Exploring the Feasibility of a 5-Week mHealth Intervention to Enhance Physical Activity and an Active, Healthy Lifestyle in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Mixed Methods Study by Kim Daniels, Sharona Vonck, Jolien Robijns, Kirsten Quadflieg, Jochen Bergs, Annemie Spooren, Dominique Hansen, Bruno Bonnechère

“…Our target group consisted of native Dutch-speaking older adults aged >65 years who were not affected by severe illnesses. …”
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Clinical characteristics, therapeutics, and treatment outcomes of adult patients with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 dermatomyositis: A single-center experience from South India by Shivraj Padiyar, Aswin M Nair, Bijesh Yadav, Prathyusha Manikuppam, Jha Avanish, Abhilasha Arvind Manwatkar, John Mathew

“…Results: A total of 29 adult patients of IIM were positive for anti-MDA5 antibody during the study period. …”
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Association between balance ability and cardiovascular disease onsets among middle-aged and older adults: an observational cohort study from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study by Yinghe Lin, Shanshan Zhong, Zhihua Sun

“…After multiple imputations of metabolic biomarkers data, the results of sensitivity analyses were generally consistent.ConclusionLower balance ability was associated with an increased risk of incident CVD among middle-aged and older Chinese adults. The simple, economical, effective, and safe physical measurements of balance function deserve further investigation in public health.…”
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Increasing incidences and changes in treatment trends of clavicle fractures in adults during 2 decades in Denmark: a nationwide study on data from the Danish National Patient Registry by Ida Tryggedsson, Bjarke Viberg, Per Hviid Gundtoft, Ilija Ban, Søren Overgaard, Tazio Maleitzke, Arvind von Keudell

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Study protocol of a randomised controlled trial on SISU, a software agent providing a brief self-help intervention for adults with low psychological well-being by Harald Baumeister, Ann-Marie Küchler, David Ebert, Natalie Bauereiss, Eileen Bendig, Benjamin Erb, Lena Weger, Echo Meißner

“…The aim of this trial is to evaluate the clinical effectiveness and acceptance of the brief software agent-based IMI SISU in comparison with a waitlist control group.Methods and analysis Within a two-group randomised controlled trial, a total of 120 adult participants living with low well-being (Well-being Scale/WHO-5) will be recruited in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. …”
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Is Self-Reported Physical Activity Participation Associated with Lower Health Services Utilization among Older Adults? Cross-Sectional Evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey by Koren L. Fisher, Elizabeth L. Harrison, Bruce A. Reeder, Nazmi Sari, Karen E. Chad

“…To examine relationships between leisure time physical activity (LTPA) and health services utilization (H) in a nationally representative sample of community-dwelling older adults. Methods. Cross-sectional data from 56,652 Canadian Community Health Survey respondents aged ≥ 50 years (48% M; 52% F; mean age 63.5 ± 10.2 years) were stratified into three age groups and analysed using multivariate generalized linear modeling techniques. …”
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How Does <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> DSM 34246 (Canobios-BL) <i>var. boulardii</i> Supplementation Impact the Fecal Parameters of Healthy Adult Dogs? by Nicolò Lonigro, Francesca Perondi, Natascia Bruni, Mauro Bigliati, Annalisa Costale, Elena Pagani, Ilaria Lippi, Alice Melocchi, Lucia Zema, Giorgia Meineri, Elisa Martello

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Delayed Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Initiation among Hospitalized Adults in a Resource-Limited Settings: A Challenge to the Global Target of ART for 90% of HIV-Infected Individuals by Prossie Merab Ingabire, Fred Semitala, Moses R. Kamya, Damalie Nakanjako

“…Overall, 386 HIV-infected adults were enrolled, of whom 289/386 (74.9%) had delayed cART initiation, 77/386 (19.9%) initiated cART, and 20/386 (5.2%) were lost-to-follow-up, within two weeks of cART eligibility. …”
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Clinical management of community-acquired meningitis in adults in the UK and Ireland in 2017: a retrospective cohort study on behalf of the National Infection Trainees Collaborative for Audit and Research (NITCAR) by Amy Robinson, Kamaljit Khalsa, Arjun Chandna, John Bowen, Viva Levee, Jan Coebergh, Tom Solomon, Clive Graham, David Turner, Robert Tilley, Tim Jones, Susan Hopkins, Matthew Stevens, Daniel White, Celestine Eshiwe, Anna Goodman, Ramandeep Singh, Robert S Heyderman, Nicholas Davies, Joseph Thompson, Ed Moran, Martin Williams, Rhea O’Regan, Simon Tiberi, Jonathan Lambourne, Naomi Bulteel, Susan Larkin, Ruth McEwen, Hassan Paraiso, Aarti Shah, Martin Wiselka, Sylviane Defres, Ernest Mutengesa, Maria Krutikov, Ruth Owen, David Griffith, David Harvey, Trupti Patel, Brendan Davies, Emma Mclean, Joanna Allen, Ali Khan, Alastair Miller, Ashutosh Deshpande, Christopher Green, Lewis Jones, Mark Melzer, Fiona McGill, Amanda Fife, Nimal Wickramasinghe, Stephanie Harris, Ewan Hunter, Jayne Ellis, Benedict Rogers, Imogen Fordham, Elen Vink, Victoria Ward, Anna Smith, Andrew Rosser, Alison Muir, Ken Woodhouse, John Shone, Iain Crossingham, Ryan Jayesinghe, Eavan Muldoon, Avneet Shahi, Terry John Evans, Jeremy Wong, Eloisa MacLachlan, Amy Chue, Karishma Gokani, Katherine Ajdukiewicz, Lucinda Barrett, Frances Edwards, Adam Usher, Mairi McLeod, Su su Htwe, Grace Duane, Nicholas Wong, Jennifer Poyner, Jenni Crane, Ollie Lloyd, Emma Chisholm, Ildiko Kustos, Sam Sutton, M. Estee Torok, Isobel Ramsay, Monica Ivan, Joshua York, Jennifer Ansett, Maithili Varadarajan, Priya Sekhon, James Cruise, Shivani Kanabar, Mirella Ling, Charlotte Milne, Jayanta Sarma, Aline Wilson, Lynn Urquhart, Sahar Eldirdiri, Leila White, Jody Aberdein, Phillip Simpson, Hnin Hay Mar, Keying Tan, Eint Shwe Zin thein, Mahmoud Aziz, Anthony Cadwgan, Natasha Weston, Salman Zeb, Angela Houston, Louise Wootton, Iona Willingham, Aimee Johnson, Ashley Horsley, Eamonn Trainor, Olivier Gaillemin, Nicholas J Norton, Katie Cheung, Megan Duxbury, Emilie Bellhouse, Helena Brezovjakova, Kanitkar Tanmay, Alexsander Dawidziuk, Razan Saman, Hugh Adler, Elshadai Ejere, Yiwen Soo, Wendy Beadles, Heather Sturgeon, Brodie Cameron, David Chadwick Ben Tomlinson, Claire McGoldrick, Katie McDowell, Mpho Molosiwa, Katherine FlackAdrian Kennedy, Phoebe Cross, Fay Perry, Vithusha Inpadhas, Sarathy Selvam, Vhairi Bateman, Henry Wu, Monika Pasztor, Ajanthiha Karunakaran, Basma Soliman, Andrew Blanshard, Harish Reddy, Helen Chesterfield, Ben Schroeder, Tee Keat Teoh, Sathyavani Subbarao, Caryn RosmarinLucy Bell, Emma McGuire, Robert Serafino, Ishaan Bhide, Karanjeet Sagoo, Indran Balakrishnan, Kajal Patel, Barzo Faris, Graeme Calver, Ricky Singh, Hazel Sanghvi, Mohamed Eltayeb, Rathur Haris

“…Objectives To assess practice in the care of adults with suspected community-acquired bacterial meningitis in the UK and Ireland.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting 64 UK and Irish hospitals.Participants 1471 adults with community-acquired meningitis of any aetiology in 2017.Results None of the audit standards, from the 2016 UK Joint Specialists Societies guideline on diagnosis and management of meningitis, were met in all cases. …”
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Metabolic and functional factors associated with a change in resting metabolic rate among older adults with type 2 diabetes– results from the CEV-65 randomized trial by Assaf Buch, Roy Eldor, Ofer Kis, Arie Ben-Yehuda, Gizell Green, Yona Greenman, Sharon Barak

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RETRACTED: The role of biofield energy treatment on psychological symptoms, mental health disorders, and stress‐related quality of life in adult subjects: A randomized controlled clinical trial by Mahendra Kumar Trivedi, Alice Branton, Dahryn Trivedi, Sambhu Mondal, Snehasis Jana

“…Study was aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of biofield therapy on psychological symptoms and mental health disorders in adult subjects. Methods Seventy‐seven participants (39 male and 38 female) underwent clinical trial. …”
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Efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for acute and chronic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 381 studies (the meta-TENS study) by Gareth Jones, Mark I. Johnson, Carole A. Paley, Matthew R. Mulvey, Priscilla G. Wittkopf

“…Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for relief of pain in adults.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources Medline, Cochrane Central, Embase (and others) from inception to July 2019 and updated on 17 May 2020.Eligibility criteria for study selection Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing strong non-painful TENS at or close to the site of pain versus placebo or other treatments in adults with pain, irrespective of diagnosis.Data extraction and synthesis Reviewers independently screened, extracted data and assessed risk of bias (RoB, Cochrane tool) and certainty of evidence (Grading and Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation). …”
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Sexual and reproductive health awareness and practices among adolescents and adults in a rural farming community in Baja California, Mexico: a quantitative and qualitative cross-sectional study by Cristina Espinosa da Silva, Margarita Santibanez, Adrienne RS Lee, Lorena S Pacheco, Stephanie Brodine, Miguel A Fraga, Taylor B Desmarais, Noe C Crespo, Javier Martínez Hernandez, Marianne McKennett, Richard S Garfein

“…Given the lack of information to inform educational materials tailored to the needs of these indigenous communities, we aimed to: (a) quantitatively characterise the SRH awareness and practices among adolescents and adults in a rural, mostly indigenous community in northern Mexico and (b) qualitatively assess community perspectives on an educational pamphlet with SRH information (e.g. contraceptive options). …”
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Correction: Association between sanitary toilets and health poverty vulnerability among rural western Chinese adults aged 45 years and older: A cross-sectional study. by PLOS ONE Editors

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Author Correction: Effectiveness of physical activity interventions on reducing perceived fatigue among adults with chronic conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Ioulia Barakou, Kandianos Emmanouil Sakalidis, Ulric Sena Abonie, Tracy Finch, Katie L. Hackett, Florentina Johanna Hettinga

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E-health-based nutrition education effect for improving result measurement of hedonic hunger, dietary energy density, and body mass index in overweight and obese adult women by Rusyantia Anggun, Meliyanti Kusharto Clara, Pratomo Hadi

“…This study aims to analyse the effect of E-health-based nutrition education on improving result measurement of hedonic hunger, dietary energy density, and Body Mass Index (BMI) in overweight and obese adult women. This study employed a quasi-experimental design involving 92 overweight and obese adult women (intervention 45, control 47). …”
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Use of systemic therapies in adults with atopic dermatitis: 12-month results from the European prospective observational study in patients eligible for systemic therapy for atopic dermatitis (EUROSTAD) by Marjolein de Bruin-Weller, Andrew E. Pink, Silvia M. Ferrucci, Annalisa Patrizi, Ake Svensson, Marie L. A. Schuttelaar, Marie Tauber, Marius Ardeleanu, Shyamalie Jayawardena, Moataz Daoud

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Reliability, Objectivity, Validity and Reference Levels of the Austrian Balance Check (ABC)—A Novel Balance Field Test for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults to Assess Static Balance by Gerald Jarnig, Reinhold Kerbl, Mireille N. M. van Poppel

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Obstacles and opportunities for care collaboration through the utilisation of a preventive care process for frail older adults: a study protocol for a mixed methods study design by Åsa Larsson Ranada, Elisabet Rothenberg, Helle Wijk, Martina Karin Boström, Pia Skott, Anette Erichsen

“…Background Frail older adults constitute a significant vulnerable group with complex healthcare needs requiring collaboration between various care providers and professions. …”
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Randomised, pragmatic, waitlist controlled trial of cannabis added to prescription opioid support on opioid dose reduction and pain in adults with chronic non-cancer pain: study protocol by A Eden Evins, Ellie Grossman, Julia Jashinski, Aurora Quaye, Corinne Cather, Kevin Potter, David A Schoenfeld, Jodi M Gilman

“…Introduction Chronic, non-cancer pain impacts approximately 50 million adults in the USA (20%), approximately 25% of whom receive chronic prescription opioids for pain despite limited empirical efficacy data and strong dose-related risk for opioid use disorder and opioid overdose. …”
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