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 +5 more
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Being Healthy: a Grounded Theory Study of Help Seeking Behaviour among Chinese Elders living in the UK [PDF]
, 2014 The health of older people is a priority in many countries as the world’s population ages. Attitudes towards help seeking behaviours in older people remain a largely unexplored field of research.
Chung V. C. H. +18 more
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Adaptation Of A Delirium Screening Test For Elderly Adults Admitted To Emergency Departments [PDF]
Geriatrics, Gerontology and AgingOBJECTIVE: 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 +5 more
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Consenting to health record linkage: evidence from a multi-purpose longitudinal survey of a general population [PDF]
, 2012 Background: The British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) is the first long-running UK longitudinal survey with a non-medical focus and a sample covering the whole age range to have asked for permission to link to a range of administrative health records ...
AR Tate +18 more
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Cumhuriyet Dental Journal, 2022 According to the data the World Health Organization (WHO) provides, the population has been aging more rapidly than in the past, and it has been reported that the number of people over the age of 60 exceeds the number of children under the age of 5. This
Emine Pirim Görgün, Kübra Güler
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Health among immigrants in Norway, results from the Living Condition Survey among immigrants 2016
European Journal of Public Health, 2019 To manage immigrants` health needs is an important challenge for the society. This report gives knowledge about the status of immigrant health in Norway, which can be used in planning of health services.
M. Kjøllesdal +7 more
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A falls prevention programme to improve quality of life, physical function and falls efficacy in older people receiving home help services: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Falls and fall-related injuries in older adults are associated with great burdens, both for the individuals, the health care system and the society. Previous research has shown evidence for the efficiency of exercise as falls prevention.
A Bandura +77 more
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Primary care and healthcare utilization among older Brazilians (ELSI-Brazil)
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2018 OBJECTIVE To characterize healthcare access and utilization among older Brazilians. METHODS Data are from the baseline wave of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), which is a nationally representative, population-based cohort study
James Macinko +3 more
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Potential prescribing omissions according to START criteria at the time of hospital discharge
Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021 The purpose of this study is to describe the frequency of potential drug prescribing omissions (PPOs) for elderly patients at the time of hospital discharge and to compare the frequency PPOs among different medical specialities.
Aline Cristina Luz +2 more
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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 +7 more
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