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Filter by:Social innovation in aging needs to bring new ideas and services to meet new social and welfare needs identified in recent years. In our environment, people ≥60 years old accounted for 20% -24% of the population in 2015, and it is expected to increase to ≥30% by 2050. The objectives of this project are: To characterize the elderly (60 to 74 years) who live independently in urban areas of the province of Tarragona, to actively involve them, through a process of participatory research to generate solutions. To achieve this goal, it is proposed to make a diagnosis of their health status (lifestyles, risk of malnutrition, and sarcopenia), and conduct focus groups including young seniors from urban areas, and stakeholders, to determine their needs, interests, and barriers for pursuing healthy lifestyles. Based on the information obtained in the diagnosis and focus groups, there will be processes for co-creating solutions based on proposed activities or changes in their immediate environment.
This is an observational study of the relationship between perioperative sleep time/quality, synovial fluid cytokine profiles, and clinical outcomes of primary ACL reconstruction with BPTB autograft in 50 subjects. Sleep during the week before and month after surgery will be assessed using Fitbit smartwatch and sleep diary. Synovial fluid sampled preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively will be analyzed for levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Postoperative knee pain and function will be assessed until 2 years post-op using validated questionnaires.
Transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) utilizing weak electrical fields (<5 milliamps of current - as proposed in the present pilot study) is an extremely safe therapeutic technique in use for over 40 years. During that time, TES has never been associated with a serious adverse event in a research setting nor a serious reported adverse event in a clinical setting. The main side effect associated with TES is irritation of the skin beneath the electrodes (as is commonly found from similar preparations used for polysomnography). The purpose of this pilot study is to identify the type of electrode preparation that maximizes subject comfort during transdermal/transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) using the NeuroConn DC Plus Stimulator.
Given the critical role of sleep in enhancing neural recovery, motor learning, neuroprotection, and neuroplasticity, interventions to enhance sleep that target sleep could improve recovery and rehabilitation outcomes for stroke patients. In this proposal, a multidisciplinary group of researchers with expertise in rehabilitation medicine, sleep medicine, nursing, physical therapy, wearable technologies, and implementation science will adapt, implement and evaluate a state-of-the-art intervention to promote sleep for stroke patients undergoing acute rehabilitation. SIESTA-Rehab, adapted from a previous unit-based intervention, bundles two sleep-promoting interventions to address the unique sleep challenges stroke patients face during acute rehabilitation: (1) nursing education and empowerment to reduce unnecessary disruptions; (2) a systematic protocol to screen, diagnose, and treat sleep-disordered breathing if present during acute stroke rehabilitation.
The Chinese Multi-provincial Cohort Study (CMCS)-Beijing project is a sub-study in CMCS participants from Beijing, which intended to investigate the progression and determinants of atherosclerosis and aging related health problems through repeat examinations. Exam 0 to Exam 3 have been conducted during 1992 to 2012. Exam 4 is scheduled in 2020.
There is evidence to show that mindful meditation has a positive impact on health. To date, all the studies done to investigate the effect of mindfulness on pregnancy outcomes have been done through a traditional 8-10 weeks mindfulness classroom program with some home practice. This time-intensive classroom training may be expensive and not convenient for many busy pregnant women. This study will investigate the use of a smartphone app-based intervention to determine if it has the potential to make mindfulness training more accessible, acceptable, and convenient to a larger number of pregnant women. The use of an app as opposed to traditional structured classes may increase a woman's ability and willingness to practice mindfulness because the app can be used almost anywhere and at any time. This pilot study aims to explore the feasibility and acceptability of a smartphone mindfulness meditation application for pregnant women. As well, this study will compare the pregnancy outcomes of women who use the app to those women who do not use the app.
To investigate the efficiency and effect of a programmed slow-breathing exercise in the evening to the heart rate variability, sleep quality and memory performance over night.
Aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease presents as a triad composed by asthma, eosinophilic rinosinusitis and intolerance to aspirin and NSAIDS. In subjects with chronic rhinosinusitis sleep alterations have been found, with important improvement after surgery, but those alterations and improvements have not been studied in patients diagnosed with AERD who, due to their comorbidities, may present more severe pre surgical symptoms and a more important post-surgical improvement. The investigators aim to study patients with AERD sleep, quality of life and symptoms before surgery, and one, three and six months post-surgery.
The aggregate of microorganisms inhabiting the human body can be regarded as a dynamic reflector of both healthy and disease states, altering in response to changes in the environment. This may precede clinically detectable disease; and thereby, could be used to predict disease onset and additionally monitor response to treatment and predict prognosis. The primary hypothesis of this pilot study is that the human microbial communities are influenced by sleep and altered in humans with abnormal sleep patterns, and they may ultimately relate to disease risk.