Burden among Spouses of Elderly Stroke PatientsAbstract: The subjective burden was examined among elderly wives (N = 33) during their husbands' stay in a geriatric rehabilitation center. For this purpose, self-rating scales measuring physical complaints, ...
Additional Standard Data of Elderly Subjects to the Alertness Sub-Test from the German Testbatterie zur Aufmerksamkeitsprüfung (TAP)Abstract: The normative data contained in the German Testbatterie zur Aufmerksamkeitsprüfung (TAP) is applicable to test ...
Prevalences and Lifetime Prevalences of Affective Disorders and Anxiety Disorders After StrokeThe study deals with prevalence rates of particular mental disorders in stroke in-patients during rehabilitation. Out of the 180 patients (Ps) of the sample, 38 ...
Pathophysiological and Neuropsychological Aspects of Depressive DisordersIn depression many neurobiological abnormalities were found. Empirical evidence is drawn from studies in primary and poststroke depression. Additionally, neuropsychological findings ...
Pharmacological Treatment of Emotional Disturbances in Patients with Acquired Brain InjuryEmotional disturbances are frequently seen in patients with acquired brain damage. During the last years a number of original papers and reviews on epidemiological, ...
Zusammenfassung: In dem vorliegenden Artikel wurde ein psychoedukativer Kurs für Angehörige von Schlaganfallpatienten entwickelt und in einem Längsschnitt-Kontrollgruppen-Design mit 3 Messzeitpunkten evaluiert. Insgesamt wurden 85 Angehörige untersucht. ...
Eine Aphasie liegt bei 21–38% aller ischämischer Hirnschlagpatienten vor. Das Risiko, eine Aphasie als Hirnschlagsymtom zu erleiden, steigt mit dem Alter an, während das Geschlecht keinen Risikofaktor darstellt. Aphasiker unter den Hirnschlagpatienten ...
Zusammenfassung: Depression ist eine häufige Langzeitkomplikation des Schlaganfalls, die mit sehr hohen Prävalenzraten von ca. 20-40% einhergeht und einen ungünstigen Verlauf des Schlaganfalls zu Folge hat. Aufgrund der negativen Auswirkungen der PSD auf ...
Caregivers of Stroke Patients: Predictors of Subjective BurdenBackground: Relatives who care for stroke survivors at home provide extensive emotional, social and physical care, which can be perceived as a burden. Literature reveals inconsistencies in ...
Background: In Germany, men participate more and more in the extensive process of caring for their relatives. The ongoing discourse in nursing sciences, however, reflects poorly on this increasing number of male principal caregivers.
Aim: Objective of ...
Providing knowledge and support for caring relatives with the smartphone – the MoCaB projectAbstract.Background: Caring relatives often have a lack of knowledge of illness and care options. Surveys, as part of the MoCaB (...
Abstract: In a multicenter European approach, the efficacy of the AIXTENT computerized training programs for intensity aspects (alertness and vigilance) and selectivity aspects (selective and divided attention) of attention was studied in 33 patients with ...
Effects of L-Dopa on Storage and Retrieval of Verbal Information in Stroke PatientsAbstract: In a double-blind study we investigated the effect of the catecholaminerg stimulating drug L-Dopa on memory performance of stroke patients. 37 patients underwent ...
Zusammenfassung: Im Bereich der motorischen Rehabilitation zentralnervös bedingter Defizite sind die durch Metaanalysen gestützten Aussagen der höchsten Evidenzklasse oft sehr allgemein gehalten und lassen sich nicht zu einem schlüssigen ...
Internal validity of Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (NAB): Agreement of classification between screening domains and their respective main moduls by patients after stroke and healthy individualsAbstract. The German adaptation of the ...
Depression is female – even after stroke? Cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons of gender effects in prevalence and depressive symptomsAbstract. Depression in the general population is more frequent in ...