Publications by authors named "J Vagedes"
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- The study aimed to evaluate how a personalized integrative medicine (IM) intervention affects healthcare providers (HCPs) with war-related emotional/spiritual and physical concerns.
- HCPs from five hospital departments in northern Israel received IM treatments, with improvements measured using a specific questionnaire before and after the intervention, and post-treatment narratives were analyzed for emotional/spiritual keywords.
- Results showed that HCPs who expressed emotional/spiritual keywords experienced significantly greater improvements in their quality of life concerns compared to those who did not, highlighting the need for further research on integrating IM with mental health support during crises.
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- Work-related stress is a significant health problem, and mobile heart rate variability biofeedback (HRV-BfB) can help improve coping and resilience in employees.
- A study compared the effectiveness of digital versus live HRV-BfB training over four weeks, involving 73 employees who either participated in the training or served as waitlist controls.
- Results showed that both training formats reduced burnout and improved sleep quality, but digital training led to greater improvements in burnout and sleep quality compared to live instruction.
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- Clinical management decisions in sleep medicine often depend on a patient's SpO level, but the averaging time (AVT) used for these measurements has received insufficient attention.
- A review of studies in leading sleep medicine journals from 2017 to 2023 revealed that out of 193 papers, only 9 mentioned the AVT, with a majority using an AVT of 3 seconds.
- The findings highlight a significant gap in the reporting of AVT in sleep studies, suggesting a need for standardized guidelines to enhance the reliability of SpO measurements.
Background: Globally, the demographic shift towards an aging population leads to significant challenges in healthcare systems, specifically due to an increasing incidence of multimorbidity resulting in polypharmacy among the elderly. Simultaneously, sleep disorders are a common complaint for elderly people. A treatment with pharmacological therapies often leads to side effects causing a high potential for dependency.
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- The text explores the connection between individual health and ecological systems, proposing integrative medicine as a model that applies both to patients' therapies and to environmental restoration.
- It describes how specific elements of integrative medicine—such as self-regulation and transdisciplinary approaches—can benefit both human and planetary health, emphasizing the need for sustainable resource use in medicine and pharmacy.
- The key message highlights the importance of self-regulation in promoting health, suggesting that a shift in how individuals relate to nature and themselves is essential for achieving better health outcomes for both people and the planet.