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Instrumenting gait with an accelerometer: A system and algorithm examination [PDF]

, 2015
Gait is an important clinical assessment tool since changes in gait may reflect changes in general health. Measurement of gait is a complex process which has been restricted to the laboratory until relatively recently.
Barry, Gillian, Del Din, Silvia, Godfrey, Alan, Mathers, John, Rochester, Lynn   +4 more
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Feasibility and acceptability of commonly used screening instruments to identify frailty among community-dwelling older people: a mixed methods study

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background Frailty exposes older people to an elevated risk of a range of negative outcomes. Emerging evidence that frailty can be effectively treated within community settings has stimulated calls for more proactive screening within primary care ...
Rachel C. Ambagtsheer, Mandy M. Archibald, Michael Lawless, Alison Kitson, Justin Beilby   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementing Health‐Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background There is growing interest in embedding health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) within clinical cancer care. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of implementing an electronic PROM (ePROM) platform to measure HRQoL in children with cancer ...
Mikaela Doig, Sophie Jessop, Jordan R. Hansford, Hien Le, Matthew O'Connor, Peter Gorayski, Andrew Cunningham, Amanda Hutchinson, Victoria Bedford, Eva Bezak, Nayana Parange, Kelly Skelton, Timothy Price, Michala Short   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

UK Data Archive Resources for Studying Older People and Ageing [PDF]

, 2011
There is a growing collection of data available on older people and ageing at the UK Data Archive. Collections include “On the Edge of Later Life”, a study that investigated the experiences of people in their 50’s, and “Older Men: Their Social Worlds and
Bishop, Libby
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Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez, Jill O. Robinson, Wendy A. Allen‐Rhoades, Hadley S. Smith, Isabel Canfield, Rebecca L. Hsu, Sarah R. Scollon, Lauren R. Desrosiers‐Battu, Nicole M. Schneider, Frank Y. Lin, Donald Williams Parsons, Sharon E. Plon, Mary A. Majumder, Janet Malek, Amy L. McGuire   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential blood miRNA expression in brain amyloid imaging-defined Alzheimer’s disease and controls

Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 2020
Background Peripheral blood microRNAs (miRNA) have been identified as potential biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Study results have generally been inconsistent and limited by sample heterogeneity.
Helen Zong Ying Wu, Anbupalam Thalamuthu, Lesley Cheng, Christopher Fowler, Colin L. Masters, Perminder Sachdev, Karen A. Mather, and the Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing   +7 more
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Parent Quality of Life at Two Years Following Their Child's Completion of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra, Maria McCarthy, Michael Takagi, Cinzia De Luca   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing a streamlined data access governance process for the release of routinely collected electronic health record data for research

International Journal of Population Data Science
Objectives In Australia, there are no standardised processes for the release of Electronic Health Record (EHR) data for research. We describe our streamlined ethics and data access governance framework for the release of EHR data for research ...
Emily Parker, Naude Kim, Tanya Ravipati, Richard Beare, Lee-Anne Clavarino, Velandai Srikanth, Nadine Andrew   +6 more
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Cognitive Functioning in Vorinostat‐Treated Pediatric and Young Adult Patients Over the First 180 Days After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Cognitive and psychological difficulties could negatively interfere with treatment adherence and quality of life before and after hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). Methods to mitigate these changes may have positive effects on treatment success.
Kristen L. Votruba, Michelle Rozwadowski, Thomas Braun, April Rahrig, Edward Peres, Kirsten M. Williams, Vanessa Fabrizio, Julie‐An Talano, Carrie L. Kitko, Nicolas Parnell, Pavan Reddy, Sung Won Choi   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of life: Conceptual challenges in exploring the role of ICT in active ageing [PDF]

, 2008
The chapter aims to examine the definitional challenges associated with the term quality of life, measurement challenges, the challenges associated with enhancing quality of life, and the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in ...
Gilhooly, K, Gilhooly, M, Jones, RB
core   +1 more source