Feasibility and acceptability of a videoconference-based cognitive-behavioral intervention for caregivers of individuals living with mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's disease.

Objective: The objective of the current pilot study was to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a videoconference-based cognitive behavioral (CBT) intervention for caregivers of individuals living with mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's disease. The intervention included psychoeducation on emotions, strategies for management of unhelpful emotions and thoughts, behavioral activation, breathing and relaxation, strategies for communication and information on external resources.

Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design with two groups of four caregivers who received an 8-week CBT-based intervention via videoconference.

Relationship quality perceived by family caregivers of people with dementia in the context of a psychoeducational intervention: A qualitative exploration.

Background: Caring for a person with dementia can be a challenging experience, often associated with chronic stress and a heavy burden on family caregivers. Dementia also impacts the relationship between the caregiver and the person with dementia. The quality of this relationship is, in turn, an important factor influencing the well-being of both dyad members.

Détresse chez les préposés aux bénéficiaires en centre d'hébergement exposés à des symptômes comportementaux.

ABSTRACTCare aides working in nursing homes are often exposed to responsive behaviours in older adults living with Alzheimer's disease. As these behaviors may induce psychological distress, the current research aims to estimate the contribution of a set of variables on the psychological distress reported by care aides. Variables include perceived frequency of responsive behaviours, primary and secondary cognitive appraisal, and coping strategies.

Impact of caregivers' behaviors on resistiveness to care and collaboration in persons with dementia in the context of hygienic care: an interactional perspective.

Background: The role played by various physical and verbal behaviors of professional caregivers in the onset of resistiveness to care (RTC) and collaborative behaviors of nursing home residents with dementia was assessed in a daily hygienic care routine context.

Methods: Two hundred and forty hygienic care routines, observed in eight nursing home residents, were analyzed with a video-assisted systematic observation methodology and a sequential statistical analysis strategy.

Results: Caregiver and care recipient behaviors are interdependent in the hygienic care routine context.

History of family violence, childhood behavior problems, and adolescent high-risk behaviors as predictors of girls' repeated patterns of dating victimization in two developmental periods.

This study aims to document the prevalence of repeated patterns of dating victimization and to examine, within the frameworks of an ecological model and lifestyle/routine activities theories, associations between such patterns and family, peer, and individual factors. Dating victimization in adolescence (age 15) and early adulthood (age 21) was evaluated in 443 female participants. Multinomial logistic regression analyses revealed that history of family violence, childhood behavior problems, and adolescent high-risk behaviors were associated with an increased risk for girls of being victimized (psychologically and/or physically/sexually) in their dating relationships, either in adolescence or early adulthood, or at both developmental periods.

Combined Increases in Muscle-Strengthening Activity Frequency and Protein Intake Reveal Graded Relationship with Fat-Free Mass Percentage in U.S. Adults, NHANES (1999-2004).

Background: Age-related loss of muscle mass and related ailments are of concern due to associations with disabilities and morbidity as well as constituting a substantial healthcare burden. Muscle-strengthening activities and adequate protein ingestion are recommended for all-age adults in an effort to stave off age-related muscle atrophy. Muscle building abilities decline with age but most research focuses on muscle wasting in the elderly.

Sociodemographic correlates of meeting US Department of Health and Human Services muscle strengthening recommendations in middle-aged and older adults.

Introduction: A growing body of evidence demonstrates the health benefits of muscular strength training. Physical activity recommendations encourage all adults to participate regularly in muscle strengthening activities. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of meeting the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) muscular strengthening recommendations by middle-aged and older adults and the sociodemographic characteristics associated with meeting these recommendations, using data from the 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

Radiofrequency of the soft palate for sleep-disordered breathing: a 6-year follow-up study.

Objective: To determine the long-term (>3 years) outcome of patients suffering from simple snoring or non-severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) treated by radiofrequency ablation of the soft palate.

Study Design: Observational retrospective study.

Setting: Tertiary care university hospital.

An examination of the differences between two methods of estimating energy expenditure in resistance training activities.

To date, few studies have looked at the energy expenditure (EE) of individual resistance training (RT) exercises. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the EE of 4 modes of RT (push-ups, curl-ups, pull-ups, and lunges) using 2 different calculation methods for estimating EE. Twelve healthy men with a minimum of 1 year of RT experience were randomly assigned to an RT circuit.

Snoring intensity after a first session of soft palate radiofrequency: predictive value of the final result.

Objectives/hypothesis: To determine whether snoring sound intensity measured after a first soft palate radiofrequency (RF) session for simple snoring helps predict the final result of the treatment.

Study Design: Observational retrospective study.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of 105 subjects presenting with simple snoring or mild sleep apnea.

Oxygen Cost of Performing Selected Adult and Child Care Activities.

Little is known about the oxygen cost of caring for infants and older adults. Many people perform these activities so it is useful to know the energy cost and if the activities are of sufficient intensity to contribute to meeting physical activity recommendations. The purpose of this study was to assess the oxygen cost of four care-related activities in the Compendium of Physical Activities.

Sexual function and autonomic dysreflexia in men with spinal cord injuries: how should we treat?

Study Design: Systematic review.

Objectives: Review the literature on the acute or prophylactic treatment of autonomic dysreflexia in the context of sexual activities.

Setting: International.

Pre- and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging appearance of the normal residual pituitary gland following macroadenoma resection: Clinical implications.

Background: To assess the relationship between the preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearance of the normal residual pituitary gland (NRPG) and pituitary functional outcome following transsphenoidal resection of pituitary macroadenomas.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 100 consecutive patients with a pituitary macroadenoma, who underwent transsphenoidal resection. The preoperative configuration of the displaced NRPG was stratified as superior, superolateral or lateral.

Sleep-disordered breathing: choosing the right cephalometric analysis.

Purpose: Cephalometry can be helpful for choosing the optimal treatment of sleep apnea. The presence or absence of maxillomandibular retrusion can contribute to the choice of treatment with an oral appliance or a skeleton-based or soft tissue surgery. To measure the position of the maxillomandibular complex, the analysis of Tweed has been cited most often.

2011 Compendium of Physical Activities: a second update of codes and MET values.

Purpose: The Compendium of Physical Activities was developed to enhance the comparability of results across studies using self-report physical activity (PA) and is used to quantify the energy cost of a wide variety of PA. We provide the second update of the Compendium, called the 2011 Compendium.

Methods: The 2011 Compendium retains the previous coding scheme to identify the major category headings and specific PA by their rate of energy expenditure in MET.

Does propulsion mechanism influence the long-term side effects of oral appliances in the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing?

Background: Mandibular advancement appliances (MAAs) can be used to treat sleep-disordered breathing, and differences in their designs have been thought to influence the occurrence of secondary effects. With bibloc devices, the lateral attachments producing mandibular propulsion can be inserted to generate traction or compression. We evaluated the clinical impact of this difference by comparing the long-term secondary effects and compliance of two devices.

Reducing verbal agitation in people with dementia: evaluation of an intervention based on the satisfaction of basic needs.

Objectives: Positive results have been reported with psychosocial interventions used to reduce verbal agitation (VA) in people with dementia, but there is no clear information regarding the proportion of persons who demonstrate significant behavioural improvement with such treatments. The main objectives of this pilot study are (a) to identify the proportion of persons with dementia who demonstrate significant behavioural improvement with a need-based intervention to reduce VA and (b) to further evaluate the effectiveness of this type of intervention.

Method: A single-group repeated measures design was used (N = 26).

Risky lifestyle as a mediator of the relationship between deviant peer affiliation and dating violence victimization among adolescent girls.

Few studies have explored the possible contribution of the peer group to dating violence victimization. The current study tested the hypothesis that a risky lifestyle would mediate the relationship between deviant peer affiliation and dating violence victimization among adolescent girls. The proposed mediation model was derived from lifestyles and routine activities theories.

Cerebrospinal fluid otorrhoea: a rare presentation of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis of the temporal bone.

Objective: To report a case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the temporal bone presenting with cerebrospinal fluid fistula.

Patient: A Caucasian woman presented to a tertiary care centre in Quebec, Canada, with a new onset of cerebrospinal fluid fistula. She had a significant destructive lesion of the temporal bone, and was diagnosed with Langerhans cell histiocytosis on biopsy.

Diversity of the C-terminal portion of the biphenyl dioxygenase large subunit.

The biphenyl dioxygenase (BPDO) catalyses a stereospecific dioxygenation of biphenyl and analogs of it. Aside from being involved in the destruction and detoxification of toxic pollutants in soil, in the context of the green chemistry concept, this enzyme is a promising biocatalyst to design new more selective and more environmentally friendly approaches to manufacture fine chemicals. At this time, most of our knowledge about the variability of key residues determining the substrate specificity and regiospecificity of the enzyme oxygenase component (BphAE) toward biphenyl analogs and about the effect of altering these residues on catalytic properties is based on investigations made with BphAEs from cultured organisms and engineered enzymes derived from them.

Blood pressure changes during sexual stimulation, ejaculation and midodrine treatment in men with spinal cord injury.

Objectives: To explore the effectiveness of various sources of self-stimulation, including oral midodrine, in triggering ejaculation in men with spinal cord injury (SCI), and to document the systematic variations in blood pressure at ejaculation and consider a revised definition of autonomic dysreflexia.

Patients And Methods: The study included 62 men with SCI lesions from C2 to L2. Ejaculation potential was assessed with various sources of stimulation, beginning with natural stimulation, followed, if the test was negative, by penile vibrator stimulation (PVS) followed, if the test was again negative, by PVS combined with oral midodrine, started at 5 mg and increased in 5 mg steps up to 25 mg.

Experimental image-guided endoscopic pituitary surgery: a useful learning model.

Objectives: The purpose of this study, which combined image guidance and endocscopic pituitary surgery (EPS), was to test its practicability as a learning tool to acquire the necessary skills in an experimental setting.

Methods: Ten cadaver-heads were explored using a standard endoscopic transsphenoidal surgical technique combined with the InstaTrak 3500 (GE Medical Systems, Lawrence, MA, USA) image guidance system. The time taken for the experimental setup and the optic-radiologic correlations of topographic landmarks were recorded and photographed.