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The relationship between widowhood and depressive symptoms among Chinese older adults: Does living alone make a difference?

open access: yesActa Psychologica
The experience of widowhood and that of living alone are significant life events that are strongly associated with depressive symptoms in older adults.
Junyue Yue, Myeong-Sook Yoon
doaj   +1 more source

Living alone and positive mental health: a systematic review

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2019
Background Living alone has become more common in today’s societies. Despite the high number of the population living alone, research directed towards the mental wellbeing issues related to living alone has been limited. This systematic literature review
Nina Tamminen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Misperception of Body Weight After Childhood Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Misperception of body weight can negatively impact the weight management efforts of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). Both being overweight or underweight are associated with chronic health conditions commonly observed in CCS; therefore, accurate weight perception is critical for reducing long‐term health risks.
Fabiën N. Belle   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coping Strategies in the Everyday Lives of Older Women Living Alone: A Qualitative Study in Çorum

open access: yesYaşlı Sorunları Araştırma Dergisi
The global increase in life expectancy, accompanied by declining mortality and fertility rates, has led to a rapid rise in the proportion of older adults within the total population. Among this growing older population, women tend to live longer than men.
Melike Özlem Uygun, Fatih KAHRAMAN
doaj   +1 more source

Tracking Health Related Quality of Life From Diagnosis to Follow‐Up Among Australian Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is one of the most treatable forms of paediatric cancer; however, there is a substantial burden of treatment‐related toxicities (TRTs). In addition, the long‐term changes in children's health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) due to toxic treatments are not well understood.
Clare Ghows   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and validation of a depression risk prediction model for rural elderly living alone

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry
Background Depression is a prevalent psychological issue among rural elderly individuals living alone, severely impacting their physical and mental health.
Shasha Gao, Huijun Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

The Life of Elderly Women Living Alone

open access: yesJournal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 2008
This study aimed to uncover the fundamental nature of living alone in female elderly.The phenomenological research approach developed by van Manen was adopted.The theme was 'taking a firm stand alone on the edges of life'. The composition elements of living alone experienced by elderly women were as follows: 1) Corporeality: participants perceived ...
Chunmi, Kim   +10 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Facing death alone: An exploration of terminally ill individuals living alone in palliative care

open access: yesAnnals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Home palliative care clinicians provide end-of-life care for patients from diverse social and economic backgrounds. They include patients who live alone—a single-person household.1 Auon et al.
Paul Bashyam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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