand search refers to searching through medical journals which are not indexed in the major electronic databases such as Embase, for instance, searching for Indian journals in IndMed database as most of these journals are not available in major databases. Physical search refers to searching the journals that were not available online or were not available online during the study years. We used relevant Medical Subject Heading and key terms in our search strategy, as follows. €œMental health,” “Mental disorders,” “Mental illness,” “Psychiatry,” “Scheduled Tribe” OR “Tribe” OR “Tribal Population” OR “Indigenous population,” “India,” “Psych*” (Psychiatric, psychological, psychosis).Inclusion criteriaStudies published between January 1980 and December 2018 were included.

Studies on mental disorders were included only when they focused on ST population. Both qualitative and quantitative studies on mental disorders of ST population only were included in the analysis.Exclusion criteriaStudies without any primary data and which are merely overviews and commentaries and those not focused on ST population were excluded from the analysis.Data management and analysisTwo researchers (SD and SK) initially screened the title and abstract of each record to identify relevant papers and subsequently screened full text of those relevant papers. Any disagreements between the researchers were resolved by discussion or by consulting with an adjudicator (PKM). From each study, data were extracted on objectives, study design, study population, study duration, interventions (if applicable), outcomes, and results.

Quality of the included studies was assessed, independently by three researchers (SD, SK, and AS), using Critical Appraisal Checklist developed by Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP).[15] After a thorough qualitative assessment, all quantitative data were generated and tabulated. A narrative description of the studies is provided in [Table 1] using some broad categories. Results Search resultsOur search retrieved 2306 records (which included hand-searched articles), of which after removing duplicates, title and abstracts of 2278 records were screened. Of these, 178 studies were deemed as potentially relevant and were reviewed in detail.

Finally, we excluded 146 irrelevant studies and 32 studies were included in the review [Figure 1].Quality of the included studiesSummary of quality assessment of the included studies is reported in [Table 2]. Overall, nine studies were of poor quality, twenty were of moderate quality, and three studies were of high quality. The CASP shows that out of the 32 studies, the sample size of 21 studies was not representative, sample size of 7 studies was not justified, risk factors were not identified in 28 studies, methods used were not sufficiently described to repeat them in 24 studies, and nonresponse reasons were not addressed in 24 studies. The most common reasons for studies to be of poor-quality included sample size not justified.

Sample is not representative. Nonresponse not addressed. Risk factors not measured correctly. And methods used were not sufficiently described to repeat them.

Studies under the moderate quality did not have a representative sample. Non-responders categories was not addressed. Risk factors were not measured correctly. And methods used were not sufficiently described to allow the study to be replicated by other researchers.The included studies covered three broad categories.

Alcohol and substance use disorders, CMD (depression, anxiety, stress, and suicide risk), socio-cultural aspects, and access to mental health services.Alcohol and substance use disordersFive studies reviewed the consumption of alcohol and opioid. In an ethnographic study conducted in three western districts in Rajasthan, 200 opium users were interviewed. Opium consumption was common among both younger and older males during nonharvest seasons. The common causes for using opium were relief of anxiety related to crop failure due to drought, stress, to get a high, be part of peers, and for increased sexual performance.[16]In a study conducted in Arunachal Pradesh involving a population of more than 5000 individuals, alcohol use was present in 30% and opium use in about 5% adults.[17] Contrary to that study, in Rajasthan, the prevalence of opium use was more in women and socioeconomic factors such as occupation, education, and marital status were associated with opium use.[16] The prevalence of opium use increased with age in both sexes, decreased with increasing education level, and increased with employment.

It was observed that wages were used to buy opium. In the entire region of Chamlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, female substance users were almost half of the males among ST population.[17] Types of substance used were tobacco, alcohol, and opium. Among tobacco users, oral tobacco use was higher than smoking. The prevalence of tobacco use was higher among males, but the prevalence of alcohol use was higher in females, probably due to increased access to homemade rice brew generally prepared by women.

This study is unique in terms of finding a strong association with religion and culture with substance use.[18]Alcohol consumption among Paniyas of Wayanad district in Kerala is perceived as a male activity, with many younger people consuming it than earlier. A study concluded that alcohol consumption among them was less of a “choice” than a result of their conditions operating through different mechanisms. In the past, drinking was traditionally common among elderly males, however the consumption pattern has changed as a significant number of younger men are now drinking. Drinking was clustered within families as fathers and sons drank together.

Alcohol is easily accessible as government itself provides opportunities. Some employers would provide alcohol as an incentive to attract Paniya men to work for them.[19]In a study from Jharkhand, several ST community members cited reasons associated with social enhancement and coping with distressing emotions rather than individual enhancement, as a reason for consuming alcohol. Societal acceptance of drinking alcohol and peer pressure, as well as high emotional problems, appeared to be the major etiology leading to higher prevalence of substance dependence in tribal communities.[20] Another study found high life time alcohol use prevalence, and the reasons mentioned were increased poverty, illiteracy, increased stress, and peer pressure.[21] A household survey from Chamlang district of Arunachal Pradesh revealed that there was a strong association between opium use and age, occupation, marital status, religion, and ethnicity among both the sexes of STs, particularly among Singhpho and Khamti.[15] The average age of onset of tobacco use was found to be 16.4 years for smoked and 17.5 years for smokeless forms in one study.[22]Common mental disorders and socio-cultural aspectsSuicide was more common among Idu Mishmi in Roing and Anini districts of Arunachal Pradesh state (14.2%) compared to the urban population in general (0.4%–4.2%). Suicides were associated with depression, anxiety, alcoholism, and eating disorders.

Of all the factors, depression was significantly high in people who attempted suicide.[24] About 5% out of 5007 people from thirty villages comprising ST suffered from CMDs in a study from West Godavari district in rural Andhra Pradesh. CMDs were defined as moderate/severe depression and/or anxiety, stress, and increased suicidal risk. Women had a higher prevalence of depression, but this may be due to the cultural norms, as men are less likely to express symptoms of depression or anxiety, which leads to underreporting. Marital status, education, and age were prominently associated with CMD.[14] In another study, gender, illiteracy, infant mortality in the household, having <3 adults living in the household, large family size with >four children, morbidity, and having two or more life events in the last year were associated with increased prevalence of CMD.[24] Urban and rural ST from the same community of Bhutias of Sikkim were examined, and it was found that the urban population experienced higher perceived stress compared to their rural counterparts.[25] Age, current use of alcohol, poor educational status, marital status, social groups, and comorbidities were the main determinants of tobacco use and nicotine dependence in a study from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[22] A study conducted among adolescents in the schools of rural areas of Ranchi district in Jharkhand revealed that about 5% children from the ST communities had emotional symptoms, 9.6% children had conduct problems, 4.2% had hyperactivity, and 1.4% had significant peer problems.[27] A study conducted among the female school teachers in Jharkhand examined the effects of stress, marital status, and ethnicity upon the mental health of school teachers.

The study found that among the three factors namely stress, marital status, and ethnicity, ethnicity was found to affect mental health of the school teachers most. It found a positive relationship between mental health and socioeconomic status, with an inverse relationship showing that as income increased, the prevalence of depression decreased.[28] A study among Ao-Nagas in Nagaland found that 74.6% of the population attributed mental health problems to psycho-social factors and a considerable proportion chose a psychiatrist or psychologist to overcome the problem. However, 15.4% attributed mental disorders to evil spirits. About 47% preferred to seek treatment with a psychiatrist and 25% preferred prayers.

Nearly 10.6% wanted to seek the help of both the psychiatrist and prayer group and 4.4% preferred traditional healers.[28],[29] The prevalence of Down syndrome among the ST in Chikhalia in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh was higher than that reported in overall India. Three-fourth of the children were the first-born child. None of the parents of children with Down syndrome had consanguineous marriage or a history of Down syndrome, intellectual disability, or any other neurological disorder such as cerebral palsy and epilepsy in preceding generations. It is known that tribal population is highly impoverished and disadvantaged in several ways and suffer proportionately higher burden of nutritional and genetic disorders, which are potential factors for Down syndrome.[30]Access to mental health-care servicesIn a study in Ranchi district of Jharkhand, it was found that most people consulted faith healers rather than qualified medical practitioners.

There are few mental health services in the regions.[31] Among ST population, there was less reliance and belief in modern medicine, and it was also not easily accessible, thus the health-care systems must be more holistic and take care of cultural and local health practices.[32]The Systematic Medical Appraisal, Referral and Treatment (SMART) Mental Health project was implemented in thirty ST villages in West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. The key objectives were to use task sharing, training of primary health workers, implementing evidence-based clinical decision support tools on a mobile platform, and providing mental health services to rural population. The study included 238 adults suffering from CMD. During the intervention period, 12.6% visited the primary health-care doctors compared to only 0.8% who had sought any care for their mental disorders prior to the intervention.

The study also found a significant reduction in the depression and anxiety scores at the end of intervention and improvements in stigma perceptions related to mental health.[14] A study in Gudalur and Pandalur Taluks of Nilgiri district from Tamil Nadu used low cost task shifting by providing community education and identifying and referring individuals with psychiatric problems as effective strategies for treating mental disorders in ST communities. Through the program, the health workers established a network within the village, which in turn helped the patients to interact with them freely. Consenting patients volunteered at the educational sessions to discuss their experience about the effectiveness of their treatment. Community awareness programs altered knowledge and attitudes toward mental illness in the community.[33] A study in Nilgiri district, Tamil Nadu, found that the community had been taking responsibility of the patients with the system by providing treatment closer to home without people having to travel long distances to access care.

Expenses were reduced by subsidizing the costs of medicine and ensuring free hospital admissions and referrals to the people.[34] A study on the impact of gender, socioeconomic status, and age on mental health of female factory workers in Jharkhand found that the ST women were more likely to face stress and hardship in life due to diverse economic and household responsibilities, which, in turn, severely affected their mental health.[35] Prevalence of mental health morbidity in a study from the Sunderbans delta found a positive relation with psycho-social stressors and poor quality of life. The health system in that remote area was largely managed by “quack doctors” and faith healers. Poverty, illiteracy, and detachment from the larger community helped reinforce superstitious beliefs and made them seek both mental and physical health care from faith healers.[36] In a study among students, it was found that children had difficulties in adjusting to both ethnic and mainstream culture.[27] Low family income, inadequate housing, poor sanitation, and unhealthy and unhygienic living conditions were some environmental factors contributing to poor physical and mental growth of children. It was observed that children who did not have such risk factors maintained more intimate relations with the family members.

Children belonging to the disadvantaged environment expressed their verbal, emotional need, blame, and harm avoidances more freely than their counterparts belonging to less disadvantaged backgrounds. Although disadvantaged children had poor interfamilial interaction, they had better relations with the members outside family, such as peers, friends, and neighbors.[37] Another study in Jharkhand found that epilepsy was higher among ST patients compared to non-ST patients.[31] Most patients among the ST are irregular and dropout rates are higher among them than the non-ST patients. Urbanization per se exerted no adverse influence on the mental health of a tribal community, provided it allowed preservation of ethnic and cultural practices. Women in the ST communities were less vulnerable to mental illness than men.

This might be a reflection of their increased responsibilities and enhanced gender roles that are characteristic of women in many ST communities.[38] Data obtained using culturally relevant scales revealed that relocated Sahariya suffer a lot of mental health problems, which are partially explained by livelihood and poverty-related factors. The loss of homes and displacement compromise mental health, especially the positive emotional well-being related to happiness, life satisfaction, optimism for future, and spiritual contentment. These are often not overcome even with good relocation programs focused on material compensation and livelihood re-establishment.[39] Discussion This systematic review is to our knowledge the first on mental health of ST population in India. Few studies on the mental health of ST were available.

All attempts including hand searching were made to recover both published peer-reviewed papers and reports available on the website. Though we searched gray literature, it may be possible that it does not capture all articles. Given the heterogeneity of the papers, it was not possible to do a meta-analysis, so a narrative review was done.The quality of the studies was assessed by CASP. The assessment shows that the research conducted on mental health of STs needs to be carried out more effectively.

The above mentioned gaps need to be filled in future research by considering the resources effectively while conducting the studies. Mental and substance use disorders contribute majorly to the health disparities. To address this, one needs to deliver evidence-based treatments, but it is important to understand how far these interventions for the indigenous populations can incorporate cultural practices, which are essential for the development of mental health services.[30] Evidence has shown a disproportionate burden of suicide among indigenous populations in national and regional studies, and a global and systematic investigation of this topic has not been undertaken to date. Previous reviews of suicide epidemiology among indigenous populations have tended to be less comprehensive or not systematic, and have often focused on subpopulations such as youth, high-income countries, or regions such as Oceania or the Arctic.[46] The only studies in our review which provided data on suicide were in Idu Mishmi, an isolated tribal population of North-East India, and tribal communities from Sunderban delta.[24],[37] Some reasons for suicide in these populations could be the poor identification of existing mental disorders, increased alcohol use, extreme poverty leading to increased debt and hopelessness, and lack of stable employment opportunities.[24],[37] The traditional consumption pattern of alcohol has changed due to the reasons associated with social enhancement and coping with distressing emotions rather than individual enhancement.[19],[20]Faith healers play a dominant role in treating mental disorders.

There is less awareness about mental health and available mental health services and even if such knowledge is available, access is limited due to remoteness of many of these villages, and often it involves high out-of-pocket expenditure.[35] Practitioners of modern medicine can play a vital role in not only increasing awareness about mental health in the community, but also engaging with faith healers and traditional medicine practitioners to help increase their capacity to identify and manage CMDs that do not need medications and can be managed through simple “talk therapy.” Knowledge on symptoms of severe mental disorders can also help such faith healers and traditional medicine practitioners to refer cases to primary care doctors or mental health professionals.Remote settlements make it difficult for ST communities to seek mental health care. Access needs to be increased by using solutions that use training of primary health workers and nonphysician health workers, task sharing, and technology-enabled clinical decision support tools.[3] The SMART Mental Health project was delivered in the tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh using those principles and was found to be beneficial by all stakeholders.[14]Given the lack of knowledge about mental health problems among these communities, the government and nongovernmental organizations should collect and disseminate data on mental disorders among the ST communities. More research funding needs to be provided and key stakeholders should be involved in creating awareness both in the community and among policy makers to develop more projects for ST communities around mental health. Two recent meetings on tribal mental health – Round Table Meeting on Mental Health of ST Populations organized by the George Institute for Global Health, India, in 2017,[51] and the First National Conference on Tribal Mental Health organized by the Indian Psychiatric Society in Bhubaneswar in 2018 – have identified some key areas of research priority for mental health in ST communities.

A national-level policy on mental health of tribal communities or population is advocated which should be developed in consultation with key stakeholders. The Indian Psychiatric Society can play a role in coordinating research activities with support of the government which can ensure regular monitoring and dissemination of the research impact to the tribal communities. There is a need to understand how mental health symptoms are perceived in different ST communities and investigate the healing practices associated with distress/disaster/death/loss/disease. This could be done in the form of cross-sectional or cohort studies to generate proper evidence which could also include the information on prevalence, mental health morbidity, and any specific patterns associated with a specific disorder.

Future research should estimate the prevalence of mental disorders in different age groups and gender, risk factors, and the influence of modernization. Studies should develop a theoretical model to understand mental disorders and promote positive mental health within ST communities. Studies should also look at different ST communities as cultural differences exist across them, and there are also differences in socioeconomic status which impact on ability to access care.Research has shown that the impact and the benefits are amplified when research is driven by priorities that are identified by indigenous communities and involve their active participation. Their knowledge and perspectives are incorporated in processes and findings.

Reporting of findings is meaningful to the communities. And indigenous groups and other key stakeholders are engaged from the outset.[47] Future research in India on ST communities should also adhere to these broad principles to ensure relevant and beneficial research, which have direct impact on the mental health of the ST communities.There is also a need to update literature related to mental health of ST population continuously. Develop culturally appropriate validated instruments to measure mental morbidity relevant to ST population. And use qualitative research to investigate the perceptions and barriers for help-seeking behavior.[48] Conclusion The current review helps not only to collate the existing literature on the mental health of ST communities but also identify gaps in knowledge and provide some indications about the type of research that should be funded in future.Financial support and sponsorshipNil.Conflicts of interestThere are no conflicts of interest.

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Research in India in general and medical research in particular is always being criticized for lack of innovation and originality required for the delivery of health services suitable cheap ventolin online canada to Indian conditions. Even the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) which is a centrally funded frontier organization for conducting medical research couldn't avert criticism. It has been criticized heavily for not producing quality research papers which are pioneering, ground breaking, or pragmatic solutions for health issues plaguing India. In the words of a leading daily, The ICMR could not even list one practical application of its hundreds of research papers published in various national and international research journals which helped cure any disease, or diagnose it with better accuracy or in less time, or even one new basic, applied or clinical research or innovation that opened a new frontier of scientific knowledge.[1]This clearly indicates cheap ventolin online canada that the health research output of ICMR is not up to the mark and is not commensurate with the magnitude of the disease burden in India.

According to the 12th Plan Report, the country contributes to a fifth of the world's share of diseases. The research conducted elsewhere may not be generalized to the Indian population owing to differences in biology, health-care cheap ventolin online canada systems, health practices, culture, and socioeconomic standards. Questions which are pertinent and specific to the Indian context may not be answered and will remain understudied. One of the vital elements in improving this situation is the need for relevant research base that would equip policymakers to take informed health policy decisions.The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare in the 100th report on Demand for Grants (2017–2018) of the Department of Health Research observed that “the biomedical research output needs to be augmented substantially to cater to the health challenges faced by the country.”[1]Among the various reasons, lack of fund, infrastructure, and resources is the prime cause which is glaringly evident from the inadequate budget allocation for biomedical research.

While ICMR has a budget of 232 million dollars per year cheap ventolin online canada on health research, it is zilch in comparison to the annual budget expenditure of the National Institute of Health, USA, on biomedical research which is 32 billion dollars.The lacuna of quality research is not merely due to lack of funds. There are other important issues which need to be considered and sorted out to end the status quo. Some of the factors which need our immediate attention are:Lack of research training and teachingImproper allocation of research facilitiesLack of information about research work happening globallyLack of promotion, motivation, commitment, and passion in the field of researchClinicians being overburdened with patientsLack of collaboration between medical colleges and established research institutesLack of continuity of research in successive batches of postgraduate (PG) students, leading to wastage of previous research and resourcesDifficulty in the application of basic biomedical research into pragmatic intervention solutions due to lack of interdisciplinary technological support/collaboration between basic scientists, clinicians, and technological experts.Majority of the biomedical research in India cheap ventolin online canada are conducted in medical institutions. The majority of these are done as thesis submission for fulfillment of the requirement of PG degree.

From 2015 onward, publication of papers had been made an obligatory requirement for promotion of faculty to higher cheap ventolin online canada posts. Although it offered a unique opportunity for training of residents and stimulus for research, it failed to translate into production of quality research work as thesis was limited by time and it had to be done with other clinical and academic duties.While the top four medical colleges, namely AIIMS, New Delhi. PGIMER, Chandigarh. CMC, Vellore cheap ventolin online canada.

And SGIMS, Lucknow are among the top ten medical institutions in terms of publication in peer-reviewed journals, around 332 (57.3%) medical colleges have no research paper published in a decade between 2004 and 2014.[2]The research in psychiatry is realistically dominated by major research institutes which are doing commendable work, but there is a substantial lack of contemporary research originating from other centers. Dr. Chittaranjan Andrade (NIMHANS, Bengaluru) and Dr. K Jacob (CMC, Vellore) recently figured in the list of top 2% psychiatry researchers in the world from India in psychiatry.[3] Most of the research conducted in the field of psychiatry are limited to caregivers' burden, pathways of care, and other topics which can be done in limited resources available to psychiatry departments.

While all these areas of work are important in providing proper care and treatment, there is overabundance of research in these areas.The Government of India is aggressively looking forward to enhancing the quality of research and is embarking on an ambitious project of purchasing all major journals and providing free access to universities across the country. The India Genome Project started in January, 2020, is a good example of collaboration. While all these actions are laudable, a lot more needs to be done. Following are some measures which will reduce the gap:Research proposals at the level of protocol can be guided and mentored by institutes.

Academic committees of different zones and journals can help in this endeavorBreaking the cubicles by establishing a collaboration between medical colleges and various institutes. While there is a lack of resources available in individual departments, there are universities and institutes with excellent infrastructure. They are not aware of the requirements of the field of psychiatry and research questions. Creation of an alliance will enhance the quality of research work.

Some of such institutes include Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi. And National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, KalyaniInitiation and establishment of interactive and stable relationships between basic scientists and clinical and technological experts will enhance the quality of research work and will lead to translation of basic biomedical research into real-time applications. For example, work on artificial intelligence for mental health.

Development of Apps by IITs. Genome India Project by the Government of India, genomic institutes, and social science and economic institutes working in the field of various aspects of mental healthUtilization of underutilized, well-equipped biotechnological labs of nonmedical colleges for furthering biomedical researchMedical colleges should collaborate with various universities which have labs providing testing facilities such as spectroscopy, fluoroscopy, gamma camera, scintigraphy, positron emission tomography, single photon emission computed tomography, and photoacoustic imagingCreating an interactive, interdepartmental, intradepartmental, and interinstitutional partnershipBy developing a healthy and ethical partnership with industries for research and development of new drugs and interventions.Walking the talk – the psychiatric fraternity needs to be proactive and rather than lamenting about the lack of resource, we should rise to the occasion and come out with innovative and original research proposals. With the implementation of collaborative approach, we can not only enhance and improve the quality of our research but to an extent also mitigate the effects of resource crunch and come up as a leader in the field of biomedical research. References 1.2.Nagoba B, Davane M.

Current status of medical research in India. Where are we?. Walawalkar Int Med J 2017;4:66-71. 3.Ioannidis JP, Boyack KW, Baas J.

Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators. PLoS Biol 2020;18:e3000918. Correspondence Address:Dr. Om Prakash SinghAA 304, Ashabari Apartments, O/31, Baishnabghata, Patuli Township, Kolkata - 700 094, West Bengal IndiaSource of Support.

None, Conflict of Interest. NoneDOI. 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_1362_2Abstract Background. The burden of mental illness among the scheduled tribe (ST) population in India is not known clearly.Aim.

The aim was to identify and appraise mental health research studies on ST population in India and collate such data to inform future research.Materials and Methods. Studies published between January 1980 and December 2018 on STs by following exclusion and inclusion criteria were selected for analysis. PubMed, PsychINFO, Embase, Sociofile, Cinhal, and Google Scholar were systematically searched to identify relevant studies. Quality of the included studies was assessed using an appraisal tool to assess the quality of cross-sectional studies and Critical Appraisal Checklist developed by Critical Appraisal Skills Programme.

Studies were summarized and reported descriptively.Results. Thirty-two relevant studies were found and included in the review. Studies were categorized into the following three thematic areas. Alcohol and substance use disorders, common mental disorders and sociocultural aspects, and access to mental health-care services.

Sociocultural factors play a major role in understanding and determining mental disorders.Conclusion. This study is the first of its kind to review research on mental health among the STs. Mental health research conducted among STs in India is limited and is mostly of low-to-moderate quality. Determinants of poor mental health and interventions for addressing them need to be studied on an urgent basis.Keywords.

India, mental health, scheduled tribesHow to cite this article:Devarapalli S V, Kallakuri S, Salam A, Maulik PK. Mental health research on scheduled tribes in India. Indian J Psychiatry 2020;62:617-30 Introduction Mental health is a highly neglected area particularly in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). Data from community-based studies showed that about 10% of people suffer from common mental disorders (CMDs) such as depression, anxiety, and somatic complaints.[1] A systematic review of epidemiological studies between 1960 and 2009 in India reported that about 20% of the adult population in the community are affected by psychiatric disorders in the community, ranging from 9.5 to 103/1000 population, with differences in case definitions, and methods of data collection, accounting for most of the variation in estimates.[2]The scheduled tribes (ST) population is a marginalized community and live in relative social isolation with poorer health indices compared to similar nontribal populations.[3] There are an estimated 90 million STs or Adivasis in India.[4] They constitute 8.6% of the total Indian population.

The distribution varies across the states and union territories of India, with the highest percentage in Lakshadweep (94.8%) followed by Mizoram (94.4%). In northeastern states, they constitute 65% or more of the total population.[5] The ST communities are identified as culturally or ethnographically unique by the Indian Constitution. They are populations with poorer health indicators and fewer health-care facilities compared to non-ST rural populations, even when within the same state, and often live in demarcated geographical areas known as ST areas.[4]As per the National Family Health Survey, 2015–2016, the health indicators such as infant mortality rate (IMR) is 44.4, under five mortality rate (U5MR) is 57.2, and anemia in women is 59.8 for STs – one of the most disadvantaged socioeconomic groups in India, which are worse compared to other populations where IMR is 40.7, U5MR is 49.7, and anemia in women among others is 53.0 in the same areas.[6] Little research is available on the health of ST population. Tribal mental health is an ignored and neglected area in the field of health-care services.

Further, little data are available about the burden of mental disorders among the tribal communities. Health research on tribal populations is poor, globally.[7] Irrespective of the data available, it is clear that they have worse health indicators and less access to health facilities.[8] Even less is known about the burden of mental disorders in ST population. It is also found that the traditional livelihood system of the STs came into conflict with the forces of modernization, resulting not only in the loss of customary rights over the livelihood resources but also in subordination and further, developing low self-esteem, causing great psychological stress.[4] This community has poor health infrastructure and even less mental health resources, and the situation is worse when compared to other communities living in similar areas.[9],[10]Only 15%–25% of those affected with mental disorders in LMICs receive any treatment for their mental illness,[11] resulting in a large “treatment gap.”[12] Treatment gaps are more in rural populations,[13] especially in ST communities in India, which have particularly poor infrastructure and resources for health-care delivery in general, and almost no capacity for providing mental health care.[14]The aim of this systematic review was to explore the extent and nature of mental health research on ST population in India and to identify gaps and inform future research. Materials and Methods Search strategyWe searched major databases (PubMed, PsychINFO, Embase, Sociofile, Cinhal, and Google Scholar) and made hand searches from January 1980 to December 2018 to identify relevant literature.

Hand search refers to searching through medical journals which are not indexed in the major electronic databases such as Embase, for instance, searching for Indian journals in IndMed database as most of these journals are not available in major databases. Physical search refers to searching the journals that were not available online or were not available online during the study years. We used relevant Medical Subject Heading and key terms in our search strategy, as follows. €œMental health,” “Mental disorders,” “Mental illness,” “Psychiatry,” “Scheduled Tribe” OR “Tribe” OR “Tribal Population” OR “Indigenous population,” “India,” “Psych*” (Psychiatric, psychological, psychosis).Inclusion criteriaStudies published between January 1980 and December 2018 were included.

Studies on mental disorders were included only when they focused on ST population. Both qualitative and quantitative studies on mental disorders of ST population only were included in the analysis.Exclusion criteriaStudies without any primary data and which are merely overviews and commentaries and those not focused on ST population were excluded from the analysis.Data management and analysisTwo researchers (SD and SK) initially screened the title and abstract of each record to identify relevant papers and subsequently screened full text of those relevant papers. Any disagreements between the researchers were resolved by discussion or by consulting with an adjudicator (PKM). From each study, data were extracted on objectives, study design, study population, study duration, interventions (if applicable), outcomes, and results.

Quality of the included studies was assessed, independently by three researchers (SD, SK, and AS), using Critical Appraisal Checklist developed by Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP).[15] After a thorough qualitative assessment, all quantitative data were generated and tabulated. A narrative description of the studies is provided in [Table 1] using some broad categories. Results Search resultsOur search retrieved 2306 records (which included hand-searched articles), of which after removing duplicates, title and abstracts of 2278 records were screened. Of these, 178 studies were deemed as potentially relevant and were reviewed in detail.

Finally, we excluded 146 irrelevant studies and 32 studies were included in the review [Figure 1].Quality of the included studiesSummary of quality assessment of the included studies is reported in [Table 2]. Overall, nine studies were of poor quality, twenty were of moderate quality, and three studies were of high quality. The CASP shows that out of the 32 studies, the sample size of 21 studies was not representative, sample size of 7 studies was not justified, risk factors were not identified in 28 studies, methods used were not sufficiently described to repeat them in 24 studies, and nonresponse reasons were not addressed in 24 studies. The most common reasons for studies to be of poor-quality included sample size not justified.

Sample is not representative. Nonresponse not addressed. Risk factors not measured correctly. And methods used were not sufficiently described to repeat them.

Studies under the moderate quality did not have a representative sample. Non-responders categories was not addressed. Risk factors were not measured correctly. And methods used were not sufficiently described to allow the study to be replicated by other researchers.The included studies covered three broad categories.

Alcohol and substance use disorders, CMD (depression, anxiety, stress, and suicide risk), socio-cultural aspects, and access to mental health services.Alcohol and substance use disordersFive studies reviewed the consumption of alcohol and opioid. In an ethnographic study conducted in three western districts in Rajasthan, 200 opium users were interviewed. Opium consumption was common among both younger and older males during nonharvest seasons. The common causes for using opium were relief of anxiety related to crop failure due to drought, stress, to get a high, be part of peers, and for increased sexual performance.[16]In a study conducted in Arunachal Pradesh involving a population of more than 5000 individuals, alcohol use was present in 30% and opium use in about 5% adults.[17] Contrary to that study, in Rajasthan, the prevalence of opium use was more in women and socioeconomic factors such as occupation, education, and marital status were associated with opium use.[16] The prevalence of opium use increased with age in both sexes, decreased with increasing education level, and increased with employment.

It was observed that wages were used to buy opium. In the entire region of Chamlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, female substance users were almost half of the males among ST population.[17] Types of substance used were tobacco, alcohol, and opium. Among tobacco users, oral tobacco use was higher than smoking. The prevalence of tobacco use was higher among males, but the prevalence of alcohol use was higher in females, probably due to increased access to homemade rice brew generally prepared by women.

This study is unique in terms of finding a strong association with religion and culture with substance use.[18]Alcohol consumption among Paniyas of Wayanad district in Kerala is perceived as a male activity, with many younger people consuming it than earlier. A study concluded that alcohol consumption among them was less of a “choice” than a result of their conditions operating through different mechanisms. In the past, drinking was traditionally common among elderly males, however the consumption pattern has changed as a significant number of younger men are now drinking. Drinking was clustered within families as fathers and sons drank together.

Alcohol is easily accessible as government itself provides opportunities. Some employers would provide alcohol as an incentive to attract Paniya men to work for them.[19]In a study from Jharkhand, several ST community members cited reasons associated with social enhancement and coping with distressing emotions rather than individual enhancement, as a reason for consuming alcohol. Societal acceptance of drinking alcohol and peer pressure, as well as high emotional problems, appeared to be the major etiology leading to higher prevalence of substance dependence in tribal communities.[20] Another study found high life time alcohol use prevalence, and the reasons mentioned were increased poverty, illiteracy, increased stress, and peer pressure.[21] A household survey from Chamlang district of Arunachal Pradesh revealed that there was a strong association between opium use and age, occupation, marital status, religion, and ethnicity among both the sexes of STs, particularly among Singhpho and Khamti.[15] The average age of onset of tobacco use was found to be 16.4 years for smoked and 17.5 years for smokeless forms in one study.[22]Common mental disorders and socio-cultural aspectsSuicide was more common among Idu Mishmi in Roing and Anini districts of Arunachal Pradesh state (14.2%) compared to the urban population in general (0.4%–4.2%). Suicides were associated with depression, anxiety, alcoholism, and eating disorders.

Of all the factors, depression was significantly high in people who attempted suicide.[24] About 5% out of 5007 people from thirty villages comprising ST suffered from CMDs in a study from West Godavari district in rural Andhra Pradesh. CMDs were defined as moderate/severe depression and/or anxiety, stress, and increased suicidal risk. Women had a higher prevalence of depression, but this may be due to the cultural norms, as men are less likely to express symptoms of depression or anxiety, which leads to underreporting. Marital status, education, and age were prominently associated with CMD.[14] In another study, gender, illiteracy, infant mortality in the household, having <3 adults living in the household, large family size with >four children, morbidity, and having two or more life events in the last year were associated with increased prevalence of CMD.[24] Urban and rural ST from the same community of Bhutias of Sikkim were examined, and it was found that the urban population experienced higher perceived stress compared to their rural counterparts.[25] Age, current use of alcohol, poor educational status, marital status, social groups, and comorbidities were the main determinants of tobacco use and nicotine dependence in a study from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[22] A study conducted among adolescents in the schools of rural areas of Ranchi district in Jharkhand revealed that about 5% children from the ST communities had emotional symptoms, 9.6% children had conduct problems, 4.2% had hyperactivity, and 1.4% had significant peer problems.[27] A study conducted among the female school teachers in Jharkhand examined the effects of stress, marital status, and ethnicity upon the mental health of school teachers.

The study found that among the three factors namely stress, marital status, and ethnicity, ethnicity was found to affect mental health of the school teachers most. It found a positive relationship between mental health and socioeconomic status, with an inverse relationship showing that as income increased, the prevalence of depression decreased.[28] A study among Ao-Nagas in Nagaland found that 74.6% of the population attributed mental health problems to psycho-social factors and a considerable proportion chose a psychiatrist or psychologist to overcome the problem. However, 15.4% attributed mental disorders to evil spirits. About 47% preferred to seek treatment with a psychiatrist and 25% preferred prayers.

Nearly 10.6% wanted to seek the help of both the psychiatrist and prayer group and 4.4% preferred traditional healers.[28],[29] The prevalence of Down syndrome among the ST in Chikhalia in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh was higher than that reported in overall India. Three-fourth of the children were the first-born child. None of the parents of children with Down syndrome had consanguineous marriage or a history of Down syndrome, intellectual disability, or any other neurological disorder such as cerebral palsy and epilepsy in preceding generations. It is known that tribal population is highly impoverished and disadvantaged in several ways and suffer proportionately higher burden of nutritional and genetic disorders, which are potential factors for Down syndrome.[30]Access to mental health-care servicesIn a study in Ranchi district of Jharkhand, it was found that most people consulted faith healers rather than qualified medical practitioners.

There are few mental health services in the regions.[31] Among ST population, there was less reliance and belief in modern medicine, and it was also not easily accessible, thus the health-care systems must be more holistic and take care of cultural and local health practices.[32]The Systematic Medical Appraisal, Referral and Treatment (SMART) Mental Health project was implemented in thirty ST villages in West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. The key objectives were to use task sharing, training of primary health workers, implementing evidence-based clinical decision support tools on a mobile platform, and providing mental health services to rural population. The study included 238 adults suffering from CMD. During the intervention period, 12.6% visited the primary health-care doctors compared to only 0.8% who had sought any care for their mental disorders prior to the intervention.

The study also found a significant reduction in the depression and anxiety scores at the end of intervention and improvements in stigma perceptions related to mental health.[14] A study in Gudalur and Pandalur Taluks of Nilgiri district from Tamil Nadu used low cost task shifting by providing community education and identifying and referring individuals with psychiatric problems as effective strategies for treating mental disorders in ST communities. Through the program, the health workers established a network within the village, which in turn helped the patients to interact with them freely. Consenting patients volunteered at the educational sessions to discuss their experience about the effectiveness of their treatment. Community awareness programs altered knowledge and attitudes toward mental illness in the community.[33] A study in Nilgiri district, Tamil Nadu, found that the community had been taking responsibility of the patients with the system by providing treatment closer to home without people having to travel long distances to access care.

Expenses were reduced by subsidizing the costs of medicine and ensuring free hospital admissions and referrals to the people.[34] A study on the impact of gender, socioeconomic status, and age on mental health of female factory workers in Jharkhand found that the ST women were more likely to face stress and hardship in life due to diverse economic and household responsibilities, which, in turn, severely affected their mental health.[35] Prevalence of mental health morbidity in a study from the Sunderbans delta found a positive relation with psycho-social stressors and poor quality of life. The health system in that remote area was largely managed by “quack doctors” and faith healers. Poverty, illiteracy, and detachment from the larger community helped reinforce superstitious beliefs and made them seek both mental and physical health care from faith healers.[36] In a study among students, it was found that children had difficulties in adjusting to both ethnic and mainstream culture.[27] Low family income, inadequate housing, poor sanitation, and unhealthy and unhygienic living conditions were some environmental factors contributing to poor physical and mental growth of children. It was observed that children who did not have such risk factors maintained more intimate relations with the family members.

Children belonging to the disadvantaged environment expressed their verbal, emotional need, blame, and harm avoidances more freely than their counterparts belonging to less disadvantaged backgrounds. Although disadvantaged children had poor interfamilial interaction, they had better relations with the members outside family, such as peers, friends, and neighbors.[37] Another study in Jharkhand found that epilepsy was higher among ST patients compared to non-ST patients.[31] Most patients among the ST are irregular and dropout rates are higher among them than the non-ST patients. Urbanization per se exerted no adverse influence on the mental health of a tribal community, provided it allowed preservation of ethnic and cultural practices. Women in the ST communities were less vulnerable to mental illness than men.

This might be a reflection of their increased responsibilities and enhanced gender roles that are characteristic of women in many ST communities.[38] Data obtained using culturally relevant scales revealed that relocated Sahariya suffer a lot of mental health problems, which are partially explained by livelihood and poverty-related factors. The loss of homes and displacement compromise mental health, especially the positive emotional well-being related to happiness, life satisfaction, optimism for future, and spiritual contentment. These are often not overcome even with good relocation programs focused on material compensation and livelihood re-establishment.[39] Discussion This systematic review is to our knowledge the first on mental health of ST population in India. Few studies on the mental health of ST were available.

All attempts including hand searching were made to recover both published peer-reviewed papers and reports available on the website. Though we searched gray literature, it may be possible that it does not capture all articles. Given the heterogeneity of the papers, it was not possible to do a meta-analysis, so a narrative review was done.The quality of the studies was assessed by CASP. The assessment shows that the research conducted on mental health of STs needs to be carried out more effectively.

The above mentioned gaps need to be filled in future research by considering the resources effectively while conducting the studies. Mental and substance use disorders contribute majorly to the health disparities. To address this, one needs to deliver evidence-based treatments, but it is important to understand how far these interventions for the indigenous populations can incorporate cultural practices, which are essential for the development of mental health services.[30] Evidence has shown a disproportionate burden of suicide among indigenous populations in national and regional studies, and a global and systematic investigation of this topic has not been undertaken to date. Previous reviews of suicide epidemiology among indigenous populations have tended to be less comprehensive or not systematic, and have often focused on subpopulations such as youth, high-income countries, or regions such as Oceania or the Arctic.[46] The only studies in our review which provided data on suicide were in Idu Mishmi, an isolated tribal population of North-East India, and tribal communities from Sunderban delta.[24],[37] Some reasons for suicide in these populations could be the poor identification of existing mental disorders, increased alcohol use, extreme poverty leading to increased debt and hopelessness, and lack of stable employment opportunities.[24],[37] The traditional consumption pattern of alcohol has changed due to the reasons associated with social enhancement and coping with distressing emotions rather than individual enhancement.[19],[20]Faith healers play a dominant role in treating mental disorders.

There is less awareness about mental health and available mental health services and even if such knowledge is available, access is limited due to remoteness of many of these villages, and often it involves high out-of-pocket expenditure.[35] Practitioners of modern medicine can play a vital role in not only increasing awareness about mental health in the community, but also engaging with faith healers and traditional medicine practitioners to help increase their capacity to identify and manage CMDs that do not need medications and can be managed through simple “talk therapy.” Knowledge on symptoms of severe mental disorders can also help such faith healers and traditional medicine practitioners to refer cases to primary care doctors or mental health professionals.Remote settlements make it difficult for ST communities to seek mental health care. Access needs to be increased by using solutions that use training of primary health workers and nonphysician health workers, task sharing, and technology-enabled clinical decision support tools.[3] The SMART Mental Health project was delivered in the tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh using those principles and was found to be beneficial by all stakeholders.[14]Given the lack of knowledge about mental health problems among these communities, the government and nongovernmental organizations should collect and disseminate data on mental disorders among the ST communities. More research funding needs to be provided and key stakeholders should be involved in creating awareness both in the community and among policy makers to develop more projects for ST communities around mental health. Two recent meetings on tribal mental health – Round Table Meeting on Mental Health of ST Populations organized by the George Institute for Global Health, India, in 2017,[51] and the First National Conference on Tribal Mental Health organized by the Indian Psychiatric Society in Bhubaneswar in 2018 – have identified some key areas of research priority for mental health in ST communities.

A national-level policy on mental health of tribal communities or population is advocated which should be developed in consultation with key stakeholders. The Indian Psychiatric Society can play a role in coordinating research activities with support of the government which can ensure regular monitoring and dissemination of the research impact to the tribal communities. There is a need to understand how mental health symptoms are perceived in different ST communities and investigate the healing practices associated with distress/disaster/death/loss/disease. This could be done in the form of cross-sectional or cohort studies to generate proper evidence which could also include the information on prevalence, mental health morbidity, and any specific patterns associated with a specific disorder.

Future research should estimate the prevalence of mental disorders in different age groups and gender, risk factors, and the influence of modernization. Studies should develop a theoretical model to understand mental disorders and promote positive mental health within ST communities. Studies should also look at different ST communities as cultural differences exist across them, and there are also differences in socioeconomic status which impact on ability to access care.Research has shown that the impact and the benefits are amplified when research is driven by priorities that are identified by indigenous communities and involve their active participation. Their knowledge and perspectives are incorporated in processes and findings.

Reporting of findings is meaningful to the communities. And indigenous groups and other key stakeholders are engaged from the outset.[47] Future research in India on ST communities should also adhere to these broad principles to ensure relevant and beneficial research, which have direct impact on the mental health of the ST communities.There is also a need to update literature related to mental health of ST population continuously. Develop culturally appropriate validated instruments to measure mental morbidity relevant to ST population. And use qualitative research to investigate the perceptions and barriers for help-seeking behavior.[48] Conclusion The current review helps not only to collate the existing literature on the mental health of ST communities but also identify gaps in knowledge and provide some indications about the type of research that should be funded in future.Financial support and sponsorshipNil.Conflicts of interestThere are no conflicts of interest.

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The county's racial demographics alone make residents more susceptible to severe disease from the asthma. And according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people who live in rural areas face an increased risk of hospitalization and death from cheap ventolin online canada asthma treatment. But in Randolph County, the vaccination rate is well below the state average -- and Georgia's rate is among the lowest in the country.That's not just a problem for Randolph County and other rural places where treatments have been slow to take off. Lagging vaccination rates in rural areas could extend the ventolin for the entire country, according to CDC researchers.The Biden administration's goal is to give 70% of US adults cheap ventolin online canada at least one asthma treatment dose by July 4, and last week it launched its latest push to draw in the unvaccinated.

The federal government is trying to woo people by putting treatments in community hubs like barber shops. Making plans to offer child cheap ventolin online canada care. And by organizing rides to vaccination sites. Around the country, incentives are being offered, including beer, guns, scholarships and million dollar prizes.But the volunteers in Randolph County didn't want to wait for help or incentives.

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That can make it hard to get to an appointment.To take on issues of access, the cheap ventolin online canada Neighbor 2 Neighbor volunteers organized their own asthma treatment clinic for April and May with the help of a local doctor. When deciding where to put the clinic, they chose a central, walkable location and provided transportation, if needed. They signed people up for the clinic as they knocked on doors -- no internet required."We do cheap ventolin online canada this for each other because otherwise, the county just doesn't have the manpower to vaccinate residents quickly here," said Bobby Jenkins Jr., a treatment canvasser and chair of the local Democratic Committee. "We don't want to let anything stand in the way of getting people protected." Canvasser Sharon Willis poses a question to Shingles, the man who answered the door one day this spring.

"Sherod, why haven't you gotten your treatment yet?. "Shingles says he simply hasn't gotten around to cheap ventolin online canada getting vaccinated. Still standing in his front yard, the group makes a plan."We'll be calling you on Saturday to make sure you can come to our clinic that day," Willis tells Shingles, knowing from experience that effective persuasion often requires follow-up. "Sherod, you're going to be the first one I give the cheap ventolin online canada treatment to," Barlow, the nurse, teased, saying, "Looking at your shoulders, it will be real easy." Making a way out of no wayIt seems everyone in Randolph County has a story of someone who died or was seriously ill from asthma treatment.

One of the canvassers, Willis, says her brother caught asthma treatment at a nursing home that lost many residents. He pulled through, but cheap ventolin online canada Willis also lost one of her best friends and a pastor she knew. They were two among hundreds of cases in the region connected to a couple large funerals that became superspreader events in February 2020. With area hospitals overwhelmed at the time, Georgia Gov.

Brian Kemp sent the National Guard cheap ventolin online canada to help. The volunteers have a sense of urgency around vaccination against asthma treatment. If people in Randolph cheap ventolin online canada County do get seriously ill, finding care is difficult. In October, the county's only hospital closed.

It had struggled financially for years, but the ventolin put "the nail in the coffin," hospital CEO Kim Gilman said.The county has only one ambulance to cover 431 square miles. The nearest cheap ventolin online canada hospital now is a 45-minute drive, and to get to the nearest ER, these Georgia residents have to go to Alabama. At the closing ceremony for the hospital in October, a minister said they have to push forward and "make a way out of no way." So for these volunteers, their way is organizing their own treatment clinic and spreading the word door to door. Out canvassing the unvaccinated one day this spring, the group leaves a flier cheap ventolin online canada at a house with a handwritten sign that says, "Because of the asthma NO visitors until further notice.

THANKS!. !. !. "But from next door, Tiffany Barnes pokes her head out to see what's going on.

"How y'all doing?. " Barnes asks, a shaking chihuahua named Cisco tucked under her arm. Barlow waves a flier at Barnes. "We are canvassing to make sure people know about our treatment clinic.

Do you have yours?. " Barlow asks. Barnes has not. She signs up immediately, promising to bring her mother, too.

"We will happily take care of you both," Barlow tells her. "You can bring Cisco too. We can't vaccinate him, but he'd be great company." As they take down her information. Barnes thanks them for their efforts.

"It's a real blessing that you are actually going around door-to-door, getting people to sign up," Barnes says. "That's what this is all about. Neighbor to neighbor. As soon as we get herd, or community immunity for all our neighbors, then it will be safe for all of us to go out.

I know everybody's been cooped up," Barlow tells her. "We want to get everyone protected. We are, after all, our brother's and sister's keepers." At the clinic that Saturday, the volunteers were able to vaccinate 80 people with the Moderna asthma treatment -- including those they met going door to door.CNN's Jen Christensen reported this story as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2020 Data Fellowship..