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Diagnostic Criteria for Autoimmune Encephalitis

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Publication 2016

Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis Autoantibodies Brain Stem Consciousness Diagnosis Encephalitis Hashimoto's encephalitis Limbic Encephalitis Memory Neurons Symptom Assessment

Developing a Comprehensive Behavior Change Framework

The new framework was developed by tabulating the full set of intervention categories that had been identified and establishing links between intervention characteristics and components of the COM-B system that may need to be changed. The definitions and conceptualisation of the intervention categories were refined through discussion and by consulting the American Psychological Association's Dictionary of Psychology and the Oxford English Dictionary. The resulting framework was then compared with the existing ones in terms of the criteria of usefulness (i.e., met or not met).
Finally, a structure for the framework, in terms of organisation of components and links between them was arrived at through an iterative process of discussion and testing against specific examples and counter-examples. Linking interventions to components of the behaviour system was achieved with the help of a broad theory of motivation that encapsulated both reflective and automatic aspects, and focused on the moment to moment control of behaviour by the internal and external environment which in turn is influenced by that behaviour and the processes leading up to it [7 ]. Thus, for example, interventions that involved coercion could influence reflective motivation by changing conscious evaluations of the options or by establishing automatic associations between anticipation of the behaviour and negative feelings in the presence of particular cues. There is not the space to go into details of this analysis here. These can be found in [7 ].

Michie S., van Stralen M.M, & West R. (2011). The behaviour change wheel: A new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions. Implementation Science : IS, 6, 42.

Publication 2011

Behavior Control Behavior Therapy Concept Formation Consciousness Feelings Motivation

Large Prospective InterAct Diabetes Study

The large prospective InterAct type 2 diabetes case-cohort study is coordinated by the MRC Epidemiology Unit in Cambridge and nested within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) [9 (link)]. EPIC was initiated in the late 1980s and involves collaboration between 23 research institutions across Europe in 10 countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom). With the exception of Norway and Greece, all EPIC countries participated in the InterAct project, including a total of 455,680 participants (table 1). The majority of EPIC cohorts were recruited from the general population, with some exceptions [10 (link)]. French cohorts included women who were members of a health insurance scheme for school and university employees; Turin and Ragusa (Italy) and the Spanish centres included some blood donors. Participants from Utrecht (Netherlands) and Florence (Italy) were recruited via a breast cancer screening program. The majority of participants recruited by the EPIC Oxford (UK) centre consisted of vegetarian and “health conscious” volunteers from England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland [10 (link)].
All participants gave written informed consent, and the study was approved by the local ethics committee in the participating countries and the Internal Review Board of the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

Langenberg C., Sharp S., Forouhi N., Franks P., Schulze M., Kerrison N., Ekelund U., Barroso I., Panico S., Tormo M., Spranger J., Griffin S., van der Schouw Y., Amiano P., Ardanaz E., Arriola L., Balkau B., Barricarte A., Beulens J., Boeing H., Bueno-de-Mesquita H., Buijsse B., Chirlaque Lopez M., Clavel-Chapelon F., Crowe F., de Lauzon-Guillan B., Deloukas P., Dorronsoro M., Drogan D., Froguel P., Gonzalez C., Grioni S., Groop L., Groves C., Hainaut P., Halkjaer J., Hallmans G., Hansen T., Kaaks R., Key T., Khaw K., Koulman A., Mattiello A., Navarro C., Nilsson P., Norat T., Overvad K., Palla L., Palli D., Pedersen O., Peeters P., Quirós J., Ramachandran A., Rodriguez-Suarez L., Rolandsson O., Romaguera D., Romieu I., Sacerdote C., Sánchez M., Sandbaek A., Slimani N., Sluijs I., Spijkerman A., Teucher B., Tjonneland A., Tumino R., van der A D., Verschuren W., Tuomilehto J., Feskens E., McCarthy M., Riboli E, & Wareham N. (2011). The InterAct Project: An Examination of the Interaction of Genetic and Lifestyle Factors on the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in the EPIC Study. Diabetologia, 54(9), 2272-2282.

Publication 2011

Breast Consciousness Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent Donor, Blood Europeans Health Insurance Healthy Volunteers Hispanic or Latino Malignant Neoplasm of Breast Malignant Neoplasms Nutrition Assessment Regional Ethics Committees Vegetarians Woman

Measuring Trait Mindfulness in Adolescents

The MAAS (Brown & Ryan, 2003 (link)) is a 15-item single-dimension measure of trait mindfulness. The MAAS measures the frequency of open and receptive attention to and awareness of ongoing events and experience. Response options ranged from 1 (almost never) to 6 (almost always). Example items include “I find it difficult to stay focused on what’s happening in the present,” “I could be experiencing some emotion and not be conscious of it until some time later,” and “I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.” One item was modified to make it appropriate for adolescents: we changed the item “I drive places on ‘automatic pilot’ and then wonder why I went there” to “I go places on ‘automatic pilot’ and then wonder why I went there.” Item scores were reverse-coded making higher scores indicate a greater degree of mindfulness. To control for social desirability, respondents are instructed to respond to the MAAS in a way that reflects their actual experience rather than in a way they think their experience should be. At Time 1 and Time 2, the full 15-item MAAS measure was used. At Time 3, a 6-item short form of the MAAS was used to reduce respondent burden. These six items were selected because they had the highest factor loadings based on confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) at Time 1 and Time 2.

Black D.S., Sussman S., Johnson C.A, & Milam J. (2011). Psychometric Assessment of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) Among Chinese Adolescents. Assessment, 19(1), 42-52.

Publication 2011

Adolescent Attention Awareness Consciousness Emotions Mindfulness

Neurological Outcomes Measure Protocol

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Publication 2011

Brain Death Cardiac Arrest Comatose Consciousness Disabled Persons Hospice Care Patient Discharge Patients Persistent Vegetative State Therapeutics

Most recents protocols related to «Consciousness»

Tryptamine's Effect on Gut Motility

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The organ bath system represents an ex vivo system lacking central nervous system (CNS) connections. Gastrointestinal motility is investigated using mice as an animal model. Experiments are performed to measure colonic contractility in conscious germ free (GF) and colonized mice with infusion of tryptamine by enema as well as following colonization of GF with tryptamine producing E. coli. The effect of tryptamine on epithelial biology also is determined.

US11878002B2. Methods and materials for using Ruminococcus gnavus or Clostridium sporogenes to treat gastrointestinal disorders (2024-01-23). Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research [US], The Regents of the University of California [US]. Inventors: Purna C. Kashyap [US], Michael Fischbach [US], Brianna B. Williams [US].

Patent 2024

Animal Model Bath Central Nervous System Colon Consciousness Enema Escherichia coli Gastrointestinal Motility Mus Muscle Contraction Tryptamines

Measuring Blood Pressure and Artery Flow in Pregnant Rats

As previously described [28 (link), 29 (link)], the blood pressure of conscious pregnant rats was measured using an automated computerized tail-cuff system after five consecutive training periods (Visitech BP2000, Visitech Systems, Inc., USA). The blood flow of the rat uterine artery was measured using a high-resolution ultrasound device (Esaote MyLab30 Gold, Esaote, Genova, Italy) to obtain two-dimensional images. Twenty-four-hour urine samples were collected on GD7.5 and GD19.5 for urine protein analysis.

Wang J., Zhang P., Liu M., Huang Z., Yang X., Ding Y., Liu J., Cheng X., Xu S., He M., Zhang F., Wang G., Li R, & Yang X. (2023). Alpha-2-macroglobulin is involved in the occurrence of early-onset pre-eclampsia via its negative impact on uterine spiral artery remodeling and placental angiogenesis. BMC Medicine, 21, 90.

Publication 2023

Arteries Blood Pressure Consciousness Gold Medical Devices Menstruation Disturbances Proteins Tail Ultrasonography Urinalysis Urine Uterine Circulation

Stroke Rehabilitation Protocol for Limb Motor Dysfunction

For this pilot study, we chose patients in Tangdu Hospital and Xi’an Gaoxin Hospital with limb motor dysfunction caused by stroke 15-180 days after the onset (recovery period) and requiring rehabilitation training.
Patient inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) stroke diagnosed by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging within 90 days; (2) age between 30 and 75 years, male or female; (3) stable rehabilitation patients with limb motor dysfunction (with hemiplegic motor function evaluated according to the Brunnstrom upper or lower extremity grading stages II-VI) caused by stroke 15-180 days after its onset (recovery period); (4) cognition is clear and can follow the research protocol; (5) the patient can understand the study’s purpose, as well as showing sufficient compliance with the study protocol and signed the informed consent.
The following patients were excluded: (1) significant impairment of cognition and consciousness so that the Fugl-Meyer test could not be completed, (2) other significant limb lesions, such as fractures, severe arthritis, or amputation; (3) formation of limb joint contractures; (4) patients with disability, as specified by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health; (5) patients with a combination of severe primary diseases involving the cardiovascular, liver, kidney, and hematopoietic systems and mentally ill patients, as well as other circumstances that the investigator considers inappropriate to participate in this trial.

Guo L., Wang J., Wu Q., Li X., Zhang B., Zhou L, & Xiong D. (2023). Clinical Study of a Wearable Remote Rehabilitation Training System for Patients With Stroke: Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 11, e40416.

Publication 2023

Amputation Arthritis Cardiovascular System Cerebrovascular Accident Cognition Consciousness Contracture Disabled Persons Disorders, Cognitive Fracture, Bone Hematopoietic System Inpatient Joints Kidney Liver Lower Extremity Males Mentally Ill Persons Patients Protocol Compliance Rehabilitation Woman X-Ray Computed Tomography

Efficacy and Safety of Hiccup Treatment

(1) Clinical efficacy: Cure: the hiccup completely stopped 3 days after treatment. Remission: the attack times of hiccup were obviously reduced, which is more than 50% lower than that before treatment. Invalid: the above criteria are not met or the disease aggravates [12 (link)]. Total effective rate = (cured + relieved) cases/total cases × 100%. The patient’s median response time, the median cure time, and the one-time medication response rate were recorded. (2) Adverse reactions and recurrence: adverse reactions including fatigue (conscious fatigue and limb weakness), drowsiness (excessive daytime sleep or sleep onset), tremors (rhythmic and alternating swinging movements), and hiccup recurrence after drug discontinuation were recorded during the treatment.

Mei M., Fang M., Mao Y., Chen H, & Huang L. (2023). Single-arm trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of baclofen in treatment of intractable hiccup caused by malignant tumor chemotherapy. Open Medicine, 18(1), 20230664.

Publication 2023

Aftercare Asthenia Consciousness Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Fatigue Movement Patients Pharmaceutical Preparations Recurrence Sleep Somnolence Tremor

Frailty and Home Admission in Older Adults

This single-center, prospective, observational cohort study included patients treated at the CICW of National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology in Japan between July 2015 and November 2020. This registry was completed in November 2020 because CICW was converted to a care ward for patients with COVID-19. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients or their family members, as appropriate. Ethical approval was obtained from the relevant Ethics Committee of Human Research of the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan (No. 830).
Participants registered in the CICW database sequentially during the study period were retrospectively screened. The database was developed for a registry study that focused to clarify the association between frailty and home admission. The database contained information of participants with informed consent and those who were not planned to be discharged from the CICW within 2 weeks, were not in the terminal stage of life, or did not have a pacemaker. The CICW database included the information regarding skeletal muscle mass by using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). We excluded patients having a pacemaker because BIA can cause interference with the pacemakers.
The exclusion criteria of this research were visualized in Figure 1 and were as follows: (1) age under 65 years, (2) living in nursing homes before CICW admission, (3) length of hospitalization of less than 2 weeks, (4) Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score not performed or of 9 or less, (14 (link)) and (5) missing measurements. Missing items of MMSE were replaced to 0, because these missing data represented the lacked ability to finish the item (e.g., fracture of the dominant hand, visual impairment or disturbance of consciousness). Of the screened 717 participants, 167 were excluded due to age under 65 years (n=10), living in a nursing home before CICW admission (n=38), CICW stay of less than 2 weeks (n=40), MMSE not performed or MMSE scores ≤9 (n=53), and missing data for Geriatric Depression Sacle 15 (GDS15) or the Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA-SF) or the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) completing all FRAIL-NH components (n=26). Finally, 550 older adults (258 with robust, 97 with prefrail, and 195 with frail status) were included in the analysis.
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Flowchart of inclusion and exclusion for this study

Yasuoka M., Shinozaki M., Kinoshita K., Li J., Takemura M., Yamaoka A., Arahata Y., Kondo I., Arai H, & Satake S. (2023). Prediction of Nursing Home Admission Using the FRAIL-NH Scale Among Older Adults in Post-Acute Care Settings. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 27(3), 213-218.

Publication 2023

Aged Bioelectrical Impedance Consciousness COVID 19 Ethics Committees, Research Family Member Fracture, Bone Homo sapiens Hospitalization Low Vision Mini Mental State Examination Pacemaker, Artificial Cardiac Patients Skeletal Muscles

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