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Filter by:This study aims to describe the quality of life in patients submitted to surgical excision of the adjuvants and injured surrounding tissue. For this purpose, the EuroQol questionnaire (EQ-5d) facilitates to obtain values of health in the physical, psychological, and social dimensions. It is a standardized non-disease specific instrument to describe and value the health-related quality of life. Although there are only five domains, it has been found to cover the most critical dimensions of quality of life.
A feasibility study to explore whether an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) can reduce mental health outcomes (stress, anxiety, depression) and increase psychological flexibility.
Patients diagnosed with breast cancer who received assisted radiotherapy were recruited and the transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) was applied. The aim of of study is : 1) to study whether taVNS could improve the patient's fatigue, quality of life under radiotherapy or chemotherapy; 2) to investigate the effects of taVNS on the levels of patients' lymphocyte subsets and proinflammatory cytokines.
The purpose of the study is to develop, implement and determine the effects of web-based education programs for patients undergoing colostomy and ileostomy.The study is a randomized controlled experimental research with a pre-test post-test control group design. The study group of the research consisted of individuals, who have an abdominal stoma procedure at a Training and Research Hospital operating under the Ministry of Health in Turkey. 35 individuals were enrolled to the experiment and control groups (N=70). The study group of the hospital was determined as a result of the power analysis performed on an average number of 150 patients, on whom a stoma is opened within a year, with an estimated effect rate of 0.824 and a SD of 0.45, the power being 0.80 and confidence interval p:0.05, as a total of 50 patients, 25 in the experiment group and 25 in the control group. Taking into consideration the data loss that may be experienced, it was planned to enrol 35 individuals to the experiment group and 35 individuals to the control group. The patients were randomly assigned to each group. Homogeneity of patients randomized to the experiment and control groups was checked with a t-test. Research data were collected using an Information Form, Stoma Complications Assessment Form and City of Hope-Quality of Life-Ostomy Questionnaire and Stoma Care Knowledge Assessment Test.
The National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition is a national reference center for rheumatic diseases that belongs to The National Institutes of Health, and has Federal founding. More than 8,000 patients with a wide variety of rheumatologic diagnosis receive medical care. On March 2020, the WHO announced COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. The first case was registered in Mexico on February 2020. In March 2020, the Mexican Government requested that our Institution should restrict health care to exclusively COVID-19 patients; accordingly, outpatient consultations were, and up to August 2020 still, hold on. Meanwhile, when possible, the Department of Immunology and Rheumatology has implemented an "on-demand", non-organized patient´s health care, through email and phone contact; nonetheless, and due to the middle-low socioeconomic status of most of our patients and limited technical resources available at our Institution, the attempt has been challenging.
The study examines the effectiveness of a internet-based self-help-program called Selfapy for individuals who are experiencing mental stress. The main objective of the study is to investigate the extent to which Selfapy leads to a significant reduction in depressive symptoms. As this study is the first to evaluate the program Selfapy, also quality of life and acceptance of the program are evaluated. The study is conducted as a randomized-controlled trial with parallel assignment into three conditions. The groups were organized into one wait-list control group and two groups receiving access to Selfapy with different levels of guidance.
Liver transplantation (LT) is a current life-saving procedure performed as an open-abdominal surgery for patients with end-stage liver diseases (ESLD). However, a high risk of post-surgical complications is relevant to major intra-abdominal interventions. In managing post-LT recovery, it is important to consider the extending pre-transplant physical status of ESLD patients concerning an impaired exercise capacity, a prolonged period of deconditioning, fatigue and muscle weakness, which leads to global motor impairment and decreased functional capacity. Sarcopenia and physical deconditioning are known as the hallmark features of ESLD. The quality and the quantity of skeletal muscle mass have been closely correlated with post-transplantation mortality in individuals undergoing LT. In addition to chronic deconditioning or myopathy related to chronic liver failure, post-transplant immunosuppressive medication contributes to increased risk for age-related decline in muscular strength and physical ability. It reportedly persists impaired physical function including reduced muscle strength, which have been consistently associated with impaired quality of life after a liver transplant. Exercise interventions in solid-organ recipients provide improvements in physical function including skeletal muscle strength. The literature has defined many types of exercise-based interventions including aerobic and resistive training or physical activity counselling in improving physical performance tasks, muscle strength and physical domain of quality of life in postoperative liver transplanted adults. Although there are studies in improving muscle performance and functional status, no study conducted in the post-transplant early period and an optimal exercise regimen for post-liver recipients. In the present study, it will be provided a framework for a possible change in practice aiming to improve muscle strength and functionality in liver recipients through a strength training exercise intervention at the early post-transplant period. The purposes of this trial were: 1) to evaluate the feasibility and safety of a strength exercise training program on functional mobility and quality of life of liver transplanted individuals and 2) to initiate physiotherapy protocols in this population. A key component of this approach was that it was individualized, providing one-to-one therapy with tailored progression specific to a person's individual mobility goals.
Taste disorders in cancer patients during chemotherapy could be consider as multifactorial disease, it is related with changes of food consumption. Approximately 36-69% of the patients under chemotherapy suffer oral toxicity or dysgeusia A prospective case- only observational study was conducted in patients of the Hospital General de México for two years. A self-reported taste survey was used, and patients scored their results in a Likert scale.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. Hormonal therapy is one of the major treatments for hormone receptor positive breast tumors. It is prescribed to 70% of breast cancer patients. Hormonal therapy can be responsible for sexual dysfunction induced by hormonal changes. Extended adjuvant hormonal therapy over 5 years increases these adverse effects. According to the third "Plan Cancer" (2014-2019), sexual dysfunction prevention and screening must be systematic as an integral part of supportive care. Nevertheless, sexual quality of life remains too rarely considered. In this study, the investigator propose to evaluate sexual quality of life of women less than 51 years old during the adjuvant endocrine therapy for localized breast cancer. The investigator also intend to collect the supportive measures or interventions used by women to overcome sexual dysfunction. Finally, this study aims to evaluate the need for sexual trouble specific management and acceptability of different methods. This project is a hot topic as the interest for oncosexuality is growing, and the need for specific management is increasing with still insufficient access to specific care.
The aim of this study was to determine the level of salivary estradiol, progesterone and dehydroepiandrosterone in female postmenopausal women with and without burning mouth syndrome. In all participants the quantity of unstimulated and stimulated saliva would be determined and they would fulfill self-perceived quality of life questionnaire Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14). Intensity of burning symptoms would be determined on visual-analogue scale grading 0-10. All data would be compared between study and control group.