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European journal of cardiovascular nursing | Volume 11 of Issue 2

A brief neuropsychological battery for use in the chronic heart failure population.

2012

Authors: Bauer L, Pozehl B, Hertzog M, Johnson J, Zimmerman L, Filipi M

BACKGROUND

Cognitive impairment is a recognized consequence of heart failure; however, there are no neuropsychological batteries with documented psychometric data in the chronic heart failure population.

AIMS

To document the psychometric properties of a brief neuropsychological battery in a chronic heart failure sample.

METHODS

The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status, Trail Making Test Part A and Part B, and letter fluency was administered to a sample of individuals with chronic heart failure.

RESULTS

Eighty individuals with stable heart failure participated in this study. Individuals with chronic heart failure scored significantly lower than expected age and education adjusted norms in the domains of attention (p < 0.001), memory (p < 0.001), language (p < 0.001), executive function (p < 0.001), and psychomotor speed (p = 0.02). Scores on the tests of memory and executive function correlated to functional status (r = 0.28, p = 0.02 and r = 0.29, p = 0.03, respectively). Acceptable convergent validity and test-retest reliability were documented for this battery.

CONCLUSION

The neuropsychological battery had adequate reliability and validity in individuals with chronic heart failure.

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The neuroradiology journal

Prediction of conversion from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer disease based on bayesian data mining with ensemble learning.

2012

Authors: Chen R, Young K, Chao LL, Miller B, Yaffe K, Weiner MW, Herskovits EH

The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences

The association of blood pressure and mortality differs by self-reported walking speed in older Latinos.

2012

Authors: Odden MC, Covinsky KE, Neuhaus JM, Mayeda ER, Peralta CA, Haan MN

Clin Exp Allergy

African ancestry, early life exposures, and respiratory morbidity in early childhood

2012

Authors: Kumar R, Tsai HJ, Hong X, Gignoux C, Pearson C, Ortiz K, Fu M, Pongracic JA,
Burchard EG, Bauchner H, Wang X

AIDS and behavior

Real-time electronic adherence monitoring is feasible, comparable to unannounced pill counts, and acceptable.

2012

Authors: Haberer JE, Robbins GK, Ybarra M, Monk A, Ragland K, Weiser SD, Johnson MO, Bangsberg DR

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

ARID5B genetic polymorphisms contribute to racial disparities in the incidence and treatment outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

2012

Authors: Xu H, Cheng C, Devidas M, Pei D, Fan Y, Yang W, Neale G, Scheet P, Burchard EG, Torgerson DG, Eng C, Dean M, Antillon F, Winick NJ, Martin PL, Willman CL, Camitta BM, Reaman GH, Carroll WL, Loh M, Evans WE, Pui CH, Hunger SP, Relling MV, Yang JJ

PloS one

Gender inequity norms are associated with increased male-perpetrated rape and sexual risks for HIV infection in Botswana and Swaziland.

2012

Authors: Shannon K, Leiter K, Phaladze N, Hlanze Z, Tsai AC, Heisler M, Iacopino V, Weiser SD

Human molecular genetics

Admixture mapping identifies a locus on 6q25 associated with breast cancer risk in US Latinas.

2012

Authors: Fejerman L, Chen GK, Eng C, Huntsman S, Hu D, Williams A, Pasaniuc B, John EM, Via M, Gignoux C, Ingles S, Monroe KR, Kolonel LN, Torres-Mejía G, Pérez-Stable EJ, Burchard EG, Henderson BE, Haiman CA, Ziv E

Journal of general internal medicine

Subjective social status and functional decline in older adults.

2012

Authors: Chen B, Covinsky KE, Stijacic Cenzer I, Adler N, Williams BA

BMC public health

Understanding patient acceptance and refusal of HIV testing in the emergency department.

2012

Authors: Christopoulos KA, Weiser SD, Koester KA, Myers JJ, White DA, Kaplan B, Morin SF