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Associations of Sleep and Shift Work With Osteoarthritis Risk

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Daily rhythms may be critical for maintaining homeostasis of joint tissues. We aimed to investigate the relationships among circadian clock disruption, sleep, and osteoarthritis (OA) risk in humans. Methods In the UK Biobank, a prospective 500,000–person cohort, we evaluated associations among sleep duration, sleeplessness/insomnia, and shift
Elizabeth L. Yanik, Abigail Bridgeman, Erik D. Herzog, Vy Pham, Bradley A. Evanoff, Farshid Guilak   +5 more
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Differential Item Functioning on the Patient Health Questionnaire 8 by Disease Subtype, Language, Sex, and Age Among People With Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient‐Centered Intervention Network Cohort Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Somatic items used in depression assessments can potentially overlap with symptoms related to physical illness, including systemic sclerosis (SSc). No studies have looked at whether somatic depression items may be influenced by diffuse versus limited SSc disease subtypes, which are associated with varying degrees of symptom presentation.
Sophie Hu, Marie‐Eve Carrier, Marie‐Claude Geoffroy, Meira Golberg, Linda Kwakkenbos, Susan J. Bartlett, Catherine Fortuné, Amy Gietzen, Karen Gottesman, Geneviève Guillot, Laura K. Hummers, Amanda Lawrie‐Jones, Vanessa L. Malcarne, Michelle Richard, Maureen Sauvé, Luc Mouthon, Andrea Benedetti, Brett D. Thombs, on behalf of the SPIN Investigators, Claire E. Adams, Marie Hudson, Maureen D. Mayes, James Stempel, Robyn K. Wojeck, Christian Agard, Laurent Alric, Marc André, Floryan Beaslay, Elana J. Bernstein, Sabine Berthier, Lyne Bissonnette, Sophie Blaise, Eva Bories, Alessandra Bruns, Carlotta Cacciatore, Patricia Carreira, Marion Casadevall, Benjamin Chaigne, Lorinda Chung, Benjamin Crichi, Thylbert Deltombe, Christopher P. Denton, Tannvir Desroche, Robyn Domsic, James V. Dunne, Bertrand Dunogue, Regina Fare, Dominique Farge‐Bancel, Paul R. Fortin, Tracy Frech, Loraine Gauzère, Anne Gerber, Jessica K. Gordon, Brigitte Granel‐Rey, Aurélien Guffroy, Geneviève Gyger, Eric Hachulla, Daphna Harel, Monique Hinchcliff, Sabrina Hoa, Michael Hugues, Alena Ikic, Sindhu R. Johnson, Nader Khalidi, Kimberly S. Lakin, Marc Lambert, Maggie Larche, David Launay, Yvonne C. Lee, Paul Legendre, Catarina Leite, Hélène Maillard, Nancy Maltez, Joanne Manning, Isabelle Marie, Maria Martin Lopez, Thierry Martin, Ariel Masetto, Arsène Mekinian, Sheila Melchor Díaz, Morgane Mourguet, Christelle Nguyen, Karen Nielsen, Mandana Nikpour, Louis Olagne, Vincent Poindron, Janet Pope, Susanna Proudman, Grégory Pugnet, Loïc Raffray, François Rannou, Alexis Régent, Frederic Renou, Sébastien Rivière, David Robinson, Esther Rodríguez Almazar, Tatiana Sofia Rodríguez‐Reyna, Sophie Roux, Perrine Smets, Vincent Sobanski, Robert F. Spiera, Virginia Steen, Evelyn Sutton, Carter Thorne, Damien Vagner, John Varga, Pearce Wilcox, Vanessa Cook, Cassidy Dal Santo, Monica D'Onofrio, Elsa‐Lynn Nassar   +110 more
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Consensus and controversies on post-acute care decision making and referral to geriatric rehabilitation: A national survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
Background: Transitioning older hospital patients to the appropriate type of post-acute care has become an urgent clinical issue within the context of changing demographics and limited duration of hospital stay.
Aafke J. de Groot, Ewout B. Smit, Dagmar Keizer, Cees M. P. M. Hertogh, Romke van Balen, Johannes C. van der Wouden, Elizabeth M. Wattel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oral health strategy for the older people in social protection centers in Villavicencio, Colombia

, 2017
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to design and to implement an oral health educational strategy that targeted an older population residing in three social protection centers (SPC) in Villavicencio, Colombia.
Rodriguez Baquero, Ines Leonilde, Angarita Diaz, Maria Del Pilar, Castro Pinzón, Luis Alexys, Robayo Herrera, Yenny Tatiana, González Sanchez, Rocio Del Pilar, Rodas Avellaneda, Claudia Patricia, Ramírez Nemocon, Luis Francisco   +6 more
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Evaluating a Pragmatic Strength Alternative for Frailty Measurement and Assessing Its Predictive Capacity Against Established Frailty Instruments in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Frailty occurs prematurely in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is associated with poor health outcomes. We compared the performance of four frailty instruments, including a pragmatic alternative measure using chair sit‐to‐stand (STS), and evaluated their abilities to predict poor health outcomes.
Kylie E. Riggles, Hannah F. Brubeck, Adrienne D. Tanus, Courtney N. Loecker, Punyasha Roul, Bryant R. England, Elizabeth R. Wahl, James S. Andrews, Namrata Singh, Joshua F. Baker, Patricia P. Katz, Dolores M. Shoback, Jose M. Garcia, Ariela R. Orkaby, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 more
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A quantitative study on the impact of a community falls pharmacist role, on medicines optimisation in older people at risk of falls

BMC Geriatrics
Background The World Falls guidance includes medication review as part of its recommended multifactorial risk assessment for those at high risk of falling. Use of Falls Risk Increasing Drugs (FRIDs) along with polypharmacy and anticholinergic burden (ACB)
Paula Crawford, Rick Plumb, Paula Burns, Stephen Flanagan, Carole Parsons   +4 more
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Feasibility of a new transmural care pathway for advance care planning for older persons: A qualitative study into community care registered nurses’ perspectives

International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
Background: Transmural palliative care interventions aim to identify older persons with palliative care needs and timely provide advance care planning, symptom management, and coordination of care. Nurses can have an important role in these interventions;
Patricia Jepma, Roel Eijk, Annigje A.E. Bos, Noor Toet, Corine H.M. Latour, Bianca M. Buurman, Marjon van Rijn   +6 more
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Polypharmacy in older people

Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics
After the publication of the guidelines about the safe drug therapy for older people in 2015 by the Japan Geriatrics Society, the risk of polypharmacy has become popular. Older people are likely to have multimorbidity, resulting in the use of multiple drugs.
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The development of a questionnaire to assess the attitudes of older people to end-of-life issues (AEOLI)

, 2005
Objectives: To develop an end-of-life attitudes questionnaire for use in a large community-based sample of older people. Design: Nominal groups and standardization of questions.
Blizard, R., Blanchard, M., King, M., Addington-Hall, J., Catt, S., Zis, M.   +5 more
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Does Long‐Term Lower Extremity Strength Training in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis and Varus Alignment Reduce Knee Joint Loading During Gait?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We examined whether 18 months of strength training in individuals with knee varus alignment and medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis (OA) reduced knee joint loads during walking compared to an attention control group. Methods This study was a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial that compared the effects of strength training to a ...
Stephen P. Messier, Matthew N. Vigliotti, Paige E. Rice, Brian Pietrosimone, Shannon L. Mihalko, Edward H. Ip, Richard F. Loeser, David J. Hunter, Ali Guermazi, Ryan Hill, Santiago Saldana, Kim L. Bennell, Paul DeVita   +12 more
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