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Food, class, and health: the role of the perceived body in the social reproduction of health.
(Health communication, 2013-05)
The association between social class and cardiovascular health is complex, involving
a constant interplay of factors as individuals integrate external information from
the media, health care providers, and people they know ...
Simulating the impact of long-term care policy on family eldercare hours.
(Health services research, 2013-04)
<h4>Objective</h4>To understand the effect of current and future long-term care (LTC)
policies on family eldercare hours for older adults (60 years of age and older) in
Singapore.<h4>Data sources</h4>The Social Isolation ...
Higher persistence in newly diagnosed nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients treated with dabigatran versus warfarin.
(Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes, 2013-09)
<h4>Background</h4>Oral anticoagulation therapy is the primary tool in reducing stroke
risk in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation but is underused. Patients nonpersistent
with therapy contribute to this underuse. ...
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 ...
Early adoption of dabigatran and its dosing in US patients with atrial fibrillation: results from the outcomes registry for better informed treatment of atrial fibrillation.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-11-25)
BACKGROUND: Dabigatran is a novel oral anticoagulant approved for thromboprophylaxis
in atrial fibrillation. Adoption patterns of this new agent in community practice
are unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied patterns ...
A risk score for in-hospital death in patients admitted with ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-01-28)
BACKGROUND: We aimed to derive and validate a single risk score for predicting death
from ischemic stroke (IS), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and subarachnoid hemorrhage
(SAH). METHODS AND RESULTS: Data from 333 865 stroke ...
Comparison of performance achievement award recognition with primary stroke center certification for acute ischemic stroke care.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-10-14)
BACKGROUND: Hospital certification and recognition programs represent 2 independent
but commonly used systems to distinguish hospitals, yet they have not been directly
compared. This study assessed acute ischemic stroke ...
The relationship of mental and behavioral disorders to all-cause mortality in a 27-year follow-up of 4 epidemiologic catchment area samples.
(American journal of epidemiology, 2013-11)
Subjects from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program, interviewed during 1979-1983,
were linked to data in the National Death Index through 2007 to estimate the association
of mental and behavioral disorders with death. ...
Trends in anemia management in US hemodialysis patients 2004-2010.
(BMC Nephrol, 2013-12-01)
BACKGROUND: There have been major changes in the management of anemia in US hemodialysis
patients in recent years. We sought to determine the influence of clinical trial results,
safety regulations, and changes in reimbursement ...
Tobacco use among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, and mixed-race individuals: 2002-2010.
(Drug and alcohol dependence, 2013-09)
Non-Hispanic Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (NHs/PIs), and mixed-race
individuals are the fastest growing segments of the US population. We examined prevalences
and correlates of tobacco use among these ...