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

AGING 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, Rízia Rocha Silva, Daniela de Jesus Costa, Sheilla Tribess, Douglas Assis Teles Santos, Jair Sindra Virtuoso Júnior   +5 more
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Cognitive empathy across the lifespan

Developmental 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, David Young, Jill Barlow, Karl Byrne, Robin Hoyle   +4 more
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Integrated long‐term care partnerships between government social care and health agencies in Brazil: The Belo Horizonte model

International 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, Karla Giacomin, Poliana Fialho de Carvalho, Quesia Nayrane Ferreira de Sousa   +3 more
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Providing long‐term care: Options for a better workforce

International 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, Eileen Rocard, Paola Sillitti   +2 more
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Who knows, who cares? Untangling ecological knowledge and nature connection among Amazonian colonist farmers

People 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, Alexander C. Lees, Jos Barlow, Frazer Sinclair, Oriana Trindade de Almeida, Agnis C. Souza, Luke Parry, Rachelle Gould   +7 more
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Association between cognitive impairment and criteria for frailty syndrome among older adults [PDF]

, 2020
OBJECTIVE: The association between cognitive impairment and physical frailty has been studied in older adults. The criteria degree of frailty may be keys to associated cognitive impairment.
Brigola, Allan Gustavo, Carvalho, Danilo Henrique Trevisan, Oliveira, Nathalia Alves, Ottaviani, Ana Carolina, Pavarini, Sofia Cristina Iost, Souza, Érica Nestor   +5 more
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Health-related quality of life in Brazilian community-dwelling and institutionalized elderly: Comparison between genders [PDF]

, 2016
Objective: To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQL) indicators between institutionalized and community-dwelling elderly men and women.
Cendoroglo, Maysa Seabra, Cucato, Gabriel, de Carvalho, José Maria Maluf, de Matos, Luciana Diniz Nagem Janot, de Mello Franco, Fábio Gazelato, Monteiro-Costa, Maria Luiza, Nasri, Fábio, Ritti-Dias, Raphael Mendes   +7 more
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Active ageing – Enhancing digital literacies in elderly citizens [PDF]

, 2014
Being digital and information literate is crucial in nowadays society, although not every citizen has the necessary means and resources to achieve these skills, especially the elderly ones.
A. Neril, P. Lévy, R. Weiss
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Multicomponent Exercise Improves Physical Functioning but Not Cognition and Hemodynamic Parameters in Elderly Osteoarthritis Patients Regardless of Hypertension

BioMed 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, Ivan de Oliveira Gonçalvez, Iris Callado Sanches, Leandro Gonçalves, Erico Chagas Caperuto, Marco Carlos Uchida, Bruno Rodrigues, Emmanuel G. Ciolac   +7 more
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Multicomponent Exercise Improves Hemodynamic Parameters and Mobility, but Not Maximal Walking Speed, Transfer Capacity, and Executive Function of Older Type II Diabetic Patients

BioMed 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, Iris Callado Sanches, Marcio Doro, Ricardo Yukio Asano, Daniele Jardim Feriani, Cayque Brietzke, Ivan de Oliveira Gonçalves, Marco Carlos Uchida, Erico Chagas Capeturo, Bruno Rodrigues, Jun Ren   +10 more
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