Publications by authors named "Rocio Molina-Barea"
Article Synopsis
- Pelvic floor dysfunction includes issues like urinary and fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and chronic pelvic pain, affecting women's overall health and quality of life.
- The study compared the health-related quality of life, mental health issues, sleep disturbances, and sexual functioning between women with colorectal-related pelvic floor dysfunction and healthy controls, using various validated questionnaires.
- Results showed that women with pelvic floor dysfunction reported significantly worse mental and physical health, higher levels of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and sexual dysfunction compared to the control group.
The Probiotic VSL#3 Does Not Seem to Be Efficacious for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Symptomatology of Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
October 2021
Article Synopsis
- Fibromyalgia patients often experience gastrointestinal issues, which can worsen their symptoms, and there's currently no effective treatment for these symptoms.
- A study tested the probiotic VSL#3 against a placebo over 12 weeks to see if it could help improve these gastrointestinal symptoms in fibromyalgia patients.
- Results showed no significant difference between VSL#3 and placebo in relieving symptoms, but those who improved on VSL#3 were better at maintaining their improvements during follow-up, indicating that more research is needed to find effective treatments for this condition.
Background And Aims: Patients with fibromyalgia frequently present with symptoms similar to those experienced by patients with gluten-related disorders, raising the possibility that a subgroup of these patients could be experiencing underlying gluten sensitivity. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a gluten-free diet (GFD) compared with a hypocaloric diet (HCD) among patients with fibromyalgia.
Methods: Adult patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia were randomly allocated to receive a GFD or a HCD over a 24-week period.
Background: Intramural duodenal haematoma is a rare entity that usually occurs in the context of patients with coagulation disorders. A minimum percentage is related to processes such as pancreatitis and pancreatic tumours.
Clinical Case: The case is presented of a 45 year-old male with a history of chronic pancreatitis secondary to alcoholism.
Background: Metastases of lobular breast cancer are commonly encountered at the level of lungs, bones, brain and liver, whereas lesions in the gastrointestinal tract are rarely seen.
Case Report: A case of a patient with metastases in the right colon and gallbladder originating from an invasive lobular carcinoma is described.
Conclusion: Adequate diagnostic procedures should be performed in patients with a history of breast cancer and who show gastrointestinal symptoms to rule out the potential presence of gastrointestinal metastases.
The effects of gluten-free diet versus hypocaloric diet among patients with fibromyalgia experiencing gluten sensitivity symptoms: protocol for a pilot, open-label, randomized clinical trial.
Contemp Clin Trials
January 2015
Background: Fibromyalgia is a chronic musculoskeletal pain syndrome characterized by a broad spectrum of manifestations. Patients with fibromyalgia frequently suffer from manifestations similar to those experienced by patients with gluten-related disorders raising the possibility that some patients with fibromyalgia could suffer from underlying gluten sensitivity.
Objective: This study aims to assess whether avoiding gluten among patients with fibromyalgia and gluten sensitivity is beneficial.
Objective: To investigate the presence of widespread pressure pain sensitivity in cancer patients following partial colorectal resection in the abdominal and lower back area and to describe the presence of abnormalities in abdominal and lower back muscle morphology.
Methods: Twenty colon cancer survivors (eight females, mean age 56.60 ± 7.
Rationale: Previous open-label studies have suggested that quetiapine could be a valuable alternative for treating fibromyalgia.
Objective: This study aims to compare the efficacy and tolerability of extended-release quetiapine with amitriptyline for treating fibromyalgia.
Methods: This study was a randomized, open-label, flexible-dose, non-inferiority trial.
Background: Although trazodone is frequently used by fibromyalgia patients, its efficacy on this disease has not been adequately studied. If effective, pregabalin, whose beneficial effects on pain and sleep quality in fibromyalgia have been demonstrated, could complement the antidepressant and anxiolytic effects of trazodone. The aim of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of trazodone alone and in combination with pregabalin in the treatment of fibromyalgia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Despite its frequent use as a hypnotic, trazodone has not been systematically assessed in fibromyalgia patients. In the present study have we evaluated the potential effectiveness and tolerability of trazodone in the treatment of fibromyalgia.
Methods: A flexible dose of trazodone (50-300 mg/day), was administered to 66 fibromyalgia patients for 12 weeks.
Fibromyalgia is a complex and heterogeneous disease, and several attempts have been made in order to identify different subgroups of patients sharing a common symptomatology. The purpose of the present study has been to replicate a subgroup classification proposed by de Souza et al. based in the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) in a large sample of patients with a cultural and clinical setting different from the original one.
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