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Satisfaction with aging and use of preventive health services [PDF]

Preventive Medicine, 2014
Preventive health service use is relatively low among older age groups. We hypothesized that aging satisfaction would be associated with increased use of preventive health services four years later.We conducted multiple logistic regression analyses on a sample of 6177 people from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative study of U.S.
Eric S, Kim, Kyle D, Moored, Hannah L, Giasson, Jacqui, Smith   +3 more
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A cross-sectional survey study on the use of communication methods in the dentist-geriatric patient relationship

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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The impact of ageing on expenditures in the National Health Service [PDF]

Age and Ageing, 2002
health policy makers in many countries have expressed concern over the pressures that increased numbers of older people will exert on health care costs. Previous studies have shown that, in addition to increasing size of older populations, per capita expenditures have risen disproportionately among the old compared to the middle age groups ...
Meena, Seshamani, Alastair, Gray
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Acceptability of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled chatbots, video consultations and live webchats as online platforms for sexual health advice [PDF]

, 2020
Objectives Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services are undergoing a digital transformation. This study explored the acceptability of three digital services, (i) video consultations via Skype, (ii) live webchats with a health advisor and (iii ...
Bayley, J., Bayley, J., Graham, C.A., Graham, C.A., Kidsley, S., Kidsley, S., Llewellyn, C., Llewellyn, C., Nadarzynski, T., Nadarzynski, T.   +9 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, Fabíola Bof de Andrade, Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza Junior, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa   +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, Márcio Galvão Oliveira, Lúcia Noblat   +2 more
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Attendance of MSM at Genitourinary Medicine services in England: implications for selective HPV vaccination programme (a short communication) [PDF]

, 2017
Background Human papillomaviruses (HPV) immunisation programmes for female adolescents in the UK offer relatively little benefit to men who have sex with men (MSM).
Bayley, J., Bayley, J., Hughes, G., Hughes, G., Mesher, D., Mesher, D., Nadarzynski, T., Nadarzynski, T., Soldan, K., Soldan, K.   +9 more
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Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Bone Sarcoma Patients: A 10‐Year, Single‐Institution Experience Encompassing the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa, Shou Xu, Mark Zobeck, Sarah E. Sartain, Nino Rainusso, Lisa Wang, Nicole Montgomery, Paige Wheaton, Sarah Whittle   +8 more
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Human immunodeficiency virus in institutionalized elderly people

São Paulo Medical Journal
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: A search in the SciELO and PubMed databases showed few studies on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive individuals in long-term care institutions (LTCIs), thus prompting the present study.
Milton Luiz Gorzoni, Sueli Luciano Pires, Lilian de Fátima Costa Faria, Márcia Regina Valadares Aguado, Miriam Carmen Santana   +4 more
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Social practices of nurse care coordination using sensor technologies – Challenges with an alert system adoption in assisted living communities for older adults

International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2021
Objectives: From the view of everyday practices and the socio-technical coordination lens, this study aimed to analyz the gap between creators’ intention and the users’ implementation (mainly nursing staff and social workers) of an alert system in ...
Isa Jahnke, Nathan Riedel, Mihail Popescu, Marjorie Skubic, Marilyn Rantz   +4 more
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