Non-pharmacological interventions for improved home care of persons with dementia and their family caregiver are and will be increasingly important for society. A music intervention study was performed on persons with...Non-pharmacological interventions for improved home care of persons with dementia and their family caregiver are and will be increasingly important for society. A music intervention study was performed on persons with persons with dementia and family caregiver. The persons with dementia and family caregiver were instructed to choose a daily routine for joint listening to recorded music. They selected the music they were interested in from a menu. The intervention period lasted for two months. Both persons with dementia and family caregiver provided daily saliva samples for the assessment of stress-related steroid hormones. In previous reports we have reported that the morning cortisol levels decreased significantly among the family caregiver when the intervention group was compared to a control group. In the present study we report narratives from four dyads, two of whom with beneficial effects of the music intervention, one dyad with no clear beneficial effects and one dyad with mixed results. The narratives illustrate the strong cohesive effect that the joint music listening could have, leading to improved social functioning paralleled by decreased morning cortisol levels particularly in the family caregiver. The narratives also illustrate reasons for failed effects.展开更多
Humans and animals give several impressions to their recipients with their postures. In this study, the influence of postures on a body was examined through the perspective of the endocrine system and the autonomic ne...Humans and animals give several impressions to their recipients with their postures. In this study, the influence of postures on a body was examined through the perspective of the endocrine system and the autonomic nervous system. The subjects were 18 healthy adults (7 males and 11 females). A slouching posture like arching back was defined as a low power pose (LP), and a posture straightening back and throwing out chest is defined as a high power pose (HP). Starting at rest, the subjects took LP posture and changed to HP posture, and their autonomic nervous functions were measured and their saliva was collected before and after taking each posture. In taking LP posture, the decrease of the parasympathetic nervous activity, the increase of the pathetic nervous activity and the increase of chromogranin A in saliva were observed. The increase of the autonomic nervous activity, and the decrease of chromogranin A which had been increased by taking LP posture were observed by taking HP posture. There was no influence on cortisol by taking either of the postures. This study suggested that bad postures such as curving back affected stress reactions through the perspective of the endocrine system and the automatic nervous system.展开更多
目的：观察不良情绪与预期性恶心和呕吐（Anticipatory nausea and vomiting,ANV）发生之间的关系及预期性恶心和呕吐发生患者的交感神经兴奋性和肾上腺皮质激素的变化情况.方法：采用恶心、呕吐情况调查表及ZUNG氏焦虑自评量表（SAS）...目的：观察不良情绪与预期性恶心和呕吐（Anticipatory nausea and vomiting,ANV）发生之间的关系及预期性恶心和呕吐发生患者的交感神经兴奋性和肾上腺皮质激素的变化情况.方法：采用恶心、呕吐情况调查表及ZUNG氏焦虑自评量表（SAS）、抑郁自评量表（SDS）对87例经历过一或两个化疗周期的癌症患者进行调查,以皮肤电测试仪测量其皮肤电阻水平,以放射免疫法测其唾液中皮质醇含量.结果：预期性恶心和呕吐发生组患者（n=35）恶心问卷总分（0.3±0.2）及三因子躯体不适（0.3±0.2）、消化道反应（0.5±0.3）、情绪痛苦（0.2±0.2）均高于未发生预期性恶心和呕吐组（n=52）（0.1±0.1、0.1±0.1、0.1±0.1、0.1±0.1,P＜0.05或0.01）.发生组焦虑（38.0±8.7）、抑郁（38.3±10.8）、唾液皮质醇含量（6.8±2.9）的得分均高于未发生组（31.6±6.0,P＜0.01）、（33.1±7.3,P＜0.05）、（5.14±2.45,P＜0.05）.发生组皮肤电阻（0.60±0.37）低于未发生组（1.44±1.01,P＜0.01）.相关分析结果显示,发生组恶心问卷总分及其三因子分与焦虑正相关（r=0.49～0.62, P＜0.01）,与抑郁正相关（r=0.26～0.40, P＜0.05或0.01）.结论：发生期待性恶心和呕吐的癌症患者具有较重的应激反应,焦虑、抑郁是伴随期待性恶心和呕吐发生的重要因素.展开更多
文摘Non-pharmacological interventions for improved home care of persons with dementia and their family caregiver are and will be increasingly important for society. A music intervention study was performed on persons with persons with dementia and family caregiver. The persons with dementia and family caregiver were instructed to choose a daily routine for joint listening to recorded music. They selected the music they were interested in from a menu. The intervention period lasted for two months. Both persons with dementia and family caregiver provided daily saliva samples for the assessment of stress-related steroid hormones. In previous reports we have reported that the morning cortisol levels decreased significantly among the family caregiver when the intervention group was compared to a control group. In the present study we report narratives from four dyads, two of whom with beneficial effects of the music intervention, one dyad with no clear beneficial effects and one dyad with mixed results. The narratives illustrate the strong cohesive effect that the joint music listening could have, leading to improved social functioning paralleled by decreased morning cortisol levels particularly in the family caregiver. The narratives also illustrate reasons for failed effects.
文摘Humans and animals give several impressions to their recipients with their postures. In this study, the influence of postures on a body was examined through the perspective of the endocrine system and the autonomic nervous system. The subjects were 18 healthy adults (7 males and 11 females). A slouching posture like arching back was defined as a low power pose (LP), and a posture straightening back and throwing out chest is defined as a high power pose (HP). Starting at rest, the subjects took LP posture and changed to HP posture, and their autonomic nervous functions were measured and their saliva was collected before and after taking each posture. In taking LP posture, the decrease of the parasympathetic nervous activity, the increase of the pathetic nervous activity and the increase of chromogranin A in saliva were observed. The increase of the autonomic nervous activity, and the decrease of chromogranin A which had been increased by taking LP posture were observed by taking HP posture. There was no influence on cortisol by taking either of the postures. This study suggested that bad postures such as curving back affected stress reactions through the perspective of the endocrine system and the automatic nervous system.
