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Burden of caregivers of older people in Sri Lanka: an overlooked concern in the health care system.
BMC Geriatr
January 2025
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.
Background: Caring for older people has become a significant public health concern in Sri Lanka due to the growing aging population. This has placed a heavy burden on family caregivers, particularly those caring for older individuals with multiple chronic conditions. Recognizing this challenge, the present study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Sinhala version of the 10-item short form of the Burden Scale for Family Caregivers (BSFC-s) and assess caregiver burden and associated factors among caregivers of older people aged over 65 years with multimorbidity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA measure of modifiable lifestyle factors shaping subjective cognitive reserve in the general population.
Front Psychol
December 2024
Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Objective: This study examined the psychometric properties of a newly developed scale for measuring subjective cognitive reserve (SCR) across multiple domains, including nutrition, physical condition, sleep, cognition, willingness to learn, socialization, general health, and life plan.
Method: The relationship between SCR scores and other established measures of cognitive reserve and subjective cognitive decline was also explored. A sample of 402 healthy participants aged 18 to 79 years took part in the study.
Development and Beta Validation of an mHealth-Based Hearing Screener (SRESHT) for Young Children in Resource-Limited Countries: Pilot Validation Study.
JMIR Form Res
January 2025
Faculty of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India.
Background: The prevalence of hearing loss in infants in India varies between 4 and 5 per 1000. Objective-based otoacoustic emissions and auditory brainstem response have been used in high-income countries for establishing early hearing screening and intervention programs. Nevertheless, the use of objective screening tests in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as India is not feasible.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPredictive value of an unsupervised web-based assessment of the neuropsychological function.
Sci Rep
January 2025
Division of Experimental Psychology and Neuropsychology, Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
Neuropsychological assessment has to consider the subjective and objective functional deficits of help-seeking individuals in several cognitive domains. Due to time constraints in clinical practice, several web-based approaches have been developed. The current study examined whether functional deficits in the mnestic and attentive domain can be predicted based on an unsupervised self-administered online assessment neuropsychological online screening (NOS): This screening includes self-reports and psychometric memory tests (face-name association, visual short-term memory).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSense of Coherence and Past and/or Present Mental Health Problems Among Conscripts at Military Call-up in Northern Finland.
Mil Med
January 2025
Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Oulu, 90014, Finland.
Introduction: Sense of coherence (SOC) refers to the psychosocial aspects and origins of health. Sense of coherence is related to physical and psychological health and quality of life. Military studies on SOC are commonly related to military deployment or operations, military training, and military fitness.
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