Author(s): Smith-Turchyn J; Sinclair S; O' Loughlin E; Innes A; Richardson J; Pillips S; Beauchamp M; Thabane L; Wrosch C; Sabiston CM;
Purpose: To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of two forms of social support (peer and peer plus virtual professional support) on quality of life, feelings of support, and exercise levels in older adult survivors of cancer. Methods: We conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial. Par ...
Article GUID: 41673350
Author(s): Mehrabi F; Pomeroy ML; Hoogendijk EO; Cudjoe TKM; Oremus M; Bandeen-Roche K; Oga-Omenka C;
Ageing populations face increasing burdens from frailty and social isolation, which are two inter-related public health challenges that increase the risk of dementia, hospitalisation, and mortality. Despite health systems' potential to intervene, the co-occurrence of frailty and social isolat ...
Article GUID: 41662853
Author(s): Parker A; Dalla Bella S; Penhune VB; Young L; Grenet D; Li KZH;
Rhythmic auditory cueing (RAC) improves spatiotemporal gait parameters in older adults, often using isochronous rhythmic cues (i.e., with constant inter-beat-intervals). However, healthy gait contains fractal-like variability, (i.e., with persistent long-range correlations; LRC) which is disturbed when walking to isochronous cues. Embedding auditory cues ...
Article GUID: 41661338
Author(s): Fawcett EJ; Morris Q; Lahey C; Corran C; Krause S; Bishop OC; Rash JA; Carter J; Fawcett JM;
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous condition often characterized in relation to major symptom dimensions, including contamination, symmetry/exactness, religious, aggressive, sexual, hoarding/saving, somatic, and miscellaneous. Aggressive obsessions, defined as intrusive though ...
Article GUID: 41650656
Author(s): Burcheri AJ; Galvin CR; Piché N; Frett MJ; Alschuler K; Alberts NM;
Introduction: Healthcare provider pain knowledge is critical in surgical settings, where effective pain management plays a key role in the prevention of chronic postsurgical pain. Despite this, little is known about the pain training and knowledge of surgical residents. Objective: To comprehensively assess Canadian surgery residents' knowledge and at ...
Article GUID: 41635476
Author(s): Böke BN; Mettler J; Bastien L; Cho S; Heath N;
Background: University students face high levels of stress with limited support for coping and well-being. Campus mental health services are increasingly using digital resources to support students' stress management and coping capacity. However, the effectiveness of providing this support through web-based, self-directed means remains unclear. Objec ...
Article GUID: 41576346
Author(s): Calvo N; Phillips N; Bialystok E; Einstein G;
Introduction: The relationship between biological sex, considered a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), and bilingualism, a resilience factor, is unclear. We assessed this relationship in 335 individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in a Canadian cohort. Methods: We used univariate analysis and structural equation modelling to study the ...
Article GUID: 41573422
Author(s): Bellemare-Pepin A; Lespinasse F; Thölke P; Harel Y; Mathewson K; Olson JA; Bengio Y; Jerbi K;
The recent surge of Large Language Models (LLMs) has led to claims that they are approaching a level of creativity akin to human capabilities. This idea has sparked a blend of excitement and apprehension. However, a critical piece that has been missing in this discourse is a systematic evaluation ...
Article GUID: 41565675
Author(s): Mebarak M; Maïano C; Mendoza J; Chirullo V; Coneo AMC; Compte EJ; Cruz-Licea V; Góngora VC; Henríquez C; Martínez-Banfi M; Mejía Rodriguez DL; Pescetto I; Selma H; Boothroyd LG; Thornborrow T; Todd J; Swami V;
The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) is increasingly used within diverse national and linguistic contexts, but assessments of its functioning across groups remains limited. To extend knowledge, we examined measurement invariance of the FAS across five Latin American nations (Argentina, Chil ...
Article GUID: 41547175
Author(s): Spiech C; Martínez MG; Lazzari G; Penhune V;
The pleasurable urge to move to music ("groove") has been shown to be greatest for moderately complex musical rhythms. This is thought to occur because temporal predictions from the motor system reinforce our perception of the beat when there is a balance between expectation and surprise. The supplementary motor area (SMA) has been identified as ...
Article GUID: 41511416
Author(s): Pissani L; de Almeida RG;
Familiarity, aptness, concreteness, metaphoricity, and structural norms for 300 two-word English metaphorical expressions (e.g., broken heart, early bird), presented in sentence context and in isolation, were obtained from 164 participants. Familiarity was conceived as the extent to which participants had previously heard or read that expression. Aptness ...
Article GUID: 41491452
Author(s): Hollett KB; Morin AJS; Carrese-Chacra E; Cohen TR; Carbonneau N; Berthiaume MM; Felice E; Gouin JP;
Socioecological models of health view romantic relationships as micro-social systems in which spouses influence one another's health-related thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Although prior work suggests spousal interdependence in eating behaviors, the degree of interdependence may vary as a ...
Article GUID: 41448461
