Sleep habits and their relation with sluggish cognitive tempo symptoms in child and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Psikiyatrik bozukluk tanısı alan çocuklarda, normal gelişim gösteren çocuklara oranla daha fazla uyku problemi görüldüğü bilinmektedir. Çalışmamızın amacı, Yavaş bilişsel tempo (YBT) belirtilerinin yüksek ve düşük düzeyde olduğu dikkat eksikliği hiperaktivite bozukluğu tanısı almış çocuk ve ergenlerde uyku sorunları ve uyku alışkanlıklarını incelemektir. Çalışmamıza 8-17 yaş arasında DEHB tanısı olan 47 çocuk ve ergen dahil edilmiştir. Genel örneklemde 14 olgu DEHB+Yüksek YBT belirtileri gösteren; 33 olgu ise DEHB+Düşük YBT belirtileri gösteren olarak gruplandırılmıştır. Okul Çağı Çocukları İçin Duygulanım Bozuklukları ve Şizofreni Görüşme Çizelgesi- Şimdi ve Yaşam Boyu Şekli (ÇDŞG–ŞY–T) ile yapılan değerlendirme sonrasında tüm olguların ebeveynlerinden Turgay Dikkat Eksikliği ve Yıkıcı Davranış Bozuklukları için DSM-IV’e Dayalı Tarama ve Değerlendirme Ölçeği (DEYDB DSM-IV), Barkley Çocuk Dikkat Anketi (BÇDA), Çocuk Uyku Alışkanlıkları Anketini (ÇUAA) doldurmaları istenmiştir. Yüksek ve düşük YBT belirti gösteren gruplar ÇUAA ile karşılaştırılmış, hiçbir alt ölçekte veya toplam puanda anlamlı farklılık saptanmamıştır (p>0.05).DEHB alt görünümleri ÇUAA alt ölçekleri ve toplam puan açısından karşılaştırılmıştır. Yapılan analiz sonucunda yatma zamanı direnci (p=0.01), uyku süresi (p=0.04), parasomnialar (p=0.002), uykuda solunum bozulması (p0.05). When CSHQ scores were compared between ADHD subtypes, it has been seen that bedtime resistence (p=0.01), parasomnias (p=0.002), sleep disordered breathing (p<0.0001) and total score (p=0.04) were significantly different and were higher in hyperactivity. Sleep duration (p=0.04) subscale score was higher in inattention. Lack of adequate sleep duration, decrease of oxygen saturation and other factors related to sleep disordered breathing may be related to conduct problem or hyperactivity symptoms in children with ADHD

Design and Fabrication of Soft 3D Printed Sensors and Performance Analysis of the Soft Sensors in a C-leg as Sensing Element

In soft robotics, a recent challenge is to decrease the number of rigid components used tocreate entirely soft robots. A common rigid component used in soft robots is the rigid encoder, which should be replaced with a soft counterpart if possible. In this work, we de-sign and manufacture a soft sensor, which is embedded into a C-shaped leg of a soft, legged, miniature robot. Our main goal is to show that we can embed a soft sensor into and receive contact feedback from a soft C-shaped leg of our soft miniature quadruped. We test various sensor parameters using custom test setups to analyze the soft sensor performance. Our soft sensor design is iterated by experimentally investigating several sensor shape options. For the C-leg of the soft miniature quadruped, optimal sensor geometry and position for the sensor implementation are found from a discrete design space as the outcome of this work. We received feedback from the soft sensor and compared commercial encoder data to the soft sensor embedded C-leg data. We managed to detect the rotation speed of the C-leg with the accuracy of 87.5% on a treadmill and with the accuracy of %86.7 under free rotation of the C-leg. However, if connection loss occurs in the miniature slipring mechanism, the error percentage in estimating the rotational speed increases significantly

A Population-Based Survey to Determine the Prevalence of Movement Disorders in Orhangazi District of Bursa, Turkey

OBJECTIVE: : In this study we aimed to determine the prevalence of movement disorders among 40 years and older population in Orhangazi district of Bursa, Turkey. METHODS: This population-based study was planned in three phases. In phase I, door-to-door home interviews were performed on 1256 subjects by residents of departments of neurology and family medicine by using a short questionnaire and 404 subjects with suspected symptoms of movement disorders and Parkinsonism were detected. These subjects were examined and videotaped in phase II. Of the suspected subjects in phase I, 131 did not attend to phase II for various reasons. In phase II, subjects were evaluated by movement disorders specialists by using scales specific to tremor, restless leg syndrome, Parkinson disease, and hemi-facial spasm. In phase III, video recording of all identified patients were reviewed and final diagnoses were made with a consensus of all three specialists. RESULTS: In this phase, subjects were diagnosed to have restless leg syndrome n= 60, 9.71%, essential tremor n= 21, 3.34%, enhanced physhological tremor n= 26, 4.14%, Parkinson’s disease n= 14, 2.23%, hemifacial spasm n= 4, 0.82%, and dystonia n= 2, 0.41%. CONCLUSION: Although essential tremor has been reported as the most common movement disorder, in our study restless leg syndrome had higher prevalence than essential tremo

Low serum insulin-like growth factor-1 in patients with erectile dysfunction

Objective: Endothelial dysfunction and microvascular damage play a crurical role in the pathogenesis of erectile dysfunction (ED). Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is one of the growth factors that have a wide range of biologic effects. IGF-1 is an important mediator of cell growth, differentiation and transformation in various tissues. The purpose of the current study was to determine the association between IGF-1 levels and ED. Materials and methods: All men were evaluated for ED and divided into two groups: 80 patients suffering from ED for > 1 year and 80 subjects without ED were enrolled as a control group in this study. Diagnosis of ED was based on the International Index of Erectile Function Score-5. IGF-1 levels were measured in serum by an automated chemiluminescence immunoassay. The relationship between IGF-1 levels and ED scores in patients was statistically evaluated. Results: The mean age of patients in ED group was 60.4 ± 11.3 years and 55.4 ± 9.6 in control group. The plasma IGF-1 levels were significantly lower in ED than in control group (96.5 ± 38.3 and 132.5 ± 53.3 ng/ mL, respectively, P < 0.001). The IGF-1 levels were positively correlated with ED score (r = 0.623, P < 0.01). Conclusion: In this study serum IGF-1 levels were found to be associated with endothelial dysfunction that predicts ED. Serum IGF-1 level appears to be a specific predictor of ED, and it might be used in early prediction of ED in male population