El estrés es un proceso psicológico que experimentan muchos deportistas en etapas de formación. No sólo puede afectar a su rendimiento deportivo, sino a su calidad de vida y actividades relacionadas ...con los estudios. Algunas técnicas y habilidades psicológicas pueden resultar muy útiles para el control del estrés. El objetivo de este trabajo es comprobar si las técnicas de relajación son herramientas útiles para controlar el estrés de jóvenes boxeadores y pueden extrapolarse a otros aspectos de su vida como al ámbito académico. Los participantes fueron 7 deportistas jóvenes del Centro de Tecnificación Deportiva de la Federación de Boxeo, varones e internos en el centro. Se realizó un taller de relajación en 5 sesiones de aproximadamente 50-60 minutos cada una. Se trabajaron la técnica de entrenamiento autógeno de Shultz, la técnica de relajación muscular progresiva de Jacobson y la técnica de respiración. Se evaluó (antes y después del taller) la capacidad de los deportistas para gestionar el estrés y la capacidad para afrontar la presión de la evaluación del rendimiento del deportista. De los 7 boxeadores, 4 mostraron puntuaciones que denotaban un mejor control del estrés y una mejor gestión de la presión debida a su rendimiento. Todos mostraron un grado muy alto de satisfacción con el taller. Se concluye que la implementación de un taller de relajación puede ser muy útil para el aprendizaje de técnicas de relajación que ayuden a controlar el estrés, tanto en el ámbito deportivo como en el ámbito académico.
Introduction:There is a need to provide analgesia strategies that encourage and promote women's participation in decision-making at the time of delivery and relaxation techniques could be a ...complementary and/or alternative non-pharmacological analgesic method to the widely used epidural anaesthesia in standard labour care. Objective: The objective of this study is to analyze the obstetric effects of relaxation techniques on pain management during labour. Method: A systematic review is performed with critical reading of included studies. The search for studies was carried out in the main databases MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Cuiden, LILACS and SciELO. Studies published in English or Spanish between 2015 and February 2021 were included. Eleven studies were included, six of which are systematic reviews and five are randomised clinical trials. The interventions analysed were relaxation techniques such as hypnosis, intradermal injection of sterile water, warm water immersion, massage, acupuncture, music therapy, aromatherapy, continuous support and mind-body practices like relaxing breathing, yoga and meditation, among others. Conclusion: The main conclusion of this study is that relaxation techniques may decrease the level of pain during labour, although the current scientific evidence is limited and the methodological quality varies from low to moderate. More randomised controlled trials are needed to support this research.
Introducción: Existe la necesidad de proporcionar estrategias de analgesia que alienten y promuevan la participación de la mujer en la toma de decisiones en el momento del parto y las técnicas de relajación podrían ser un método analgésico no far-macológico complementario y/o alternativo a la anestesia epidural ampliamente utilizado. en la estándar atención del trabajo de parto. Objetivo: El objetivo de este estudio es analizar los efectos obstétricos de las técnicas de relajación en el manejo del dolor durante el parto. Método: Se realiza una revisión sistemática con lectura crítica de los estudios incluidos. La búsqueda de estudios se realizó en las principales bases de datos MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Cuiden, LILACS y SciELO. Se incluyen estudios publicados en inglés o español entre 2015 y febrero de 2021. Se incluyen una vez estudios, seis de los cuales son revisados sistemáticamente y cinco son ensayos clínicos aleatorios. Las intervenciones analizadas fueron técnicas de relajación como hipnosis, inyección intradérmica de agua estéril, inmersión en agua tibia, masaje, acu-puntura, musicoterapia, aromaterapia, apoyo continuo y prácticas mente-cuerpo como respiración relajante, yoga y meditación, entre otras.Conclusión: La principal conclusión de este estudio es que las técnicas de relajación pueden disminuir el nivel de dolor durante el trabajo, aunque la evidencia científica actual es limitada y la calidad metodológica varía de baja a moderada. Se necesitan más ensayos controlados aleatorios para apoyar esta investigación.
Introduction
Stress is one of the biggest problems leading a large portion of people to seek medical or psychotherapeutic management, while a large portion of hospital staff report high levels of ...work-related stress.
Objectives
The purpose of this intervention was to implement a psychoeducation seminar on stress management by implementing diaphragmatic breathing exercises and to detect the reduction of its levels in nursing staff.
Methods
The study took place at the General Hospital of Nikaia. Fifty employees, 38 women, aged 20-60 (M=37.4±10.5) participated in a two-hour group psychoeducation workshop, concerning psychoeducation on stress and application in diaphragmatic breathing exercises. The measurement of the success of the intervention was performed using a proportional stress assessment scale before and after the intervention. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS26.
Results
Stress levels before the intervention ranged from 0 to 10 (M=5.7±5.7) while after the intervention ranged from 0 to 7 (M=2.3±2.04). Age did not appear to play a role in stress reduction, but was found to be positively and significantly associated with pre-existing stress in employees (r=0.423 p=0.002). On the contrary, gender was found to be related both to the pre-existence of stress, with women reporting the highest levels (t=-3.534 p=0.001), and to the reduction of stress after the intervention (t=-2,534 p=0.001).
Conclusions
The above findings indicate the importance of implementing group psychoeducation programs to reduce stress at the organizational level, a very important result considering the cumulative effect that the recent existence of covid-19 has had on nursing staff.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
The classification on imbalanced data sets is a great challenge in machine learning. In this paper, a geometric structural ensemble (GSE) learning framework is proposed to address the issue. It is ...known that the traditional ensemble methods train and combine a series of basic classifiers according to various weights, which might lack the geometric meaning. Oppositely, the GSE partitions and eliminates redundant majority samples by generating hyper-sphere through the Euclidean metric and learns basic classifiers to enclose the minority samples, which achieves higher efficiency in the training process and seems easier to understand. In detail, the current weak classifier builds boundaries between the majority and the minority samples and removes the former. Then, the remaining samples are used to train the next. When the training process is done, all of the majority samples could be cleaned and the combination of all basic classifiers is obtained. To further improve the generalization, two relaxation techniques are proposed. Theoretically, the computational complexity of GSE could approach O(nd log(n min ) log(n maj )). The comprehensive experiments validate both the effectiveness and efficiency of GSE.
Introduction
Visual images and music have long been known as a means to optimize emotions (Galeev, 1976; Gotsdiner, 1993). Together (eg in audio-visual slide-films) they may help students and ...professional cope with the negative side of intensive workloads (fatigue, stress, anxiety).
Objectives
Our study attempts a multi-level assessment of the relaxation effect of a slide-film as part of student education.
Methods
Sample - 46 psychology students. The 20 minute relaxation film was shown after lectures and discussion of a forthcoming examination. Measures: standard psychological and physiological functional state tests and a cognitive task before and after the film (Leonova & Kapitsa, 2003); an original questionnaire revealing individual associations and experiences felt during the film.
Results
The results showed pronounced subjective discomfort and anxiety before the film. The relaxation film resulted in lowered blood pressure, increased subjective comfort, decreased fatigue and acute anxiety, and negative emotion scores, as well as higher productivity in performing the cognitive test (Student t-test, p<0.005-0.001). Concentration on the film subject, as well as the combination of the student’s thoughts and associations around the plot, showed a positive correlation with the amount of relaxation effect.
Conclusions
Our research showed that using the relaxation slide-film (with imagery and music) can provide positive effects on students’ functional state. It also revealed the importance of the relevance of individual experience to the subject of the film to obtain optimal positive effects.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by social interaction difficulties and communication difficulties. Moreover, children with ASD often suffer from other co-morbidities, such as anxiety ...and depression. Finding appropriate treatment can be difficult as symptoms of ASD and co-morbidities often overlap. Due to these challenges, parents of children with ASD often suffer from higher levels of stress. This research aims to investigate the feasibility of empowering children with ASD and their parents through the use of a serious game to reduce stress and anxiety and a supporting parent application. The New Horizon game and the SpaceControl application were developed together with therapists and according to guidelines for e-health patient empowerment. The game incorporates two mini-games with relaxation techniques. The performance of the game was analyzed and usability studies with three families were conducted. Parents and children were asked to fill in the Spence's Children Anxiety Scale (SCAS) and Spence Children Anxiety Scale-Parents (SCAS-P) anxiety scale. The game shows potential for stress and anxiety reduction in children with ASD.
Since March 14, 2020, Spain has been in a state of alarm due to the crisis created by the outbreak of COVID-19. This measure has led to strict levels of lockdown. This situation has led to an ...increase in anxiety levels among the younger population. For this reason, an intervention was carried out on university voluntary participants in order to help lower their anxiety levels. Specifically, a telematic workshop was implemented to teach emotional literacy and relaxation techniques combined with the practice of the techniques in an autonomous manner. Anxiety measurements were taken before and after the workshop using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder – 7 (GAD-7) scale. The results show that Jacobson’s progressive relaxation techniques, Schultz’s autogenic training, abdominal relaxations, and visualizations are effective in lowering the anxiety levels of university students as an alternative to pharmacotherapy.
Introduction
Intensive professional training is widely used in modern organizations, as it helps employees adapt to dynamic work and technology changes (Noe, 2010; Patrick, 2000). Relaxation ...techniques may reduce the negative effects of intense learning processes (i.e. fatigue, anxiety and stress). They can also enhance the productivity of the training itself by helping to achieve optimal states for the completion of learning goals.
Objectives
Our study concerns differences in mastering relaxation techniques by employees of younger and middle-age groups during intensive professional training.
Methods
Sample - 62 employees, participants of communication training. The 15-min session of progressive relaxation combined with autogenic formulae was conducted after 5 hours of intensive training. Measures: standard psychological and physiological functional state tests (Leonova & Kapitsa, 2003); an information perception task.
Results
The efficiency of the relaxation techniques varied between different age groups: younger participants (aged 20-30) were more successful in managing both tasks – learning new relaxation skills and achieving deeper rest (including more apparent positive physiological effects). They were also more prepared for completing the information perception task (they made less mistakes). Older participants (aged 30-50) experienced more difficulties with the new relaxation skills and used relaxation primarily to restore their psychophysiological resources, rather than to prepare for the upcoming training task.
Conclusions
The results showed that relaxation techniques provide a system optimization effect on the participants of intensive training programs, though participants’ individual differences (ie age, length of service) should be taken into account when planning the outcomes of such interventions.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
Introduction
This is the presentation of a postdoc research protocol under the supervision of University of Peloponnese, regarding the application of a program for stress reduction. Τhe intervention ...consisted of a psychoeducational session explaining the stress effect in the brain and the way that relaxation breathing is working, a training session on relaxation breathing and 2 more sessions, one with relaxation breathing and one with trigger points acupressure in the back of the patients.
Objectives
The objective of the study was to test the effectiveness of relaxations techniques in patients with chronic diseases in a Greek General Hospital.
Methods
Out of 335 participants, 153 were found to have high stress levels in the DASS scale and the stress VAS scale that was used for the intervention. 151 of them (49(32, 5%) males), agreed to participate in the intervention with relaxation breathing and 99 in the acupressure session. Diagnosis of the participants were: anxiety disorder (18.5%), Thalassaemia Major(31.1%), Crohn (26.5%), Kidney failure (9.9%) and major depression (13.9%). Analysis was performed with SPSS 24.
Results
The results in DASS stress scale revealed that 54.3 % of the sample had very severe and 24.3% severe stress levels while 58.9% had very severe anxiety levels in DASS anxiety scale. Pair sample t test show statistically significant differences before and after the application of breathing relaxation t150=24.725 p=0.001, as well in the application of acupressure t98=15.901 p=0.001.
Conclusions
According to the results of the present intervention, relaxation techniques can be very helpful as complimentary treatments for patients with chronic diseases
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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