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BRS | The Brief Resilience Scale [ | PMC10426081 | ||
Procedure | PMC10426081 | |||
PoET | Figure Chronological order of PoET procedure | PMC10426081 | ||
Control | Participants of the control group only filled out the questionnaires at three assessment points. This happened in the same intervals as in the PoET group. They received the link to the questionnaires via email.This study was approved by the Local Ethics Committee for Psychological Studies of Ruhr-University Bochum. All... | PMC10426081 | ||
Data analysis | The statistics program R Studio (version 2022.02.3) [In addition, we examined whether the individual constructs that were treated as lessons during the training had changed in the PoET group in comparison to the control group by conducting another two-factor analysis of variance with repeated measures. The two groups s... | PMC10426081 | ||
Results | PMC10426081 | |||
Results at baseline | At T1, the two groups significantly differed from each other in their PMH scores (
Baseline results for PMH and DASS-21 scores in PoET and control group
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Effects of PoET on PMH scores | Descriptively, there was a higher increase in the PoET group PMH sum scores from T1 to T2 and T1 to T3 compared to the control group. While the PMH scores of the control group were significantly higher at T1, the PoET PMH scores approached the control at T2 and T3. The repeated measures ANOVA also showed a significant ... | PMC10426081 | ||
Effects of PoET on DASS-21 scores | depression, anxiety | POSITIVE | The repeated measures ANOVA showed significant For the DASS-S there was a significant Changes in different measures for all assessment points and groups. Note. The blue lines depict significant changes in the PoET group. Significant differences between the groups at one specific assessment point are presented in black... | PMC10426081 |
Effects of PoET on discussed positive psychology constructs | PMC10426081 | |||
Optimism | The two-factor analysis showed a significant | PMC10426081 | ||
Gratitude | With respect to the graphic presentation of descriptive statistics, there was a high increase of mean gratitude scores in the PoET group from T1 to T2 and T1 to T3. Results of the conducted repeated measures ANOVA showed a significant | PMC10426081 | ||
Resilience | Descriptive measures showed an increase of mean resilience scores in the PoET group from T1 to T2 and from T2 to T3. In the control group there was a slight decrease of mean resilience scores from T2 to T3. The repeated measures ANOVA showed no significant effects in neither of the two groups nor three assessments (all... | PMC10426081 | ||
Happiness | While the happiness sum scores in the control group graphically were relatively stable, there was a visible increase in the PoET group from T1 to T2. The repeated measures ANOVA showed a significant | PMC10426081 | ||
Self-efficacy | The repeated measures ANOVA showed a significant A graphic presentation of the descriptive data for all relevant measures can be found in Fig.
Mean scores of LOT-r, GQ-5, BRS, SWLS and NGSE
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Discussion | depression, anxiety | The main goal of this study was to evaluate the practicability of PoET and to examine whether PoET might be effective to promote mental health in the general population. We hypothesized an increase in positive mental health factors (Hypothesis 1) and a decrease in depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms (Hypothesis 2)... | PMC10426081 | |
Limitations and future research | depression, mental illness, depressive, anxiety | When interpreting the results, the following limitations must be considered. There were differences between both groups, that affected their comparability: At T1, the control group scored descriptively lower on the subscales of the DASS-21 and significantly higher (Since the interest in participating in our study was t... | PMC10426081 | |
Conclusion | depression, anxiety | The main goal of the present study was to test the feasibility of a low-threshold intervention promoting positive emotions. The results showed that PoET in its recent form could be successfully conducted in the general population. In addition, significant effects on depression, anxiety, and optimism were found. Overall... | PMC10426081 | |
Acknowledgements | We want to thank Helen Copeland-Vollrath for proofreading the manuscript. We also want to thank Inga Schecker, Lara Steinfeldt, Lucia Ueckert and Lisa Weiß for being part of the data collection. We acknowledge support by the Open Access Publication Funds of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. | PMC10426081 | ||
Authors' contributions | “LN and CvG: designed and executed the study, conducted the data analyses, and wrote the paper. XCZ: collaborated in the analyses of the data and edited part of the results. JM: collaborated in the editing of the final manuscript. CT: designed the study, collaborated in the writing and editing of the manuscript. All au... | PMC10426081 | ||
Funding | Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. | PMC10426081 | ||
Availability of data and materials | The datasets used and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on request. | PMC10426081 | ||
Declarations | PMC10426081 | |||
Ethics approval and consent to participate | After being informed about the procedure of the study, all participants gave written informed consent. This study was approved by the Local Ethics Committee for Psychological Studies of Ruhr-University Bochum. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. | PMC10426081 | ||
Consent for publication | Not applicable. | PMC10426081 | ||
Competing interests | The authors declare that they have no competing interests. | PMC10426081 | ||
References | PMC10426081 | |||
Abstract | PMC10107788 | |||
Objective | uterine artery embolization | To determine treatment options (myomectomy vs. uterine artery embolization (UAE)) for women wishing to avoid hysterectomy. | PMC10107788 | |
Methods | A multicenter randomized controlled trial was conducted on 254 women and data were collected on fibroid‐specific quality of life (UFS‐QOL), loss of menstrual blood, and pregnancy. | PMC10107788 | ||
Results | At 4 years, the mean difference in the UFS‐QOL was 5.0 points (95% confidence interval (CI) −1.4 to 11.5; | PMC10107788 | ||
Conclusion | bleeding, Leiomyoma | BLEEDING, LEIOMYOMA, UTERINE FIBROIDS | Leiomyoma are common in reproductive‐aged women, causing heavy menses and subfertility. Among women with uterine fibroids, myomectomy resulted in better fibroid‐related quality of life at 4 years, compared with UAE but the treatments decreased menstrual bleeding equally. There was also no significant difference in the ... | PMC10107788 |
Synopsis | blood loss, uterine fibroids | BLOOD LOSS, UTERINE FIBROIDS | Women with uterine fibroids were randomized between uterine artery embolization and myomectomy. Quality of life was greater in the myomectomy group at 2 years, but neither menstrual blood loss nor markers of ovarian function differed.
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INTRODUCTION | tumor, uterine rupture, fibroid, Uterine artery embolization, Uterine fibroids, temporary occlusion of the arteries, fibroids, infarction | TUMOR, UTERINE RUPTURE, FIBROID, HEAVY MENSTRUAL BLEEDING, FIBROIDS, UTERINE FIBROIDS, UTERINE FIBROIDS, FIBROIDS, UTERUS, INFARCTION | Uterine fibroids are the most common tumor in women of reproductive age, with increasing prevalence as women get older. It is estimated that by the time they are in their 50s, around 80% of women will have developed a fibroid.Recently, childbirth trends have shifted, and more women appear to delay starting their famili... | PMC10107788 |
MATERIALS AND METHODS | adenomyosis, malignancy, fibroids, loss of menstrual blood | FIBROID, PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE, ADVERSE EVENTS, BLEEDING, INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATION, UTERINE FIBROID, ADENOMYOSIS, FIBROIDS, REGRESSION, BLOOD, COMPLICATIONS | The present study is an open, randomized, parallel multicenter trial comparing two uterine‐saving fibroid treatments with ethics approval from the Coventry and Warwickshire National Research Ethics Service Committee (Reference: 11/WM/0149). It was approved by the UK National Research Ethics Service and the research dep... | PMC10107788 |
Assessment of menstrual blood loss | The loss of menstrual blood was measured using the PBAC. | PMC10107788 | ||
Pregnancy outcomes | MISCARRIAGE | Pregnancy outcomes were recorded as specifically pregnancy (overall and in the population desiring pregnancy at the time of randomization) and outcomes (live birth, miscarriage, stillbirth, and termination). | PMC10107788 | |
Ovarian reserve | uterine artery embolization | BLOOD, UTERINE FIBROID | The ovarian reserve was measured by an assay of FSH, AMH, and luteinizing hormone. Hormonal levels were measured at baseline, 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year after the initial procedure. Blood samples were taken on day 2, 3, or 4 of the menstrual cycle.A total of 127 participants were assigned to the myomectomy group and... | PMC10107788 |
RESULTS | SD, fibroid | FIBROID, COMPLICATIONS | The mean age of the patients was 41 years and they had a mean body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) of 28. There were no significant differences between the two groups with regard to demographics and in the number of women desiring pregnancy at randomization ... | PMC10107788 |
Quality of life | Myomectomy resulted in a greater increase in the quality of life at 2 years, although improvement occurred in both groups (mean difference from observed data: 8.0 points, 95% CI 1.8–14.1; | PMC10107788 | ||
Menstrual bleeding outcomes at 2 and 4 years | bleeding, amenorrhea | BLOOD, BLEEDING | There were no apparent differences between the groups in terms of menstrual regularity. There were regular or fairly regular cycles in 88% of the UAE group and 61% of the myomectomy group, and the difference was not statistically significant.There were no apparent and sustained differences in the bleeding scores, nor i... | PMC10107788 |
Pregnancy outcomes | miscarriages | MISCARRIAGES, MISCARRIAGE | There were 22 pregnancies in total: 15 in the UAE group and 7 in the myomectomy group. Of the 14 women who reported pregnancies within 2 years of randomization, nine were in the UAE group and five were in the myomectomy group, representing 17% and 10% of participants, respectively, who expressed a desire for pregnancy ... | PMC10107788 |
Pregnancy outcomes at 4 years | EVENTS, MISCARRIAGE | The number of women becoming pregnant are reported as cumulative rates in Table Pregnancy outcomes at 4 yearsAbbreviations: ITT, intention to treat; UAE, uterine artery embolization.Values are given as number of women (number of events).UAE group: one participant had two pregnancies that both ended in miscarriage and t... | PMC10107788 | |
Ovarian reserve | Hormone assay data are reported as geometrical means, unadjusted and adjusted for baseline scores and also age. There was no significant difference between the levels of hormones associated with ovarian reserve in each group. | PMC10107788 | ||
DISCUSSION | bleeding, fibroids, fibroid, two‐thirds | BLEEDING, FIBROID, HEAVY MENSTRUAL BLEEDING, UTERINE FIBROIDS, COMPLICATION, FIBROIDS, OVARIAN FAILURE | While both procedures improved participant‐reported health‐related QOL scores, women assigned to the myomectomy group reported higher scores than those in the UAE group. The menstrual bleeding scores appeared similar in both groups. The overall complication rates for both procedures were low. The need for additional tr... | PMC10107788 |
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS | Fusun Sirkeci: investigation, writing (review and editing). Jane Daniels: conceptualization, writing (original draft), writing (review and editing), project administration, investigation, funding acquisition. Lee Middleton: statistical analysis plan, data curation, formal analysis, writing (review and editing). Versha ... | PMC10107788 | ||
FUNDING INFORMATION | The present study was funded by the UK National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) program (project number 08/53/22). | PMC10107788 | ||
CONFLICT OF INTEREST | MAL reports personal fees from Gedeon Richter outside the submitted work (2018). All other authors declare they have no competing interests. All authors have completed the unified competing interest form at | PMC10107788 | ||
TRIAL REGISTRATION | PMC10107788 | |||
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | A monograph reporting the data collected in the study has been published in the NIHR Journals Library. Further information is available at | PMC10107788 | ||
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT | Research data are not shared. | PMC10107788 | ||
REFERENCES | PMC10107788 | |||
Background | COVID-19 INFECTION | Patients with a history of COVID-19 infection may suffer from different physical problems. This study aimed to investigate the effect of corrective and breathing exercises on improving respiratory function among patients with a history of COVID-19 infection. | PMC10273547 | |
Methods | thoracic kyphosis, COVID-19 disease | In this clinical trial study, thirty elderlies with a history of COVID-19 disease were divided into two groups (mean age 63.60 ± 3.56 experimental, 59.87 ± 2.99 control groups) based on the study inclusion criteria. Exercise interventions included two sections- breathing exercises and corrective exercises in the cervic... | PMC10273547 | |
Results | Results showed a significant difference between the two groups in craniovertebral angle ( | PMC10273547 | ||
Conclusions | chronic pulmonary complications | COVID-19 INFECTION | The results showed the combination of corrective and breathing exercises could improve pulmonary function and correct cervical and thoracic posture in patients with a history of COVID-19 infection. Therefore, corrective and breathing exercises can be helpful as a complementary treatment along with pharmaceutical therap... | PMC10273547 |
Trial registration | This research was registered in the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT registration number: IRCT20160815029373N7, First trial registration: 23/08/2021, Registration date: 01/09/2021). | PMC10273547 | ||
Supplementary Information | The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12906-023-04031-7. | PMC10273547 | ||
Keywords | PMC10273547 | |||
Background | respiratory diseases, respiratory distress, musculoskeletal problems, thoracic kyphosis | RESPIRATORY DISEASE, STILL, COVID-19 INFECTION, COMPLICATIONS | The older people are prone to a high risk of respiratory diseases, such as COVID-19 infection. The Covid-19 pandemic has induced significant physical and mental problems among old people [With aging, physiological changes occur that can affect the performance of various body organs, including the cardiorespiratory and ... | PMC10273547 |
Methods | COVID-19 disease | DISEASE, RECRUITMENT | This was a parallel clinical trial. Via different types of announcements to the medical centers across Rasht City, we invited patients between 50–70 years old with a history of COVID-19 disease (six months after recovery from the acute phase of the disease and with a current negative the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)... | PMC10273547 |
Inclusion criteria | The inclusion criteria consisted of: 1- six months after the definitive diagnosis of COVID-19 and any other acute condition, a current negative PCR test [ | PMC10273547 | ||
Exclusion criteria | thoracic kyphosis, COVID-19 disease | DISEASE | The exclusion criteria included: 1- the diagnosis of any neurological or orthopedic disease during the study, 2- unwillingness to continue participation in this study, 3- contracting the COVID-19 disease again, 4- the occurrence of any medical problem affecting the safe implementation of the exercise protocol by the pa... | PMC10273547 |
Thoracic kyphosis assessment | shock, kyphosis | SHOCK | A 60-cm flexible ruler (KERING) measured the kyphosis angle. The ruler was placed between the second and the twelfth dorsal vertebra on the shock appendages of the subject to take the shape of the dorsal vertebra arch. Then, carefully and without changing the ruler’s position, it was placed on white paper to draw the s... | PMC10273547 |
Craniovertebral angle | abnormal forward-head posture | To check the forward-head posture, the craniovertebral angle was determined by connecting a line from the ear tragus to the spinous appendage of the seventh cervical vertebra and measuring the angle between this line and the horizontal line passing through the spinous appendage. In the present study, a goniometer was u... | PMC10273547 | |
Spirometry testing for evaluating respiratory capacity | The Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), Forced vital capacity (FVC), FEV1/FVC ratio, and peripheral oxygen saturation (SPO2) were measured by spirometry to evaluate the pulmonary function and respiratory capacity. Patients were informed to avoid using medications for 24 h and meals for two hours before the t... | PMC10273547 | ||
Statistical methods | The normality of the data was assessed by the Shapiro–Wilk test. For testing the within-group comparison, paired t-test and for between-group comparison, covariance analysis (ANCOVA) were utilized. | PMC10273547 | ||
Discussion | and back spine posture, kyphosis, COVID-19 disease | ASTHMA, SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA, COMPLICATIONS, CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE | In our study on the elderly with a history of COVID-19 disease, the results revealed significant differences in postural (i.e., craniovertebral angle and thoracic kyphosis curve) and respiratory capacity (FEV1, FEV1/FVC, SPO2) between the experimental (performing corrective and breathing exercises) and the control grou... | PMC10273547 |
Limitations | CORONAVIRUS | One of the limitations in this study was not comparing spirometry findings between COVID-19 patients and healthy individuals. Also, because of the coronavirus pandemic, access to a sufficient number of patients was difficult. However, we tried to select participants from both genders to diminish this problem. The lack ... | PMC10273547 | |
Conclusion | chronic pulmonary complications, COVID-19 disease | According to the present study's findings, the combination of corrective and breathing exercises could improve pulmonary function and correct cervical and thoracic posture in patients with a history of COVID-19 disease. Therefore, it seems that a comprehensive training program, including corrective and breathing exerci... | PMC10273547 | |
Acknowledgements | The authors gratefully thank all volunteers who participated and cooperated in this study. | PMC10273547 | ||
Authors’ contributions | KFD | PS was the main responsible and designing the study. KFD helped with data interpretation, and revising the manuscript. SA helped with writing the first draft and analyzing data. SRRM helped with testing and training participants. All authors accept the responsibility for the accuracy and correctness of the contents of ... | PMC10273547 | |
Funding | This research was supported by Youth and Sports General Directorate in Guilan Province, Rasht, Iran. | PMC10273547 | ||
Availability of data and materials | All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article. | PMC10273547 | ||
Declarations | PMC10273547 | |||
Ethics approval and consent to participate | All procedures performed in this study were approved by the ethics committee of Kashan University of Medical Sciences. Ethics committee reference number: IR.KAUMS.REC.1400.021 | PMC10273547 | ||
Consent to publication | Not applicable. | PMC10273547 | ||
Competing interests | The authors declare no competing interests. | PMC10273547 | ||
References | PMC10273547 | |||
Background | This study aims to histologically evaluate the efficiency of debris removal through activation of 2.5% and 5.25% NaOCI using laser, ultrasonic, and intracanal heating methods. | PMC10386604 | ||
Methods | Sixty-four maxillary central incisor teeth were randomly divided into two groups according to the irrigation solution ( | PMC10386604 | ||
Results | The effect of NaOCI concentration was statistically significant ( | PMC10386604 | ||
Conclusion | The efficiency of root canal cleaning increases with higher NaOCI concentration. Activation of NaOCI also significantly enhances its effectiveness. | PMC10386604 | ||
Keywords | PMC10386604 | |||
Introduction | Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCI) is widely used as an irrigation solution in endodontics due to its favorable physicochemical and antibacterial properties [Passive ultrasonic irrigation (PUI involves avtivating irrigation solutions used ultrasonic tips operating at frequencies of 25–40 kHz. This method increases the effecti... | PMC10386604 | ||
Materials methods | PMC10386604 | |||
Ethical approval | Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board and the Ethics Committee of the University (2020/09–07). | PMC10386604 | ||
Methodology | fractures, calcification | SMEAR LAYER | A total of 64 maxillary central incisor teeth with fully formed roots and closed apices were selected for his study. These teeth were extracted from individuals within the age group of 18–45 years for periodontal or orthodontic reasons. Prior to inclusion, the teeth were examined under a stereomicroscope, and any teeth... | PMC10386604 |
Subgroup A: Er,Cr:YSGG laser | The root canals were filled with NaOCI solution and activated using Er, Cr: YSGG laser (Waterlase MD, Biolase Technology Inc., San Clemente, CA, USA) with an RFT2 tip. The tip, with a diameter of 275 microns in diameter and a length of 21 mm, was placed 1 mm short of the working length. The laser parameters were set to... | PMC10386604 | ||
Subgroup B: passive ultrasonic irrigation | NaOCI was activated using ultrasonic device (VDW, Munich, Germany). The device was set to a power setting of 30, and activation was performed using a 21 mm-IRR20 irrigation tip placed 1 mm behind the working length. The tip was positioned away from the dentinal walls and activated for 20 s. This activation procedure wa... | PMC10386604 | ||
Subgroup C: intracanal heating | NaOCI solution was placed in the root canals and intracanal heating was performed using System-B device (11). System-B device was set to 150 | PMC10386604 | ||
Subgroup D (control): Syringe-and-needle irrigation | strokes | STROKES | The root canals were irrigated with NaOCI solution using a 31-gauge closed-end needle (Ayset, Adana, Turkey), placed 1 mm short of the working length. The needle was moved in short vertical strokes with an amplitude of 2–3 mm at an approximate rate of 100 strokes per minute.A total of 5 mL of NaOCI solution was used fo... | PMC10386604 |
Histological evaluation | DECALCIFICATION, DECALCIFICATION | After the completion of the endodontic procedures, all samples were fixed in 10% (v/v) neutral buffered formalin for 48 h and then washed under running tap water for 1 h. Decalcification of teeth was performed using a 5% nitric acid solution, with fresh solution being replaced every two days. The endpoint of decalcific... | PMC10386604 | |
Statistical analysis | The data were analyzed using IBM SPSS V23. The normal distribution of the data was assessed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The Generalized Linear Models method was used to evaluate the main effects of concentration and activation, as well as their interaction, on the amount of residual debris. Multiple comparisons ... | PMC10386604 | ||
Discussion | toxicity | SMEAR LAYER | This study investigated the effects of different concentrations of NaOCI solution and various final irrigation techniques on the remaining pulp and debris in the root canal. The results showed that the 5.25% of NaOCI solution provided significantly better cleaning in the root canal compared to the 2.5% of NaOCI solutio... | PMC10386604 |
Acknowledgements | Not applicable. | PMC10386604 | ||
Authors’ contributions | All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation and data collection were performed by Nesibe Zeynep Gökkaya and Ahmet Taşan. Histological analysis was performed by Eda Açıkgöz and Fikret Altındağ. Statical analysis and the first draft of the manuscript was written by Esin Özlek, and all... | PMC10386604 | ||
Funding | This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. | PMC10386604 | ||
Availability of data and materials | The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. | PMC10386604 | ||
Declarations | PMC10386604 |
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