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JMIR Med Inform
December 2024
Center for Geriatrics & Gerontology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 1650 Taiwan Boulevard Sect 4, Taichung, 407219, Taiwan, 886 4-2359-2525, 886 4-2359-5046.
Background: Telehealth programs and wearable sensors that enable patients to monitor their vital signs have expanded due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The electronic National Early Warning Score (e-NEWS) system helps identify and respond to acute illness.
Objective: This study aimed to implement and evaluate a comprehensive telehealth system to monitor vital signs using e-NEWS for patients receiving integrated home-based medical care (iHBMC).
BMC Health Serv Res
December 2024
School of Nursing, Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical gaps in health system preparedness. This study, guided by a critical ecological model, examines the experiences of primary health and community services in Aotearoa New Zealand during the pandemic, focusing on their response to older people and their unpaid caregivers. The study aims to identify effective strategies for health system resilience.
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December 2024
Department of Public Health, Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone.
Background: Since the outbreak of the novel SARS-CoV-2 that caused COVID-19 in 2019, the government of Sierra Leone implemented immediate preventive measures to stop the disease from entering the country. On March 24, 2020, the country declared a state of emergency in response to the emerging global COVID-19 pandemic, even though no confirmed cases had been reported at that time. However, Sierra Leone recorded its first COVID-19 case later in March 2020.
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December 2024
Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread lockdowns and remote work and educational practices that have impacted the lives of many families.
Objective: We aimed to investigate how parents and caregivers altered their routines due to online schooling and teleworking, exploring their association with increased anxiety and depression symptoms.
Methods: We conducted an online cross-sectional study and collected data through snowball sampling.
J Alzheimers Dis
December 2024
Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic accelerated development of innovative methods for conducting research remotely via digital technologies. However, few studies have examined participant technological literacy skills or access as key social determinants of brain health in aging populations at risk of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
Objective: To identify associations of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, cognitive status and geolocation with digital technology access and skill within dementia research cohorts.
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