Background: The older population is increasingly reliant on social care, especially those who are frail. However, an estimated 1.5 million people over 65 in England have unmet care needs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Subjective social status is a known antecedent for many health outcomes, but little research has examined the association between subjective status and frailty among older people. Using longitudinal data, the goal of this study was, first, to identify latent trajectories of frailty over time, and second, to investigate the relationship between subjective social status and frailty trajectory.
Methods: Data were drawn from the 2002-2019 surveys of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, involving 9484 individuals aged 50+ years at baseline.
Climate change has a profound impact on the mental health and well-being of people all over the world. However, studies on the impacts of climate-driven rising sea levels on mental health remain few. This study aims to examine the risk of depression among people who live in coastal areas susceptible to the natural hazards associated with climate change.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Changes in health status and adjustments to new lifestyles during the pandemic have triggered societal psychological problems in society. This study aimed to explore the correlation between physical symptoms and psychological problems in Indonesian society during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Methods: This cross-sectional study employed an online survey to gather data from 9425 participants in Indonesia between June and July 2020, which was selected using convenience sampling.
Background: Norovirus infection is the second most frequent viral agent causing gastroenteritis worldwide. Asymptomatic norovirus infection is prevalent in children and is associated with growth failure. Evaluating the intestinal inflammation of asymptomatic norovirus infection is pivotal to overcoming malnutrition, especially in resource-limited settings.
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