... disease persisted among childrenandadolescents (7.2 vs 4.4/100,000 population, P ¼ 0.001) and young adults (11.5 vs 8.7/100,000 population, P ¼ 0.001) Estimates for childrenandadolescents may be ... HOSPITALIZATIONS IN CHILDREN 599 FIG Temporal trends in hospital discharges with mention of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and obesity in children, adolescents, and young adults (6–25 years) ... nonalcoholic hepatitis, and cirrhosis were more frequent in female than in male children, adolescents, and young adults During the past decade, the number of publications on NAFLD and NASH has increased...
... reviewed and approved by all members I WHAT ARE THE CURRENT IMMUNIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND ADULTS? Recommendations Infants, children, adolescents, andadults ... recommendations for infants, children, adolescents, and adults? What are the current immunization standards, and how they contribute to overcoming barriers to immunization and address vaccine safety, ... services for children, adolescents, andadults (B-III) All vaccines should be stored and administered as recommended by the manufacturer and as licensed by the FDA (B-II) II Immunization Standards,...
... of people diagnosed with cancer as adolescentsand young adults The survivorship care needs of adolescentsand young adults who were diagnosed and treated as children, while important, were not ... developmental, and societal characteristics and less improvement in survival that set them apart from younger andolder age groups In prioritizing research and health care needs of adolescentsand young adults ... college, seeking employment, and gaining voting privileges and legal independence Young adults in their 20s and 30s are seeking and forming intimate and long-term relationships and are either planning...
... in olderadolescentsand young adults: epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, survival, and importance of clinical trials Med Pediatr Oncol 2002, 38(1):1-10 Pappo AS: Melanoma in childrenandadolescents ... the primary melanocytic neoplasms of adultsand young adults We observed distinct miRNA profiles in the primary melanocytic neoplasms of adultsand young adults that could also potentially be ... first and has the largest variance over the samples of all such orthogonal linear combinations, and so on The samples were first centered by their means and standardized by their norms, and then...
... andolderadults More specifically, young adults decreased their gait velocity and stride length particularly under single-task condition, whereas olderadults increased their walking speed and ... single and dual-task conditions in young andolderadults In young adults, muscle fatigue resulted in significant decreases in single-task gait velocity and stride length, whereas in older adults, ... between young andolderadults In this study, significant baseline differences between young andolderadults were found for maximal torque Granacher et al Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation...
... Fitness and Health-Related Quality of Life Dimensions in Community-Dwelling Middle Aged andOlderAdults Pedro R Olivares1, Narcis Gusi1§, Josue Prieto1, Miguel A Hernandez-Mocholi1 Faculty ... health program that aims to promote PA for middleaged andolderadults It is supported and managed by the Extremadura regional government and performed by the University of Extremadura All assessors ... centers, and local park entrances; and f) information stands at regional and local health-, sport- or welfare-related events (information meetings, fairs, etc.) for year The public health and sport...
... events, and adjustment in urban elementary-school children J Clin Child Psychol 1994, 23:391-400 Kliewer W: Children' s coping with chronic illness In Handbook of Children' s Coping: Linking Theory and ... rural environments places youth and young adults at greater risk for poor mental health outcomes Mental health and rurality Research shows that youth and young adults often struggle with mental ... Wolchik SA, Sandler IN New York: Plenum Press; 1997:275-300 Worsham NL, Compas BE, Sydney EY: Children' s coping with parental illness In Handbook of Children' s Coping: Linking Theory and Intervention...
... messages that are informative or entertaining It is possible to guide childrenandadolescents to media messages that encourage safety and good h Page of 1-Identify, in the text, different things the ... violent or sexual content and anything else one could imagine Interactive media create a new dim e-TV, VCR/DVD, and the Internet, parents may have no awareness of the content and very little control ... control to the access and content of the electronic media is almost impossible 3.6- The way each person understands a message is different, according to his/her own education and beliefs Part I...
... Surgeon General’s report on mental health andolderadults has been released as a separate document As a companion piece, OlderAdultsand Mental Health: Issues and Opportunities focuses on the broad ... functionally and/ or cognitively impaired adults These programs provide olderadults with social interaction and health monitoring and also provide respite for caregivers; Health promotion and wellness ... mental disorders in olderadults are also needed Delivery of mental health services to olderadultsOlder Americans underutilize mental health services A number of individual and systemic barriers...
... Computer and Internet Terms for OlderAdults This glossary for olderadults was prepared by the National Institute on Aging Searching for Health Information Online: An Internet Course for OlderAdults ... Computer and Internet Terms for OlderAdults This glossary for olderadults was prepared by the National Institute on Aging Searching for Health Information Online: An Internet Course for OlderAdults ... Computer and Internet Terms for OlderAdults This glossary for olderadults was prepared by the National Institute on Aging Searching for Health Information Online: An Internet Course for Older Adults...
... 111 Chapter Massage Therapy andOlderAdults Eileen Kennedy and Cheryl Chapman 135 Chapter Daoist Spirituality and Philosophy: Implications for Holistic Health, Aging, and Longevity Amy L Ai 149 ... the types and amounts of different fats For example, fats are categorized as 18 Complementary and Alternative Medicine for OlderAdults saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated, and the ... Complementary and Alternative Medicine for OlderAdults Obesity and Cancer A 16-year study by the American Cancer Society found that overweight and obesity increases the risk of many types of cancers, and...
... telephone and face-to-face administration of these instruments amongst olderadults Methods Design Equivalence investigation between telephone and face-toface administration for the FAI and the ... never drive The Bland-Altman plots for the FAI summary score, and EQ-5D VAS and utility scores are displayed (Figure 1) and not indicate a relationship between overall score and level of agreement ... that cater for the needs of olderadults Evaluation of these services and ongoing monitoring of their patients requires that participation in functional activities and health-related quality of...
... IL-6 and other cytokines) [4], and physical activity Indeed, several randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that strength training (ST) can safely increase muscle mass and strength in older ... to compare the effects of ST and PT to one another and to a wait list control group with respect to changes in quality of life in olderadults Following Stewart and King's [16] conceptual framework ... power, and physical functioning Participants Olderadults were recruited from the local community using flyers distributed to retirement communities, a database containing the names of older adults...
... participation restriction is common in adults aged 50 years and over, increases with age and female gender, and most commonly affects mobility outside the home [22] Incidence and recovery rates of participation ... restriction at three year follow-up) and three-year persistence (any restriction at both baseline and follow-up) were calculated overall, and by age and gender, and summarized using percentages For ... restriction at three-year follow-up in olderadults who completed the KAP at three year follow-up and those lost at follow-up; overall and stratified by age and gender Estimated onset of any restriction...
... activity and QOL operates through self-efficacy and physical and mental health status pathways, as proposed by McAuley and colleagues [2], in a sample of community dwelling older men and women ... (α = 83) and reflects physical health status in the context of carrying out household and social activities Participant recruitment We recruited community dwelling adults aged 50 andolder via ... sclerosis [8] In the context of older adults, a number of physical and psychosocial factors might represent mental and physical health status outcomes For example, Elavsky and colleagues [9] have noted...
... family and friends would be extremely valuable in counteracting obstacles and enhancing health and QOL [72] Increasing olderadults' activity level or facilitators in their environment and reducing ... Health Organisation (WHO) to promote olderadults' participation Environmental factors need to support and reinforce olderadults' competence, facilitate adaptation, and compensate for activity limitations ... social support and attitudes (14), income, labour and income security (15), government and public services (27), equal opportunities and political orientations (10), physical environment and accessibility...
... healthy olderadultsandolderadults with a HLGD walk more slowly under diminished lighting conditions; 2) Diminished lighting does not increase the gait variability of healthy older adults; and ... healthy olderadults to walking in near darkness also parallels the effects of an attention demanding task on the gait of healthy young andolderadults [35,36] When healthy young or olderadults ... these findings and discuss their implications for understanding HLGD, the role of vision in gait, and the relationship between visual impairment and increased fall risk in olderadults Perhaps...
... "home and neighbourhood", "psychological and emotional well-being", and "leisure, activities and religion") except "social relationships and participation" and "financial circumstances" (Table and ... the context of the culture and value system in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns [5] It is a multidimensional variable and its correlates may be ... status in older people [38] Recent studies have demonstrated that socioeconomic factors have a greater influence on physical disability at younger than older ages [39] and that among older adults...
... status than physical disability and among both older male and female individuals Leveille and colleagues [23] evaluated the presence of pain in women over 65 years of age and observed widespread musculoskeletal ... exercise and resistance exercise with a health education program in olderadults with knee osteoarthritis The Fitness Arthritis and Seniors Trial (FAST) JAMA 1997, 277:25-31 Vuori I: Exercise and ... scale pain scores by age, gender and study group Significant increases in pain scores for female and male community scores by age, gender and study group controls and runners were found with increasing...