Understanding perceptions of health, lifestyle risks and chronic disease in middle age

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Halcomb ◽  
Christine Ashley ◽  
Rebekkah Middleton ◽  
Elizabeth Lucas ◽  
Karin Robinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Health Lifestyle ◽  
Lifestyle Risks

scholarly journals Study profile: the Durban Diabetes Study (DDS): a platform for chronic disease research

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. R. Hird ◽  
E. H. Young ◽  
F. J. Pirie ◽  
J. Riha ◽  
T. M. Esterhuizen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Black Population ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Lifestyle ◽  
Disease Research ◽  
Processing And Storage

The Durban Diabetes Study (DDS) is a population-based cross-sectional survey of an urban black population in the eThekwini Municipality (city of Durban) in South Africa. The survey combines health, lifestyle and socioeconomic questionnaire data with standardised biophysical measurements, biomarkers for non-communicable and infectious diseases, and genetic data. Data collection for the study is currently underway and the target sample size is 10 000 participants. The DDS has an established infrastructure for survey fieldwork, data collection and management, sample processing and storage, managed data sharing and consent for re-approaching participants, which can be utilised for further research studies. As such, the DDS represents a rich platform for investigating the distribution, interrelation and aetiology of chronic diseases and their risk factors, which is critical for developing health care policies for disease management and prevention. For data access enquiries please contact the African Partnership for Chronic Disease Research (APCDR) at [email protected] or the corresponding author.

scholarly journals Health Lifestyles in Late Middle Age

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Cockerham ◽  
Joseph D. Wolfe ◽  
Shawn Bauldry
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Health Lifestyles ◽  
Health Lifestyle ◽  
Growing Body

A growing body of work identifies distinct health lifestyles among children, adolescents, and young adults and documents important social correlates. This study contributes to that line of research by identifying the health lifestyles of U.S. adults entering late-middle age, assessing structural predictors of membership in different health lifestyles in this understudied age group, and examining net associations between health lifestyles, chronic conditions, and physical health. The data come from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY-79) 50+ Health Module. The analysis is based on respondents who answered the 50+ Health Module in 2008, 2010, 2012, or 2014 (N = 7,234). The results confirm similar relationships between health lifestyles and structural factors like class, gender, and race that prior studies observe and also reveal a unique pattern of associations between health lifestyle and health status because of diagnosed conditions that impact health behaviors in adulthood.

scholarly journals Lifestyle risks for chronic disease among Australian adolescents: a cross‐sectional survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina E Champion ◽  
Cath Chapman ◽  
Lauren A Gardner ◽  
Matthew Sunderland ◽  
Nicola C Newton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Lifestyle Risks

scholarly journals Health Lifestyles in Late Middle Age

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Cockerham ◽  
Joseph D. Wolfe ◽  
Shawn Bauldry
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Health Lifestyles ◽  
Health Lifestyle ◽  
Growing Body

A growing body of work identifies distinct health lifestyles among children, adolescents, and young adults and documents important social correlates. This study contributes to that line of research by identifying the health lifestyles of U.S. adults entering late middle age, assessing structural predictors of membership in different health lifestyles in this understudied age-group, and examining net associations between health lifestyles, chronic conditions, and physical health. The data come from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 50+ Health Module. The analysis is based on respondents who answered the 50+ Health Module in 2008, 2010, 2012, or 2014 ( N = 7,234). The results confirm similar relationships between health lifestyles and structural factors like class, gender, and race that prior studies observe and also reveal a unique pattern of associations between health lifestyle and health status because of diagnosed conditions that impact health behaviors in adulthood.

scholarly journals Correction of a muscular-tonic syndrome at a cervical osteochondrosis by device Multi-Cervical Unit «Hanoun medical»

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (5-2) ◽  
pp. 393-398
Author(s):  
A. V. Soroka ◽  
M. V. Nadezhdina ◽  
I. A. Stolayrov ◽  
V. A. Khizhenok ◽  
E. T. Afina
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Preventive Maintenance ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Medical Technique ◽  
Painful Syndrome ◽  
Medical Effect

Neurologic, radiological inspection of 30 men (middle age is 36,5 ± 7,5) with a muscular-tonic syndrome at a cervical osteochondrosis. According to an index of a muscular syndrome on 3 degrees of weight 3 groups of patients are allocated. Diagnostics by device MСU allows to reveal authentically and precisely dysfunction in the certain group of muscles of a neck and to spend their adequate training, promoting duly correction. The medical technique of device MCU leads to full recourse muscular-tonic and liquidations of a painful syndrome at muscular-tonic syndrome I and to II degree, significant recourse of expressiveness of syndromes at sick of a cervical osteochondrosis with muscular-tonic a syndrome of III degree. Formation of a correct muscular stereotype provides achievement of proof medical effect, preventive maintenance of a reflex painful syndrome in a cervical department of a backbone and prevention of chronic disease.

The blister of porphyria cutanea tarda: A Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopic study

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 334-335
Author(s):  
Veronika Burmeister ◽  
R. Swaminathan
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda ◽  
Minor Trauma ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopic Study ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopic

Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is a disorder of porphyrin metabolism which occurs most often during middle age. The disease is characterized by excessive production of uroporphyrin which causes photosensitivity and skin eruptions on hands and arms, due to minor trauma and exposure to sunlight. The pathology of the blister is well known, being subepidermal with epidermodermal separation, it is not always absolutely clear, whether the basal lamina is attached to the epidermis or the dermis. The purpose of our investigation was to study the attachment of the basement membrane in the blister by comparing scanning with transmission electron microscopy.

Use of a Mild-Gain Hearing Aid by Middle-Age Normal-Hearing Adults Who Do and Do Not Self-Report Trouble Hearing in Background Noise

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-428
Author(s):  
Jasleen Singh ◽  
Karen A. Doherty
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Background Noise ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Hearing Aid Use ◽  
Hearing Handicap ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Hearing Problems

Purpose The aim of the study was to assess how the use of a mild-gain hearing aid can affect hearing handicap, motivation, and attitudes toward hearing aids for middle-age, normal-hearing adults who do and do not self-report trouble hearing in background noise. Method A total of 20 participants (45–60 years of age) with clinically normal-hearing thresholds (< 25 dB HL) were enrolled in this study. Ten self-reported difficulty hearing in background noise, and 10 did not self-report difficulty hearing in background noise. All participants were fit with mild-gain hearing aids, bilaterally, and were asked to wear them for 2 weeks. Hearing handicap, attitudes toward hearing aids and hearing loss, and motivation to address hearing problems were evaluated before and after participants wore the hearing aids. Participants were also asked if they would consider purchasing a hearing aid before and after 2 weeks of hearing aid use. Results After wearing the hearing aids for 2 weeks, hearing handicap scores decreased for the participants who self-reported difficulty hearing in background noise. No changes in hearing handicap scores were observed for the participants who did not self-report trouble hearing in background noise. The participants who self-reported difficulty hearing in background noise also reported greater personal distress from their hearing problems, were more motivated to address their hearing problems, and had higher levels of hearing handicap compared to the participants who did not self-report trouble hearing in background noise. Only 20% (2/10) of the participants who self-reported trouble hearing in background noise reported that they would consider purchasing a hearing aid after 2 weeks of hearing aid use. Conclusions The use of mild-gain hearing aids has the potential to reduce hearing handicap for normal-hearing, middle-age adults who self-report difficulty hearing in background noise. However, this may not be the most appropriate treatment option for their current hearing problems given that only 20% of these participants would consider purchasing a hearing aid after wearing hearing aids for 2 weeks.

Chronic Disease of the Liver in Young Women: An Evaluation of Patients with a Negative Clot Test for Lupus Erythematosus

1962 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 532-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarence P. Alfrey ◽  
Lloyd G. Bartholomew ◽  
James C. Cain ◽  
Archie H. Baggbnstoss
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Lupus Erythematosus
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