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The role of pets in the lives of people with dementia: a scoping review. 宠物在痴呆症患者生活中的作用:范围综述。
IF 2.8 3区 医学
Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2024.2372709
Sarah Monks, Andrew Clark
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Unpaid carers' experiences of supporting people with dementia to use social media. 无酬照护者支持痴呆症患者使用社交媒体的经验。
IF 2.8 3区 医学
Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-12 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2024.2301725
Catherine V Talbot, Daisy Roe, Joel G Anderson, Warren J Donnellan, Samantha A Wilson, Siobhan T O'Dwyer
{"title":"Unpaid carers' experiences of supporting people with dementia to use social media.","authors":"Catherine V Talbot, Daisy Roe, Joel G Anderson, Warren J Donnellan, Samantha A Wilson, Siobhan T O'Dwyer","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2301725","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2301725","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives:</b> The aim of this study was to explore unpaid carers' experiences of supporting people with dementia to use social media.<b>Methods:</b> Unpaid carers (<i>n</i> = 234) responded to an online survey about their attitudes towards people with dementia using social media and any experiences supporting this usage. Responses to closed questions were analysed using frequency analysis; qualitative data were analysed thematically.<b>Results:</b> Fifty-five carers (23.5%) cared for someone with dementia who used social media. Thematic analysis produced four themes: (1) carers as social media navigators; (2) social media supports care; (3) carers as social media guardians; and (4) labour-intensive work. Carers valued the social connectivity and stimulation social media provided but remained vigilant about online safety. They carefully managed the online experiences of people with dementia, balancing perceived benefits with safety, security, and caring demands.<b>Conclusions:</b> These findings shed light on the complexities of caring in the digital age. Many carers are supporting people with dementia in using social media, but there is little guidance on how best to do this. As older adults continue to embrace social media, carers, support organisations, and policymakers must adapt and work with technology developers to ensure safe and supportive online experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139467477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Empathy and support exchanges in couples coping with early-stage Alzheimer's disease. 应对早期阿尔茨海默病的夫妇之间的移情和支持交流。
IF 2.8 3区 医学
Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-11 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2024.2326958
Meng Huo, Kyungmin Kim, Karen L Fingerman, Steven H Zarit
{"title":"Empathy and support exchanges in couples coping with early-stage Alzheimer's disease.","authors":"Meng Huo, Kyungmin Kim, Karen L Fingerman, Steven H Zarit","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2326958","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2326958","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Research has extensively examined spousal caregiving in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but it remains unclear how people with AD help spousal caregivers. We aimed to describe emotional and practical support that people with AD and their spouses provide to each other and test the role their empathy plays in these support experiences.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Seventy-two people with early-stage AD and their spousal caregivers independently reported empathy (personal distress, empathic concern, perspective taking) and the frequency and appraisal of support provision. Caregivers reported both partners' sociodemographic characteristics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>People with early-stage AD and their spousal caregivers provided support to each other often. Caregivers provided more support but people with AD appraised support provision as more pleasant and less stressful. Lower personal distress in both partners and greater caregiver empathic concern were associated with more frequent caregiver support to people with AD. Greater empathic concern and perspective taking were associated with more pleasant appraisals of helping. Personal distress was positively associated with stress of helping.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings describe support reciprocity in early-stage AD and debunk the myth of people with AD being only recipients of care. We identify risk and resilience in couples per empathy and inform the design of dyadic interventions to promote mutually beneficial relationships in AD.</p>","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11189744/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140102920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Caregiver experience of the Norwegian manual for individual cognitive stimulation therapy (iCST): a qualitative study. 挪威个体认知刺激疗法(iCST)手册的护理经验:一项定性研究。
IF 2.8 3区 医学
Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2024.2313725
Kristine G Madsø, Rita Weum, Torhild Holthe
{"title":"Caregiver experience of the Norwegian manual for individual cognitive stimulation therapy (iCST): a qualitative study.","authors":"Kristine G Madsø, Rita Weum, Torhild Holthe","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2313725","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2313725","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This research project investigated how family carers in Norway experienced delivering iCST, their need for supervision and the potential for co-occupation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Reflexive thematic analysis was used to understand the experiences of 11 carers using iCST for 8 wk. Three semi-structured interviews were conducted with each participant, including a pre-assessment of caregiver burden and a rating of dementia severity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most carers described the manual as self-instructive. Some felt overwhelmed when starting iCST. It was important to plan and individualise the sessions to the specific needs of the person with dementia. After delivering iCST the carers described new insights into the person with dementia's resources and challenges. Obstacles to doing iCST were related to the context, the manual or to specific challenges linked to the person with dementia or to the carer. Most participants described positive experiences, in which shared interaction, engagement and mastery were common.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>When the carer understands the iCST programme as a tool and adapts it to the specific needs of the person with dementia then co-occupation and positive interactions happen. However, some carers would benefit from supervision and the iCST programme did not address all persons with dementia.</p>","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139736847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Burden and quality of life of family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients: the role of forgiveness as a coping strategy. 阿尔茨海默病患者家庭照顾者的负担和生活质量:宽恕作为一种应对策略的作用。
IF 2.8 3区 医学
Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2024.2320138
Isabela Monteiro, Laura Brito, M Graça Pereira
{"title":"Burden and quality of life of family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients: the role of forgiveness as a coping strategy.","authors":"Isabela Monteiro, Laura Brito, M Graça Pereira","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2320138","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2320138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate the variables that  were associated, contributed and moderated quality of life (QoL) and burden in family caregivers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 130 participants were evaluated using the following instruments: Depression, Anxiety and Distress Scale; Index of Family Relations; Heartland Forgiveness Scale; Burden Interview Scale; Short Form Health Survey.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Being a younger caregiver, less distress, better family relationships and greater use of forgiveness were associated with more QoL. Also, family caregivers who chosethe caregiving role, less distress, better family relationships and greater use of forgiveness showed lower levels of burden. Age, distress and forgiveness contributed to QoL. In turn, the choice to become a family caregiver, distress, and forgiveness contributed to burden. Forgiveness played a moderating role in the relationship between family relationships and burden.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Based on the results, there is a need to intervene in older family caregivers, particularly those who did not choose to become a caregiver, who report greater distress, have worse family relationships, and display less use of forgiveness, in order to decrease their burden and promote QoL.</p>","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139998424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Depressive symptom trajectory of older adults with diabetes: exploring the role of physical activities using latent growth modeling. 老年糖尿病患者的抑郁症状轨迹:利用潜在增长模型探索体育活动的作用。
IF 2.8 3区 医学
Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2024.2313722
Young Ji Yoon
{"title":"Depressive symptom trajectory of older adults with diabetes: exploring the role of physical activities using latent growth modeling.","authors":"Young Ji Yoon","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2313722","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2313722","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The literature highlights the role of physical activities in reducing depression, primarily in clinical samples and international longitudinal studies on older adults with diabetes. Based on Andersen's Behavioral Model, this study aims to describe the trajectory of depressive symptoms in this population and examine whether physical activities are associated with this trajectory.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used a longitudinal survey design, utilizing three waves of data from the Health and Retirement Study. The respondents were adults aged 50 or older (<i>N</i> = 4,278) with diabetes. After conducting descriptive analyses, latent growth modeling was performed including unconditional and conditional models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall trajectory of depressive symptoms in adults with diabetes decreased over a 4-year period. Physical activities were significantly associated with the variance in the intercept of the trajectory (<i>p <</i> .05), but not associated with the variance in the slope (<i>p</i> > .05). Additionally, this study identified factors significantly associated with the variance in the intercept (e.g. age, gender, race, marriage, education, income, self-reported health) or the slope (e.g. race, marriage, education, self-reported health) of the depressive symptom trajectory (<i>p <</i> .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings underscore the importance of implementing targeted interventions to encourage and promote physical activities among older adults with diabetes, recognizing the potential benefits for managing their mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139731087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The mediating role of health-related behavior in the relationship between wisdom and depressive symptoms in older Polish adults. 健康相关行为在波兰老年人的智慧与抑郁症状之间的关系中的中介作用。
IF 2.8 3区 医学
Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-17 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2024.2302313
Magdalena Zadworna, Monika Ardelt
{"title":"The mediating role of health-related behavior in the relationship between wisdom and depressive symptoms in older Polish adults.","authors":"Magdalena Zadworna, Monika Ardelt","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2302313","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2302313","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Although studies have shown that wisdom is positively related to mental health in older adults, little is known about its possible mechanisms. The current study examines whether health-related behavior can play a mediating role in the relationships between wisdom and geriatric depressive symptoms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study included 334 Polish older adults aged 60-99 years (<i>M</i> = 71.91; <i>SD</i> = 7.01). The respondents completed the Geriatric Depression Scale, Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale, Health-Related Questionnaire for Seniors, and a sociodemographic survey.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three-dimensional wisdom and its three dimensions correlated negatively with geriatric depressive symptoms but positively with general health-related behavior and its factors. Health-related behavior acted partially as a mediator between wisdom and geriatric depressive symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Wiser seniors tend to take part in more health-promoting behavior, which may prevent depressive symptoms. The findings support the important role played by wisdom in mental health-promoting interventions for older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139484548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Prospective exploration of the role of combined internalizing symptoms in self-reported memory among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. 对 COVID-19 大流行期间综合内化症状在老年人自我报告记忆中的作用进行前瞻性探索。
IF 2.8 3区 医学
Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2023.2297049
Dawn C Carr, Brad Schmidt, Frederick T Schubert, Natalie Sachs-Ericsson
{"title":"Prospective exploration of the role of combined internalizing symptoms in self-reported memory among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Dawn C Carr, Brad Schmidt, Frederick T Schubert, Natalie Sachs-Ericsson","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2023.2297049","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13607863.2023.2297049","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>A growing literature suggests depression and anxiety increase risk of cognitive decline. However, few studies have examined their combined effects on cognition, among older adults, especially during periods of high stress.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Based on a sample of community dwelling older adults (<i>N</i> = 576), we evaluated the effects of pre-pandemic anxiety and depressive symptoms, obtained in September 2018, to changes in self-reported memory (SRM) assessed 3 months into the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In separate models, we found participants with depression scores at least 1-SD above the mean and participants with anxiety scores at least 2-SD above the mean to report a significant decline in SRM. Moderation analyses revealed those with high depressive symptoms (at or above the mean) showed a decrease in SRM regardless of anxiety. The extent to which high pre-pandemic anxiety symptoms influenced SRM is dependent on whether pre-pandemic depression was at or above the mean.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Pre-pandemic depression predicted a decline in SRM regardless of anxiety. Moderation analyses revealed that the extent to which anxiety symptoms influenced SRM was dependent on depression being at or above the mean. Those with high anxiety and depression are at highest risk of experiencing cognitive consequences related to stressful exposures like COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139577158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Burden and positive aspects of caregiving: cluster profiles of dementia caregiving experiences. 照顾的负担和积极方面:痴呆症照顾经验的聚类概况。
IF 2.8 3区 医学
Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2023.2288870
Elizabeth Cousins-Whitus, Karlee Patrick, John Martin, Jennifer Drost, Christopher Was, Mary Beth Spitznagel
{"title":"Burden and positive aspects of caregiving: cluster profiles of dementia caregiving experiences.","authors":"Elizabeth Cousins-Whitus, Karlee Patrick, John Martin, Jennifer Drost, Christopher Was, Mary Beth Spitznagel","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2023.2288870","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13607863.2023.2288870","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Although caregiver burden is common in the context of dementia caregiving, the caregiving role is linked to beneficial outcomes too. Individuals reporting higher positive aspects of caregiving tend to exhibit lower burden relative to those reporting few. The goal of this retrospective review of outpatient memory clinic medical records was to demonstrate whether and how constructs of burden and positive aspects of caregiving coexist within individual caregivers, and to explore potential contributors to caregiver profiles created based upon these constructs.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Cluster analyses were conducted on 1160 caregivers from an initial intake interview meeting criteria on primary measures of Positive Aspects of Caregiving and the Zarit Burden Interview and repeated with 225 caregivers meeting inclusion criteria on all measures. Samples were compared for similarity, and the smaller sample (<i>n</i> = 225) was deemed appropriately representative. Multinomial logistic regressions examined cluster predictors in sample with 225 caregivers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results suggested a three-cluster solution: a High Burden group, a High Positive Experiences group, and a Low-Moderate Experiences group showing low burden and moderate positive experiences. Greater behavioral problems predicted belonging to the High Burden cluster. Greater care recipient dependence predicted belonging to the High Positive Experiences cluster while greater independence predicted the Low-Moderate Experiences cluster.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings suggest that burden and positive aspects of caregiving do not simultaneously present in caregivers at high levels. Supportive caregiver interventions might be tailored to profiles demonstrated here. Future research should investigate other potential contributors to experiences of burden and positive aspects of caregiving.</p>","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138464628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Do reductions of daily activities mediate the relationship between COVID-19 restrictions and mental ill-health among older persons in Europe? 在欧洲,日常活动的减少是否会调节 COVID-19 限制与老年人精神疾病之间的关系?
IF 2.8 3区 医学
Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2024.2313726
Filip Fors Connolly, Jenny Olofsson, Maria Josefsson
{"title":"Do reductions of daily activities mediate the relationship between COVID-19 restrictions and mental ill-health among older persons in Europe?","authors":"Filip Fors Connolly, Jenny Olofsson, Maria Josefsson","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2313726","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13607863.2024.2313726","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Previous research has shown that daily activities are crucial for mental health among older people, and that such activities declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. While previous studies have confirmed a link between stringent restrictions and an increase in mental ill-health, the role of daily activities as a mediator in this relationship remains underexplored. We analyzed whether reductions in daily activities mediated the impact of these COVID-19 restrictions on mental ill-health during the pandemic's initial phase.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used data from Wave 8 SHARE Corona Survey covering 41,409 respondents from 25 European countries and Israel as well as data on COVID-19 restrictions from the Oxford Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT). Multilevel regression and multilevel-mediation analysis were used to examine the relationships between restrictions, daily activities and mental ill-health.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Reductions in walking and shopping showed a notably stronger association with increases in mental ill-health compared to social activities. Furthermore, declines in walking could account for about a quarter of the relationship between restrictions and increased mental ill-health, but the mediating effects of the other activates were negligible.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study highlights the essential role of maintaining daily activities, particularly walking, to mitigate the negative psychological effects of pandemic-related restrictions among older populations in Europe.</p>","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139731088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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