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Using Action Research and Peer Perspectives to Develop Technology That Facilitates Behavioral Change and Self-Management in COPD
(2014)
Background. Behavioural change and self-management in patients with chronic illness may help to control symptoms, avoid rehospitalization, enhance quality of life, and decrease mortality and morbidity. Objective. Guided ...
Orthostatic hypotension is associated with lower cognitive performance in adults aged 50 plus with supine hypertension.
(2014)
OBJECTIVES:
This study investigated the association between orthostatic hypotension (OH), supine hypertension (SH), and cognitive performance.
METHODS:
Four thousand six hundred and ninety participants of The Irish ...
Ageism in Stroke Rehabilitation Studies
(2014)
Background: stroke is predominantly a disease of older people. While age bias has been demonstrated in studies of pharmacological therapeutic interventions in stroke, the extent of discrimination by age in stroke rehabilitation ...
Vascular gait dyspraxia
(2014)
Validation of the self-reported hearing questions in the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing against the Whispered Voice Test.
(2014)
BACKGROUND:
Self report questions are often used in population studies to assess sensory efficacy and decline. These questions differ in their validity in assessing sensory impairment depending on the wording of the ...