Assessment of Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Osteoarthritis: Analysis From the UK Medical Cannabis Registry
This study aims to assess changes in validated patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and CBMP clinical safety in patients with osteoarthritis. A prospective case series from the UK Medical Cannabis Registry was analyzed. Primary outcomes were changes in the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ2), EQ-5D-5L, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) questionnaire, and Single-Item Sleep Quality Scale (SQS) at 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups from baseline. Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v.4.0 was used for adverse event (AE) analysis. Statistical significance was defined as p < 0.05...
Source: Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy - April 26, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Ann Francis Simon Erridge Carl Holvey Ross Coomber Wendy Holden James Rucker Michael Platt Mikael Sodergren Source Type: research
Prehabilitation in Adults Undergoing Cancer Surgery: A Comprehensive Review on Rationale, Methodology, and Measures of Effectiveness
Curr Oncol. 2024 Apr 9;31(4):2185-2200. doi: 10.3390/curroncol31040162.ABSTRACTCancer surgery places a significant burden on a patients' functional status and quality of life. In addition, cancer surgery is fraught with postoperative complications, themselves influenced by a patient's functional status. Prehabilitation is a unimodal or multimodal strategy that aims to increase a patient's functional capacity to reduce postoperative complications and improve postoperative recovery and quality of life. In most cases, it involves exercise, nutrition, and anxiety-reducing interventions. The impact of prehabilitation has been e...
Source: Current Oncology - April 26, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Carlos E Guerra-Londono Juan P Cata Katherine Nowak Vijaya Gottumukkala Source Type: research
Distinct profiles of university students engaged in food and alcohol disturbance behaviors
Eat Disord. 2024 Apr 26:1-23. doi: 10.1080/10640266.2024.2347740. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe present study aimed at exploring the combined effect of risk of eating disorders (ED), alcohol use, physical activity, and social and psychological traits in Food and Alcohol Disturbance (FAD) behaviors. Nine-hundred and seventy-six college students were included in the study. They were then divided into two groups based on the Compensatory Eating and Behaviors in Response to Alcohol Consumption Scale (CEBRACS): students with a FAD positive score and student with a FAD negative score. Both groups of participants were compare...
Source: Eating Disorders - April 26, 2024 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Ludivine Ritz Nicolas Mauny Jessica Mange Nicolas Margas Pascale Leconte Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 21, Pages 551: Consensus Panel Recommendations for the Pharmacological Management of Breastfeeding Women with Postpartum Depression
Conclusions: The ensuing recommendations were as follows: Recommendation 1: Depressive and anxiety disorders, as well as their pharmacological treatment, are not contraindications for breastfeeding. Recommendation 2: The Panel advocates for the continuation of medication that has demonstrated efficacy during pregnancy. If initiating an antidepressant during breastfeeding is necessary, drugs with a superior safety profile and substantial epidemiological data, such as SSRIs, should be favored and prescribed at the lowest effective dose. Recommendation 3: For the short-term alleviation of anxiety symptoms and sleep disturbanc...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Georgios Eleftheriou Riccardo Zandonella Callegher Raffaella Butera Marco De Santis Anna Franca Cavaliere Sarah Vecchio Cecilia Lanzi Riccardo Davanzo Giovanna Mangili Emi Bondi Lorenzo Somaini Mariapina Gallo Matteo Balestrieri Guido Mannaioni Guglielmo Tags: Review Source Type: research
Effects of proof-of-concept training on reducing work stress and anxiety of junior medical staff: a randomized controlled trial proof-of-concept
ConclusionNew doctors received the proof-of-concept group experienced alleviation in stress and anxiety. (Source: Acta Neurologica Belgica)
Source: Acta Neurologica Belgica - April 26, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 21, Pages 545: The Relationship between Anxiety Symptoms and Perceived Quality of Life among Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Amazon
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The relationship between anxiety symptoms and perceived quality of life among caregivers of children with autism was verified. To assess perceived quality of life, the Short Form Healthy Survey Item was used; perception of anxiety symptoms was assessed using the Beck Anxiety Inventory. Eighty caregivers of children with autism participated, with 68.7% of caregivers being mothers. Of the total number of caregivers, 68.8% had a severe level of anxiety. Regarding perceived quality of life, they demonstrated greater impairment in limitation due to physical aspects, limitation due to emotional aspects, vitality, and p...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Rayanne Vieira da Silva Manuela Maria de Lima Carvalhal Daniela Lopes Gomes Tags: Article Source Type: research
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Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 25, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Anxiety connects social media use to food and alcohol disturbance and disordered eating when social support is low
Eat Behav. 2024 Apr 18;53:101879. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2024.101879. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFood and alcohol disturbance (FAD) is an understudied form of disordered eating, in which the consumption of calories is restricted in preparation for drinking alcohol. Guided by previous literature, the present study examined the direct, indirect, and interactive relationships between social media use, anxiety, social support, FAD, and disordered eating among young adults. Recruited from a large southwestern public university, the sample included 679 undergraduate students who completed an online survey in spring of 2022 and...
Source: Eating Behaviors - April 25, 2024 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: William D Murley Crystal D Oberle Krista J Howard Jessica K Perrotte Source Type: research
Self-compassion, Positive and Negative Affect and Social Avoidance among Adolescence: Mediating Role of Mindfulness
CONCLUSION: Mindfulness is the awareness and acceptance of the feelings, thoughts and sensations attached to self and its possible reciprocity with social surroundings to mitigate fear-self-compassion and positive emotional affect augment, and negative emotional affect attenuate mindfulness. Results analysis highlights the mediation of mindfulness on social anxiety, self-compassion, positive affect, and negative affect.PMID:38660066 | PMC:PMC11041389 | DOI:10.2174/0117450179268979231114045116 (Source: Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health)
Source: Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: M S Sujamani Barani Kanth Source Type: research
Sweet taste preference as a moderator of links between internalizing symptoms and alcohol craving
CONCLUSIONS: For those low and moderate in sweet taste preference, internalizing symptoms appeared positively linked with alcohol craving. For those high in sweet taste preference, alcohol craving remained elevated regardless of anxiety symptoms, but appeared to decrease with heightened depressive symptoms. Should future research replicate this finding using controlled research designs that demonstrate temporality and causality, tailored early AUD interventions may be justified based on individuals' levels of sweet taste preference.PMID:38662513 | DOI:10.15288/jsad.23-00107 (Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs)
Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - April 25, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: Brianna R Altman Tosca D Braun Cynthia L Battle Michael D Stein Sarah Barter Sydney Iacoi Ryan Koch Ana M Abrantes Source Type: research
The association of domestic violence during pregnancy with maternal psychological well-being in the early postpartum period: A sample from women with low socioeconomic status in Eastern Turkey
CONCLUSION: The results of this study revealed that women were frequently exposed to DV during pregnancy, education level and social security were important predictors of exposure to DV, and that DV associated with postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety. Exposure to DV and postpartum anxiety increased the risk of postpartum depression. It is recommended to integrate screening, guidance, and supportive counseling practices into routine antenatal care to improve the mental health of pregnant women at risk.PMID:38663055 | DOI:10.1016/j.midw.2024.104000 (Source: Midwifery)
Source: Midwifery - April 25, 2024 Category: Midwifery Authors: Sultan Özkan-Şat Fatma S öylemez Source Type: research
The Association Between Tinnitus Sensation-Level Loudness and Sleep Quality in Patients With Subjective Consecutive Tinnitus: A Mediation Analysis
CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that tinnitus sensation-level loudness does not directly have an effect on sleep quality. However, it indirectly impacts sleep quality, mediated by SAS scores, SDS scores, the impact of tinnitus on life measured using the VAS, and self-reported tinnitus annoyance. As such, alleviating anxiety and depression in patients with tinnitus may result in reductions in their insomnia even if there is no reduction in tinnitus loudness. Importantly, otolaryngologists and other clinicians treating tinnitus should refer patients with tinnitus suffering from insomnia with comorbid depression or anxiety...
Source: American Journal of Audiology - April 25, 2024 Category: Audiology Authors: Zhiwei Ding Chi Zhang Fangyuan Wang Xiedong Wu Tingting Chen Li Wang Yuke Jiang Dongyi Han Weidong Shen Source Type: research
Psychological constructs from the Fear Avoidance Model and Beyond as predictors for persisting symptoms after concussion: An integrative review
CONCLUSIONS: There is the need for additional evidence and this integrative review provides an adaptation of the FAM for PSaC to be used as a guiding preliminary framework for future research. Future research should aim to include psychological factors proposed in this modified FAM to fully understand PSaC.PMID:38663576 | DOI:10.1016/j.apmr.2024.04.007 (Source: Health Physics)
Source: Health Physics - April 25, 2024 Category: Physics Authors: Katherine E Buzzanca-Fried Aliyah Snyder Russell M Bauer Jane Morgan-Daniel Christopher Perez de Corcho Russell Addeo Sarah Lahey Zachary Houck Jason M Beneciuk Source Type: research
Covid-19 status and related anxiety levels in cases undergoing total laryngectomy
J Laryngol Otol. 2024 Apr 25:1-16. doi: 10.1017/S0022215124000744. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38659219 | DOI:10.1017/S0022215124000744 (Source: Journal of Laryngology and Otology)
Source: Journal of Laryngology and Otology - April 25, 2024 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Burak Hazir Yusuf Kemal Kemalo ğlu Alparslan Eker Mehmet D üzlü Source Type: research
Nursing Students' Operating Room Experiences: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis
CONCLUSIONS: This study provided important data about the awareness of PMNC in the surgical clinical practice of nursing students in Turkey and the effects of this awareness on the professional roles and professional identity process. Students were aware of the behavioral patterns of PMNC and experienced internal conflict, anxiety about the nursing image, role confusion, and professional identity confusion due to this awareness. Some students justified the PMNC behaviors of the nurses and others saw themselves as the power to change the PMNC behaviors.PMID:38661584 | DOI:10.1016/j.jopan.2023.12.029 (Source: Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing)
Source: Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing - April 25, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Se çil Taylan İlknur Özkan Meryem Yavuz Van Giersbergen Source Type: research
