What is the association between sickness absence, mortality and morbidity? [PDF]
This paper examines the area-level relationships in England and Wales between sickness absence (‘incapacity benefit’), mortality and morbidity. It uses a random sample of incapacity benefit claims, and population counts of mortality and Census morbidity ...
C. Bambra +11 more
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Lived experiences of informal caregivers of people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review and meta-ethnography [PDF]
BACKGROUND: People with chronic pain often seek support from friends and family for everyday tasks. These individuals are termed informal caregivers. There remains uncertainty regarding the lived experiences of these people who care for individuals with ...
Bowlby J. +6 more
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Health-related quality of life as measured with EQ-5D among populations with and without specific chronic conditions: A population-based survey in Shaanxi province, China [PDF]
© 2013 Tan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited ...
A Alwan +36 more
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Maternal antibodies provide protection for the developing fetus. Transplacental transport of pathogenic autoantibodies might pose a risk for the developing fetus. The transport of antibodies across the placenta to the fetal circulation occurs through the
Simone Mader +5 more
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Management of work-relevant upper limb disorders: a review [PDF]
Background Upper limb disorders (ULDs) are clinically challenging and responsible for considerable work loss. There is a need to determine effective approaches for their management.
A. K. Burton +57 more
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Integrated approach to treatment of pain syndrome in musculoskeletal system injuries and disorders
The problem of treating pain in patients with diseases of the musculoskeletal system and its injuries is highly relevant, which is associated with the high prevalence of this pathology. The basis of pain is always inflammation. In order to
M. S. Svetlova
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Degenerative musculoskeletal diseases are structural and functional failures of the musculoskeletal system, including osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD), and sarcopenia.
Ze-Qin Wen +5 more
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RHEUMATIC DISEASES IN THE ADULT POPULATION IN FEDERAL DISTRICTS OF RUSSIA
Analysis of the official statistics of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for the year 2011 indicates a growing incidence of diseases of the musculoskeletal system in adult population of Russia as compared to 2010.
Rimma M Balabanova, Sh F Erdes
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Medication use by early-stage breast cancer survivors: a 1-year longitudinal study. [PDF]
PurposeThe aim of this study is to characterize the patterns of medication use by early-stage breast cancer (ESBC) survivors from diagnosis to 1 year post-chemotherapy.MethodsA single-center longitudinal study was conducted with ESBC patients diagnosed ...
Chan, Alexandre +4 more
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Prevalence and time course of post-stroke pain: A multicenter prospective hospital-based study [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: Pain prevalence data for patients at various stages after stroke. DESIGN: Repeated cross-sectional, observational epidemiological study. SETTING: Hospital-based multicenter study.
Barbanti, Piero +17 more
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