The mean age of patients was 57.6 + / - 2.4 consiting of 53 % female and 47 % male patients.
The mean age of patients was 18 years, and the vast majority was male.
Not exact matches
Many NHS trusts are struggling to cope with the added demands
of an
aging population,
meaning more
patients suffering from multiple illnesses, according to the latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) report.
But especially with further studies in older
age groups, mesopic vision testing could be an important
means of testing or screening
of various conditions — especially for
patients with conditions known to affect night vision.
Patients had an average disease duration
of 7 years and a
mean age of 47.
The authors explored the relationship between the risk
of having PC and dietary patterns as part
of the MCC - Spain study, a Spanish case - control study that involved 733
patients with histologically confirmed PC and 1,229 healthy men with a
mean age of 66 years from seven Spanish regions.
The
patients (six were female, and
mean age was 47) were seen at the Department
of Tropical Medicine in Venezuela within two weeks
of having Zika - type symptoms.
The average
age of the
patients was 61 years and the average body mass index (BMI) was 40, which
means that the person is about 100 pounds overweight.
The study included 9,359 JIA
patients with a
mean age of 12 years and a
mean disease duration
of 4.5 years, recorded in the German national paediatric rheumatologic database (NPRD) in 2012 and 2013.
At baseline, the
mean age of the OA
patients in the study was 66 years with a
mean WOMAC score
of 100.8.
Of all the
patients, 66 percent were men, 78 percent were white and the
mean age was 36 years.
By comparing the two groups (a
patient group and a control group, each with a
mean age of 17), investigators successfully determined the many ways cerebral palsy affects
patients» movement patterns.
In a new study, «Driving Performance after Total Shoulder Arthroplasty,» the driving skills
of 28 shoulder replacement
patients, with a
mean age of 65 ± 10 years, were tested at four distinct time points before, during and after surgery using a driving simulator.
96.9 %
of patients were white and 53.3 % were female;
mean age was 47.9 years.
«This finding might be due to the fact that those
patients lived longer; given their
mean age of 70 years, perhaps these
patients were predisposed to more cardiac events.»
Sure enough, when the researchers examined the brains
of PD
patients, they found more cells exhibiting signs
of senescence than in people without the disease — and especially astrocytes, as they had expected.7 This was true even after matching
patients for
age,
meaning that PD subjects had even more senescent astrocytes in their SNcs than is typical for people their
age (ranging in this case from 50 — 92 years at autopsy)-- and remember,
aging already drives an increase in the burden
of these cells as compared with young people, even in those who have yet to develop Parkinson's disease.7
The
mean ages (± SD)
of patients with infections due to RFLP types 1 — 3 were 44.1 ± 13.2, 44.4 ± 14.8, and 41.8 ± 12.1 years, respectively.
Results: A total
of 200
patients were included (113 AD, 87 LBD)(
mean age 76 years,
mean baseline MMSE 24.0,
mean follow - up time 3.5 years).
A total
of 14 post-stroke
patients with spastic upper limb hemiparesis (
mean age of 54.9 + / - 9.2 years, time after onset: 87.1 + / - 48.2 months, + / - SD) were included in this study.
Results
Of the 40 449 patients included in the study, 16201 (40.0 %) were women; mean (SD) age of the cohort was 72.5 (10.1) years, and the mean CHA2DS2 - VASc (cardiac failure or dysfunction, hypertension, age ≥ 75 years [doubled], diabetes mellitus, stroke [doubled]-- vascular disease, age 65 - 74 years, and sex category [female]-RRB- score was 3.3 at baselin
Of the 40 449
patients included in the study, 16201 (40.0 %) were women;
mean (SD)
age of the cohort was 72.5 (10.1) years, and the mean CHA2DS2 - VASc (cardiac failure or dysfunction, hypertension, age ≥ 75 years [doubled], diabetes mellitus, stroke [doubled]-- vascular disease, age 65 - 74 years, and sex category [female]-RRB- score was 3.3 at baselin
of the cohort was 72.5 (10.1) years, and the
mean CHA2DS2 - VASc (cardiac failure or dysfunction, hypertension,
age ≥ 75 years [doubled], diabetes mellitus, stroke [doubled]-- vascular disease,
age 65 - 74 years, and sex category [female]-RRB- score was 3.3 at baseline.
Results A total
of 1583028 hospitalizations were used for analyses
of 30 - day mortality (
mean [SD]
patient age, 80.2 [8.5] years; 621412 men and 961616 women) and 1540797 were used for analyses
of readmission (
mean [SD]
patient age, 80.1 [8.5] years; 602115 men and 938682 women).
It notes: «In a study
of 331 very old
patients,
mean (SD)
age 85 (7) years, low BMI, low diastolic blood pressure, low total and HDL cholesterol and high insulin sensitivity predicted total mortality, indicating a «reverse metabolic syndrome» that is probably attributable to malnutrition and / or chronic disorders which have a negative impact on survival [1].»
I provide my
patients the
means to achieve their health goals, especially those involving healthy
aging, bioidentical hormone replacement, menopause, andropause, weight loss, expert nutritional testing and guidance, and diagnosis and treatment
of chronic illness and detoxification.
Arokoski et al. (2002) found that
patients with hip osteoarthritis (
mean age 56 years) displayed an isometric and an isokinetic hip extension moment that was 68 — 87 %
of that found in healthy
age - matched controls.
Of course, better detection and early intervention strategies have led to more intensive and focused assistance at an earlier age, but the digital tools available for the patient's support community — especially tablets such as the iPad that have literally hundreds of apps that can enable special needs users — have also meant greater educational access, more inclusion in social settings, and unheard of independence for people with autis
Of course, better detection and early intervention strategies have led to more intensive and focused assistance at an earlier
age, but the digital tools available for the
patient's support community — especially tablets such as the iPad that have literally hundreds
of apps that can enable special needs users — have also meant greater educational access, more inclusion in social settings, and unheard of independence for people with autis
of apps that can enable special needs users — have also
meant greater educational access, more inclusion in social settings, and unheard
of independence for people with autis
of independence for people with autism.
Her team has also determined that the use
of stifle orthoses (braces) offer an alternative to surgical intervention, especially in
patients that are poor anesthesia candidates with significant co-morbidities, that are
of advanced
age or whose owners lack the financial
means for more costly surgery.
Such clinical signs can vary with
patient age, with
mean ages at diagnosis averaging between 2 and 5 years for dogs6 - 8 and 37 and 40 months for cats.2, 3 Signs can worsen if body weight is increased, articular cartilage damage is present, and if there is concurrent cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) rupture.9 Affected cats have shown signs
of intermittent locking
of the stifle after extension and can have a shuffling or crouching gait.
This article outlines what it
means to be «geriatric,» provides general guidelines for managing
aging patients and specific recommendations for nursing care in hospitalized geriatric
patients, and discusses the role
of the veterinary technician in ensuring quality
of life for older
patients.
The
patient age ranged from 9 weeks to 15 years
of age, with a
mean of 4.7 years.
All medical assistant interns should use relations, interpersonal skills work ethics, and professionalism while working together with
patients of various
ages and ethnicity, their family members, physicians, doctors, staff's in physician work place and several other health care units in the true gathering
of clinical, demographic, and economic information either face - to - face or by
means of the telephone or video conferences if needed.
162
patients, ≤ 16 years
of age (
mean age 15 y, 90 % girls), who had deliberately poisoned themselves.
104
patients who were 18 — 70 years
of age (
mean age 38 y) and had panic disorder with or without agoraphobia according to DSM - III - R, a Hamilton Anxiety Scale score ⩾ 15, a Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale ⩽ 20, symptoms lasting ⩾ 3 months, and no psychological treatment for panic disorder and agoraphobia in the preceding 6 months.
51
patients between 18 and 65 years
of age (
mean age 35 y, 51 % men) diagnosed with current comorbid major depressive disorder and alcohol dependence using the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders, 3rd edition, revised criteria.
Patients: In all, 180 adults
aged between 18 and 60 years with a diagnosis
of BPD (DSM - IV criteria;
mean age 30.4 years, 86.1 % women, 65 % unemployed).
We entered the number
of patients and control group members,
mean age, percentage
of girls and
of members
of ethnic minorities, the country
of data collection, year
of publication, type
of illness, duration
of illness, the sampling procedure (1 = probability samples, 0 = convenience samples), the use
of a control group (0 = yes, 1 = comparison with test norms), equivalence
of patients and control group (1 = yes, 2 = not tested, 3 = no), the rater
of depressive symptoms (1 = child, 2 = parent, 3 = teacher, 4 = clinician), the measurement
of the variables, and the standardized size
of between - group differences in depressive symptoms.
Baseline characteristics
of the 87
patients were as follows:
mean age 38.6 (SD 11.0) years; 69 men; 64 single; 24 lived alone, 17 lived with a partner, 31 lived with parents, and the remainder with others; 61 left school at 16 years; 76 were unemployed, five were in paid employment, six were in voluntary employment or similar, two had never worked; 64 were unskilled and 21 were skilled or professional; 78 had a diagnosis
of schizophrenia, eight had schizoaffective psychosis, and two had delusional disorder; the median (range) duration
of illness was 11 (1 - 42) years; median (range) number
of admissions to hospital was 3 (0 - 20); 10 had a forensic psychiatric history; and 12 had a history
of substance abuse.
Patients / participants Eighty - five adults (
mean age 33 years; 69 % female) with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM - IV) borderline personality disorder (BPD).
The
mean age of the participants was 17.5 (SD 1.9) and 65 % were female with average score on the
Patient Health Questionnaire - 9
of 17.5 (SD 5.9).
A total
of 170 elderly
patients with a
mean age of 70.3 years (SD
97
patients (
mean age 29 y, 58 % men) living with family were included in trial 1 and 54 (
mean age 33 y, 56 % women) living independent
of family were included in trial 2.
The final study group consisted
of 47 female and 53 male
patients of mean age 14.37 years (SD 2.67).