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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2022 Background HRQoL is an indicator of individuals’ perception of their overall health, including social and environmental aspects. As a multidimensional concept, HRQoL can be influenced by a multitude of factors.
Flaka Siqeca +13 more
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Quality of life in home-dwelling cancer patients aged 80 years and older: a systematic review
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2022 Objective Quality of Life (QoL) in elderly cancer patients is a topic that has been little explored. This systematic review aims to identify, assess, and report the literature on QoL in home-dwelling cancer patients aged 80 years and older and what QoL ...
Inger Helen Hardeland Hjelmeland +3 more
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objective This study aimed to investigate medication management among polymedicated, home-dwelling older adults after discharge from a hospital centre in French-speaking Switzerland and then develop a model to optimise medication management and prevent ...
Armin von Gunten +5 more
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Home-dwelling persons with dementia’s perception on care support: Qualitative study [PDF]
Nursing Ethics, 2020 Background Over the last years, there has been a growth in care solutions aiming to support home-dwelling persons with dementia. Assistive technology and voluntarism have emerged as supplements to traditional homecare and daycare centers.
Stein Erik Fæø +3 more
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The Effect of a Home Fire Safety Program on Fire Safety Knowledge and Behavior of Community-Dwelling Older Adults and their Family Caregivers [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2019 Background: Older adults are at higher risk for fire-related injuries and deaths than younger peopledue to their impaired physical and sensory functions.
Amel Attia Abd Elghaffar Moustafa +2 more
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Pain, fatigue, anxiety and depression in older home‐dwelling people with cancer [PDF]
Nursing Open, 2019 AbstractAimGlobally, cancer incidence counts for more than 14 million cases and the number increases with age. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of pain, fatigue, anxiety and depression in association with demographic and clinical factors.DesignA cross‐sectional descriptive design was used.MethodsWe performed descriptive ...
Elena Solvik +3 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook +6 more
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BMC NursingIntroduction Nurse-led preventive home visiting programmes can improve health-related outcomes in community-dwelling older adults, but they have not proven to be cost-effective.
Iria Dobarrio-Sanz +5 more
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Navigating toward acceptance of death: Home-dwelling patients in the palliative phase. [PDF]
BMC Palliat CareAbstract Background As global life expectancy increases, the need for palliative care grows. Recognizing the deeply personal and diverse nature of individuals’ end-of-life experiences, palliative care for home-dwelling patients requires a flexible and person-centered approach.
Staats K, Svendsen SJ, Lockertsen V.
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Inappropriate Drug Prescribing in Home-Dwelling, Elderly Patients [PDF]
Archives of Internal Medicine, 2002 In 1997, a US expert panel developed explicit criteria on potentially inappropriate drugs for the general elderly population.To investigate the proportion of inappropriate medications among home-dwelling, elderly patients in Helsinki, Finland, between November 1, 1998, and March 31, 1999.A cross-sectional mail survey was sent to a random sample of 3921
Kaisu H, Pitkala +2 more
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