Pub Date : 2023-01-29DOI: 10.21926/obm.icm.2301010
Jennifer S. Jewell, A. Brooks-Russell, J. Leiferman
Postpartum depression (PPD) affects a notable number of women. While many of the risk and protective factors for PPD are specific to the mother, there are also factors that are related to the partner. However, the partner is often overlooked when assessing the landscape of PPD and potential treatment programs. This study sought to expand the knowledge on partner perceptions during the perinatal period. This online, cross-sectional survey of fathers who were in relationships with mothers who had given birth within the last five years or were currently pregnant, included the topics of PPD knowledge and experience, confidence and preparedness in dealing with postpartum changes, expected changes in the relationship, stress, relationship satisfaction, and communication quality. Results of the linear regression analyses indicated significant relationships between communication quality and confidence (p = 0.021), preparedness (p = 0.005), stress (p < 0.001), and postpartum relationship changes (p < 0.001). Relationship satisfaction was also significantly related to confidence (p < 0.001), preparedness (p < 0.001), stress (p < 0.001), and postpartum relationship changes (p < 0.001). These findings indicate that relationship characteristics may be a vital component in factors related to PPD. The increasing significance and strength of communication quality as a predictor of variables such as confidence in helping the mother cope with mental health struggles indicates that with increased communication skills and quality, couples can reduce their joint risk factors for PPD. Similar evidence was found for relationship satisfaction. This study supports the theory that partners are a vital component in the family system, and they have to ability to positively influence postpartum maternal mental health outcomes.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-28DOI: 10.21926/obm.icm.2301008
Xiaolei Liu, Yanjie Zhang, Xiru Du, Yongzhi Ma, Ruike Jiang, Shihui Chen, Y. Wang
Qigong, a traditional Chinese exercise routine, has been used as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease (PD) in many studies, and the results have confirmed its effectiveness in reducing the symptoms of PD. However, no study has yet investigated the long-term effects and benefits of Qigong practices in improving the symptoms of PD. The purpose of this follow-up evaluation was to investigate the long-term effects of Qigong practices in improving the symptoms of PD. In this randomized controlled trial (RCT), patients in the moderate stage of PD (N = 15), who had been practicing Qigong exercises, agreed to participate in this follow-up measurement after the intervention. Two important indicators, the Timed Up and Go test (TUG) and the One-legged Blind Balance test, were used to measure the patients’ functional coordination and progressive balance capabilities. Results one year following the intervention were compared with data from the same patients at the 5th and 10th weeks in the previous RCT experimental group using repeated measures ANOVA. The results showed that the patients in this study demonstrated a significant improvement in the TUG test (P < 0.01) and balance ability test (P < 0.05). Qigong exercises can significantly improve the patients’ functional coordination and balance capabilities with moderate PD. Therefore, the Qigong exercise routine can be used as an effective long-term rehabilitation therapy for PD.
气功作为一种传统的中国运动方式，在许多研究中被用于治疗帕金森病(PD)，结果证实了气功在减轻PD症状方面的有效性。然而，尚无研究调查气功练习在改善PD症状方面的长期效果和益处。本随访评估的目的是探讨气功练习在改善帕金森症状方面的长期效果。在本随机对照试验(RCT)中，一直在进行气功锻炼的中度PD患者(N = 15)在干预后同意参加本随访测量。两项重要指标，即time Up and Go test (TUG)和单腿盲平衡测试，用于衡量患者的功能协调和渐进式平衡能力。结果在干预一年后，使用重复测量方差分析(repeated measures ANOVA)与先前RCT实验组同一患者在第5周和第10周的数据进行比较。结果显示，本研究患者在TUG测试(P < 0.01)和平衡能力测试(P < 0.05)中均有显著改善。气功锻炼可显著改善中度帕金森病患者的功能协调和平衡能力。因此，气功锻炼常规可以作为PD的一种有效的长期康复疗法。
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Pub Date : 2023-01-28DOI: 10.21926/obm.icm.2301009
Moira A Law, Pamela J Pastirik, I. Shamputa
The experience of loss due to death, illness, and social mitigation was inevitable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health services are chronically difficult to access in Canada, and this barrier is further exacerbated when trying to access certified art therapists to deliver expressive arts therapy. This pilot project attempted to provide an alternative to this service through an interprofessional alliance with a professional artist and certified counselors. A small group (n = 6) of vulnerable youth who had suffered the recent loss of a loved one and were at risk for mental health issues participated in an expressive arts therapy program, over a four-week period in the late Spring of 2021. Expressive arts activities such as clay mask making to express the emotions of grief, provided opportunities for the youth to learn healthy ways of coping with grief and loss. A mixed-methods approach involving quantitative data was collected with a battery of well-validated instruments to assess changes in depressive symptomatology, social and emotional loneliness and satisfaction with life. These measures were complemented with qualitative data collected during a focus group at the end of the program. Measures conducted before and after the program found decreases in loneliness, coupled with youth expressing the shared experience was comforting, reduced feelings of isolation, and increased a sense of belonging. Preliminary evidence supports that expressive arts programs for vulnerable youth may help to stabilize mood, decrease feelings of isolation/loneliness, and may generate a supportive community of peers, providing a safe space for the expression of grief through creative outlets.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-16DOI: 10.21926/obm.icm.2301006
Chloe Moran, Hannah Shaw, S. Black, K. Brewster
There is increasing evidence for the effectiveness of brief, group-based compassionate mind training (CMT) in reducing shame and self-criticism, and increasing self-compassion. The current evaluation of an 8-week CMT group programme in an NHS Physical Health Psychology Service supports these findings. Based on a cross-diagnostic sample of 25-39 participants with physical health difficulties, results demonstrate significant reduction in depression and anxiety, significant increase in perceived wellbeing and acceptance, and a significant increase in self compassion following attendance at the group. These findings indicate a potential benefit of compassionate mind training for individuals accessing NHS services due to physical health difficulties including chronic pain, cancer, and long-term conditions such as diabetes.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-12DOI: 10.21926/obm.icm.2301005
Poppy L A Schoenberg, Katlyn M. Gonzalez
Chronic inflammatory diseases are the most significant cause of death in the world and entail severe impairment to quality of life. The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks chronic inflammatory diseases as the greatest threat to human health and wellbeing. Inflammation is epicentral to many clinical conditions and symptoms, and it is anticipated that the health, economic, and mortality burdens associated with chronic inflammation will steadily increase in the United States over the next 30 years. An inflammatory model of disease premises that peripheral injury/trauma/toxins release signaling mediators that activate glial components of peripheral and central cellular circuitry which if prolonged causes toxification of the central nervous system, or neuroinflammation. This inflammatory process is associated with an array of systemic symptomatology affecting somatic, neurocognitive, and affective domains, that can often be misdiagnosed and/or ineffectively treated in the clinic. Centralized neuroinflammation determines a range of conditions and their clinical trajectories, from autoimmune diseases, cancers, cardiovascular diseases, chronic pain, to neurological and psychiatric disorders. It is coming to light that mind-body medicine, defined here as mindfulness- and yoga-based interventions, appear to modulate peripheral cell signaling involved with inflammatory response. Translational mechanism nor intervention specificity of this early data is currently clearly delineated, posing an exciting and highly beneficial frontier for further empirical exploration in the field of integrative mind-body medicine. Here we initiate an allostasis model of working mechanism that aims to inform methodological design and ensuing empirical perspectives.
{"title":"Allostatic Mechanism of Mind-Body Medicine for Neuroinflammation","authors":"Poppy L A Schoenberg, Katlyn M. Gonzalez","doi":"10.21926/obm.icm.2301005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2301005","url":null,"abstract":"Chronic inflammatory diseases are the most significant cause of death in the world and entail severe impairment to quality of life. The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks chronic inflammatory diseases as the greatest threat to human health and wellbeing. Inflammation is epicentral to many clinical conditions and symptoms, and it is anticipated that the health, economic, and mortality burdens associated with chronic inflammation will steadily increase in the United States over the next 30 years. An inflammatory model of disease premises that peripheral injury/trauma/toxins release signaling mediators that activate glial components of peripheral and central cellular circuitry which if prolonged causes toxification of the central nervous system, or neuroinflammation. This inflammatory process is associated with an array of systemic symptomatology affecting somatic, neurocognitive, and affective domains, that can often be misdiagnosed and/or ineffectively treated in the clinic. Centralized neuroinflammation determines a range of conditions and their clinical trajectories, from autoimmune diseases, cancers, cardiovascular diseases, chronic pain, to neurological and psychiatric disorders. It is coming to light that mind-body medicine, defined here as mindfulness- and yoga-based interventions, appear to modulate peripheral cell signaling involved with inflammatory response. Translational mechanism nor intervention specificity of this early data is currently clearly delineated, posing an exciting and highly beneficial frontier for further empirical exploration in the field of integrative mind-body medicine. Here we initiate an allostasis model of working mechanism that aims to inform methodological design and ensuing empirical perspectives.","PeriodicalId":74333,"journal":{"name":"OBM integrative and complimentary medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48590112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-06DOI: 10.21926/obm.icm.2301004
Kara B. Dassel, E. Iacob, R. Utz, K. Supiano, Hollie Furhmann
Due to the insidious progression of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), surrogate decision-makers typically make medical and long-term-care decisions for a care recipient, most often a family care partner. Unfortunately, many care recipient/care partner dyads have failed to engage in advance care planning or have lost the opportunity to do so due to the cognitive decline of the care recipient. To address this need, our team created a validated dementia-focused advance care planning tool known as the LEAD Guide (Life-Planning in Early Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias). With funding from the National Alzheimer's Association and in consultation with our community advisory board, we developed a preliminary web-based intervention. This intervention integrates the LEAD Guide with self-paced educational modules that lead dyads through conversations and dementia-focused advance care planning processes. In this concept paper, we describe the aims of our funded R01 clinical trial (National Institute on Aging), where we aim to refine our preliminary web-based platform for use in a 5-month mixed-method NIH Stage-1 behavioral intervention. Using a sample of diverse community-based ADRD dyads (n = 60), we aim to: 1) describe the acceptability, usability, and feasibility of the intervention, 2) assess the initial efficacy of the intervention on the primary outcome (decision-making self-efficacy), and secondary outcomes (relationship quality, subjective well-being, anxiety) as perceived by both the care recipient and the care partner, and 3) examine advance care planning congruence as a mechanism of action. The LEAD clinical trial addresses public health challenges by guiding and supporting families through challenging advance care planning conversations, facilitating the transfer of knowledge regarding care preferences and values from the care recipient to the care partner, with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of life for both individuals with ADRD and their care partners.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-05DOI: 10.21926/obm.icm.2301003
Obm Integrative and Complementary Medicine Editorial Office
The editors of OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2022. We greatly appreciate the contribution of expert reviewers, which is crucial to the journal's editorial process. We aim to recognize reviewer contributions through several mechanisms, of which the annual publication of reviewer names is one. Reviewers receive a voucher entitling them to a discount on their next LIDSEN publication and can download a certificate of recognition directly from our submission system. Additionally, reviewers can sign up to the service Publons (https://publons.com) to receive recognition. Of course, in these initiatives we are careful not to compromise reviewer confidentiality. Many reviewers see their work as a voluntary and often unseen part of their role as researchers. We are grateful to the time reviewers donate to our journals and the contribution they make.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-04DOI: 10.21926/obm.icm.2301002
Lizzy Goad
Compassion-Focused Therapy is an integrative therapeutic model with a wealth of evidence behind its efficacy. Its accessibility leads it to be a helpful therapeutic modality for the intellectual disability population. Its ability to aid the understanding of the person, us as clinicians, and the wider context around us give a depth of understanding not prioritised across all therapeutic models. This article explores Compassion-Focused Therapy in the context of working alongside people with intellectual disabilities. It focuses on how understanding archetypal and social mentality processes can aid understanding in people with intellectual disabilities as well as exploring some of the clinical implications and practical applications. It ends with a call to consider more readily, the use of Compassion-Focused Therapy in people with intellectual disabilities.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-04DOI: 10.21926/obm.icm.2301001
N. Clapton, S. Hiskey
Traditional Martial Arts practice(s) can be construed as forms of fully embodied Compassionate Mind Training (CMT). Integration of these body-mind systems can be a powerful means to cultivate and entrain important therapist competencies in compassionate engagement and action. Through such training and personal practice, compassion-focused therapists can develop and enhance their abilities to stimulate and access compassionate motivation at a deeply embodied level. Martial arts-informed CMT thus has the potential to afford therapists greater sensitivity, attunement, distress tolerance, courage and compassionate responsiveness, particularly in difficult therapeutic encounters such as alliance ruptures.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2023-01-17DOI: 10.21926/obm.icm.2301007
Ashley M Carter, Emma R Dioso, Bethsabe Romero, Christopher E Clinker, Brandon Lucke-Wold
Art as a way of healing is primordial in many cultures. Expressive Arts Therapy (ExAT) uses art, music, dance, and writing to help individuals navigate their healing journey. Patient self-expression as a mode of recovery has been observed in patients with Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and cancer. Complementary medical approaches such as acupuncture and mindfulness have also demonstrated benefits in patients suffering from neurological injury. Complementary medicine and ExAT are not mainstream approaches following neurosurgical procedures. There are very few systematic studies evaluating the benefits of expressive arts in neurosurgery. Advances in telemedicine and mobile applications may facilitate the incorporation of complementary medicine and ExAT into patient recovery. The purpose of our study is to explore the use of complementary medicine and ExAT in neurosurgical recovery. We start with a brief introduction of ExAT followed by available treatments offered. We discuss the benefits of multidisciplinary care and emerging technologies and how they can facilitate incorporation of complementary medicine and ExAT in neurosurgery. Finally, we review several clinical studies that have demonstrated success in using complementary medicine. Our goal is to provide alternative approaches to neurosurgery recovery so that patients may receive with the best care possible.
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