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Khan J, Yadav S. Nanotechnology-based Nose-to-brain Delivery in Epilepsy: A NovelApproach to Diagnosis and Treatment. Pharm Nanotechnol 2024; 12:314-328. [PMID: 37818558 DOI: 10.2174/0122117385265554230919070402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023]
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Epilepsy is a serious neurological disease, and scientists have a significant challenge in developing a noninvasive treatment for the treatment of epilepsy. The goal is to provide novel ideas for improving existing and future anti-epileptic medications. The injection of nano treatment via the nose to the brain is being considered as a possible seizure control method. Various nasal medicine nanoformulations have the potential to cure epilepsy. Investigations with a variety of nose-to-brain dosing methods for epilepsy treatment have yielded promising results. After examining global literature on nanotechnology and studies, the authors propose nasal administration with nanoformulations as a means to successfully treat epilepsy. The goal of this review is to look at the innovative application of nanomedicine for epilepsy treatment via nose-to-brain transfer, with a focus on the use of nanoparticles for load medicines. When nanotechnology is combined with the nose to brain approach, treatment efficacy can be improved through site specific delivery. Furthermore, this technique of administration decreases adverse effects and patient noncompliance encountered with more traditional procedures.
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- Javed Khan
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical and Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical and Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Williams IA, Morris PG, McCowat M, Gillespie D. Factors associated with illness representations in adults with epileptic and functional seizures: A systematic review. Seizure 2023; 106:39-49. [PMID: 36758446 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2023.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Illness representations refer to a person's beliefs about their health condition and are thought to influence clinical outcomes. By understanding factors related to illness representations, potentially modifiable targets for psychological intervention can be identified. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesise the literature on factors associated with illness representations in people with epilepsy and functional seizures. Three electronic databases (Psychinfo, EMBASE, and Proquest (Theses and dissertations)) were searched for studies that reported on associations between Illness Perception Questionnaire scores (or variations thereof) and biopsychosocial factors in people with epilepsy or people with functional seizures. Seventeen studies met inclusion criteria and were assessed with a bespoke quality appraisal tool. Overall, there was moderately strong evidence for an association between more threatening illness representations and poorer clinical outcomes relating to seizure characteristics, distress, coping, and quality of life; the evidence for these relationships was stronger for people with epilepsy than functional seizures. There was no clear difference between the illness representations of the two groups. The results of this review highlight the clinical importance of illness representations in people with seizure disorders, as well as opportunities for further research.
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- Isobel Anne Williams
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, The University of Edinburgh, 50 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, Medical Quad, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, Medical Quad, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, Medical Quad, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, The University of Edinburgh, 50 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom
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The mediating effect of psychological capital on the relationship between psychological stress and distress among chinese nursing students: a cross-sectional study. BMC Nurs 2022; 21:128. [PMID: 35614502 PMCID: PMC9130981 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-022-00915-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background With the COVID-19 outbreak in China, the Chinese government took measures to prevent and control the spread of the virus. In-person teaching was replaced by distance learning, which was an unknown challenge for students. In this context, little is known about the perceived distress of nursing students and the relationship between psychological capital, perceived distress, and psychological stress. This study examined the relationship between psychological capital, psychological distress, and perceived stress, and the mediating role of psychological capital in the relationship between perceived stress and psychological distress among nursing students. Methods This cross-sectional survey was conducted between January and December 2020 using a convenience sampling method involving 359 undergraduate and specialist nursing students at a tertiary hospital in Shandong Province. Standardised instruments were used to measure psychological capital, psychological stress, and perceived stress. We used SPSS 24.0 and PROCESS macro to analyse the data. Results There was a statistically significant difference in perceived stress among students based on whether they liked the nursing profession (P < 0.01). Relative to nursing college students, undergraduates experienced significantly higher levels of perceived stress (P < 0.01). Nevertheless, there were no significant differences in perceived stress according to gender, place of residence, and being an only child. Psychological distress was positively correlated (r = 0.632, p < 0.001) with perceived stress (r =-0.662, p < 0.001), whereas it was negatively correlated with psychological capital. Psychological capital played a potential mediating role in the relationship between psychological distress and perceived stress. Conclusions Psychological distress was negatively correlated with psychological capital, and positively correlated with perceived stress. Mediation analyses indicated that psychological capital partially mediated the relationship between perceived stress and psychological distress. Educators should therefore heed students’ perceived stress and develop appropriate mental health counselling programmes for students in the curriculum that could help them reduce their psychological distress. In clinical practice, nursing managers must take effective measures, such as skills training, to improve the psychological capital of nursing students and reduce the negative impact of their psychological distress.
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Wang S, Yang J, Wei N, Lv W, Jiang Z, Huang H, Zhang J, Xu P, Yu CY, Xu Z. Anxiety and depression among epilepsy patients in low-risk areas for COVID-19 in the northern part of Guizhou Province, China, during the COVID-19 pandemic. ACTA EPILEPTOLOGICA 2022. [PMCID: PMC9084936 DOI: 10.1186/s42494-022-00092-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
This study was aimed to investigate whether patients with epilepsy (PWE) have higher depression and anxiety levels than the normal population in low-risk areas for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the northern part of Guizhou Province, China, during the COVID-19 epidemic, to evaluate their knowledge on COVID-19, and to analyze related factors for the psychological distress of PWE at this special time.
Methods
The survey was conducted online from February 28, 2020 to March 7, 2020 via a questionnaire. PWE from the outpatient clinic of epilepsy of the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, and healthy people matched for age and sex, participated in this study. Mental health was assessed via a generalized anxiety self-rating scale (GAD-7) and the self-rating depression scale (PHQ-9). The knowledge of COVID-19 in both groups was investigated.
Results
There were no significant differences in the general demographics between the PWE and healthy control groups. The scores of PHQ-9 (P < 0.01) and GAD-7 (P < 0.001) were higher in the PWE group than in the healthy group. There was a significant difference in the proportions of respondents with different severities of depression and anxiety, between the two groups, which revealed significantly higher degree of depression and anxiety in PWE than in healthy people (P = 0, P = 0). Overwhelming awareness and stressful concerns for the pandemic and female patients with epilepsy were key factors that affect the level of anxiety and depression in PWE. Further, the PWE had less accurate knowledge of COVID-19 than healthy people (P < 0.001). There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in the knowledge of virus transmission route, incubation period, susceptible population, transmission speed, clinical characteristics, and isolation measures on COVID-19 (P > 0.05). PWE knew less about some of the prevention and control measures of COVID-19 than healthy people.
Conclusions
During the COVID-19 epidemic, excessive attention to the epidemic and the female sex are factors associated with anxiety and depression in PWE, even in low-risk areas.
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Tu H, Gong G, Zhang S, Fu Y, Wang T, Chu Q, Hu S, Wang K, Zhu C, Fan Y. The association between illness perception and quality of life among Chinese adults with epilepsy: The mediating role of coping style. Epilepsy Behav 2022; 130:108677. [PMID: 35398723 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the associations between illness perception, quality of life (QOL), and coping style among patients with epilepsy (PWE), and to establish the behavior of coping style as a mediator of the interplay between illness perception and QOL. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 135 adult Chinese PWE was performed. All patients completed clinical and demographic questionnaires, the Chinese version of the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (CIPQ-R), the quality of life in epilepsy-31 inventory (QOLIE-31), and the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ). Collected data were assessed through correlation analyses, structural equation modeling (SEM), and multiple stepwise linear regression assessments. RESULTS These patients exhibited a mean QOLIE-31 total score of 46.9 points, consistent with moderately low QOL. Under model III (F = 9.447, p < 0.01, R2 = 0.486), all included variables were found to explain 48.6% of the observed variation in QOL, with illness perception and coping style, respectively, explaining 27.3% and 7% of such variation. SEM findings illustrated that the total influence value of illness perception on QOL was 77.5% (β = -0.775, p < 0.001). Moreover, the illness perception was found to have a direct impact on QOL (β = -0.620, p = 0.001), negative coping (β = 0.309, p < 0.001), and positive coping (β = -0.265, p = 0.014), with negative coping (β = -0.256, p = 0.003), and positive coping (β = 0.288, p = 0.006) also having a direct impact on such QOL. Positive and negative coping styles also served as mediators of an indirect relationship between illness perception and QOL (β = -0.27*0.29 + 0.31* - 0.26 = -0.159, p = 0.001), with coping style thus serving as a significant mediator of the association between QOL and illness perception. The mediating impact of coping style on QOL accounted for 20.5% (-0.159/-0.775) of the total influence. CONCLUSION Both coping style and illness perception were detected to be significantly correlated with the QOL of Chinese adult PWE, with coping style serving as a mediator of the association between QOL and illness perception in this patient population. As such, when seeking to control seizures, medical workers should assess illness perceptions and coping styles among PWE as quickly as possible in order to select the optimal interventions most likely to improve the QOL of these patients.
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- Houmian Tu
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University. 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui Province 230032, PR China; Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230032, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230032, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University. 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui Province 230032, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University. 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui Province 230032, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University. 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui Province 230032, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University. 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui Province 230032, PR China
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- Nursing Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230032, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230032, PR China
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- The School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, PR China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University. 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui Province 230032, PR China.
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Hao X, Zhou D, Li Z, Zeng G, Hao N, Li E, Li W, Deng A, Lin M, Yan B. Severe psychological distress among patients with epilepsy during the COVID-19 outbreak in southwest China. Epilepsia 2020; 61:1166-1173. [PMID: 32353184 PMCID: PMC7267575 DOI: 10.1111/epi.16544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Objective To compare the severity of psychological distress between patients with epilepsy and healthy controls during the COVID‐19 outbreak in southwest China, as well as identify potential risk factors of severe psychological distress among patients with epilepsy. Methods This cross‐sectional case‐control study examined a consecutive sample of patients older than 15 years treated at the epilepsy center of West China Hospital between February 1 and February 29, 2020. As controls, sex‐ and age‐matched healthy visitors of inpatients (unrelated to the patients) were also enrolled during the same period. Data on demographics and attention paid to COVID‐19 were collected by online questionnaire, data on epilepsy features were collected from electronic medical records, and psychological distress was evaluated using the 6‐item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K‐6). Potential risk factors of severe psychological distress were identified using multivariate logistic regression. Results The 252 patients and 252 controls in this study were similar along all demographic variables except family income. Patients with epilepsy showed significantly higher K‐6 scores than healthy controls and spent significantly more time following the COVID‐19 outbreak (both P < .001). Univariate analyses associated both diagnosis of drug‐resistant epilepsy and time spent paying attention to COVID‐19 with severe psychological distress (defined as K‐6 score >12; both P ≤ .001). Multivariate logistic regression identified two independent predictors of severe psychological distress: time spent paying attention to COVID‐19 (odds ratio [OR] = 1.172, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.073‐1.280) and diagnosis of drug‐resistant epilepsy (OR = 0.283, 95% CI = 0.128‐0.623). Significance During public health outbreaks, clinicians and caregivers should focus not only on seizure control but also on mental health of patients with epilepsy, especially those with drug‐resistant epilepsy. K‐6 scores > 12 indicate severe psychological distress. This may mean, for example, encouraging patients to engage in other activities instead of excessively following media coverage of the outbreak.
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- Xiaoting Hao
- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China.,West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China.,Outpatient Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China.,Outpatient Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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The Effectiveness of Ego-state Therapy in Reducing Trypanophobia. ADDICTIVE DISORDERS & THEIR TREATMENT 2020. [DOI: 10.1097/adt.0000000000000210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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