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OBJECTIVES:Studies demonstrating reduced quality of life and psychological well-being in multiple sclerosis (MS) have typically investigated patients within more advanced stages of disease. The aim of the present paper was to evaluate the emotional burden and quality of life of recently diagnosed MS patients and their partners. METHODS:Data on health-related quality of life (SF-36), anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) and disease-related distress (Impact of Event Scale) were obtained in 101 patients and their partners (n=78). RESULTS:On average 8 months after diagnosis (range 0-24 months), 34% of the patients and 40% of the partners had clinically high levels of anxiety, and 36% of the patients and 24% of the partners had levels of severe distress. Scores of anxiety, depression and distress were higher in patients with more functional limitations (Expanded Disability Status Scale=3.0). Quality of life was significantly poorer in patients compared with controls, particularly among those with higher disability. CONCLUSIONS:Both patients and their partners demonstrated high levels of anxiety and distress in the early period after the diagnosis. These findings indicate careful attention by health care professionals to identify those who may benefit from further psychological support.
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Janssens AC,van Doorn PA,de Boer JB,van der Meché FG,Passchier J,Hintzen RQdoi
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journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1989.tb03900.x
更新日期:1989-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Total lymphoid irradiation (TLI) has been reported to delay deterioration in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune disorders. METHODS--In an open trial, the effect of TLI combined with a one year course of low dose prednisone was compared to the effect of sham TLI and TLI only in a prior do...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb05838.x
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Cognitive impairment is frequent in children with frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE). Its etiology remains unknown. With diffusion tensor imaging, we have studied cerebral white matter properties and associations with cognitive functioning in children with FLE and healthy controls. METHODS:Thirty children aged 8-1...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ane.12183
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00027.x
更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Differential diagnosis between vascular parkinsonism (VP) and Parkinson's Disease (PD) is often difficult, due to the overlap in clinical presentation and the lack of specificity at neuroimaging. Aim of the study was to identify a possible reliable marker at SPECT imaging useful to distinguish the two condit...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2011.01583.x
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 23-year-old patient suffering from mental deterioration was referred for CT study following her first epileptic fit. The study disclosed generalized atrophy and diffuse symmetric white matter hypodensities. Similar findings were found in her 13-year-old retarded sister. The diagnosis of metachromatic leukodystrophy ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1987.tb07891.x
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To study mathematical deficits in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS:Sixty-eight patients with mild AD and 242 normal controls (NC) received a standardized battery (EC 301-R) assessing number processing and calculation abilities. AD patients also received testing for language, memory, visu...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb07339.x
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Presence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as a predictor for Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) has been discussed from a clinical perspective. Recently, a Movement Disorder Society (MDS) commissioned Task Force published guidelines for PD-MCI. However, long-term follow-ups of the PD-MCI guidelines for the...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ane.12375
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The GM2 gangliosidoses are a group of genetic disorders caused by the accumulation of ganglioside GM2 in neuronal cells. We examined the alpha- and beta-subunits of beta-hexosaminidases by a non-radioisotopes detecting system to evaluate whether it was a useful method for understanding of the pathophysiologi...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1034/j.1600-0404.2002.01097.x
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to illuminate adult's experienced quality of life in newly-debuted epilepsy and to test the American instrument Quality of Life Index (QLI) for the first time on an epilepsy population. A second aim was to find appropriate questions to measure patient perceptions in epilepsy. MATERIAL AND M...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb00384.x
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 30 cases of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) was studied for total protein and protein electrophoresis. Total CSF protein values were normal in almost all the cases, but the gamma-globulin was increased and had an oligoclonal morphology in all the cases. Absolute and rel...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1981.tb00779.x
更新日期:1981-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effects of bromocriptine in patients with Parkinson's disease manifesting various problems in levodopa therapy were tested in a double-blind manner with the collaboration of 59 institutions. The slow and low principle was in part adopted. Either bromocriptine or placebo was added to levodopa. Twenty-nine % of the ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1985.tb00858.x
更新日期:1985-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Recognition of stroke symptoms and activation of emergency services are essential in minimizing delay for acute stroke treatments. In this study, we assessed public stroke awareness in Sweden. METHODS:One thousand and five hundred residents aged 18-79 years participated in a telephone survey. Open-...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ane.12293
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Patients with prior poliomyelitis with paresis and excessive use (n = 8) and low use (n = 6) of residual anterior tibial motor units (MUs) during walking were subjected to muscle biopsy of the anterior tibial muscle (TA). Antibodies directed against cytoskeletal proteins, spectrin and desmin, and against Leu-19, a myo...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1993.tb04091.x
更新日期:1993-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:It was shown previously that low-Mg2+-induced epileptiform activity in rat entorhinal cortex slices changes with time from a pattern of serial seizure-like events (SLEs) to a state of continuously recurring epileptiform activity. Valproic acid blocked the early SLEs but not the late activity. It was proposed...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb07286.x
更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Patients with homocystinuria excrete a large amount of metal in their urine. Homocysteine similar to penicillamine, administration to methylmercury treated rats resulted in a large amount of urinary methylmercury excretion. These results suggested that the total metal amounts in the whole body of patients with homocys...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1992.tb05130.x
更新日期:1992-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Patients treated with carbamazepine (CBZ) have increased serum levels of total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoproteins (HDL), and low-density lipoproteins (LDL). We aimed to investigate whether these changes of serum lipids are reversible after CBZ withdrawal. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We used a prospective, ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/ane.12534
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::16 boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) were treated with sodium selenite and vitamin E for one year. One group of patients (10 boys) was examined using a battery of tests to assess muscular strength and function and cardiopulmonary function, and by CT scanning of 2 muscle groups over the 4 years prior to treat...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1988.tb03681.x
更新日期:1988-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2004.00223.x
更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To analyze the correlation between blood pressure (BP) variability and leukoaraiosis (LA) amount in patients with symptomatic cerebral small-vessel disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We included 25 hypertensive patients: 13 with Binswanger's disease (BD) and 12 with a first-ever lacunar infarction (LI). Baselin...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1034/j.1600-0404.2001.00082.x
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) as well as homovanillic acid (HVA) and cyclic AMP were estimated in the morning urine of 41 drug-free parkinsonian patients and 25 hospitalized controls. In 29 patients, the estimations were repeated after 2 weeks treatment with L-dopa plus...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1982.tb04524.x
更新日期:1982-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Epilepsia partialis continua (Kojewnikow's syndrome) can be classified into 2 groups. The 1st group had stable neurological deficit, and the 2nd group had slowly progressive neurological deficit. The latter usually manifests not tetraplegia, but hemiplegia. We describe 3 patients with epilepsia partialis con...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00296.x
更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:There are very few data available in the literature on the use of stiripentol in adults with Dravet syndrome (DS). DS cases are increasingly recognized in adulthood, and more children with DS now survive to adulthood. The aim of the study was to document the effectiveness and tolerability of stiripentol in a...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ane.12611
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::During the period 1935-1976, 200 cases of brain abscess were treated in the University Clinic of Neurosurgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. 119 patients survived. Out of 40 deaths during the follow-up period, 37 were unrelated to the previous brain abscess. 12 patients emigrated and were lost to follow-up. History and ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1983.tb03150.x
更新日期:1983-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Understanding how antiepileptic (AED) monotherapy influences normative test scores is of importance in the clinic for correct interpretation of neuropsychological profiles. Previous studies have primarily reported minor influence on neuropsychological raw scores, and the clinical relevance of these findings ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01109.x
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Health-related quality of life (HRQL) has become an important outcome criterion of medical interventions, but was hardly studied in patients with facial spasms. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients with blepharospasm or hemifacial spasm treated with botulinum toxin were included. A healthy control group sociodemo...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2004.00357.x
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Mutations in the p150 subunit of the axonal transport protein dynactin (DCTN1) have been reported in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Given the common features of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS), FTD and ALS, sequence variants of the DCTN1 gene...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00884.x
更新日期:2007-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The activity of 7 mitochondrial enzymes, fumarase, NAD-malate dehydrogenase (MDH), citrate synthase (CS), valine dehydrogenase (VDH), succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC) has been measured in platelet preparations from patients affected by Friedreich's ata...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1989.tb03849.x
更新日期:1989-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The Flt3 ligand (FL) is a cytokine with a neurotrophic and antiapoptotic activity in the central nervous system that induces the survival of neurons. The aim of the study was to measure levels of FL in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study involved 23 ALS patients and...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00704.x
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Mutations in the CHCHD10 gene, which encodes a mitochondrially targeted protein, have emerged as an important cause of motor neuron disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical variability in a large family carrying the p.Gly66Val mutation of the CHCHD10 gen...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ane.12470
更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00