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Experience of Caregivers for Older Adults in Rural Ethiopia: Challenges and Available Social Support for Family Caregivers in Co-Residential Living Arrangement

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Family and kinship care is a common way of caring for older adults, particularly in rural Ethiopia, where institutional care arrangements are nonexistent.
Kidus Yenealem Mefteh MSW, Shambel Desale Gashaw MSW, Tilahun Assefa Hailu MCPsych, Seid Hassen Hussien MSW   +3 more
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HOPE Kids 2: Phase 3, Randomized Trial of Voxelotor in Children With SCD and Conditional Cerebral Blood Flow Velocities

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children with SCD have elevated stroke risk, correlated with cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV). HOPE Kids 2 was a phase 3, multicenter, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial evaluating the effect of voxelotor on CBFV. Participants aged 2 to < 15 years with SCD (HbSS/HbSβ0) and conditional CBFV (170 to < 200 cm/s) were randomized 1:1 to ...
Halima Bello‐Manga, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hoda Hassab, Biobele Brown, Videlis Nduba, Jessie Githanga, Adeseye Michael Akinsete, Amal El‐Beshlawy, Diana Hanna, Catherine Segbefia, Iheanyi Okpala, Azza Tantawy, Bernhards Ogutu, Venée N. Tubman, Vivian Paintsil, Yasser Wali, Mohammed Essa, Paul Telfer, Sandy Dixon, Anne Hickman, Jennifer F. Doss, Mark W. Davis, Jeremy Rupon, Fenella J. Kirkham, R. Clark Brown, on behalf of the HOPE Kids 2 Investigators, Amal El‐Beshlawy, Mohamed Badr, Diana Hanna*, Hoda Hassab, Azza Tantawy, Vivian Paintsil, Catherine Segbefia, Raffaella Colombatti, Daniela Cuzzubbo, Silverio Perrotta, Jessie Githanga, Videlis Nduba, Bernhards Ogutu, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Adeseye Michael Akinsete, Halima Bello‐Manga, Biobele Brown, Iheanyi Okpala, Yasser Wali, Mohammed Essa, Banu Kaya, Paul Telfer, Ofelia Alvarez, Natasha Archer, Shayla Bergmann, R Clark Brown, Andrew Campbell, Carlton Dampier*, Richard Hurwitz, Erin Jackson, Janet Kwiatkowski, Melissa M. McNaull*, Venée N. Tubman   +58 more
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Navigating Asparaginase Treatment for Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: US Consensus Panel Recommendations on the Role of Multidisciplinary Care

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Asparaginase is a critical treatment component for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma (ALL/LBL). However, the successful delivery of asparaginase‐based therapy remains challenging across care settings due to its complex administration, distinct toxicity profile, prolonged treatment duration, and the need for ...
Amir Ali, Grace Elsey, Kayla Fulginiti, Zanette Kanani‐Bradley, Holly R. Kubaney, Sandra Kurtin, Theresa Nguyen, Jennifer Turchina, Charlotte B. Wagner   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family Functioning and Perceived Social Support among Family Caregivers of Persons with Schizophrenia: A Cross-sectional Study in a Selected Tertiary Care Hospital, Bangalore

Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing
Background: Families play a pivotal role as caregivers, it is a demanding and distressing role affecting their quality of life. Caregiving for persons with schizophrenia may be impacted by family functioning and the caregiver’s perceived social support ...
Keneisanuo Kechu, Sudipta Debnath, Luke Joshua Salazar   +2 more
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Essential, Yet Precarious, Mistreated, Sick and Medicalized: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed‐Methods Study on Homecare Aides in Spain

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Homecare aides (HCAs) are professional non‐family caregivers, who support dependent individuals to live at home with dignity; yet in Spain they remain understudied and vulnerable, often facing precarious working conditions. We aimed to characterize HCAs’ employment, living conditions, health, and exposure to workplace violence and ...
Albert Navarro‐Giné, Pedro Ferrer‐Rosende, Maria Feijoo‐Cid, Sergio Salas‐Nicás, Laura Esteve‐Matalí, Valeria Stuardo‐Ávila, María Isabel Fernández‐Cano   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Melatonin Levels in 89 Individuals With Smith Magenis Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In patients with Smith–Magenis syndrome (SMS), an inverted circadian rhythm of melatonin (MT) contributes to the sleep disturbance. Standard treatment of sleep disturbance with MT often leads to extremely high daytime MT levels, resulting in even more sleep disorders. We therefore retrospectively evaluated the MT data of 89 SMS patients.
Wiebe Braam, Ann C. M. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Maintaining trust and seeking support: a qualitative study of family caregivers’ experiences interacting with health care services for home-dwelling older people with mental health problems

BMC Geriatrics
Background Enhanced interactions between family caregivers and health care services can improve the care provided to older people and assist caregivers in managing their responsibilities more effectively.
Olivia Sissil Sunde, Johanne Alteren, Ole T. Kleiven, Siri Ytrehus   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Streamlining Diagnosis of Bardet–Biedl Syndrome: New Diagnostic Algorithm With Updated Criteria

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Considerable advances have been made in our understanding of Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS), particularly in its core clinical features and molecular genetics, warranting an update to the existing diagnostic criteria framework. Using a rigorous, evidence‐based, and consensus‐driven process, a multidisciplinary group of international experts and ...
Jeremy J. Pomeroy, Jesse Richards, Brooke R. Sweeney, Seema Kumar, Katie E. Queen, Joshua Zaritsky, Carl H. Cramer, Elias I. Traboulsi, Brittni A. Scruggs, Erica E. Davis, Ekaterina Keifer, Emma McGibbon, Timothy Ogden, Bendert De Graaf, Tonia Hymers, Elizabeth Forsythe, Philip Beales   +16 more
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Distinct Neuropsychiatric Profiles Associated With 17p11.2 Deletions and RAI1 Variants in Smith–Magenis Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smith–Magenis syndrome (SMS) results from either a recurrent 17p11.2 deletion or pathogenic variants in the retinoic acid induced 1 gene (RAI1). While neurodevelopmental impairment and behavioral dysregulation are well recognized, systematic genotype‐stratified analyses across psychiatric domains remain limited.
Albin Blanc, Christophe Nemos, Céline Bonnet, Mathilde Renaud, Sandra Chapuis, Pauline Boiroux, Marie‐Noëlle Babinet, Caroline Demily   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family caregivers’ symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with health behaviors and family environment

Discover Public Health
Family caregivers experienced disruptions in normal caregiving routines and withdrawal of caregiving supports during the pandemic. We compared family caregivers with non-caregivers on risk for mood disorder symptoms and examined associations of health ...
Natalie A. Williams, Anis Ben Brik, Judith M. Burnfield   +2 more
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