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Effects of relocation of sedentary time and physical activity in older adults with diabetes mellitus

open access: yesAGING MEDICINE, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 170-176, June 2023., 2023
Abstract Objective To estimate the hypothetical effects of substituting time spent in moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and time spent in sedentary behavior (SB) and their associations with diabetes. Methods A cross‐sectional study using exploratory survey methods was performed in Alcobaça city in the state of Bahia, Brazil in the year 2015.
Lucas Lima Galvão   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive empathy across the lifespan

open access: yesDevelopmental Medicine &Child Neurology, Volume 64, Issue 12, Page 1524-1531, December 2022., 2022
What this paper adds Cognitive empathy is a late‐developing ability and changes across the lifespan. Cognitive empathy increases during childhood but with potentially altered abilities during adolescence. Cognitive empathy matures during early adulthood and gradually declines in older age.
Liam Dorris   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated long‐term care partnerships between government social care and health agencies in Brazil: The Belo Horizonte model

open access: yesInternational Social Security Review, Volume 75, Issue 3-4, Page 103-120, July-December 2022., 2022
Abstract The article sets out key elements of the policy agenda for enhanced integration between health and social care for older people in high‐income countries and demonstrates its wider relevance to low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). The article then explores the context for this agenda in Brazil, including growing demand for long‐term care ...
Peter Lloyd‐Sherlock   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Providing long‐term care: Options for a better workforce

open access: yesInternational Social Security Review, Volume 75, Issue 3-4, Page 121-144, July-December 2022., 2022
Abstract Older people and their care workers have been disproportionately affected by the COVID‐19 pandemic. Many OECD Member countries have taken measures to contain the spread of the infection and improve the care workforce. Yet the health crisis is highlighting and exacerbating pre‐existing structural problems in the long‐term care (LTC) sector.
Ana Llena‐Nozal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who knows, who cares? Untangling ecological knowledge and nature connection among Amazonian colonist farmers

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 3, Issue 2, Page 431-445, April 2021., 2021
Abstract Conservationists often assume that connection with and caring about nature's well‐being is strongly linked to ecological knowledge. Existing evidence on the link between ecological knowledge and psychological nature connection is mixed, geographically limited to countries in the Global North, and does not scrutinise potential differences in ...
Katarzyna Mikołajczak   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical outcome of patients hospitalized in a coronary intensive care unit / Desfecho clínico de usuários internados em uma unidade intensiva coronariana

open access: yesRevista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 2020
Objetivo: Verificar quais os desfechos clínicos dos usuários internados em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Coronariana de um hospital no sul de Mato Grosso.
Lizziane Campos e Silva   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Muscle Weakness Assessment in Older Intensive Care Unit Patients [PDF]

open access: yesGeriatrics, Gerontology and Aging
INTRODUCTION: After long periods of hospitalization, older adults may develop muscle weakness that can affect their functional independence after discharge. OBJECTIVE: To assess muscle weakness in older patients admitted to an ICU.
Amanda Colombo Peteck Lopes   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accuracy Of Survival Prediction Instruments In Older Patients Undergoing Home-Based Palliative Care In Curitiba, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesGeriatrics, Gerontology and Aging
INTRODUCTION: Prognostic scores are crucial to avoid unnecessary measures in palliative care, although their use in noncancer patients undergoing home care in low-income countries lacks evidence.
Ricardo Papp Moretti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multicomponent Exercise Improves Physical Functioning but Not Cognition and Hemodynamic Parameters in Elderly Osteoarthritis Patients Regardless of Hypertension

open access: yesBioMed Research International, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
The present study aimed to investigate the impact of a 6‐month multicomponent exercise program (MCEP) on physical function, cognition, and hemodynamic parameters of elderly normotensive (NTS) and hypertensive (HTS) osteoarthritis patients. A total of 99 elderly osteoarthritis patients (44 NTS and 55 HTS) were recruited and submitted to functional ...
Hélio José Coelho-Júnior   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multicomponent Exercise Improves Hemodynamic Parameters and Mobility, but Not Maximal Walking Speed, Transfer Capacity, and Executive Function of Older Type II Diabetic Patients

open access: yesBioMed Research International, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
The present study aimed to investigate the effects of a 6‐month multicomponent exercise program (MCEP) on functional, cognitive, and hemodynamic parameters of older Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. Moreover, additional analyses were performed to evaluate if T2DM patients present impaired adaptability in response to physical exercise when ...
Hélio José Coelho Junior   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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