Prevalence of dry eye disease among visual display terminal office users in Uyo, Nigeria by Abraham EG, Motilewa OO, Itina EI

“…Conclusion: The prevalence of DED increases with the number of hours spent on VDT Periodic medical and psychological evaluation of VDT users to identify office workers most at risk should be carried out by employers of labour. …”
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Clinical Psychology and Clinical Immunology: is there a link between Alexithymia and severe Asthma? by Luisa Ricciardi, Giovanna Spatari, Carmelo Mario Vicario, Marta Liotta, Valentina Cazzato, Sebastiano Gangemi, Gabriella Martino

“…Conclusions: It is likely that the introduction of a gold standard clinical psychological evaluation in medical settings, such as clinical allergy and immunology, may allow to support suffering patients helping them to adequately elaborate their particular condition developing useful strategies to control and to manage with their severe asthma.…”
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All in the Family: Child and Adolescent Weight Loss Surgery in the Context of Parental Weight Loss Surgery by Eleanor R. Mackey, Megan M. York, Evan P. Nadler

“…Children and adolescents completed self-report measures of perceived family social support, emotional eating, and food addiction at their pre-surgical psychological evaluation. Change in body mass index (BMI) from pre-surgery to 3, 6, and 12 months post-surgery was assessed at follow-up clinic visits. …”
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How Soon Do Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Improve after Bariatric Surgery? by Laura Aylward, Christa Lilly, Madeline Konsor, Stephanie Cox, Salim Abunnaja, Nova Szoka, Lawrence Tabone

“…Participants attended a presurgical psychological evaluation, completed surgery, and attended follow-up visits with bariatric medical providers (2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months postoperatively). …”
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Dynamic monitor on psychological problems of medical aid teams in the context of corona virus disease 2019: a multi-stage and multi-factor quantitative study by Yanji Zhou, Chengyu Li, Xiyu Zhang, Li Xu, Yuze Li, Wenqing Miao, Yingbo Dai, Dingyun You, Ye Li

“…The PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire), GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaire), SSS (Somatization Symptom Checklist), Pittsburgh sleep quality index, and PCL-C (Self-rating scale for post-traumatic stress disorder) were used for the psychological evaluation, and univariate logistic standardised analysis, and multivariate logistic regression for data analysis. …”
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Efficacy of virtual reality to reduce chronic low back pain: Proof-of-concept of a non-pharmacological approach on pain, quality of life, neuropsychological and functional outcome. by Federica Alemanno, Elise Houdayer, Daniele Emedoli, Matteo Locatelli, Pietro Mortini, Carlo Mandelli, Alberto Raggi, Sandro Iannaccone

“…Before and after treatment, patients underwent: a neurological exam; a neuro-psychological evaluation testing cognitive functions (memory, attention, executive functions) and personality traits, QoL and mood; pain ratings; sensorimotor functional abilities' testing. …”
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Sleep and behavioral problems in Down syndrome: differences between school age and adolescence by Elisa Fucà, Floriana Costanzo, Laura Celestini, Paolo Galassi, Alberto Villani, Diletta Valentini, Stefano Vicari, Stefano Vicari

“…However, sleep-wake transition disorders and excessive daily somnolence appear to be related to emotional and behavioral problems (both internalizing and externalizing), in general, across school age and adolescence.DiscussionThese results remark the importance of appropriate neuropsychiatric and psychological evaluation taking into account the age-specific needs and features of individuals with DS.…”
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From hysteria to conversion: A case of stuttering by R. Silva, J. Camilo, I. Vaz, A.M. Ribeiro

“…Methods Clinical history, organic evaluation, psychological evaluation and literature review. Results 28-year-old female, single, with two children, working from home as a call-centre operator. …”
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Evaluation of the Harmony of Smile Appearance with Personality Traits in Patients Applying for Smile Makeover by Sajad Babaei, Mehrdad Kazemian, Fateme Aghaee, Arash Ghodousi

“…The most consistent in these 2 factors was Phlegmatic temperament (81.1%).Conclusion:Since there is a significant relationship between smile design and personality, it is recommended that in reconstructing a smile dentists should not limit themselves to aesthetic aspects from a dental point of view, but by creating a patient's psychological evaluation, create an esthetic smile plan in harmony with patients' psychological characteristics.…”
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Practice of psycho-cardiology nursing for a patient with hypertension of deficiency of kidney Yang type (1例肾阳虚型高血压患者的“双心护理”体会) by CUI Shujie (崔淑节), HU Yaoyao (胡瑶瑶), ZHANG Linqun (章玲群), XU Meng (徐蒙), REN Pengna (任鹏娜)

“…Key issues of nursing included illness condition observation, blood pressure monitoring, medication nursing, Traditional Chinese Medicine characteristic nursing, psychological evaluation and psycho-cardiology education. Under the guidance of Psycho-Cardiology nursing concept, the integrated nursing of traditional Chinese and western medicine were carried out to relieve the clinical symptoms and mental stress, and improve the patient’s adherence to the treatment. …”
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The Patterns of Graded Psychological Nursing Care for Patients after Cardiothoracic Surgeries by Hui SUN, Hongyu LIU, Jingbo LI, Xiaochun WANG

“…Background: To investigate the interventional efficacy and clinical significance of graded psychological nursing care for patients who have undergone cardiothoracic surgery by providing graded psychological nursing care for these patients according to the results of their psychological evaluation. Methods: In this interventional study, 110 patients who had undergone cardiothoracic surgery between 2014 and 2015 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China, were enrolled. …”
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Assessment of self-esteem and psychological aspects in patients undergoing upper blepharoplasty by Carolina P. B. Gracitelli, Tammy H. Osaki, Flavio E. Hirai, Cristina Yabumoto, Giovanni A. P. Viana, Midori H. Osaki

“…Our study confirms the importance of subjecting patients to psychological evaluation prior to upper blepharoplasty.…”
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Effectiveness of cosmetic nose surgery on psychological well-being, quality of life, and body image in applicants of cosmetic surgery by Fatemeh Mokhtari, Hamidreza Hatami, Hassan Ahadi, Gholamreza Sarami Foroushani

“…Conclusions: Maybe, cosmetic surgery actually doesn’t meet applicants’ expectations, and accordingly it has no effect on psychological well-being and quality of life. Therefore, psychological evaluation of applicants before cosmetic surgery in terms of psychological well-being and quality of life can be useful.…”
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Strategies for early detection of psychopathologies in candidates for post-bariatric plastic surgery by Daniel Nunes E Silva, Marcelo Rosseto, Kleber Francisco Meneghel Vargas, Agliberto Augusto Barsaglini Marcondes Rezende, Evelyn Gaspar Balbino, Thaisa Richards de Andrade, Heytor Jóse de Oliveira Cabral

“…Objective: To carry out a review of the literature for alternatives available for the preliminary psychological evaluation of patients who are candidates for post-bariatric plastic surgery, presenting the method recommended in the Post-Bariatric Plastic Surgery outpatient clinic of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). …”
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Using innovative narrative therapies with children who witness intimate partner violence by Prahbhjot Malhi, Bhavneet Bharti

“…These children and adolescents should be referred for a psychological evaluation and further eclectic management. The use of creative narrative therapies in conjunction with other modalities can lead to successful resolution of functional somatic symptoms.…”
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Paediatric gastrointestinal trichobezoar—an uncommon entity: a case series with recent literature review by Shazia Jalil, Mohammed Azhar, Tarek Talaat Harb ElKadi, Khalid AlFaifi, Saad Al Hamidi, Moath Al Saiady, Abdelbasit E. Ali, Fazal N. Wahid

“…Along with the removal of the trichobezoar, treatment of the existing psycho-social ailment is of utmost importance and needs long-term counselling with periodic psychological evaluation in follow-up clinics to avoid recurrence.…”
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Accurate Diagnosis and Treatment of Painful Temporomandibular Disorders: A Literature Review Supplemented by Own Clinical Experience by Adam Andrzej Garstka, Lidia Kozowska, Konrad Kijak, Monika Brzózka, Helena Gronwald, Piotr Skomro, Danuta Lietz-Kijak

“…Treatment of TMD should be based on a thorough diagnostic process, including the DC/TMD examination protocol, psychological evaluation, and cone beam computer tomography (CBCT) imaging. …”
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The hyperactive child and the body: a clinical study on the origin of hyperactivity in children A criança hiperativa e seu corpo: estudo clínico sobre a gênese da hiperatividade em... by Ceme Ferreira Jordy, Regina Célia Gorodscy

“…Their psychiatric evaluation was negative, the neurological examination showed "psychomotor syndrome", and psychological evaluation revealed disorders related with Ego maturation in all cases. …”
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Moving online: Implementation of virtual sessions of physical activity and movement training as a therapeutic approach to premenstrual symptoms by David Dal Brun, Giulia Spagnolo, Beatrice Cuni, Angela Favaro, Elena Tenconi, Paolo Meneguzzo

“…A total of 29 women completed an eight-week online protocol consisting of 30-min aerobic exercises twice a week, as well as a weekly 30-min movement training protocol. A psychological evaluation was conducted at the baseline and after completing the training via the patients’ health questionnaire, the body weight image and self-esteem questionnaire, and the premenstrual symptoms screening tool, looking for changes in well-being and specific symptoms related to menses. …”
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Psychological factors associated with bruxism in a sample of university students from the Colombian Caribbean by K. Cabas-Hoyos, A. Llinas-Ariza, C. Guerrero-Cantillo

“…They were asked to complete an instrument on teeth grinding/clenching habits and if it was fulfilled, it was included in the study and the psychological evaluation instruments were administered. Data analysis: An analysis was made using descriptive statistics. …”
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