scholarly journals Te.M.P.O., an app for using temporal musical mismatch in post-stroke neurorehabilitation: A preliminary randomized controlled study

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-208
Author(s):  
Valeria Verna ◽  
Daniela De Bartolo ◽  
Marco Iosa ◽  
Lucia Fadda ◽  
Gianluca Pinto ◽  
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BACKGROUND: Recently, the potential rehabilitation value of music has been examined and music-based interventions and techniques such as the Negative Mismatch (MMN) have been increasingly investigated in the neurological rehabilitation context. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a negative mismatch-based therapy on the disability and quality of life in patients with stroke in sub-acute phase. METHODS: Thirty patients with a stroke diagnosis in sub-acute phase were randomly assigned to one of two groups: Mismatch (Mg) or Control (CTRLg) group. Both groups used an innovative Android application: Temporal Musical Patterns Organisation (Te.M.P.O). The Disability Rating Scale (DRS), the Modified Barthel Index (MBI) and the Stroke Specific Quality of Life scale (SSQoL) were used at the baseline (T0) and after four weeks of training (T1), in order to assess changes over time. RESULTS: Statistical analysis was performed using the data of 24 (Mg = 12, CTRLg = 12) subjects. The results show a major improvement of the Mg with respect to the CTRLg in all clinical scales score. CONCLUSION: The temporal negative mismatch-based therapy performed with the Te.M.P.O. application could be useful in improving the disability and the quality of life in stroke survivors in a sub-acute phase.

Climacteric ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. P. G. Schneider ◽  
L. A. J. Heinemann ◽  
H.-P. Rosemeier ◽  
P. Potthoff ◽  
H. M. Behre

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1513-1513 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Tasic ◽  
S. Anakiev ◽  
D. Milosevic ◽  
M. Cvetanovic

IntroductionLong term hospitalization are often caused by social reasons wich significantly affects the quality of the patients.AimComparing the quality of long-term hospitalized schizophrenic patients in relation to sex.MethodWe have used following rating scale: a brief psychiatric assessment scale BPRS, QLS Quality of life scale, “Lancashir” profile quality of life scale LQOLP, a short questionnaire for the “needs assessment Cambersels” scale CANSAS. Analysis included 80 inpatients, 40 male and 40 female, with Schizophrenia according to ICD 10 criteria. All patients were hospitalized according to ICD 10 criteria. All patients were hospitalized in a Special Hospital For Psychiatric Illness G. Toponica more than two years.ResultsSignificant differences in quality of life between male and female patients about what is discussed in further study.ConclusionsResearch has shown that long-term hospitalizing has adverse effects on quality of life of schizophrenic patients of both sexes. His essential that the length of hospital stay should be reduced to the period reduced to the period for reduction of symptoms and provide the patient a stable life in the community after hospital treatment.


2006 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 477-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahito Tomotake ◽  
Yasuhiro Kaneda ◽  
Jun-Ichi Iga ◽  
Sawako Kinouchi ◽  
Sumiko Tayoshi ◽  
...  

This study investigated the relationship between subjective and objective quality of life and assessed predictors in people with schizophrenia. The study population consisted of 99 stabilized outpatients with schizophrenia (DSM-IV) who had been regularly receiving outpatient treatment at the Department of Psychiatry, The Tokushima University Hospital. Subjective and objective quality of life were estimated using the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale and the Quality of Life Scale, respectively. Psychiatric symptoms were also measured with the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale and the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia. Scores on the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Motivation and Energy scales significantly correlated with the Quality of Life Scale total scores –.40 ( p <.001), and with the scores on Interpersonal Relations subscale –.42 ( p <.001), Instrumental Role subscale –.28 ( p = .005), Intrapsychic Foundations subscale –.39 ( p <.001), and Common Objects and Activities subscale –.25 ( p = .014). The Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Psychosocial scale significantly correlated with only the Quality of Life Scale total score –.20 ( p = .05), and there was no significant correlation between the scores on the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Symptoms and Side-effects scales and the Quality of Life Scale. Stepwise regression analyses showed that the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia score was the most important predictor of each scale of the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale, and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale Negative Symptoms score was the most important predictor of the Quality of Life Scale total score and each subscale. These results suggest that subjective and objective quality of life have different predictors and should be considered as separate and complementary outcome variables.


2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-336
Author(s):  
Carolina Lundqvist

This case report described the use of behavioral activation when a former Olympic athlete developed depression after career termination. Four sessions were conducted, one session each week, followed by a boost session 1 month later. In Session 1, the former Olympic athlete displayed mild-to-moderate depression with anxiety and a low quality of life (Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale = 21; Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale = 17; Brunnsviken Brief Quality of Life Scale = 44). By Session 3, the Olympic athlete no longer met the diagnostic criteria for clinical depression or anxiety (Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale = 2; Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale = 7) and the quality of life was improved (Brunnsviken Brief Quality of Life Scale = 60). Follow-up assessments 1-year posttreatment confirmed that the former Olympic athlete continued to improve (Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale = 0; Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale = 0; Brunnsviken Brief Quality of Life Scale = 96). This case report discusses the benefits of proactive support to elite athletes and the use of established clinical psychological treatments, for example, behavioral activation, when athletes develop health-related conditions.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Ting Su ◽  
Ai-Lun Yang ◽  
Chung-Ying Lin

This study examines the factor structure of the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Revision 4 (SQLS-R4) for inpatients with schizophrenia in a psychiatric hospital in southern Taiwan. All the participants (n=100) filled out the SQLS-R4, Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE), and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) under the supervision of one experienced occupational therapist. Using confirmatory factor analysis, we first determined that a 29-item model was more satisfactory than the original 33-item model based on the findings of better fit indices for the 29-item model. We then found that a three-correlated-factor structure was best for the SQLS-R4 after four models (namely, two-correlated-factor, three-correlated-factor, seven-correlated-factor, and second-order models) had been compared. In addition, the three constructs (psychosocial, physical, and vitality) were moderately to highly correlated with the constructs of the World Health Organization Quality of Life- (WHOQOL-) BREF (r=-0.38 to -0.69), except for one low correlation between the vitality construct of the SQLS-R4 and the psychological construct of the WHOQOL-BREF (r=-0.26). We tentatively conclude that the SQLS-R4 with a three-correlated-factor structure is a valid and reliable instrument for examining the quality of life of people with schizophrenia.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Legris ◽  
Hervé Devilliers ◽  
Anaïs Daumas ◽  
Didier Carnet ◽  
Jean-Pierre Charpy ◽  
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1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhulika A. Gupta ◽  
Andrew M. Johnson ◽  
Aditya K. Gupta

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Schrag ◽  
C. Selai ◽  
N. Quinn ◽  
A. Lees ◽  
I. Litvan ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Fernández ◽  
Laura E. Gómez ◽  
Víctor B. Arias ◽  
Virginia Aguayo ◽  
Antonio M. Amor ◽  
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