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Young people's use of NHS Direct: a national study of symptoms and outcome of calls for children aged 0-15 [PDF]

, 2013
Objectives National Health Service (NHS) Direct provides 24/7 expert telephone-based healthcare information and advice to the public in England. However, limited research has explored the reasons to why calls are made on behalf of young people, as such ...
Chater, Angel M., Cook, Erica Jane, Guppy, Andy, Large, Shirley, Pang, Dong, Randhawa, Gurch   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Cerebello‐Prefrontal Connectivity Underlying Cognitive Dysfunction in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is a hereditary cerebellar degenerative disorder, with motor and cognitive symptoms. The constellation of cognitive symptoms due to cerebellar degeneration is named cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome (CCAS), which has increasingly been recognized to profoundly impact patients' quality of life;
Ami Kumar, Ruo‐Yah Lai, Zena Fadel, Yicheng Lin, Pia Parekh, Rachel Griep, Ming‐Kai Pan, Sheng‐Han Kuo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prediction of oral diseases in care dependent older people

BMC Oral Health
Background A large number of older people depend on others for help with their daily personal care, including oral health care. Nursing home and elder-care staff often face challenges identifying older people, who are exposed to or at an increased risk ...
Christina Andersen, Astrid Pernille Jespersen, Kim Ekstrand, Esben Boeskov Øzhayat   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rethinking Technological Solutions for Community-Based Older Adult Care: Insights from 'Older Partners' in China [PDF]

Aging in place refers to the enabling of individuals to age comfortably and securely within their own homes and communities. Aging in place relies on robust infrastructure, prompting the development and implementation of both human-led care services and information and communication technologies to provide support.
arxiv   +1 more source

Racial/Ethnic Disparities Related to Health Insurance Coverage, Access to Care and Ease in Health Care Services among Children in 2012 CCHAPS Data

, 2015
nObjective:The aim of this study was to examine racial/ethnic disparities in unmet medical care, dental care and prescription medications and ease of using heath care services. Methods:This is a cross sectional study of households in a six-county service
Baidhya, Sweety, Meeks, Jacquelynn
core  

JACMP – Founding and 2000–2004

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Michael Mills
wiley   +1 more source

Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Is Associated With Higher R2 Relaxation Rate: An MRI and Pathology Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) involves β‐amyloid deposition in the walls of cortical and leptomeningeal small vessels. Transverse relaxation rate (R2) is a major source of contrast in MRI. This study tested the hypothesis that CAA is associated with R2, extracted the spatial pattern of CAA‐related R2 abnormalities, and evaluated ...
Md Tahmid Yasar, Arnold M. Evia, Mahir Tazwar, Sue E. Leurgans, David A. Bennett, Julie A. Schneider, Konstantinos Arfanakis   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with the frequency of polypathology among elderly persons receiving care at a referral center in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais

Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
Objective: To investigate polypathology among elderly persons treated at a referral center in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methodology: An analytical documentary study with a cross-sectional quantitative approach was performed.
Thaynara Rocha de Souza, Maria Aparecida Vieira, Fernanda Marques da Costa, Cássio de Almeida Lima   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self-Perception on the Institutionalized Elderly Need of Dental Prosthesis

Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada, 2022
Objective: To make an association between self-perception and the implementation of sociodemographic variables for the autonomous and / or partially dependent individuals in nursing homes.
Arlete Maria Gomes Oliveira, Joana Danielle Brandão Carneiro, Glaucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano, Marcelo de Castro Meneghim   +3 more
doaj  

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a care program for elderly patients with hip fractures: a network strategy

Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2017
Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of a care program for elderly persons with hip fractures due to a fall, based on a public network in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Fatima Izabel Dornelles Farias, Newton Luiz Terra, Marcelo Teodoro Ezequiel Guerra   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources