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Psychiatry
Andre Hajek, Hans-Helmut Konig
Summary: The study found that in men, the onset of falls was associated with a decrease in positive affect and an increase in negative affect, while in women, it was associated with a decrease in negative affect. Sex differences were significant, but the onset of falls did not significantly impact life satisfaction.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
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Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Zengxian Liang, Hui Luo, Takkee Hui
Summary: This paper explores the subjective well-being of tourism-led migrants and compares multiple measures. The D-T scale shows high reliability and validity across different samples, and the MDT scale and SWLS also demonstrate good reliability and validity. Significant correlations exist between the D-T scale and the SWLS as well as between the D-T and MDT scales.
TOURISM MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES
(2023)
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Psychology, Clinical
Akihiro Koreki, Maki Nagaoka, Akira Ninomiya, Masaru Mimura, Mitsuhiro Sado
Summary: Cost-effective analysis is crucial for political decision-making in medicine, but the lack of certain data poses challenges. This study developed a formula to convert values from clinical assessment scales into utility and validated its effectiveness.
PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ayse Rezan Cecen
Summary: The present study aimed to develop and describe the psychometric properties of the Self-satisfaction Scale (3S) for adults, including emerging adults, in a community sample. The study included three distinct research studies that examined the content validity, factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent validity of the 3S. The results showed that the 3S had seven distinct but correlated factors related to various domains of self-satisfaction, and demonstrated high internal consistency and convergent validity with other relevant measures.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ruben Arrondo, Ana Carcaba, Eduardo Gonzalez
Summary: The study found that unemployment has a deeper impact on subjective well-being during economic downturns than during economic recovery periods in Spain from 2013 to 2018. Social connections and health status are crucial factors behind well-being, especially when the economy is doing well. Additionally, there were changes in gender effects as women were happier than men in 2013 but this effect disappeared in 2018, suggesting an increase in female expectations about their own lives during this period.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Xuebing Dong, Shunjie Meng, Danbo Chen
Summary: This study, using nationally representative data from the China General Social Survey, reveals that the Internet has a positive impact on the physical satisfaction and life satisfaction of elderly individuals in China. The study also identifies potential mechanisms through which the Internet affects subjective well-being, including increasing health insurance participation and influencing social networks. Furthermore, the study finds that the effects of the Internet are stronger in urban areas, among males, and among individuals with higher human capital.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Zeynep B. Ugur
Summary: This study clarifies the negative impact of economic inequality on individuals' subjective well-being, with differences in attitudes towards inequality between low-income and high-income groups. People generally believe that some degree of inequality is necessary for motivating individual efforts.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2021)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Francesca B. Falzarano, Neshat Yazdani, Jillian Minahan Zucchetto, Karen L. Siedlecki
Summary: This study examines the relationship between neurocognition and subjective well-being (SWB) across age and time. The results suggest that the relationship between neurocognition and life satisfaction may vary across different age groups, but the magnitude of the effect is similar. Vocabulary is negatively associated with positive affect across all age groups. The temporal relationship between neurocognition and SWB is generally non-significant, and age does not moderate this relationship.
JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Katarzyna Iwon, Julia Skibinska, Dorota Jasielska, Sonia Kalwarczyk
Summary: The study demonstrated a strong relationship between subjective well-being and physical activity, with regular physical activity leading to higher levels of well-being. Even a short engagement in physical activity (4 weeks) may contribute to an increase in subjective well-being.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ali Reza Sadeghi, Maryam Ebadi, Fatemeh Shams, Sina Jangjoo
Summary: This study examined the relationship between the subjective well-being of citizens and perceived neighborhood environment characteristics in urban historical fabrics. The results showed a significant positive correlation between social inclusion and perceived neighborhood environment characteristics. Additionally, there were moderate positive correlations between satisfaction with life, mental well-being, positive and negative effect, and feeling of happiness, as well as a weak positive correlation with physical and mental health.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Environmental Studies
Manuela Ortega-Gil, Antonio Mata Garcia, Chaima ElHichou-Ahmed
Summary: This study analyzes data from 33 European countries and finds that factors such as arrears of people aged 65 and over are positively correlated with life satisfaction, while income of people aged 65 and over is negatively correlated. Environmental issues and inequality show different relationships with life satisfaction at different levels of satisfaction.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Anne Marie Novak, Shahar Lev-Ari
Summary: This study aimed to assess the levels of stress, resilience, well-being, sleep quality, and fatigue in Israeli people with MS (PwMS). The findings revealed that Israeli PwMS had higher levels of stress, lower resilience, and worse sleep quality compared to PwMS in other countries. These results should serve as a call to action for MS care providers in Israel and warrant further research into the causes and strategies to address this phenomenon.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Economics
Peng Nie, Qiaoge Li, Alfonso Sousa-Poza
Summary: Using data from the China Family Panel Studies, this research examines the impact of energy poverty on subjective well-being among Chinese adults aged 18 and over. It reveals that higher levels of depression are associated with energy poverty, and that individual self-reported health and household food expenditure play mediating roles in this relationship. The results are robust across different measurement tools and estimation approaches.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
August Hakan Nilsson, Erik Hellryd, Oscar Kjell
Summary: Activities and subjective well-being (SWB) are intricately related, but research has not shown whether individuals understand the relationship between their everyday activities and SWB. Two studies examine self-reported everyday activities and SWB using open-ended responses and natural language processing, finding that activities reported to have the most impact on SWB in the past four weeks have small but significant correlations. Individuals show strong agreement on activities that increase or decrease SWB, with words describing SWB-increasing activities relating to physical, cognitive, and social activities, and words describing SWB-decreasing activities primarily related to imbalance. Activity words reported by individuals have small but significant correlations with SWB, while descriptive words have strong correlations.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yuqing Zhang, Ya Gao, Chengcheng Zhan, Tianbao Liu, Xueming Li
Summary: The education level and social participation of contemporary Chinese women have reached their historical peak, with work becoming the dominant theme of their lives. However, traditional attitudes still expect women to undertake main family care tasks, resulting in dual constraints of family and work that seriously affect their life happiness. This study explores the life satisfaction and emotional cognition of professional females in intra- and extra-household life, revealing differences in life satisfaction and the sources of positive and negative emotions. The findings highlight the importance of improving women's life quality and happiness from a theoretical and realistic perspective.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Ruth Geraldes, Maciej Jurynczyk, Giordani Rodrigues dos Passos, Alexander Pichler, Karen Chung, Marloes Hagens, Serena Ruggieri, Cristina Auger, Jaume Sastre-Garriga, Christian Enzinger, Declan Chard, Frederik Barkhof, Claudio Gasperini, Alex Rovira, Gabriele DeLuca, Jacqueline Palace
Summary: The study found that peripheral pons lesion location is more common in MS cases, while it is almost non-existent in non-MS cases with VRF. The presence of peripheral pons lesions can effectively discriminate between MS and VRF-SVD.
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL
(2021)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Declan T. Chard, Adnan A. S. Alahmadi, Bertrand Audoin, Thalis Charalambous, Christian Enzinger, Hanneke E. Hulst, Maria A. Rocca, Alex Rovira, Jaume Sastre-Garriga, Menno M. Schoonheim, Betty Tijms, Carmen Tur, Claudia A. M. Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott, Alle Meije Wink, Olga Ciccarelli, Frederik Barkhof
Summary: MRI studies have provided important insights into the structure and function of neural networks in diseases like MS, where pathology affects brain networks and leads to clinical impairments. Understanding how MS pathology impacts brain networks can potentially inform new treatment approaches targeting neural network function.
NATURE REVIEWS NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Adriana Roca-Fernandez, Frederike Cosima Oertel, Tianrong Yeo, Sedamirhosein Motamedi, Fay Probert, Matthew J. Craner, Jaume Sastre-Garriga, Hanna G. Zimmermann, Susanna Asseyer, Joseph Kuchling, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Klemens Ruprecht, Maria Isabel Leite, Friedemann Paul, Alexander Ulrich Brandt, Jacqueline Palace
Summary: Foveal changes were observed in AQP4-Ab seropositive NMOSD patients, suggesting independent neuroaxonal damage from subclinical ON. The parafoveal area was altered in both ON and NON eyes compared to healthy controls, with discriminant analysis showing distinct foveal shape parameters between different groups. Further long-term follow-ups are needed to confirm the stability of the parafoveal structure over time.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Luciana Midaglia, Jaume Sastre-Garriga, Agustin Pappolla, Laura Quibus, Rene Carvajal, Angela Vidal-Jordana, Georgina Arrambide, Jordi Rio, Manuel Comabella, Carlos Nos, Joaquin Castillo, Ingrid Galan, Breogan Rodriguez-Acevedo, Cristina Auger, Mar Tintore, Xavier Montalban, Alex Rovira
Summary: A low frequency of MS misdiagnosis was found in the clinical setting, with multifocal non-specific white matter lesions, comorbidities, and personal history of autoimmunity potentially contributing to misdiagnosis.
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Claudio Gasperini, Luca Prosperini, Alex Rovira, Mar Tintore, Jaume Sastre-Garriga, Carla Tortorella, Shalom Haggiag, Simonetta Galgani, Ruggero Capra, Carlo Pozzilli, Xavier Montalban, Jordi Rio
Summary: The study aimed to develop and validate a scoring system combining baseline prognostic factors and 1-year variables of treatment response to predict the long-term risk of disability accumulation in patients with RRMS. The RoAD score showed to be a useful tool in predicting the risk of reaching a disability milestone and optimizing treatment strategy for RRMS patients.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Manuel Comabella, Margareta A. Clarke, Sabine Schaedelin, Mar Tintore, Deborah Pareto, Nicolas Fissolo, Rucsanda Pinteac, Cristina Granziera, Jaume Sastre-Garriga, Pascal Benkert, Cristina Auger, Jens Kuhle, Xavier Montalban, Alex Rovira
Summary: The presence of iron rims in patients with a first demyelinating event is associated with higher T2 lesion volume, a higher number of gadolinium-enhancing lesions, and increased levels of CSF CHI3L1 and serum NfL.
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Paola Valsasina, Claudio Gobbi, Chiara Zecca, Alex Rovira, Jaume Sastre-Garriga, Hugh Kearney, Marios Yiannakas, Lucy Matthews, Jacqueline Palace, Antonio Gallo, Alvino Bisecco, Achim Gass, Philipp Eisele, Massimo Filippi, Maria A. Rocca
Summary: This study evaluated the voxel-wise distribution and 1-year changes of cervical cord atrophy in a multicentre MS cohort, showing baseline and 1-year volume changes in different MS phenotypes. The results highlighted the correlation between baseline cord atrophy and disability, providing insights into spinal cord neurodegeneration over time in MS.
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
G. Caruana, C. Auger, L. M. Pessini, W. Calderon, A. de Barros, A. Salerno, J. Sastre-Garriga, X. Montalban, A. Rovira
Summary: Qualitative analysis of signal patterns on SWI of new T2-hyperintense MS lesions allows determining the likelihood of enhancement, with high specificity. This method may be useful in some clinical settings where contrast agents cannot be administered.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Manuel Comabella, Jaume Sastre-Garriga, Pere Carbonell-Mirabent, Nicolas Fissolo, Carmen Tur, Sunny Malhotra, Deborah Pareto, Francesc X. Aymerich, Jordi Rio, Alex Rovira, Mar Tintore, Xavier Montalban
Summary: This study found that serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) levels can be used as a prognostic biomarker for future long-term disability progression in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS).
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jaume Sastre-Garriga, Alex Rovira, Aran Garcia-Vidal, Pere Carbonell-Mirabent, Manel Alberich, Angela Vidal-Jordana, Cristina Auger, Mar Tintore, Xavier Montalban, Deborah Pareto
Summary: This study aimed to test the existence of spinal cord (SC) reserve by using spinal canal area (SCaA) as a proxy. The results showed that a larger SCaA was significantly associated with lower scores on Patient Determined Disease Steps in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, possibly supporting the existence of SC reserve.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Alberto Calvi, Margareta A. Clarke, Ferran Prados, Declan Chard, Olga Ciccarelli, Manel Alberich, Deborah Pareto, Marta Rodriguez Barranco, Jaume Sastre-Garriga, Carmen Tur, Alex Rovira, Frederik Barkhof
Summary: This study found that chronic active lesions in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), known as slowly expanding lesions (SELs) and paramagnetic rim lesions (PRLs), are associated with greater clinical progression in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. SELs are more numerous than PRLs in MS patients.
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
N. Mongay-Ochoa, D. Pareto, M. Alberich, M. Tintore, X. Montalban, A. Rovira, J. Sastre-Garriga
Summary: A semiautomated pipeline was developed to obtain quantitative estimations of the cervical canal area and was found to be a reliable tool. Cervical canal area measurements remained consistent during a 1-year period, and estimations obtained from brain and cervical MRIs showed similar results.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
D. Pareto, J. F. Corral, A. Garcia-Vidal, M. Alberich, C. Auger, J. Rio, N. Mongay, J. Sastre-Garriga, A. Rovira
Summary: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of replacing traditional brain T1-weighted images with an acquisition that included both the brain and the cervical spinal cord on brain and spinal cord measurements. The results showed that measurements obtained from cns-T1 were highly consistent with those obtained from brain-T1, suggesting the feasibility of using cns-T1 as a replacement.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Vinzenz Fleischer, Gabriel Gonzalez-Escamilla, Deborah Pareto, Alex Rovira, Jaume Sastre-Garriga, Piotr Sowa, Einar A. Hogestol, Hanne F. Harbo, Barbara Bellenberg, Carsten Lukas, Serena Ruggieri, Claudio Gasperini, Tomas Uher, Manuela Vaneckova, Stefan Bittner, Ahmed E. Othman, Sara Collorone, Ahmed T. Toosy, Sven G. Meuth, Frauke Zipp, Frederik Barkhof, Olga Ciccarelli, Sergiu Groppa
Summary: This study investigated the prognostic value of longitudinal structural networks in predicting 5-year Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) progression in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients. The study found that changes in network degree and global efficiency can predict disability accumulation independent of disease activity, and these network measures outperform conventional MRI predictors in predicting EDSS worsening.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Nicolas Fissolo, Pascal Benkert, Jaume Sastre-Garriga, Neus Mongay-Ochoa, Andreu Vilaseca-Jolonch, Sara Llufriu, Yolanda Blanco, Harald Hegen, Klaus Berek, Francisco Perez-Miralles, Konrad Rejdak, Luisa M. Villar, Enric Monreal, Roberto Alvarez-Lafuente, Onder K. Soylu, Ahmed Abdelhak, Franziska Bachhuber, Hayrettin Tumani, Sergio Martinez-Yelamos, Antonio J. Sanchez-Lopez, Antonio Garcia-Merino, Lucia Gutierrez, Tamara Castillo-Trivino, Jan Lycke, Igal Rosenstein, Roberto Furlan, Massimo Filippi, Nieves Tellez, Lluis Ramio-Torrenta, Jan D. Lunemann, Heinz Wiendl, Sara Eichau, Michael Khalil, Jens Kuhle, Xavier Montalban, Manuel Comabella
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the potential of serum biomarker levels in predicting disability progression in patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). The study found that levels of neurofilament light chain (sNfL), glial fibrillar acidic protein (sGFAP), and chitinase 3-like 1 (sCHI3L1) were associated with changes in the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) over different time periods.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
