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Quality of life and its associated factors among home-dwelling older people residing in the District of Colombo, Sri Lanka: a community-based cross-sectional study
Conclusion The overall QOL of home-dwelling elders of the Colombo District is moderate, with the lowest score being in social relationships and the highest in the environmental domain. Educational status, engaging in religious activities and financial independence are key factors associated with a better QOL. Limitations in physical activity and chronic diseases are associated with a reduced QOL. Living with the spouse is a key factor associated with the psychological health domain.
Source: BMJ Open - April 12, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Wijesiri, H. S. M. S. K., Wasalathanthri, S., De Silva Weliange, S., Wijeyaratne, C. N. Tags: Open access, Public health Source Type: research

Association between seropositivity for toxocariasis and cognitive functioning in older adults: an analysis of cross-sectional data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2011-2014
Conclusions In our study, seropositive toxocariasis was independently and significantly associated with worse working memory, sustained attention, processing speed and global cognition in older adults. If this association is causal, public health measures to prevent human toxocariasis might help protect older adults’ cognitive function.
Source: BMJ Open - March 1, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Song, G., Yang, C., Qu, Z., Lin, X., Liu, M., Wang, Y. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology Source Type: research

Prevalence of and factors associated with multimorbidity among 18 101 adults in the South East Asia Community Observatory Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Malaysia: a population-based, cross-sectional study of the MUTUAL consortium
Conclusions The current single-disease services in primary and secondary care should be accompanied by strategies to address complexities associated with multimorbidity, taking into account the factors associated with multimorbidity identified. Future research is needed to identify the most commonly occurring clusters of chronic diseases and their risk factors to develop more efficient and effective multimorbidity prevention and treatment strategies.
Source: BMJ Open - December 23, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tan, M. M. C., Prina, A. M., Muniz-Terrera, G., Mohan, D., Ismail, R., Assefa, E., Keinert, A. A. M., Kassim, Z., Allotey, P., Reidpath, D., Su, T. T. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology Source Type: research

Chronic non-communicable diseases: Hainan prospective cohort study
Purpose The Hainan Cohort was established to investigate the incidence, morbidity and mortality of non-communicable diseases and their risk factors in the community population. Participants The baseline investigation of the Hainan Cohort study was initiated in five main areas of Hainan, China, from June 2018 to October 2020. A multistage cluster random-sampling method was used to obtain samples from the general population. Baseline assessments included a questionnaire survey, physical examination, blood and urine sample collection, and laboratory measurements, and outdoor environmental data were obtained. Findings to dat...
Source: BMJ Open - November 18, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Gu, X., Lin, L., Zhao, C., Wu, L., Liu, Y., He, L., Lin, G., Lin, Y., Zhang, F. Tags: Open access, Public health Source Type: research

Comparison of Factors Associated With Direct Versus Transferred-in Admission to Government-Designated Regional Centers Between Acute Ischemic Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in Korea
CONCLUSIONS: Various patient factors were differentially associated with direct admission to RCVCs between AIS and AMI. Public education for symptom awareness and use of EMS is essential in optimizing the transportation and hospitalization of patients with AMI and AIS.PMID:36325609 | DOI:10.3346/jkms.2022.37.e305
Source: J Korean Med Sci - November 3, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Dae-Hyun Kim Seok-Joo Moon Juneyoung Lee Jae-Kwan Cha Moo Hyun Kim Jong-Sung Park Byeolnim Ban Jihoon Kang Beom Joon Kim Won-Seok Kim Chang-Hwan Yoon Heeyoung Lee Seongheon Kim Eun Kyoung Kang Ae-Young Her Cindy W Yoon Joung-Ho Rha Seong-Ill Woo Won Kyung Source Type: research

Peer-support interventions for women with cardiovascular disease: protocol for synthesising the literature using an evidence map
Introduction The leading cause of death for women is cardiovascular disease (CVD), including ischaemic heart disease, stroke and heart failure. Previous literature suggests peer support interventions improve self-reported recovery, hope and empowerment in other patient populations, but the evidence for peer support interventions in women with CVD is unknown. The aim of this study is to describe peer support interventions for women with CVD using an evidence map. Specific objectives are to: (1) provide an overview of peer support interventions used in women with ischaemic heart disease, stroke and heart failure, (2) identif...
Source: BMJ Open - October 5, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Parry, M., Visintini, S., Johnston, A., Colella, T. J., Kapur, D., Liblik, K., Gomes, Z., Dancey, S., Liu, S., Goodenough, C., Hay, J. L., Noble, M., Adreak, N., Robert, H., Tang, N., O'Hara, A., Wong, A., Mullen, K.-A. Tags: Open access, Cardiovascular medicine Source Type: research

Prevalence and associated factors of physical inactivity among middle-aged and older adults in India: results of a national cross-sectional community survey
Conclusions Almost 4 in 10 middle-aged and older adults in India had inadequate physical activity. Overall and gender specific risk factors for physical inactivity were identified. Interventions may operate at multiple levels and consider gender-related physical inactivity patterns.
Source: BMJ Open - August 26, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Pengpid, S., Peltzer, K. Tags: Open access, Global health Source Type: research

Interventions in outside-school hours childcare settings for promoting physical activity amongst schoolchildren aged 4 to 12 years
CONCLUSIONS: Although the review included nine trials, the evidence for how to increase children's physical activity in outside-school hours care settings remains limited, both in terms of certainty of evidence and magnitude of the effect. Of the types of interventions identified, when assessed using GRADE there was low-certainty evidence that multi-component interventions, with a specific physical activity goal may have a small increase in daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and a slight reduction in BMI. There was very low-certainty evidence that interventions increase cardiovascular fitness. By contrast there w...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - October 25, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Rosa Virgara Anna Phillips Lucy K Lewis Katherine Baldock Luke Wolfenden Ty Ferguson Mandy Richardson Anthony Okely Michael Beets Carol Maher Source Type: research

Sex differences in the risk of coronary heart disease associated with socioeconomic status in Turkey
ConclusionsThis study of health outcomes in Turkey did not find sex differences in CVD in association with educational status but did show sex differences in association with employment status. This finding suggests that social determinants in middle-income countries may affect men and women differently than in high-income countries.Key messagesSocial determinants in middle-income countries may affect men and women differently with regards to the risk of CHD than in high-income countries.Employment status can predict the risk of CHD in middle-income countries.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Prevalence of arterial hypertension in Brazilian adults and its associated factors and activity limitations: a cross-sectional study.
CONCLUSIONS: This study showed sociodemographic inequality in the prevalence of hypertension, especially in the population with some degree of limitation associated with hypertension. It showed that improvements in access to primary care services for controlling hypertension at its initial stages are essential in order to avoid comorbidities of greater severity and limitations and losses of quality of life, especially among socially disadvantaged people. PMID: 31691763 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Sao Paulo Medical Journal - November 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Marques AP, Szwarcwald CL, de Souza-Junior PRB, Malta DC, Montilla DER Tags: Sao Paulo Med J Source Type: research

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