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Concerns of using the Mini-Cog to screen Chinese elders for possible dementia 使用Mini-Cog筛查中国老年人可能患痴呆症的担忧
Geriatric Mental Health Care Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gmhc.2016.03.001
Kar Choi Chan , Joel Sadavoy
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引用次数: 2
Antiepileptic medicine utilization in older people over a 9-year study period 一项为期9年的老年人抗癫痫药物使用研究
Geriatric Mental Health Care Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gmhc.2016.04.001
Prasad S. Nishtala, Chanaka Kaluarachchi
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引用次数: 0
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and emotion regulation: Risk and prevention 心肌病和情绪调节:风险和预防
Geriatric Mental Health Care Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.12.001
Timothy R. Rice, Leon Hoffman
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引用次数: 0
Prevalence of depressive symptoms in the older population 老年人群抑郁症状的患病率
Geriatric Mental Health Care Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gmhc.2016.02.001
Man Hung , Anthony B. Crum , Jerry Bounsanga , Maren W. Voss , Wei Chen , Wendy C. Birmingham
{"title":"Prevalence of depressive symptoms in the older population","authors":"Man Hung ,&nbsp;Anthony B. Crum ,&nbsp;Jerry Bounsanga ,&nbsp;Maren W. Voss ,&nbsp;Wei Chen ,&nbsp;Wendy C. Birmingham","doi":"10.1016/j.gmhc.2016.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gmhc.2016.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>Depression is a major health risk factor among the older population, related to significant increases in total per person health care expenditures. Prior studies have shown significant regional variations in some clinical conditions. However, there has not been any study examining depressive symptoms across regions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of the older population experiencing depressive symptoms across different regions in the United States.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Public data were obtained from the 2011–2014 National Health and Aging Trends Study, a longitudinal study that included a nationally representative sample of individuals aged 65 or older. Participants’ regions of residence were categorized by Northeast, Midwest, South and West census regions. A composite score of 3 or greater from the Personal Health Questionnaire-2 was used to indicate the presence of depressive symptoms. The comparison of proportion having depression across census regions were analyzed using chi-square tests.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A total of 3863 participants over the age of 65 were included in this study. Of those, 1583 (41.0%) were male and 2757 (71.4%) were White. A majority of the participants (22.1%, n=852) were between 70 and 74 years old at the baseline year. Disparities in the prevalence of depressive symptoms were observed across different regions in the United States. From 2011 to 2014, depressive symptoms among this population significantly declined in the South (p&lt;0.05) and increased significantly in the Midwest and West (p&lt;0.05).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Understanding regional variations of depressive symptoms in older adults can inform the public regarding resource allocation and treatment models. By showing which areas of the US are more prone to depressive symptoms, local, state, and federal funding can be appropriated to the areas with the greatest need.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100583,"journal":{"name":"Geriatric Mental Health Care","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 29-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.gmhc.2016.02.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83167666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Managing disruptive behaviours exhibited by older adults with mental health, addictions and neurocognitive conditions in Alberta: A mixed methods approach 管理阿尔伯塔省精神健康、成瘾和神经认知状况的老年人表现出的破坏性行为:一种混合方法
Geriatric Mental Health Care Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.10.002
Suzette Brémault-Phillips , Tamara Germani , Lori-Ann R. Sacrey , Steven Friesen , Jennifer Lee
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引用次数: 5
‘Awakened Art Stories’—Rediscovering pictures by persons living with dementia utilising TimeSlips: A Pilot Study “觉醒的艺术故事”-利用TimeSlips重新发现痴呆症患者的照片:一项试点研究
Geriatric Mental Health Care Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.10.001
Andrea Loizeau , Yvonne Kündig , Sandra Oppikofer
{"title":"‘Awakened Art Stories’—Rediscovering pictures by persons living with dementia utilising TimeSlips: A Pilot Study","authors":"Andrea Loizeau ,&nbsp;Yvonne Kündig ,&nbsp;Sandra Oppikofer","doi":"10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>‘Awakened Art Stories’ is the first creative expression intervention study for persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers. The study was conducted at the Kunsthaus Museum in Switzerland. The intervention utilised Time<em>Slips</em> to encourage persons living with dementia to create stories about artwork in response to open-ended questions. The aim of this pilot study was to assess the efficacy and feasibility of an intervention through storytelling and a social gathering.</p></div><div><h3>Materials and method</h3><p>A mixed-method pre-post design using semi-structured interviews, written questionnaires, validated and adapted scales, and a self-generated observations' sheet as well as a visual analogue scale assessed the efficacy as well as the feasibility of the intervention. Participants were four PWDs and their caregivers as well as four volunteers, who supported the PWDs during the sessions. Qualitative data were analysed using thematic analyses and descriptive observations, as well as further feedback from participants, while a Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to analyse quantitative data.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The quantitative findings revealed a statistically significant, positive effect on PWDs' and caregivers' mood on the Smiley-Face Assessment Scale directly after the museum session (all participants: <em>Z</em>=−4.84, <em>p</em>&lt;0.001; PWDs: <em>Z</em>=−3.57, <em>p</em>&lt;0.001; Caregivers: <em>Z</em>=−3.34, <em>p</em><span>&lt;0.001). On the Dementia Attitudes Scale, no significant differences in the caregivers' and volunteers' attitudes towards dementia were found. No significant differences were found on the Caregiver Burden Inventory either. Although the qualitative findings revealed via thematic analyses that while PWDs attributed their mood to the atmosphere, caregivers attributed it rather to social contacts. All caregivers and most of the volunteers reported a positive change in their attitude towards dementia. In addition, PWDs' reported that they welcomed the opportunity to contribute and express their thoughts. All participants were highly satisfied with their experience.</span></p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Despite the small sample size, the many benefits of making art accessible to PWDs and their caregivers, as well as the feasibility of an innovative intervention based on Time<em>Slips</em> resulted in both quantitative and qualitative evidence.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100583,"journal":{"name":"Geriatric Mental Health Care","volume":"3 2","pages":"Pages 13-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.10.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76862712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 12
Emotional reaction in nursing home residents with dementia-associated apathy: A pilot study 老年痴呆症相关冷漠的养老院居民的情绪反应:一项初步研究
Geriatric Mental Health Care Pub Date : 2015-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.04.001
Yvonne Treusch , Julie Page , Cornelis van der Luijt , Mina Beciri , Rebeca Benitez , Maria Stammler , Valentine L. Marcar
{"title":"Emotional reaction in nursing home residents with dementia-associated apathy: A pilot study","authors":"Yvonne Treusch ,&nbsp;Julie Page ,&nbsp;Cornelis van der Luijt ,&nbsp;Mina Beciri ,&nbsp;Rebeca Benitez ,&nbsp;Maria Stammler ,&nbsp;Valentine L. Marcar","doi":"10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Conventionally apathy is defined as a symptom primarily characterized by loss of feelings and emotional display and is the most common behavioural symptom in dementia patients. Neuronal network of emotions has ceased to function in patients suffering from dementia associated apathy.</p></div><div><h3>Objective and methods</h3><p>We measured changes in skin conductance and heart rate from <em>n</em>=12 demented nursing home residents with clinical significant apathy (sumscore&gt;40 in the Apathy Evaluation Scale, AES) to images taken from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS, <span>Lang et al., 2008</span>). Additionally we used autobiographical material to study the responsiveness of the neuronal network of emotions and the adequacy of somatic indicators to demonstrate emotional reactions in individuals diagnosed with dementia and apathy.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Analysis of the EDA data revealed a significant difference in the change of skin conductance between the different image categories. The autobiographical material generated the largest change in skin conductance. Analysis of the heart rate did not yield any significant difference between the image categories.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Our findings demonstrate that the neuronal network underlying emotion is still responsive in patients diagnosed with dementia associated apathy, although residents don׳t seem to be involved emotionally from an extraneous visual focus. Non pharmacological therapy approaches should deal with individual, familiar, autobiographic material to ensure a high level of emotional response and therefore reduce apathy severity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100583,"journal":{"name":"Geriatric Mental Health Care","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.04.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74815745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 5
Mental disorder comorbidity and in-hospital mortality among patients with acute myocardial infarction 急性心肌梗死患者精神障碍合并症及住院死亡率
Geriatric Mental Health Care Pub Date : 2015-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.04.002
Minji Sohn , Daniela C. Moga , Jeffery Talbert
{"title":"Mental disorder comorbidity and in-hospital mortality among patients with acute myocardial infarction","authors":"Minji Sohn ,&nbsp;Daniela C. Moga ,&nbsp;Jeffery Talbert","doi":"10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>The purpose of this study was to examine the association between mental disorder comorbidity and in-hospital mortality, and whether subgroups of mental disorder comorbidity have differential impacts on in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A cross-sectional study was conducted using the 2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). The study sample included discharges for which the primary diagnosis was AMI. As the primary exposure, the presence of any mental disorder comorbidity was identified as discharges for which one or more mental disorders<span><span> listed as the non-primary diagnosis. The secondary exposure was subgroups of the mental disorder comorbidity (schizophrenia, major affective disorder, substance abuse, and other). The outcome of interest was in-hospital mortality. </span>Logistic regression and resulting odds ratios (ORs) with associated 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to estimate the impact of mental disorder comorbidity on in-hospital death.</span></p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A total of 42,416 discharges were included in the analysis. Of these, 16,140 (38%) had at least one diagnosis of a mental disorder. No significant differences were observed in in-hospital mortality between patients with and without mental disorder comorbidity. However, when the mental disorder comorbidity is specified into subgroups, the impact differentiated depending on the subgroup. More specifically, patients with schizophrenia were associated with increased in-hospital mortality (OR 1.72, 95% CI 1.02–2.90) and patients with substance abuse disorder were associated with decreased in-hospital mortality (OR 0.80, 95% CI 0.70–0.91). Major affective disorder and other mental disorders were not statistically significant.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Mental disorder comorbidity has a differential impact on post-AMI in-hospital mortality depending on the subgroup of mental disorders. We argue that mental disorder comorbidity should not be treated as a single category when assessing its impact on a health outcome.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100583,"journal":{"name":"Geriatric Mental Health Care","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 7-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.04.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85307745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 5
Needs assessment of elderly people living in Polish nursing homes 居住在波兰养老院的老年人需求评估
Geriatric Mental Health Care Pub Date : 2015-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gmhc.2014.12.001
Justyna Mazurek , Dorota Szcześniak , Dorota Talarska , Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis , Sylwia Kropińska , Hanna Kachaniuk , Joanna Rymaszewska
{"title":"Needs assessment of elderly people living in Polish nursing homes","authors":"Justyna Mazurek ,&nbsp;Dorota Szcześniak ,&nbsp;Dorota Talarska ,&nbsp;Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis ,&nbsp;Sylwia Kropińska ,&nbsp;Hanna Kachaniuk ,&nbsp;Joanna Rymaszewska","doi":"10.1016/j.gmhc.2014.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.gmhc.2014.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Demographic aging of the Polish population is becoming a challenge for health and social policy, similarly to other European countries. It is also seen as one of the most important causes for developing formal long-term care.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>The aim of this study was to analyse the complex needs of residents of nursing homes over 75 years old in different Polish cities from different perspectives and to explore the unmet need associations of health-related factors.</p></div><div><h3>Material and methods</h3><p>The sample consisted of 300 randomly selected people over 75 years old from different nursing homes in three metropolises: Wroclaw, Poznan and Lublin. The detailed needs were assessed using the CANE questionnaire and psychophysical condition was based on MMSE<span><span>, GDS and </span>BI.</span></p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p><span>Comparison of needs examined from three different perspectives showed that nursing home residents reported significantly fewer problems than nursing home staff and rater and significantly more unmet needs than staff. The most common areas where unmet needs were reported were company/friends and </span>psychological distress. Moreover, the more severe the depression and the worse the cognitive functions were, the more unmet needs were reported by nursing home residents.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>In order to improve the care provided for elderly people, it seems necessary to promote knowledge concerning wider needs of elderly patients among the employees of different geriatric care facilites. Interventions to reduce senior׳s unmet needs should be targeted at organisational and medical assessment issues. Future studies with longitudinal follow-ups are required.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100583,"journal":{"name":"Geriatric Mental Health Care","volume":"2 3","pages":"Pages 9-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.gmhc.2014.12.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80022635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 13
Improvement in behavioral symptoms, motor impairment and activities of daily living in a patient with the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia under treatment with methylene blue 亚甲基蓝治疗额颞叶痴呆行为变异患者的行为症状、运动障碍和日常生活活动的改善
Geriatric Mental Health Care Pub Date : 2014-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gmhc.2014.06.001
Georg Adler, Angelika E. Mautes
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引用次数: 3
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