A Review of “AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Ophthalmic Impairment and Disability: Measuring the Impact of Visual Impairment on Activities of Daily Life”

This study aims at understanding how the perceptions about migrants have been created and transferred into daily life as a stigmatization by means of public perception, media and state law implementations. The focus would be briefly what kind of consequences these perceptions and stigmatization might lead. First section will examine the background of migration to Turkey briefly and make a summary of migration towards Turkey by 90s. Second section will briefly evaluate the preferential legal framework, which constitutes the base for official discourse differentiating the migrants and implementations of security forces that can be described as discriminatory. The third section deals with the impact of perceptions influential in both formation and reproduction of inclusive and exclusive practices towards migrant women. Additionally, impact of public perception in classifying the migrants and migratory processes would be dealt in this section.

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867-P: The Impact of Diabetes on Daily Life: Highlights from People with T1D and Their Caregivers

Diabetes ◽

10.2337/db19-867-p ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 68 (Supplement 1) ◽

pp. 867-P

Author(s):

JEOFFREY BISPHAM ◽

ALLYSON HUGHES ◽

MAGALY PEREZ-NIEVES ◽

LUDI FAN ◽

ALICIA MCAULIFFE-FOGARTY

Keyword(s):

Daily Life ◽

The Impact

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The Impact of Coping Strategies on Situational Coping in Daily Life: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study with the mHealth application TrackYourStress (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.19382 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Teresa O'Rourke ◽

Carsten Vogel ◽

Dennis John ◽

Rüdiger Pryss ◽

Johannes Schobel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Daily Life ◽

Stress Coping ◽

Positive Thinking ◽

Active Stress ◽

Situational Coping ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

The Impact ◽

Positive Effect

BACKGROUND It is necessary to cope with situations in daily life to prevent stress-related health consequences. However, coping strategies might differ in their impact on dealing with stressful situations in daily life. Moreover, the effect of coping strategies on situational coping might differ between women and men. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of coping strategies on situational coping in everyday life situations and to investigate gender differences. METHODS An ecological momentary assessment study with the mobile health app TrackYourStress (TYS) was conducted with 113 participants. Coping strategies were measured at baseline with the coping scales Positive Thinking, Active Stress Coping, Social Support, Support in Faith, and Alcohol and Cigarette Consumption of the Stress and Coping Inventory (SCI). Situational coping was assessed by the question “How well can you cope with your momentary stress-level” (slider 0-100) in daily life over four weeks. Multilevel models were conducted to test the effects of the coping strategies on situational coping. Additionally, gender differences were evaluated. RESULTS Positive Thinking (P=.03) and Active Stress Coping (P=.04) had significant positive impacts on situational coping in the total sample. For women, only Social Support had a significant positive effect on situational coping (P=.046). For men, only Active Stress Coping had a significant positive effect on situational coping (P=.001). Women had higher scores on the SCI scale Social Support than men (P=.007). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that different coping strategies could be more effective in daily life for women than for men, which should be considered in the development of interventions aimed at reducing stress consequences through coping. Interventions taking gender into consideration might lead to better coping-outcomes than generalized interventions.

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QOL-49. THE IMPACT OF OTOTOXICITY AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT ON EDUCATION IN CHILDREN TREATED FOR CNS TUMOURS

Neuro-Oncology ◽

10.1093/neuonc/noaa222.704 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (Supplement_3) ◽

pp. iii440-iii440

Author(s):

Harriet Dulson ◽

Rachel McAndrew ◽

Mark Brougham

Keyword(s):

Visual Impairment ◽

Impaired Hearing ◽

Cranial Radiotherapy ◽

Radiotherapy Group ◽

Platinum Based Chemotherapy ◽

Cns Tumours ◽

Group 3 ◽

Group 2 ◽

The Impact ◽

Group 1

Abstract INTRODUCTION Children treated for CNS tumours experience a very high burden of adverse effects. Platinum-based chemotherapy and cranial radiotherapy can cause ototoxicity, which may be particularly problematic in patients who have impaired vision and cognition as a result of their tumour and associated treatment. This study assessed the prevalence of impaired hearing and vision and how this may impact upon education. METHODS 53 patients diagnosed with solid tumours in Edinburgh, UK between August 2013–2018 were included in the study. Patients were split into three groups according to treatment received: Group 1 – cisplatin-based chemotherapy and cranial radiotherapy; Group 2 - platinum-based chemotherapy, no cranial radiotherapy; Group 3 – benign brain tumours treated with surgery only. Data was collected retrospectively from patient notes. RESULTS Overall 69.5% of those treated with platinum-based chemotherapy experienced ototoxicity as assessed by Brock grading and 5.9% of patients had reduced visual acuity. Patients in Group 1 had the highest prevalence of both. 44.4% of patients in Group 1 needed increased educational support following treatment, either with extra support in the classroom or being unable to continue in mainstream school. 12.5% of Group 2 patients required such support and 31.3% in Group 3. CONCLUSIONS Children with CNS tumours frequently require support for future education but those treated with both platinum-based chemotherapy and cranial radiotherapy are at particular risk, which may be compounded by co-existent ototoxicity and visual impairment. It is essential to provide appropriate support for this patient cohort in order to maximise their educational potential.

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Robots for Elderly Care in the Home: A Landscape Analysis and Co-Design Toolkit

International Journal of Social Robotics ◽

10.1007/s12369-021-00816-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Gianluca Bardaro ◽

Alessio Antonini ◽

Enrico Motta

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Daily Life ◽

Elderly Care ◽

Real Life ◽

Robotic Platform ◽

Holistic View ◽

Personal Assistants ◽

Healthcare Interventions ◽

The Impact ◽

The Eu

AbstractOver the last two decades, several deployments of robots for in-house assistance of older adults have been trialled. However, these solutions are mostly prototypes and remain unused in real-life scenarios. In this work, we review the historical and current landscape of the field, to try and understand why robots have yet to succeed as personal assistants in daily life. Our analysis focuses on two complementary aspects: the capabilities of the physical platform and the logic of the deployment. The former analysis shows regularities in hardware configurations and functionalities, leading to the definition of a set of six application-level capabilities (exploration, identification, remote control, communication, manipulation, and digital situatedness). The latter focuses on the impact of robots on the daily life of users and categorises the deployment of robots for healthcare interventions using three types of services: support, mitigation, and response. Our investigation reveals that the value of healthcare interventions is limited by a stagnation of functionalities and a disconnection between the robotic platform and the design of the intervention. To address this issue, we propose a novel co-design toolkit, which uses an ecological framework for robot interventions in the healthcare domain. Our approach connects robot capabilities with known geriatric factors, to create a holistic view encompassing both the physical platform and the logic of the deployment. As a case study-based validation, we discuss the use of the toolkit in the pre-design of the robotic platform for an pilot intervention, part of the EU large-scale pilot of the EU H2020 GATEKEEPER project.

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The effect of exercise on quality of life and activities of daily life in frail older adults: A systematic review of randomised control trials

Experimental Gerontology ◽

10.1016/j.exger.2021.111287 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 147 ◽

pp. 111287

Author(s):

Evan Campbell ◽

Fanny Petermann-Rocha ◽

Paul Welsh ◽

Carlos Celis-Morales ◽

Jill P. Pell ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Older Adults ◽

Daily Life ◽

Frail Older Adults ◽

Activities Of Daily Life ◽

Randomised Control Trials

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The impact of symptoms on daily life as perceived by patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A disease

Neurological Sciences ◽

10.1007/s10072-021-05254-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Stefano Tozza ◽

Dario Bruzzese ◽

Daniele Severi ◽

Emanuele Spina ◽

Rosa Iodice ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Daily Life ◽

Short Form ◽

Lower Limbs ◽

Charcot Marie Tooth ◽

Rank Analysis ◽

Sf 36 ◽

Tooth Type ◽

The Impact

Abstract Introduction In Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A (CMT1A) patients, daily life is mainly influenced by mobility and ambulation dysfunctions. The aim of our work was to evaluate the perception of disturbances that mostly impact on daily life in CMT1A patients and its difference on the basis of age, gender, disability, and quality of life. Methods Forty-one CMT1A patients underwent neurological assessment focused on establishing clinical disability through the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy Score (CMTNS) and quality of life through the Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire. We identified from CMT disturbances 5 categories [weakness in lower limbs (WLL), weakness in upper limbs (WUL), skeletal deformities (SD), sensory symptoms (SS), balance (B)] and patients classified the categories from the highest to the lowest impact on daily life (1: highest; 5: lowest). Ranking of the 5 categories, in the overall sample and in the different subgroups (dividing by gender, median of age and disease duration, CMTNS, domains of SF-36), was obtained and differences among subgroups were assessed using a bootstrap approach. Results Rank analysis showed that WLL was the most important disturbance on daily life whereas WUL had the lowest impact. In the older CMT1A group, the most important disturbance on daily life was B that was also the most relevant disturbance in patients with a greater disability. SD influenced daily life in younger patients. SS had less impact on daily life, with the exception of patients with a milder disability. Discussion Our findings demonstrated that the perception of disturbances that mostly impact on CMT1A patients’ daily life changes over the lifetime and with degree of disability.

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