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Neurotoxic effects of phenytoin on primary culture of hippocampal neurons: Neural development retardation 苯妥英对海马神经元原代培养的神经毒性作用:神经发育迟缓

Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.npbr.2020.03.001

Arezu Marefat, Leila Sadeghi

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引用次数: 1

The effectiveness of interventions to reduce excessive mobile device usage among adolescents: A systematic review 减少青少年过度使用移动设备的干预措施的有效性:一项系统综述

Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.npbr.2019.11.002

Saoirse Mac Cárthaigh

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引用次数: 8

A study on patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder from Eastern India 东印度视神经脊髓炎患者的研究

Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.npbr.2019.12.003

Soumava Mukherjee, Gautam Guha, Manoj Roy, Sinjan Ghosh, Shankar Prasad Saha

{"title":"A study on patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder from Eastern India","authors":"Soumava Mukherjee, Gautam Guha, Manoj Roy, Sinjan Ghosh, Shankar Prasad Saha","doi":"10.1016/j.npbr.2019.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npbr.2019.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>To study the clinical presentation and response to immunosuppressives in patients with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) in a tertiary care hospital of eastern India.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>There was a female preponderance of the disease (6.5:1) with mean age of disease onset 26.6 years. Isolated ON was the most common presentation at disease onset (60 %). Among motor symptoms at disease onset, only quadriparesis predicted a worse EDSS outcome at last follow up (p = 0.003). Visual acuity ≤6/60 and bilateral involvement was more common in the seropositive patients than in seronegative patients. Anti MOG Antibody was tested in 64.2 % of seronegative patients and was negative. Rituximab was most effective in preventing relapses (no relapses) followed by azathioprine (reduction of ARR of 90.1 %) and mycophenolate (reduction of ARR of 58.6 %). Also the reduction in median EDSS score and median FSS score for vision was greatest for the patients who received rituximab (52.9 % and 33.3 % respectively).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Relapsing course of the disease was frequently observed with isolated optic neuritis being the most common symptom at disease onset. Among the motor features only quadriparesis at disease onset predicted a worse disease outcome. Rituximab was most effective in reducing the median EDSS score on follow up and preventing relapse.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49756,"journal":{"name":"Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research","volume":"35 ","pages":"Pages 22-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npbr.2019.12.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42388718","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: 7

Effect of Balint group training on burnout and quality of work life among intensive care nurses: A randomized controlled trial Balint组训练对重症护士职业倦怠和工作生活质量的影响:一项随机对照试验

Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.npbr.2019.12.002

Huigen Huang , Huashuang Zhang , Yongbiao Xie , Shi-Bin Wang , Hong Cui , Lihua Li , Hua Shao , Qingshan Geng

{"title":"Effect of Balint group training on burnout and quality of work life among intensive care nurses: A randomized controlled trial","authors":"Huigen Huang , Huashuang Zhang , Yongbiao Xie , Shi-Bin Wang , Hong Cui , Lihua Li , Hua Shao , Qingshan Geng","doi":"10.1016/j.npbr.2019.12.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npbr.2019.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Burnout and low quality of work life were linked to poor professional conduct, increased risk of medical errors and suicide for intensive care nurses. This study was to examine whether the Balint group training intervention could relieve burnout and improve the quality of work life for ICU nurses.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We conducted a randomized controlled trial at five ICUs in Guangdong province, China. Totally 152 nurses were randomly assigned to the Balint group with 8 weekly 1.5 -h training sessions and the control group with no interventions. The outcomes were assessed at pre-, mid- and post-training intervention with the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and Quality of Nursing Work Life Scale (QNWLS) questionnaires.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>At pre-training intervention, the scores of QNWLS and MBI for both groups ranged in 131.63–133.43 and 69.96–70.07, respectively, suggesting the high burnout and low quality of work life for ICU nurses. At mid-intervention, no significant differences were observed. At post-training intervention, the scores of QNWLS for the intervention group (141.93 ± 13.61) was significantly higher than the control group (132.39 ± 10.66), which was mainly contributed by the improvement in the work life-home life and work world dimensions. For MBI, the burnout for intervention group (58.33 ± 7.38) was significantly lower than the control group (70.50 ± 7.01) at post-training intervention, which was contributed by the improvement in the depersonalization and emotional exhaustion dimensions.</p></div><div><h3>Limitation</h3><p>the ‘healthy worker effect’ cannot be excluded.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Balint group training was an effective way to relieve burnout and improve the quality of work life for ICU nurses.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49756,"journal":{"name":"Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research","volume":"35 ","pages":"Pages 16-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npbr.2019.12.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47852636","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: 14

Underlying domains of anxiety trait in a Costa Rican sample: Preliminary results 哥斯达黎加样本中焦虑特质的潜在领域:初步结果

Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.npbr.2020.01.001

Daniela Ugalde-Araya , Carolina Coto-Vílchez , Alejandro Ávila-Aguirre , Gabriela Chavarría-Soley , Henriette Raventós , Javier Contreras Rojas

{"title":"Underlying domains of anxiety trait in a Costa Rican sample: Preliminary results","authors":"Daniela Ugalde-Araya , Carolina Coto-Vílchez , Alejandro Ávila-Aguirre , Gabriela Chavarría-Soley , Henriette Raventós , Javier Contreras Rojas","doi":"10.1016/j.npbr.2020.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npbr.2020.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Imprecision of the psychiatric phenotype might partially explain the failure of genetic research to identify genes that contribute to susceptibility of anxiety disorders. Previous research concluded two underlying constructs, worry and rumination, might explain anxiety sub-syndromic symptoms in Costa Rican patients with history of mania. The goal of the current study is to explore the presence of latent constructs for quantitative anxiety in a group of subjects with a wide diagnostic phenotype and non-affected individuals.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We conducted an exploratory factor analysis of anxiety trait in 709 subjects. Our sample was comprised by 419 subjects with psychiatric disorders and 290 non-affected individuals. We used principal factors extraction method with squared multiple correlations of the STAI (trait subscale).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We found the following preliminary results: a three-factor solution with a good simple structure and statistical adequacy was obtained with a KMO of 0.92 (>0.6) and Bartlett's Test of Sphericity of 5644,44 (p < 0.05). The STAI items were grouped into three factors: anxiety-absent, worry and rumination based on the characteristics of the symptoms.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Two underlying constructs, worry and rumination may explain anxiety sub-syndromic symptoms in Costa Rican subjects. Our proposed underlying structure of subsyndromal anxiety in individuals should be considered as an important factor in defining better phenotypic characterizations on a broader diagnostic concept. Worry and rumination as a phenotypic characterization may assist in genotyping; however, its predictive value on actual illness outcome still requires more research. The Genome-Wide QTL analysis for anxiety trait in the same sample is ongoing.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49756,"journal":{"name":"Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research","volume":"35 ","pages":"Pages 38-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npbr.2020.01.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38324824","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: 2

Exploring perceived control, a low-control task, and a brief acceptance intervention in a low and high transdiagnostic anxiety sample 探索感知控制，低控制任务，和短暂的接受干预在低和高跨诊断焦虑样本

Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.npbr.2019.11.001

L.P. Wadsworth , S.A. Hayes-Skelton

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引用次数: 6

Relation between vitamin D level and severity, symptomatology and cognitive dysfunction of major depressive disorder—A sample of Egyptian patients 维生素D水平与重度抑郁症严重程度、症状及认知功能障碍的关系——以埃及患者为例

Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.npbr.2019.12.001

Sandra W. Elseesy , Tamer Goueli , Akmal Mostafa , Alaa Afif , Mohamed A. Khalil

{"title":"Relation between vitamin D level and severity, symptomatology and cognitive dysfunction of major depressive disorder—A sample of Egyptian patients","authors":"Sandra W. Elseesy , Tamer Goueli , Akmal Mostafa , Alaa Afif , Mohamed A. Khalil","doi":"10.1016/j.npbr.2019.12.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.npbr.2019.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Vitamin D helps in the regulation of neurotransmission and neuroprotection. Therefore, vitamin D deficiency might lead to inactivated receptors and may result in depression.</p></div><div><h3>Aim</h3><p>The study assessed the relation between serum level of vitamin D and severity, symptomatology and cognitive dysfunction of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in a sample of Egyptian patients.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Serum levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D were measured with electro-chemiluminescence binding assay in 75 patients with MDD. Vitamin D deficiency was described as <20 ng/ml. Patients were recruited from Psychiatry and Addiction Hospital, Kasr Al Ainy outpatient clinic. Patients were subjected to the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders(SCID), Hamilton depression scale (HAM-D), Mini- mental status examination (MMSE), Wechsler memory subtests (story A and paired associate learning test (PALT)), Benton visual retention test (BVRT) and Trail B test.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>94.6 % of patients had vitamin D deficiency. There was no significant correlation between levels of vitamin D and severity of depression according to HAM-D. Regarding symptoms of depression, there was a statistically significant difference between levels of vitamin D, being more deficient with genital symptoms: decreased libido and menstrual disturbances. There was no statistically significant correlation between level of vitamin D and cognitive functions.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>MDD was associated with vitamin D deficiency but no statistical significant correlation could be established neither between levels of vitamin D and severity of depression nor between levels of vitamin D and cognitive dysfunction. Vitamin D level was statistically correlated with decreased libido and menstrual disturbances.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49756,"journal":{"name":"Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research","volume":"35 ","pages":"Pages 10-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npbr.2019.12.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137431012","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: 0

Quality of life for patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder: Lifestyle and treatment 双相情感障碍患者的生活质量:生活方式和治疗

Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.npbr.2019.09.002

Martin Maripuu , Karl-Fredrik Norrback , Rolf Adolfsson

{"title":"Quality of life for patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder: Lifestyle and treatment","authors":"Martin Maripuu , Karl-Fredrik Norrback , Rolf Adolfsson","doi":"10.1016/j.npbr.2019.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npbr.2019.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Although bipolar disorder (BP) is associated with impaired quality of life (QOL), little is known about the clinical features associated with QOL. Better knowledge about this relationship may improve treatment.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This cross-sectional and retrospective study of 160 bipolar outpatients is part of an extensive study battery that includes patient-rated QOL with the World Health Organization QOL-100. The subscale “overall QOL” was used for analysis. QOL was divided into subgroups denoted “low”, “mid”, and “high”. Clinical data such as disease-specific factors, treatment efforts, and lifestyle were gathered from personal interviews and medical records.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Compared to mid QOL, single analysis adjusted for age and sex revealed that low QOL was associated with BP II diagnosis, no previous hospitalization, low grade of current lithium medication, high grade of current antiepileptic medication, short disease duration with lithium, long disease duration without lithium, inactive lifestyle, high BMI, young age, and pre-menopausal women. Compared to mid QOL, high QOL was associated with a hypomanic/manic first affective episode, low BMI, non-smoker, and not currently using anxiolytic or sedatives.</p></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><p>No longitudinal QOL data were collected.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>QOL for bipolar patients is determined by serval factors that potentially could be altered. To improve QOL, lithium prophylaxis and lifestyle factors seem the most promising.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49756,"journal":{"name":"Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research","volume":"34 ","pages":"Pages 34-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npbr.2019.09.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41739175","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

Emotional reactivity and neuropsychological assessment in ten cases of ablated temporal lobe tumors 10例颞叶切除肿瘤的情绪反应及神经心理评价

Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.npbr.2019.08.004

Roberta Ciuffini , Maria Cristina Rossetti , Alfonso Marrelli , Luca Napoleoni , Marco Varrassi , Carmine Marini , Alessandra Splendiani , Rodolfo Rossi , Paolo Stratta

{"title":"Emotional reactivity and neuropsychological assessment in ten cases of ablated temporal lobe tumors","authors":"Roberta Ciuffini , Maria Cristina Rossetti , Alfonso Marrelli , Luca Napoleoni , Marco Varrassi , Carmine Marini , Alessandra Splendiani , Rodolfo Rossi , Paolo Stratta","doi":"10.1016/j.npbr.2019.08.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npbr.2019.08.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim</h3><p>Emotional reactivity (ER) and neuropsychological (Np) status were investigated in a case series of patients that underwent a surgical ablation of temporal lobe tumors (TLT).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Ten patients (6 females, 4 males) who had undergone surgical ablation of TLT and 10 controls matched for age and gender were recruited. ER was tested using International Affective Picture System (IAPS); Clinical Global Impression evaluated behavioral disturbances, affective symptoms and emotional involvement/reaction to the pathological condition. Np assessment was carried out using well established measures; anatomopathological, neuroradiological and clinical data were also collected.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Patients showed more positive valence and higher arousal upon viewing neutral images compared to controls. To a lesser extent, the same pattern was observed with socially pleasant images. No affective symptoms were observed at CGI-BP evaluation. Arousal to negative images, with or without social involvement, revealed a moderately strong relationship with the patient’s subjective emotional appraisal of the consequences of the illness.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>We observed an optimistic emotional environment perception and a detachment from the pathological condition related to lowered emotional involvement and reactivity to negative emotional cues. This pattern of emotional reactivity leads to the hypothesis of an effective coping strategy development to a severe pathological condition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49756,"journal":{"name":"Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research","volume":"34 ","pages":"Pages 22-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npbr.2019.08.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46360981","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: 1

Perception of stress in aging: the role of environmental variables and appraisal of the life experiences on psychological stress 衰老压力感知:环境变量对心理压力的作用及生活经历的评价

Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.npbr.2019.09.001

Elena Commodari, Santo Di Nuovo

{"title":"Perception of stress in aging: the role of environmental variables and appraisal of the life experiences on psychological stress","authors":"Elena Commodari, Santo Di Nuovo","doi":"10.1016/j.npbr.2019.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npbr.2019.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Psychological stress plays a pivotal role in individual well-being in aging. Environmental and psychological variables influence the stress responses of older adults. This study investigated the impact of some sociodemographic and appraisal of the life experiences on perceived stress.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>300 older adults participated in the study. A measure of psychological stress and a questionnaire assessing the appraisal of life events and beliefs on the experience to be an older person were used.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Females reported higher levels of stress. Moreover, the participants who lived in a rural area were more stressed than those who lived in an urban area. Beliefs on aging and condition of life affected perceived stress more than physical and objective variables.</p></div><div><h3>Limitation</h3><p>The study has several limitations. The data were self-reported, and the design of the study was cross-sectional. Moreover, a convenience sample was used.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This study showed that appraisal that old persons have of their life influences perceived stress. Well-being in aging is a complex goal and involves socio-emotional adjustment. Findings permit to hypothesize that encouraging independence is the base for enhancing the well-being of the older person. Older people must have the resources they need to deal with the challenges they face, to achieve a sense of purpose and control in their lives. This issues could be critical when planning the organization of services for older adults. These services should not just aim to maintain physical health but should also take into account the psychological needs of older people.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49756,"journal":{"name":"Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research","volume":"34 ","pages":"Pages 28-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npbr.2019.09.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48988188","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: 1