JMIR Res Protoc 2019 Dec 9;8(12):e16178. Epub 2019 Dec 9.
The George Washington University School of Engineering & Applied Science, Washington, DC, United States.
Geriatr Nurs 2021 Feb 23;42(2):412-420. Epub 2021 Feb 23.
School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Electronic address:
Dyadic interventions simultaneously engage both people with dementia (PWD) and their informal caregivers (ICGs). This scoping review study identified the strategies for engaging dyads, described the perceptions of the dyads on these strategies, and reported the attrition rates of the dyadic interventions reported in the literature. Articles published up to July 2020, reporting a PWD-ICG-dyads intervention were searched in PubMed (Medline), PsycInfo, CINAHL, and the SSCI. Read More
Geriatr Nurs 2021 Feb 23;42(2):397-404. Epub 2021 Feb 23.
Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, 500 North 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
Informal caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) often experience high stress and reduced wellbeing and quality of life. HeartMath's Heart Lock-In® technique has been shown to reduce stress. In a randomized controlled pilot study among ten informal AD caregivers, we examined a two-week ten-minute daily, internet delivered heart-focused breathing protocol (n = 5) compared to waitlist control (n = 5). Read More
Dev Cogn Neurosci 2021 Feb 19;48:100937. Epub 2021 Feb 19.
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, United States.
Parent-child synchrony-parent-child interaction patterns characterized by contingent social responding, mutual responsivity, and co-regulation-has been robustly associated with adaptive child outcomes. Synchrony has been investigated in both behavioral and biological frameworks. While it has been demonstrated that adversity can influence behavioral parent-child synchrony, the neural mechanisms by which this disruption occurs are understudied. Read More
Sleep Med 2021 Feb 10;81:62-68. Epub 2021 Feb 10.
Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Objectives: The aim of the present study is to assess the psychometric properties of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) in an Italian population of infants and toddlers.Methods: The SDSC was distributed to the primary caregivers of infants aged 6-36 months recruited via nurseries in the urban area of Rome. Reliability analysis for evaluating internal consistency and item-total correlation coefficients, and factor analysis were performed. Read More
Epilepsy Behav 2021 Feb 24;117:107856. Epub 2021 Feb 24.
Pediatric Epilepsy Program, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address:
Objective: To characterize the clinical phenotype, treatments, and impact on quality of life of Sunflower syndrome.Methods: A 138-question survey was created focusing on seizure description, disease course, treatment history, medical history, family history, and aspects of quality of life of individuals with Sunflower syndrome. The survey was administered to individuals with Sunflower syndrome who experience hand waving episodes (HWE) and/or their caregivers via Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap). Read More