Exploring associations among baseline emotion regulation and change in relationship satisfaction among couples in a randomized controlled trial of emotionally focused therapy compared to usual care.

Background: Data from a two-arm randomized controlled trial of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) compared to usual care were used to examine whether baseline emotion regulation influences relationship satisfaction for female and male partners. This is clinically relevant as clinicians have debated whether clients' initial emotion regulation skills predict positive outcomes in EFT.

Methods: Dyadic multilevel modeling was used to determine whether baseline emotion regulation predicted both initial levels and change in relationship satisfaction and whether that relationship differed by treatment group (i.

Evidence that donors with variant RH genotypes are associated with unexpected Rh antibodies.

Background: We previously reported unexpected Rh antibodies in the plasma of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) that demonstrated common Rh specificities in the absence of transfusion of RBCs positive for that antigen. We hypothesize that these antibodies might result from transfusion of antigen-negative donor units with variant RH genotypes.

Methods: Plasma testing by tube and IgG gel, extended RBC phenotyping, and HEA and RH genotyping were by standard methods.

Therapeutic plasma exchange for multiorgan dysfunction among critically ill pediatric patients with leukemia: A single-institutional experience.

Introduction: Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) has well-documented applications in the adult population, outlined by the American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) 2019 guidelines. Limited data exist regarding the use of TPE in critically ill pediatric patients; however, these reports rarely include patients with oncological diseases.

Methods: We highlight the use of TPE in the acute management of seven pediatric patients with leukemia treated at Children's Mercy Hospital ICU from 2015 to 2020, including TPE specifications, baseline and interval laboratory evaluation, and outcome measures.

The invisible pain of women: sexual coercion, psychological distress and somatic symptoms.

Introduction: Sexual coercion among married women is a widely concealed and a serious public health concern that may impede physical, sexual and psychological health of women.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the associations between sexual coercion, psychological distress and somatic symptoms among married women.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out from September 2018 to March 2019 at the International Islamic University, Pakistan.

Relationship between psychological distress, quality of life and resilience among medical and non-medical students.

Objective: To explore inherent associations between psychological distress and resilience, and its effect on quality of life among medical and non-medical students.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2018 to January 2020 after approval from the Department of Psychology Ethics Committee of the International Islamic University, Islamabad, and comprised medical and non-medical students of either gender enrolled with different institutions of higher learning in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Data were obtained using Brief Resilience Scale, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale and Quality of Life Scale.

Development and validation of perceived sexual resentment scale for women (PSRS-W).

Objective: To develop a valid and reliable scale to asses perceived sexual resentment among married women.

Methods: The cross-sectional validation study was conducted from September 2018 to July 2019 at the International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan, and had three phases. Phase I comprised initial generation/selection of items regarding sexual resentment among married women.

Clinical and molecular characterization of novel deletions causing epsilon gamma delta beta thalassemia: Report of two cases.

Epsilon gamma delta beta (εγδβ) - thalassemia is a very rare disorder that results from large deletions in the β-globin gene cluster which abolish all regional globin chain gene expression from that allele. Since it is an exceedingly rare cause of neonatal anemia and is not detected by routine newborn screening, it is usually not suspected clinically and commonly undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. In this study, we describe two patients diagnosed in our hospital with (εγδβ)-thalassemia based on the results obtained from DNA microarray analysis of their peripheral blood.