AlMaummar, Majed AlThabit, Huda Othman Pani, Sharat
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BMC Oral Health
BackgroundThe purpose of this study was to assess the salivary cortisol and salivary alpha-amylase levels in children aged between 6 and 9 years, 3 months and 1 year after the successful completion of dental treatment through either pharmacological or non-pharmacological behavior management techniques.MethodsA total of 1567 patients aged between 6 ...
Lorenz, Inga Bodschwinna, Daniela Hallensleben, Nina Döhner, Hartmut Niederwieser, Dietger Zimmermann, Tanja Mehnert, Anja Gündel, Harald Ernst, Jochen Hoenig, Klaus
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BMC Cancer
BackgroundSuffering from cancer confronts both the patient and their partner with a number of psychosocial challenges in various aspects of their life. These challenges may differentially impact on quality of life, coping ability and compliance to treatment. This especially holds true for haemato-oncological diseases. To date, psychological interve...
Bai, Yang Ma, Li-Tian Chen, Yan-Bing Ren, Dan Chen, Ying-Biao Li, Ying-Qi Sun, Hong-Ke Qiu, Xin-Tong Zhang, Ting Zhang, Ming-Ming
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Molecular Brain
Central sensitization plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of chronic pain induced by chronic pancreatitis (CP), but cortical modulation of painful CP remains elusive. This study was designed to examine the role of anterior insular cortex (aIC) in the pathogenesis of hyperalgesia in a rat model of CP. CP was induced by intraductal administration...
Shakya, Hirose Wang, Duan Zhou, Kai Luo, Ze-Yu Dahal, Suraj Zhou, Zong-Ke
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
BackgroundTotal hip arthroplasty (THA) is a proven surgical option for patients with end-stage osteoarthritis in terms of improved function and pain relief. A prospective study was conducted to examine and evaluate the effect and impact of zolpidem postoperatively on the sleep quality, pain alleviation, and quality of life of patients who underwent...
Mao, Ying Zhang, Ning Liu, Jinlin Zhu, Bin He, Rongxin Wang, Xue
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BMC Medical Education
BackgroundMedical students in China face severe depression and anxiety because of their difficult circumstances, such as the long length of schooling, academic pressure, and the stress of clinical practice. Although there have been many empirical studies about depression or anxiety in medical students in China, no previous studies have conducted a ...
Saldivia, Sandra Inostroza, Carolina Bustos, Claudio Rincón, Paulina Aslan, Joseph Bühring, Vasily Farhang, Maryam King, Michael Cova, Félix
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BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundEvidence about the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions to reduce the incidence of depression and anxiety and promote subjective well-being in older people is limited, particularly in Latin-American countries. This study thus aims to assess a program specifically designed to address this issue in persons aged 65 to 80 and attending...
Deleskog, Anna Ljung, Rickard Forsell, Yvonne Nevriana, Alicia Almas, Aysha Möller, Jette
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundPrevious studies assessing the relationship between depression and diabetes mellitus did not consider the severity of depression. In the present study we assessed the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among people with various severity of depression.MethodsThis prospective longitudinal cohort study included 9,936 individu...
Konstantinou, Gerasimos N. Konstantinou, George N.
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Clinical and Translational Allergy
BackgroundDermatological illness can affect the quality of life and may coexist with psychiatric disorders.ObjectiveThe aim of this review was to systematically evaluate the published evidence of any psychiatric disorders that may coexist with chronic urticaria (CU) and any effect psychiatric interventions may have on CU.MethodsFollowing the Cochra...
Bezzina, Louise Touyz, Stephen Young, Sarah Foroughi, Nasim Clemes, Stacy Meyer, Caroline Arcelus, Jon Madden, Sloane Attia, Evelyn Pike, Kathleen M.
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Journal of Eating Disorders
BackgroundHigh levels of physical activity (PA) have long been described in patients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). Despite the importance of measuring PA in this population, there are two important factors that remain unknown. First, it is not clear how accurate self-report measures of PA are among patients. Second, little is known about how clinical...
Pop, Victor J. M. Wouters, Tirza Bekkers, Ruud L. M. Spek, Viola R. M. Piek, Jurgen M. J.
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundNo validated instruments for the evaluation of patient satisfaction in colposcopy do exist. Therefore, this study reports on the development of a Patient’s Experience and Attitude to Colposcopy questionnaire.MethodsPatients who recently received colposcopy participated in a focus group. A panel of experts evaluated the transcriptions and ...
