Publications by authors named "N Messaadi"

Background: GPs can detect cognitive impairment at a very early stage, allowing early support for people and their caregivers. The early onset of cognitive impairment is between 50 and 60 years. Currently, in France, the Mini Mental State Examination remains the most used screening test, though it has a lower sensitivity and specificity than the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for detecting mild cognitive impairment, taking an average of 15 minutes to complete.

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  • In France, 40% of people over 16 suffer from chronic diseases that require long-term medication, but only about 50% properly follow their treatment at home.
  • A study involving 30 general practitioners (GPs) assessed how these patients manage their oral medications, with 180 patients surveyed using standardized questionnaires.
  • The results showed that while 70% of patients did not see medication as an issue, a significant portion still forget to take their medicine, indicating that personalized reminders may help improve adherence.
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Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) affects all dimensions of the patient's and the caregiver's daily life. There are two questionnaires in German, Bela-A-k (for caregivers) and Bela-P-k (for PD patients), that can be used to assess the PD-related psychosocial burden in a dyad. The patient's and the caregiver's perspective of living with PD can be crosschecked.

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Ten years ago, trans-gender people were looking for respectful and safe accompaniment. It was in this context of difficulty in finding answers that the Maison Dispersée de Santé de Lille began to set up a support service. The approach was immediately anchored in the gender transition pathway within primary care medicine, i.

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Background: In France, women seeking abortion must do so before the maximum legal limit of 12 weeks of pregnancy (14 Gestational Weeks). Women seeking abortion after the 12-week limit tend to travel to the Netherlands, where the maximum legal limit is 22 weeks of pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to identify the profile and circumstances of women who travel from France to the Netherlands for a late abortion.

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