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Apr 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-16-1213
Jeanneane Wood-NartkerCorresponding author
As people age, environments supporting changing needs can potentially impact their quality of life. The purpose of this exploratory study was to develop and assess the validity of a checklist instrument used to evaluate senior-supportive environmental risk factors within assisted living facilities (…
Dec 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2476-1710.jdt-16-1260
Ladislav VolicerCorresponding author
Relationship between dementia is very complex and individual. There are some pathogenetic processes that may be common to both conditions: neurotransmitter deficits, vascular changes and beta amyloid deposits. Presence of depression in persons with dementia have serious consequences on progression o…
Oct 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-16-1240
Jan Kristoper P. de GuzmanCorresponding author
Background: Impulse Control Disorders (ICDs) are characterized as pathologicalbehavioral patterns of excess impulsivity which may result as part of the non-motor complications of Parkinson’s disease (PD). These significantly affect the patient’s overall quality of life and have impact on their care…
Sep 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-9273.jbtm-16-1195
Joyce OmoaregbaCorresponding author
Consultant Psychiatrist at Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Uselu, PMB 1108, Benin City, Nigeria.
Background: Mental health service providers sometimes suffer burden resulting from their care of mentally ill individuals, and this burden could be modulated by the coping mechanisms they adopt. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between gender, coping strategy and compassi…
Aug 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-9273.jbtm-16-1105
Elizabeth J. SiembidaCorresponding author
An often neglected factor in the examination of the mental quality of life of survivors of colorectal cancer is the role of family and community level resources and support. The aim of this study was to develop a deeper understanding of the influence of family and community level resources over and…
Feb 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2476-1710.jdt-15-762
Daniel RapportCorresponding author
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic psychiatric illness impacting patient functioning and quality of life. Medication produces improvement in many patients and remission in some, but there is minimal understanding about why some patients improve and others do not. Our goal was to identify demographic…
Feb 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-15-828
E.E Enwereji,Corresponding author
College of Medicine, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria
Introduction Working with people who are HIV positive is a herculean task and relevant theories to assist them medically, psychologically, economically, socially and otherwise are necessary. People who are living positively with HIV and AIDS are usually ridiculed, discriminated against, rejected and…
Jun 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-479
Johannes ErdmannCorresponding author
Objective: Detailed reports in changes of eating habits especially in elderly subjects with successful weight loss and maintenance are virtually unknown. In this paper we have analyzed the eating habits of 104 obese patients (BMI 37.8±0.3 kg/m2, age range 65 and 84 years) who lost 11.5±0.3kg over an…
Jan 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-606
Michael J. GladeCorresponding author
Telomeres are strings of DNA that are not themselves genes but that extend every chromosome beyond its last gene. Terminal telomeres are sacrificed during every mitotic event in human cells (“telomere attrition”), preserving the functional genome despite the “end replication problem.” However, the “…