Methods Adult clinic patients with diabetes were eligible to participate in a longitudinal comprehensive mindfulnessbased therapeutic lifestyle change program involving weekly educational classes dedicated to teaching wellness and lifestyle changes. Patient outcome assessments were administered at baseline, 3and 6months, and included traditional clinical parameters and self-completed patient re...

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction with antipsychotic treatment is important. Limited evidence suggests that satisfaction is associated with symptom improvement and compliance. Predictors of patient satisfaction with antipsychotic medication were examined in a study of patients with a recent exacerbation of schizophrenia. METHODS Data are from a randomized, double-blind trial comparing risperido...

Aims: This study determined.
 The relationship between teacher’s intrinsic motivation and job satisfaction in secondary schools rural areas Onitsha education zone.
 extrinsic urban Study Design: adopted the Correlation Survey Research Design.
 Place Duration of Study: was conducted among school teachers Education Zone Anambra State, Nigeria.
 Methodology: population this com...

PURPOSE Following the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) concepts, this study examines body functions such as sensory modulation and sleep quality among adults with learning disabilities (LD). METHODS One hundred and ten participants, 55 adults with LD and 55 matched controls (mean age 30 years) filled in a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Adults/Adol...

Background Previous studies have shown that Parkinson's disease (PD) patients who have REM behavior disorder (PD with RBD) might be a PD subtype since they have different symptom clusters and disease trajectories from PD without RBD. Objective To study the prevalence of PD with pRBD and to compare the clinical characteristics with PD without pRBD. The feasibility of clinical interview of item...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of electroacupuncture on stress-related symptoms-sleep disorders, anxiety, depression and burnout-in medical students, and provide data to inform a power analysis to determinate numbers for future trials. METHODS Twenty-five students were randomly assigned to an electroacupuncture (n=12) group or control group (n=13) that did not receive treatment. Electroacupu...