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Filter by:This is an 8 to14-week three-arm randomized controlled in children 8 to 12 years old. The main purpose of the study is to evaluate if stevia (as with other sweeteners and consistent with prior research in children and adults) has benefits for weight control and metabolic function relative to caloric sweeteners, and whether it provides benefits in this regard similar to water.
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the effect of medical weight loss on the symptom of pelvic floor dysfunction in obese and overweight women. The main question it aims to answer is: whether medical weight loss improves symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunctions in obese or overweight women.
The primary aim of this randomised controlled trial is to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of low-intensity exercise with blood flow restriction (BFR) in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD). The investigators will also collect functional and physiological outcome data to explore potential mechanisms and provide data for a power calculation to be used in a future randomised controlled trial (RCT) to ensure that subsequent full scale clinical RCT has maximum reach and benefit. The primary experimental hypothesis that underpins these aims is: • Low-intensity exercise with BFR is a tolerable, acceptable, and safe exercise modality in COPD patients. 40 patients attending clinics at University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) National Health Service (NHS) Trust with diagnosed COPD will be randomly allocated to a home-based body weight exercise intervention either with or without the blood flow restriction (n=20 in each group). The body weight exercise will consist of five body weight exercises including: sitting knee extensions, standing knee raise, heel-toe raises, bilateral mini-squat behind a chair, and chair rise/sit to stand. In addition to the pre and post intervention visits, the initial two training sessions for both groups will be directly supervised in the research centre. These sessions are to ensure all exercises are performed correctly and safely and the patient become familiar with the exercises and BFR equipment and mobile application, which provides exercise guidance and session recording.
Assessment of body weight change among prisoners in Martinique between admission in jail and 3 months later expressed as a percentage of admission weight. Intensity of physical activities, nutrition intakes and psychological state are also studied to describe associated factors to body weight change.
The purpose of this research study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of an interactive counselor -led online family skills training as part of a behavioral weight loss program for Black Adults.
This study would recruit about 50 healthy adult women and randomly divide the participants into two groups for a ten-week crossover intervention study. The investigators aimed to observe the impact of daily feeding/fasting time on clinical metabolic biomarkers.
Chronic pain is a major health concern for returning Veterans and is associated with decreases in quality of life. In addition, chronic pain is often accompanied by significant disturbance in sleep. Sensory interventions may offer effective, low-cost complementary tools for chronic pain and sleep disturbance in Veterans. Weighted Blankets (WB)- blankets sewn with weighted material inside to provide widespread pressure to the body- are a low-cost wellness product used for anxiety and sleep. WBs have demonstrated large reductions in insomnia, and the investigators have also shown that they can reduce the severity of chronic pain. However, effects and mechanisms of longer WB use have not been examined in individuals with pain and sleep disturbance. The investigators therefore propose a randomized controlled trial examining the effects of WBs on pain and sleep quality in Veterans. the investigators will recruit Veterans with chronic pain and sleep disturbance from the VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) and VA San Francisco Healthcare System (VASFHS) and randomize 160 Veterans to receive either a light (3-lb; N = 80) or heavy (15-lb; N = 80) blanket. The investigators will remotely collect measures of pain (primary), pain catastrophizing, and pain medication use, as well as sleep disturbance (primary) and sleep efficiency and total sleep time over 6 weeks of overnight home use of the assigned blanket. The investigators will also explore physiological effects of WBs on sleep quality using actigraphy (exploratory) in VASDHS participants. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) methods will be deployed via smartphone to capture study adherence.
Hypothesis: Kiwifruit contains antioxidants and serotonin which may be beneficial in the treatment of sleep disruption. Aim: to assess the effects of daily intake of kiwifruit on sleep quality, fatigue, and BMI among Saudi adults with poor sleep quality. Methods: Twenty-six female participants (14 cases, and 12 controls) were included. All participants were aged ≥18 years and were Saudi and had poor sleep quality. Pregnant, lactating and participants with any chronic diseases such as cardiovascular or neurological diseases, and history of using herbal or medications for inducing sleep for the last two months were excluded. Participants in the case group consumed 2 kiwifruits 1 hour before bedtime nightly for 6 weeks and the control group did not consume kiwifruit. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire was used to assess sleep quality before and after kiwi consumption (score ≥ 5 indicates poor sleep quality), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) was used to assess fatigue and anthropometrics were measured based on the WHO guidelines. After 6 weeks, sleep quality, fatigue and BMI were compared between cases and controls. Kiwifruit consumption may improve sleep quality in adults with self-reported poor sleep quality. Further investigation of the sleep promoting properties of kiwifruit is required.
This study aims to examine consumer responses to traditional and counter-marketing messages discouraging sugary drink consumption, including effects on intentions to consume sugary drinks and perceived weight stigma. Because prior research has suggested that counter-marketing may be especially effective among younger populations, the investigators will examine effects overall and by age group (young adults [ages 18-29 years] vs. middle and older adults [ages 30+ years]).
STUDY TITLE: Effect of olive oil massage on growth of preterm low birth weight neonate: A randomized controlled clinical trial." SUMMARY: Preterm low birth weight (LBW) babies have more the risk of the neurological complications, physiological problems and mental retardation. Topical massage with natural oil is routinely practiced in some country. The positive effects of massage are weight gain, improved sleep/wake pattern, decreased the stress, early discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), improve the skin integrity and enhanced parent's infant bonding. This randomized control trial study will be conducted in the Department of Neonatology,Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University(BSMMU) and post natal ward of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology with the aim to assess the effect of olive oil message on growth in low birth weight neonate. In this study tolal 50 inborn low birth weight neonate will be enrolled. Out of which 25 will be in intervention group and 25 will be in control group. In the intervention group, mothers will be encouraged to massage their babies with 10 ml of olive oil for 15 min, twice a day until 10 days of life. Those allocated to the control group were received care as usual. Weight and head circumference was measured at enrolment, after 10 days and on 30 days of age in both the groups. Comparisons between groups for categorical variables will be performed using the χ2-test. Student's t-test will be used to compare two groups for normally distributed quantitative data. The difference will be considered significant for P < 0.05.