Executive dysfunction (ED) is a frequent consequence of neurological disorders, such as stroke, trauma or dementia, but also appears in normal aging. We developed a German version of the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB-D), a short test which has previously been developed (Dubois et al., Neurology 55:1621-1626, 2000) to detect ED during bedside screening. A sample of 401 cognitively intact subjects aged 50-95 was tested with the FAB-D and several neuropsychological tests tapping executive functions, memory and calculation abilities. Aim of the study was to receive normative data for different age and educational groups, and to learn which tests predict performance on the FAB-D. We found clear effects of age and education; furthermore, FAB-D performance was predicted by other tests of executive functioning, but also by calculation and memory abilities. The present study reports data of healthy individuals and may be useful for comparing patients' performance with a normative sample.
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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg
January 2025
Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), Witten/Herdecke University, Cologne, Germany.
Purpose: Our aim was to update evidence-based and consensus-based recommendations for the inhospital endovascular management of haemorrhage and vascular lesions in patients with multiple and/or severe injuries based on current evidence. This guideline topic is part of the 2022 update of the German Guideline on the Treatment of Patients with Multiple and/or Severe Injuries.
Methods: MEDLINE and Embase were systematically searched to June 2021.
Sex Med
December 2024
Swiss Paraplegic Research, Neuro-Urology, Nottwil, 6207, Switzerland.
Background: Spinal cord injury/disease (SCI/D) profoundly affects both sexuality and urinary function. Catheterization is often necessary to manage bladder voiding and it can interfere with sexual activity.
Aim: We aim to investigate the effect of the bladder evacuation method on sexual activity in women with chronic SCI/D.
Pain Rep
February 2025
Department Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Introduction: The debate addressing the classification of chronic widespread pain as a physical disorder (fibromyalgia syndrome) [FMS] or a somatoform disorder according to psychiatric classification systems has continued for decades.
Objectives: The review aims to line out the new perspectives introduced by the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD 11) of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Methods: Critical review of the classification criteria of fibromyalgia syndrome and bodily distress disorder in ICD 11.
Front Child Adolesc Psychiatry
November 2024
Institute for Psychosocial Prevention, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic placed many restrictions on families and affected the mental health of parents and children. The present study examines how the restrictions imposed during the pandemic and parental mental health affect early childhood psychopathology.
Method: From September 2019 to December 2021, the Outpatient Department of Family Therapy at the Institute for Psychosocial Prevention, Heidelberg surveyed a clinical sample of 249 families who sought consultation for early childhood psychopathology.
J Intellect Dev Disabil
December 2024
Department of Neurology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany.
Background: The CAMDEX-DS is an instrument to diagnose Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Down syndrome consisting of an informant interview and a cognitive test battery (CAMCOG-DS). Measurement properties of the German CAMDEX-DS were investigated.
Method: Fifty-five adults with Down syndrome (19-58 years) participated in this observational study.
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