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Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Background: In the last decade, virtual reality has become a popular tool for rehabilitation. It is quite useful in spatial rehabilitation for Alzheimer's disease (AD) as it allows safe navigation in a virtual environment which looks realistic. However, a drawback of virtual reality is cybersickness.
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December 2024
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Background: Caring for nursing home residents with dementia can be challenging. Staff who work in nursing homes tend to have high staff turnover. In order to help with staff retention, there needs to be an understanding of the job role.
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December 2024
Miami University's Scripps Gerontology Center, Oxford, OH, USA.
Background: Knowledge of nursing home (NH) residents' everyday care preferences is foundational in that it allows for the delivery of person-centered care and individualized care planning. However, little is known about how integrating preferences into care delivery impact outcomes of care. The Preference Match Tracker is an objective metric that tracks the number of recreation activities NH residents attend that match or is "congruent" with resident important preferences.
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November 2024
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet, Karnataka; Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Background: Dental fear and anxiety have become a major obstacle for children to accept dental treatment. Dental anxiety ranks fifth among common fears.
Aim: The aim of this current systematic review is to assess the effect of thaumaturgical distraction in reducing anxiety in children undergoing dental procedures.
Int J Ment Health Syst
January 2025
Department of Prevention and Evaluation, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology, Bremen, Germany.
Background: Despite the significant burden of alcohol use disorders (AUD), there is a large treatment gap, especially in settings and populations affected by armed conflict. A key barrier to care is the lack of contextually relevant interventions and adequately skilled human resources to deliver them. This paper describes the systematic development of the CHANGE intervention, a potentially scalable psychological intervention for people with co-existing AUD and psychological distress in conflict-affected populations, delivered by non-specialist workers (NSWs).
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