Articles: disease.
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The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, has emerged to be the biggest global health threat worldwide. COVID-19 marks the emergence of the third large-scale epidemic related to the coronavirus, after SARS-CoV in 2002 and Middle-East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERSCoV) in 2012. The pandemic has had a harmful effect on the public mental health, especially on depression. Increasing systematic reviews (SRs) of coronavirus were focusing on depression. However, the methodological quality of these SRs is unclear. Therefore, to evaluate and compare the normativity of report of SR, we conducted a comprehensive overview of depression during the SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 pandemics. ⋯ INPLASY202080003.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease with the highest incidence and high mortality in the world. Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) can significantly accelerate the progression of the disease. Pulmonary rehabilitation is one of the effective treatment methods in COPD patients, but few studies have focused on the effect of pulmonary rehabilitation in AECOPD patients. Liuzijue can improve the pulmonary function and relieve symptoms of COPD patients. However, due to the influence of disease and non-invasive ventilation (NIV), AECOPD patients have poor compliance with getting out of bed at the early stage. Sitting and lying Liuzijue is more suitable in AECOPD patients with NIV. Therefore, this study will evaluate the effect of sitting and lying Liuzijue for lung function, exercise endurance, and quality of life in AEOPD patients with NIV. ⋯ It's imperative to focus on pulmonary rehabilitation in AECOPD patients. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of sitting and lying Liuzijue for pulmonary rehabilitation in AECOPD patients with NIV.
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Comparison of efficacy and safety of complementary and alternative therapies for Parkinson's disease: A Bayesian network meta-analysis protocol.
In recent years, the incidence of Parkinson's disease (PD) has been on the rise. However, the existing therapy of PD cannot fundamentally treat the disease. Meanwhile, the complementary and alternative therapies of PD have played a positive role in the treatment of PD. Traditional meta-analysis was only able to compare 2 interventions, while the efficacy and safety of many complementary and alternative therapies were not comparable. Therefore, this study compared the efficacy and safety of different complementary and alternative therapies through network meta-analysis (NMA). ⋯ INPLASY202080079.
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In activities involving upper limbs, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) report an increase in dyspnea. For this reason, the authors of the recommendations about pulmonary rehabilitation propose to perform upper limbs muscle strengthening in patients with COPD. However, the modalities of strengthening are not clearly established.The aim of this study is to compare the effects of upper limbs endurance strengthening versus upper limbs force strengthening, in patients with COPD during a pulmonary rehabilitation program. ⋯ The modalities of upper limb strengthening are not very well known, and evidence based is lacking to recommend endurance or resistance upper limb strengthening.We anticipate that the results of this study will be of relevance to clinical practice. They will bring information about the best modality of upper limb strengthening to use during a pulmonary rehabilitation program.
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a multifactorial disease with gene-environment interaction resulting in progressive renal function damage. Multiple studies have assessed the association between matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) gene promoter polymorphism and DN susceptibility. However, the results are inconclusive. In the present study, we will conduct a meta-analysis to further examine this relationship more precisely. ⋯ DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/H5FS4.