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Factors affecting medication adherence in elderly people

open access: yesPatient Preference and Adherence, 2016
Background Little is known about the functional health literacy (FHL) associated with medication adherence in elderly patients. The aim of this study was to examine the FHL among older adults and identify influencing factors that can predict medication ...
Hyekyung Jin, Yeonhee L. Kim, S. Rhie
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Patronizing and Policing Elderly People [PDF]

open access: yesPsychological Reports, 2004
426 students rated a vignette wherein an older person was patronized (more or less) or not by a police officer. Trait attributions were linearly related to extent of patronization: predictably negative for the patronizers, yet positive for the recipients. Visual appearances of patronizers and patronizees did not influence these patterns.
Giles, Howard   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Long‐Term Temporal Profile of Motor Recovery After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Limited data is available to describe the temporal profile of long‐term recovery over 1 year after the stroke in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Methods A registered multicentral cohort was conducted to consecutively include non‐herniated supratentorial ICH patients from November 2013 to January 2023 ...
Yan Zheng   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring if Longitudinal Changes on PET Imaging Can Serve as a Biomarker for Stiff Person Syndrome Spectrum Disorders

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To identify metabolic patterns in the brain and musculoskeletal system of stiff person syndrome spectrum disorders (SPSD) patients over time using PET imaging and evaluate the impact of immune therapy on metabolic activity as a surrogate for treatment response.
Munther M. Queisi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serum Neurofilament Light Chain in Multiple Sclerosis: Superiority of Age‐ and BMI‐Corrected Z Scores/Percentiles Over Absolute Cutoff Values for Prediction of Treatment Response

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Prognostication of disease course and prediction of treatment response in multiple sclerosis is an unmet need. We compared the performance of serum neurofilament light chain Z scores (age‐ and BMI‐adjusted) with absolute concentrations for the prediction of response to disease‐modifying therapy.
Maximilian Einsiedler   +43 more
wiley   +1 more source

The story of pain in people with dementia: a rationale for digital measures

open access: yesBMC Medicine
Background The increasingly older world population presents new aging-related challenges, especially for persons with dementia unable to express their suffering. Pain intensity and the effect of pain treatment are difficult to assess via proxy rating and
Monica Patrascu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Screening Depression Among Elderly in a City of Southeast Asia [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Introduction: Changing family structure (Joint to Nuclear), increased life expectancy above 60 years of age, generation and communication gap, financial dependency on children leads to conflict among family members.
Abhishek Gupta   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimation of prevalence of sarcopenia by using a new bioelectrical impedance analysis in Chinese community-dwelling elderly people

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2016
BackgroundThe aim of the present study was to validate the usefulness of the new octapolar multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) for assessment of appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) by comparing it with that of dual-energy X-ray ...
Hui Wang   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Medication Use in Multiple Sclerosis: A Population‐Based Comparison With the General Danish Population

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the overall use of prescription medications among individuals with multiple sclerosis compared to the general population, with a focus on treatments beyond disease‐modifying therapies. Methods We conducted a nationwide, registry‐based study in Denmark.
Josefine Windfeld‐Mathiasen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Survey on the Use of Intelligent Physical Service Robots for Elderly or Disabled Bedridden People at Home

open access: yesInternational Journal of Crowd Science
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotic technologies have been applied in healthcare sectors for many years. Along with the ageing trend rising globally, the use of AI and intelligent service robots in home care for elderly or disabled bedridden people ...
Wei Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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