AIM This paper is a report of a study to explore the experiences of 'almost old' women as they grow older while living with a chronic condition. BACKGROUND Little is known about the contextual effects of ageing and how it shapes and is shaped by a woman's chronic illness experience. Nurses' understanding of this phenomenon can have positive effects on how their client accesses and responds to...

BACKGROUND Older populations often suffer from multimorbidity and guidelines for each condition are often associated with recommended drug therapy management. Yet, how different and specific multimorbidity is associated with number and type of multi-drug therapies in general populations is unknown. AIM The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize the current evidence on patterns of mul...

Growing evidence indicates that multiple types of brain injury, including traumatic brain injury, are dynamic conditions that continue to change years after onset. For a subset of individuals who incur these injuries, decline occurs over time and is likely due to progressive neurodegenerative processes, comorbid conditions, aging, behavioral choices, and/or psychosocial factors. Deterioration, ...

Introduction: Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis is a relatively uncommon disorder of the salivary gland. Because of its clinical similarity to a salivary gland neoplasm, this condition has been known as Kuttner tumor and is classified as a tumorlike lesion. Case Report: This is the first reported case of bilateral Kuttner tumor of the submandibular glands in Iran. It was initially diagnosed as...

Background: Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic inflammatory skin condition which leads to changes in lipid metabolism. It may cause chronic atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome. Theobjective of this study is to compare lipid levels of patients with LP to healthy controls.Methods: This case-control study recruited 100 total participants, 50 (25 male and 25 female) patients with LP and 50 healthy ...

Thalamocortical dysrhythmia is a shared hallmark of numerous neurodivergent conditions. Restricted environment stimulation therapy (REST) flotation causes desirable neural shifts in anxious or depressed populations towards classically defined healthy spectra. In this exploratory investigation, chronic lower back pain patients were randomly assigned to the experimental condition, six 1-hr REST s...

Our objective was to measure obstetric outcomes and delivery-related health care utilization and costs among pregnant women with multiple chronic conditions. We used 2013-2014 data from the National Inpatient Sample to measure obstetric outcomes and delivery-related health care utilization and costs among women with no chronic conditions, 1 chronic condition, and multiple chronic conditions. Wo...

British Journal of General Practice, November 2013 609 IntroduCtIon Chronic breathlessness which is refractory to treatments for the underlying condition is a common symptom of frequently encountered conditions that present in primary care, including lung and heart disease, and cancer. Primary-care based chronic illness initiatives such as clinics for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary dis...

BACKGROUND Individuals of low socioeconomic status experience a disproportionate burden of chronic conditions; however it is unclear whether chronic condition burden affects survival differently across socioeconomic strata. METHODS This retrospective cohort study used health administrative data from all residents of Ontario, Canada aged 65 to 105 with at least one of 16 chronic conditions on ...

Purpose This study was conducted to evaluate whether a community pharmacist's assistance during the treatment of a patient with a chronic illness would help to discover and improve issues regarding the treatment. Method We employed a prospective intervention study with a control group. The patients ranging in age from 60 to 74, were using one of the six selected community pharmacies in the To...