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Anxiety Impacts Consent Capacity to Treatment in Alzheimer's Disease. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Psychol, 2021
Kato Y   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Standard Assessment of Global Activities in the Elderly (SAGE) scale: Validation process of a new tool for the assessment of disability in older adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background The possibility of ageing independently during the past 2 decades assumed a meaning which comprises different aspects. It has been recognized, in studies involving older adults but also by important Health Organizations (such as WHO), that ...
Marzona, Irene
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Inhalation devices in COPD Management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is expected to become the third most common cause of mortality in the world (GOLD Committee, 2009). COPD management continues to play a large role in everyday medical practice and inhalation therapy will ...
Romaniuk Verge, Kathy
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Mild Cognitive Decline Is a Risk Factor for Scam Vulnerability in Older Adults. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Psychiatry, 2021
Ueno D   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Functional Cognitive Activities for Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury: Pilot Case Studies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The purpose of these pilot case studies were to investigate the effectiveness of the Functional Cognitive Activities for Adults with Brain Injury: A Sequential Approach (FCA) in generalizing functional cognitive skills across meaningful occupations for ...
Cook, Ashley, Huang, Karen, Pala, Ajay
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The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (epoetin and darbepoetin) for treating cancer-treatment induced anaemia (including review of TA142): a systematic review and economic model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Anaemia is a common side-effect of cancer treatments and can lead to a reduction in quality of life. Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) are licensed for use in conjunction with red blood cell transfusions (RBCTs) to improve cancer ...
Briscoe, Simon   +12 more
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A Clustering Comparison Measure Using Density Profiles and its Application to the Discovery of Alternate Clusterings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Data clustering is a fundamental and very popular method of data analysis. Its subjective nature, however, means that different clustering algorithms or different parameter settings can produce widely varying and sometimes conflicting results.
Bae, Eric, Bailey, James, Dong, Guozhu
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Factors related to the information needs and desired level of participation of older women engaged in medical decision making [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Previous research suggests that older adults prefer less information and involvement in medical decision-making scenarios than younger adults. No previous research has empirically explored the factors that might influence the information and involvement ...
Martin, Ronald Ralph
core   +1 more source

Executive function in daily life: age-related influences of executive processes on instrumental activities of daily living [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The current study of older adults used structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the relationships between three executive processes underlying executive function (EF) (inhibition, task-switching, and updating in working memory), and two types of ...
Vaughan, Leslie
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