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In India, music is predominantly used as entertainment. Despite ample vedic literature available on the beneficial effects of ragas in Indian music on human mind and body, scientific evidence for the same is extremely meager. This initial systematic study of 6 ragas, is an attempt to provide scientific evidence and validate the use of Indian classical music & thus present the scientific community with a new complementary therapy / non- pharmacological mode of treatment which could be used in prevention of various non-communicable diseases. In our previous study on prehypertensives and hypertensives, blood pressure (BP) reduced significantly after listening to Indian music [raga 'bhimpalas' (raga that normalizes BP)], daily for 3 months. Heart rate variability (HRV) recorded once on recruitment and end of study failed to show any change. On retrospection, we realised that the effect of only a single raga had been tested and the acute effects had not been elucidated. Specifically, EEG waves & cognitive ERPs were not studied. Hence a study encompassing all the 6 ragas that are known to normalize BP as given in literatures such as Gandharva Veda (Sama Veda) & Raga Chikitsa was planned. Among these, 3 ragas are now being studied & data analysis is in line. This proposal is to study the immediate electrophysiological changes with remaining 3 ragas. Music can be prescribed as a cheap and effective adjuvant in the treatment of hypertension along with other lifestyle modifications. To the best of our knowledge, there is scanty literature testing Indian ragas. Thus there is a great need to address this issue.
In this prospective study the investigators want to measure the serum level changes of the thyroid hormones (thyroid-stimulating hormone, reverse triiodothyronine, serum free T4), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), testosterone and sexual hormone binding protein (SHBG) in adults undergoing cardiac surgery and search for correlations different psychosocial factors and analyze the influence on the survival and the length of ICU/hospital stay.
This study is designed to evaluate the change of psychological status before and after surgery in monophthalmic patients who receive the ocular surgery in eye with better vision.
Despite scientific, clinical and political incentives, alcohol and/or tobacco screening and brief intervention (SBI) services are poorly implemented in oncology settings. Motivational brief interventions are recognized as particularly effective in changing health behaviors, especially consumption behaviors. The motivational approach is more and more used in primary care setting but still few studies explore its effectiveness with breast cancer patients. This study aims to compare two intervention arms : educational advices intervention (EAI) versus brief motivational intervention (BMI) for alcohol and/or tobacco consumption in breast cancer women, during their treatment. In this pilot prospective randomized trial, various psychological and behavioral, variables are measured (alcohol and tobacco consumption, distress, anxiety and depressive disorders, quality of life, motivation for change, empowerment) before the brief intervention, and after 3 and 6 month.
More American children die by accidental gun use than children in other developed countries. One factor that can influence children's interest in guns is exposure to media containing guns. The objective of this study is to test whether children who play a video game containing guns will handle a real gun longer, will pull the trigger more times, and pull the trigger while pointing the gun at themselves or another than children who see the same movie without guns.
More American children die by accidental gun use than children in other developed countries. One factor that can influence children's interest in guns is exposure to media containing guns. The objective of this study is to test whether children who see a movie containing guns will handle a real gun longer and will pull the trigger more times than children who see the same movie without guns.
This study evaluates a new digitally delivered mindset based intervention in addition to a smartphone application (app) for smoking cessation. Participants will be provided an app (SmartQuit) that teaches them skills to quit, and will be randomly assigned to either receive a growth mindset intervention or to a control group.
The primary aim is to assess the effectiveness of the Nuevo Amanecer-II (NA-II) cognitive-behavioral stress management program through a 6-month RCT with 150 Spanish-speaking Latinas with breast cancer in three rural settings in terms of improving quality of life (QoL) and reducing distress, compared to a usual care control group (that is offered the program at the end of the 6 months). The investigators will also test the effects of the program on biomarkers of stress (hair and saliva cortisol) and aging (telomere length from saliva). Trained Latinas, called Compañeras (Companions), who have had breast cancer deliver the stress management program in-person to Spanish-speaking Latinas with breast cancer.
From birth we rely on others for comfort and care and derive pleasure from being together. Research from the fields of health psychology, social psychology, and public health converge to highlight the importance of having and maintaining good relationships for overall health. Indeed, having close friends and family and feeling connected to them has been called a basic need, similar to our need for food and water. It may not be a coincidence then that feelings of connection rely on similar systems in the body as other needs that are both basic and highly pleasing and rewarding. For instance, its possible that opioids, a substance in the body associated with pleasant, euphoric feelings, may also be important for connecting with others. This study will examine the role of opioids in feeling connected to others by administering a drug called naltrexone, that effects opioid processing in the body, on perceptions and feelings toward a number of tasks in the lab. Additionally, to assess the effects of naltrexone outside of the lab, participants will complete daily diary responses via text and online surveys. 40 participants will take both placebo and naltrexone. Participants will complete two sessions, one in each drug condition, in which they complete a number of tasks including reading messages on a computer screen, holding a number of objects, and viewing images while undergoing electric shocks. Participants will also complete a daily diary for 14 days while on naltrexone and placebo. Prior to these lab sessions participants will be screened at UCLA's Clinical & Translational Research Center (CTRC) to ensure that they are healthy and that it is safe for them to take the study drug. We hypothesize that people will report feeling less socially connected when on naltrexone compared to placebo and will show subsequent changes in social behavior outside of the lab.