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Filter by:This is a prospective, randomized, open label, parallel,4-month study to explore and evaluate the therapeutic effects of polyethylene glycol loxenatide on the cognitive function, olfactory function, and odor-induced brain activation in T2DM patients with normal cognitive status or MCI.
The goal of this [type of study: observational study ] is to [compare Energy differences in various bands of intraoperative electroencephalogram in elderly patients with postoperative delirium and non delirium.] in [describe participant population selected 69 patients who underwent laparoscopic radical surgery for colorectal cancer on a selective basis]. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: • [Is there any difference in the spectral range of EEG between POD patients and non POD patients] Participants will [Cognitive.•Postoperative delirium.•Preoperative weakness.]
This study is designed to to test the technical feasibility of encouraging interaction with a mobile smartphone software package (mHealth app) for training aspects of executive function and cognition.
People with HIV (PWH) often suffer from cognitive impairments known as HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND). Cognitive impairments in PWH are not fully captured by traditional neurocognitive assessment; thus, we must examine cognitive performance both within a task (inconsistency) and across cognitive domains (dispersion), called Intra-Individual Variability (IIV). IIV predicts cognitive impairment/decline, altered brain morphology, and neuropathology in many clinical populations. Conceptually, IIV results from "executive dyscontrol" or the efficiency (or inefficiency) with which executive control processes coordinate other cognitive processes/domains. Based on the Executive Dyscontrol Hypothesis and underlying calculations of IIV, one way to improve cognition in PWH is through interventions that target improvements in their most severely impaired cognitive domains. We hypothesize such improvements, in turn, should reduce the strain placed on executive functioning resources, freeing up resources needed to compensate for impairments in any domain and, in turn, reducing IIV. Computerized cognitive training, widely used in the study team's prior work, is ideally suited to target impairments in select cognitive domains using computerized cognitive training. In our systematic review of 13 cognitive training studies in PWH, we found cognitive training improved performance in the targeted domain. In this feasibility study, we will assess 150 PWH at baseline with the expectation to recruit 120 PWH with HAND. Then we will use a two-group pre-post experimental design of 120 adults with HAND including: 1) a Targeted Neurocognitive Training (TNT) group (n=60) to train each participant's two most impaired cognitive domains (e.g., attention & memory) assessed from a neurocognitive battery at baseline, and 2) a no-contact control group (n=60). Aim 1 - Feasibility: To determine feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. Exploratory Aim 1 - Cognition: Compare adults who receive TNT to those who receive no training to determine whether they improve on the cognitive domains trained, show less cognitive IIV across domains and within a task, and demonstrate improved executive functioning. Exploratory Hypothesis 1: TNT will improve cognitive functioning in the targeted impaired cognitive domains. Exploratory Hypothesis 2: TNT will reduce cognitive IIV (both overall dispersion & inconsistency). Exploratory Hypothesis 3: TNT will improve executive functioning. Exploratory Hypothesis 4: TNT will improve global cognition and reduce HAND severity. Innovation 1 - This is the first study to use IIV to guide cognitive training to target the most impaired cognitive domains to reduce cognitive IIV in HIV. Innovation 2 - This will be one of the first studies to prospectively include both types of cognitive IIV - dispersion and inconsistency - allowing us to examine the relationship between dispersion and inconsistency. Innovation 3 - The epicenter of HIV is in the Deep South where this study will occur.
Background: Deafness is one of the nine potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia simulated by the Lancet dementia Prevention, intervention and Care Committee in 2017. Some studies have found that the risk factors of dementia in deafness system, with the increase of the degree of deafness, the risk of cognitive decline increases, while after long-term wear of hearing aids, the deterioration of immediate and delayed memory is less, and the possibility of cognitive decline slows down. Therefore, it is necessary for us to improve the auditory ability of patients with deafness through auditory intervention, so as to slow down its effect on dementia and reduce the incidence of dementia. At present, auditory intervention methods include hearing aid wearing and cochlear implant. However, there are few studies on cognitive function of presbycusis patients in China, and there is no research on how many years of auditory intervention can effectively slow down the incidence of dementia in presbycusis patients with MCI. Therefore, we intend to conduct a prospective cohort study on the changes of cognitive function of presbycusis under hearing aid intervention.
Cognitive aging in people with HIV (PWH) is of increasing concern for several reasons: 1) between 52%-59% of PWH experience cognitive impairment known as HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND) which impacts everyday functioning and quality of life; 2) HAND increases in severity and prevalence with age; and 3) 70% of PWH in the United States will be 50 and older by 2030. Fortunately, cognitive training programs can individually target specific cognitive impairments in PWH and possibly reduce the severity and prevalence of HAND and improve everyday functioning and quality of life. This approach is based around the underlying concept of intra-individual variability as controlled through higher level allocation of cognitive resources, known as executive functioning. This feasibility study will use a two-group pre-post experimental design of adults with HAND including: 1) a 20-hours of Executive Functioning Training group (enroll 60, n=48 with attrition), and 2) a no-contact control (enroll 60, n=48 with attrition). Aim 1 - Feasibility: To determine feasibility and acceptability of the intervention (i.e., attrition, feedback). Exploratory Aim 1 - Cognition: Compare adults who receive Executive Functioning Training to those who receive no training to determine whether they improve in global cognitive ability and overall cognitive IIV. This high impact study is innovative in the following ways: 1) This is the first study aimed to reduce cognitive IIV in PWH. 2) This is the first study to use IIV as a guide to target solely executive functioning training to improve global cognitive ability, which may reduce the severity and prevalence of HAND. 3) Over the last decade, the epicenter of HIV has emerged in the Deep South where this study will occur. Most participants in this study will be older PWH who identify as lower social economic status (SES) and/or African Americans and experience HAND symptoms.
More than 30% of patients undergoing thoracic surgical procedures develop persistent post-surgical pain (PPSP), which results in impaired functioning, diminished quality of life, and increased risk of chronic opioid use. The proposed project aims to determine whether a prospective, randomized, controlled study of smartphone-based perioperative cognitive flexibility training will reduce the incidence of PPSP in high-risk individuals undergoing thoracic surgery.
Cerebral blood flow is tightly regulated to ensure constant cerebral perfusion independently from systemic blood pressure fluctuations. This mechanism is termed cerebrovascular autoregulation and preserves adequate cerebral perfusion in a range between 50 and 150 mmHg of cerebral perfusion pressure. Upper and lower autoregulatory limits may vary individually. Beyond the autoregulatory range the protective autoregulatory response is lost, facilitating cerebral ischemia or hyperemia. The cerebrovascular response may be altered during general anesthesia, through direct effects of anesthetic agents on the vascular tone, changes of arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide or the administration of vasoactive substances. The association of perioperative impairment of cerebral autoregulation and postoperative cognitive function has been discussed controversially.
The aims of this project are: (1) to refine an existing cognitive rehabilitation intervention and tailor it for persons with T2DM by using current literature and interview data from 10 participants with T2DM and (2) to conduct a feasibility study of the adapted intervention with 20 participants with T2DM. The intervention consists of 8 weekly group educational sessions to teach compensatory cognitive strategies. Participants will also use a web-based, game-like program to build on the didactic information and practice activities to improve cognitive health.
The investigators measured changes in cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2) and MMSE scores after retrobulbar block performed with levobupivacaine and lidocaine in patients undergoing vitreoretinal surgery.A total of 66 patients over the age of 60 undergoing vitreoretinal surgery with a total duration of less than 1 hour were included in this prospective, double-blinded study. The patients were randomly divided into two groups: group L (5ml, 2% lidocaine) and group LB (5ml, 0.5% levobupivacaine). Bilateral rSO2 measurements were recorded before the retrobulbar block and at 1-5 minutes post-block, during the procedure, and at 10-40 minutes post-op. MMSE was performed preoperatively and postoperatively in order to evaluate short term cognitive function. Sensory and motor block durations, pain, akinesia and conjunctival feeling scores, patient-surgeon satisfaction, and complications were also recorded.