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Background: There is evidence to suggest that lack of physical activity, a common experience among adults, can negatively impact executive functions such as attention, memory, and decision making. Trataka can improve eye deformity, executive ability, willpower, and relaxation. Trataka may also have a protective effect on the brain, reducing inflammation and the risk of neurodegenerative diseases. The immediate effect of Trataka on executive Aim of the study: Material & methods: function among adults. Forthy healthy Adults to observe the immediate effects of thirty minute trataka regimen for one day. Participants were recruited through convenient sampling and were between the ages of 18-40. The study used a single group pre-post design. After single trataka session Results: showed that 11.59% significant increase (P< 0.05) in total attempted score on DLST. Similarly, there was 11.48% significant increase (P = 0.05). and there was 16.6% increase in (P> 0.05) in wrong attempt scores. After single trataka session it showed that 22.48% significant increase (P< 0.01) in total attempted score on SLCT. Similarly, there was 22.71% significant increase (P = 0.01) in NS. However, there was 70.58% reduction in wrong attempt score which was highly significant (P = 0.001). the available evi Conclusion: dence suggests that the practice of single session trataka has a positive on executive function among adults.
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INTRODUCTION Surgical site infections (SSI) are one of the terrifying nosocomial infections that affecting surgical patients and cause a compromise to the quality of health care provided in the hospital. Nearly 5% of people who undergo surgeries might develop SSI, which can have serious consequences and even be deadly. To identify the microbiological profile of explant AIM: culture from suture materials and its correlation in development of SSI in the same patient. Infected and non-infected METHODOLOGY: suture materials that were removed aseptically from the patients were collected and transported to the Microbiology laboratory in sterile BHI broth.With the isolated colonies obtained. Identification was performed by standard microbiological technique and antimicrobial susceptibility testing was done. The culture reports of the swab collected from the pus/ exudate from the surgical site and the suture were compared. This was a prospective cross sectional study for a duration of 6 months. A sum of 190 isolates RESULTS: were obtained from 182 suture samples. 156(86%) suture materials had growth [monomicrobial (70%) polymicrobial growth (16%)] while 26(14%) had no growth. 7 different suture materials were employed in this study. Isolated organisms were gram positive bacilli (n=20), gram positive cocci (n=82), gram negative bacilli (n=87) and fungi (n=1). Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae (n=19) and CONS (n=71) were commonly isolated gram negative organisms. The least common organism grown colonizing the suture material was Klebsiella oxytoca, Citrobacter species, Candida species, Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus species (n=1, 0.5%). Isolates like Escherichia coli (n=5), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n=2) and Acinetobacter species, Staphylococcus aureus (n=1) were found to have multiple drug resistance in the suture thread culture. SSI was seen eight cases (4.3%) and in two of them, the microorganism isolated from the surgical site and suture material was identical. Out of 190 isolates in this study, 96 DISCUSSION isolates (CONS-71, Streptococcus-4, Diphtheriods-2, Aerobic spore bearers-18, Candida-1) were members of normal flora of the skin which shows 50.5% of the suture materials were colonized by normal flora. The current study shows that ability of bacteria to adhere varies between different suture materials. Overall, the adhesion of bacteria to 3-0 Ethilon (10.4%) was found to be lower compared to 3-0 vicryl No 1,3 Prolene, 2-0 Ethilon and Silk. Suture thread must be taken out as soon as possible since opportunistic infections could result from the skin's regular flora.
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Background: Sleep is an essential component of human life because it provides for relaxation and recovery from the stresses of everyday living. Reduced sleep quantity or quality leads to sleep deprivation which may offer indirect dangers by affecting cognitive and physical performance and raising the chance of motor vehicle and occupational accidents. Insomnia chronic sleep debt snoring sleep apnea circadian rhythm disturbances (including shift work syndrome) RLS parasomnias and uncommon diseases such as narcolepsy are the most common sleep disorders found in sleep clinics according to experts. Obstructive Sleep apnea is a common disorder in which your breathing stops and starts periodically while you sleep. To determine the design and validation of an Integrated Yoga Module (IYM) for OSA patients. The ?rst phase - IYM for OSA - was created based on a survey of classic books and Materials and Procedures: recently available research studies. The designed IYM was validated by 20 subject matter (yoga) experts in the second phase. Lawshe's formula was used to calculate the content-validity ratio (CVR). Yoga practices were created for the OSA Results: Integrated Yoga Module. The ?nal Integrated Yoga Module featured yoga practises with CVR ?0.5 that were assessed by 20 yoga experts and agreed in faculty group discussion. The yoga practices were designed and validated for IYM for Conclusion: OSA. By applying Lawshe's content validity criteria 20 yoga professionals veri?ed the IYM design.
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Background: Fatigue represents a common complaint of patients with diabetes as it can be reported in up to 60% of patients, prominent in patients with type 2 diabetes. It is a major health problem, affects approximately 6% of the world's adult population, and is increasing in epidemic proportions. Evidence suggests that MSRT a yoga-based relaxation techniques significantly reduces anxiety, stress, fatigue and psychological distress. The aim of the study wasObjective: to study the effect of MSRT on fatigue levels among type-2 diabetes patients. Materials and Methods: In this interventional study with a pre-post design on 100 type-2 diabetes patients, were taught MSRT. Assessment were carried out on the 1 and 30 day of the program, using FSS, VAFS. Results: Significant reduction in fatigue levels in both FSS and VAFS respectively (p<0.00). Conclusion: This study provides evidence that MSRT practice is an effective, economical and noninvasive method to combat fatigue in diabetes patients.