Les substrats neuronaux sous-tendant le binding automatique et contrôlé en mémoire de travail dans la schizophrénie : une étude en IRMf.

Le déficit de mémoire de travail est une des caractéristiques centrales de la schizophrénie et est associé aux problèmes de fonctionnement quotidien des patients. Parmi les différents processus sous-tendus par la mémoire de travail, nous nous intéressons au binding. Le binding est un processus qui permet d’associer plusieurs informations (par exemple, associer le nom d’une personne avec son adresse). En mémoire de travail, les patients schizophrènes ne présentent pas de déficit de binding lorsque les informations sont associées involontairement. Ce type de binding est appelé binding automatique. Cependant, les informations peuvent aussi être associées sous le contrôle volontaire et attentionnel des participants, nous parlons alors de binding contrôlé. À l’heure actuelle, aucune étude n’a été effectuée sur le binding contrôlé en schizophrénie. Notre objectif est de déterminer s'il existe un déficit spécifique de binding contrôlé dans la schizophrénie, et de décrire les substrats neuronaux qui le sous-tendent. Dix-neuf patients schizophrènes et 18 sujets témoins ont effectué une tâche de binding en mémoire de travail dans un scanner IRM. Celle-ci consistait à mémoriser des mots et des positions spatiales dont l’association variait selon deux conditions. Dans la condition de binding contrôlé, les mots et les positions spatiales étaient présentés séparément et les participants devaient faire l’association entre les deux informations eux-mêmes. Dans la condition de binding automatique, les mots étaient d’emblée associés aux positions spatiales. Nos résultats suggèrent que les patients schizophrènes n’auraient pas de déficit de binding automatique alors qu’ils auraient un déficit de binding contrôlé par rapport aux sujets témoins. Le déficit de binding contrôlé serait sous-tendu par des niveaux d’activation plus faibles du cortex préfrontal dorsolatéral. Les processus contrôlés seraient altérés alors que les processus automatiques seraient préservés dans la schizophrénie.

Potencialidades terapéuticas del juego de rol

Esta investigación cualitativa-cuantitativa tiene como objetivo explorar las potencialidades terapéuticas del Juego de Rol, las cuales no han sido objeto de estudio. Se realizó con cinco estudiantes de colegio y cuatro de universidad, aplicándoles las escalas 16PF, SASS, ocho sesiones de juego de rol (Dungeons and dragons) y Grupos de Discusión. Se concluyó que no hay diferencia entre la adaptación pre y post. Los estudiantes de Colegio tienen características de personalidad similares en escala de Autosuficiencia, Apertura al Cambio y Aprensión, los universitarios en Atrevimiento, Vigilancia, Abstracción y Aprensión y dimensión global de Ansiedad. El Juego de Rol mejora las relaciones interpersonales dentro y fuera del grupo de juego, la expresión de sentimientos repercute fuera del Juego, la principal diferencia entre la experiencia de juego y la Vida Real es la libertad para romper las normas sociales. El trabajo en Equipo es una enseñanza primordial, contribuye a la toma de decisiones, proyección como mecanismo de defensa, capacidad Imaginativa inherente, desarrollo de la empatía, socialización, potenciación de habilidades no explotadas, encuentro de intereses, toma de conciencia, responsabilidad y sublimación de aspectos reprimidos de la personalidad.

Qualidade de vida em pacientes com paralisia de Bell

Avaliou-se a qualidade de vida em 30 pacientes com paralisia de Bell e 30 controles são, pareados por idade e gênero, tendo como objetivo estimar as diferenças nesta entre os pacientes e as pessoas sem paralisia. Utilizou-se a enquete SF-36 para avaliar a qualidade de vida, a escala House Brackmann para estimar o nível de severidade da paralisia, e uma enquete para determinar a idade, o gênero, o lado afetado do rosto e o tempo de evolução. Aplicou-se a prova de rangos assinalados de Wilcoxon, com o fim de obter as diferenças nas dimensões da qualidade de vida entre os pacientes e os controles sãos. Esta análise mostrou diferenças significativas nas dimensões de limitações no rol: problemas físicos (p = .002), e funcionamento social (p = .002). Por meio do coeficiente de correlação de Spearman se observou um nível de relação significativo entre estas mesmas dimensões da qualidade de vida (p = .000 e p =.003 respectivamente) e a severidade da paralisia. Através da prova U de Mann Whitney comparou-se a qualidade de vida de acordo com o lado afetado. A análise permitiu ver uma pontuação significativamente menor na dimensão de saúde geral nos pacientes com afetação do lado direito do rosto (p = .024). Não se encontraram diferenças associadas à idade, ao gênero ou ao tempo de evolução. Os resultados permitem sugerir a inclusão de aspectos relacionados com as dimensões limitações no rol: problemas físicos e funcionamento social nos programas de intervenção dirigidos a estes pacientes.

Prevalencia de síntomas de estrés y su relación en la calidad de vida de los servidores públicos de una entidad del estado colombiano, 2014

Determinar la prevalencia de síntomas de estrés y su relación en la calidad de vida de los servidores públicos de una Entidad del Estado Colombiano, 2014. Se realizó un Estudio de corte transversal, a 234 servidores públicos de una entidad del estado colombiano, se utilizó una ficha de datos sociodemográficos, el cuestionario de síntomas de estrés de la batería de riesgos psicosociales Ministerio de Protección Social y el SF 36 en su versión validada en Colombia. En la relación entre la escala de estrés con las dimensiones de calidad de vida y las subescalas defuncionamiento físico y subescala de salud mental no se encontraron diferencias significativas (p>0.05) (Tabla 2). Se encontró tendencia entre el menor nivel de estrés (muy bajo) y los otros niveles de estrés con mayor calidad de vida en las dimensiones de rol físico, funcionamiento físico, vitalidad y cerca de mostrar diferencias significativas en salud mental (p=0.097). Los sucesos vitales más frecuentes que se relacionan con el estrés en la muestra de servidores públicos, son fundamentalmente alto en síntomas fisiológicos, de comportamiento social y laboral, síntomas intelectuales y psicoemocionales. En cuanto a calidad de vida encontramos en la evaluación de la escala todas las dimensiones presentaron puntajes promedio mayores de 50, excepto en funcionamiento físico. Las dimensiones con promedios mayores de 80 fueron: dolor corporal, rol emocional, salud mental y funcionamiento Social.

Equinoterapia en niños con autismo

Introducción: Autismo es un trastorno del desarrollo caracterizado por compromiso en interacción social, habilidades de lenguaje, presentando rituales con estereotipias. Sin tratamientos curativos, actualmente se buscan terapias alternativas. Un incremento de la literatura científica de terapias asistidas con animales se ha evidenciado, demostrando mejoría en pacientes autistas con la equinoterapia. Objetivo: Realizar una revisión sistemática de la literatura para evaluar efectividad de la equinoterapia en habilidades sociales y de lenguaje en niños autistas. Metodología: Revisión sistemática de la literatura de artículos obtenidos en bases de datos y Meta-buscadores que proporcionaron evidencia de equinoterapia en niños autistas. Tipo de artículos consultados: revisiones sistemáticas, meta análisis y ensayos clínicos. Trabajos publicados hasta 2013. En inglés y español. Se emplearon términos MeSH y EMTREE. Resultados: Cuatro artículos cumplieron criterios de inclusión y exclusión. Se analizaron los artículos individualmente, no se logró realizar un meta análisis por diferencias metodológicas entre los estudios. En total 85 sujetos fueron evaluados en dichos estudios. La equinoterapia en niños autistas evidenció mejoría en habilidades sociales y en las habilidades de lenguaje pre verbal. Discusión: La equinoterapia es prometedora en el manejo de niños autistas, los artículos evidencian consistentemente mejorías a nivel de habilidades sociales y de lenguaje. Debe ser considerado el tipo de paciente, el régimen de equinoterapia y la sostenibilidad de las mejoras. Conclusiones: Se necesitan nuevos estudio con un mayor rigor metodológico que permitan fortalecer la evidencia sobre la equinoterapia en niños con autismo y así poder realizar recomendaciones con un adecuado nivel de evidencia.

A randomised controlled trial of cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis in a routine clinical service

Objective: To evaluate CBTp delivered by non-expert therapists, using CBT relevant measures. Methods: Participants (N=74) were randomised into immediate therapy or waiting list control groups. The therapy group was offered six months of therapy and followed up three months later. The waiting list group received therapy after waiting nine months (becoming the delayed therapy group). Results: Depression improved in the combined therapy group at both the end of therapy and follow-up. Other significant effects were found in only one of the two therapy groups (positive symptoms; cognitive flexibility; uncontrollability of thoughts) or one of the two timepoints (end of therapy: PANSS general symptoms, anxiety, suicidal ideation, social functioning, resistance to voices; follow-up: power beliefs about voices, negative symptoms). There was no difference in costs between the groups. Conclusions: The only robust improvement was in depression. Nevertheless, there were further encouraging but modest improvements in both emotional and cognitive variables, in addition to psychotic symptoms.

The effects of maternal depression and parental conflict on children's peer play

Background Little is known about the relative effects of exposure to postnatal depression and parental conflict on the social functioning of school-aged children. This is, in part, because of a lack of specificity in the measurement of child and parental behaviour and a reliance on children's reports of their hypothetical responses to conflict in play. Methods In the course of a prospective longitudinal study of children of postnatally depressed and well women, 5-year-old children were videotaped at home with a friend in a naturalistic dressing-up play setting. As well as examining possible associations between the occurrence of postnatal depression and the quality of the children's interactions, we investigated the influence of parental conflict and co-operation, and the continuity of maternal depression. The quality of the current mother-child relationship was considered as a possible mediating factor. Results Exposure to postnatal depression was associated with increased likelihood, among boys, of displaying physical aggression in play with their friend. However, parental conflict mediated the effects of postnatal depression on active aggression during play, and was also associated with displays of autonomy and intense conflict. While there were no gender effects in terms of the degree or intensity of aggressive behaviours, girls were more likely to express aggression verbally using denigration and gloating whereas boys were more likely to display physical aggression via interpersonal and object struggles. Conclusions The study provided evidence for the specificity of effects, with strong links between parental and child peer conflict. These effects appear to arise from direct exposure to parental conflict, rather than indirectly, through mother-child interactions.

Action observation and robotic agents: learning and anthropomorphism

The ‘action observation network’ (AON), which is thought to translate observed actions into motor codes required for their execution, is biologically tuned: it responds more to observation of human, than non-human, movement. This biological specificity has been taken to support the hypothesis that the AON underlies various social functions, such as theory of mind and action understanding, and that, when it is active during observation of non-human agents like humanoid robots, it is a sign of ascription of human mental states to these agents. This review will outline evidence for biological tuning in the AON, examining the features which generate it, and concluding that there is evidence for tuning to both the form and kinematic profile of observed movements, and little evidence for tuning to belief about stimulus identity. It will propose that a likely reason for biological tuning is that human actions, relative to non-biological movements, have been observed more frequently while executing corresponding actions. If the associative hypothesis of the AON is correct, and the network indeed supports social functioning, sensorimotor experience with non-human agents may help us to predict, and therefore interpret, their movements.

Qualidade de vida em gestantes no terceiro trimestre com pirose e/ou regurgitação : contribuição da cafeína, acido ascórbico e ácidos graxos

Introdução: Pirose e regurgitação são manifestações da Doença do Refluxo Gastresofágico (DRGE) que ocorrem freqüentemente no terceiro trimestre da gravidez, porém seu impacto na qualidade de vida de gestantes é pouco conhecido. Objetivos: 1. Mensurar a qualidade de vida em gestantes no terceiro trimestre da gravidez com Pirose e Regurgitação; 2. Avaliar a relação entre Pirose e Regurgitação e a dieta. Pacientes e Métodos: Gestantes no terceiro trimestre acompanhadas ambulatorialmente foram entrevistadas para colher dados referentes à história obstétrica, freqüência, intensidade e passado de P e R, qualidade de vida (mensurada a partir do questionário genérico SF-36), ingestão alimentar (avaliada por recordatório de 24h) e medidas antropométricas; Resultados: Foram estudadas consecutivamente 82 gestantes: 62 com pirose e/ou regurgitação e 20 assintomáticas. Pirose foi relatada por 62 (76%) gestantes e regurgitação por 58 (71%). A idade gestacional média foi 33,8±3,7 semanas, 35 (43%) apresentavam história familiar positiva de pirose e/ou regurgitação e 57 (70%) não apresentavam tais sintomas fora da gravidez. Houve redução estatisticamente significativa na qualidade de vida das gestantes sintomáticas nos seguintes domínios: Para pirose, em Limitação Física e Aspectos Sociais; para regurgitação, em Limitação Física, Aspectos Sociais, Aspectos Emocionais e Dor. Houve concordância entre presença de pirose em gestações passadas e a atual. Gestantes com pirose apresentaram-se significativamente com maior peso corporal. Ácidos graxos poli e monoinsaturados, cafeína, ácido ascórbico e sulfato ferroso foram significativamente associados com pirose e/ou regurgitação. Conclusões: 1.Pirose e / ou regurgitação diminuíram a qualidade de vida em gestantes no terceiro trimestre; 2. ácidos graxos, cafeína, ácido ascórbico e sulfato ferroso estiveram associados com pirose e/ou regurgitação.

Qualidade de vida de pessoas com úlcera venosa: associação dos aspectos sociodemográficos, de saúde, assistência e clínicos da lesão

Venous ulcer (VU) is a lower limbs injury resulting from inadequate return of venous blood in feet or legs. Although it is not a deadly disease, it causes chronic wounds, which seriously undermine patients´ quality of life (QOL) and sometimes leads to drastic family, social, economic and psychological changes. In this sense, there are several aspects that may influence the venous ulcers patients´ QOL. The study´s objective aimed on the association of socio-demographic and health, health care and clinical injury on UV patients‟ QOL. Analytical studies, which consider the complexity of factors involved in changes in UV patients‟ QOL has a cross-sectional and quantitative approach. The HUOL Ethics Committee approved this project (n.279/09). The collection of data lasted a period of 3 months in 2010 and it took place at the clinic of Angiology at Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes (HUOL). The data sample consisted of 60 patients treated by UV angiologists in the HUOL Surgical Clinic. The results were analyzed with SPSS 15.0 by descriptive and inferential statistics. The study was based on UV patients that were predominantly female, average age of 61.4 years, that had low education level and low family income, with occupations requiring long periods of standing or sitting, but mostly retired, unemployed or laid off due to the disease and/or due to chronic diseases associated with the UV. The study took also into consideration patients that used inappropriate products, that were improperly treated by a professional caregiver, that lacked of adequate guidance and compression therapy, that performed no lifting of the lower limbs and regular exercise, that the time of injury were greater than or equal to six months, that were missing specific laboratory tests. The study‟s reference were on recurrent lesions, medium to large lesions area, bed of the lesion (injuries) with fibrin and/or necrosis, with amount of exudate with medium to large, odorless and no signs of infection, with tissue loss between 1st and 2nd degree, without collecting swab or biopsy and with pain. In general, QOL of researched individuals were considered low, the maximum score was 69 points, which the areas that were mostly influenced were the total scores of QOL functional capacity (0.021), emotional (0.000) and social functioning (0.080). Of the 60 individuals, 53.3% had scores between 40 and 69 points in SF-36, and they had the best scores in sociodemographic and health variables (ρ = 0.049). In respect to the assistance and injury characteristics, patients who scored between 40 and 69 points in SF-36 had better scores on these characteristics. By combining the socio-demographic variables, health, and handling characteristics of the injury, we observed a significant difference (ρ = 0.032) when linking them with the QOL total scores. When analyzing separately the domains of the SF-36 scores on the quality of life, we find that the areas that showed statistical significance were functional ability (ρ = 0.035), appearance (ρ = 0.019), emotional (ρ = 0.000), and mental health (ρ = 0.050). Among the socio-demographic characteristics studied, gender and marital status contributed more to the reduction of QOL and among the variables of assistance and the injury, orientation, reference and area of UV contributed the most. By analyzing these five variables all together in accordance with the overall score obtained in the quality of life, we found a significant correlation (ρ = 0.002); with 6.23 times more chances of patients have better QOL in the presence of these five positive factors. By conducting the Mann Whitney U test between all the five demographic variables, health, and clinical care, we found that this combination also proved to be significant (ρ = 0.006). Therefore, patients with these five variables positive tend to have a better QOL. Based on these results, we reject the null hypothesis (H0) and accept the alternative hypothesis (H1) proposed in this study because we noted that the QOL of patients with UV is associated with sociodemographic and health, health care and clinical aspects of the injury

Health related quality of life among the elderly: a population-based study using SF-36 survey

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Hospital-dia: para quem e para quê?

OBJETIVO: Estudar prospectivamente a população internada em um hospital-dia (HD) em relação a fatores que poderiam influenciar na melhora e na duração da internação. MÉTODOS: Foram entrevistados, para obtenção de dados sociodemográficos e avaliação da evolução, 34 pacientes internados no Hospital-Dia da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Unesp, durante um ano. O diagnóstico psiquiátrico foi avaliado pela CIDI (Composite International Diagnostic Interview), a sintomatologia psiquiátrica pela BPRS (Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale) e a incapacitação psicossocial pela DAS (Psychiatric Disability Assessment Schedule). Todos os pacientes foram acompanhados, e seus familiares, entrevistados. RESULTADOS: Predominaram mulheres (76%), jovens (61,8%), sem vínculo conjugal (71%), sem trabalho (82,4%), com diagnóstico de transtornos afetivos (44,1%) e com internações psiquiátricas prévias (44%). Apenas quatro (12%) pacientes apresentavam uma síndrome maior segundo BPRS. Houve considerável incapacitação psicossocial dos pacientes em alguns papéis sociais. Maior renda per capita foi um fator associado à melhor evolução. As internações duraram em média 74 dias. Pacientes com internações prévias tenderam a permanecer menos tempo no HD. CONCLUSÕES: Portadores de transtornos afetivos e quadros não-psicóticos geralmente não necessitam de internação por período integral em hospital psiquiátrico. Contudo, os pacientes deste estudo tiveram um elevado número de internações psiquiátricas prévias, provavelmente por necessitarem de um nível de atendimento além das possibilidades dos ambulatórios. Entretanto, pacientes com maior número de internações -- em tese mais graves -- tenderam a permanecer menos tempo no HD, o que suscita dúvidas quanto à sua adesão a serviços abertos, bem como aos possíveis fatores facilitadores dessa adesão. em um momento de crescimento expressivo no número de serviços de internação parcial no Brasil, como nos últimos anos, mais estudos são necessários a fim de esclarecer para quem e para quê são destinados esses serviços.

Evaluating quality of life in mercury intoxicated people in urban-industrial environments through short-form 36 application

Context and objective: Records of contact with mercury (Hg) exist for more than 3500 years and several problems related to the use of this element can be noticed. Considering inexistence of current reports about it, quality of life perception evaluation was studied in people chronically intoxicated by mercury in an industrial environment. Design and setting: This is a cross-sectional descriptive observational study. Information from 47 urban-industrial workers from lamps manufacturing in São Paulo, clinically diagnosed as intoxicated by mercury and currently followed by the Occupational Health Service of Faculdade de Medicine da Universidade de São Paulo, with average age of 41.7 years old, was considered. Methods: SF36 questionnaire application was performed, with inferences tested by χ-square proof, by Spearman linear correlation and Mann-Whitney non-parametric test, adopting p < 0.05 as significant level. Results: In the eight domains, observed medians are 40% for physical functioning; 0 for physical function; 30% for body pain; 30% for general health; 22.2% for vitality; 50% for social functioning; 0 for emotional role and 36% for mental health. Correlation between age and SF36 domains does not reveal statistical significance, except for physical functioning, indicating that lower scores presented by older people in this domain are not followed by changes on other ones. Conclusions: Values obtained in people chronically intoxicated by mercury are actually lower, in the motor and mental scope components. Some instruments domains are higher for men than for women. Older ages are inversely associated to good performance in physical function domain. © Copyright Moreira Jr. Editora. Todos os direitos reservados.

Dornase alfa improves the health-related quality of life among Brazilian patients with cystic fibrosis - A one-year prospective study

Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measurements provide valuable information about the psychological and social impact of treatment on patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). This study evaluated the HRQOL of Brazilian patients with CF and assessed the changes in HRQOL domains over 1 year after dornase alfa (Pulmozyme) introduction. Patients and Methods: One hundred fifty-six stable patients with CF and 89 caregivers answered the Portuguese-validated version of the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised (CFQ-R) at baseline (T 0), and at 3 (T 1), 6 (T 2), 9 (T 3), and 12 (T 4) months of follow-up. Eighteen patientswere excluded because they did not fulfill the inclusion criteria. The patients were analyzed in two groups: those aged 6-11 years and those aged 14 years and older. ANOVA for observed repeated results and the last observation carried forward (LOCF) method for missing data were used for the statistical analysis. Results: After 1 year of follow-up, there was significant improvement in respiratory symptoms (T 4-T 0=8.1; 95% confidence interval (95% CI)=[2.1;14.0]; effect size (ES)=0.35; P<0.001), Emotional Functioning (T 4-T 0=5.6; 95% CI=[1.1;10.1]; ES=0.31; P<0.05), Social Functioning (T 4-T 0=6.0; 95% CI=[1.3;11.7]; ES=0.31; P<0.05), Body Image (T 4-T 0=11.9; 95% CI=[4.1;19.7]; ES=0.42; P<0.05), and Treatment Burden (T 4-T 0=5.3; 95% CI=[0.3;10.3]; ES=0.24; P<0.05) domains in the younger group. A significant improvement in Role Functioning (T 4-T 0=6.1; 95% CI=[1.1;11.1]; ES=0.40; P<0.05), Body Image (T 4-T 0=12.6; 95% CI=[3.5;21.7]; ES=0.46; P<0.05), and Weight (T 4-T 0=11.7; 95% CI=[1.8;21.6]; ES=0.40; P<0.05) was obtained in the older group. The caregivers' CFQ-R showed improvements in the Digestive Symptoms (T 4-T 0=5.5; 95% CI=[1.5;9.4]; ES=0.30; P<0.05), Respiratory Symptoms (T 4-T 0=7.6; 95% CI=[3.9;11.4]; ES=0.48; P<0.05), and Weight (T 4-T 0=10.1; 95% CI=[1.6;18.6]; ES=0.26; P<0.05) domains. Conclusion: The introduction of dornase alfa improved the HRQL of the patients with CF during the first year of treatment. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

A qualidade de vida de dependentes de álcool

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)