The occurrence of depressive symptoms in rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2023 Background/Aim. Depression, as a common comorbidity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), has been found to affect the disease diagnosis and treatment response.
Golubović Sonja +4 more
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HIGH SEROPREVALENCE FOR TOXOCARIASIS AMONG MINORITY GROUPS OF VARNA REGION, BULGARIA [PDF]
Journal of IMAB, 2021 Toxocariasis in humans is a little-studied zoonosis, and there are no data on the impact of this parasitosis on the minority groups in our country. The purpose of this study is to establish the seroprevalence of toxocariasis among ethnic groups in the ...
Tatyana Cvetkova +2 more
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Living arrangements and socioeconomic-based health disparities in Mexico
Salud Pública de México, 2023 Objective. To investigate the role living arrangements play in the co-dynamics of socioeconomic position and health in the latter part of life. Materials and methods. Based on longitudinal data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), latent class
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Differences in Pain Characteristics and Functional Associations between Nursing Home Residents and Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2021 Background Pain is one of the most critical issues in older adults, and the place of residence may play an important role in pain characteristics and related factors. However, it is an understudied subject.
Melis Tansuğ +2 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 IntroductionThe number and proportion of older adults living alone is a significant issue. While the number of the oldest old people is also expected to increase, their health characteristics are poorly understood.
Horim A. Hwang +2 more
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Quality of life of the elderly in urban and rural areas in Serbia [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2015 Background/Aim. The number of elderly people in the world is growing, in Serbia as well. Serbia is already among the top ten countries with the oldest population, it is the fact. Aging influences the quality of life in different ways. The aim of
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Geriatrics Fact Sheet in Korea 2021 [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2021 South Korea became an aged society in 2017 and is predicted to become a super-aged society by 2025. Therefore, knowing the trends among older adults and identifying the geriatric burden are crucial for both healthcare professionals and policymakers.
Ji Yeon Baek +3 more
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Association between individual-level and community-level socio-economic status and blood pressure among Inuit in Greenland [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2016 Background: Despite abundant evidence that socio-economic status (SES) is a fundamental determinant of health, there is a dearth of research examining association between SES, measured at the individual and community levels, and cardiovascular risk ...
Mylène Riva +2 more
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Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2023 Objective To analyze the effect of asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis on the progression of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) in Shunyi cohort community population.
PAN Zi⁃ang +13 more
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DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEROPREVALENCE OF HUMAN TOXOCARIASIS AMONG THE POPULATION OF NORTH-EASTERN BULGARIA [PDF]
Journal of IMAB, 2021 Toxocariasis is a tissue zoonosis caused by Toxocara spp. and the exposure to these geohelminths varies in different parts of the population in a particular region.
Tatyana Cvetkova +3 more
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