Publications by authors named "Isaac Sze Him Leung"
Article Synopsis
- * It analyzed data from a national survey involving over 333,000 respondents, revealing that a majority felt they had good health, though those in the Southwest reported poorer health and more stress.
- * Factors like education, employment, and income significantly affected health perceptions for those with diabetes and hypertension, suggesting a need for strategic improvements through technology and policy changes.
Background: Previous studies suggest that aromatase inhibitors (AIs) increase the risk of adverse cardiovascular events and cardiac arrhythmias in patients with breast cancer, but it is unclear whether AIs also increase the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF).
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the use of AIs was associated with an increased risk of new-onset AF in patients with breast cancer.
Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis involving 5,707 patients with breast cancer (mean age 63.
Background: Falls lead to numerous negative health outcomes and jeopardize the physical function and quality of life in older adults. Cognitive impairment and physical frailty were found to be associated with the risk of falls, but there was no systematic review that estimated the association between cognitive frailty and the risk of falls.
Methods: A systematic literature search of the cross-sectional, cohort, and case-control studies in Cochrane library, Scopus, CINAHL, EMBASE and PsycINFO was conducted on 3 September 2021.
Background: Practicing healthy lifestyles can reduce the risk to develop noncommunicable diseases and the related mortality. Studies showed that practicing healthy lifestyles could enhance disease-free life expectancy and preserve bodily functions. However, engagement in healthy lifestyle behavior was suboptimal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have a chance of returning to normal cognitive function, and engaging in leisure activities is crucial for this process.
- * The study utilized the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) database to explore how changes in leisure activity engagement (LAE) relate to MCI reversion among older adults.
- * Results indicated a significant and nonlinear relationship between LAE change scores and MCI reversion, with variations based on age and gender, suggesting that higher levels of engagement in leisure activities increase the likelihood of cognitive function improvement.
Background: Dementia is an emerging public health issue. Growing evidence emerged on the association between social integration and the risk of dementia. However, the magnitude of the association between different aspects of social integration and the risk of dementia is unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Dementia informal caregiving is a global phenomenon. It is well documented that caregivers' psychological health is often affected by busy caregiving schedules. Lawton's two-factor model indicates that caregivers' psychological wellbeing is influenced by caregiving appraisal and other caregiver factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF