OBJECTIVES Progesterone treatment reduces the risk of preterm delivery in high-risk singleton pregnancies. Our aim was to evaluate the preventive effect of vaginal progesterone in high-risk twins. METHODS This was a subanalysis of a Danish-Austrian, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial (PREDICT study), in which women with twin pregnancies were randomized to daily treatment with ...

Background: Approximately half of all asylum seekers suffer from trauma-related disorders requiring treatment, among them Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms. There is a lack of easily accessible, low-threshold treatments taking the cultural background into account. Culturally Adapted CBT (CA CBT) is a well evaluated, transdiagnostic group interventio...

OBJECTIVES Comparison of comorbidity and healthcare consumption in primary healthcare subjects with persistent functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) and a strictly gastrointestinal (GI) symptom-free group (SSF). METHODS A stratified sample (n=1428, 21-86 years) of subjects living in the Osthammar community, Sweden, was limited to half of the community and classified through the Abdomina...

We tried to verify whether the reformulated Learned Helplessness Model and its more fully articulated form, Hopelessness Theory of Depression, were adequate predict symptoms social functioning (SF) in persons with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders by comparing a clinical group (n = 25) non-clinical one 30). Bivariate correlations multiple linear regressions conducted assess relationships between...

The present study explored the strategies used to maintain quality of coach-athlete relationship amongst rowers in Japan and United Kingdom. A total 93 athletes from (N = 49) UK 44) completed Coach Athlete Relationship Maintenance Questionnaire (CARM-Q) Satisfaction (ASQ). results T-tests showed that (a) university were significantly more satisfied with than those Japan; (b) expressed higher sc...

objective low birth weight (birth weight 2500 g) can be one of the serious problems in children. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the developmental status of lbw preterm neonates admited at neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) at the corrected ages of six and 12 months via the persian version of ages and stages questionnaires (asq). materials & methods in a follow up study, fifty lbw pr...