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Filter by:Aims and objectives: This study aims to examine the effects of the body-mind-spirit group therapy on marital close relationships, sleeping quality, depression, quality of life, meaning of life, and salivary cortisol levels in metastatic breast cancer survivors and partners. Methods: The design adopts the randomized controlled trial (RCT). The metastatic breast cancer survivors will be recruited from outpatient department of surgical at hospital. The partners will be invited to participate in this study through the survivors. The 120 dyad survivors and spouse will be randomly assigned into an experimental group or a control group. Survivors and spouse partners in an experimental group will receive 2 months time body-mind-spirit group therapy while those in a control will receive usual care in the same period of time. The outcome measures include Experiences in close relationships scale, Moss sleeping scale, Short-form 12 health-related quality of life questionnaires, Meaning of life questionnaire, BDI-II depression scale and salivary cortisol levels. Measurement time-points include pre intervention, post intervention (after 8 weekly group therapy), & then 3, 6, 12 months after the end of intervention for the maintenance effect. Univariate analyses will be performed to explore the basic characteristics of participants. The hierarchical linear model will be used to test the hypothesis the improvement is higher in intervention group than the control group in the effects of marital close relationships, sleeping quality, depression, meaning of life, quality of life, and salivary cortisol levels in metastatic breast cancer survivors and partners.
Several epidemiological studies in large cohorts suggest a strong association between sleep duration, complaint of insomnia and risk of hypertension.These findings suggest an important role of sleep quality in development of hypertension. Principal limitations of these studies are the cross-sectional study design, self-report sleep duration and poor measurement of blood pressure. The investigators propose to study an insomniac population with complete evaluation of quality and quantity of sleep, associated to complete hemodynamic measurement of hypertension.
Sleep investigation in respirator treated ICU patients: the importance of intensive environment. Sleep disturbances in the ICU seem to lead to development of delirium, prolonged ICU stay and increased mortality. The hypothesis of this study is: minimizing of disturbing factors in the ICU, such as noise, light, therapeutic and diagnostic procedures between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. will improve sleep quality in respirator treated ICU patients. Methods: randomized interventional study. 48-hour polysomnographic sleep measurement acc. AASM's standard in 46 awake respirator treated patients: 24 hours under ordinary circumstances and 24 hours under the protocol 'Quiet in the room' between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. after randomization.
An urgent and growing need exists for interventions that support the long-term adjustment and mental health needs of OIF/OEF veterans and their relationship partners after the return from deployment. This project will complete production of a multimedia intervention program for autonomous use, delivered by Internet and mobile app technology, that teaches couples selected mind/body interventions and massage techniques to promote stress reduction, compassion, resiliency and relationship re-integration. A four-armed randomized trial will evaluate mental health outcomes as a free-standing program and as complementary to a current standard of care structured group program.
Ageing is associated with a reduction of physical activity, movement efficiency, and quality of sleep. This leads to reduced health and well being in elderly subjects. Exercise training can increase movement efficiency and quality of sleep. Objectives: 1. Laboratory validation test of body acceleration based indexes for movement efficiency and quality of sleep; 2. Cross-sectional analysis to assess relations between these indexes and age; 3. Intervention study to assess the effect of exercise training on daily life movement efficiency and quality of sleep in ageing subjects 45 healthy human volunteers, age 50-83 yr, BMI 20-30 kg/m2 are divided in control or intervention group. Subjects that will have practiced fitness activities in the previous year, as well as pregnant or lactating women, will be excluded.
Evaluate markers and postulated effectors of the endogenous circadian pacemaker in children admitted to the burn intensive care unit.
The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that sleep and performance depend on length of time awake, length of time asleep, the amount of sleep over several sleep episodes, and circadian phase.
Cough is a common symptom in pediatric practice. It can be particularly troubling to children and their parents.It often results in discomfort to the child and loss of sleep to both the child and the parent. The objective of this trial was to compare the effects on nocturnal cough and the sleep difficulty associated with URIs of a single nocturnal dose of three different honey products compared to placebo
The aim of this investigation was to examine the effects of tart Montmorency cherry juice on urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin and sleep quality using a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over design.
This study shows that cycled light during neonatal care reduces infant's fussing and crying behavior at 5 and 11 weeks corrected age and improves growth during neonatal care.