Aphasia - Nursing
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Predictors of life situation among significant others of depressed or aphasic stroke patients.

30 May 2008 AIM: The aim of this study was to examine predictors of the life situation of the significant other of depressed or aphasic stroke patients. BACKGROUND: Depression and aphasia are common consequences of stroke, and both may put pressure on the ... Read more...

[Autism and nursing. Facilitated communication: significance of and use to the nursing of persons with autism with severe disabilities of action and communication]

30 Jan 2007 The following article searches for evidence based nursing measures in case of severe disabilities of action and communication, if criteria of autism can be applied. The effects of the impairments on daily life are described in typical situations. ... Read more...

Caregiver strain and caregiver burden of primary caregivers of stroke survivors with and without aphasia.

30 Aug 2006 Little is known about how the burden and strain of caring for stroke patients with or without aphasia affects primary caregivers. This article (a) critically examines the literature on the burden and strain of care experienced by caregivers of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Aphasia - Nursing'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [A patient with aphasia] 30 Dec 2008
• Predictors of life situation among significant others of depressed or aphasic stroke patients. 30 May 2008
• [From case to case: making a decision about life] 29 Apr 2008
• [Autism and nursing. Facilitated communication: significance of and use to the nursing of persons with autism with severe disabilities of action and communication] 30 Jan 2007
• Caregiver strain and caregiver burden of primary caregivers of stroke survivors with and without aphasia. 30 Aug 2006
• The provision of health information to stroke patients within an acute hospital setting: what actually happens and how do patients feel about it? 30 Dec 2005
• Finding the words. 30 Aug 2005
• [Logopedics in neurologic rehabilitation: properly supporting patients in "home work"] 30 Mar 2005
• Dealing with aphasia: three simple rules. 30 Dec 2003
• [When words disappear] 30 Oct 2003
• [Alternative nursing methods for orientation disorders: creativeness instead of only nursing care] 30 Mar 2003
• 'Understanding and being understood' as a creative caring phenomenon--in care of patients with stroke and aphasia. 30 Dec 2002
• Understanding between care providers and patients with stroke and aphasia: a phenomenological hermeneutic inquiry. 30 May 2002
• The aphasic person's views of the encounter with other people: a grounded theory analysis. 30 May 2002
• [Communication with demented patients: speech capacity is lost] 29 Apr 2002
• [Variability in the delivery of care in stroke units: analysis of the protocols] 30 Dec 2001
• [Aphasia. When words fail] 29 Jun 2001
• The meaning of skilled care providers' relationships with stroke and aphasia patients. 29 Apr 2001
• [How to communication with an aphasic person? Strategies and attitudes to adopt] 30 Mar 2001
• [Communication with the aphasic patient] 30 Oct 2000

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Technical information about 'Aphasia'

Definition: A cognitive disorder marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or express language in its written or spoken form. This condition is caused by diseases which affect the language areas of the dominant hemisphere. Clinical features are used to classify the various subtypes of this condition. General categories include receptive, expressive, and mixed forms of aphasia.

Descriptor UI: D001037

Alternative terms: Aphasia; Logasthenia; Logasthenias; Logagnosia; Logagnosias; Logamnesia; Logamnesias; Alogia; Alogias; Anepia; Anepias; Aphasia, Acquired; Acquired Aphasia; Aphasia, Ageusic; Ageusic Aphasia; Ageusic Aphasias; Aphasias, Ageusic; Aphasia, Auditory Discriminatory; Aphasias, Auditory Discriminatory; Auditory Discriminatory Aphasia; Auditory Discriminatory Aphasias; Discriminatory Aphasia, Auditory; Discriminatory Aphasias, Auditory; Aphasia, Commisural; Aphasias, Commisural; Commisural Aphasia; Commisural Aphasias; Aphasia, Functional; Aphasias, Functional; Functional Aphasia; Functional Aphasias; Aphasia, Global; Aphasias, Global; Global Aphasia; Global Aphasias; Dysphasia, Global; Dysphasias, Global; Global Dysphasia; Global Dysphasias; Aphasia, Syntactical; Aphasias, Syntactical; Syntactical Aphasia; Syntactical Aphasias; Aphasia, Intellectual; Aphasias, Intellectual; Intellectual Aphasia; Intellectual Aphasias; Aphasia, Mixed; Aphasias, Mixed; Mixed Aphasia; Mixed Aphasias; Aphasia, Post-Ictal; Aphasia, Post Ictal; Aphasias, Post-Ictal; Post-Ictal Aphasia; Post-Ictal Aphasias; Aphasia, Post-Traumatic; Aphasia, Post Traumatic; Aphasias, Post-Traumatic; Post-Traumatic Aphasia; Post-Traumatic Aphasias; Aphasia, Semantic; Aphasias, Semantic; Semantic Aphasia; Semantic Aphasias; Dejerine-Lichtheim Phenomenon; Dejerine Lichtheim Phenomenon; Phenomenon, Dejerine-Lichtheim; Lichtheim's Sign; Lichtheim Sign; Lichtheims Sign; Sign, Lichtheim's; Dysphasia; Aphasia, Progressive; Aphasias, Progressive; Progressive Aphasia; Progressive Aphasias; Aphasia, Graphomotor; Aphasias, Graphomotor; Graphomotor Aphasia; Graphomotor Aphasias;

Related Mesh Headings: Landau-Kleffner Syndrome;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.150.500.800.100; C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.100;

History Note: 1963

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics