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The main purpose of this study was to assess the relation between cognitive behavioral therapy and possible changes in illness perceptions and anxiety in patients diagnosed with unruptured intracranial aneurysm. An observational study of an intervention with 67 patients with an unruptured intracranial aneurysm from two medical centers in a Colombian city (n = 35 on the intervention group) was carried out. To assess changes, measurements were taken at baseline and at one-year follow-up with the Beck Anxiety Inventory and the Illness Perception Questionnaire, brief version, taking into account the importance of perceptions in the process of adjusting to illness and acquiring healthy life habits. Hypotheses were tested by a structural model. The results obtained from this study showed that illness perceptions were related to anxiety levels at both time points; however, the relations were stronger before cognitive behavioral therapy (ßt0 = 0.61, p < 0.01; ßt1 = 0.37, p < 0.01). Cognitive behavioral therapy was found to be a moderator of changes in both illness perceptions and anxiety at the time of follow-up (ß = -0.31, p < 0.01; ß = -0.26, p < 0.01). The structural model suggests that cognitive behavioral therapy is associated with less anxiety (ß = -0.17, p < 0.05) and better illness perceptions (ß = -0.35, p < 0.01) in patients diagnosed with unruptured intracranial aneurysms.
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Anxiety/etiology , Anxiety/therapy , Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/methods , Intracranial Aneurysm/psychology , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , PerceptionABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Personality traits and mental health problems have been previously reported in unruptured intracranial aneurysm (UIA) patients; however, few studies have clarified the relations between these variables and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study was designed to characterize the personality traits, HRQoL and mental health of patients with UIA and to evaluate whether personality has an influence on HRQoL and whether this is mediated by the patients' emotional symptoms. METHODS: Sixty-three patients with UIAs (mean age 62.6 years, 83.9% women) answered questionnaires for depression, anxiety, HRQoL and personality traits between June 2016 and May 2019. RESULTS: Eight percent of the sample had depression, and 27.4% had anxiety. Participants showed high levels of responsibility, kindness and neuroticism and low levels of extraversion and openness. HRQoL scores were normal compared with the Colombian population. Structural equation analysis showed that patients' HRQoL was negatively affected by anxiety levels and that the latter are associated with the patient's personality, where neuroticism is directly associated with symptomatology and inversely associated with extraversion. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study showed the importance of personality and emotional symptoms in the HRQoL of UIA patients. These results are important for developing strategies for psychological counseling in patients with UIAs.
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Anxiety/psychology , Depression/psychology , Intracranial Aneurysm/psychology , Personality/physiology , Quality of Life/psychology , Adaptation, Psychological , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Cross-Sectional Studies , Extraversion, Psychological , Female , Health Status , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Neuroticism/physiology , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
RESUMEN OBJETIVO: Este artículo describe las características clínicas, indicaciones y desenlaces de mortalidad, eventos adversos e independencia funcional en pacientes con ataque cerebrovascular isquémico, ACVi, sometidos a trombectomía mecánica con stent Solitaire, TMSS. MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: Estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo, de corte trasversal llevado a cabo entre abril de 2013 y abril de 2016. RESULTADOS: Durante el periodo de tiempo evaluado, se sometieron un total de 10 pacientes a TMSS. La edad media de los pacientes fue 62 años. Todos los pacientes tenían una buena clase funcional previa al ACVi, definida como una escala modificada de Rankin de 0 a 2. Al momento de la consulta, la escala de Rankin modificada fue 4. Los pacientes se sometieron a estrategia reperfusión combinada que consta de trombolisis intravenosa más trombectomía mecánica. Sin embargo, un 40 % de los pacientes tenía contraindicación para trombolisis. La mortalidad fue de 20 %, al igual que el sangrado cerebral que se presentó en 20 % de los pacientes y el Rankin modificado mejoró a lo largo del seguimiento en el 70 % de los pacientes, con un total de 50 % de pacientes que lograron independencia funcional significativa. CONCLUSIÓN: Parece haber impacto importante en la independencia funcional de pacientes sometidos a estrategia combinada de reperfusión cerebral con el uso de stents recuperadores, sin diferencia en la seguridad y mortalidad comparado con la estrategia estándar.
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the clinical features, treatment indications, mortality and severity of global disability in the follow up outcomes in isquemic cerebrovascular stroke patients submitted to mechanical thrombectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted from April 2013 to April 2016. RESULTS: During the study period, ten patients underwent mechanical thrombectomy. Mean age was 62, median modified Rankin Scale Score at acceptance was 4. Initially, all patients had a combined reperfusion approach, unless there were contraindications. Intravenous thrombolysis was contraindicated in 40% of patients. Mortality Trombectomía mecánica en pacientes con ataque cerebrovascular isquémico: serie de casos en un centro de referencia colombiano rate was 20% as well as intraparenchimal hemorrhage. Modified Rankin Scale improved during follow up in 70% of patients. Of these, functional independence was achieved by 50% of patients. CONCLUSION: it seems to be a functional independence impact on patients submitted to mechanical thrombectomy. There is not difference in safety and mortality outcomes.
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Thrombolytic Therapy , Cerebral Hemorrhage , Thrombectomy , Stroke , Endovascular ProceduresABSTRACT
Introducción: la hipertensión renovascular es la segunda causa más frecuente de hipertensión arterial secundaria, después de la parenquimatosa (o enfermedad renal crónica) y, hasta el momento, no se cuenta con evidencia suficiente que respalde alguna intervención terapéutica que impacte de manera positiva sobre el control de las cifras tensionales, así como para evitar el deterioro renal. El objetivo del estudio es describir el comportamiento de las cifras de presión arterial en los pacientes que han sido intervenidos mediante angioplastia y/o stent en las arterias renales con estenosis ateroesclerótica. Metodología: estudio retrospectivo observacional de pacientes intervenidos con angioplastia y/o stent para manejo de estenosis renal angiográficamente significativa. Se evaluó indirectamente el efecto de la intervención en la presión arterial mediante la diferencia entre el consumo de tabletas ingeridas diariamente antes y después del procedimiento. Resultados: en total se incluyeron 34 pacientes donde se observó que la mediana del consumo de medicamentos antihipertensivos previo al procedimiento fue de 5.5 tabletas (RIQ 3 8) y posterior al procedimiento fue de 5 tabletas (RIQ 2.75 7.25), Z = -1.042 para un valor p = 0.16. Conclusión: no existe diferencia en cuanto al control de las cifras tensionales, medido por la reducción en el número de tabletas de antihipertensivos que los pacientes consumen a diario.
Introduction: Renovascular hypertension is the second most frequent cause of secondary arterial hypertension, after parenchymal damage (or chronic kidney disease) which stands first. Nowadays, there is a lack of evidence to support therapeuticinterventions that impact arterial pressure control in a positive way, or that help avoiding renal disease. Methods: Observational retrospective studiy performed on patients undergoing angioplasty / stent management for angiographically significant renal stenosis. The effect of the intervention was indirectly evaluated by means of the change in the number of pills taken every day before and after the procedure. Results: A total of 34 patients were included in this research, as it was observed that themedian of the take of prior antihypertensive medicines to the procedure was 5,5 pills (IQR 3 - 18) and after the procedure was 5 pills (IQR 2.75 7.25), Z = -1.042 for p-value = 0,16. Conclusion: No difference was found in the control of arterial pressure, measured by the reduction in the number of antihypertensives pills that patients take on a daily basis.
