scholarly journals Integrating Estimates of the Social and Individual Costs of Caregiving into Dementia Treatment Trials

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. HSI.S39433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles D. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Family Caregiver ◽  
Amyloid Plaques ◽  
Caregiver Time ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Treatments ◽  
Clinical Trails ◽  
The Impact

A variety of new treatments for dementia are awaiting or undergoing randomized clinical trails. These trials focus on outcomes such as changes in cognitive function, physical function, or amyloid plaques. What is quite important and is too often missing from these trials are estimates of the impact of these treatments on the social and individual costs of providing care for those facing dementia. Until outcomes such as family caregiver time and caregiver burden are included in trails of dementia treatments, the picture of how well these treatments work will be distressingly incomplete.

Effect of eCASH Nursing Model on Life Self-care Ability, Physical Function, Psychological Function and Cognitive Function of Critical Patients in EICU

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 3243-3250
Author(s):  
Lili Lin ◽  
Danhong Pan
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Nursing Intervention ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Observation Group ◽  
Psychological Function ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Critical Patients ◽  
The Impact

To explore and analyze the impact of Emergency Intensive Care Unit (EICU) critical care patients using eCASH nursing mode intervention on patients’ cognitive function, psychological function, physical function and life self-care ability. Randomly selected 142 critically ill patients in our hospital’s EICU ward from January 2018 to October 2019 as study subjects, and grouped them according to the time of admission. 71 patients in the observation group were intervened by the eCASH nursing model, and 71 patients in the control group received regular nursing intervention. Recording the cognitive, psychological, physical and other functions and self-care ability of the two groups of patients. Before nursing, the Bl score of critical patients in the observation group was compared with the control group (P> 0.05). After the intervention of the observation group patients accepted eCASH nursing model, the Bl score was obviously higher than the control group (P <0.05). According to the SCL-90 table scores, there is no significant difference in the scores of each dimension between the two groups before nursing (P> 0.05). Compare before and after nursing and score except for obsessive compulsive disorder and psychosis (P> 0.05). According to the SCL-90 scale score, there is no significant difference in the scores of each dimension between the two groups before nursing (P <0.05). According to the comparison of the two groups of data after nursing, somatization, anxiety, depression, fear, hostility, paranoia and SCL-90 total score in the observation group were significantly lower than that of control group (P <0.05). Before nursing, the cognitive level of the two groups was compared (P> 0.05). After nursing, the HDS score of the observation group was higher than that of the control group (P <0.05). The CM-PPT score was compared, and the data of the two groups before nursing was compared (P> 0.05). The score of observation group after receiving eCASH nursing was higher than that of control group (P <0.05). The study confirmed that eCASH nursing model for EICU critical patients as early as possible has a significant effect on improving patients ’cognitive function, mental state, physical function, etc. At the same time, it can improve patients’ self-care ability in life and is worthy of promotion.

scholarly journals The impact of leisure activities on older adults’ cognitive function, physical function, and mental health

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. e0225006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Sala ◽  
Daniela Jopp ◽  
Fernand Gobet ◽  
Madoka Ogawa ◽  
Yoshiko Ishioka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The Impact of Leisure Activities on Older Adults’ Cognitive Function, Physical Function, and Mental Health

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Sala ◽  
Daniela Jopp ◽  
Fernand Gobet ◽  
Madoka Ogawa ◽  
Yukie Masui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Physical Function ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
The Impact

Engagement in leisure activities has been claimed to be highly beneficial in the elderly. Practicing such activities is supposed to help older adults to preserve cognitive function, physical function, and mental health, and thus to contribute to successful aging. We built an SEM model analyzing the impact of leisure activities on these constructs in a large sample of Japanese older adults (N = 809; age range 72-74). The model exhibited an excellent fit (CFI = 1), and engaging in leisure activities was positively associated with all the three successful aging indicators.These findings corroborate previous research carried out in Western countries and extend its validity to the population of Eastern older adults. Albeit correlational in nature, these results suggest that active engagement in leisure activities can help older adults to maintain cognitive, physical, and mental health. Future research will clarify whether there is a causal relationship between engagement in leisure activities and successful aging.

OS09.3.A Caregiver burden of glioma patients: the impact of informal care

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. ii12-ii12
Author(s):  
R van den Borg ◽  
A Weerdesteijn-Prinsen ◽  
C M Nijboer ◽  
T J Postma ◽  
M C M Kouwenhoven ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Household Tasks ◽  
High Burden ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Continuous Care ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tumor Center ◽  
Patients Experience ◽  
The Impact

Abstract BACKGROUND Each year 1.300 new patients are diagnosed with a glioma in the Netherlands. Patients experience a substantial physical and cognitive decline during the course of the disease. The impact of neurological deterioration on social and family life is substantial. Caregivers give high demanding care to their partners for long periods of time, while they combine this care with many other tasks, as: care for children, administrative household tasks and securing the families financial situation through work. As a consequence caregivers experience a high burden.In this study, we evaluated the degree of caregiver burden, its impact on daily life and the preferred support needed. With better insight in caregivers needs, support for the caregivers can be optimized. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was conducted at the Brain Tumor Center Amsterdam, the Netherlands, between March and June 2019. We prospectively collected information using two Dutch questionnaires: the “Experienced Burden of Care” (EDIZ) and the “Features of Caregiver Care” questionnaire. The questionnaires were handed out to 93 caregivers of glioma patients at the outpatient clinic. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics. RESULTS In the studied population, 36,6% of caregivers experienced a high burden (score 7–9 on EDIZ questionnaire). The features of caregiver care questionnaire showed that 11,2% was overloaded (score &gt;31), and 57,3% nearly overloaded (score 22–30). Caregivers indicated that the continuous care for the patient and lack of time for their own needs were a major cause for the high burden they experienced. One third of the caregivers reported a substantial change in physical, mental and behavioural functioning of the patient during the study. Caregivers experienced a lack of support and information; they felt a need for more psychological support (34,9%) and advice how to deal with the cognitive and behavioural decline of the patient (33,3%). The need for information of caregivers varied, ranging from information on the course of the disease (28,6%) to information on the social support act (23,8%). The question when to receive additional information was answered by most caregivers to a ‘self-chosen point in time’ instead of set time points by the medical team. CONCLUSION The burden of caregivers of glioma patients is high; nearly 70% of caregivers are even (nearly) overloaded. Caregivers need information and support on different aspects of the disease. As these aspects vary between different caregivers and possibly during the disease course, support to caregivers should be structurally assessed. A better understanding of the caregivers needs in combination with active support could prevent dropout of caregivers and improve the quality of life of both caregivers and patients.

The Impact of Endorsing the Belief in a Just World on Social Judgments

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoît Testé ◽  
Samantha Perrin
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Social Judgments ◽  
Just World ◽  
The Social ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
The Impact

The present research examines the social value attributed to endorsing the belief in a just world for self (BJW-S) and for others (BJW-O) in a Western society. We conducted four studies in which we asked participants to assess a target who endorsed BJW-S vs. BJW-O either strongly or weakly. Results showed that endorsement of BJW-S was socially valued and had a greater effect on social utility judgments than it did on social desirability judgments. In contrast, the main effect of endorsement of BJW-O was to reduce the target’s social desirability. The results also showed that the effect of BJW-S on social utility is mediated by the target’s perceived individualism, whereas the effect of BJW-S and BJW-O on social desirability is mediated by the target’s perceived collectivism.

ПРАГМАТИЧНИЙ ПОТЕНЦІАЛ НАТИВНОЇ РЕКЛАМИ: ФОРМИ, ТРЕНДИ (НА ПРИКЛАДІ НАТИВНОГО КОНТЕНТУ В СОЦІАЛЬНІЙ МЕРЕЖІ FACEBOOK ЩОДО БРЕНДА ФАКУЛЬТЕТУ ЖУРНАЛІСТИКИ ЗНУ)

2020 ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
V. Kovpak ◽  
N. Trotsenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
The Social ◽  
National University ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

<div><p><em>The article analyzes the peculiarities of the format of native advertising in the media space, its pragmatic potential (in particular, on the example of native content in the social network Facebook by the brand of the journalism department of ZNU), highlights the types and trends of native advertising. The following research methods were used to achieve the purpose of intelligence: descriptive (content content, including various examples), comparative (content presentation options) and typological (types, trends of native advertising, in particular, cross-media as an opportunity to submit content in different formats (video, audio, photos, text, infographics, etc.)), content analysis method using Internet services (using Popsters service). And the native code for analytics was the page of the journalism department of Zaporizhzhya National University on the social network Facebook. After all, the brand of the journalism department of Zaporozhye National University in 2019 celebrates its 15th anniversary. The brand vector is its value component and professional training with balanced distribution of theoretical and practical blocks (seven practices), student-centered (democratic interaction and high-level teacher-student dialogue) and integration into Ukrainian and world educational process (participation in grant programs).</em></p></div><p><em>And advertising on social networks is also a kind of native content, which does not appear in special blocks, and is organically inscribed on one page or another and unobtrusively offers, just remembering the product as if «to the word». Popsters service functionality, which evaluates an account (or linked accounts of one person) for 35 parameters, but the main three areas: reach or influence, or how many users evaluate, comment on the recording; true reach – the number of people affected; network score – an assessment of the audience’s response to the impact, or how far the network information diverges (how many share information on this page).</em></p><p><strong><em>Key words:</em></strong><em> nativeness, native advertising, branded content, special project, communication strategy.</em></p>

Liszt at the Piano: The Impact of Iconography on mid-Nineteenth Century Musicology

2014 ◽  
Vol 55 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 131-144
Author(s):  
Suzanne Marie Francis
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Music History ◽  
Collective Identities ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Maximum Benefit ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Iconic Status ◽  
The Impact

By the time of his death in 1827, the image of Beethoven as we recognise him today was firmly fixed in the minds of his contemporaries, and the career of Liszt was beginning to flower into that of the virtuosic performer he would be recognised as by the end of the 1830s. By analysing the seminal artwork Liszt at the Piano of 1840 by Josef Danhauser, we can see how a seemingly unremarkable head-and-shoulders bust of Beethoven in fact holds the key to unlocking the layers of commentary on both Liszt and Beethoven beneath the surface of the image. Taking the analysis by Alessandra Comini as a starting point, this paper will look deeper into the subtle connections discernible between the protagonists of the picture. These reveal how the collective identities of the artist and his painted assembly contribute directly to Beethoven’s already iconic status within music history around 1840 and reflect the reception of Liszt at this time. Set against the background of Romanticism predominant in the social and cultural contexts of the mid 1800s, it becomes apparent that it is no longer enough to look at a picture of a composer or performer in isolation to understand its impact on the construction of an overall identity. Each image must be viewed in relation to those that preceded and came after it to gain the maximum benefit from what it can tell us.

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