Long-Term Trajectories of Cognitive Disability Among Older Adults Following a Major Disaster.

Importance: Older adults are at high risk for cognitive impairments following natural disasters, but the persistence of such effects is not well understood.

Objective: To track older adults' postdisaster cognitive disability trajectories over a decade and examine associations of cognitive disability with disaster damage exposure.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This prospective cohort study used predisaster baseline surveys conducted in August 2010 and 4 follow-ups approximately every 3 years until November 10, 2022.

DegS protease regulates antioxidant capacity and adaptability to oxidative stress environment in .

Adaptation to oxidative stress is critical for survival of in aquatic ecosystems and hosts. DegS activates the σ envelope stress response. We have previously revealed that DegS may be involved in regulating the oxidative stress response.

Health literacy interventions among patients with chronic diseases: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness and impact of health literacy interventions for patients with chronic diseases.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, and EBSCO CINAHL from inception through March 2022. Eligible chronic diseases include diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

A latent profile analysis of residents' knowledge, attitude, and practice toward common chronic diseases among ethnic minority area in China.

Background: Health literacy plays an important role in preventing and managing chronic diseases, while low levels of health literacy among ethnic minorities are a major manifestation of health inequities. We believe that before effective health literacy intervention strategies, it is preferable to understand the features of health literacy among ethnic minorities. The present study firstly updated insights on health literacy among ethnic minorities by investigating the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) profile of common chronic diseases in ethnic minority areas, and secondly discussed the KAP profiles in detail to inspire future health education interventions.