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Neuro Endocrinol Lett
December 2024
1st Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that affects the central nervous system. One of its manifestations is cognitive impairment (CI), which can negatively affect the quality of life in people with MS (pwMS). This study aimed to investigate the nature of CI in MS and its associations with various disease characteristics.
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November 2024
Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt.
Background: Cognitive impairment and attention deficit disorder have been on the rise among generations in recent times. A significant portion of the brain involved in learning and cognition is the hippocampus. Its development begins in utero till weaning.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Pain Res (Lausanne)
December 2024
Department of Psychiatry, Weill-Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY, United States.
Chronic pain is highly prevalent among older adults, is associated with cognitive deficits, and is commonly treated in primary care. We sought to document the extent of impairment across specific neurocognitive domains and its correlates among older adults with chronic pain in primary care. We analyzed baseline data from the Problem Adaptation Therapy for Pain trial, which examined a psychosocial intervention to improve emotion regulation in 100 adults ≥ 60 years with comorbid chronic pain and negative emotions, who did not have evidence of moderate-to-severe cognitive impairment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth Qual Life Outcomes
December 2024
Gastroenterology Unit, Pediatric Department, Santa Maria University Hospital - CHLN, Academic Medical Centre of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Objectives: This study evaluated the clinical utility of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) by comparing it with objective clinical data and validated health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures in pediatric Crohn's disease (CD) patients.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Pediatric CD patients (aged 8-17 years) were enrolled prospectively over eight months from an outpatient pediatric gastroenterology center.
BMC Palliat Care
December 2024
Department of Health Services Research, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tenno-dai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.
Background: Japan is implementing awareness-raising of advance care planning for older adults; however, only 451 out of 1 741 municipalities were engaged in advance care planning awareness-raising activities among residents, according to a 2017 survey. This study examined advance care planning awareness-raising activities among community residents by local governments after the 2018 revision of the government guidelines, as well as utilization of the revised guidelines, issues in awareness-raising activities, and directions for future activities.
Methods: This cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted in prefectures and municipalities nationwide in 2022.
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