Background: Tobacco usage is a major preventable cause for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.Tobacco is used in both smoking and smokeless forms. Alteration in cardiac autonomic function is amajor predisposing factor for cardiovascular risk. There are only limited studies available which assessedautonomic functional status in smokeless tobacco users. This study was aimed to assess and compare thecardiac autonomic activity and oxidative stress in smoking and smokeless tobacco users with controls.Methods: Sixty seven apparently healthy volunteers from the construction workers of low socioeconomicstatus were recruited. Those who are having habit of using tobacco in any form (n=42) were categorizedinto smoking tobacco group (n = 22) based on the smoking index and fagerstrom score for smokelesstobacco group (n = 20). Those who never used tobacco in any form were included as control group (n= 25).Cardiovascular autonomic function tests were performed and serum malondialdehyde was measured fromvenous blood sample.Conclusion: In this study we found that there is definite alteration in cardiac autonomic function which isin correlation with the level of oxidative stress in heavy tobacco users. This alteration is seen more in heavysmokeless tobacco users in compare with smoking tobacco users.
{"title":"Cardiovascular Autonomic Functions and Its Association with Oxidative Stress Marker in Heavy Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Users of Low Socioeconomic Status","authors":"R. Katuri, N. Prabhu, G. Pal","doi":"10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2914","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Tobacco usage is a major preventable cause for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.Tobacco is used in both smoking and smokeless forms. Alteration in cardiac autonomic function is amajor predisposing factor for cardiovascular risk. There are only limited studies available which assessedautonomic functional status in smokeless tobacco users. This study was aimed to assess and compare thecardiac autonomic activity and oxidative stress in smoking and smokeless tobacco users with controls.Methods: Sixty seven apparently healthy volunteers from the construction workers of low socioeconomicstatus were recruited. Those who are having habit of using tobacco in any form (n=42) were categorizedinto smoking tobacco group (n = 22) based on the smoking index and fagerstrom score for smokelesstobacco group (n = 20). Those who never used tobacco in any form were included as control group (n= 25).Cardiovascular autonomic function tests were performed and serum malondialdehyde was measured fromvenous blood sample.Conclusion: In this study we found that there is definite alteration in cardiac autonomic function which isin correlation with the level of oxidative stress in heavy tobacco users. This alteration is seen more in heavysmokeless tobacco users in compare with smoking tobacco users.","PeriodicalId":92916,"journal":{"name":"International journal of physiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47513396","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}
Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are quite common work associated health problem amongsttextile workers. Work-related musculoskeletaldisorders are conditions in which: The work environment andperformance of work contribute significantly to the condition; and/or the condition is made worse or persistslonger due to working conditions, textile workers may be denied of their fundamental basic rightsand not muchimportance is given to their health. Textileworkers are among the maximumsusceptible as they must have towork for lengthy hoursor duration in perilous posture.Objectives: Present paper aims to study the anthropo-medical profile of textile workers especially in thecontext of musculoskeletal disorders among the textile workers.Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 215 workers working in textile industriesespecially silk sarees (Banarsi saress) of district Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh over a period of more than threemonths. Data collection was done after taking the ethical clearance using a semi-structured interviewschedule and statistical analysis was done using SPSS.Results: The result of this study shows that there were 48.5 percent of respondents found to be sufferingfrom musculoskeletal disorders. The most common affected site was low back and shoulder. Most of theworkers experienced that their pain occurred occasionally during heavy workload.Conclusion: Hence, the musculoskeletal disorders were found to be associated in age group, sex andeducational status. So, Health problems among textile workers are one of the areas of public health concernin the country. Reducing the work strain and providing a supportive workplace environment will have afavorable impact on work productivity.
{"title":"Textile Workers and Musculoskeletal Disorders: An Anthropo- Medical Analysis","authors":"A. Jaiswal","doi":"10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2910","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2910","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are quite common work associated health problem amongsttextile workers. Work-related musculoskeletaldisorders are conditions in which: The work environment andperformance of work contribute significantly to the condition; and/or the condition is made worse or persistslonger due to working conditions, textile workers may be denied of their fundamental basic rightsand not muchimportance is given to their health. Textileworkers are among the maximumsusceptible as they must have towork for lengthy hoursor duration in perilous posture.Objectives: Present paper aims to study the anthropo-medical profile of textile workers especially in thecontext of musculoskeletal disorders among the textile workers.Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 215 workers working in textile industriesespecially silk sarees (Banarsi saress) of district Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh over a period of more than threemonths. Data collection was done after taking the ethical clearance using a semi-structured interviewschedule and statistical analysis was done using SPSS.Results: The result of this study shows that there were 48.5 percent of respondents found to be sufferingfrom musculoskeletal disorders. The most common affected site was low back and shoulder. Most of theworkers experienced that their pain occurred occasionally during heavy workload.Conclusion: Hence, the musculoskeletal disorders were found to be associated in age group, sex andeducational status. So, Health problems among textile workers are one of the areas of public health concernin the country. Reducing the work strain and providing a supportive workplace environment will have afavorable impact on work productivity.","PeriodicalId":92916,"journal":{"name":"International journal of physiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44886420","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}
Background: High blood pressure (BP) is a major public health problem in India and its prevalence israpidly increasing among both urban and rural populations. Age, gender, genetic factors and ethnicity arenon-modifiable risk factors of hypertension. The ABO blood group is inherently heritable, geneticallydetected at time of conception and becomes permanent for whole life. This study intends to find out anyeffect of different blood groups on development of hypertension.Method : A total of 172 subjects were studied between March 2017 to June 2018. Blood pressure of all theparticipants in the study was recorded using mercury sphygmomanometer. The formula, weight in kg wasdivided by height in meter square was used to calculate the BMI of patients and unit is kg/m2. The datacollected was compiled and analysed using chi-square test. SPSS ver. 16 was used for this. P value of <0.005was considered highly significant.Conclusion: Blood group B has the highest tendency to be obese and developed both prehypertension andhypertension. Whereas blood group AB has least chance to develop hypertension and obesity.
{"title":"Association Between Hypertension and ABO Blood Groups: A Prospective Study among Students","authors":"P. Jha, Harsh Jha, A. Pathak","doi":"10.37506/ijop.v9i2.2912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/ijop.v9i2.2912","url":null,"abstract":"Background: High blood pressure (BP) is a major public health problem in India and its prevalence israpidly increasing among both urban and rural populations. Age, gender, genetic factors and ethnicity arenon-modifiable risk factors of hypertension. The ABO blood group is inherently heritable, geneticallydetected at time of conception and becomes permanent for whole life. This study intends to find out anyeffect of different blood groups on development of hypertension.Method : A total of 172 subjects were studied between March 2017 to June 2018. Blood pressure of all theparticipants in the study was recorded using mercury sphygmomanometer. The formula, weight in kg wasdivided by height in meter square was used to calculate the BMI of patients and unit is kg/m2. The datacollected was compiled and analysed using chi-square test. SPSS ver. 16 was used for this. P value of <0.005was considered highly significant.Conclusion: Blood group B has the highest tendency to be obese and developed both prehypertension andhypertension. Whereas blood group AB has least chance to develop hypertension and obesity.","PeriodicalId":92916,"journal":{"name":"International journal of physiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48900523","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}
Introduction: Women’s Mental Health Traditionally focuses on women’s reproductive health,like Puberty,Pregnancy, Menopause now it is expanding to include disorders and conditions more prevalent in femalesthan in males, or different in clinical features and risk factors. Perinatal Psychiatry refers to mental healthissues in antenatal and postpartum period like Antenatal depression, Postnatal blues, Postpartum depression,Postpartum psychosis.Methods: The global burden of psychiatric disorders in women is increasing, especially in the perinatalperiod. We have focused on discussing the impact of culture on the perinatal psychiatric disorders andmanagement principles of different perinatal psychiatric disorders. Health?care delivery in the perinatalgroup of population has been improving over the years, but still there is lot to improve.Conclusion: A scientific and evidence?based approach is a definite need toward attaining this goal.
{"title":"Perinatal Psychiatry in Context to Women ‘S Health","authors":"Suchi Pande, Ritu Srivastava, M. Srivastava","doi":"10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2917","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Women’s Mental Health Traditionally focuses on women’s reproductive health,like Puberty,Pregnancy, Menopause now it is expanding to include disorders and conditions more prevalent in femalesthan in males, or different in clinical features and risk factors. Perinatal Psychiatry refers to mental healthissues in antenatal and postpartum period like Antenatal depression, Postnatal blues, Postpartum depression,Postpartum psychosis.Methods: The global burden of psychiatric disorders in women is increasing, especially in the perinatalperiod. We have focused on discussing the impact of culture on the perinatal psychiatric disorders andmanagement principles of different perinatal psychiatric disorders. Health?care delivery in the perinatalgroup of population has been improving over the years, but still there is lot to improve.Conclusion: A scientific and evidence?based approach is a definite need toward attaining this goal.","PeriodicalId":92916,"journal":{"name":"International journal of physiology","volume":"9 1","pages":"40-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48152495","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}
Background: In developing country like India still a large group of women use biomass as the cookingfuel in a poorly ventilated cooking area and it is considered as a major risk factor for respiratory diseases.Throughthis study we sought to find the effect of biomass and LPG fuel use on the lung function by studspirometry.Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the rural and urban areas of Ghaziabad. We assessedthe lung function in 100 non-smoker females (50 biomass and 50 LPG fuel users) and studies the presenceof any correlation between lung function and the duration of exposure.Results: Compared to LPG users biomass fuel users had significantly lower values of FVC (p = 0.007), FEV1(p = 0.0024), FEV1/FVC (p <0.0001) and PEFR (p = 0.007). Statistically significant negative correlationwas also found between exposure index and spirometry values in both the groups.Conclusion: Biomass fuel has a more adverse effect on the lung function and the lung function decline isassociated with the exposure duration.
{"title":"Study of the Lung Function Tests in Healthy Non-Smoking Women Using Different Cooking Fuels","authors":"Archana Singh, Namita, Rinku Garg, M. Gupta","doi":"10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2911","url":null,"abstract":"Background: In developing country like India still a large group of women use biomass as the cookingfuel in a poorly ventilated cooking area and it is considered as a major risk factor for respiratory diseases.Throughthis study we sought to find the effect of biomass and LPG fuel use on the lung function by studspirometry.Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the rural and urban areas of Ghaziabad. We assessedthe lung function in 100 non-smoker females (50 biomass and 50 LPG fuel users) and studies the presenceof any correlation between lung function and the duration of exposure.Results: Compared to LPG users biomass fuel users had significantly lower values of FVC (p = 0.007), FEV1(p = 0.0024), FEV1/FVC (p <0.0001) and PEFR (p = 0.007). Statistically significant negative correlationwas also found between exposure index and spirometry values in both the groups.Conclusion: Biomass fuel has a more adverse effect on the lung function and the lung function decline isassociated with the exposure duration.","PeriodicalId":92916,"journal":{"name":"International journal of physiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44422752","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}
Aim of Study: To evaluate the effects of Trataka yoga on Visual Evoked Potential (VEP) in myopic subjectsMethodology: Out of 36 myopes recruited for the study, 25 subjects were considered for statistical analysis.Visual Evoked Potential was recorded before and after an intervention of Trataka yoga kriya for 3 weeks.Results: The study showed that there was no significant statistical change in P100 latency pre and postintervention with mean readings of 95.25 and 95.79ms pre and post intervention respectively for the left eyeand 95.15 and 96.4ms pre and post intervention respectively for right eye.Conclusion: Our study concluded that Trataka yoga has no significant effect on VEP but better designedstudies need to be done on a larger sample to confirm these findings and study the above associationaccurately.
{"title":"The Effect of Trataka Yoga Kriya on Visual Evoked Potential In Myopes","authors":"S. Sushma, U. Dixit","doi":"10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2923","url":null,"abstract":"Aim of Study: To evaluate the effects of Trataka yoga on Visual Evoked Potential (VEP) in myopic subjectsMethodology: Out of 36 myopes recruited for the study, 25 subjects were considered for statistical analysis.Visual Evoked Potential was recorded before and after an intervention of Trataka yoga kriya for 3 weeks.Results: The study showed that there was no significant statistical change in P100 latency pre and postintervention with mean readings of 95.25 and 95.79ms pre and post intervention respectively for the left eyeand 95.15 and 96.4ms pre and post intervention respectively for right eye.Conclusion: Our study concluded that Trataka yoga has no significant effect on VEP but better designedstudies need to be done on a larger sample to confirm these findings and study the above associationaccurately.","PeriodicalId":92916,"journal":{"name":"International journal of physiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44879779","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}
Background: - Pre-eclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy and contributes significantly maternalas well as perinatal morbidity and mortality. So this study is done to find if there exists any relationshipbetween maternal age and pre-eclampsia.Aim:- To study what age group is more prone to development of pre-eclampsia in normal pregnancies.Methodology:- 400 pre-eclamptic women in age group 18-42 years were included in the study. Cases aredivided according to different age group.Result:- Higher incidence of pre-eclampsia was observed in the age group 18-26 years followed by 35-42years.Discussion:- Age is found to be related to pre-eclampsia.Conclusion:- From this study, this can be concluded that age less than 25 years and age greater than 35 yearsare more prone to development of pre-eclampsia.
{"title":"A Study of Incidence of Pre-Eclampsia in Relation to Maternal Age","authors":"Ranjana Dhar","doi":"10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2913","url":null,"abstract":"Background: - Pre-eclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy and contributes significantly maternalas well as perinatal morbidity and mortality. So this study is done to find if there exists any relationshipbetween maternal age and pre-eclampsia.Aim:- To study what age group is more prone to development of pre-eclampsia in normal pregnancies.Methodology:- 400 pre-eclamptic women in age group 18-42 years were included in the study. Cases aredivided according to different age group.Result:- Higher incidence of pre-eclampsia was observed in the age group 18-26 years followed by 35-42years.Discussion:- Age is found to be related to pre-eclampsia.Conclusion:- From this study, this can be concluded that age less than 25 years and age greater than 35 yearsare more prone to development of pre-eclampsia.","PeriodicalId":92916,"journal":{"name":"International journal of physiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46849770","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}
P. Sasikala, A. V. S. Kumar, K. Maruthy, John Preetham . Gurja
Background: Multi-domain neurocognitive abilities underpin timely perception & appropriate action tounexpected threats in the dynamic environment. Hence enhancement of the same may be life-saving in somesituations. Caffeine is the most widely consumed CNS stimulant which not only enhances neurocognitiveabilities but also temporarily counteracts neurocognitive deficits. Therefore this study has been undertakento quantify the effect of Caffeine on Multi-domain neurocognitive skills.Aim: To find out the effect of Caffeine on neurocognitive abilities in occasional coffee consumersMaterials & Methods: This study was conducted on 23 participants. In all the subjects under basalconditions, a battery of multi-domain neurocognitive tests, which included ART, VRT, CFFF, Digits forwardtests were conducted. Then a standard dose of 2.2grams of instant coffee powder (Nestle – 69.6mg ofCaffeine) dissolved in 100 ml of milk was given. After 30 minutes of intake, the same battery of tests wasrepeated, and the test results were analyzed.Results: In our study, we have found that Caffeine significantly increases CFFF (p<0.001), Digits forwardtest score (p<0.001) and decreases VRT (p=0.03). It also reduces ART, but it is not statistically significant.(p=0.06).Conclusion: Caffeine significantly improves Critical flicker fusion frequency, attention span, performanceand reduces reaction time.
{"title":"Effect of Caffeine on Multi-domain Neurocognitive Abilities in Occasional Coffee Consumers","authors":"P. Sasikala, A. V. S. Kumar, K. Maruthy, John Preetham . Gurja","doi":"10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/IJOP.V9I2.2915","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Multi-domain neurocognitive abilities underpin timely perception & appropriate action tounexpected threats in the dynamic environment. Hence enhancement of the same may be life-saving in somesituations. Caffeine is the most widely consumed CNS stimulant which not only enhances neurocognitiveabilities but also temporarily counteracts neurocognitive deficits. Therefore this study has been undertakento quantify the effect of Caffeine on Multi-domain neurocognitive skills.Aim: To find out the effect of Caffeine on neurocognitive abilities in occasional coffee consumersMaterials & Methods: This study was conducted on 23 participants. In all the subjects under basalconditions, a battery of multi-domain neurocognitive tests, which included ART, VRT, CFFF, Digits forwardtests were conducted. Then a standard dose of 2.2grams of instant coffee powder (Nestle – 69.6mg ofCaffeine) dissolved in 100 ml of milk was given. After 30 minutes of intake, the same battery of tests wasrepeated, and the test results were analyzed.Results: In our study, we have found that Caffeine significantly increases CFFF (p<0.001), Digits forwardtest score (p<0.001) and decreases VRT (p=0.03). It also reduces ART, but it is not statistically significant.(p=0.06).Conclusion: Caffeine significantly improves Critical flicker fusion frequency, attention span, performanceand reduces reaction time.","PeriodicalId":92916,"journal":{"name":"International journal of physiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45713140","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}
Shweta Kanchan, Basu Dev Singh, G. Swaroop, G. Kumar
Background:- Modern day 24*7 lifestyle is witnessing an increase in people with insomnia like neverbefore. The deep and restoring sleep like a baby seems to have vanished from our hectic lifestyles ,andsleep disorders like insomnia have crept in involving people across all ages and sections of society. In thegiven scenario it remains a matter of concern that most primary physicians are not trained in the variousmodalities which could be used for the treatment of insomnia. In the absence of required knowledge ininsomnia management hypnotic medication remain the preferred treatment for insomnia . The present studywas undertaken with a view to study the effectiveness of mindfulness based relaxation therapy vs hypnoticmedication for the treatment of insomnia.Methods :- A cross sectional study was conducted on 100 patients suffering from insomnia in two groups,pharmacotherapy (PCT) group and Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) group. MBSR a programof mindfulness meditation training consisting of one hour long class daily which includes training inprogressive muscular exercises, breathing exercises, standing, sitting and walking meditations. Homepractice expectations were 30 minutes of medication per day and following an attitude of mindfulnessthrough out the day during the four week follow.Result :- The study showed comparable results on all sleep parameters for both groups. There was asignificant increase in total sleep time in both groups, the increase was more with drug group compare tothe MBSR group.Conclusion :- While the time commitment associated with participating in and practicing a behavioralintervention such as MBSR is more than with medication, our results suggest that this is not a deterrent tomost of our participants. Given patient preferences, the side effects of pharmacotherapy, evidence of theefficacy of MBSR and the potential positive benefits of meditation that go beyond management of insomniasymptoms.
{"title":"Changes in the Polysomnographic Measures in Patients of Chronic Insomnia on Drug Therapy Vs Mindful Awareness","authors":"Shweta Kanchan, Basu Dev Singh, G. Swaroop, G. Kumar","doi":"10.37506/IJOP.V9I1.2610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/IJOP.V9I1.2610","url":null,"abstract":"Background:- Modern day 24*7 lifestyle is witnessing an increase in people with insomnia like neverbefore. The deep and restoring sleep like a baby seems to have vanished from our hectic lifestyles ,andsleep disorders like insomnia have crept in involving people across all ages and sections of society. In thegiven scenario it remains a matter of concern that most primary physicians are not trained in the variousmodalities which could be used for the treatment of insomnia. In the absence of required knowledge ininsomnia management hypnotic medication remain the preferred treatment for insomnia . The present studywas undertaken with a view to study the effectiveness of mindfulness based relaxation therapy vs hypnoticmedication for the treatment of insomnia.Methods :- A cross sectional study was conducted on 100 patients suffering from insomnia in two groups,pharmacotherapy (PCT) group and Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) group. MBSR a programof mindfulness meditation training consisting of one hour long class daily which includes training inprogressive muscular exercises, breathing exercises, standing, sitting and walking meditations. Homepractice expectations were 30 minutes of medication per day and following an attitude of mindfulnessthrough out the day during the four week follow.Result :- The study showed comparable results on all sleep parameters for both groups. There was asignificant increase in total sleep time in both groups, the increase was more with drug group compare tothe MBSR group.Conclusion :- While the time commitment associated with participating in and practicing a behavioralintervention such as MBSR is more than with medication, our results suggest that this is not a deterrent tomost of our participants. Given patient preferences, the side effects of pharmacotherapy, evidence of theefficacy of MBSR and the potential positive benefits of meditation that go beyond management of insomniasymptoms.","PeriodicalId":92916,"journal":{"name":"International journal of physiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45803274","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}
Neuropathies are common manifestations of more than half the patients attending medical out patientdepartments . These neuropathies could be due to many causes. Some of the patients are not diabeticsor alcoholics and thyroid profile revealed hypothyroidism . Most of the patients were not on thyroidsupplementation and some are on irregular treatment. Primary symptoms are vague not pointing to eitherthyroid deficiency or diabetes mellitus complained of lethargy , pain in the fingers stabbing in nature ,wightgain, dryskin ,constipation . Nerve conduction studies on median and ulnar nerves in these patients withoutdiabetes and other deficiency disorders point to miss hypothyroid state in these patients, as stress is put ondiagnosing more common conditions like diabetes mellitus. If these conditions are excluded it is not difficultto diagnose hypothyroid conditions.
{"title":"Hypothyroid Patients with Positive Thyroid Antibodies and Relation to Nerve Conduction Study Findings","authors":"I. V. Padma, S. Panda","doi":"10.37506/IJOP.V9I1.2605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/IJOP.V9I1.2605","url":null,"abstract":"Neuropathies are common manifestations of more than half the patients attending medical out patientdepartments . These neuropathies could be due to many causes. Some of the patients are not diabeticsor alcoholics and thyroid profile revealed hypothyroidism . Most of the patients were not on thyroidsupplementation and some are on irregular treatment. Primary symptoms are vague not pointing to eitherthyroid deficiency or diabetes mellitus complained of lethargy , pain in the fingers stabbing in nature ,wightgain, dryskin ,constipation . Nerve conduction studies on median and ulnar nerves in these patients withoutdiabetes and other deficiency disorders point to miss hypothyroid state in these patients, as stress is put ondiagnosing more common conditions like diabetes mellitus. If these conditions are excluded it is not difficultto diagnose hypothyroid conditions.","PeriodicalId":92916,"journal":{"name":"International journal of physiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44178249","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}
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