Skip to main contentSkip to article Journals & Books Help
Hence, older adults share their goals and preferences with clinicians; while clinicians share information on risks, benefits, harms, and uncertainties of existing health-maintenance recommendations, and help guide the older adult through how existing evidence can respond to their health goals and ...
This cohort study assesses whether an association exists between life purpose and all-cause or cause-specific mortality among adults older than 50 years
For older subjects, the World Health Organization Quality of Life Group (WHOQOL Group) derived the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument-Older Adults Module (WHOQOL-OLD) from WHOQOL-BREF by adding specific items important to the seniors such as in- timacy, autonomy and death. The...
Quality of life (QoL) is a multidimensional concept that refers to an “individual’s perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, and standards” and is affected by a person’s physical...
Context.—Multiple factors contribute to mortality in older adults, but the extent to which subclinical disease and other factors contribute independently
[16,17], and studies have shown that employment is an important factor affecting the mental health of older adults. There is no unanimous conclusion on the impact of employment on the mental health of the elderly in the existing research, which can be roughly divided into two kinds of views...
One of the main goals for analysis of the medical packaging system should be to eliminate all the hazards that have high severity and minimize the low and medium-severity hazards. The high-severity hazards include a sterile barrier breach and damage to the device, which may not be easy to ...
Bickmore, T. W. et al. A randomized controlled trial of an automated exercise coach for older adults.JAGS61, 1676–1683 (2013). ArticleGoogle Scholar Bickmore, T. W., Schulman, D. & Sidner, C. Patient education and counseling automated interventions for multiple health behaviors using conve...
While losing weight is incredible, dealing with loose skin can dampen the excitement of achieving your goals. So what can you do about it? Well, unfortunately, no magic solution will make the excess skin disappear overnight. However, you can take steps to improve its appearance over time. ...