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The Relationship Between Smoking as a Modifiable Risk Factor and Chronic Complications on Elderly with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [PDF]

, 2015
Smoking is known as a variable that can be changed through a specific intervention activity. Recently in Indonesia, research related to chronic complication among elderly with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) was not available.
Trihandini, I. (Indang)
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Ceaseless Toil? Health and Labor Supply of the Elderly in Rural China [PDF]

, 2003
Deborah Davis-Friedmann (1991) described the “retirement” pattern of the Chinese elderly in the prereform era as “ceaseless toil”: lacking sufficient means of support, the elderly had to work their entire lives.
Benjamin, Dwayne, Brandt, Loren, Fan, Jia-Zhueng   +2 more
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Measurement of the Calf Muscle Circumference is Useful for Diagnosing Sarcopenia in Older Adults Requiring Long-Term Care [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
Background Calf muscle circumference is a potential alternative for measuring skeletal muscle mass. However, the association between calf muscle circumference and sarcopenia and the reliability of sarcopenia diagnosis based on calf muscle circumference ...
Ryo Sato, Yohei Sawaya, Tamaki Hirose, Takahiro Shiba, Lu Yin, Shuntaro Tsuji, Masahiro Ishizaka, Tomohiko Urano   +7 more
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Falls and associated risk factors in a sample of old age population in Egyptian community

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionFalling is a major health problem among old age persons and are the sixth cause of mortality and morbidity among them. Assessing the prevalence of falls among elderly in an Egyptian community and investigating its associated risk factors ...
Abd El Hamied Ibrahim El Sayed, Mohamed T. Said, Omnia Mohsen, Aziza M. Abozied, Mohamed Salama, Mohamed Salama, Mohamed Salama   +6 more
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Factors associated with frailty syndrome in the rural elderly [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objective: determine the prevalence and factors associated with frailty syndrome (FS) in the elderly in the rural population of Pelotas. Method: Quantitative, analytical, transversal study conducted with 820 elderly subjects registered in the Family ...
Patrícia Mirapalheta Pereira de Llano, Celmira Lange, Carlos Alberto da Cruz Sequeira, Vanda Maria da Rosa Jardim, Denise Somavila Przylynski Castro, Fernanda Santos   +5 more
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Healthcare professionals’ experiences with highly qualified nurses working in acute care teams in primary healthcare settings

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2021
Objective Strengthening primary healthcare with highly qualified nurses in acute care units or teams is a new Danish initiative intended to detect acute diseases and the deterioration of chronic diseases and to develop treatment for outpatients.
Stine Emilie Junker Udesen, Annmarie Touborg Lassen, Nina Andersen, Christina Østervang, Dorthe Suanne Nielsen   +4 more
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Food quality of long elderly and non-communicable chronic diseases

Semina: Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, 2021
The quality of the food of long-lived elderly and its relationship with non-communicable chronic diseases was evaluated. This a cross-sectional study with a population basis that was conducted in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, which is part of a larger ...
Ana Cristina Martins Passos, Dalila Pinto de Souza Fernandes, Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro, Regina Célia Rodrigues de Miranda Milagres, Maria Sônia Lopes Duarte   +4 more
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Neck circumference is a highly reliable anthropometric measure in older adults requiring long-term care [PDF]

PeerJ
The reliability of neck circumference measurement as an assessment tool for older adults requiring long-term care remains unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of neck circumference measurement in older adults requiring long-term care ...
Ryo Sato, Yohei Sawaya, Masahiro Ishizaka, Lu Yin, Takahiro Shiba, Tamaki Hirose, Tomohiko Urano   +6 more
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Change in the pattern of frailty among socially vulnerable older adults over a 36-month period and associated factors: a follow-up study

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2023
Objective: To investigate changes in the frailty levels of older adults in a context of high social vulnerability. Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study. Data were collected from 2 surveys conducted in 2015 and 2018.
Ana Laura Costa Menezes, Henrique Pott Junior, Ariene Angelini dos Santos-Orlandi, Grace Angélica de Oliveira Gomes, Letícia Pimenta Costa-Guarisco, Sofia Cristina Iost Pavarini, Ana Carolina Ottaviani, Marisa Silvana Zazzetta, Fabiana de Souza Orlandi   +8 more
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Physical activity in promoting health of the elderly

Health Problems of Civilization, 2018
Ageing, as a physiological process in human ontogenesis, is inevitable. However, it can assume a mild form. What can slow down involutionary processes within the limits of optimal human abilities and biological needs is physical activity.
Urszula Parnicka
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