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Family physicians’ preferences for education to support family caregivers: a sequential mixed methods study

BMC Primary Care
Background One in four Canadians is a family caregiver. Family caregivers (carers, care-partners) are relatives or chosen family, friends, or neighbors who provide 75 to 90% of the care for people with physical or mental illness, disabilities, or frailty
Jasneet Parmar, Sara Hafeez, Tanya L’Heureux, Lesley Charles, Josephine Tite, Peter George J. Tian, Sharon Anderson   +6 more
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A Less Known Stroke Mimic: Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2016
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinico-neuro-radiological diagnosis, which can complicate a wide range of conditions. Clinical features include generalised and/or focal neurological deficits.
Keneilwe Malomo, Ontefetse Ntlholang
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Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be referred to an obstetrician during pregnancy and birth: results from a cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Women who smoke during pregnancy make less use of prenatal care; the relation of smoking behavior with the use of other forms of maternal healthcare is unknown.
S. Weiland, L.L. Peters, M.Y. Berger, J.J.H.M. Erwich, D.E.M.C. Jansen   +4 more
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Recommendations for clinical research in children presenting to primary care out-of-hours services: a randomised controlled trial with parallel cohort study

BJGP Open, 2021
Background: Research in primary care is essential, but recruiting children in this setting can be complex and may cause selection bias. Challenges surrounding informed consent, particularly in an acute clinical setting, can undermine feasibility. The off-
Anouk AH Weghorst, Gea A Holtman, Pien I Wolters, Heleen A Russchen, Freek Fickweiler, Henkjan J Verkade, Johan Post, Karin M Vermeulen, Boudewijn J Kollen, Irma J Bonvanie, Marjolein Y Berger   +10 more
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How do elderly pedestrians perceive hazards in the street? - An initial investigation towards development of a pedestrian simulation that incorporates reaction of various pedestrians to environments [PDF]

, 2007
In order to evaluate the accessibility of street and transport environments, such as railway stations, we are now developing a pedestrian simulation that incorporates elderly and disable pedestrians and their interaction with various environments ...
Boampong, D, Childs, C, Fujiyama, T, Tyler, N   +3 more
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Community screening for dementia among older adults in China: a machine learning-based strategy

BMC Public Health
Background Dementia is a leading cause of disability in people older than 65 years worldwide. However, diagnosing dementia in its earliest symptomatic stages remains challenging.
Yan Zhang, Jian Xu, Chi Zhang, Xu Zhang, Xueli Yuan, Wenqing Ni, Hongmin Zhang, Yijin Zheng, Zhiguang Zhao   +8 more
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An intervention to support stroke survivors and their carers in the longer term (LoTS2Care): study protocol for the process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled feasibility trial

Trials, 2018
Background Whilst pathways relating to the early stages of stroke care have become well established, strategies for longer-term care are less developed and longer-term outcomes remain poor for many stroke survivors. New Start, a complex intervention that
Natasha K. Hardicre, Thomas F Crocker, Alan Wright, Louisa-Jane Burton, Seline Ozer, Ross Atkinson, Allan House, Jenny Hewison, Christopher McKevitt, Anne Forster, Amanda J. Farrin, on behalf of the LoTS2Care Programme Management Group   +11 more
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Lifestyle Profile of Elderly Living with Non-communicable Disease in Bangkok and Surabaya [PDF]

, 2019
Lifestyle is one of the underlying risk factor of non-communicable disease (NCD). Dietary habit and exercise pattern are two indicators of lifestyle. Elderly are prone to NCD due to increased age which being independent risk factor.
Artsanthia, J. (Jintana), Sari, N. P. (Ni)   +1 more
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Age-dependent differences in human brain activity using a face- and location-matching task: An fMRI study [PDF]

, 2007
Purpose: To evaluate the differences of cortical activation patterns in young and elderly healthy subjects for object and spatial visual processing using a face- and location-matching task.
Bokde, A. L. W., Born, C., Britsch, S., Hampel, H., Leinsinger, G., Lopez-Bayo, P., Meindl, T., Möller, Hans-Jürgen, Reiser, Maximilian F., Teipel, S. J.   +9 more
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Online Consultations Between General Practitioners and Psychiatrists in the Netherlands: A Qualitative Study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Objective: To examine the nature and scope of questions about psychiatric patient cases submitted by general practitioners (GPs) to an established online consultation platform and to determine if they could have been answered by consulting existing ...
Nynke W. Bock, Hans Wouters, Anne J. Lammers, Marco H. Blanker   +3 more
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