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Filter by:Pregnancy is a physiological situation that produces transient preload and afterload changes. The heart is subjected to reversible morphological remodelings and hemodynamic and functional adaptations. The characterization and understanding of maternal cardiac function during normal pregnancy by echocardiography 2D is of clinical importance for the opportune recognition of cardiac pathology. This study aims to investigate pregnancy-induced changes in ventricular strain in healthy pregnant women by echocardiography.
This research study was designed to investigate the use of a simple cognitive task for decreasing the number of intrusive memories of traumatic events experienced by refugees and asylum seekers with a diagnosis of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) currently living in the UK. The intervention included a memory reminder cue, a 10-minute time gap and then around 20 minutes playing the mobile phone game Tetris, using mental rotation instructions. The study had a multiple baseline case-series design (AB), with a randomised duration of baseline length up to three weeks. Thus, participants completed a no-intervention phase of up to three weeks, followed by an intervention phase. Please see the intervention section for more details about the intervention sessions. Follow ups were conducted after each week to monitor the frequency of intrusive memories of trauma in a pen-and-paper diary. It was predicted that participants would report fewer intrusive memories after receiving the intervention than in the preceding baseline phase.
This research study is designed to investigate the use of a simple cognitive task for decreasing the number of intrusive memories of traumatic events experienced by refugees and asylum seekers with a diagnosis of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) currently living in the UK. The intervention includes a memory reminder cue, a 10-minute time gap and then around 20 minutes playing the mobile phone game Tetris, using mental rotation instructions. The study will have a multiple baseline case-series design (AB), with a randomised duration of baseline length up to three weeks. Thus, participants will complete a no-intervention phase of up to three weeks, followed by an intervention phase. Please see the intervention section for more details about the intervention sessions. Follow ups are conducted after each week to monitor the frequency of intrusive memories of trauma in a pen-and-paper diary. It is predicted that participants will report fewer intrusive memories after receiving the intervention than in the preceding baseline phase.
This study aims at evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile phone based intervention to prevent and manage mental health problems in healthcare workers at the frontline against COVID-19 in Spain. The intervention will consist in psychoeducation, delivered via a mobile App. Participants will be followed up during two weeks. The primary outcome will be symptomatology of depression, anxiety or stress.
Present project aims to investigate memories related to a cancer communication diagnosis in pediatric oncology. It evaluates possible common elements and specificity between family and healthcare staff.
This study plans to understand the prevalence and clinical characteristics of pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders in mainland China through multi-center investigation and clinical epidemiological analysis, to reveal the prevalence characteristics and related factors of functional gastrointestinal disorders in children of all ages in mainland China, to establish a diagnostic standard system for pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders in mainland China, to provide evidence-based basis for the formulation of new Roman standard for functional gastrointestinal disorders, and to provide new ideas and treatment basis for the diagnosis and treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders in children.
Worldwide, refugees and asylum seekers suffer at high rates from trauma- and stress-related mental health problems. The investigators thus developed Mindfulness-Based Trauma Recovery for Refugees (MBTR-R) - a 9-week, mindfulness- and compassion-based, trauma-sensitive and socio-culturally adapted, group intervention for refugees and asylum seekers. The overarching aims of the study were to, first, test whether MBTR-R is an efficacious and safe mental health intervention for traumatized refugees and asylum seekers with respect to stress- and trauma-related mental health outcomes; and, second, to test theorized mechanisms of action of MBTR-R. Accordingly, the investigators conducted a randomized waitlist-controlled trial among a community sample of female and male Eritrean asylum seekers in an urban post-displacement setting in the Middle East (Israel).
Objective: To demonstrate the presence of bioresistant intracorporeal carbon-based nanocomposites in subjects exposed to a fulguration, in the immediate aftermath of this fulguration and 24 months (+/- 6 months) after the accident, on blood and urine samples, then in comparison with blood and urine samples from 14 healthy subjects. Hypothesis: Lightning discharge in the human body reveals the presence of multi-functional nanoparticles which are reassembled under the impact of the electric discharge into nanostructured films, filaments and aggregates; they consist of dispersed graphene-like nanoparticles embedded in an aliphatic cross-reticulated matrix. The high electrical conductivity of the nanoinclusions, their refractory properties and the cross-reticulation of the nanoassemblages explain their biorésistance. The graphene-like multi-functional nanoparticles are assumed to trace a population of aerosols formed in the atmosphere by plasma discharge which is present in air, water and all natural resources. Their ability to undergo changes from folded nanosheets to confined ultra-fine nanoparticles allow them to be inhaled or absorbed by the human body, or to be ingested with food.
Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are defined by pain in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and related tissues, limitations in the movements of the lower jaw, and TMJ noises.1,2 TMD are classified into four groups as temporomandibular joint disorders, masticatory muscle disorders, headache attributed to TMD and associated structures.3,4 Of these, masticatory muscle disorders are the most common TMD subtype seen in dental clinics.5-7 In general, two major symptoms are seen associated with masticatory muscle disorders: Pain and dysfunction. Pain is the vast majority of complaints about masticatory muscle disorders. The other important complaint is dysfunction, which occurs as a limitation in the opening range of the mandible.8 It is known that individuals with experimental muscle pain are slower than healthy individuals when biting hard food and show lower maximum voluntary clenching capacity.9 Also, it has been reported that the maximum bite force decreased in patients with temporomandibular disorders.10 These consequences directly affect patients' quality of life. Therefore, rehabilitation of limited masticatory functions is one of the important therapeutic goals for TMD patients.11 In TMD patients, masticatory functions can be measured objectively with bite force, bite force endurance, electromyography, and jaw kinematics, etc. Another objective method that can be used to determine masticatory functions is the masticatory efficiency test. In the literature, there are few studies that measure masticatory efficiency in TMD patients.12-16 Only two of these studies investigated the effect of TMD treatment and used the sieve method to measure masticatory efficiency.15,16 Although the sieve method is considered the gold standard, the procedure is complex and time consuming.17,18 To eliminate these disadvantages, masticatory efficiency measurement with two-color chewing gum tests which are simple and do not require special equipment or training can be used. The effect of many different conditions and treatments on masticatory efficiency was evaluated with this method.19 However, to our knowledge, there is no study in the literature evaluating TMD treatment with this method. The aim of this study was to compare the masticatory efficiency with a two-color chewing gum test before and after treatment of the masticatory muscle-related temporomandibular disorder.
Many patients that are treated with anorectal malformations are fecally incontinent for life. A Bowel Management Program has been developed to help these patients by creating a daily enema regimen to keep them artificially clean of stool in the underwear. Due to the high success rate of the program, many patients who suffer from fecal incontinence due to other reasons such as, spina bifida, sacrococcygeal teratoma and sacral agenesis are referred to the program. A new issue is emerging with a group of patients that no longer obtain effective results from their daily enemas, even though they have worked successfully for years. These same patients are presenting with a narrow, spastic left colon and remarkably dilated right colon. Our hypothesis is that prolonged enema administration negatively impacts the microbiota of the colon causing the lack of response from enema administration. The purpose of this study is to restore the normal flora of the colon by fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) which we believe will improve responsiveness to enemas. By restoring colonic flora, patients will again become responsive to daily enemas and regain successful bowel management.