Factors affecting the quality of life after ischemic stroke in young adults: a scoping review.

Purpose: To synthesize the body of knowledge on the factors influencing the quality of life (QoL) after ischemic stroke (IS) in young adults.

Methods: Guidelines regarding the scoping review methodology developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute, and the PRISMA-ScR checklist for a scoping review was used in this paper. A total of 1197 studies were identified through a bibliographic search in Web of Science, MEDLINE, PsycInfo, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and ProQuest Science Database.

Linguistic Validation of Genomic Nursing Concept Inventory to Finnish Applying Mandysova's Decision Tree Algorithm.

Currently, there is no available Finnish version of the Genomic Nursing Concept Inventory tool (GNCI). This study tested the validity, reliability, and clinical usability of a Finnish translation. A decision tree algorithm was used to guide the translation, as per International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research guidelines.

Assessment instruments used for self-report of pain in hospitalized stroke patients with communication problems: a scoping review.

Objective: The objective of this scoping review was to identify assessment instruments used for the self-report of pain by hospitalized patients who have had a stroke and who have communication problems.

Introduction: Pain assessment in various patient groups has received considerable attention, and a variety of pain assessment instruments exists. Nevertheless, there is a lack of consensus regarding which pain assessment instruments are used for self-report of pain in stroke patients with communication problems.

Dignity and attitudes to aging: A cross-sectional study of older adults.

Background: Dignity is a multidimensional construct that includes perception, knowledge, and emotions related to competence or respect. Attitudes to aging are a comprehensive personal view of the experience of aging over the course of life, which can be influenced by various factors, such as the levels of health and self-sufficiency and social, psychological, or demographic factors.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to explore the attitudes to aging of home-dwelling and inpatient older adults, and whether dignity and other selected factors belong among the predictors influencing attitudes to aging in these two different groups of older adults.

Psychometric Evaluation of the Revised Iowa Pain Thermometer-Czech for Patients with Stroke.

Background And Purpose: Pain is a frequent yet underdiagnosed problem in patients with stroke due to stroke-related cognitive limitations that may hamper effective usage of pain tools. The Revised Iowa Pain Thermometer-Czech (IPT-R-CZ) is a linguistically validated translation of an English-language self-report pain instrument; however, the psychometric properties of the Czech version are unknown. This study aimed to psychometrically evaluate the IPT-R-CZ in cognitively intact and impaired Czech-speaking patients with stroke.

Assessment instruments used for the self-report of pain by hospitalized stroke patients with communication problems: a scoping review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to systematically identify assessment instruments that are used for the self-report of pain by hospitalized stroke patients with communication problems.

Introduction: To the best of the authors' knowledge, there are no existing instruments specifically dedicated to measuring pain in stroke patients with communication problems. Pain measurement instruments currently in use may complicate pain assessment in these patients.

Randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of web-based Genomics Nursing Education Intervention for undergraduate nursing students: a study protocol.

Aim: To describe a randomized controlled trial protocol that will evaluate the effectiveness of two web-based genomic nursing education interventions.

Background: Preparing future nurses to be competent in genetic and genomic concepts is fundamental to ensure appropriate clinical application. However, genetics-genomics concepts are still new in the field of nursing.

Rhinogenic Orbital Inflammation - What Has Changed over the Past 50 Years?

Introduction: The purpose of the study was to compare the incidence, diagnostics, and treatment of rhinogenic inflammatory complications over the past 50 years.

Material And Methods: Retrospective study of 292 patients of ENT department, University hospital: Group A treated from 1966 to 1995, Group B treated from 1996 to 2015.

Results: Preseptal inflammation was the most common type (73% vs.

The Heidenhain variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and concomitant tau pathology: A case report.

The Heidenhain form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare CJD variant with predominantly visual symptoms in the early stages. Clinical manifestations of metamorphopsia, hemianopia and Balint's syndrome correlate with the involvement of the posterior cortical regions. A 71-year old healthy and very active man was admitted because of impaired visual acuity, hemianopia, and gait disturbance progressing over one week.

Development of the Brief Bedside Dysphagia Screening Test - Revised: a Cross-Sectional Czech Study.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to develop a revised version of the Brief Bedside Dysphagia Screening Test for determining penetration/aspiration risk in patients prone to dysphagia. The priority was to achieve high sensitivity and negative predictive value.

Methods: The study screeners conducted bedside assessment of the swallowing function in 157 patients with a neurological (mainly stroke) or an ear, nose, and throat diagnosis (mainly head and neck cancer).

Stiff-person syndrome following tick-borne meningoencephalitis.

Stiff-person syndrome (SPS) is a rare disorder characterized by muscle stiffness and painful spasms. Misdiagnosis may occur due to the fact that the clinical picture of SPS is often atypical. The main pathophysiologic mechanism underlying the development of SPS is insufficient inhibition at the cortical and spinal levels.

Development of the Brief Bedside Dysphagia Screening Test in the Czech Republic.

In patients who are prone to impaired swallowing, dysphagia screening has been advocated. However, most dysphagia screening tests are lacking gold-standard validation and nurse screeners. The purpose of this study was to develop a nursing dysphagia screening test to determine the penetration or aspiration risk in patients with neurological and ear, nose, and throat conditions.