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Self-rated general and oral health and associated factors in independently-living older individuals [PDF]
Brazilian Oral Research, 2020 The aim of this study was to verify the association between sociodemographic, general health, and oral health data with self-rated general health (SRGH) and self-rated oral health (SROH) in independent-living older Brazilians.
Luísa Helena do Nascimento TÔRRES +6 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2022 Objective To investigate the correlation between having designated general practitioners (GPs) in residential care homes and the residents’ number of contacts with primary care, number of hospital admissions and mortality.Design A retrospective register ...
Line Due Christensen +3 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2022 Background Frailty in older people is associated with increased risk of falls, longer length of stay in hospital, increased risk of institutionalisation and death. Frailty can be measured using validated tools.
Heather Block +12 more
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Elderly People Living at Home: General Health x Oral Hygiene
Revista Naval de Odontologia On Line, 2023 The Integrated Home Assistance Service (IHAS) was created to provide integral home care for elderly people who are unable to go to the health care units of the Brazilian Navy.
Patrícia Alves Scheid Jordan +3 more
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Geriatrics Fact Sheet in Korea 2021 [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2021 South Korea became an aged society in 2017 and is predicted to become a super-aged society by 2025. Therefore, knowing the trends among older adults and identifying the geriatric burden are crucial for both healthcare professionals and policymakers.
Ji Yeon Baek +3 more
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Prevalence and characteristics of Brazilians aged 50 and over that received a doctor’s diagnosis of COVID-19: the ELSI-COVID-19 initiative [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2020 : The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused over half a million deaths worldwide. Brazil has been particularly impacted, registering more than 1.3 million infections and 57,000 deaths by late June 2020. Aggregate numbers
James Macinko +4 more
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Health and Welfare Service for the Aged
Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics, 1976 M. Seki, S. Nishi, M. Fukaya, K. Sonoda
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Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS, 2021 Introduction Recently, numerous studies have linked social determinants of health (SDoH) with clinical outcomes. While this association is well known, the interfacility variability of these risk favors within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is ...
C. Wray +6 more
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Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2017 Objective: to identify the medication profile, the prevalence of polypharmacy and associated factors among elderly people receiving care from Family Health Strategy teams. Method: an analytical, document-based, cross-sectional survey with a quantitative
Geraldo Marques da Costa +2 more
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Children, 2021 Background: There is a lack of psychometric evidence about pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instruments. Evidence on cost effectiveness, involving the measurement of HRQoL, is used in many countries to make decisions about pharmaceuticals,
Renee Jones +8 more
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