Norms of Hong Kong Brief Cognitive Test and the Utility for Screening Cognitive Impairment Among Chinese Older Adults.

Objective: To establish the norms of the Hong Kong Brief Cognitive Test (HKBC) among Chinese older adults and to examine its utility for differentiating neurocognitive disorders from cognitively normal controls.

Methods: Two thousand three hundred twelve participants aged 40 years and above were recruited from six regions of China as the norm construction sample. 93 normal participants and 246 cognitive impairment patients were included for diagnostic test of HKBC.

Planned motherhood distress in women of reproductive age with breast cancer-impacts of partner relationship, fear of cancer recurrence, decision conflict, and fertility concerns.

Purpose: This study examined the effects of partner relationships, fear of breast cancer recurrence (FBCR), decision conflict (DC), and fertility concerns (FC) on distress in planned motherhood (DPM) among women of reproductive age with breast cancer (WRABC).

Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed to recruit 100 WRABC aged 20-49 years, menstruating, newly diagnosed, and undergoing gonadotoxic therapies, from a medical center in southern Taiwan. Participants with multiple malignancies, chronic diseases, mental disorders, or infertility were excluded.

Prehabilitation Interventions in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Surgical resection is the primary treatment modality for colorectal cancer. Prehabilitation is about enhancing the patient's physiological capacity preoperatively to reduce the risk of treatment-related complications. Clear definitions of the modality, content, and duration of prehabilitation, including its components such as nutrition, exercise, and psychological support, are lacking.

Comparative effect of nonpharmacological interventions on emergence delirium prevention in children following sevoflurane general anesthesia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Children receiving general anesthesia while undergoing surgery have a significantly high incidence of emergence delirium (ED). Nonpharmacological interventions yield beneficial effects on preventing pediatric ED. However, the relative effects of nonpharmacological interventions on pediatric ED prevention based on various perioperative phases remain unknown.