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Association of demographics, cardiovascular indicators and disability characteristics with 7-year coronary heart disease incident in persons with disabilities
ObjectivePrevious studies had demonstrated that disability increases mortality in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). However, for people who...
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Fourth year intellectual disability student nurses’ journey and future work intention: a qualitative study
BackgroundThe aim of this qualitative study is to explore the views and experiences of final year BSc intellectual disability nursing students’...
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Ethnic differences in disability-free life expectancy and disabled life expectancy in older adults in Chile
BackgroundAlthough about 10% of the Latin American population is indigenous, ethnic differences in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) and life...
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Chinese older adults’ prior-to-death disability profiles and their correlates
BackgroundDisability prior to death complicates end-of-life care. The present study aimed to explore the prior-to-death disability profiles of...
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A more than 20-year follow-up of pain and disability after anterior cervical decompression and fusion surgery for degenerative disc disease and comparisons between two surgical techniques
BackgroundFollow-ups more than 20 years after neck surgery are extremely rare. No previous randomized studies have investigated differences in pain...
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Perspectives on the essential skills of healthcare decision making in children and adolescents with intellectual disability
BackgroundInvolvement in healthcare decisions is associated with better health outcomes for patients. For children and adolescents with intellectual...
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Life Expectancy in Pre-Frail and Frail States with and without Disability: 18-Years of Follow-Up Data from the HEPESE Study Using the Markov Chain Method
We estimated the total life expectancy (TLE), frailty-free life expectancy (FFLE), frail life expectancy (FLE), pre-frail life expectancy (PFLE), and...
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Association of intellectual disability with overall and type-specific cardiovascular diseases: a population-based cohort study in Denmark
BackgroundIndividuals with mental health problems have been shown to have an increased risk of cardiovascular disorder (CVD), but little is known...
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Disability and the risk of subsequent mortality in elderly: a 12-year longitudinal population-based study
BackgroundAssessment the impact of disability on mortality among the elderly is vital to healthy ageing. The present study aimed to assess the...
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Longitudinal trajectories of disability among Chinese adults: the role of cardiometabolic multimorbidity
BackgroundCardiometabolic multimorbidity (CM) has been found to be associated with higher mortality and functional limitations. However, few studies...
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Trajectories of Intrinsic Capacity: Determinants and Associations with Disability
ObjectivesIntrinsic capacity (IC) declines progressively with age, thereby increasing the risk of disability. However, it is less known whether IC...
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Knowledge and experience of paramedics concerning patients with hearing and visual disability
BackgroundA 2017 nationwide disability survey conducted by the General Authority of Statistics in Saudi Arabia, a sample representing the whole...
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Disability-related inequalities in the prevalence of loneliness across the lifespan: trends from Australia, 2003 to 2020
BackgroundExperiencing loneliness can be distressing and increasing evidence indicates that being lonely is associated with poor physical and mental...
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An investigation of the longitudinal trajectory patterns of health-related quality of life among Australians with disabilities: explaining disability types and properties
BackgroundResearch on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) trajectory patterns for people with disabilities (PwD) is scant. Understanding the HRQoL...
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Episodic disability questionnaire (EDQ) measurement properties among adults living with HIV in Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, and United States
BackgroundThe Episodic Disability Questionnaire (EDQ) is a generic 35-item patient-reported outcome measure of presence, severity and episodic nature...
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Measuring disability in multiple sclerosis: the WHODAS 2.0
IntroductionReliable measurement of disability in multiple sclerosis (MS) using a comprehensive, patient self-reported scale, such as the World...
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Access to general practice for people with intellectual disability in Australia: a systematic sco** review
BackgroundPeople with intellectual disability experience inadequate access to general practice and poorer health outcomes than the general...
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Age and sex-specific disability-free life expectancy in urban and rural settings of Bangladesh
BackgroundDisability-free life expectancy (DFLE) has been used to gain a better understanding of the population’s quality of life.
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Perpetuating ability to live life as usual: a grounded theory study of persons living with age-related macular degeneration
BackgroundAge-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease associated with age that causes progressive and irreversible loss of central...
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Cognitive Disability Among Arab Americans by Nativity Status and Arrival Year: Lack of Evidence for the Healthy Migrant Effect
Limited research exists on cognitive disabilities among Arab Americans, especially as it relates to arrival year among the foreign-born. The...