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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Takuya Sekiguchi, Katsunori Kondo, Mihoko Otake-Matsuura
Summary: The study found that older adults who were part of Neighborhood and Same-Interest networks were more likely to start participating in leisure activities, while those in the Restricted network were less likely. Additionally, younger age, better mental health, and higher education level were associated with starting leisure activities in some latent classes.
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Dermatology
L. E. M. de Wijs, R. F. T. Fujimoto, E. R. Andrinopoulou, T. Nijsten, D. Hijnen, Y. Kataoka
Summary: The study found that Dupilumab showed significant, comparable and sustained improvement of EASI scores in both Dutch and Japanese patients with AD over 80 weeks of treatment. However, there were striking differences in the effect on PROMs between the two countries, with better outcomes seen in Japanese patients.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rafal Chojak, Marta Kozba-Gosztyla, Katarzyna Slychan, Daniel Gajos, Marek Kotas, Michal Tyliszczak, Bogdan Czapiga
Summary: Surgical resection of butterfly glioblastoma is associated with improved overall survival at 6 months compared to biopsy alone. However, there is no strong evidence supporting the superiority of resection over biopsy alone in overall survival at 12 and 18 months.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Aki Kawakami, Makoto Tanaka, Kayoko Sakagami, Lee Meng Choong, Reiko Kunisaki, Shin Maeda, Ingvar Bjarnason, Hiroaki Ito, Bu'Hussain Hayee
Summary: This study compared the levels of daily life difficulties among patients with ulcerative colitis in Japan and the UK using the DLS instrument. Results showed that UK patients experienced more difficulties across all three domains compared to Japanese patients. Japanese patients had significantly lower difficulty scores in the domain of decline of vitality or vigor.
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Gerontology
Joel G. Anderson, Jennifer M. Jabson Tree, Jason D. Flatt, Alden L. Gross, Ishan C. Williams, Karen M. Rose
Summary: This study used psychosocial measures to describe the characteristics and family quality of life of caregivers for people with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias. The study found that sexual minority caregivers had different characteristics and higher family quality of life scores compared to heterosexual caregivers.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED GERONTOLOGY
(2022)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Xin Xu, Yuan Zhao, Siyou Xia, Panpan Cui, Wenmin Tang, Xiaoliang Hu, Bei Wu
Summary: This study proposes a multidimensional analysis of centenarians' quality of life and examines the factors associated with it. The results suggest that there is a relationship between quality of life and physical health and socioeconomic status. Improving functional health and living standard could enhance the quality of life for centenarians.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2022)
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Nursing
Lalita Kaewwilai, Wendy Duggleby, Hannah M. O'Rourke, Anna Santos Salas
Summary: This study aimed to examine the association between coping strategies and quality of life among Thai family carers of persons living with dementia. The findings revealed that positive emotion-focused coping was significantly associated with improved quality of life.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
(2022)
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Engineering, Environmental
Fang Liu, Hanqiao Liu, Na Yang, Lei Wang
Summary: Research shows that reutilization of municipal solid waste incinerator fly ash into cement and ceramsite is more effective, with the life cycle costing also indicating the economic feasibility of these two technologies. Adjusting methods such as using polluted soil as a replacement for sintering aids can further enhance the performance of ceramsite reutilization technology.
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
(2021)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Antonie Stef Groenewoud, Ellen Leijten, Sterre van den Oever, Julia van Sommeren, Theodoor Adriaan Boer
Summary: This qualitative content analysis examines 111 Dutch case summaries of euthanasia in dementia patients between 2012 and 2020. The study identifies recurring ethical questions and highlights challenges for the future, including improving nursing home quality, tailoring information about end-of-life options to incompetent patients, involving patients' own physician in euthanasia requests, and conducting longitudinal research.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Pei-Rong Gao, Chi-Hui Wang, Yu- Lin, Yu-Huei Huang, Ya-Ching Chang, Wen-Hung Chung, Chau Yee Ng
Summary: ABEM and SBEG are two surgical methods for treating vitiligo. Our study found that SBEG had a significantly higher repigmentation rate than ABEM, especially in the face/neck area. However, ABEM had a shorter donor harvest time, better patient operative experience, and more significant improvements in the Dermatology Life Quality Index.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Fei-fei Hu, Gui-rong Cheng, Dan Liu, Qian Liu, Xu-guang Gan, Lin Li, Xiao-dan Wang, Bo Zhang, Li-na An, Cong Chen, Ming-jun Zou, Lang Xu, Yang-ming Ou, Yu-shan Chen, Jin-quan Li, Zhen Wei, Yue-yi Wang, Qiong Wu, Xing-xing Chen, Xi-fei Yang, Qing-ming Wu, Lei Feng, Jing-jing Zhang, Heng Xu, Ya-fu Yu, Meng-liu Yang, Jin Qian, Peng-fei Lian, Li-yan Fu, Ting-ting Duan, Yuan Tian, Xi Cheng, Xin-wen Li, Pin-ting Yan, Guowei Huang, Hongxin Dong, Yong Ji, Yan Zeng
Summary: The prevalence of dementia in China, especially in rural areas, is increasing, but there is limited research on risk factors. A survey conducted from 2018 to 2020 revealed higher dementia prevalence in rural areas with different risk factors compared to urban areas, suggesting the need for tailored prevention strategies.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Megan Lippe, Addison Crowder, Patricia Carter, A. Hunter Threadgill
Summary: The study examined the health outcomes of caregivers of persons with dementia and chronic illnesses compared to non-caregiving adults, finding that caregivers reported poorer health outcomes, with caregivers of persons with other chronic illnesses experiencing the worst outcomes. Depression and sleep disturbances were prevalent in all three groups, underscoring the need for interventions targeting overall physical and mental health, depression, and sleep disturbances for caregivers as well as all individuals.
JOURNAL OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIP
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Maria Grazia Maggio, Gianluca La Rosa, Patrizia Calatozzo, Adriana Andaloro, Marilena Foti Cuzzola, Antonino Cannavo, David Militi, Alfredo Manuli, Valentina Oddo, Giovanni Pioggia, Rocco Salvatore Calabro
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a public health emergency, causing isolation and social distancing which significantly impacted caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Caregivers perceived high levels of stress and burden, mainly due to physical difficulties and time-dependence burden. They reported low quality of life and mostly used dysfunctional coping strategies like avoidance, which did not affect their stress levels significantly. Innovative tools may be valuable in supporting caregivers during difficult periods like the COVID-19 pandemic.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Ru Cao, Wei Liu, Jing Huang, Xiaochuan Pan, Qiang Zeng, Dimitris Evangelopoulos, Peng Yin, Lijun Wang, Maigeng Zhou, Guoxing Li
Summary: This article evaluates the effectiveness of methods for establishing AQHI on long time and large spatial scales and proposes a BMP-based AQHI method that communicates air pollution risks to the public more effectively than the current AQHI and AQI.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Cell Biology
Clare Yu, Andrew Sommerlad, Lena Sakure, Gill Livingston
Summary: Although socially assistive robots are generally feasible and acceptable, there is currently no clear evidence that people with dementia benefit from robots in terms of cognition, neuropsychiatric symptoms, or quality of life.
AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS
(2022)