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Developing a Delphi Consensus on the Domains and Conduct of Brief Geriatric Assessments in Singapore [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
Background Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a process supporting a multidimensional assessment of the health and well-being of older adults and leads to the development of long-term personalized care plans.
Jonathan Gao, Penny Lun, Lay Khoon Lau, Woan Shin Tan, Edward Tan, Wee Shiong Lim, Reshma Aziz Merchant, Laura Tay, Yew Yoong Ding   +8 more
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Supporting mental health and emotional well-being among younger students in further education [PDF]

, 2008
Over the last 25 years there has been an increase in reported behavioural and emotional problems among young people. Moreover, students in higher education (HE) are reported to have increased symptoms of mental ill health compared with age-matched ...
Aggleton, Peter, Maxwell, Claire, Simon, Antonia, Statham, June, Warwick, Ian   +4 more
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Effectiveness of nurse-led volunteer support and technology-driven pain assessment in improving the outcomes of hospitalised older adults: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Hospitalised older adults are prone to functional deterioration, which is more evident in frail older patients and can be further exacerbated by pain.
Max K Bulsara, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Rosemary Saunders, Kate Crookes, Mustafa Atee, Caroline Bulsara, Beverley Ewens, Olivia Gallagher, Renee M Graham, Karen Gullick, Sue Haydon, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Bev O'Connell, Karla Seaman, Jeff Hughes, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Debra Scaini   +16 more
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Participation Intention in Fall-prevention Project and Related Influencing Factors in Community-living Elderly Residents at High Risk of Falls [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2022
Background With the aging of the population, it is essential to implement fall prevention programs for the elderly. Although China has carried out fall prevention programs sporadically, among which comprehensive fall prevention programs centered on ...
CHENG Meng, WANG Jian, LI Zhipeng, ZHAO Qi, SUN Xiaoming
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Age and Gender Differences in Health Service Utilization [PDF]

Journal of Public Health, 2005
This study of age and gender profiles of health care populations fills a gap in the research literature by providing a population study of both single health agency and inter-agency 'Shared Care' populations.It combines anonymous data to link individual cases across Community Health (N = 82 751), Mental Health (N = 19 029) and Social Services (N = 19 ...
J, Keene, X, Li
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Shared decision making in Australia in 2017 [PDF]

, 2017
Shared Decision Making (SDM) is now firmly established within national clinical standards for accrediting hospitals, day procedure services, public dental services and medical education in Australia, with plans to align general practice, aged care and ...
Bonner, Carissa, Cust, Anne E, Del Mar, Chris, Hoffmann, Tammy, Jansen, Jesse, Leask, Julie, McCaffery, Kirsten J, Shadbolt, Narelle, Shepherd, Heather L., Trevena, Lyndal J.   +9 more
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Direct health care costs of treating seasonal affective disorder: a comparison of light therapy and fluoxetine. [PDF]

, 2012
Objective. To compare the direct mental health care costs between individuals with Seasonal Affective Disorder randomized to either fluoxetine or light therapy. Methods. Data from the CANSAD study was used.
Browne, Gina, Cheung, Amy, Dewa, Carolyn, Enns, Murray W, Lam, Raymond W, Levitan, Robert D, Levitt, Anthony, Michalak, Erin E, Morehouse, Rachel L   +8 more
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Costs of health care in the last-year-of-life in Colombia: Evidence from two contributive regime health plans

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2018
Introduction: In USA, each year 5% of Medicare beneficiaries die, accounting for 25% of total Medicare health spending. Currently there are no studies addressing this issue in Latin American countries.
Sergio Iván Prada
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Efecto de una intervención multidimensional en personas mayores autovalentes para el manejo del riesgo de caídas

Atención Primaria, 2020
Resumen: Objetivo: Evaluar el efecto de una intervención multidimensional en la percepción y el manejo de factores de riesgo intrínsecos y extrínsecos de caídas y en la frecuencia de caídas en personas mayores autovalentes que viven en la comunidad ...
Claudia Bustamante-Troncoso, Luz María Herrera-López, Hugo Sánchez, J. Carola Pérez, Francisca Márquez-Doren, Sara Leiva   +5 more
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Adaptation Of A Delirium Screening Test For Elderly Adults Admitted To Emergency Departments [PDF]

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging
OBJECTIVE: Delirium is one of the most frequent syndromes among elderly patients admitted to emergency units and, despite presenting well-established symptoms and signs, there are still diagnostic failures.
Simone Rios Fonseca Ritter, Thayana Louize Vicentini Zoccoli, Marina Machado Pereira Lins, Anne Freitas Cardoso, Marco Polo Dias Freitas, Einstein Francisco Camargos   +5 more
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