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Aim: To estimate an oral administered recommended minimum efficacy daily dose (MED) of Jarlsberg cheese in order to obtain the needed increased level of Osteocalcin defined as the ratio [Carboxylated / Under Carboxylated] Osteocalcin. Study population: Healthy Voluntary (HV) women between 20 years and pre-menopausal age. Design: Open and randomised two-dimensional single-centre trial with 3-level between-patient Response Surface Pathway (RSP) design in the first dimension and 3-level within-patient RSP design in the secondary dimension.
The Personalized Treatment Study creates an individualized network of symptoms for a participant with a current eating disorder. This network will be used to develop a personalized treatment intervention. This study aims to 1) determine if personalized treatments can be conducted using a network analysis of patient symptoms, and 2) to assess the effectiveness of network-informed personalized treatment for participants with eating disorders.
This multicenter study conducted in several Portuguese institutions aims to compare the screening ability of the several Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) validated versions for the Portuguese population (GDS-30, GDS-15, GDS-10 and GDS-5), as well as to establish their psychometric properties, using a large sample of elderly people with neurocognitive disorders attending social responses addressed to the elderly. Secondarily, cognitive state will be assessed.
"Prescription in France is a major act of medical activity and must be in accordance with the scientific evidence. The use of physiotherapy by primary physicians is becoming more and more frequent and involves the performance of a prescription given to the patients so that they can access to their care. The optimization of the use of this treatment is based on the respect of several legal and regulatory provisions allowing physiotherapists (PT) to offer the most appropriate treatment to the patient. Although these professionals can carry out a physiotherapy diagnosis and the objectives of care, as well as the choice of the acts and the techniques which seem to them the most appropriate. The performance of their treatment remains conditioned by the indication to physiotherapy and the anatomical region formulated by the prescription of the primary physicians. Primary physicians don't have the right to include their diagnostic hypothesis on the physiotherapy prescription. Therefore, they could transmit to the PT a supplementary report including all useful information for the PT which could influence the progress of the treatment. It has been reported a frequent absence of diagnostic hypothesis formulated by the primary physicians to the PT to justify the indication to these treatment with the prescription. However, PT are led to formulate one or more diagnostic hypothesis following their clinical assessment. This can lead to questioning the interest of prescription for referring the patient from the primary physician to the PT. The qualitative study by Panchout et al shows that 97.8% of the french private physiotherapists included treat patients with musculoskeletal disorders and 95.5% received those with back disorders. Back musculoskeletal disorders are the most common conditions reported from french private PT. No French study has yet analyzed the quality of prescriptions formulated by primary physicians for private physiotherapists. Much foreign health systems have a different model of access to physiotherapy services compared to the French system, involving direct access physiotherapy for patients with musculoskeletal disorders. This care pathway gives patients the ability to refer themselves directly to a PT without having to see another health professional. Patients do not need a prescription in this model of access to physiotherapy care to use it. Thus, in order to optimize the relevance of the use of physiotherapy for patients with back musculoskeletal disorders, we propose a prospective and cross-sectional observational study of 60 physiotherapists. The first aim of this study is to assess the relevance of the physiotherapy indication from primary care physicians for patients with back musculoskeletal disorders and consulting physiotherapists.
Purpose: To test the effectiveness of an exercise intervention that combines group walking, activity tracking, and heart rate monitoring (i.e. Physical Activity can Enhance Life, PACE-Life) on the physical and mental health for individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Participants: 50 individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Procedures (methods): During the baseline assessment, which can be completed virtually and in-person (based on participant preference) all participants will be provided with a Fitbit wristband and instructed how to use it. During the first group session, participants will be taught how to use their heart rate (on the Fitbit) to determine how fast participants should walk (to achieve the appropriate exercise dosage). Information on proper care, usage, and how to determine the appropriate heart rate from the watch, to guide the intensity of the walk, will be provided to participants and reviewed at each group session. Participants randomly assigned to the PACE Life virtual walking group sessions will meet the other group members and group leaders and be reminded of the heart rate (HR) that corresponds with the intensity of that group session. Next, the group will exercise for 15 minutes in the first two weeks, progressing to 30-minute walking sessions over the course of the intervention. At the completion of the sessions, everyone will take a break for water and review the walk. After the second group session of each week, participants will receive weekly progress reports of their steps and minutes spent walking the prior week (obtained from Fitbit devices). During this session, participants will also set individual goals for the upcoming week for both their "intensity walks" and total steps per day. Participants randomly assigned to Fitbit Alone will be given a Fitbit and shown how to use it by study staff. Participants will also be given information on current recommended physical activity guidelines (150 min/week of moderate intensity exercise) and will be told that study staff may be contacting them on a weekly basis (or shorter, if necessary) if it looks like participants are not wearing their Fitbit for a certain number of days (e.g. 3 consecutive days) or to troubleshoot any issues. If necessary, participants might be invited to meet with research staff to get assistance on any Fitibit or exercise-related issues.
This pilot randomized clinical trial will randomize 60 participants 1:1 to either enhanced usual care or to adapted CETA, a counseling intervention for HIV care engagement plus depression, anxiety, PTSD, and/or substance use.
The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of prefrontal transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on clinical severity, attentional bias and interoceptive accuracy in panic disorder (PD). The participants will be assigned to active and sham groups (1:1) and will receive 10 sessions of tDCS. The study will also examine if the effects may last for a month.
There is no current research to support the efficacy of a combination of equine-assisted activities (EAA) and brain building activities to influence motor skill competencies in youth with neurodevelopmental disorders (ND). The primary objective of this study was to quantify changes in motor skill proficiency before and after 8 weeks of EAA and brain-building activities in youth with ND. A secondary objective was to quantify changes in motor skill proficiency before and after 1 year of EAA and brain-building activities in youth with ND.
This is an observational case-control add-on study to an investigator-initiated clinical trial (IICT) (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03167307): Omega-3 fatty acids as firstline treatment in pediatric depression. A 36-week multi-centre, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized superiority study. This project will recruit a healthy control group matched for age and sex to a sub-group of patients with diagnosed pediatric major depressive disorder (pMDD) enrolled in the IICT. The aim is to investigate the relationship of n-3 FA intake and status with mental health in children and adolescents with and without diagnosed pMDD, and explore potential biochemical mechanisms underlying this relationship by measuring biomarkers related to n-3 FA metabolism, mental health and cognitive function.