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Sociodemographic and lifestyle determinants of multimorbidity among community-dwelling older adults: findings from 346,760 SHARE participants

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of multimorbidity and its associated factors among the older population in China to propose policy recommendations for the management of chronic diseases in older adults.
Wenqing Ni   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of inflammation in age-related disease. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Geroscience Interest Group (GSIG) sponsored workshop, The Role of Inflammation inAge-Related Disease, was held September 6th-7th, 2012 in Bethesda, MD.
Augustine, Alison Deckhut   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Prevalence, treatment patterns, and healthcare resource utilization in Medicare and commercially insured non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease patients with and without anemia in the United States

open access: yesBMC Nephrology, 2018
Background Anemia is common in non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (NDD-CKD) patients, but detailed information on prevalence and treatment is lacking.
Wendy L. St. Peter   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

COPD: Optimizing Treatment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A guideline update and an expanded armamentarium have many physicians wondering how best to treat patients with COPD. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) carries a high disease burden. In 2012, it was the 4th leading cause of death worldwide.1,2
Ahmed-Sarwar, Nabila   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Telehealth methods to deliver multifactorial dietary interventions in adults with chronic disease: A systematic review protocol [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: The long-term management of chronic diseases requires adoption of complex dietary recommendations, which can be facilitated by regular coaching to support sustained behaviour change.
Campbell, Katrina L.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A Novel Chronic Disease Policy Model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
We develop a simulation tool to support policy-decisions about healthcare for chronic diseases in defined populations. Incident disease-cases are generated in-silico from an age-sex characterised general population using standard epidemiological ...
Buchan, Iain   +3 more
core  

Global Chronic Diseases [PDF]

open access: yesScience, 2005
C hronic diseases, particularly cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease, account for more than 50% of all deaths worldwide. Tobacco use, poor diet, and physical inactivity are among the major risk factors contributing to this disease burden.
Derek, Yach   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Prevalence of disability according to multimorbidity and disease clustering: a population-based study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background: The prevalence of chronic diseases has increased with population ageing, and research has attempted to elucidate the correlation between chronic diseases and disability. However, most studies in older populations have focused on the effect of
Angleman, Sara   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Managing chronic disease

open access: yesBMJ, 1999
Rapid improvements in health and longevity are dramatically changing the burden of illness throughout the world. In developed countries changes in lifestyle and improvements in the treatment of major causes of mortality have aged the population and increased the prevalence of chronic diseases.
R M, Davis, E H, Wagner, T, Groves
openaire   +3 more sources

Factors associated with syphilis treatment failure and reinfection: a longitudinal cohort study in Shenzhen, China

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background The treatment failure and reinfection rates among syphilis patients are high, and relevant studies in China are limited. The aim of this study was to detect the rates of treatment failure and reinfection after syphilis treatment and to explore
Zhenzhou Luo   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

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