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J Med Radiat Sci
September 2024
Monash Imaging, Monash Health, Berwick, Victoria, Australia.
Australian healthcare provides services to a vast culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) population. Professional interpreters are the gold standard for medical interpretation during healthcare interactions with CALD patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). However, accessing interpretation services can be difficult and may not be appropriate when timely translation is needed.
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November 2023
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Sağlık Bilimleri University, Istanbul, Turkey.
To evaluate the effects of care burden and personality traits of caregivers on treatment compliance and social functionality of patients with schizophrenia. This cross-sectional study included 50 patients aged 18-65 years diagnosed with schizophrenia ( criteria) who were followed up in the hospital between December 2020 and June 2021. Fifty caregivers (ie, spouses, parents, siblings, and children) were also included in the study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisabil Rehabil
September 2023
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Purpose: Music therapy (MT) has been used in health care settings for a wide variety of treatment goals. Many inpatients with neurologic impairments struggle with low mood and pain for which MT may be a novel adjunct treatment. The aims of this study were to: (1) evaluate change in mood and pain following a single MT session; (2) explore the impact of an MT program on mood, pain and satisfaction from the perspective of the patient, family and staff.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
January 2013
Biodiagnostics Atlantic, National Research Council Canada, Halifax, Canada.
Background: On average, cognition declines as people age, but improvement can also occur.
Objective: To evaluate the dynamics of age-related changes in brain structure and cognitive function in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and in healthy control (HC) older adults.
Methods: High-resolution 3-Tesla MRI and clinical data were obtained from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative in 187 subjects (a cohort aged 55-91 years; AD=43, MCI=84, HC=60).
Int J Soc Psychiatry
March 2009
ST4 in General Adult Psychiatry, Highgate Mental Health Centre, Dartmouth Park Hill, London.
Aims: This study aims to evaluate the psychological and career-planning impact of the new postgraduate training system Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) on junior doctor applicants in the UK. We hypothesized that certain junior doctor groups were more vulnerable to distress during the process than others.
Method: Online, anonymous, cross-sectional attitudes survey of applicants in June 2007.
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