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Learning disability nurses’ experiences of promoting autonomy in adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities: A phenomenological study. [PDF]

open access: yes
This thesis reports on a year-long study seeking to explore Learning Disability (LD) nurses lived experience of promoting autonomy for adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) who live in England.
Tsungu, Pedzai
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Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

open access: yesNature Communications
Chronic care manages long-term, progressive conditions, while acute care addresses short-term conditions. Chronic conditions increasingly strain health systems, which are often unprepared for these demands.
GBD 2019 Acute and Chronic Care Collaborators
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Gifted students with a reading disability : the impact of lived experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Gifted students who have a reading disability have learning characteristics that set them apart from their peers. The ability to read impacts upon all areas of the formal curriculum in which print-based texts are common.
Wills, Janelle Terese
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The global burden of smoking-related prostate cancer from 1990 to 2021 and projections to 2031

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases
Introduction Smoking is a significant risk factor for prostate cancer (PCa), a major health threat for aging males globally. This study evaluates the worldwide burden of smoking-related PCa from 1990 to 2021 and projects trends to 2031.
Qian Cai   +8 more
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A systematic analysis of the burden of disease attributable to occupational noise-induced hearing loss in China based on the 2019 global burden of disease study

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Occupational noise has long been recognized as a significant risk factor for hearing loss, particularly among workers. This study aimed to assess the disease burden of hearing loss caused by occupational noise in China from 1990 to 2019, with ...
Sirui Wang   +6 more
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Trends and driving factors of age-related hearing loss and severity over 30 years: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics
Background Age-related hearing loss (AHL) is a modifiable risk factor for chronic disability and cognitive decline in adults over 60 years globally.
Fen-Fen Li   +7 more
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Disability-adjusted life years for colorectal cancer in China, 2017–2030: A prevalence-based analysis focusing on the impact of screening coverage and the application of local weights

open access: yesChinese Medical Journal
. Background:. Most studies have evaluated disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients based on a set of generic disability weights (DWs).
Yujie Wu   +9 more
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Global burden and cross-country inequalities in stroke and subtypes attributable to diet from 1990 to 2019

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Data sources The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors study (GBD) 2019. Background To describe burden, and to explore cross-country inequalities according to socio-demographic index (SDI) for stroke and subtypes attributable to diet ...
Xian Chen   +7 more
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Listening and learning: adults with mild learning disabilities' lived experience of individual counselling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Learning disability services aspire to the social model of disability which acknowledges the expertise of service-users on all aspects of their lives. Counselling is now more widely accepted as a treatment approach for the emotional problems of people ...
Fitzgerald, Catherine M.
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Global, regional, and national time trends in the burden of epilepsy, 1990–2019: an age-period-cohort analysis for the global burden of disease 2019 study

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology
BackgroundEpilepsy is a non-communicable chronic brain disease that affects all age groups. There are approximately 50 million epilepsy patients worldwide, which is one of the most common neurological disorder.
Tao Shan   +15 more
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