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Central Blood Pressure and Augmentation Index in Older Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

open access: yesJournal of Intellectual Disability Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Older adults with intellectual disabilities are at a higher cardiovascular risk than their peers in the general population. Investigating central blood pressure and augmentation index is necessary to better understand the risk of cardiovascular disease, to better identify those individuals at risk and to potentially change ...
T. I. M. Hilgenkamp   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cardiovascular Disease Incidence and Risk Factors in Older Adults With Intellectual Disabilities: Results of the Healthy Ageing and Intellectual Disabilities Study

open access: yesJournal of Intellectual Disability Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Previous research has shown that older adults with intellectual disabilities are at increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). However, longitudinal studies investigating the actual incidence of CVD and its associated risk factors in this population are limited. Such research is essential for optimising healthcare delivery and
Marleen J. de Leeuw   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the Active Involvement of Family Caregivers in Adult Hospital Care Effective to Improve Patient Outcomes? A Systematic Review

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To investigate the effects of active involvement of family caregivers in adult in‐hospital care on patients' readmissions, complications, mortality, length of hospital stay, quality of life, psychological distress and activities of daily living, as well as on the satisfaction of patients, HCPs and family caregivers.
Daphne Bloemberg   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting Cardiovascular Risk Factors from Retinal Fundus Photographs using Deep Learning

open access: yes, 2017
Traditionally, medical discoveries are made by observing associations and then designing experiments to test these hypotheses. However, observing and quantifying associations in images can be difficult because of the wide variety of features, patterns ...
Blumer, Katy   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Coronary Artery Calcium Score Combined With Framingham Score for Risk Prediction in Asymptomatic Individuals [PDF]

open access: bronze, 2004
Diego Ize-Ludlow   +4 more
openalex   +1 more source

Severe Periodontitis is Associated With Recurrent Cardiovascular Events—A 10‐Year Longitudinal Cohort Study

open access: yesJournal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
One thousand and two patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) were observed over 10 years. Data were collected from 792 study participants. Severe periodontitis proved to be an independent risk factor for new cardiovascular events. Tooth brushing more than once a day and performing interdental hygiene were associated with decreased risk.
Stefan Reichert   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Smartphone Application‐Based Interventions to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Individuals With Prediabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesObesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smartphone application (app)‐based interventions to prevent Type 2 diabetes (T2D) are becoming increasingly available. A thorough summary of their effectiveness is lacking. We synthesized evidence on the effectiveness of app‐based interventions to prevent T2D targeting individuals with prediabetes. For this systematic review and meta‐analysis,
Laura Suhlrie   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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