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Filter by:Implementation and evaluation of video consultation in psychiatric outpatient treatment. The study will focus on patients' experiences regarding the use of VC. The study will also examine important aspects of the telepsychiatric consultation such as therapeutic alliance, consultation content, psychopathology and satisfaction levels compared to face-to-face consultations.
The study conducts a case control analysis of the nutritional status and intake of autistic spectrum disorder diagnosed children as compared to typically developing children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It included analysis of anthropometric measurements, three days food diary food intake, urinary iodine analysis, childhood autism rating scale diagnosis, food frequency and eating behavior questioner and proximate analysis of one day major meals of selected subjects.
The goal of "GamerFit" is to test the delivery of a theory-based mHealth app that utilizes social support, exergaming, and telehealth coaching to improve PA levels, sleep, and psychiatric symptoms among youth participants (ages 13-17 y) with PD. In order to aid future intervention optimization, up to 65 participants with at least one PD will be randomized, with 30-35 using the GamerFit app with weekly telehealth coaching sessions and 30-35 using a commercial healthy habits app as a comparator group
This is a study to validate the effect of the intelligent diagnostic evidence-based analytic system in acute abdominal pain augmentation. Included physicians were randomly assigned into control or AI-assisted group. In this experiment, the whole electronic health record of each acute abdominal pain patient was divided into two parts, signs and symptoms recording (including chief complaint, present history, physical examination, past medical history, trauma surgery history, personal history, family history, obstetrical history, menstrual history, blood transfusion history, drug allergy history) and auxiliary examination recording (including laboratory examination and radiology report). For each case, the control group readers will first read the signs and symptoms recording of electronic health record and make a clinical diagnosis. Then the readers have to decide to either order a list of auxiliary examinations or confirm the clinical diagnosis without further examination. If the readers choose to order examinations, the corresponding examination results will be feedback to the readers, and the readers can then decide to either continue to order a list of auxiliary examinations or make a confirming diagnosis. Such cycle will last until the reader make a confirming diagnosis. For the AI-assisted readers, the physicians were additionally provided with the feature extracted by IDEAS-AAP, a list of suspicious diagnoses predicted by IDEAS-AAP, and corresponding diagnostic criteria according to guidelines. After the readers get the examination results, the IDEAS-AAP will renew its diagnosis prediction
Super Skills for Life (SSL) is a transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral protocol developed for children aged 6 to 12 with anxiety and comorbid problems (e.g., depression, low self-esteem, and lack of social skills). SSL consists of eight sessions targeting common risk factors for internalizing disorders such as cognitive distortions, avoidance, emotional management, low self-esteem, social skills deficits and coping strategies. The aim of the study is to investigate the short- and long-term effects of SSL on internalizing and externalizing symptoms in Spanish children attending the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
One of the most disabling features of Parkinson's disease (PD) is represented by the gait disturbances. Some systematic reviews and meta-analysis have showed that conventional physical therapy might improve gait as well as balance, mobility and functional reach in subjects affected by PD. In addition, several studies and reviews support the effectiveness of external sensory cueing, by means of rhythmic auditory or visual cues, in improving kinematic parameters of gait (gait cadence, stride length, velocity, and postural stability) and the functional performance in people with PD, at least in the short-term. Specifically, cueing refers to the use of temporal or spatial stimuli to regulate movement and facilitate functional performance for individual with motor dysfunction. Basal ganglia act as internal triggers of neuronal activity in the supplementary motor area for well-learned, automatic movement sequences, such as locomotion. This mechanism is damaged in individuals with PD, and external cues may act as an attention resource to compensate the deficient internal rhythm due to basal ganglia dysfunction. Subjects can be coached in concentrating their attention on gait by specific self-prompting instructions or by cues stimulation or a combination of these. Movements generated by the presence of external sensory cues are prompted to use alternative (cortical, parieto-premotor) neuronal pathways which have not been damaged by neuronal degeneration of PD, bypassing the automatic basal ganglia network. Recent studies have provided preliminary evidence that visual cueing based on laser shoes and laser canes may reduce freezing, an established risk for falls, with improvement that can be observed for a variable period of time after rehabilitative intervention. In light of the evidence of effectiveness of cueing, developing wearable devices able to generate cues that match with step and that are effective, easy to use and low cost, would be challenging but very appropriate. The aim of this study was to investigate the non-inferiority of a wearable device producing visual cues (Q-Walk system, QUICKLYPRO s.r.l., Bergamo, Italy) in order to improve gait and balance PD patients, compared to a conventional training (stripes on the floor).
In this study, researchers wiil administer rocuronium, based on either the lean body weight or the total body weight in patients with body mass index (BMI) of 18.5 to 34.9 and compared the duration of action of the drug and its effects on tracheal intubation conditions and hemodynamic parameters..
In recent years, significant progress has been made on ways to improve Executive Functions (EF) skills for school readiness involving direct EF training and classroom educational programs. Due to the absence of a well-structured Arabic program for EF training in children, the rationale of this study is to implement a comprehensive, evidence-based intervention program to help Egyptian children with learning disorders to overcome their EF impairment. It uses the multimodality approach to help meet the needs of students with a variety of learning styles. The aim of this study is to adapt the combined form of the "Executive Functions Training-Elementary", and the "Promoting Executive Function In The Classroom" programs and its application in order to test its effectiveness in the rehabilitation of Egyptian learning disordered children.
Patients who have undergone COVID-19 infection often have long-term sequelae. One of the most prevalent sequelae is pain. The main objective of this research is to investigate the efficacy of Pain Informed Movement program in patients with post COVID-19 condition experiencing persistent pain. Through the implementation of this program, the investigators seek to determine whether such intervention can offer significant improvements in reducing pain intensity and interference, catastrophizing, kinesiophobia, and functionality of affected patients.
TThe research aims to verify the Italian adaptation of a parent-mediated group training focused on social skills for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills PEERS® is an evidence-based program with substantial literature (over 40 studies) applied in several countries. For the present study, about 40 adolescents, both boys, and girls with ASD, are enrolled and randomized into two groups. Groups (experimental group and waiting list) took part in the Italian telehealth adaptation of PEERS® at different times and were evaluated at several time points (baseline, pre-treatment, post-treatment, and follow-up). The objective of the comparison was to explore the primary outcomes, such as the impact of training on social knowledge and performance, and secondary outcomes, like psychiatric comorbidities and neuropsychological profile. The hypothesis is that social skills (knowledge and performance) improve after training in the experimental group and affect the secondary outcomes, and the achievements are maintained at 3-months follow-up.