Identifying Chinese Medicine Patterns of Tension-Type Headache and Understanding Its Subgroups.

Tension-type headache (TTH) is common among adults. Individualized management strategies are limited due to lack of understanding of subtypes of TTH. Chinese medicine (CM) uses the pattern differentiation approach to subtype all health conditions.

Internet Use by People with Intellectual Disability: Exploring Digital Inequality-A Systematic Review.

Many people with intellectual disability experience digital inequality due to a lack of Internet access; this is known as the . Digital inequality is also apparent when people with intellectual disability have Internet access, but only use it for a small number of applications (e.g.

Modality of exercise influences rate of decrease in depression for cancer survivors with elevated depressive symptomatology.

Purpose: This three-arm feasibility controlled trial examined whether different exercise modalities provide reductions in depression symptoms to cancer survivors with elevated depression.

Methods: Thirty-two participants (58.9 ± 9.

Light sensors for objective light measurement in ambulatory polysomnography.

Ambulatory polysomnography (PSG) does not commonly include an objective measure of light to determine the time of lights off (Loff), and thus cannot be used to calculate important indices such as sleep onset latency and sleep efficiency. This study examined the technical specifications and appropriateness of a prototype light sensor (LS) for use in ambulatory Compumedics Somte PSG.Two studies were conducted.

A Preliminary Investigation into Worry about Mental Health: Development of the Mental Health Anxiety Inventory.

Background: Worry about physical health is broadly referred to as health anxiety and can range from mild concern to severe or persistent anxiety such as that found in DSM-IV hypochondriasis. While much is known about anxiety regarding physical health, little is known about anxiety regarding mental health. However, recent conceptualizations of health anxiety propose that individuals can experience severe and problematic worry about mental health in similar ways to how people experience extreme worry about physical health.

Exercise Improves Physical Function and Mental Health of Brain Cancer Survivors: Two Exploratory Case Studies.

Background Malignant brain tumors are unpredictable and incurable, with 5-year survival rates less than 30%. The poor prognosis combined with intensive treatment necessitates the inclusion of complementary and supportive therapies that optimize quality of life and reduce treatment-related declines in health. Exercise therapy has been shown to be beneficial in other cancer populations, but no evidence is available for brain cancer survivors.

Chinese students studying at Australian universities with specific reference to nursing students: a narrative literature review.

Objective: To report the current knowledge on the Chinese nursing students' learning at Australian universities. The intent is to provide educators and researchers with a background to the contexts, the methodologies, the emphases of various relevant studies, and to provide recommendations for future research.

Background: Attracting international students has become an important part of Australian universities' business and contributes to their cultural diversity.

Perspectives on the impact on vocal function of heavy vocal load among working professional music theater performers.

Music theater singers (MTS) typically have a heavy vocal load, but the impact on their voices has not been previously evaluated. A group of 49 MTS from two professional productions were administered the Singing Voice Handicap Index (SVHI). Responses for the SVHI demonstrated that, although the SVHI supported the performers' self-report of healthy vocal status, it lacked the sensitivity to detect potential subtle fluctuations or changes in physical functioning of the voice for working singers.

Evaluating the psychometric properties of the attitudes towards depression and its treatments scale in an Australian sample.

Background: Individuals' attitudes towards depression and its treatments may influence their likelihood of seeking professional help and adherence to treatment when depressed. Objective measures, such as the Attitudes Towards Depression and its Treatments scale (ATDT), have been developed to assess such attitudes. The aims of this research were to test the reliability and validity of ATDT on an Australian sample who were not depressed during the study or who had previously been depressed, to explore the attitudes of the Australian public towards depression, and to compare these attitudes to those of a Canadian sample of people with depression.

The relationship between insomnia and depressive symptoms: genuine or artifact?

Background: Somatic symptom overlap between depression and insomnia has emerged as a major concern. Self-report measures such as the Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition (BDI-II) include somatic symptoms related to depression that are also present in the research diagnostic criteria for insomnia. This study aimed firstly to examine the relationship between the cognitive and somatic factors of the BDI-II and global scores on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) in individuals presenting for insomnia treatment and secondly to examine whether treating insomnia in depressed individuals with insomnia will lead to a reduction in their depressive symptoms and whether this reduction is related to a decrease in the somatic or cognitive factors of depressive symptoms.

Medically unexplained dyspnea: partly moderated by dysfunctional (thoracic dominant) breathing pattern.

Background: Dysfunctional breathing (DB) may contribute to disproportionate dyspnea and other medically unexplained symptoms. The extent of dysfunctional breathing is often evaluated using the Nijmegen Questionnaire (NQ) or by the presence of abnormal breathing patterns. The NQ was originally devised to evaluate one form of dysfunctional breathing - hyperventilation syndrome.

Relationships between measures of dysfunctional breathing in a population with concerns about their breathing.

Background: Dysfunctional breathing (DB) is implicated in physical and psychological health, however evaluation is hampered by lack of rigorous definition and clearly defined measures. Screening tools for DB include biochemical measures such as end-tidal CO(2), biomechanical measures such assessments of breathing pattern, breathing symptom questionnaires and tests of breathing function such as breath holding time.

Aim: This study investigates whether screening tools for dysfunctional breathing measure distinct or associated aspects of breathing functionality.

Traditional chinese medicine: an update on clinical evidence.

Background: As an alternative medical system, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been increasingly used over the last several decades. Such a consumer-driven development has resulted in introduction of education programs for practitioner training, development of product and practitioner regulation systems, and generation of an increasing interest in research. Significant efforts have been made in validating the quality, effectiveness, and safety of TCM interventions evidenced by a growing number of published trials and systematic reviews.

Depression and pain in night time and daytime functioning of individuals with lupus.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of pain and depression in night time and daytime functioning of individuals with lupus. A cross-sectional research design was used. Participants were recruited via a mail-out to members of the Lupus Australia Foundation and the Lupus Association of New South Wales.

Self-reported sleep in systemic lupus erythematosus.

The objectives of the study were to assess sleep disturbances in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare these with a working sample and a treatment-seeking sample reporting insomnia. The primary sample was 172 people with SLE. This sample represented 32% of all members of two lupus support association.

Coping with hallucinated voices in schizophrenia: a review of self-initiated strategies and therapeutic interventions.

This article reviews the state of knowledge about strategies used by people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia to cope with hallucinated voices, and considers the role of coping in psychological treatments for persisting symptoms. The use of self-initiated ('natural') coping strategies appears almost universal amongst voice-hearers. These strategies are similar across cultures, and include diverse behaviours, only a minority of which is specific to hallucinations.

High-Level Mobility Assessment Tool (HiMAT): interrater reliability, retest reliability, and internal consistency.

Background And Purpose: The High-Level Mobility Assessment Tool (HiMAT) assesses high-level mobility in people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The purpose of this study was to investigate the interrater reliability, retest reliability, and internal consistency of data obtained with the HiMAT.

Subjects: Three physical therapists and 103 people with TBI were recruited from a rehabilitation hospital.

Can transtheoretical model measures predict relapse from the action stage of change among ex-smokers who quit after calling a quitline?

This study explored whether transtheoretical model (TTM) measures could predict relapse from the action stage, i.e., during the first 6 months of smoking cessation.

Association between intellectual functioning and age in children and young adults with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: further results from a meta-analysis.

This study used meta-analytical techniques to explore the association between intelligence and age in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The sample comprised 1224 children and young adults with DMD (mean age 12 y 3 mo, SD 4 y; range 2 y to 27 y). Standardized measures including the Wechsler Intelligence Scales (WIS) and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales were used to estimate intelligence.

Self-reported sleep during the third trimester of pregnancy.

Retrospective (questionnaire) and prospective (5-day diary) self-reports of sleep were obtained from 209 women during the 3rd trimester of pregnancy. On average, the women slept for 465 min, took around 20 min to get to sleep, and were awake for just over 30 min after initial sleep onset having woke 2.6 times on average.

What is the right thing at the right time? Interactions between stages and processes of change among smokers who make a quit attempt.

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A comparison of mothers' and fathers' experience of parenting stress and attributions for parent child interaction outcomes.

Parents of children with disabilities are vulnerable to parenting stress, which may place them at physical and psychological risk. However, it is not clear whether fathers experience stress differently to mothers, or whether their experiences are reported less frequently. Additionally, there is little reported on the relationships and gender differences between mothers' and fathers' attributions for parent child interaction outcomes.