Browsing by Subject "Singapore"
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A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Randomized Control Trial of a Tailored, Multifactorial Program to Prevent Falls Among the Community-Dwelling Elderly.
(Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 2019-01)<h4>Objective</h4>To perform a cost-effectiveness analysis of a multifactorial, tailored intervention to reduce falls among a heterogeneous group of high-risk elderly people.<h4>Design</h4>Randomized control trial.<h4>Se... -
Affect Theory and the Politics of Ambiguity: Liminality, Disembodiment, and Relationality in Music
(2014)This dissertation develops a "politics of ambiguity" through case studies of affect in contemporary works by European, American and Singaporean composers. While studies of intercultural music have focused on narratives of ... -
An Agile Systems Modeling Framework for Bed Resource Planning During COVID-19 Pandemic in Singapore.
(Frontiers in public health, 2022-01)<h4>Background</h4>The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on health systems globally. The sufficiency of hospitals' bed resource is a cornerstone for access to care which can significantly impact the public health ... -
Application description and policy model in collaborative environment for sharing of information on epidemiological and clinical research data sets.
(PLoS One, 2010-02-19)BACKGROUND: Sharing of epidemiological and clinical data sets among researchers is poor at best, in detriment of science and community at large. The purpose of this paper is therefore to (1) describe a novel Web application ... -
Assessing risk of breast cancer in an ethnically South-East Asia population (results of a multiple ethnic groups study).
(BMC cancer, 2012-11-19)<h4>Background</h4>Gail and others developed a model (GAIL) using age-at-menarche, age-at-birth of first live child, number of previous benign breast biopsy examinations, and number of first-degree-relatives with breast ... -
Benefits of Population Segmentation Analysis for Developing Health Policy to Promote Patient-Centred Care.
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CAMERA2 - combination antibiotic therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
(Trials, 2016-03-31)BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia is a serious infection resulting in 20-50 % 90-day mortality. The limitations of vancomycin, the current standard therapy for MRSA, make treatment ... -
Can caregivers report their care recipients' post-stroke hospitalizations and outpatient visits accurately? Findings of an Asian prospective stroke cohort.
(BMC health services research, 2018-10-25)<h4>Background</h4>Health services research aimed at understanding service use and improving resource allocation often relies on collecting subjectively reported or proxy-reported healthcare service utilization (HSU) data. ... -
Can we understand population healthcare needs using electronic medical records?
(Singapore medical journal, 2019-09)<h4>Introduction</h4>The identification of population-level healthcare needs using hospital electronic medical records (EMRs) is a promising approach for the evaluation and development of tailored healthcare services. Population ... -
Changes in Informed Consent Policy and Treatment Delays in Stroke Thrombolysis.
(Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association, 2020-12-18)<h4>Objectives</h4>The efficacy of thrombolytic therapy with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is highly time dependent. Although clinical guidelines do not recommend written informed consent as it may cause treatment delays, ... -
Cohort Profile: Panel on Health and Ageing of Singaporean Elderly (PHASE).
(International journal of epidemiology, 2019-12) -
Colchicine effectiveness in symptom and inflammation modification in knee osteoarthritis (COLKOA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
(Trials, 2015-04-30)BACKGROUND: Despite the high prevalence and global impact of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), current treatments are palliative. No disease modifying anti-osteoarthritic drug (DMOAD) has been approved. We recently demonstrated ... -
Community-Based Long-Term Care Services: If We Build It, Will They Come?
(Journal of aging and health, 2016-03)<h4>Objective</h4>This study examines the relationship between caregivers' perception of community-based long-term care (CBLTC) services and the service use.<h4>Method</h4>We used first two waves of the longitudinal data ... -
Comorbid visual and cognitive impairment: relationship with disability status and self-rated health among older Singaporeans.
(Asia-Pacific journal of public health, 2014-05)The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence and consequences of coexisting vision and cognitive impairments in an Asian population. Data were collected from 4508 community-dwelling Singaporeans aged 60 years ... -
Complexities and Challenges of Singapore Nurses Providing Postacute Home Care in Multicultural Communities: A Grounded Theory Study.
(Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society, 2018-09)INTRODUCTION:Studies are needed to inform the preparation of community nurses to address patient behavioral and social factors contributing to unnecessary readmissions to hospital. This study uses nurses' input to understand ... -
Dementia Care Training for Nurses in Nursing Facilities in Singapore
(2019)Background: Singapore has a fast-growing aged population and increasing numbers of dementia patients. The heavy burden of dementia nursing care imposes challenges on the nursing workforce. The aim of this study is to describe ... -
Depressive symptoms among informal caregivers of older adults: insights from the Singapore Survey on Informal Caregiving.
(International psychogeriatrics, 2012-08)This paper determines care recipient and caregiver characteristics and caregiving dimensions - associated with depression among caregivers of older adults, using path analysis and assesses whether the identified path model ... -
Developing integration among stakeholders in the primary care networks of Singapore: a qualitative study.
(BMC health services research, 2022-06-15)<h4>Background</h4>Integrating healthcare services across and between the different health system levels can be achieved in a few ways; however, examining the social side of integration is essential and challenging. This ... -
Developing the Concept of Building a Coral Reef in Singapore for Conservation, Environmental Education, and Tourism
(2008-04-25)Coral reefs are one of the most critically threatened habitats. Climate change, pollution, and direct human impact are destroying coral reefs all over the world. Singapore is a small island nation that has destroyed almost ... -
Diagnostic performance of short portable mental status questionnaire for screening dementia among patients attending cognitive assessment clinics in Singapore.
(Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 2013-07)<h4>Introduction</h4>The Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) is a brief cognitive screening instrument, which is easy to use by a healthcare worker with little training. However, the validity of this instrument ...
