Publications by authors named "Nualsakol Tepparak"
Background: Bell's palsy is possibly an ischemic cranial neuropathy, although reactivation of herpes virus infection has been proposed.
Methods: This was an age-and sex-matched and 1:2 case-control study enrolling Bell's palsy patients during 2011-2021 in a university hospital to investigate the significant associations of cardiometabolic risks (CMRs) with Bell's palsy. We analyzed the differences in waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), systolic and diastolic blood pressures (SBP and DBP), fasting blood sugar (FBS), and lipid levels at 12 weeks post-Bell's palsy with those of the controls by descriptive statistics ( < 0.
Objective: To describe the characteristics of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) and its severity among patients with dementia and their caregivers' stress.
Material And Method: A cross-sectional descriptive study of 158 patients with Alzheimer's disease, mixed vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease, and unspecified dementia and caregivers in Songkhla Rajanakarindra Psychiatric Hospital were selected by a consecutive sampling. The BPSD and severity of dementia was assessed with the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire - Thai version (NPI-Q Thai), the Global Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR), the Mini Mental Status Thai version 2002 (MMSE Thai 2002), and a clinical diagnosis.