International journal of geriatric psychiatry
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Int J Geriatr Psychiatry · Aug 2013
ReviewThe delirium experience: what is the effect on patients, relatives and staff and what can be done to modify this?
Delirium is a common clinical syndrome with significant associated mortality, morbidity and financial cost. Less is understood about the experience of delirium for the patient, their family and staff involved in their care. ⋯ A better understanding of the experience and psychological consequences of delirium will inform the development of appropriate methods of providing support and information to those at risk of delirium and their families or carers.
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Int J Geriatr Psychiatry · Aug 2013
Functional connectivity networks associated with chronic musculoskeletal pain in old age.
Musculoskeletal disorders are common and often lead to chronic pain in older adults. Because the efficacy of interventions varies with the duration of pain, the identification of early biomarkers for chronic pain would have important public health consequences. Imaging of functional connectivity differences between brain regions might identify some of the earliest functional consequences of a disease process. We tested the hypothesis that chronic musculoskeletal pain in older persons is associated with changes in functional brain connectivity. ⋯ Chronic musculoskeletal pain is associated with a specific pattern of functional connectivity between brain regions among older adults.