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Fragility Fractures: Risk Factors and Management in the Elderly

Medicina (Lithuania), 2021
Given the progressive ageing of Western populations, the fragility fractures market has a growing socioeconomic impact. Fragility fractures are common in the elderly, negatively impacting their quality of life, limiting autonomy, increasing disability ...
Filippo Migliorini, Riccardo Giorgino, Frank Hildebrand   +2 more
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Dynamics of non-communicable disease prevention, diagnosis and control in Lebanon, a fragile setting

Conflict and Health, 2021
Background Non-communicable diseases (NCD) present an increasing global health challenge, particularly for settings affected by fragility where access to care may be disrupted, and where high-quality continuous care delivery is difficult to achieve. This
Nadine Zablith, Karin Diaconu, Farah Naja, Maria El Koussa, Giulia Loffreda, Ibrahim Bou-Orm, Shadi Saleh   +6 more
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Ursodeoxycholic acid induces sarcopenia associated with decreased protein synthesis and autophagic flux

Biological Research, 2023
Background Skeletal muscle generates force and movements and maintains posture. Under pathological conditions, muscle fibers suffer an imbalance in protein synthesis/degradation.
Josué Orozco-Aguilar, Franco Tacchi, Francisco Aguirre, Mayalen Valero-Breton, Mauricio Castro-Sepulveda, Felipe Simon, Claudio Cabello-Verrugio   +6 more
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Political Economy of Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) prevention and control in Lebanon: identifying challenges and opportunities for policy change and care provision reforms

BMC Public Health, 2023
Introduction Lebanon is a middle-income country facing substantial fragility features. Its health profile shows a high burden of NCD morbidity and mortality.
Ibrahim R. Bou-Orm, Giulia Loffreda, Karin Diaconu, Sophie Witter, Pol deVos   +4 more
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Experiences of communities with Lebanon’s model of care for non-communicable diseases: a cross-sectional household survey from Greater Beirut

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives Assess community perceptions of the Lebanese care model for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and trust in the health system among others, and test association between them.Design Cross-sectional study using multistage random sampling and ...
Karin Diaconu, Ibrahim Bou-Orm, Pol deVos   +2 more
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Identifying opportunities to engage communities with social mobilisation activities to tackle NCDs in El Salvador in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background Social mobilisation is potentially a key tool in the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in fragile settings. This formative study addressed existing and potential social mobilisation mechanisms seeking behaviour to tackle NCDs in ...
Lizzie Caperon, Stella Arakelyan, Cinzia Innocenti, Alastair Ager   +3 more
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The development of a contextually appropriate measure of psychological distress in Sierra Leone

BMC Psychology, 2021
Background Studies of psychological distress in Sierra Leone have typically used measures which were developed for use in other contexts, and which often have not been adapted or validated for use in Sierra Leone.
Rebecca Horn, Kanykey Jailobaeva, Stella Arakelyan, Alastair Ager   +3 more
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Understanding perceptions of recovery from psychological distress in Sierra Leone through qualitative comparative analysis

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2021
Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is a relatively new method that examines causal complexity. Its use in mental health research is nascent. In low-income and fragile settings, with weak mental health service provision, identifying pathways of ...
Kanykey Jailobaeva, Rebecca Horn, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Giulia Loffreda, Alastair Ager   +4 more
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Recommendations on the post-acute management of the osteoporotic fracture - Patients with “very-high” Re-fracture risk

Journal of Orthopaedic Translation, 2022
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease where there is low bone mass and deterioration of bone microarchitecture, leading to an increased risk of a fragility fracture.
Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Wing-Hoi Cheung, Simon Kwoon Ho Chow, Raymond Wai Kit Ng, Wilson Li, Albert Yung-Chak Hsu, Kam Kwong Wong, Angela Wing-Hang Ho, Shing-Hing Choi, Christian Xinshuo Fang, Chun Fung Chan, Ka-Hei Leung, Kwok-Keung Chu, Timothy Chi Yui Kwok, Ming Hui Yang, Maoyi Tian, Sheung Wai Law   +16 more
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Developing a social mobilisation intervention for salt reduction: participatory action research in Bombali district, Sierra Leone

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background High salt intake is a major risk factor for hypertension, which in turn contributes to cardiovascular diseases, the major cause of death from non communicable diseases (NCDs).
Kiran Cheedella, Peter Conteh, Guanyang Zou, John Walley, Ajaratu Kamara, Haja Wurie, Sophie Witter   +6 more
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