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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Embedding Multiperspective Reflections in Co‐Producing a Training Intervention for Care Home Staff: Understanding Group Members' Journeys and Impacts

Health Expectations
Background Co‐production can be used to develop research, resources or interventions that are relevant for the groups they are co‐produced with. We co‐produced a training intervention to improve personal care assistance for people with dementia living in
Tamara Backhouse, Scarlett Fountain, Peter Davis, Peta Cremer, Anne Francis, Linda Adams, Peter Jackson, Michelle Kiddell, Katie Fray, Gabby Meadows, Revathy Madhav, Anne Killett   +11 more
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Association of weight loss and decreased food intake with mortality in the oldest population: People in their 80s versus those aged ≥90 years

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus
Objective: This study investigated the relationship between weight loss (WL), decreased food intake (DFI), and mortality among nursing home residents in their 80s and those aged ≥90 years.
Yuri Takada, Kasumi Ikuta, Sakiko Fukui
doaj   +1 more source

Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neck circumference is a highly reliable anthropometric measure in older adults requiring long-term care [PDF]

PeerJ
The reliability of neck circumference measurement as an assessment tool for older adults requiring long-term care remains unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of neck circumference measurement in older adults requiring long-term care ...
Ryo Sato, Yohei Sawaya, Masahiro Ishizaka, Lu Yin, Takahiro Shiba, Tamaki Hirose, Tomohiko Urano   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The impact of medication reviews by general practitioners on psychotropic drug use and behavioral and psychological symptoms in home-dwelling people with dementia: results from the multicomponent cluster randomized controlled LIVE@Home.Path trial

BMC Medicine, 2022
Background There is limited knowledge regarding the process of deprescribing psychotropic drugs to people with dementia (PwD) conducted by general practitioners (GP).
Marie H. Gedde, Bettina S. Husebo, Janne Mannseth, Mala Naik, Geir Selbaek, Maarja Vislapuu, Line Iden Berge   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health Promotion Practices in Nursing for Elderly Persons in Municipal Home Care : An Integrative Literature Review

, 2019
Elderly patients sometimes seek emergency services unnecessarily. Emergency clinics can be detrimental to the elderly. The purpose of this study was to find health promotion practices that enable a registered nurse in community health to reduce the need ...
Brobeck, Elisabeth,, Karlsson, Sofie,, Norell Pejner, Margaretha,, Ridbäck, Ann,, Pejner, Margaretha Norell,   +4 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incidence and burden of hospitalizations for major respiratory infections among institutionalized adults followed by primary care residence units (UAR) in Madrid, Spain, September 2023–April 2025

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Institutionalized older adults bear a disproportionate burden of severe respiratory infections, but population-based data from long-term care facilities remain limited.
Diego Martín-Caro Álvarez, Javier García Iglesias, Lara Alonso Bonete, María José del Olmo Rubio, Victoria García Martín, Paula Martín García, Ángel Gil de Miguel, Ruth Gil Prieto, María Alvargonzález Arrancudiaga, Eva Castillo Díaz, Ricardo Rodríguez Barrientos   +10 more
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“We Cannot Talk as a Family”: Complexities of Survivorship Communication Among Hispanic/Latino Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Parents, and Clinicians

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YA‐CCS) have an increased risk of treatment‐related health complications throughout their lives. Lifelong survivorship care is recommended, yet many YA‐CCS experience disruptions in care during pediatric‐to‐adult transitions and do not receive recommended survivorship care.
Kevin Shanchen Pu, Nicole Fernández‐Viña, Briana C. Martin‐Villa, Daniela Ramirez, Rebecca M. Lewinsohn, Mary Smith, Heidi Boynton, Lidia Schapira, Stephanie M. Smith   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source