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Filter by:The objective of this trial is to evaluate the efficacy of a heart rate variability biofeedback training protocol, compared to a guided meditation program and a control group, in reducing stress and anxiety levels among university undergraduate students.
The investigator's aim in this study was to evaluate the preoperative anxiety and pain felt during the operation due to exposure to green, red, and blue light. For this purpose, the participants will wear colored glasses before the operation. The investigator will evaluate the patient's anxiety change and the pain she/he feels during the procedure.
War-related violence is a leading driver of mental disorders and illness affecting children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Parents exposed early in life to war-related violence and loss are at risk for mental health problems and may pass risks to their offspring. The study posits that war-related trauma alters the stress-response circuitry in ways that endure into adulthood and affect the next generation. This will be the first investigation in a 20-year longitudinal study to examine mechanisms that link parental war-related trauma exposure and subsequent mental health problems to risk for mental disorders in offspring. This study will extend the first intergenerational study of war in Sub-Saharan Africa (R01HD073349) to focus on children (aged 7-24) born to war-affected parents. Assessments of behavioral and biological indicators of the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)-linked constructs of self-regulation and stress reactivity will be collected, including autonomic nervous system reactivity, inflammation, and telomere length as well as sophisticated observations of parent-child interactions and synchrony. These measures will be utilized to identify potentially modifiable risk and protective processes both to inform the development of screening tools to identify families at risk for poor child mental health and to be deployed as active ingredients of interventions to reduce transmission of mental health problems to children of war-affected parents. This follow-up study involves the following activities: 1. Pilot to assess measure performance and field test study protocols. 1. Translation and adaptation of newly selected measures 2. Pilot study of new child and adult measures with 36 caregivers and 60 children in a district of Sierra Leone unlinked to participants to test the feasibility and validity of new tools. 2. Fifth wave of data collection from war-affected youth who are now parents and their children aged 7-24. 1. Household tracking and re-enrollment of 145 households that were formerly enrolled in the Longitudinal Study of War-Affected Youth (LSWAY; T1: 2002, T2: 2004, T3: 2008, T4: 2016). 2. Quantitative (full sample) and qualitative (subsample) data collection with 145 households who were enrolled in T4 LSWAY, including war-affected youth who are now parents, their intimate partners, and their children aged 7-24. Through these activities, the investigators will test three overarching hypotheses: 1. Childhood war-related trauma exposure will be associated with mental difficulties (anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, disruptions of emotion regulation). 2. Poor mental health in war-affected parents will be associated with emotional and behavioral disruptions in biological offspring. 3. Risk and protective factors across the social ecology may serve as intervention targets to mitigate the effects of parental war-related trauma on behavioral disruptions and stress physiology, both within and across generations.
This small experimental pilot study addresses the knowledge gap related to the use of weighted blankets for children with anxiety related to food and eating.
The study will be conducted using a randomized controlled method. Children with type 1 diabetes who are admitted to the Pediatric Endocrinology Service will be divided into two groups by randomization method. Following randomization, children in the experimental group will play a therapeutic game before their subcutaneous insulin treatment. In the subcutaneous insulin treatment of the children in the control group, the routine practice of the clinic will be applied. Anxiety and fear levels of all children in the experimental and control groups will be evaluated before and after subcutaneous insulin treatment.
The study, set to take place at Gold Coast University Hospital in Australia, will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial. Patients preparing for gynecological cancer surgery will be recruited and randomly assigned to one of two groups: those who will receive standard care plus a virtual reality (VR) intervention, and those who will receive only standard care. Standard care encompasses the usual pre-operative procedures and support provided by the hospital staff. We hypothesize that immersing patients in a preparatory virtual environment that shows them what they are to expect during their upcoming hospital stay for surgery, could help reduce their anxiety levels.
Patients undergoing either thyroid or prostate biopsy under local anesthetic will be asked to fill out a questionnaire that evaluates their anxiety level before and after a thyroid or prostate biopsy procedure that they undergo. Patients will be randomly assigned to either use an anxiety reducing tool (stress balls in each hand) to take their mind off the procedure or will not receive an anxiety reducing tool.
This study aims to explore various psychosocial aspects and the potential benefits of respiratory techniques for physical therapy students.
Women who will undergo vaginal examinations randomly assigned to intervention (n = 44) and control (n = 44) groups at a public hospital in Turkey will participate in the study. Stress ball application before vaginal examination will be explained to women in the intervention group. These women will be asked to tighten and loosen the stress ball given to them during the vaginal examination and continue this process until the examination is completed. Data regarding pain and anxiety outcomes will be collected before and after the examination. The main questions it aims to answer are: - question 1: What is the effect of stress ball application on women's anxiety level during vaginal examination? - question 2: What is the effect of stress ball application on women's pain level during vaginal examination?
Depression and anxiety are significant public health issues during pregnancy and the postnatal period, particularly affecting those in developing countries. Disruptions in biological rhythms, sleep problems, and low exposure to daylight are associated with a higher risk of these mental health issues. The perinatal period poses unique challenges to the temporal program, with evidence indicating that sleep disturbances significantly increase the risk of postnatal depression. A Randomised Clinical Trial (RCT) is being conducted to assess the effectiveness of Blue Light Therapy (BlueLT) in treating depressive and anxiety symptoms during the postpartum. The RCT will also investigate the alignment of rest-activity and internal body time as mediating factors. This study will focus on various chronobiological factors, including rest-activity rhythms, light exposure levels, temperature rhythms, sleep duration and phase, social jetlag, and BodyTime (assessed through a single blood sample). The goal is to recruit 50 women with postpartum depression, with 25 in the BlueLT intervention group and 25 in the ControlLT placebo group, alongside 100 healthy controls. The BlueLT device uses a short-wavelength LED lamp mainly composed by a wavelength peak on blue spectrum, while the ControlLT device has a dim long-wavelength LED. A Healthy Control group will also be included to account for changes unrelated to depression diagnosis or placebo/treatment effects. Exclusion criteria involve a history of major depressive or anxiety disorder, current psychotic disorder, night shift work, active suicidal thoughts, unstable medical conditions interfering with data collection, and newborns with severe health conditions. The study aims to evaluate the impact of BlueLT on postpartum depression and understand the role of chronobiological factors in the health/disease process.