Self-management of chronic diseases, which increase with age, is vital. This article discusses the benefits of chronic disease self-management and how nurses and other healthcare professionals can provide supportive care. It also presents an evidence-based intervention project that promoted chronic disease self-management among community-dwelling older adults.
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Public Health Nurs
December 2024
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Yunnan First People's Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Background: Effective disease management is crucial for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients as it can significantly reduce disease-associated symptoms. Currently, the utilization of mobile applications for managing RA patients has gained widespread popularity in clinical settings. However, there is a notable absence of a comprehensive meta-analysis exploring their effectiveness specifically in the context of RA patients.
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December 2024
Department of Psychiatry, Weill-Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY, United States.
Chronic pain is highly prevalent among older adults, is associated with cognitive deficits, and is commonly treated in primary care. We sought to document the extent of impairment across specific neurocognitive domains and its correlates among older adults with chronic pain in primary care. We analyzed baseline data from the Problem Adaptation Therapy for Pain trial, which examined a psychosocial intervention to improve emotion regulation in 100 adults ≥ 60 years with comorbid chronic pain and negative emotions, who did not have evidence of moderate-to-severe cognitive impairment.
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December 2024
Gastroenterology Unit, Pediatric Department, Santa Maria University Hospital - CHLN, Academic Medical Centre of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Objectives: This study evaluated the clinical utility of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) by comparing it with objective clinical data and validated health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures in pediatric Crohn's disease (CD) patients.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Pediatric CD patients (aged 8-17 years) were enrolled prospectively over eight months from an outpatient pediatric gastroenterology center.
Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo)
November 2024
Serviço de Cirurgia de Coluna, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Cidade do México, México.
Atalanto-occipital dislocations with type II fractures of the odontoid process are rare, reporting 7 cases for every 784 upper cervical spine injuries, an incidence of <0.3% and are related to a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Regarding C2 fractures, the most common are in the odontoid process, representing 7%, classified by Anderson and D'Alonso according to their level, with the highest rate of pseudarthrosis in zone II of up to 85% are caused mainly by car accidents.
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December 2024
Centre for Global Chronic Conditions, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Background: Reducing inequities in hypertension control among those affected in low- and middle-income countries requires person-centred health system responses based on a contextualised understanding of the choices and care pathways taken by those who rely on the services provided, particularly those from poor and marginalised communities. We examine patterns of care seeking and pathways followed by individuals with hypertension from low-income households in the Philippines and Malaysia. This study aims to fill a significant gap in the literature by analysing the stages at which individuals make decisions that may affect the successful control of their blood pressure.
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