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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537237/effects-of-different-surgical-treatments-on-pain-disability-anxiety-and-quality-of-life-in-lumbar-disc-herniation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Aydin S Apaydin, Bülent Bozyiğit, Zuhal Koç-Apaydin, Musa Güneş, Metehan Yana
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to compare the effects of microscopic microdiscectomy and microendoscopic discectomy on pain, disability, fear of falling, kinesiophobia, anxiety, quality of life in patients with lumbar disc herniation (LDH). METHODS: A total of 90 patients who underwent microscopic microdiscectomy (n = 40) and microendoscopic discectomy (n = 50) for LDH were included in this study. The patients' pain, disability, fear of falling, kinesiophobia, anxiety, and quality of life were evaluated before the surgery, in the early postoperative period and three months after...
2024: Cirugia y Cirujanos
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537084/personal-versus-therapist-perioperative-music-intervention-a-randomized-controlled-trial
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fan Jiang, Tingting Wang, Liqiong Hu, Shangui Chen, Lijian Chen, Xuesheng Liu, Yao Lu, Erwei Gu, Luis Ulloa
INTRODUCTION: Music interventions can alleviate patient anxiety and improve post-surgical satisfaction. However, it remains uncertain whether music personal preferences affect efficacy. We tested whether personal music intervention with patient-selected songs played ad libitum is more effective than standard therapist-designed treatment with classical music. METHODS: A prospective, parallel-group, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial with 229 participants (aged 18 to 60 y) previously scheduled for elective surgery...
April 3, 2024: International Journal of Surgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536993/factors-associated-with-voice-related-quality-of-life-among-patients-with-temporomandibular-disorders
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rüdiger Emshoff, Magdalena Astl, Aris Ioannis Giotakis, Linus Christian Hupp, Andreas Kolk
BACKGROUND: Research would be important for obtaining a better understanding of voice complaints among patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD). OBJECTIVE: The identification of predictors of voice disorders associated with TMD pain was made according to Diagnostic Criteria for TMD (DC/TMD) Axis I. METHODOLOGY: Functional limitations were measured using the Jaw Functional Limitation Scales for mastication (JFLS-M), jaw mobility (JFLS-JM), and verbal and emotional expression (JFLS-VEE)...
2024: Journal of Applied Oral Science: Revista FOB
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536940/death-anxiety-in-the-covid-19-pandemic-testing-rebt-models-of-psychopathology-and-psychological-health-of-death-anxiety
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Elisa P Dumitru, Cardoș A I Roxana, Horea-Radu Oltean, Mirela I Bîlc, Daniel O David
Objective: This paper aimed to examine the validity of the death anxiety psychopathological and psychological health models of Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). We investigated whether irrational and rational beliefs were associated with death anxiety and if there are possible significant positive correlations between death anxiety and depression, anxiety, and stress. Method: A sample of 200 individuals completed online self-report measures and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was chosen to assess the validity of the REBT psychopathological model and the REBT psychological health model...
March 27, 2024: Psychological Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536762/the-impact-of-musculoskeletal-ill-health-on-quality-of-life-and-function-after-critical-care-a-multicentre-prospective-cohort-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
O D Gustafson, E B King, M M Schlussel, A Arnold, C Wade, P S Nicol, M J Rowland, H Dawes, M A Williams
Physical disability is a common component of post-intensive care syndrome, but the importance of musculoskeletal health in this population is currently unknown. We aimed to determine the musculoskeletal health state of intensive care unit survivors and assess its relationship with health-related quality of life; employment; and psychological and physical function. We conducted a multicentre prospective cohort study of adults admitted to intensive care for > 48 h without musculoskeletal trauma or neurological insult...
March 27, 2024: Anaesthesia
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536761/perspectives-on-the-impact-of-vortioxetine-on-the-treatment-armamentarium-of-major-depressive-disorder
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alessandro Cuomo, Giovanni Barillà, Matteo Cattolico, Simone Pardossi, Elisa Mariantoni, Despoina Koukouna, Pietro Carmellini, Andrea Fagiolini
INTRODUCTION: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a mental health issue that significantly affects patients' quality of life and functioning. Despite available treatments, many patients continue to suffer due to incomplete symptom resolution and side effects. AREAS COVERED: This manuscript examines Vortioxetine's role in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) treatment, highlighting its potential to reshape therapeutic strategies due to its unique Multimodal action and proven broad-spectrum efficacy in multiple depressive domains...
March 27, 2024: Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536732/new-graduate-nurses-approaches-to-death-and-dying-patients-and-the-relationship-between-death-anxiety-and-death-awareness-a-cross-sectional-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Merve Tarhan, Pinar Dogan
BACKGROUND: One of the challenges experienced by new graduate nurses during the transition into practice is caring for dying patients. This study aimed to determine new graduate nurses' approaches to death and dying patients and the relationship between death anxiety and death awareness. METHODS: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with 226 new graduate nurses in Istanbul, Türkiye. A personal and work environment characteristics form, the Approach to Death and Dying Patients Attitude Scale, Templer's Death Anxiety Scale, and Multidimensional Mortality Awareness Measure were used to collect data...
March 27, 2024: American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536703/dietary-galacto-oligosaccharides-ameliorate-atopic-dermatitis-like-skin-inflammation-and-behavioral-deficits-by-modulating-gut-microbiota-brain-skin-axis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Liu Tang, Xiaoqin Cao, Shaoze Chen, Xiao Jiang, Dan Li, Guanghui Chen
Atopic dermatitis (AD), a chronic, highly pruritic, and inflammatory skin disorder, often coexists with psychiatric comorbidities including anxiety and depression, posing considerable challenges for treatment. The current research aims at evaluating the efficacy and potential therapeutic mechanism of galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) on AD-like skin lesions and comorbid anxiety/depressive disorders. Macroscopical and histopathological examination showed that GOS could markedly relieve skin inflammation by decreasing the production of IgE, IL-4, IL-13, IFN-γ, and TNF-α and regulating the PPAR-γ/NF-κB signaling in DNFB-induced AD mice...
March 27, 2024: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536587/it-is-finally-time-to-stop-causing-anxiety-for-mothers-with-autoimmune-thyroiditis-during-the-early-postpartum-period
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EDITORIAL
Annette Grüters
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March 27, 2024: Acta Paediatrica
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536490/symptoms-of-selective-mutism-beyond-failure-to-speak-in-children-and-adolescents
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Felix Vogel, Carolin Röse, Christina Schwenck
Understanding the symptoms of a mental disorder is essential for accurate diagnosis or selecting appropriate treatment targets. Despite this, there is a surprising lack of systematic research on the symptoms of selective mutism (SM). While the DSM-5 defines failure to speak as the only core symptom of SM, sparse research suggests that children with SM may experience additional symptoms. Previous studies have been limited in their identification of symptoms of SM, either by using a predefined set of symptoms or by only asking for anxiety-specific symptoms...
March 27, 2024: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536459/association-of-ever-use-of-e-cigarettes-with-health-and-lifestyle-variables-among-young-adults-a-canadian-health-measure-survey-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Teresa To, Cornelia M Borkhoff, Chung-Wai Chow, Theo J Moraes, Robert Schwartz, Nick Vozoris, Avtar Lal, Wendy Yen, Kimball Zhang, Emilie Terebessy, Jingqin Zhu
UNLABELLED: Research suggests that vaping raises oxidative stress levels and has been implicated in poor mental health. The objective of this study is to assess cross-sectional associations between quality of life (QOL) indicators and e-cigarette (EC) use in young Canadian adults. We used data from the 2016-2017 Canadian Health Measures Survey. We compared physical activity (daily steps), physiological measurements (high-density lipoprotein for cholesterol level), self-perceived life stress, mental health, and QOL between ever-use EC users and non-users...
March 27, 2024: European Journal of Pediatrics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536454/walking-and-talking-the-plank-dual-task-performance-costs-in-a-virtual-balance-threatening-environment
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tiphanie E Raffegeau, Sarah A Brinkerhoff, Mindie Clark, Ashlee D McBride, A Mark Williams, Peter C Fino, Bradley Fawver
We evaluated the effects of engaging in extemporaneous speech in healthy young adults while they walked in a virtual environment meant to elicit low or high levels of mobility-related anxiety. We expected that mobility-related anxiety imposed by a simulated balance threat (i.e., virtual elevation) would impair walking behavior and lead to greater dual-task costs. Altogether, 15 adults (age = 25.6 ± 4.7 yrs, 7 women) walked at their self-selected speed within a VR environment that simulated a low (ground) and high elevation (15 m) setting while speaking extemporaneously (dual-task) or not speaking (single-task)...
March 27, 2024: Experimental Brain Research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Expérimentation Cérébrale
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536225/effectiveness-of-the-minder-mobile-mental-health-and-substance-use-intervention-for-university-students-randomized-controlled-trial
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Melissa Vereschagin, Angel Y Wang, Chris G Richardson, Hui Xie, Richard J Munthali, Kristen L Hudec, Calista Leung, Katharine D Wojcik, Lonna Munro, Priyanka Halli, Ronald C Kessler, Daniel V Vigo
BACKGROUND: University attendance represents a transition period for students that often coincides with the emergence of mental health and substance use challenges. Digital interventions have been identified as a promising means of supporting students due to their scalability, adaptability, and acceptability. Minder is a mental health and substance use mobile app that was codeveloped with university students. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Minder mobile app in improving mental health and substance use outcomes in a general population of university students...
March 27, 2024: Journal of Medical Internet Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536086/frailty-as-a-comprehensive-health-measure-beyond-seizure-control-in-patients-with-epilepsy-a-cross-sectional-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Emanuele Cerulli Irelli, Maria S Borioni, Alessandra Morano, Adolfo Mazzeo, Pierludovico Moro, Biagio Orlando, Enrico M Salamone, Luca Giordano, Alessio Petrungaro, Marco Toccaceli Blasi, Anna T Giallonardo, Marco Canevelli, Carlo Di Bonaventura
OBJECTIVE: Due to the high clinical heterogeneity of epilepsy, there is a critical need for novel metrics aimed at capturing its biological and phenotypic complexity. Frailty is increasingly recognized in various medical disciplines as a useful construct to understand differences in susceptibility to adverse outcomes. Here, we develop a frailty index (FI) for patients with epilepsy (PwE) and explore its association with demographic and clinical features. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, we consecutively enrolled 153 PwE from an outpatient epilepsy clinic...
March 27, 2024: Epilepsia
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536022/microstructures-of-layered-ni-rich-cathodes-for-lithium-ion-batteries
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REVIEW
Jingyu Lu, Chao Xu, Wesley Dose, Sunita Dey, Xihao Wang, Yehui Wu, Deping Li, Lijie Ci
Millions of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road are powered by lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) based on nickel-rich layered oxide (NRLO) cathodes, and they suffer from a limited driving range and safety concerns. Increasing the Ni content is a key way to boost the energy densities of LIBs and alleviate the EV range anxiety, which are, however, compromised by the rapid performance fading. One unique challenge lies in the worsening of the microstructural stability with a rising Ni-content in the cathode. In this review, we focus on the latest advances in the understanding of NLRO microstructures, particularly the microstructural degradation mechanisms, state-of-the-art stabilization strategies, and advanced characterization methods...
March 27, 2024: Chemical Society Reviews
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535865/a-comparative-analysis-of-orexins-in-the-physio-pathological-processes-of-the-male-genital-tract-new-challenges-a-review
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REVIEW
Anna Costagliola, Luigi Montano, Emilia Langella, Renato Lombardi, Caterina Squillacioti, Nicola Mirabella, Giovanna Liguori
Orexins A (OXA) and B (OXB) and their specific receptors, receptor 1 (OX1R) and 2 (OX2R) for orexins, are hypothalamic peptides involved in orchestrating several functions in the central nervous system and peripheral organs, including sleep, excitement, nutrition, reward, circadian rhythm, anxiety, cognition, and reproduction. The aim of this narrative review is, in particular, to speculate the role of orexins in the male genital tract of animal species and human beings. The experimental evidence collected in recent years assumed that in the testes of the animal species here described, orexins are directly involved in steroidogenesis and spermatogenesis regulation...
March 15, 2024: Veterinary Sciences
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535764/when-it-s-not-worn-on-the-face-trait-anxiety-and-attention-to-neutral-faces-semantically-linked-to-threat
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kim M Curby, Jessica A Collins
While our direct observations of the features or behaviours of the stimuli around us tell us much about them (e.g., should they be feared?), the origin of much of our knowledge is often untethered from directly observable properties (e.g., through what we have learned or have been told about them, or "semantic knowledge"). Here, we ask whether otherwise neutral visual stimuli that participants learn to associate with emotional qualities in the lab cause the stimuli to be attended in a similar way as stimuli whose emotional qualities can be discerned through their visual properties...
March 19, 2024: Vision
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535733/improving-mental-skills-in-precision-sports-by-using-neurofeedback-training-a-narrative-review
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REVIEW
Stefano Corrado, Beatrice Tosti, Stefania Mancone, Tommaso Di Libero, Angelo Rodio, Alexandro Andrade, Pierluigi Diotaiuti
Primary objectives of neurofeedback training (NFT) are to improve concentration, stress and anxiety management, and performance optimisation. This narrative review examines the role of NFT as a tool to improve mental and cognitive skills of target shooting and archery athletes. Current research discusses how neurofeedback training can act on brain waves by influencing specific EEG frequency bands in order to improve cognitive flexibility. This contribution reports studies that have applied neurofeedback protocols in precision disciplines such as archery and shooting...
February 29, 2024: Sports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535711/associations-between-difficulty-in-accessing-maternal-and-child-health-services-and-stress-responses-among-mothers-raising-young-children-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-japan
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Noriko Toyama, Chikako Hokama, Misuzu Takahara, Yuko Toyama
In Japan, maternal and child health (MCH) services were canceled or limited during the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially damaging the mental health of mothers raising young children. This study aimed to examine associations between difficulty in accessing MCH services and various stress responses among such mothers in Japan. An Internet-based questionnaire survey was conducted in November 2022 targeting mothers raising young children who had registered with a Japanese online research company ( n = 1032). The questionnaires included items from the Public Health Research Foundation Stress Checklist (Short Form) (PHRF-SCL(SF)), sociodemographic variables, and questions about difficulty accessing MCH services due to COVID-19...
February 26, 2024: Nursing Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535418/musculoskeletal-morphology-and-joint-flexibility-associated-functional-characteristics-across-three-time-points-during-the-menstrual-cycle-in-female-contemporary-dancers
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bárbara Pessali-Marques, Adrian M Burden, Christopher I Morse, Gladys L Onambélé-Pearson
Findings are inconsistent with regards to whether menstrual cycle phase-associated changes in physical functioning exist. It is possible that such discrepancies are due to varying rigour in experimental approaches. The current study aimed to systematically evaluate any effect of carefully tracked menstrual cycle phase on precisely measured muscle structure and function in a physically active group (contemporary dancers). Eleven women aged (M [SD]) 23.5 [2.94] years, undergoing 10.5 [1.73] hours of contemporary dance practice and 6...
February 25, 2024: Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
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