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Trends in functional disability and cognitive impairment among the older adult in China up to 2060: estimates from a dynamic multi-state population model.
(BMC geriatrics, 2021-06-22)
<h4>Background</h4>Available evidence suggests that cognitive impairment (CI), which
leads to deficits in episodic memory, executive functions, visual attention, and language,
is associated with difficulties in the capacity ...
Strategic planning to reduce the burden of stroke among veterans: using simulation modeling to inform decision making.
(Stroke, 2014-07)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Reducing the burden of stroke is a priority for the Veterans
Affairs Health System, reflected by the creation of the Veterans Affairs Stroke Quality
Enhancement Research Initiative. To inform the ...
Singapore's health-care system: key features, challenges, and shifts.
(Lancet (London, England), 2021-09-02)
Since Singapore became an independent nation in 1965, the development of its health-care
system has been underpinned by an emphasis on personal responsibility for health,
and active government intervention to ensure access ...
Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) to identify optimal sequences of telemedicine interventions for improving initiation of insulin therapy: A simulation study.
(BMC medical research methodology, 2021-09-30)
<h4>Background</h4>To examine the value of a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized
Trial (SMART) design compared to a conventional randomized control trial (RCT) for
telemedicine strategies to support titration of insulin ...
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, ...
A new instrument for measuring anticoagulation-related quality of life: development and preliminary validation.
(Health Qual Life Outcomes, 2004-05-06)
BACKGROUND: Anticoagulation can reduce quality of life, and different models of anticoagulation
management might have different impacts on satisfaction with this component of medical
care. Yet, to our knowledge, there are ...
Role of caregiver factors in outpatient medical follow-up post-stroke: observational study in Singapore.
(BMC family practice, 2021-04-14)
<h4>Background</h4>Outpatient medical follow-up post-stroke is not only crucial for
secondary prevention but is also associated with a reduced risk of rehospitalization.
However, being voluntary and non-urgent, it is potentially ...
Making public and patient involvement in clinical trials more than aspirational.
(Neurology. Clinical practice, 2020-06)
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. ...