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{"title":"Adoption of Rehabilitation Climbing Wall Combined with Brain-computer Fusion Interface in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.","authors":"Dongmei Kong, Yujing Chen, Li Wang, Yifang Lu, Sudan Luo, Hui Chai, Lei Chen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>As the adoption of brain-computer interface (BCI) technology in rehabilitation training is gradually maturing, the rehabilitation climbing walls combined with BCI technology are applied in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) adoption research.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From January 2022 to January 2023, a total of 100 AIS patients were assigned into a control group (group C, rehabilitation climbing wall training) and an observation group (group B, rehabilitation climbing wall training based on BCI technology) equally and randomly. The therapeutic effects of the patients were analyzed, including the Cobb angle, waist range of motion, and quality of life.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Cobb angles of all patients after three months of treatment were obviously smaller than those preoperatively, and the Cobb angle of patients in group B was smaller than that of group C. The improvement rate of the Cobb angle of patients in group B was substantially superior to that in group C (95%CI 17.8-42.6, P = .034). Moreover, patients in groups C and B had more extensive waist flexion, tension, and left ranges. Suitable lateral regions after three months of treatment than before and lower lumbar dysfunction scores, and group B was significantly better than group C (95%CI 20.3-35.4, P = .042). After three months of treatment, all patients' general condition, physical pain, physiological function, and mental health scores were higher than those preoperatively, and the scores in group B were substantially superior to those in group C (95%CI 51.3-84.2, P = .022). Furthermore, the total effective rate of patients in group B after three months was markedly superior to that in group C (96% vs. 82%) (95%CI 79.3-97.2, P = .014).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results of the study suggest that the rehabilitation climbing wall training method combined with brain-computer interface (BCI) technology has significant therapeutic effects on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients. The intervention was found to effectively reduce the Cobb angle, increase the lumbar range of motion, improve lumbar function, and enhance the quality of life of the patients. These findings indicate that the adoption of rehabilitation climbing walls combined with BCI technology can be clinically valuable in the treatment of AIS. This approach holds promise in improving the rehabilitation outcomes for AIS patients, providing a non-invasive alternative to surgical interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":7571,"journal":{"name":"Alternative therapies in health and medicine","volume":" ","pages":"208-215"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140848607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correlation of Homocysteine and Blood Pressure Variability with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with Hypertension and Carotid Atherosclerosis.","authors":"Rui Liu, Yiwen Weng, Chunlian Zeng, Fei Dai, Jing Chen, Mengjiao Gou, Yalu Qin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>It is of positive significance for clinical management to infer the changes of BPV and blood Hcy in the risk of cardiovascular disease progression in patients with hypertension by ambulatory blood pressure test. We aimed to explore the correlation of homocysteine and blood pressure variability with left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with hypertension and carotid atherosclerosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 333 elderly hypertensive patients admitted to Jinniu District People's Hospital in Chengdu from February 2020 to December 2021 were selected as the study subjects. They were divided into the pure hypertension group and hypertension combined with the carotid atherosclerosis group. In addition, the two groups were divided into the hypertension combined with left ventricular remodeling subgroup and the hypertension without left ventricular remodeling subgroup. Plasma Hcy levels were measured on a BECKMAN AU 680 automated biochemistry analyzer. Ambulatory blood pressure was measured by HINGMED ABP-03 monitoring system. IMT measurement was performed using a GE LOGIQ E9 ultrasound. Left ventricular diastolic function measurement was performed using a GE LOGIQ E9 ultrasound.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Blood Hcy, 24-h mean SBP, 24-h mean DBP, 24-h SBP coefficient of variation, and 24-h DBP coefficient of variation were significantly higher in hypertension combined with the carotid atherosclerosis group than the pure hypertension group (P < .05). Moreover, LVMI, E/A, and E/e were greater in the carotid atherosclerosis group than in the normal carotid group (P < .05). IMT, blood Hcy, 24-h mean SBP, 24-h mean DBP, 24-h SBP coefficient of variation, 24-h DBP coefficient of variation, E/A, and E/e were significantly higher in the hypertensive combined with left ventricular remodeling subgroup than in the non-left ventricular remodeling subgroup (P < .05). IMT was positively correlated with blood Hcy, 24-h SBP, 24-h DBP, 24-h SCV, 24-h DCV, LVMI, E/A, and E/e (P < .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There was a position correlation of Hcy and BPV with left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with hypertension combined with carotid atherosclerosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":7571,"journal":{"name":"Alternative therapies in health and medicine","volume":" ","pages":"396-400"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140848831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Application Effect of Graded Emergency Nursing in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis.","authors":"Lan Qin, Yan Zhang, Rui Liu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Acute pancreatitis poses a significant threat in the emergency department due to its rapid and dangerous progression. Without timely and effective treatment measures, there is a heightened risk of advancing to multiple organ failure, posing a serious threat to the life safety of patients.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to investigate the impact of graded emergency nursing on patients with acute pancreatitis.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A randomized controlled experiment was conducted to assess the effectiveness of graded emergency nursing.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>The study was conducted in the Emergency Department of Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital University.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>A total of 112 patients diagnosed with acute pancreatitis and admitted to our hospital from June 2021 to December 2022 were randomly assigned to either the observation or control group, with 56 patients in each.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Patients in the control group received standard emergency nursing care, while those in the observation group underwent graded emergency nursing.</p><p><strong>Primary outcome measures: </strong>The study assessed (1) triage time, waiting time, and treatment time, (2) the correct rate of diagnosis and the success rate of rescue, (3) functional status score, and (4) patient satisfaction with nursing care.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared to the control group, patients in the observation group experienced significantly shorter triage time, waiting time, and treatment time (P < .05). Additionally, the observation group exhibited higher correct rates of diagnosis and success rates of rescue (P < .05). The functional status score in the observation group showed improvement (P < .05), and patients in the observation group reported higher satisfaction with nursing care (P < .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Graded emergency nursing proves effective in reducing waiting times for diagnosis and treatment in acute pancreatitis patients, enhancing treatment success rates, and improving overall nursing quality. These findings hold valuable implications for clinical application and promotion.</p>","PeriodicalId":7571,"journal":{"name":"Alternative therapies in health and medicine","volume":" ","pages":"448-451"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140849714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of Left Ventricular Longitudinal Systolic Function Using Global Tissue Motion Annular Displacement in Patients with Chronic Severe Aortic Regurgitation.","authors":"Jin-Rong Ni, Yuan Hu, Shi-Dong Liu, Zun-Hui Wan, Jun-Qiang Lei","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In patients with chronic aortic regurgitation (AR), the left ventricle (LV) develops compensatory mechanisms to sustain its function. LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) is a key means to detect subclinical LV dysfunction, even when LV ejection fraction (LVEF) remains within the normal range. Compared to GLS, Tissue motion annular displacement (TMAD) is a simpler strain-based method to assess LV systolic function. This study investigated the correlation among TMAD parameters, LVEF, and GLS, and determined the diagnostic value and threshold of TMAD parameters for left ventricular systolic dysfunction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A prospective study was conducted at a single center. The case and control groups consisted of patients with chronic severe AR and healthy volunteers, respectively. Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) was used to assess the GLS and TMAD parameters in the apical 4-chamber and apical 2-chamber. Subsets of participants were analyzed for inter- and intra-observer variability and analysis time. A correlation analysis was performed among the TMAD parameters, LVEF, and GLS. Receiver operating characteristic curves and the area under the curves (AUCs) were used to evaluate the predictive value of the TMAD parameters for LVEF <50% and GLS > -18%.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study involved 96 patients with severe chronic AR and 45 healthy volunteers. Compared to GLS, TMAD demonstrated superior intra- and inter-observer consistency and shorter average analysis time. Biplane global Midpt% showed the highest correlation with GLS and LVEF among all the TMAD parameters, with r values of 0.81 and 0.74, respectively. Furthermore, global Midpt% had AUCs of 0.89 and 0.92 for predicting LVEF< 50% and GLS > -18%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The TMAD global Midpt% has the potential to replace GLS in clinical practice and find wide applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":7571,"journal":{"name":"Alternative therapies in health and medicine","volume":" ","pages":"200-207"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140850392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relationship between Dietary Inflammatory Index and Blood Glucose Changes in Patients with Pre-diabetes Mellitus.","authors":"Qing Zhou, Yan Gao, Yaping Guo, Guohong Zhu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study was to assess the association between the dietary inflammatory index (DII) and blood glucose changes in patients diagnosed with pre-diabetes mellitus (Pre-DM).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study participants were 111 patients diagnosed with Pre-DM at Taizhou People's Hospital of Jiangsu Province Hospital between January 2019 and December 2021. Patients' initial BG data were collected and recorded. A dietary assessment was performed on all Pre-DM patients, and the DII of each participant was calculated to explore the relationship between DII and BG changes. DII was calculated based on the relation between food and interleukin serum IL-1β, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10 and CRP.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The fasting (FBG), 1-hour postprandial (1hPBG) and 2-hour postprandial blood glucose (2hPBG) levels were (5.43±0.88) mmol/L, (10.67±3.05) mmol/L, and (8.65±2.89) mmol/L, respectively, with statistical significance among them (n=111, F=222.987, P < .001). Multivariate linear regression models were established with FBG, 1hPBG, 2hPBG, and BG changes (2hPBG-FBG and 1hPBG-FBG) as dependent variables. In Model 5, the coefficient (B value) of DII and its 95% (CI) were 0.324 (0.018~0.658) (P = .031), indicating a positive correlation between DII and BG concentration that the change of BG concentration increased by 0.456 mmol/L for every 1 unit increase in DII.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>DII is a risk factor for Pre-DM patients, so attention should be paid to the content of inflammatory components in the diet, and more intake of anti-inflammatory components is helpful to prevent the occurrence of diabetes further.</p>","PeriodicalId":7571,"journal":{"name":"Alternative therapies in health and medicine","volume":" ","pages":"276-282"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140874474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association Between Arthritis and the Risk of Depressive Symptoms in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Nationwide Population-Based Study.","authors":"Da-Long Hou, Yang Yang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Arthritis patients often endure the development of depressive symptoms, significantly impacting their quality of life. However, current research on the correlation between arthritis and depressive symptoms remains limited, suggesting inconsistent findings.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigated this correlation using data from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to explore the connection between arthritis and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and elderly individuals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study encompassed a matched cohort of 13,318 Chinese adults aged ≥ 45 years, consisting of 6,925 individuals with depressive symptoms and 6,393 without, drawn from CHARLS. A logistic regression model was employed to examine the intricate relationship between arthritis and depressive symptoms within this diverse population. Through careful consideration of covariates such as age, residence, marital status, educational level, current drinking habits, and current smoking status, our objective was to promote a nuanced understanding of the complex relationship between arthritis and the prevalence of depressive symptoms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 13,318 respondents, the average age (Mean ± SD) was 60 ± 10 years. The prevalence rates of arthritis, depressive symptoms, and the combination of arthritis with depressive symptoms were 32%, 52%, and 40%, respectively. After adjusting for all covariates, including age, residence, marital status, educational level, current drinkers, and current smokers, the risk of developing depressive symptoms in patients with arthritis remained significantly higher (OR=1.31, 95% CI 1.11-1.48, P = .021) compared to those without arthritis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study establishes a significant association between arthritis and the development of depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults. Arthritis emerges as a potential risk factor, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions to enhance mental well-being in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":7571,"journal":{"name":"Alternative therapies in health and medicine","volume":" ","pages":"187-191"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140874471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Analysis of the Effects of Predictive Early Nutritional Care Interventions in Patients Undergoing Maintenance Haemodialysis.","authors":"Lingyan Pan, Rui Cao, Sujin Zhou, Mingmei Peng, Jie Huang, Shuting Xu, Song Zou, Yuli Yang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To study the effect of predictive early nutritional care intervention on gastrointestinal function, Subjective global nutritional assessment (SGA) score, serum albumin (ALB) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs CRP), quality of life and quality of sleep in patients on maintenance haemodialysis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 90 cases of maintenance hemodialysis patients in our hospital were collected from March 2020 and randomly divided into two groups of 45 cases each. The control group was cared for according to routine procedures. The study group added predictive early nutritional care intervention to this control group, i.e., nutritional personalized care was adjusted according to the patient's own disease, adherence, and comorbidities. The nursing effects, improvement of gastrointestinal function, and serum indexes when the two groups were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Before the intervention, there was no difference between the two groups regarding the improvement of gastrointestinal function, pg-sga score, or serum indexes (P > .05). After the intervention, the gastrointestinal function, pg-sga score and serum indexes in the two groups were improved, and the calorie and protein intake, the total effective rate of gastrointestinal function improvement, ALB level and quality of life score in the control group were significantly lower than those in the study group; BMI, AC, and TSF were significantly higher compared with study group; The level of hs CRP and sleep quality score in the study group were smaller than those in the study group (P < .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Through predictive early nutritional care intervention, maintenance hemodialysis patients can increase food intake and improve protein and calorie intake. In turn, it effectively improves gastrointestinal function, malnutrition and microinflammation, and improves life and sleep, which is worthy of clinical promotion.</p>","PeriodicalId":7571,"journal":{"name":"Alternative therapies in health and medicine","volume":" ","pages":"316-320"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141747182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of Ozone Therapy on Pain and Functional Status in Fibromyalgia Patients.","authors":"Ozlem Kuculmez","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Fibromyalgia is a musculoskeletal disease that is frequently detected in young women, includes symptoms such as fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive dysfunction unrelated to pain, and negatively affects the patient's quality of daily life. Ozone therapy increases tissue oxygenation, activates antioxidant mechanisms, and may be used in patients with fibromyalgia. The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of ozone therapy on pain and functional status in fibromyalgia patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>It was a longitudinal cross-sectional study. The study was performed by Baskent University Alanya Hospital. Patients, aged between 20 and 65 years, diagnosed with fibromyalgia according to American College of Rheumatology 2010 criteria and had ozone therapy were included to the study. It was hypothesized that the ozonetherapy increases tissue oxygenization, decreases pain level and supplies better quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia. Demographic and three-month follow-up data of fibromyalgia patients who had received 10 sessions of ozone autohemotherapy were obtained from the hospital database. The patients received 10 sessions of ozone autohemotherapy at a concentration of 25 µg/ml (100 ml of blood and 100 ml of ozone gas) 2-3 times per week. The values of the Visual Analog Score and Fibromyalgia Impairment Questionnaire scores in the three-month follow-up were statistically compared, and P < .05 was considered statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>20 female patients were analyzed. The mean age of patients was 54. 8 ± 15. 5 years. Patients' median (min-max) baseline score on Visual Analog Score was 9 (5-10), post-treatment score was 3 (0-8), 3 (1-8) in 1st month, and 4 (1-8) in 3rd month. The median (min-max) Fibromyalgia Impairment Questionnaire score of patients was 73.29 (29.2 - 87.2) at baseline, 31.67 (7.01 - 66.99) after treatment, 24. 6 (10. 7- 63. 3) at 1st month, and 24.67 (10.67- 66.99) 3rd month. A significant decrease in pain (P < .001) and functional improvement (P < .001) was observed in the patients after ozonetherapy.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>After 10 sessions of ozonetherapy in fibromyalgia patients, the Visual Analog Score and Fibromyalgia Impairment Questionnaire scores decreased significantly and this well-being persisted for three months. Ozonetherapy may be considered for fibromyalgia treatment protocol as complementary therapy. For determining dosage and session standarts further studies are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":7571,"journal":{"name":"Alternative therapies in health and medicine","volume":" ","pages":"10-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142556907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of the Effect of Ayres Sensory Integration® Intervention on Balance, Speech and Sensory Processing Skills in a Child with Bilateral Incomplete Partition Type 1: A Case Report.","authors":"Banu Baş, Sevgi Kutlu, Zehra Aydoğan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>It was aimed to investigate the effects of Ayres Sensory Integration based intervention on balance, speech, and sensory processing skills of a 4-years and 11-month-old child with bilateral incomplete partition type 1 inner ear anomaly and using bilateral cochlear implant.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The child received the Ayres sensory integration-based intervention program for 2 months in 45-minute sessions twice a week. Before and after the intervention, Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale, Categories of Auditory Performance-II for auditory perception evaluation, Test of Early Language Development -Third Edition, Speech intelligibility rating test for evaluating language-speech skills, Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration® (EASI), and Dunn Sensory Profile for sensory processing skills were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the Dunn Sensory Profile Scale, while a definite difference was found in the areas of vestibular processing, multisensory processing, modulation of sensory inputs affecting emotional responses, low endurance/tonus, inattention/distraction, and avoidance before therapy, scores in the areas of vestibular processing, low endurance/tonus and avoidance approached typical scores after therapy. According to the EASI, all subtests except Somatosensory Based Praxis Positions, Visual Perceptual Search, and Visual Based Praxis Designs are outside the normalization. The data revealed that the case had sensory perception and vestibular bilateral integration problems. After the therapy, there was an improvement in the scores of idea generation, postural control, bilateral integration, following direction, Vestibular Nystagmus, Auditory Localization, and Sensory Reactivity, although they did not reach the normalization limits.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This is the first case report investigating the effects of a sensory integration intervention program on balance-speech and sensory integration skills in children with hearing loss and showing positive effects on both sensory processing and other areas affecting social participation.</p>","PeriodicalId":7571,"journal":{"name":"Alternative therapies in health and medicine","volume":" ","pages":"58-61"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142556910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effect of Perioperative Comprehensive Nursing on Patients Undergoing Ovary Endometriosis Laparoscopic Surgery.","authors":"Li-Fei Dong, Wei Liu, Li-Yuan Shi, Xiao-Han Liu, Hua-Ping He, Jiao-Jiao Du","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the effectiveness of perioperative nursing interventions in improving outcomes and satisfaction for patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for ovarian endometriosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From July 2021 to September 2022, 80 patients with endometriosis underwent laparoscopic surgery at Shijiazhuang Fourth Hospital and were randomly assigned to the conventional (n=40) and experimental (n=40) groups. During the perioperative period, patients in the conventional group received standard nursing interventions, while patients in the experimental group received comprehensive nursing interventions. The two groups were compared in terms of postoperative clinical indicators, self-rated anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rated depression scale (SDS) scores, nursing compliance, complications, and nursing satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>comprehensive nursing resulted in better postoperative clinical indices (time to get out of bed, hospital stay) versus routine nursing (all P < .001). The comprehensive nursing led to significantly lower SAS and SDS scores versus routine nursing. The nursing compliance of the patients in the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the patients in the conventional group (P < .001). Comprehensive nursing was associated with a significantly lower incidence of complications versus routine nursing (P < .001). Comprehensive nursing contributed to significantly higher nursing satisfaction versus routine nursing (P < .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Comprehensive perioperative nursing interventions for patients with ovarian endometriosis undergoing laparoscopic surgery considerably accelerate patient recovery and enhance nursing compliance, as well as minimize patient negative emotions and improve patient satisfaction with nursing.  The comprehensive approach addresses the specific needs of patients during the recovery period, minimizing postoperative complications, accelerating patient recovery, and improving overall quality of life. By integrating psychological support, tailored strategies for pain management, early mobilization, and prompt intervention for complications, this intervention sets a benchmark for holistic care in gynecological surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":7571,"journal":{"name":"Alternative therapies in health and medicine","volume":" ","pages":"94-100"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140317647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}