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05). There were significant differences in the VAS score, K-wire migration, flexion degree, ROM, and Lysholm score (all
< 0.001) between the two different fixation methods.
The both-ends K-wire bending fixation method has a lower complication rate and results in a better clinical outcome than the one-end K-wire bending fixation method. This revised technique can effectively control both ends of the K-wires, thus eliminating the possibility of K-wire migration and improving the fixation stability.
The both-ends K-wire bending fixation method has a lower complication rate and results in a better clinical outcome than the one-end K-wire bending fixation method. This revised technique can effectively control both ends of the K-wires, thus eliminating the possibility of K-wire migration and improving the fixation stability.
Not only is the coronavirus pandemic about science and facts, it also raises a number of ethical questions. Some of the most important questions in this context are related to responsibility. First, what is a government's primary responsibility? Second, how should both the government and individuals consider personal moral responsibility in this context?
This paper uses conceptual and normative analysis to address responsibility in the context of the pandemic. The paper also refers to reports published by the German Ethics Council, the Malaysian Bioethics Community and the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics.
The primary responsibility of governments is to create a balance between individual values and rights, one hand, and the health of the population, on the other. There are good reasons to conceive of individual responsibility as a virtue, having to do with the development of crucial character traits and habits. The responsibility of governments is connected to individual responsibility througraits by building trust and solidarity with and among citizens.
The aim of this study was to identify and explore mediators of psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy (PIT) on treatment outcome in multisomatoform disorders (MSD).
Data from 164 patients with MSD who took part in a randomized control trial of PIT (
= 88) vs. enhanced medical care (EMC;
= 76) were re-analyzed. A parallel mediation analysis was performed to investigate whether the beneficial effect of PIT vs. Bcl-2 protein EMC on physical quality of life (physical component summary (PCS) of the SF-36 Health Survey) nine months post-treatment is mediated by post-treatment scores of stress, depression, and therapeutic alliance. The potential mediators were operationalized with the Helping Alliance Questionnaire (HAQ; therapeutic alliance), the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-stress module (perceived stress) and the PHQ-depression module (PHQ-9; depression).
Stress partially mediated the effect of PIT vs. EMC on the follow-up outcome. PIT (as compared to EMC) led to lower post-treatment stress-levels, which in turn led to higher physical quality of life at follow-up. Neither depression nor the alliance had a mediating effect.
Stress mediated the outcome of PIT for MSD. Future studies are needed to extend the scope of research regarding which specific psychotherapeutic mechanisms of change are beneficial in PIT treatment of MSD patients.
Stress mediated the outcome of PIT for MSD. Future studies are needed to extend the scope of research regarding which specific psychotherapeutic mechanisms of change are beneficial in PIT treatment of MSD patients.Primary prevention involves developing positive health behaviours designed to avert adverse health outcomes, whereas evidence-based primary prevention adopts practices that reduce illness and injury. This study's objective was to determine whether families in Jordan would adopt car safety measures after participating in an evidence-based injury prevention programme. Parents of children attending a regional government hospital in Jordan took part in an evidence-based educational class on child car restraints and car safety, six months later follow-up phone calls were made to see if the parents implemented the knowledge obtained in the class. Fifty families participated in the injury prevention class. The results showed that the evidence-based class on child restraint systems led to the adoption of the three interventions by the parents. At the time of the class 45% of parents allowed their infants to sit in the front seat, in the lap of an adult, this was reduced to 12%, being a 33% reduction. In addition, for children aged 6-12 using a seat belt in the back seat, the parents reported that their children using a seat belt increased from 13% to 70%. Finally, parents who participated were more likely to use a child car seat.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a gradually progressive neurodegenerative disease that ultimately results in total loss of cognitive and functional independence in older adults. This study aimed to examine the safety and tolerability of
disclosure in community-dwelling, cognitively normal (CN) older adults from the Butler Alzheimer's Prevention Registry (BAPR), and to determine whether
disclosure impacted participant's decisions to participate in AD clinical research.
186 (N = 106 ∊4 non-carriers, 80 ∊4 carriers) CN older adults aged 58-78 from the BAPR completed 2 visits one for psychological readiness screening and genotyping and one for
disclosure. Online follow-ups were completed 3 days, 6 weeks, and 6 months post-disclosure. Primary outcomes were scores on self-report measures of depression, anxiety, impact of events, and perceived risk of AD, along with enrollment in AD clinical trials.
∊4 carriers and non-carriers did not differ significantly on measures of depression, anxiety, or suicidal ideation over the 6-month follow-up period. ∊4 carriers reported higher impact of disclosure than non-carriers immediately after disclosure, but both groups' scores on impact of events measures remained sub-clinical. ∊4 carriers and non-carriers were equally likely to participate in AD research after disclosure, with genotype-dependent differences in type of clinical trial enrollment.
genotyping and disclosure was safe and well tolerated in a group of CN, community-dwelling older adults, who were pre-screened after volunteering for AD research through BAPR. Implications for the inclusion of
genotyping and disclosure at AD clinical trial sites are discussed.
APOE genotyping and disclosure was safe and well tolerated in a group of CN, community-dwelling older adults, who were pre-screened after volunteering for AD research through BAPR. Implications for the inclusion of APOE genotyping and disclosure at AD clinical trial sites are discussed.