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Dec 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-23-4794
Natalia Ribas-MateosCorresponding author
This triangle of care is the result of an ethnographic research conducted with hard pandemic restrictions in Barcelona during 2020. Even if it is based in a bibliography on gender and migration, care and aging, the article is basically empirical. For the interpretation of the debates and discussion…
Oct 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-23-4732
Natalia Ribas MateosCorresponding author
The debate of care uses the role of different actors from the interpretation of the debates and discussion groups carried out during the fieldwork. We identify here: the elderly person, the caregivers - here in this article in their wide variety, from family members to hired workers, especially immi…
Mar 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-9383.jhhr-22-4178
Hassan Abdulwahab Al-ShamahyCorresponding author
The study aimed to assess the oral health condition and its impact on the quality of life (QoL) among a sample of Yemeni population. The study including 256 individuals who responded to the Oral Health Impacts Profile (OHIP) through completing a face-to-face survey of the OHIP-14 Arabic version. The…
Sep 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2329-9487.jhc-22-4252
Rama Kumari NuthalapatCorresponding author
Background Prevalence of coronary artery disease is between 7-13 percent in urban and 2-7 % in rural India1. The alarm in rise in the prevalence of coronary risk factors like diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, central obesity and physical inactivity2. The correlation between these risk f…
Feb 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-21-3752
Ray MarksCorresponding author
Background Falls injuries continue to contribute to numerous premature deaths as well as high disability levels, and excess morbidity rates among older adults, worldwide. But can vitamin D account for excess falls injuries among older adults? This review specifically focuses on what is known about v…
Nov 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2997-1969.ijhs-20-3580
E.E EnwerejiCorresponding author
Introduction This study assessed the awareness of cervical cancer screening test among women in the rural area of Imo State. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer and the cause of death in women. The need to ascertain the level of awareness of cervical cancer screening test and the level…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2693-1176.ijgh-20-3545
Ezinna E EnwerejiCorresponding author
Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria
Public health professionals working in rural communities are aware of the health disparities which result from lack of physicians, limited services, and income during the pandemic. Also they are aware that some populations are more vulnerable than others. People in the rural areas are experiencing p…
Aug 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-20-3496
Ray MarksCorresponding author
Osteoarthritis, a widespread joint disease, commonly results in considerable pain and functional disability, especially among older adults. At the same time, falls and fall injuries, also common among the older population, may not only contribute to the onset of osteoarthritis, but once established,…
Aug 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-20-3495
Ray MarksCorresponding author
Hip fractures, which remain highly prevalent among the elderly and produce enormous social and economic costs, have not truly abated in prevalence despite years of research that outlines a multitude of preventable risk factors and intervention programs. This review aimed to examine if sleep disturba…
Mar 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-6694.jbbs-20-3212
Alexander Alexandrovich VictorovCorresponding author
The possibility of applying the kinetic theory of aging of biological species published earlier by the authors of this work to assess and predict changes in the number of specific populations is evaluated. The populations of the USA, China and Russia, as well as the population of mice observed in th…
Apr 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-5518.jcci-19-2700
Andrew S LaneCorresponding author
Rheumatic heart disease is becoming far less common in the developed world, and therefore expsoure to its complications are been seen less by clinicians. With the increasing ease of world travel, patients with less commonly seen medical conditions are increasingly presenting to Hospitals requiring m…
Jan 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-18-2458
Clemence JoubertCorresponding author
Introduction Cognitive and physical (especially aerobic) training have been reported to enhance cognition in the elderly. The goal of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two types of training, namely combined cognitive-and-physical training and cognitive training alone, for cognition and…
Dec 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-18-2501
Paolo MainardiCorresponding author
In the last few years, gut microbiota has been identified to be an essential mediator in health and disease. In fact, it interacts with various organs and systems in the body, including brain, lung, liver, bone, cardiovascular system, and others. Microbiota-derived metabolites such as the short chai…
Oct 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-18-2426
P ChastonayCorresponding author
Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Over the past century, the proportion of Swiss residents aged 65 or older rose from 5.8% to 17.8%; during the same period, the proportion aged over 80 rose from 0.5% to 5.0%. Although the majority of older people in Switzerland enjoy good health, disease prevalence rises with age. Almost half (49%)…
Sep 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-17-1727
Manabu AkazawaCorresponding author
Background: Healthcare services provided to patients should vary depending on disease severity. However, disease severity bias, a type of selection bias, is a commonly encountered problem in administrative database studies. Herein, we selected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which comm…
Aug 2017
Vahudin ZugorCorresponding author
Purpose: To show the increased necessity of routine prostate biopsy in men older than 75 years and to identify markers, which reliably indicate the presence of a prostate cancer (PCa), we evaluate several different parameters from elderly patients. Methods: 196 patients over 75 years were included i…
Jun 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-17-1575
Charlotte RenauxCorresponding author
Background and Objective: Behavioral procedures have proven to be effective with elderly adults in nursing home. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a shaping procedure as a means of increasing writing performance. More specifically, our aim was to reeducate a motor behavi…
Apr 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-17-1483
Jon DorfmanCorresponding author
Background: Discharge disposition planning begins at admission and is frequently one of the first questions posed to healthcare providers by patients and families. We hypothesized that pre-injury functional status would predict discharge disposition. Methods: We linked prospective data from the Worc…
Mar 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-16-1348
Patsri SrisuwanCorresponding author
Background and Objective: Cognitive stimulation training was effective in reducing risk of cognitive decline and dementia in patients with mild cognitive impairment. The present study aimed to explore factors that contribute to regular participation and practice cognitive stimulation training for el…
Nov 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-16-1274
John James PowerCorresponding author
Ageing whilst an inevitable process in the human being, does not have to be marked by progressive decline and social withdrawal. `Ageism’ can generate a number of negative and at times destructive perspectives, labelling the elderly and possibly encouraging them to reflect the attitudes and behaviou…