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BMC Health Serv Res
January 2025
Institute of General Practice/Family Medicine, Philipps-University of Marburg, Karl-Von-Frisch-Straße 4, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
Background: Rising costs are a challenge for healthcare systems. To keep expenditure for drugs under control, in many healthcare systems, drug prescribing is continuously monitored. The Bavarian Drug Agreement (German: Wirkstoffvereinbarung or WSV) for the ambulatory sector in Bavaria (the federal state of Germany) was developed for this purpose.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlzheimers Dement
December 2024
Hospital de Clínicas, Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Background: The prevalence of Dementia in Latin America countries is growing and early presentations of Alzheimer´s Diseases with atypical forms are even more frequently. As the clinical presentation of these variants shows an overlap with other dementia disorders, the differential diagnosis is often challenging. We presented three cases of atypical forms of AD who count with cognitive assessment and pet imaging confirmation in order to being able to discuss the most important points of clinical assessment in every case.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlzheimers Dement
December 2024
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Background: Remote administration of well-established neuropsychological instruments (TeleNeuropsychological or TeleNP) can reduce assessment wait times and expand access to cognitive assessments for medically compromised and socially disadvantaged patients. A major limitation in the widespread uptake of TeleNP relates to the need for more normative data compared to in-person assessments. This presentation describes a novel ascertainment strategy used in Florida's Older Adults TeleNeuropsychology (FLOAT) project to identify and recruit "cognitively healthy" older adults to norm well-established neuropsychological instruments administered remotely.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The (IDEAL) Study is a randomized clinical trial investigating the psychosocial, behavioral, and cognitive impacts of apolipoprotein E () genotype disclosure for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) among Latinos.
Methods: We used address-based sampling to recruit English- and Spanish-speaking Latinos aged 40-64 living in northern Manhattan for a community-based Baseline Survey about their knowledge and opinions about AD. Participants eligible for the clinical trial were invited to complete an Introductory Session, including AD and genetics education and informed consent, before undergoing genotyping for .
BMC Public Health
January 2025
Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
Background: Women in the postpartum period are at greater risk of intimate partner violence (IPV), which may cause physical, sexual, or psychological harm and have a long-lasting negative impact on mother and child. Seeking help in case of IPV in the postpartum period can be difficult.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine service preferences among postpartum women in Germany (non-)affected by IPV.
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