RATIONALE Over the past four decades, the median age of survival has nearly doubled for individuals living with cystic fibrosis (CF). Chronic diseases such as chronic rhinosinusitis increase in prevalence with age. In the non-CF population, chronic rhinosinusitis is associated with reduced health-related quality of life. OBJECTIVES Our objectives were to determine the prevalence of chronic rh...

analysis was based on intention to treat. Results: We recruited 211 eligible patients (97% of target), of whom 107 were allocated to GES and 104 to SMC alone. At 12-weeks the GES group scored 4.1 (95% CI: 2.2 to 6.0) points lower on the CFQ and 6.3 (95% CI: 1.7 to 10.8) higher on the SF-36 compared to the SMC group (p b 0.001; p = 0.007) (adjusted model). Effect sizes were 0.5 and 0.2 respectiv...

BACKGROUND This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Child and Parent versions of the German CFQ-R (Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire Revised), a disease-specific measure of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in children with cystic fibrosis (CF). Self-Rating is combined with proxy-rating by parents in the use of the questionnaire. METHODS 136 children with CF (6 - 13 years) and...

BACKGROUND Head trauma is associated with multiple destructive cognitive symptoms and cognitive failure. Cognitive failures include problems with memory, attention and operation. Cognitive failures are considered as a process associated with metacognition. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to compare cognitive failures and metacognitive beliefs in mild Traumatic Brain Injured (TBI) patients and nor...

The present study evaluated subjective and objective cognitive measures as predictors of fluid intelligence in healthy older adults. We hypothesized that objective cognitive measures would predict fluid intelligence to a greater degree than self-reported cognitive functioning. Ninety-three healthy older (>65 years old) community-dwelling adults participated. Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrice...

Abstract Cognitive fusion, or the degree to which a person is entangled with their thoughts and takes them literally, considered normal yet detrimental cognitive process associated diverse negative outcomes across healthy disordered functioning, including in fibromyalgia. Given relevance of this process, aim present study generate empirical evidence on reliability validity Fusion Questionnaire ...

BACKGROUND International guidelines recommend depression and anxiety screening in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF), but Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) remains understudied. METHODS Adults with CF (n=53) were screened using the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale-v1.1 Symptom Checklist (ASRS-v1.1), Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised (CFQ-R), and a self-report measure of treat...