ABSTRACT
Debido a la vida tan dinámica de hoy día, y a factores de índole ambiental, genético y social, la ansiedad ha pasado a ocupar uno de los lugares principales dentro de los trastornos psicológicos, no solo en Cuba, sino a nivel mundial. Actualmente el diagnóstico y su evaluación se basan en pruebas subjetivas fundamentalmente a través de test. Motivados por los elementos antes expuestos se decidió investigar con el objetivo de hacer una evaluación preliminar de un software encaminado a medir variables, mediante la prueba del tecleo (mouse finger tapping) e inducción del bostezo, que aporten elementos objetivos para la valoración de pacientes con trastornos de ansiedad. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal sobre la observación de las pruebas realizadas en pacientes atendidos en el Centro Comunitario de Salud Mental La Lisa, Ciudad Habana, de enero de 2008 a septiembre de 2009. La población de estudio estuvo conformada por 90 sujetos, y fueron evaluados mediante la prueba de Scam. Se tomaron datos de la historia clínica individual, y posteriormente se procesaron y representaron en tablas arribando a resultados. Se concluyó que las pruebas de tecleo e inducción visual del bostezo, permiten diferenciar de manera eficiente los grupos de sujetos estudiados.
Due to the agitated dynamic of the current life and many other environmental, genetic and social factors, the anxiety has passed to occupy one of the main places among the psychological dysfunctions, not only in Cuba, but at the world level. Nowadays the diagnosis and evaluation of this illness are based fundamentally on subjective tests. Motivated by the previously exposed elements, we decided to carry out a research with the objective of preliminary evaluating a software made for measuring variables, by means of the tapping test (mouse finger tapping) and yawn induction that renders objective elements in the evaluation of patients with anxiety dysfunctions. We carried out a cross-sectional descriptive study on the observation of the tests made in patients attended at the Communitarian Center of Mental Health La Lisa, Ciudad de La Habana, from january 2007 to september 2008. The studied population was formed by 90 subjects that were evaluated by means of the Scam test. We collected data from the individual clinical history. They were processed and shown in tables and charts arriving to conclusions. We concluded that the tapping test and the test of yawning visual induction allow differentiating, in an efficient way, the groups of studied patients.
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Adult , Female , Anxiety/diagnosis , Yawning/physiology , Computers , Exploratory Behavior , Epidemiology, Descriptive , Observational Studies as TopicABSTRACT
Definite treatment of any pathological condition, is based on the understanding of its correct pathogenesis and etiology. Without this basic understanding correct and lasting treatment is not possible. When there is no knowledge of exact pathogenesis and etiology, various theories and treatments are suggested by various workers. This is what exactly happened in the case of habitual dislocations of the T.M. Joints. This in term has happened because the dental surgeons and so called oral surgeons, never expanded their vision, beyond their restricted field of 20 deciduous teeth and 32 permanent teeth. Lack of understanding of basic physiological functions, of various tissues in the body and their effects on various systems as a whole was neglected. For this study four patients were selected from many, who could visit my clinic regularly and co-operate to follow all the instructions over a period of at least 5 years. The analysis of their symptoms and signs, had a different story to tell than what was described in the literature so far.
Subject(s)
Adult , Breathing Exercises , Joint Dislocations/diet therapy , Follow-Up Studies , Feeding Behavior , Humans , Leukoplakia, Oral/complications , Longitudinal Studies , Male , Middle Aged , Recurrence , Sleep Wake Disorders/complications , Stress, Physiological/complications , Stress, Psychological/complications , Temporomandibular Joint Disorders/diet therapy , Tongue Diseases/complications , Yawning/physiologyABSTRACT
A ubiquidade do bocejo normal e a existência do bocejo de caráter justificam o conhecimento deste reflexo. Muito pouco se sabe a respeito dos mecanismos fisiológicos e papel funcional dos bocejos. Uma revisäo da literatura mostra que o bocejo é um reflexo de alerta cerebral com alças centrais e perifáricas, cujo objetivo é reverter hipoxia ou hipoxemia cerebral. Comportamentalmente, bocejar é ato semi-involuntário que ocorre também por causa dde perda cognitiva de interesse pelo meio ambiente e näo está necessariamente associado com sensaçäo de fatiga. Fatores sócio-ambientais podem influenciar o aparecimento de bocejos. Os sistemas neuronais dopaminúrgico, colinérgico, ACTH e oxitocinérgico. ACTH e oxitocinérgico estäo envolvidos na geraçäo e modulaçäo do bocejo em animais de experimentaçäo