CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES: Burnout syndrome (BS) is characterized by three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal fulfillment. The objectives of this study were to evaluate a possible association between BS and weekly workload, and to describe the prevalence of BS and the sociodemographic and occupational profile of on-call physicians in Maceió.
BackgroundPhotobiomodulation describes the use of red or near-infrared light to stimulate or regenerate tissue. It was discovered that near-infrared wavelengths (800–900 nm) and red (600 nm) light-emitting diodes (LED) are able to penetrate through the scalp and skull and have the potential to improve the subnormal cellular activity of compromised brain tissue. Different experimental and clinical studies were performed to test LED therapy for traumatic brain injury (TBI) with promising results. One of the proposals of this present study is to develop different approaches to maximize the positive effects of this therapy and improve the quality of life of TBI patients.Methods/designThis is a double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial of patients with diffuse axonal injury (DAI) due to a severe TBI in an acute stage (less than 8 h). Thirty two patients will be randomized to active coil helmet and inactive coil (sham) groups in a 1:1 ratio. The protocol includes 18 sessions of transcranial LED stimulation (627 nm, 70 mW/cm2, 10 J/cm2) at four points of the frontal and parietal regions for 30 s each, totaling 120 s, three times per week for 6 weeks, lasting 30 min. Patients will be evaluated with the Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOSE) before stimulation and 1, 3, and 6 months after the first stimulation. The study hypotheses are as follows: (1) transcranial LED therapy (TCLT) will improve the cognitive function of DAI patients and (2) TCLT will promote beneficial hemodynamic changes in cerebral circulation.DiscussionThis study evaluates early and delayed effects of TCLT on the cognitive rehabilitation for DAI following severe acute TBI. There is a paucity of studies regarding the use of this therapy for cognitive improvement in TBI. There are some experimental studies and case series presenting interesting results for TBI cognitive improvement but no clinical trials.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03281759. Registered on 13 September 2017.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s13063-018-2632-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
ResumoContexto: A qualidade dos ensaios clínicos randomizados (ECR) define-se como a probabilidade de um estudo planejado gerar resultados sem tendências e que se aproximem da realidade terapêutica. Objetivo: Determinar a qualidade dos artigos originais com ECR publicados no Jornal Vascular Brasileiro. Materiais e métodos: Estudo descritivo transversal com base na busca eletrônica dos artigos originais publicados no Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, entre dezembro de 2004 e setembro de 2009, que tivessem características de ECR. Variável primária: qualidade dos ECR; variáveis secundárias: encaminhamento da pesquisa ao Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa (CEP), utilização do termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido (TCLE), descrição da fonte de fomento, cálculo do tamanho da amostra, teste estatístico utilizado, nível de significância adotado na pesquisa, utilização de estatística descritiva, descrição do intervalo de confiança (IC) e sigilo da alocação. Foram pesquisados dados complementares: número de autores, local de origem e tipo de estudo. Utilizou-se estatística descritiva, cálculo do tamanho da amostra e IC de 95%. Resultados: Entre 114 artigos originais da amostra, 1 foi classificado como ECR, sendo de boa qualidade. Do total, 51 foram encaminhados ao CEP, 41 utilizaram TCLE, em 6 houve descrição do fomento e em 5 houve cálculo do tamanho da amostra. A amostra mostrou distribuição trimodal do número de autores por artigo (4, 5, 6), aparecendo em 20 artigos, cada um dos valores respectivos da moda. São Paulo contribuiu com 48 publicações. O teste do qui-quadrado foi o mais utilizado (38,7%). O nível de significância de 5% foi adotado em 54 artigos, em 90 utilizou-se estatística descritiva e em 18 descreveu-se uso do IC. Conclusão: Não foi possível determinar a qualidade dos ECR no Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, pois foi encontrado apenas um de boa qualidade.Palavras-chave: Ensaios clínicos controlados aleatórios como assunto; publicações; artigo de revista; medicina baseada em evidências; procedimentos cirúrgicos vasculares. AbstractBackground: The quality of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) is defined as the likelihood of a planned study to generate unbiased results and approach the therapeutic reality. Results: Out of the 114 original articles, 1 was classified as RCT and was considered as good quality. Out of the total number of articles, 51 were submitted to the ERC, IC was used in 41, there was description of the grant in 6, and the sample size was calculated in 5. The sample revealed trimodal distribution of the number of authors per article (4, 5, 6), appearing in 20 articles each of the respective values of mode. The state of São Paulo contributed to 48 publications. Chi-square test was the most frequently used statistical method (38.7%), the significance level of 5% was adopted in 54 articles, descriptive statistics were used in 90 and CI was reported in18 articles. Conclusion: It was not possible to determine the quality of RCT in the Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, because only one good quality trial was found.
The cost of traumatic brain injury (TBI) for public health policies is undeniable today. Even patients who suffer from mild TBI may persist with cognitive symptoms weeks after the accident. Most of them show no lesion in computed tomography or conventional magnetic resonance imaging, but microstructural white matter abnormalities (diffuse axonal lesion) can be found in diffusion tensor imaging. Different brain networks work together to form an important part of the cognition process, and they can be affected by TBI. The default mode network (DMN) plays an important central role in normal brain activities, presenting greater relative deactivation during more cognitively demanding tasks. After deactivation, it allows a distinct network to activate. This network (the central executive network) acts mainly during tasks involving executive functions. The salience network is another network necessary for normal executive function, and its activation leads to deactivation of the DMN. The use of red or near-infrared (NIR) light to stimulate or regenerate tissue is known as photobiomodulation. It was discovered that NIR (wavelength 800–900 nm) and red (wavelength 600 nm) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are able to penetrate through scalp and skull and have the potential to improve the subnormal, cellular activity of compromised brain tissue. Based on this, different experimental and clinical studies were done to test LED therapy for TBI, and promising results were found. It leads us to consider developing different approaches to maximize the positive effects of this therapy and improve the quality of life of TBI patients.
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