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0000-0002-0498-6263
Current Organisation
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 28-08-2012
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 03-2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 15-04-2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2007
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 25-01-2022
DOI: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000324
Abstract: While taking antiretroviral therapy, 30%–60% of people living with HIV (PLWH) experience neurocognitive impairment (NCI). To determine NCI prevalence among Iranian PLWH, by the computerized Vienna Test System, 63 adults living without HIV and 63 Iranian PLWH aged 18–50 years ( M = 35.3, SD = 7.9) were assessed for cognitive function. NCI was determined by receiver operating characteristic curve cutoff points based on the adults living without HIV. Associations between demographics, HIV serostatus markers, and mean T-scores were investigated. Performance differences were tested by including significant covariates in an analysis of covariance. NCI prevalence rates were 57.14% in PLWH and 19.05% in adults living without HIV. Global neurocognitive performance and all cognitive domains were significantly different between the groups, except for visual memory and selective attention. In Iran, NCI prevalence parallels that reported in PLWH worldwide. There should be a strategy to screen Iranian PLWH for NCI.
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 11-2012
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Date: 02-2008
DOI: 10.1097/01376517-200802000-00003
Abstract: Although adults with HIV are at risk of developing cognitive impairments, the literature suggests that nurses and clinicians should be cautious about relying on patients' perceptions of their mental abilities. However, these findings are based on a questionnaire of cognitive complaints that may not lend itself easily to a clinical setting. In this pilot study, the relationship between a single item of self-reported cognitive ability and a global cognitive performance composite based on 7 neuropsychological tests was examined in 50 adults with HIV. Depressive symptomatology predicted lower self-reported cognitive ability however, lower self-reported cognitive ability was also related to poorer cognitive performance but to a lesser extent. These results suggest that adults with HIV who report their cognitive ability as being poor may be experiencing depression, but they may also be experiencing declines in cognitive performance. These findings also suggest that a single item of self-reported cognitive ability may have some clinical value in detecting problems with global cognitive performance, as well as depression. Interventions for assessing patients and improving mood or cognition can be considered by nursing professionals treating in iduals with HIV who report their cognitive ability as poor.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 04-02-2009
Publisher: SLACK, Inc.
Date: 11-2013
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20130916-02
Abstract: More than 2 million older adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). The purpose of this article is to present an overview of the physical and mental health needs of LGBT older adults to sensitize nurses to the specific needs of this group. Nurses are in a prominent position to create health care environments that will meet the needs of this invisible, and often misunderstood, group of people. [ Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 39 (11), 46–52.]
Location: United States of America
Location: United States of America
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