Evaluating QT dispersion in children with syncope attacks

Background and Aims: Syncope is due to brain dysfunction and is a common compliant among children. It accounts for almost 3% of all emergency departments (ED) visits. The aim of this study was to evaluate the QT dispersion in children with syncope in Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Kashan in 2014.Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study performed among 50 children with syncope attacks (case group) referred to the Clinic of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Kashan during 2014 and 50 healthy children (control group) referred to the center for causes such as a cold or developmental examination. ECG was taken and QT, QTd (QT dispersion), QTc (Corrected QT interval) and QTcd (QTmin-QTmax =QT dispersion) intervals were studied. After proper explanation to the parents, data was obtained from the case and control group and was analyzed using Chisquare, Mann-Whitney, Kolmogorov–Smirnov, Levene›s, Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests.Results: Total, there were 100 children in the study, the participants were divided into two groups of case (n=50) and control (n=50). Among the studied children, a total of 46 of them (46%) were boys. The mean age range of children in the case and control groups were 7.73± 2.33 and 8.09± 2.31 years, respectively (P-value 0.440). The mean QTmax, QTcmax, QTd and QTcd in the case group were 348.80 ± 46.93, 464.94±48.71, 47.80±19.72, 68.36±24.59 ms (millisecond) respectively and 305.28 ±35.52, 395.70 ±50.05, 29.68±13.45, and 45.16±24.46 ms respectively in the control group. There was a significant difference in terms of each of the 4 parameters (P <0.001), and the value of indices in the control group was significantly less than that of the patient group.Conclusion: According to the results of the study, the QTd and QTcd values in the children with syncope attacks were higher than those in the control group. Therefore, precise ECG examination in children suspected of syncope attacks can be helpful in confirming the incidence of syncope. Additionally, the recurrence of attacks can also be predicted in children with higher QTd and QTcd values.

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EFFECT OF AUDIO THERAPY USING AL-QUR'AN MURROTAL ON BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

Belitung Nursing Journal ◽

10.33546/bnj.189 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (5) ◽

pp. 470-477

Author(s):

Anjar Astuti ◽

Suryono Suryono ◽

Melyana Nurul Widyawati ◽

Ari Suwondo ◽

Mardiyono Mardiyono

Keyword(s):

Neurodevelopmental Disorder ◽

Alternative Therapy ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Behavioral Development ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Mean ◽

And Control

Background: Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Audio therapy is considered as one of the complementary therapies to improve the behavior of children with autism.Objective: This study was to analysis the effectiveness of the Al-Qur'an murrotal audio therapy on behavioral development in children with autism.Methods: This study was a true-experimental research using pretest and posttest approach with control group. This research was conducted on November 2016 in the Autism Foundation of Semarang City. There were 30 samples were selected using simple random sampling, with 15 samples assigned in the experiment and control group. Mann Whitney and Wilcoxon tests were used for data analysis in this study.Results: Results showed that there was a significant difference in the mean of behavioral development after given intervention between the experiment group and control group with p-value 0.034 (<0.05). The mean of behavioral development in the experiment group (4.53) was higher than the mean in the control group (3.47).Conclusion: The Al-Qur'an murrotal audio therapy is effective to develop behavior of children with autism. Therefore, it is expected that this audio therapy can be applied an alternative therapy for children with autism.

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Evaluation of Oxidative Stress in Patients with Fracture Admitted to Khatam Al-Anbia Hospital in Zahedan

Annals of Military and Health Sciences Research ◽

10.5812/amh.108052 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Mansour Karajibani ◽

Farzaneh Montazerifar ◽

Faezeh Kazemi ◽

Ali Reza Dashipour

Keyword(s):

Oxidative Stress ◽

Antioxidant Activities ◽

Control Group ◽

Case Group ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Stress Markers ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Before And After ◽

Markers Of Oxidative Stress ◽

The Mean

Background: Caused by an imbalance in the body’s oxidant and antioxidant status, oxidative stress can give rise to tissue damage and exacerbation of many diseases. Objectives: This study investigated the oxidative stress markers in patients with fractures and healthy subjects. Methods: In a cross-sectional case-control study, 40 patients with fractures admitted to an orthopedic ward and 40 healthy, non-fractured patients were selected using convenience sampling. Serum was analyzed for oxidant and antioxidant activities based on standard methods. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: There was a significant difference in mean TAC between the case (748.2 ± 302.83 μmol/L) and control (984.90 ± 207.02 μmol/L) groups (P = 0.003). The mean MDA was 16.61 ± 4.16 µmol/L in the case group and 18.45 ± 5.43 µmol/L in the control group (P = 0.09). The mean SOD was 63.41 ± 16.67 U/g Hb in the case group and 58.54 ± 21.83 U/g Hb in the control group (P = 0.2). There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of BMI and other variables. Conclusions: A significant difference existed in TAC between the two groups, which indicated increased oxidative stress in patients. However, oxidative stress could occur before and after undergoing fractures. The results suggested a slight, but not significant, difference between the two groups in the SOD and MDA scores. More conclusive results are required to determine the enzymatic and non-enzymatic markers of oxidative stress in larger sample sizes and during different stages of treatment.

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Effect of Foetal Movement Counting on Prenatal Attachment and Maternal Worries among Primigravidas- A Longitudinal Study

JOURNAL FOR CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH ◽

10.7860/jcdr/2021/48870.15394 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jignya Vinodbhai Asari ◽

Anjali Pushkar Tiwari

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Study Group ◽

Prenatal Attachment ◽

Study Results ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Mean ◽

Foetal Movement ◽

And Control

Introduction: Pregnant woman experience various physical, emotional, and hormonal changes that may cause anxiety. The anxiety and worries can be decreased by sharing information about the developing child, like foetal body movement. Aim: To assess effect of Foetal Movement Counting (FMC) on prenatal attachment and maternal worries among primigravida mothers. Materials and Methods: A longitudinal study was carried out among primigravida mothers of selected Hospitals of Central Gujarat using proforma of Cranley’s maternal foetal attachment scale and Cambridge worry scale. The study was conducted from March 2019 to July 2020. Eighty participants were recruited by convenient sampling 40 in each study group and control group. The study group were provided with foetal movement chart and the participants were asked to record foetal movements for seven consecutive days, twice a day for 20 minutes. Post assessment of prenatal attachment and maternal worries was done using tools of data collection for both study and control group. Chi- square test was used to test the significance (p-value <0.05). Results: The study results revealed that in study group mean score for prenatal attachment was 79.43 at the start and improved to 101.25 (p-value <0.001) after seven days of FMC. In control group, the mean score for prenatal attachment did not show significant difference pre-test and post-test (74.20 vs 74.85, p-value=0.077). In study group, the mean Cambridge worry scale score was 36.55 which came down to 20.28 (p-value <0.001) after seven days, while in control group it was 41.38 at the beginning and 41.30 after seven days (p-value=0.998). Conclusion: Foetal Movement Counting was found to improve maternal foetal attachment and reduce maternal worries. FMC can be routinely and effectively promoted among the pregnant population to help them achieve a positive pregnancy experience and outcome.

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EFEKTIVITAS INTERVENSI PSIKOEDUKASI TERHADAP KEPATUHAN BEROBAT PASIEN SKIZOFRENIA

Real in Nursing Journal ◽

10.32883/rnj.v1i1.226 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Neila Sulung ◽

Nice Foresa

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Treatment Compliance ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Control Group Design ◽

Psychosocial Therapy ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Mean ◽

And Control ◽

Experimental Group

Psychoeducation is one form of intervention, both for families and clients who are part of the psychosocial therapy. Psychoeducation aims to increase knowledge about schizophrenia patients and families and to improve treatment compliance. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of psychoeducation intervention for treatment compliance of schizophrenia patient. The kind of this research is quasiexperimentalwith control group design with 16 samples that was selected by pusposive sampling, consist of 8 people was the experimental group that was given psychoeducation intervention and 8 people was the control group that was given health education. The datawas collected by filled the observation sheet as much as 12 statements. The Test that used was T-Test Independent with p value <0.05. The result of this research is the mean of treatment compliance on experimental group is 11,00 and control group 6,88. In statistic test showed that there is the significant difference between treatment compliance of schizopheria patient on experimental group and control group with p value 0,0005 (p < 0,05).Based of the result above can be concluded than psychoeducation intervention more effective to increase the treatment compliance of schizophrenia patients than health education. It is recomended to the nurse in health center to implements this psychoeducation regularly in gives nursing care to schizophrenia patients. Keywords : psychoeducation, treatment compliance, schizophrenia

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Investigating the effect of Sesame Ointment on Wound healing of Episiotomy

International Journal of Ayurvedic Medicine ◽

10.47552/ijam.v9i3.1072 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 182-184

Author(s):

Najmeh Amani Babadi ◽

Masoomeh Kheirkhah ◽

Faraz Mojab ◽

Hamid Haghani

Keyword(s):

Wound Healing ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Mean ◽

Randomized Control ◽

Spss Software ◽

And Control

Episiotomy is one of the most common midwifery interventions method for preventing injuries to the pelvic floor during the delivery process. Traditional medicine has a special place in improving the quality of postpartum care. Sesame is one of the herbs with anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and antioxidant activity. This study was evaluate the effect of sesame ointment on episiotomy healing. Methods: This randomized control clinical trial was performed on 104 eligible women. The samples were block randomly assigned to one of the groups Intervention and control. Samples were used sesame and placebo ointment for epizootics from 4 hours after delivery for ten days every 8 hours. Clinical evaluation of episiotomy ulcer was performed 4 hours, 7 and 10 days after delivery with using REEDA tool. SPSS software version 16 was used for data analysis. P value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Results: The average of wound healing rate was 7 days after episiotomy in the intervention group 0.09 ± 0.29 and in the control group was 0.73 ± 0.44. Independent t-test showed that the two groups had a significant difference (p <0.001).Healing of the wound 10 days after episiotomy showed that the mean scores in the control group (0.4 ± 0.49) and in the intervention group (0.02 ± 0.13), healing in the intervention group significantly decreased from the control group (p <0.001). Conclusion: Sesame ointment can be used as a pain relief and accelerator for episiotomy healing.

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COMBINATION OF HYPNOSIS THERAPY AND RANGE OF MOTION EXERCISE ON UPPER-EXTREMITY MUSCLE STRENGTH IN PATIENTS WITH NON-HEMORRAGHIC STROKE

Belitung Nursing Journal ◽

10.33546/bnj.347 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 104-111

Author(s):

Chandra Irawan ◽

Mardiyono Mardiyono ◽

Suharto Suharto ◽

Aris Santjaka

Keyword(s):

Muscle Strength ◽

Upper Extremity ◽

Mean Value ◽

T Test ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Mean ◽

And Control ◽

Paired T Test

Background: Range of Motion (ROM) exercise has been identified in the literature that it has an effect in improving muscle strength, especially in patients with stroke. However, little is known about the effect of ROM exercise combined with hypnosis therapy.Objective: To determine the effect of combination of hypnosis therapy and ROM exercise on upper extremity muscle strength in patients with non-hemorrhagic.Methods: This study employed a quasy experiment with pretest-posttest control group design. Thirty-two samples were selected using simple random sampling, which 16 randomly assigned in the experiment and control group. Muscle strength was measured using Muscle Strength Scale. Hypnosis Deepening test was used to measure the level of hypnosis depth. Paired t-test and Independent t-test were used for data analysis.Results: The mean value of muscle strength in the experiment group was 3.50 and the mean value in the control group was 2.62. Independent sample t-test obtained p-value = 0.012, indicated that there was a statistically significant difference in the mean of muscle strength of upper extremity in the experiment and control group. Paired t-test obtained p-value = 0.000, which indicated that there was significant difference between the average of muscle strength value before and after treatmentConclusion: The combination of hypnosis therapy and ROM exercise has a significant effect in increasing muscle strength of upper extremity in patients with stroke non-haemorrhagic.

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COMPARISON IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY EXPRESSION OF DESIDUAL NATURAL KILLER (dNK) IN SEVERE PREECLAMPSIAAND NORMAL PREGNANCY

International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical Research ◽

10.22159/ijcpr.2020v12i3.38306 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 58-60

Author(s):

MUARA P. LUBIS

Keyword(s):

Normal Pregnancy ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Control Group ◽

Case Group ◽

Vascular Endothelial ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Maternal Immune System ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Immuno Histochemistry ◽

And Control

Objective: Preeclampsia characterized systematically by extensive vascular endothelial dysfunction and microangiopathy on mother, dNK is very important for the success of placentation. They are the key mediator of maternal immune system interactions with fetal cells. dNK cells are also involved in the modulation of EVT and the remodeling of spiral arteries. Methods: Analytic research with cross-sectional study, with samples of pregnant women who suffer from severe PE and aterm pregnancy which came to H. Adam Malik Hospital and Networking Hospital, November 2015-April 2016. The samples are 46 women, who met the inclusion criteria. Results: Immunohistochemistry examination dNK cell in the severe PE case group and control group, statistically found p<0,05. dNK placenta expression in the severe preeclampsia case group gives an overview of expression with a mean of 2.55±2.31, while the control group of normal pregnancy had higher mean is 8.66±3.16. Conclusion: The examination of immunohistochemistry of dNK cells showed there is a significant difference in the expression of Immuno-histochemistry dNK cells between severe PE case group and non severe PE.

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Influence of FG Vega Technique on students’ academic performance in science 8

Sapienza: International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies ◽

10.51798/sijis.v2i2.97 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 55-62

Author(s):

Franco Gil A. Vega ◽

Merlyn M. Lasaca

Keyword(s):

Academic Performance ◽

Experimental Method ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Post Test ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

The Mean ◽

And Control ◽

Experimental Group

This study was conducted to determine the influence of the FG Vega technique on students' academic performance to address the least learned competency in Science 8. Seventy students from Grade 8 classes served as respondents of the study. The study employed a quasi-experimental method. The mean score of students who took the post-test is 32.03 and 27.57 respectively for the experimental and control group. The results can be gleaned that the score of each student in the experimental group has a little variation of mean with 6.71 as compared to the control group with a variation of 7.52. The results can be observed that the mean score of students in the pre-test under the control group is 8.80 and 11.34 under the experimental group. Thus, the results of the study can be further concluded that the students under the experimental group outperformed the students in the control group. Since the significant level is lesser than the p-value of 0.05, indicates that there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test under the experimental group. Hence, there is a significant difference between the post-test of the experimental and control group.

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Assessment of cervical cytomorphological changes in infertile women undergoing IVF/ICSI

American Journal of BioMedicine ◽

10.18081/2333-5106/016-9/388-397 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 235-253

Author(s):

Ban Qasim ◽

Estabraq AR-al wasiti

Keyword(s):

Pap Smear ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Case Group ◽

Pregnancy Test ◽

Infertile Women ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Negative Pregnancy Test ◽

The Mean ◽

Fertile Women

The aim of this study is to assess cervical cytomormophological changes in cervical smears taken from infertile women undergoing IVF/ICSI compared with normal fertile women. A case-control study of 100 cases were included, 50 infertile group and 50 normal fertile control group both in age range between (20-44), Pap smear taken prior to ova pickup in case group and in preovulatory day in control group. The mean age for case group was 28.9 ±5.6 year; and the mean age of control group was 29.7 ±5.5 years with no significant difference between them t=1.99, p=0.5, the most frequent cause of infertility is polycystic ovaries or with polycystic ovarian syndrome which diagnosed in (36%) of patients then (28%) of patients diagnosed with unexplained infertility. Case group has (22%) diagnosed with atypical squamous cells with undetermined significance (ASC-US) while control group has just 1 case (2%) with ASC-US and this affects pregnancy test result since (18%) out of (22%) of patient with (ASC-US) pap smear report has negative pregnancy test. Statistical analysis shows significant correlation between positive cervicitis and negative pregnancy test (P value = 0.04) because (52%) out of (66%) with positive cervicitis has negative pregnancy test.beside a significant relation between positive infection in pap smear report and negative pregnancy test because (30%) out of (34%) with positive infection in pap smear has negative pregnancy test. In Conclusions, infertile women eligible for IVF are more probable to have ASC-US when compared with normal fertile women, ASC-US worsen pregnancy test results in women undergoing IVF/ICSI because (18%) out of (22%) of patient with (ASC-US) have negative pregnancy test.

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The association between serum betahuman Chorionic gonadotropin and Preeclampsia

Journal of Dhaka Medical College ◽

10.3329/jdmc.v23i1.22701 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 89-93 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Zinat Begum ◽

Iffat Ara ◽

Shaorin Tanira ◽

Kashfia Ahmed Keya

Keyword(s):

Pregnant Women ◽

Severe Preeclampsia ◽

Control Group ◽

Case Group ◽

Control Groups ◽

Medical College ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Blood Pressures ◽

The Mean ◽

And Control

Background: Exact aetiology of this potentially fatal disorder remains poorly understood. A number of theories have been put forward where different biochemical markers have been implicated in the causal association of preeclampsia. This study was intended to find the association between serum b-hCG level and preclampsia Methods: This cross-sectional, case-control study was conducted on 74 pregnant women with preeclampsia (cases) who were admitted in the Eclampsia ward of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka between January and July of 2013. A total of 76 normotensive pregnant women were also taken from the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Out-patient Department of the same hospital as control. The study subjects were selected on the basis of predefined eligibility criteria. The serum levels of b-hCG were compared between case and control groups as well as between mild and severe preeclampsia. Result: The case and control groups were almost similar in terms of all the baseline demographic and obstetric characteristics except past history of PET which was significantly higher in the former group than that in the latter group. Majority (97.1%) of the cases had severe hypertension (74.3%) with mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures being 162.6 and 110.8 mmHg respectively. The mean serum ?-hCG was much higher in the case group than that in the control group (p<0.001). The mean serum ?-hCG was the highest in severe preeclampsia and the lowest in the control group, while that in mild preeclampsia lie in between the two (p<0.001). The serum ?-hCG exhibits a significantly linear correlation with systolic and diastolic blood pressures (p<0.001 respectively). Conclusion: There was a significant difference between the ?-hCG level in the preeclamptic women compared to the normotensive pregnant women and the severity of preeclamsia increases with further rise of ?-hCG level. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jdmc.v23i1.22701 J Dhaka Medical College, Vol. 23, No.1, April, 2014, Page 89-93

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