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J Clin Nurs
January 2025
School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
Aim: To evaluate the effects of exergaming on physical frailty in older adults.
Design: Systematic review with meta-analysis.
Methods: Six electronic databases were searched for randomised controlled trials evaluating the effects of exergaming on frailty in older adults.
Laryngoscope
January 2025
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Objectives: To investigate the consistency of associations between modified frailty index-5 (mFI-5) and postoperative adverse outcomes in head and neck cancer (HNC) reconstruction.
Methods: American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) database from 2017 to 2022 was utilized to identify HNC patients undergoing locoregional or microvascular free tissue transfers. Kaplan-Meier estimates and multivariable Cox regression analyses were utilized to compare risk of infections, bleeding, readmissions, reoperations, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), and mortality within the first postoperative month for each mFI-5 score with mFI-5 = 0 as reference.
BMC Health Serv Res
January 2025
Médecins Sans Frontières, London, UK.
Background: The Somali region in Ethiopia has poor health infrastructure, coupled with the adversity experienced by the largely pastoralist population through frequent droughts, disease outbreaks and conflict. From January 2019, MSF strategically focused on improving access to primary healthcare in the Doolo zone of the Somali region by providing 15-20 mobile clinics covering a wide geographical area. We aimed to evaluate the extent to which mobile clinics were an appropriate and effective modality to deliver healthcare for populations living in the region.
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January 2025
Department of Gerontology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Objectives: The obesity paradox is common among older adults at risk for various diseases. Although this paradox has also been observed in the association between obesity and osteoporosis, the available evidence remains controversial. This study aimed to investigate the association between obesity and OP risk in an older population.
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January 2025
Geschäftsstelle Mannheim, Deutsche Arthrose-Hilfe e.V., Mannheim, Deutschland.
Low-dose radiotherapy is an established treatment option for non-malignant skeletal disorders. It is used in the treatment of Heberden's osteoarthritis (HA), but the evidence of efficacy does not seem to be certain. This paper reviews current literature for scientific evidence of efficacy in the treatment of HA.
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