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Open AccessThe effect of salt substitution on frequency and severity of headache: results from the SSaSS cluster-randomised controlled trial of 20,995 participants
Headache is one of the most common neurological symptoms. Headache disorders are associated with a high global burden of disease. Prior studies indicate that short-to-medium term sodium reduction reduces heada...
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Open AccessThe contribution of sodium reduction and potassium increase to the blood pressure lowering observed in the Salt Substitute and Stroke Study
The Salt Substitute and Stroke Study (SSaSS) demonstrated significant reductions in systolic blood pressure (SBP), and the risk of stroke, major cardiovascular events and total mortality with the use of potass...
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Open AccessUsing a participatory design to develop an implementation framework for integrating falls prevention for older people within the Chinese primary health care system
Chinese National Essential Public Health Service Package (NEPHSP) has mandated primary health care providers to provide falls prevention for community-dwelling older people. But no implementation framework is ...
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Open AccessOrthogeriatric co-managements lower early mortality in long-lived elderly hip fracture: a post-hoc analysis of a prospective study
To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of orthogeriatric co-management care in long-lived elderly hip fracture patients (age ≥ 90).
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Open AccessAssociation Between Hip Bone Mineral Density and Mortality Risk After Hip Fracture: A Prospective Cohort Study
Factors related to mortality after osteoporotic hip fracture (HF) have been investigated intensively, except for proximal femoral bone mineral density (BMD), which is also the primary cause of osteoporosis. In...
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Open AccessDevelopment of a conceptual framework to scale up co-managed care for older patients with hip fracture in China: a qualitative study
Hip fracture creates a major burden on society due to high mortality, loss of independence and excess medical costs for older people. A multidisciplinary co-managed model of care is widely considered as the be...
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Open AccessCharacteristics of falls among older hip fracture patients from six Chinese hospitals: a post-hoc descriptive analysis
There is well-established evidence to understand the characteristics of falls among the older patients with hip fracture in many countries, but very little knowledge existed in China. This study described the ...
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Open AccessDigital health interventions for non-communicable disease management in primary health care in low-and middle-income countries
Current evidence on digital health interventions is disproportionately concerned with high-income countries and hospital settings. This sco** review evaluates the extent of use and effectiveness of digital h...
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Open AccessAn examination of public support for 35 nutrition interventions across seven countries
Public support for evidence-based nutrition interventions can be an important determinant of government willingness to develop and implement such interventions. The aim of this study was to assess support for ...
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Quality improvement initiatives in the care and prevention of fragility fractures in the Asia Pacific region
This narrative review summarises ongoing challenges and progress in the care and prevention of fragility fractures across the Asia Pacific region since mid-2019. The approaches taken could inform development o...
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Open AccessProtocol for a randomized controlled trial to test the acceptability and adherence to 6-months of walnut supplementation in Chinese adults at high risk of cardiovascular disease
Consumption of nuts improves cardio-metabolic risk factors in clinical trials and relates to lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in prospective observational studies. However, there has not been an adeq...
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Open AccessFalls prevention interventions for community-dwelling older people living in mainland China: a narrative systematic review
Falls in community-dwelling older people have been recognised as a significant public health issue in China given the rapidly growing aged population. Although there are several reviews documenting falls preve...
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Applying normalization process theory and process map** to understand implementation of a co-management program for older hip fracture patients in China: a qualitative study
This qualitative study identified the barriers to the implementation of a multidisciplinary co-management program for older hip fracture patients and provided evidence for future intervention improvement and s...
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The effect of a multidisciplinary co-management program for the older hip fracture patients in Bei**g: a “pre- and post-” retrospective study
Hip fracture becomes a major public health issue with the growing aging population. This study evaluated a multidisciplinary co-management program for older hip fracture patients and found it significantly imp...
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A general multi-splitting iteration method for computing PageRank
In this paper, based on the multi-splitting iteration (MSI) method (Gu and Wang in J Appl Math Comput 42:479–490, 2013), we present a general multi-splitting iteration (GMSI) method for solving the PageRank probl...
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Open AccessA qualitative evaluation of a simplified cardiovascular management program in Tibet, China
The simplified cardiovascular management (SimCard Study) program was a cluster randomized controlled trial conducted in Tibet, China to evaluate a multifaceted intervention consisting of appropriate medication...
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Open AccessSystematic medical assessment, referral and treatment for diabetes care in China using lay family health promoters: protocol for the SMARTDiabetes cluster randomised controlled trial
Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) affects 113.9 million people in China, the largest number of any country in the world (JAMA 310:948–59, 2013). T2DM prevalence has risen dramatically from around 1 % in the 1980s to now ...
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Open AccessA cluster-randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of a simplified cardiovascular management program in Tibet, China and Haryana, India: study design and rationale
In resource-poor areas of China and India, the cardiovascular disease burden is high, but availability of and access to quality healthcare is limited. Establishing a management scheme that utilizes the local i...
