Biofeedback-Assisted Cardiovascular Control in Hypertensives Exposed to Emotional Stress: A Pilot Study

The birth of a mentally handicapped child to a couple is a traumatic event. It has even been compared with a bereavement. In the crisis of family handicap, however, there is also anxiety, fright, guilt and shame. Some of these reactions have been denied by families but it has to be borne in mind that mothers of abnormal babies, although they are not aware of it consciously, may be protective and dominant (Prechtl, 1963). The reactions of parents of mentally handicapped may swing from extremes of over-protection to complete rejection. On the other hand, there is stress both emotional and physical in looking after the handicapped day in, day out. The amount of the emotional stress has not been quantified, but of the many forms of interactions between parent and offspring, over-involvement, criticism, hostility, and warmth can be evaluated using the Expressed Emotional scales.

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Autonomic cardiovascular control in older patients with acute infection and delirium: a pilot study of orthostatic stress responses

BMC Geriatrics ◽

10.1186/s12877-019-1035-0 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bjørn Erik Neerland ◽

Torgeir Bruun Wyller ◽

Vegard Bruun Bratholm Wyller

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Stress Responses ◽

Older Patients ◽

Acute Infection ◽

Cardiovascular Control ◽

Orthostatic Stress ◽

Autonomic Cardiovascular Control

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Pilot study on criteria in cavity preparation-facts or artifacts?

Journal of Dental Education ◽

10.1002/j.0022-0337.1973.37.11.tb00753.x ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 37 (11) ◽

pp. 27-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

G Salvendy ◽

WM Hinton ◽

GW Ferguson ◽

PR Cunningham

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Cavity Preparation

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Assessing manual dexterity: pilot study of a new instrument

Journal of Dental Education ◽

10.1002/j.0022-0337.1981.45.2.tb01432.x ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 71-73 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

P Weinstein ◽

HA Kiyak

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Manual Dexterity ◽

New Instrument

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A Pilot Study of Early Storybook Reading With Babies With Hearing Loss

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/2019_jslhr-l-17-0305 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 62 (9) ◽

pp. 3397-3412

Author(s):

Michelle I. Brown ◽

David Trembath ◽

Marleen F. Westerveld ◽

Gail T. Gillon

Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Visual Analysis ◽

Single Case ◽

Eye Contact ◽

Preliminary Evidence ◽

Storybook Reading ◽

Book Selection ◽

Turn Taking ◽

Parent Child

Purpose This pilot study explored the effectiveness of an early storybook reading (ESR) intervention for parents with babies with hearing loss (HL) for improving (a) parents' book selection skills, (b) parent–child eye contact, and (c) parent–child turn-taking. Advancing research into ESR, this study examined whether the benefits from an ESR intervention reported for babies without HL were also observed in babies with HL. Method Four mother–baby dyads participated in a multiple baseline single-case experimental design across behaviors. Treatment effects for parents' book selection skills, parent–child eye contact, and parent–child turn-taking were examined using visual analysis and Tau-U analysis. Results Statistically significant increases, with large to very large effect sizes, were observed for all 4 participants for parent–child eye contact and parent–child turn-taking. Limited improvements with ceiling effects were observed for parents' book selection skills. Conclusion The findings provide preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of an ESR intervention for babies with HL for promoting parent–child interactions through eye contact and turn-taking.

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