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Filter by:The DELPhi system is a software device that is used for the noninvasive evaluation of brain plasticity and connectivity. The DELPhi software uses EEG and TMS devices as accessories. Standard electro-physiological acquisition is performed using TMS to evoke regional neuronal potentials measured as EEG data. TMS-EEG data is analyzed with regards to conventional, well established characteristics of neuronal network plasticity and connectivity.
The population of drug abuse(heroin) had reached about 200,000 in Taiwan, and the age distribution is mainly in young adults. The social, medical and economic problems of drug addiction are profound and include lost productivity, disrupted relationships, crime and violence, HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Methadone substitution therapy has been the treatment of first choice for opiate dependence, but patient on Methadone substitution therapy report a wide side effects, and relapse rate is up to two third of methadone treatment patients between one to two years. This research is aim to build a development model. First of all, investigators plan to review some convincing articles and then analyze the efficacy of TCM in drug addiction. According to review articles and experience of professionals, investigators establish a model for TCM included in addiction treatment. Investigators will cooperate with Western medicine together , through common assessment scales to confirm the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine and compare with current routine treatment.
1. To determine the effects of tDCS on subjective measures of sleepiness in night-shift workers with shift work disorder. 2. To determine the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on vigilance in night-shift workers with shift work disorder.
Comparison between sleep disturbance in atopy and psoriasis and control
Background: The relationship between the appearance of insulin resistance phenomena and insufficient or poor-quality sleep is scientifically documented. Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of an intervention based on behavioural techniques on sleep in the nursing consultation in the Primary Care setting to improve the level of HbA1c in patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus 2 (DM2) or prediabetes. Hypothesis: Patients diagnosed with DM2 or prediabetes with poor sleep quality would improve their HbA1c levels after an intervention on healthier sleep hygiene practices. Sleeping 6 or less hours in adults diagnosed with DM2 or prediabetes would be related to worse metabolic control results. Patients diagnosed with DM2 or prediabetes who would value their sleep as poor quality would have poorer metabolic control. Methodology: Design: Not masked randomized clinical trial. Target population: Patients diagnosed up to the time of DM2 (E11) or prediabetes (R73, R73.9) with age over 18 attending the chronic nurses' follow-up visits of the Basic Health Area of Balaguer in the time range from November 2017 to December 2018. Determinations: Dependent variables: Glycemia and HbA1c. Independent variables: Sex, age, value of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), declared hours of sleep, sleep efficiency, body mass index (BMI), pharmacologic antidiabetic treatment, changes in it, changes in diet, physical exercise and sleep hygiene. Statistical analysis: Analysis of the comparability of the groups and calculation of the confidence interval of the difference in the glycaemic values and HbA1c at the end of the follow-up, with respect to the initiation within the intervention group and within the control, and control group with respect to the group intervention.
Screening of a population of volunteer workers recruited on the occasion of their occupational health visit, within the Ministry of Defense and civil enterprises. The voluntary subjects included will, after signing a consent, take a saliva sample (Kit Oragen DNA OG500) and fill out a computerized questionnaire. A posteriori, the genotyping polymorphisms may be associated with variations in the pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamics of caffeine will be achieved. The primary objective is to determine whether polymorphisms (alone or in combination) of genes associated with the pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamics of caffeine are independent risk factors for sleep disorders. The secondary objectives are to determine the frequency of these polymorphisms and to evaluate the consequences of these associations on sleep habits (sleep time, chronotype, quality of sleep), daytime sleepiness, caffeine consumption, antecedents of accidents at work or traffic, drug consumption ...
Comorbidities, including sleep problems, are common in adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Treatment of choice for insomnia is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-i), but evidence is lacking for CBT-i in patients with ADHD and sleep problems. The purpose of this study was to investigate if patients at a specialist clinic for ADHD benefit from a group delivered CBT-i treatment; whether insomnia severity improves following this treatment. This pragmatic within-group pilot study with a pre to post and three-month follow-up design was set at a specialist psychiatric out-patient clinic for adult ADHD. As an adjunct to care-as-usual at the clinic, a CBT-i-based group treatment targeting sleep problems prevalent in the ADHD-population, designed for patients with executive difficulties, was offered as 10 weekly 90-minute group sessions and scheduled telephone support. All outcome measures were subjectively reported by participants. Data analyzed with dependent t-tests according to intent-to-treat.
Major surgery can lead to postoperative disturbances in sleep patterns with subjective deterioration of sleep quality according to patients' reports as well as objective alterations of sleep architecture, as recorded by polysomnography Factors implicated in postoperative sleep disturbances include but are not limited to the severity of the surgical procedure, the neuroendocrine response to surgery, inadequate treatment of postoperative pain and external factors interfering with sleep, such as light, noise and therapeutic procedures There are no adequate data from current literature as to whether regional anesthesia is superior to general anesthesia regarding postoperative sleep quality in patients subjected to either mode of anesthesia. So, the aim of this study will be to assess the effect of two different anesthetic techniques (general versus regional) in patients subjected to similar operations Patients will be assessed with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire (PSQI), regarding preoperative and long term postoperative sleep quality and sleep diaries regarding early postoperative sleep quality
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of older persons use of a personal sleep monitoring device(PSMD)to improve self-management of sleep. Disrupted sleep occurs in up to 50% of persons over the age of 65 with chronic health conditions. Impaired sleep negatively influences subjective and objective health outcomes.To improve their sleep, older adults with chronic health conditions could benefit from objective information, available through personal health monitoring devices, about their current and changing sleep patterns. Based on this information, sleep self-management interventions can be individualized and shared, and associations between sleep and health changes may be better managed.
The primary purpose of the proposed study is to validate our previously developed predictive model for adults with obstructive sleep apnea using (i) clinical data from multiple large academic centers, (ii) a longer follow-up period, and (iii) an extended definition of outcomes of interest. The TOH sleep database was created as a part of the project: "Validation of provincial health administrative data algorithms to identify patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): Feasibility project". Protocol ID: 20170591-01H (AMENDMENT APPROVED on December 19, 2018) to be used for future clinical, research, educational and quality improvement purposes.