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Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2023 Objectives: Loneliness is thought to be more likely to occur in older people and influences their lives. This study aimed to verify the influence of loneliness in older Chinese people on their attitudes toward informal care, as well as the demographic ...
Zihan Zhang +2 more
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Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in the Era of Robotics: Evolution, Eclipse, or Equilibrium?
Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Minimally invasive colorectal surgery has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past three decades. Laparoscopy, once viewed with skepticism, is now firmly established as a standard approach, supported by robust randomized trials demonstrating oncologic safety and improved recovery compared to open surgery.
Amanjeet Singh +3 more
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The economic value of time of informal care and its determinants (The CUIDARSE Study).
PLoS ONE, 2019 OBJECTIVE:The main aims of this paper are to analyse the monetary value of informal care time using different techniques and to identify significant variables associated with the number of caregiving hours.
Juan Oliva-Moreno +5 more
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Informal payments for health care services: The case of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine
Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2015 This paper analyzes patterns of tips, gifts and bribes paid by patients for health care services. Informal payments are more prevalent in developing and transition countries because the economic and socio-cultural environment is more conducive to “gifts”-
Tetiana Stepurko +4 more
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Exploring informal caregivers' health needs from a capability perspective : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2015 Despite more than forty years of informal caregiving research, the health needs of informal caregivers continue to generate considerable scrutiny. Most commonly, caregiving is portrayed as burdensome and a health risk, although positive and ambivalent ...
Horrell, Barbara Mary
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Soft networks for bridging the gap between research and practice: illuminative evaluation of CHAIN [PDF]
, 2004 Objectives To explore the process of knowledge exchange in an informal email network for evidence based health care, to illuminate the value of the service and its critical success factors, and to identify areas for improvement.Design Illuminative ...
Boynton, P +3 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.This study provides an introduction to Bayesian optimisation targeted for experimentalists. It explains core concepts, surrogate modelling, and acquisition strategies, and addresses common real‐world challenges such as noise, constraints, mixed variables, scalability, and automation.
Chuan He +2 more
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BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Previous studies in various countries have found that informal childcare (provided by relatives, friends etc.) was associated with an increased risk of obesity in children aged 0–5 years.
Eleanor Diana Lidgate +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 BACKGROUND:Middle-aged and older adults are more likely to suffer from chronic conditions, which can increase their need for both formal and informal care.
Wei Zhang, Huiying Sun
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Informal caregivers and persons with dementia’s everyday life coping
Health Psychology Open, 2021 This qualitative study explores informal caregivers’ experiences of supporting persons with dementia’s everyday life coping. In the future, there will be fewer health personnel, increased dementia prevalence and limited nursing home availability ...
Bente Nordtug +5 more
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