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Can We Really (All) Work Longer?<br>Trends in Healthy Life Expectancy According to Social Stratum in Germany<br>
2013
Against the background of raising the retirement age to 67 years and the associated lengthening of working lifetimes in higher age groups, this article examines the question of the extent to which this political objective is covered by the health assets of the population. Here, we will first trace trends in “healthy” life expectancy among the total population for different points in time 1989, 1999 and 2009 on the basis of the data from the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and analyse these against the background of social strata indicators such as income and educational levels. Among others, one significant result is the fact that social differences have a far greater effect on healthy li…
POSSIBILITIES OF THE HEALTH CARE PERFECTION IN LATVIA
2010
Characterizing the health care system from the sustainable point of view, it is important to evaluate the operational principles of the healthy society. It is necessary to evaluate the existing problems in the health care sector and to identify further development possibilities in order to be able to perform the high healthy society standard. The Latvian financial accessibility of the health care during the last years has been explored. The article provides the analysis of main development tendencies of the medical accessibility for inhabitants, where suggestions of potentialities for their further development are given.
Reliability of automated optical determination of capillary refill time
2021
The present study is devoted to assessment of automated optical capillary refill time determination by custom developed optoelectronic device prototype. Study comprised fifteen healthy volunteers; To induce capillary refill time changes the hand position challenge was utilized. During rest conditions slight inter-subject variation was observed: T90 (0.75±0.27 s), TSTB (2.20±0.58 s) and temperature at the measurement site (32.21±1.87 Co), however during hand position challenge results were more consistent. Rising hand substantially increased, while lowering slightly decreased capillary refill time. We conclude that automated determination of refill time have high clinical potential, however …
Functional capacity and risk of frailty syndrome in 85-year-old and older women living in nursing homes in Poland
2021
Maintaining sufficient physical fitness to prevent any limitations in performing activities of daily living and to be functionally independent is of great importance for both longevity and quality of life in older adults. Aim of the study was to evaluate functional physical fitness of women aged 85 years and older, residents of nursing homes, in the Polish population and to assess the risk of frailty syndrome. The study involved 17 women aged 85 years or older, residents of nursing homes in the Lower Silesian voivodeship. The Senior Fitness Test was used to assess functional fitness. The results of functional fitness tests were related to the standards for the elderly population in Poland a…
Plasma proteome profiling of healthy individuals across the life span in a Sicilian cohort with long‐lived individuals
2022
The study of healthy human aging is important for shedding light on the molecular mechanisms behind aging to promote well-being and to possibly predict and/or avoid the development of age-related disorders such as atherosclerosis and diabetes. Herein, we have employed an untargeted mass spectrometry-based approach to study age-related protein changes in a healthy Sicilian plasma cohort including long-lived individuals. This approach confirmed some of the previously known proteins correlated with age including fibulin-1, dystroglycan, and gamma-glutamyl hydrolase. Furthermore, our findings include novel proteins that correlate with age and/or with location and uric acid, which could represen…
Comparison of healthy behavior in Ukrainian and Polish students of physical education
2021
Introduction: This study aimed to examine the healthy behaviors in undergraduate students of Physical Education (PE) from Ukraine and Poland in comparison to the control sample of students of other faculties. Material and methods: The group of 564 university students (67% of males), ranging in age from 18 to 41 years (M = 22.05, SD = 2.49), was surveyed using a written form of the Health Behavior Inventory (HBI). The HBI includes the following four subscales: healthy habits, nutrition (HHN), preventive behavior (PB), positive adjustments (PA), and healthy practices (HP). Undergraduates' sample consisted of 25% Ukrainian students of PE faculty, 30% Polish PE students, and 45% Polish sample o…
HEALTHY BEHAVIOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the healthy behaviors in undergraduate students of physical education (PE) with a comparison between gender and majors. A content analysis of Polish and foreign authors’ publications was performed by searching the following database: EBSCO, Proquest, Science Direct (Elsevier), Springer, Sage, and Wiley. Research indicates that undergraduates demonstrate, in general, low levels of healthy lifestyle behaviors, especially regarding diet, psychoactive substance use, coping with stress, physical activity and preventive behavior. PE students present with a high level of health-risk behavior. On the other hand, some research showed that PE students scored be…
An integrated strategy between gastronomic science, food science and technology, and nutrition in the development of healthy food products
2019
Abstract The development and introduction of healthier products into the marketplace is an important topic of discussion. Three main knowledge areas are involved: gastronomy, food science and technology, and nutrition. The many intersections among these areas are essential since the digestion of nutrients and bioactive compounds can be influenced by thermal food processing and preparation. Conversely, nonthermal technologies are interesting alternatives to reduce and even prevent the loss of nutrients and bioactive compounds from foods. However, at this stage of development little is known about the impact of these innovative nonthermal technologies on the subsequent bioaccessibility and bi…
Vers des normes francophones pour le Rorschach en système intégré : premiers résultats sur un échantillon de 146 adultes
2004
Resume Cet article presente les principales caracteristiques de l'etude normative francophone pour le Rorschach en systeme integre dans une population adulte. Apres une revue des experiences precedentes, nous justifions les choix methodologiques effectues. Ceux-ci passent par une definition claire de l'echantillon, un controle serre du recrutement des participants, des procedures de qualite mises en œuvre a plusieurs niveaux dans le recueil de donnees. Les resultats de la premiere phase de recueil (n = 146) sont presentes et les principales variables et scores derives du Rorschach sont decrits. Certaines variables cles donnent lieu a comparaison avec les echantillons utilises jusqu'a presen…
Healthy design and urban planning strategies, actions, and policy to achieve salutogenic cities
2018
Starting from a previous experience carried out by the working group “Building and Environmental Hygiene” of the Italian Society of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine (SItI), the aim of the present work is to define new strategic goals for achieving a “Healthy and Salutogenic City”, which will be useful to designers, local governments and public bodies, policy makers, and all professionals working at local health agencies. Ten key points have been formulated: 1. climate change and management of adverse weather events; 2. land consumption, sprawl, and shrinking cities; 3. tactical urbanism and urban resilience; 4. urban comfort, safety, and security perception; 5. strengths and weaknesses of ur…