Apathy is both a symptom and syndrome prevalent in neurodegenerative disease, including motor system disorders, that affects motivation to display goal directed functions. Levy and Dubois (2006) suggested three apathetic subtypes, Cognitive, Emotional-affective and Auto-activation, all with discrete neural correlates and functional impairments. The aim of this study was to create a new apathy m...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare adaptations in functional and quality of life measures following endurance- and resistance-exercise training in people with multiple sclerosis. DESIGN Cross-over design with an eight-week washout period. SETTING Community health centre. SUBJECTS Sixteen individuals with multiple sclerosis. INTERVENTION Subjects completed both an eight-w...

This investigation assessed the effectiveness of a self-help, self-hypnosis treatment in a primary-care setting in Edinburgh, UK. A partially randomized preference (PRP) study design was used, with benchmarking results to trials of CBT and counseling. Patients seeing their general practitioner for depression were offered randomization to, or their treatment preference of, either self-help (self...

OBJECTIVE To determine the burden and factors associated with post-stroke depression in East central Nigeria. METHOD We carried out this cross-sectional study of 50 stroke survivors (mean age=54.8 ± 8.8 years), at the physiotherapy Department of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu. Data were collected using Becks Depression Inventory , it was analyzed using Z-scores, Chi-square...

BACKGROUND Delirium is an urgent condition in psychiatry and it occurs after long-lasting alcohol abuse, in surgical procedures and other organic mental syndromes with deprivation of interpersonal and social stimulations. The aim was to evaluate of sociodemographical and psychopathological differences in delirium patients with alcoholand surgical genesis, studied in period from January 1(st) 20...

Syftet med den här artikeln är att studera hur människor skapar mening av svenska coronastrategin samt de implementerar denna strategi i sina vardagsliv. Artikeln bygger på en intervjustudie åtta personer boendes Stockholm. Samtliga intervjuer genomfördes under pandemins initiala fas (april–maj 2020). tar sin teoretiska utgångspunkt ett risksociologiskt intresse för kring osäkerheter, exemplifi...

Artikeln handlar om den betydelse existentiell mening har för utvecklingen av ett ekonomiskt, socialt och ekologiskt hållbart alternativsamhälle på landsbygden. I artikeln analyseras 15 individers berättelser konkreta praktiker gemensamma insatser i formandet en existentiellt meningsfull vardag plats med cirkulär ekonomi, självförsörjning arbetskritiska attityder. Analysen inramas existenssocio...

This study investigated the severity of anxiety due to COVID-19 pandemic among students studying at Africa International University, Karen, Nairobi County, Kenya. The was done within a period three months. guided by Ecological Systems theory and Social Cognitive Theory. employed descriptive survey research design. Participant’s answers were compared certain variables including prevalence preven...