Abstract：
:Social media is a powerful tool in providing information and support for minority groups such as patients with chronic diseases. We aimed to assess the link between using online social media and depression in a sample population of Iranian Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. In this cross-sectional study, a number of MS patients between 18-55 years were recruited. The Persian-language version of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II-Persian) was used to screen MS patients for depression. We selected a cut-off point of 16 to identify depressed MS patients, who answered the self-administered questionnaire designed by the authors (the validity and reliability was confirmed before). Patients, whose interaction with social networks and communication tools was limited to < 1 h/day for < 5 times/month, were allocated as controls. A two-sided p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. We compared the depression score between patients who used internet and social media (16.38 ± 8.35) with those who did not (25 ± 13.98). We found out there was a significant difference (p = 0.046). However, there were no significant differences between the type (r = 0.098, p = 0.513) and duration (r = - 0.102, p = 0.564) of social media with depression score. Also, based on a cut-off of 3 number of social media there was no significant difference in the status of depression among patients (p = 0.921). Based on the experience of patients, it is helpful to implement a source using online social media to facilitate patients' access to rehabilitation support and establish support groups with standard supervised information delivery.
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Acta Neurol Belgjournal_title
Acta neurologica Belgicaauthors
Farpour HR,Hoveidaei AH,Habibi L,Moosavi M,Farpour Sdoi
10.1007/s13760-020-01407-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-12-01 00:00:00pages
1405-1409issue
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0300-9009issn
2240-2993pii
10.1007/s13760-020-01407-1journal_volume
120pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Despite intensive research efforts, the cause of the muscular dystrophies has remained elusive for many decades. In the late 1980s, major advances in molecular genetics have led to the discovery of the dystrophin gene and its protein product, dystrophin. Mutations in the dystrophin gene result in dystrophin deficiency...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and macular changes (central subfield thickness, cube average thickness, cube volume) in patients with chronic migraine (CM) without visual impairment using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and to compare the resul...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s13760-012-0150-x
更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Smoking is associated with increased multiple sclerosis (MS) risk. In addition, some studies have reported that smoking is associated with anxiety and depression. However, the associations between smoking, walking, and fatigue are needed to be investigated. The objective was to investigate the associations between cig...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s13760-020-01341-2
更新日期：2020-03-28 00:00:00
abstract：:Oculomotor functions are analysed by clinical examination and oculography in 21 cases of deep cerebral hematoma. Significant paralysis of verticality and of movements contralateral to the lesions was observed in all cases where the hemorrhage affected the paramedian thalamo-subthalamic region. A slight deficit of elev...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Eight cases of acute or subacute hypercalcemic encephalopathy are described. The symptoms comprise digestive disorders, signs of dehydration and neuropsychological anomalies. Among the latter, it is stressed that impairments of upright stance and locomotion are present in all cases. The clinical picture is not charact...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:After Sub-Thalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation (STN-DBS), an effective treatment for Parkinson disease patients, weight gain has been observed. As this method of treatment is only in use since two years in Iran, no information regarding its side effects (including weight gain) existed thus far. OBJECTIVE...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate the frequency of unilateral cranial autonomic symptoms during migraine attacks, and to compare the clinical characteristics of migraine patients with and without unilateral cranial autonomic symptoms. One hundred and eighty-six consecutive patients with episodic migraine attacks...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s13760-012-0164-4
更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:There is a need for new methods to study CSF proteins. Kerenyi et al., 1973 and Verheecke, 1975 have already used this method and discussed its advantages. The electrophoresis is carried out according to the method of Wieme with as supporting medium agar. The volume applied varies between 5 to 15 microliters according...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A 47-year-old female developed proximal limb weakness after hysterectomy for uterine fibromatosis. Muscle strength slowly improved, but relapse occurred at age 52. She presented with progressive gait difficulty, proximal limb weakness, and painful calves. Family history was not contributory. Cranial nerves, deep tendo...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:total removal of spinal hemangioblastomas with satisfactory clinical outcomes remains a challenge. We aimed to evaluate the surgical outcomes of our spinal hemangioblastomas patients, summarize our experiences with this condition and review-related literature. METHODS:records of 18 spinal hemangioblastoma pati...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s13760-020-01420-4
更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00
abstract：:The authors study the characteristics of a group of 23 patients for whom an initial tentative diagnosis of Hakim-Adams syndrome (H-A syndrome) was eventually rejected. On account of several factors distinguishing these patients from the true H-A group, the authors propose using the term "pseudo Hakim-Adams syndrome". ...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Five to 10 mul of 196 cerebrospinal fluid samples were subjected to agar gel electrophoresis without previous concentration. No "degenerative" pattern was found to be correlated with any clinical diagnosis or group of diagnoses, Repeated freezing and thawing appears to have different effects on the different fractions...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1974-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Stroke is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, although better stratification and treatment modalities are being developed. As compared to ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) possesses many unknown data and lacks guidelines for better prophylaxis. In this study, we aimed to ...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s13760-013-0222-6
更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A language test protocol for aphasia in French-speaking patients was drawn up recently by workers in Toulouse and Montreal. The protocol has been applied to sixty hospitalized sciatica patients of the same age range and socio-cultural level as the average population of aphasics in our department. Only one of the norma...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Short-term cyclophosphamide pulse therapy was administered to five patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) which were refractory to corticosteroids and, in two cases, to other aggressive therapies. Both disease remission and a reduction in corticosteroid dosage were obtained in four patients. Three of t...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A 54-year-old female patient presented acute hallucinatory psychotic episodes with irritative EEG for seven years before an initial state of complex partial mal. A single convulsive episode occurred 14 years after the beginning of the psychiatric symptoms. The intercritical EEG showed independent temporal lobe foci pr...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Advances in the treatment of MG have allowed most patients to effectively treat their disorder with oral medications. In parallel, non-adherence to medication treatment regimens is a worldwide health problem. Other chronic neurological disorders have already been associated with low adherence to treatment. However, th...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s13760-019-01209-0
更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We investigated the ophthalmologic manifestations and factors that influence outcomes in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). We retrospectively analyzed the prevalence of neuro-ophthalmologic findings and clinical and outcome measures of 100 consecutive patients (53 males, 47 females), aged 55.7 ± 17.5 (range 15-85)...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s13760-020-01556-3
更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00
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journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The percentage of echinocytes in the blood from patients affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy, in mothers carriers of the dystrophic state, and in Steinert dystrophic patients, has been investigated after addition of low levels of lysolecithin. The echinocyte content was significantly higher in both Duchenne patien...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Spinal cord stimulation is an accepted treatment for neuropathic pain. Technical advances in electrode design and better patient selection have led to better and sustained pain control by these devices. Multilead electrical stimulation is the latest innovation in implantable electrostimulation (Mattrix, Medtronic Minn...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate personality, by means of the Rorschach Psychodiagnostic test, in a consecutive series of fourteen patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) submitted to bilateral deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (DBS STN). Patients were evaluated pre-operatively and 1 year after ...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:High resolution MRI is very important in the evaluations of patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy in preoperative investigations. Morphologic abnormalities on cranial MRI usually indicate the epileptogenic focus. Intractable TLE patients who have normal cranial MRI or bilateral hippocampal atrophy may have ...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:During a course of therapy by anticoagulants, 16 intracranial haemorrhages and 10 cerebral infarctions, were observed over a period of seven years. The intracranial haemorrhages include 11 subdural haematomas (four acute, seven chronic) and ive intracerebral haemorrhages, one of which resulted from the rupture of an a...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Meningiomas are common tumors of the central nervous system. Although most are benign tumors, approximately 10% show a histologic progression to a higher malignancy grade similar to atypical (GII) and anaplastic (GIII) meningiomas. Monosomy 22q12 is the most frequent genetic alteration detected in these tumo...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:BRAT1-related neurodevelopmental disorders are characterized by heterogeneous phenotypes with varying levels of clinical severity. Since the discovery of BRAT1 variants as the molecular etiology of lethal neonatal rigidity and multifocal seizure syndrome (RMFSL, OMIM 614498), these variants have also been identified i...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s13760-020-01513-0
更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The authors report the case of a 17 year-old female patient who presented acute ascending polyneuritis of the Landry-Guillain-Barré type extending to all cranial nerve pairs during the abatement of hepatitis of unspecified etiology. The patient remained in a state of coma vigil for five days prior to gradual but full ...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is the most common heritable cause of stroke and vascular dementia in adults. We present a family from Serbia presenting with stroke and depression in the lack of vascular risk factors, with brain MRI indicating CADASI...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s13760-012-0174-2
更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The authors report a case of ataxic hemiparesis (dysarthria-clumsy hand syndrome plus crural hemiparesis with homolateral ataxia), secondary to a single cerebellar lacuna (CT scan), in a left rostral para-vermian position in the vicinity of the peduncle and secondary to arterial hypertension. They discuss the nosologi...
journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00
