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January 2025
Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Introduction: 22q11 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) results from a microdeletion on chromosome 22 and is the most common microdeletion disorder in humans, affecting 1 in 2148 live births. Clinical manifestations vary widely among individuals and across different life stages. Effective management requires the involvement of a specialized multidisciplinary team.
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December 2024
Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Non-memory-led dementias pose additional challenges to 'typical dementias' including unusual symptoms and younger onset leading to particularly high neuropsychiatric comorbidities. As part of the economic evaluation supporting the RD-talk research programme, we require the collection of participant level resource use associated with the intervention compared with usual care. The resource use measure (RUM) needs to be sufficiently comprehensive, but still focused to capture the key items of interest (e.
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December 2024
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Background: Research on the relationship between self-efficacy and symptoms of depression and anxiety among individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has been limited. Furthermore, few studies have explored this relationship within the context of dyadic couples (patient/care partners) rather than focusing solely on individuals. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between self-efficacy in patient/care partner couples dealing with mild cognitive impairment and their symptoms of depression and anxiety using a dyadic analysis approach.
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December 2024
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Background: Despite an increasing prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among Black older adults, large disparities remain in early diagnosis, treatment, and support service referral. Further, services intended to support family caregivers are typically designed around older adult spousal caregivers with little consideration to the wide diversity of families affected by dementia. This qualitative descriptive study examined the caregiving experiences of Black relatives of persons with dementia with the aim of informing the development of more culturally responsive support programming.
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December 2024
Institute of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Background: Caregiver burden is the result of dealing with the dependency of the subject who needs attention and care. Caregivers of people with neuropsychiatric disease could experience emotional, physical and financial stress. The literature shows that the caregiver burden can negatively impact both, the caregiver and the patient.
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