PLOS Glob Public Health
November 2024
Long Covid is the continuation or development of symptoms related to a SARSCoV2 infection. Those with Long Covid may face epistemic injustice, where they are unjustifiably viewed as unreliable evaluators of their own illness experiences. Media articles both reflect and influence perception and subsequently how people regard children and young people (CYP) with Long Covid, and may contribute to epistemic injustice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To explore the experience of infection from the perspective of community-dwelling older people, including access and preferences for place of care.
Design: Qualitative interview study, carried out between March 2017 and August 2018.
Setting: Ambulatory care units in Oxfordshire, UK.
Different scales are being used to measure frailty. This study examined the convergent validity of the electronic Frailty Index (eFI) with the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS). The cross-sectional study recruited patients from three regional community nursing teams in the South East of England.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Infection is common in older adults. Serious infection has a high mortality rate and is associated with unplanned hospital admissions. Little is known about the factors that prompt older patients to seek medical advice when they may have an infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Serious infections in older people are associated with unplanned hospital admissions and high mortality. Recognising the presence of a serious infection and making an accurate diagnosis are important challenges for General Practice. This study aimed to explore the issues UK GPs face when diagnosing serious infections in older patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The world has an ageing population. Infection is common in older adults; serious infection has a high mortality rate and is associated with unplanned admissions. In the UK, general practitioners (GPs) must identify which older patients require admission to hospital and provide appropriate care and support for those staying at home.
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