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INTRODUCTION: The incidence of mood disorders and psychopathology is more frequent in patients with epilepsy (PWE) than in the general population. Also, it has been reported that PWE suffer more seizures during certain phases of their menstrual cycle (MC). Still, limited information exists regarding the relationship between the physical and emotional changes during the MC in PWE. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to evaluate the mood and personality traits of PWE during their MC and to compare them with controls. METHODS: A cohort of 22 PWE and nine controls was gathered. All the participants underwent psychiatric, electroencephalographic, and gynecological evaluations. RESULTS: Overall, PWE scored higher in depression compared with controls (p < 0.05), PWE also obtained higher scores for the personality traits of neuroticism and self-isolation (p < 0.05). During the evaluation of the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), PWE were more symptomatic during the early follicular (EF) phase in comparison with the rest of the phases of their MC, whereas the control group showed the known premenstrual pattern of symptoms during the late luteal (LL) phase. The frequency of seizures (40.6%) and electroencephalographic abnormalities (34.8%) was also higher during the EF phase of the MC when compared with the other phases of the MC (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study suggest that unlike the PMS present in women without epilepsy, PWE appear to show a "menstrual syndrome" that consists of similar mood changes and physical symptoms. This arrangement of symptoms seems to have an impact on the increase in seizure activity.

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Objetivo: el propósito del presente estudio fue comparar los puntajes del autoconcepto obtenidos por un grupo de mujeres antes y un año después de que fueron sometidas a histerectomía. Material y métodos: estudio prospectivo en el que participaron 44 mujeres de 30 a 60 años. Ninguna tenía antecedentes de trastornos psiquiátricos o de uso de fármacos antipsicóticos y/o antidepresivos. El autoconcepto de las mujeres se evaluó con la escala de Tennesse, que incluye una evaluación global y nueve sub-escalas específicas, y que ha sido previamente validado en población mexicana. Para analizar la información se elaboró un programa de computadora y los datos se analizaron con la prueba T para muestras dependientes. Resultados: la edad y escolaridad promedio y desviación estandar (X ± DE) de las participantes fue de 44,5 ± 6,9 y 5,8 ± 3,6 años respectivamente; 39 mujeres de las 44 completaron su evaluación un año después. La calificación global del autoconcepto disminuyó significativamente un año después de que se les practicó la histerectomía (642,3 ± 73,7 vs. 592,1 ± 34; p< 0,001). Ocho de las nueve subescalas también disminuyeron significativamente (p< 0,01). Conclusión: el autoconcepto y ocho sub-escalas de éste disminuyeron significativamente en este grupo de mujeres sometidas a histerectomía. El efecto que pudieran tener la ansiedad que produce la cirugía y el duelo provocado por la esterilidad se evitaron en este estudio al evaluar a las mujeres un año después del procedimiento. El efecto psicosocial de este tipo de cirugías debe considerarse en la preparación de las pacientes y de sus parejas.(AU)

Objective: the aim of this study was to compare the self-concept scores before and one year after hysterectomy, of a group of Mexican women. Methods: trought a prospective study, 44 female subjects from 30 to 60 years were evaluated using the Tennesse self-concept scale. Subjects were included if they did not have psychiatric diseases neither use antipsychotic / antidepressive drugs. A software was designed to analyze the information, and the scores of total and the nine individual profiles of self-concept were compared pre and post hysterectomy, using a dependent Students T test. Results: the mean age and the schooling level of the volunteers were: 44.5 ± 6.9 years and 5.8 ± 3.6 (mean ± SD), respectively. From the 44 women evaluated in the pre-test, 39 complete the evaluation after one year of following. The mean values of the global self-concept scale decreased significantly (p< 0.001) from the beginning (642.3 ± 73.7) to one year after the hysterectomy (592.1 ± 34). The mean values of 8 from the 9 profiles, also decreased significantly (p< 0.01). Conclusion: hysterectomy decreases eight of the nine profiles of the self-concept of the women evaluated. The evaluation of the subjects self-concept one year after the hysterectomy, avoid the influence of grief by sterility or anxiety by the surgery itself. The decreases in the self-concept of a women submitted to hysterectomy should be considered in the clinical practice to prevent psychological effects.(AU)

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Objetivo: el propósito del presente estudio fue comparar los puntajes del autoconcepto obtenidos por un grupo de mujeres antes y un año después de que fueron sometidas a histerectomía. Material y métodos: estudio prospectivo en el que participaron 44 mujeres de 30 a 60 años. Ninguna tenía antecedentes de trastornos psiquiátricos o de uso de fármacos antipsicóticos y/o antidepresivos. El autoconcepto de las mujeres se evaluó con la escala de Tennesse, que incluye una evaluación global y nueve sub-escalas específicas, y que ha sido previamente validado en población mexicana. Para analizar la información se elaboró un programa de computadora y los datos se analizaron con la prueba T para muestras dependientes. Resultados: la edad y escolaridad promedio y desviación estandar (X ± DE) de las participantes fue de 44,5 ± 6,9 y 5,8 ± 3,6 años respectivamente; 39 mujeres de las 44 completaron su evaluación un año después. La calificación global del autoconcepto disminuyó significativamente un año después de que se les practicó la histerectomía (642,3 ± 73,7 vs. 592,1 ± 34; p< 0,001). Ocho de las nueve subescalas también disminuyeron significativamente (p< 0,01). Conclusión: el autoconcepto y ocho sub-escalas de éste disminuyeron significativamente en este grupo de mujeres sometidas a histerectomía. El efecto que pudieran tener la ansiedad que produce la cirugía y el duelo provocado por la esterilidad se evitaron en este estudio al evaluar a las mujeres un año después del procedimiento. El efecto psicosocial de este tipo de cirugías debe considerarse en la preparación de las pacientes y de sus parejas.

Objective: the aim of this study was to compare the self-concept scores before and one year after hysterectomy, of a group of Mexican women. Methods: trought a prospective study, 44 female subjects from 30 to 60 years were evaluated using the Tennesse self-concept scale. Subjects were included if they did not have psychiatric diseases neither use antipsychotic / antidepressive drugs. A software was designed to analyze the information, and the scores of total and the nine individual profiles of self-concept were compared pre and post hysterectomy, using a dependent Student's T test. Results: the mean age and the schooling level of the volunteers were: 44.5 ± 6.9 years and 5.8 ± 3.6 (mean ± SD), respectively. From the 44 women evaluated in the pre-test, 39 complete the evaluation after one year of following. The mean values of the global self-concept scale decreased significantly (p< 0.001) from the beginning (642.3 ± 73.7) to one year after the hysterectomy (592.1 ± 34). The mean values of 8 from the 9 profiles, also decreased significantly (p< 0.01). Conclusion: hysterectomy decreases eight of the nine profiles of the self-concept of the women evaluated. The evaluation of the subjects self-concept one year after the hysterectomy, avoid the influence of grief by sterility or anxiety by the surgery itself. The decreases in the self-concept of a women submitted to hysterectomy should be considered in the clinical practice to prevent psychological effects.

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AIM: To analyze the accuracy of short-term bio-impedance as a means of measuring gastric motility. METHODS: We evaluated differences in the short-term electrical bio-impedance signal from the gastric region in the following conditions: (1) fasting state, (2) after the administration of metoclopramide (a drug that induces an increase in gastric motility) and (3) after food ingestion in 23 healthy volunteers. We recorded the real component of the electrical impedance signal from the gastric region for 1000 s. We performed a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) on this data and then compared the signal among the fasting, medicated, and postprandial conditions using the median of the area under the curve, the relative area under the curve and the main peak activity. RESULTS: The median of the area under the curve of the frequency range in the region between 2-8 cycles per minute (cpm) decreased from 4.7 cpm in the fasting condition to 4.0 cpm in the medicated state (t = 3.32, P = 0.004). This concurred with the decrease seen in the relative area under the FFT curve in the region from 4 to 8 cpm from 38.3% to 26.6% (t = 2.81, P = 0.012) and the increase in area in the region from 2 to 4 cpm from 22.4% to 27.7%, respectively (t = -2.5, P = 0.022). Finally the main peak position also decreased in the region from 2 to 8 cpm. Main peak activity in the fasting state was 4.72 cpm and declined to 3.45 cpm in the medicated state (t = 2.47, P = 0.025). There was a decrease from the fasting state to the postprandial state at 3.02 cpm (t = 4.0, P = 0.0013). CONCLUSION: Short-term electrical bio-impedance can assess gastric motility changes in individuals experiencing gastric stress by analyzing the area medians and relative areas under the FFT curve.

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