A simple measure of neglect severity

Validity study of the severity index, a simple measure of urinary incontinence in women.

We thank all the participants for their help. Contributors: PHW and DGC had the idea for the paper and designed the study with support from KO and SJCT. JAG carried out the analyses. PHW drafted the paper, with contributions from all authors. PHW and DGC will act as guarantors for the paper. Funding: This study was funded by the Wellcome Trust (grant 051187/Z/97/A). Competing interests: None de...

The making of a self-neglect severity scale.

BACKGROUND Research in elder self-neglect has lagged behind that of other forms of mistreatment, despite the fact that self-neglect is the most common allegation reported to Adult Protective Service agencies throughout the US. The lack of a gold standard to measure self-neglect has hampered efforts to study this phenomenon. METHODS Researchers designed the Self-Neglect Severity Scale (SSS) ba...

Disappearance of unilateral spatial neglect following a simple instruction.

OBJECTIVES To clarify the reason why patients with left unilateral spatial neglect fail to copy the left side of a daisy like flower, not continuing to draw petals all around. METHODS A flower was simplified and a figure was made that consisted of a large central circle and small circles surrounding it. Four patients with typical left unilateral spatial neglect performed copying and arrangeme...

Severity of hypoperfusion in distinct brain regions predicts severity of hemispatial neglect in different reference frames.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hemispatial neglect is among the most common and disabling consequences of right hemisphere stroke. A variety of variables have been associated with the presence or severity of neglect but have not evaluated the independent effects of location, severity, and volume of ischemia. Few have determined areas involved in different types of neglect. We identified the contributio...

Is Apnea-Hypopnea Index a proper measure for Obstructive Sleep Apnea severity?