Publications by authors named "J M Coca"

Article Synopsis
  • Anxiety and depression are common among patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis, often worsened by the treatment process.
  • A study with 90 patients showed that listening to live classical music during dialysis significantly reduced anxiety and depression compared to a control group.
  • Results indicated a notable decrease in anxiety (-5.35 points) and depression (-5.88 points) for those who listened to music, emphasizing the potential benefits of live music in healthcare settings.
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Hemophilia is a chronic, congenital/hereditary and X-linked disease, characterized by an insufficiency of factors VIII or IX, which are necessary for blood clotting. Those affected by hemophilia often suffer from particular psychosocial problems, both in the acceptance, coping, treatment and self-management of their disease and in their family and social relationships, which are often mediated by these circumstances. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of people with hemophilia or their family members, of in a specific region of Spain, regarding the impact of having hemophilia.

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Wolfram syndrome (WS) is a rare neurodegenerative disease usually of autosomal recessive origin. There is limited research about sensorineural hearing loss, despite it being a fundamental entity. It is important to broaden the study of this disease and specify a set of tests required for an adequate assessment of patients for efficient monitoring and control.

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Introduction And Objective: Music has been closely linked to medicine since ancient times, and has brought numerous benefits to the health of patients. Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing hemodialysis (HD) generally have a health-related quality of life (HRQL) lower than the reference values ​​of the general population. The objective of the present study is to verify if the intervention of classical music live and "in situ" during the treatment of HD has effects on the HRQoL of the patients.

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