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Methods@#Using the STROBE checklist for cross-sectional studies, 110 patients with scoliosis were selected based on our inclusion and exclusion criteria. Among the patients, 76 presented with ISC and 34 with CSC. Demographic data and other details, such as the results of spine radiography, UDS, and magnetic resonance imaging of the spine in both supine and prone positions, were recorded and analyzed. @*Results@#Approximately 50% of patients with CSC had normal UDS findings; 8.8%, mild impairment; and 41.2%, significant abnormalities. Moreover, 67.1% of patients with ISC had normal UDS findings; 9.2%, mild impairment; and 23.7%, significant abnormalities (p =0.166). TCS was identified in 38.2% and 26.3% of patients with CSC and ISC, respectively (p =0.571). In patients with ISC, a significantly abnormal UDS finding indicated that the risk of TCS increased from 26.3% to 50% (odds ratio [OR], 4.2; p =0.009). Meanwhile, in patients with CSC, the risk was almost similar (OR, 0.8; p =0.8). @*Conclusions@#Even with the absence of subjective urinary symptoms, subclinical urologic impairments can be observed in a significant number of patients with ISC. An abnormal UDS finding can be a sign of underlying spinal cord tethering in a patient with ISC who is a candidate for corrective spine surgery even though it is an independent variant and is not exclusive to candidates for surgery. This finding has high clinical utility for neuro- and ortho-spine surgeons who aim to correct scoliosis (OR, 4.2; p =0.009).
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Objectives: The purpose of the study was to compare the emotion regulation strategies of blind and sighted students
Methods: The research method used was descriptive and causal-comparative, and the statistical population included all the sighted and blind students at the University of Isfahan and the Islamic Azad University of Khorasgan
The sample volume was 64 members [32 members in each group]
Sampling was conducted using the availability sampling method for the first group and the simple random sampling method for the second group
Data was gathered and measured with the help of the Emotion Regulation Scale by O.P. John and JJ. Gross, and analyzed using SPSS 21 and the ANOVA test
Results: The results indicated a significant difference between two groups with regard to applied emotion regulation strategies [P<0.05]; Blind students applied both strategies [cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression] less. The effect of gender, interaction between gender and vision status was also not significant with respect to emotion regulation [PXX05]
Discussion: Emotion regulation is a possible influential factor in many problems that blind people suffer from, more than sighted ones, and using interventions that target emotion regulation strategies would be useful