Surgical ergonomics among ophthalmologists at Alsaim Eye Hospital, Wad Madani, Sudan: a clinical audit by Imtinan Yousif, Khawla Jibreel, Mehera Mohammed

“…Neglecting surgical ergonomics might lead to early retirement and decreased productivity. This study aimed to assess ophthalmologists’ surgical ergonomic practices and compared them to expert ophthalmologists’ recommendations published by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. …”
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Low Back Pain and Associated Factors among Primary School Teachers in Mekele City, North Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Aregawi Kebede, Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Haile Woldie, Melaku Kindie Yenit

“…The pain, which is widely considered to be caused by occupational activities, has a significant impact on teachers’ quality of life because it results in frequent sick leaves, functional impairment, and early retirement. It is also demanding in terms of treatment costs, individual suffering, and discontinuation of jobs. …”
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Health-related quality of life and its predictors among chronic kidney disease patients: A hospital-based cross-sectional study. by Tasmia Tasnim, Kazi Muhammad Rezaul Karim, Tanjina Rahman, Harun-Ur Rashid

“…Further, higher levels of education, being married, absence of diabetes and heart disease were all independent predictors of a higher MCS. Whereas retirement, low duration of CKD and the use of three or more drugs strongly linked to worse scores of PCS. …”
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Understanding the Association Between Home Broadband Connection and Well-Being Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: Nationally Representative Panel Data Study by Lu Yang, Chris Lynch, John Tayu Lee, Brian Oldenburg, Tilahun Haregu

“…MethodsA panel data study design of the national sample of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) was conducted in 2015, 2018, and 2020. …”
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Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors in relation to Overweight Defined by BMI and “Normal-Weight Obesity” by Bodil Ohlsson, Jonas Manjer

“…Associations with lean versus NWO differed from those of lower versus higher BMI, with an association with retirement, an inverse association with male sex (OR, 0.664; 95% confidence interval, 0.591–0.746), and no associations with marital status, smoking, and alcohol consumption frequency. …”
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Heterogeneous adverse childhood experiences and cognitive function in an elderly Chinese population: a cohort study by Ya Fang, Manqiong Yuan, Fengzhi Qin, Chuanhai Xu

“…Objective To identify the heterogeneity of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as well as their association with cognitive function in an elderly Chinese population.Design A retrospective cohort study.Participants The data were from the latest wave of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study and a total of 7222 participants aged ≥60 were included.Primary and secondary outcome measures Latent class analysis was used to identify the classes characterised by 11 types of ACEs. …”
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Association between the depressive symptom trajectories and all-cause mortality in Chinese middle-aged and elderly adults by Yayun Fan, Dingliu He, Lin Chen, Chunxia Ge

“…The data we used were from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. In total, 13,624 subjects aged over 45 years were ultimately included in the analysis. …”
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Social activities and different intensities of physical activity among older adults in China: a population-based cohort study by Song Yang, Qi Zhang, Anhui Zhao, Dongye Lyu

“…Physical activity is widely recognized as a critical factor for improving health, yet the specific impact of different intensities of physical activity on the health of older adults remains underexplored.MethodsThis study addresses this gap by analyzing data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS), a nationally representative survey of a cohort of Chinese people (aged ≥45 years) from 150 counties or districts and 450 villages or urban communities across 28 provinces, who were selected by use of multistage stratified probability-proportionate-to-size sampling. …”
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Association between physical activity levels and stroke risk among Chinese adults aged 45 and over based on CHARLS by Changjun Jiang, Tianhong Chen, Jianfeng Xiang, Yiqun Pang

“…We performed a cross-sectional analysis using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2020. Binary logistic regression models were used to analyze the associations between different dimensions of physical activity levels (intensity, frequency, duration, and total physical activity (TPA)) and stroke risk in Chinese middle-aged and older adults. …”
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Effectiveness of integrated chronic care interventions for older people with different frailty levels: a systematic review protocol by Gurch Randhawa, David Hewson, Nimra Khan

“…The aim of this study is to synthesise evidence on the effectiveness of integrated care interventions on older people with different frailty status who are community dwelling or living in retirement housing or residential setting but not in care homes or in nursing homes.Methods and analysis This is a protocol for a systematic review assessing the effectiveness of integrated chronic care interventions on older people with different frailty status. …”
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A prediction study on the occurrence risk of heart disease in older hypertensive patients based on machine learning by Fei Si, Qian Liu, Jing Yu

“…Methods A total of 934 participants aged 60 and above from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study with a 7-year follow-up (2011–2018) were included. …”
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The Association Between the Onset and Ending of Volunteering on Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation Among Older Adults: Longitudinal Evidence From the German Ageing Survey by Avery Richardson, Hans‐Helmut König, André Hajek

“…This study aims to assess whether engaging in volunteer work during retirement age is associated with changes in loneliness and social isolation. …”
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Triglyceride-glucose index in predicting the risk of new-onset diabetes in the general population aged 45 years and older: a national prospective cohort study by Yingqi Shan, Qingyang Liu, Tianshu Gao

“…Methods This study used longitudinal data from five waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) conducted in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, and 2020, involving 5886 participants. …”
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L’anglicité dans la fiction de l’Asie du sud-est : les exemples de Paul Theroux et de Yasmine Gooneratne by Rüdiger Ahrens

“…Alliant les genres du roman historique, détective et sentimental, il met en scène l’opposition entre les valeurs traditionnelles britanniques qui se retirent et celles de la nouvelle classe dominante chinoise. …”
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U-shaped association between sleep duration and frailty in Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study by Yanliqing Song, Haoqiang Liu, Kenan Gu, Yue Liu

“…This study aimed to explore the relationship among nap time, nighttime sleep duration, and physical frailty in older Chinese individuals; establish recommended sleep times; and provide a scientific and reasonable basis for the prevention and management of frailty in older adults.MethodsOn the basis of the 2020 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study database, demographic information, health data, and lifestyle information of the research subjects were obtained. …”
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Metabolic diseases in cattle by V. A. Mischenko, A. V. Mischenko, R. V. Yashin, V. A. Yevgrafova, T. B. Nikeshina

“…The main reason for the premature retirement of highly productive cows is based on the factors typical of the intensive technologies used in dairy cattle breeding, which lead to the occurrence of metabolic diseases. …”
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Women Entrepreneurs and Economic Development Nyagatare Sector, Nyagatare District. by Donatile, Nyirandikubwimana

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The additive effect of the stress hyperglycemia ratio on type 2 diabetes: a population-based cohort study by Cancan Cui, Jiayin Song, Lingyu Zhang, Ning Han, Wanqi Xu, Chen Sheng, Guangda Xin, Xiaofeng Cui, Lili Yu, Lin Liu

“…Methods The study included 8978 participants aged 45 or older, free of diabetes at baseline, from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Incident T2D up to December 31, 2020, was the primary outcome. …”
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Impact of solid fuel use on asthma prognosis and consistent peak expiratory flow changes: Evidence from China by Yuexi Chen, Shuojia Xie, Xirong Chen, Xiaowen Zhong, Linhang Yang, Weitong Lin, Junfeng Huang, Ruchong Chen

“…Methods: Involving participants from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), this research scrutinized the impact of solid fuel exposure on asthma incidence, peak expiratory flow (PEF), and mortality in asthma patients. …”
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Associations between physical activity and heart disease among middle-aged and older Chinese adults by Yujia Liu, Chaoqun Yuan, Tong Chen, Linlin Zhou, Gengyin Zhu, Yu Chen

“…ObjectiveTo quantify the risk of heart diseases (HD) and determine the relationship between physical activity (PA) dimensions and HD among Chinese middle-aged and older individuals.MethodsUsing data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS, 2018), 16,927 participants were included in this study. …”
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