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Caring for a dying spouse at the end of life: 'It's one of the things you volunteer for when you get married': a qualitative study of the oldest carers' experiences. [PDF]

, 2016
older people aged 80 and over are increasingly providing end-of-life care to spouses at home and often do so for long periods of time, while also trying to manage their own illnesses and disabilities.
Carol Thomas, Christine Milligan, Claire King, David Seamark, Mary Turner, Noël-Miller, Sarah G. Brearley, Sheila Payne, Susan Blake, Xu Wang, Zizza   +10 more
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Men’s Safer Sex Trial: a feasibility randomised controlled trial of an interactive digital intervention to increase condom use in men [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the feasibility of an online randomised controlled trial (RCT) of the Men’s Safer Sex website, measuring condom use and sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Anderson, Jane, Bailey, Julia V., Estcourt, Claudia, Freemantle, Nick, Gerressu, Makeda, Griffin, Mark, Hunter, Rachael, Michie, Susan, Murray, Elizabeth, Rait, Greta, Stephenson, Judith, Webster, Rosie   +11 more
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Body mass index, performance on activities of daily living and cognition: analysis in two different populations

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background With this study, we aim to determine the associations of the different categories of the body mass index (BMI) with activities of daily living (ADL) and cognitive performance in two different populations living in the community; Colombian and ...
Miguel Germán Borda, Luis Carlos Venegas-Sanabria, Elkin Garcia-Cifuentes, Ronald Camilo Gomez, Carlos Alberto Cano-Gutierrez, Diego Alejandro Tovar-Rios, Vera Aarsland, Khadija Khalifa, Alberto Jaramillo-Jimenez, Dag Aarsland, Hogne Soennesyn   +10 more
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Complications Associated With Spine Surgery in Patients Aged 80 Years or Older: Japan Association of Spine Surgeons with Ambition (JASA) Multicenter Study [PDF]

, 2017
Study Design:Retrospective study of registry data.Objectives:Aging of society and recent advances in surgical techniques and general anesthesia have increased the demand for spinal surgery in elderly patients.
Abe Tetsuya, Ando Kei, Aoki Yasuchika, Aramomi Masaaki, Chikuda Hirotaka, Demura Satoru, Eguchi Yawara, Fujii Kengo, Fujiwara Hiroyasu, Furuya Takeo, Futatsugi Toshimasa, Hasegawa Masaichi, Hikata Tomohiro, Hongo Michio, Iizuka Haku, Iizuka Yoichi, Imagama Shiro, Imajo Yasuaki, Inoue Gen, Inoue Hirokazu, Ishiguro Naoki, Ishii Ken, Ishikawa Tetsuhiro, Kaito Takashi, Kakutani Kenichiro, Kato Satoshi, Kimura Atsushi, Kiyasu Katsuhito, Kobayashi Kazuyoshi, Kobayashi Ryoichi, Matsumoto Morio, Miyagi Masayuki, Mukaiyama Keijiro, Murakami Hideki, Nakagawa Yukihiro, Nakajima Hideaki, Nakanishi Kazuyoshi, Nakano Atsushi, Namikawa Takashi, Nishida Kotaro, Nishida Norihiro, Nishimura Hirosuke, Ohtori Seiji, Ohya Junichi, Orita Sumihisa, Saito Wataru, Sakane Masataka, Seki Shoji, Shimizu Masayuki, Suzuki Akinobu, Suzuki Hidekazu, Tamai Koji, Terai Hidetomi, Watanabe Kazuyuki, Watanabe Kei, Yamada Kei, Yamashita Masaomi, Yamazaki Masashi, Yoshimoto Mitsunori, Yoshioka Katsuhito, 安部 哲哉, 山崎 正志   +61 more
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The Fate (Outcome) of Clinically Apparent Single Lesion and Oligofocal Nephroblastomatosis Treated According to SIOP/GPOH Protocols for Wilms Tumor

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The management of clinically apparent single lesions or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis, a facultative precursor of nephroblastoma, remains debated. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 37 patients with clinically apparent single or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis (two to three lesions per kidney) among 2347 patients registered between
Nils Welter, Jens‐Peter Schenk, Jenny Wegert, Manfred Gessler, Leo Kager, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Marina Müller, Jean‐Michel Wolff, Joerg Fuchs, Steven W. Warmann, Clemens‐Magnus Meier, Jochen Hubertus, Christian Rübe, Christian Vokuhl, Patrick Melchior, Lena Tschirner, Norbert Graf, Rhoikos Furtwängler   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Specificity of treatment is mandatory in very old patients with hairy cell leukemia [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2015
Introduction. There are only a few available data about hairy cell leukemia (HCL) in very old patients. We presented three very different cases of HCL in very old patients diagnosed in a single center and discussed some epidemiological and ...
Marisavljević Dragomir, Marković Olivera, Živković Radmila   +2 more
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Elderly Care Services: Development Prospects in Context of Population Ageing [PDF]

, 2014
Wraz ze starzeniem się ludności będzie wzrastać zapotrzebowanie na usługi opiekuńcze. Zgodnie z prognozą Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego, w 2035 roku osoby w wieku 65 lat i więcej będą stanowiły 23% populacji Polski, podczas gdy obecnie jest to około 13%
Szweda-Lewandowska, Zofia
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Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
wiley   +1 more source