https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Home Medicines Review and frailty among community-dwelling older women https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49775 4 general practitioner visits and Department of Veterans Affairs coverage were more likely to receive a HMR. Conclusions: Despite the proven value of HMRs for frail older people, HMRs were not used for most frail and non-frail community-dwelling women in this study. Reasons for low use of the service should be explored, with interventions to raise awareness of the benefits of the service.]]> Wed 31 May 2023 11:49:40 AEST ]]> Residential Medication Management Reviews and continuous polypharmacy among older Australian women https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:43745 Wed 28 Sep 2022 10:50:57 AEST ]]> Prevalence and association of continuous polypharmacy and frailty among older women: A longitudinal analysis over 15 years https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:43733 Wed 28 Sep 2022 10:43:58 AEST ]]> Frailty and potentially inappropriate medications using the 2019 Beers Criteria: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:43728 Wed 28 Sep 2022 10:37:11 AEST ]]> A longitudinal analysis of factors associated with age-related cataract among older Australian women: a cohort study of 7851 older Australian women 79–90 years https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:50579 Wed 28 Feb 2024 15:10:23 AEDT ]]> Successful ageing from old to very old: a longitudinal study of 12,432 women from Australia https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35869 Wed 24 May 2023 12:57:32 AEST ]]> Aging, care and dependency in multimorbidity: how do relationships affect older Bangladeshi women’s use of homecare and health services? https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:43438 Wed 13 Mar 2024 19:05:54 AEDT ]]> Living with urinary incontinence: a longitudinal study of older women https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:3818 Wed 11 Apr 2018 16:05:20 AEST ]]> Older women and chronic illness: learning to live with diabetes https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:9766 Wed 11 Apr 2018 15:10:05 AEST ]]> Stroke, physical function, and death over a 15-year period in older Australian women https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:28068 Wed 09 Mar 2022 16:02:52 AEDT ]]> Sleep difficulty and disease in a cohort of very old women https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:24487 Wed 09 Mar 2022 15:58:56 AEDT ]]> Pharmacist-led medication reviews to improve medication use by older women: uptake, impact and enabling technology https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:51464 Wed 06 Mar 2024 14:38:53 AEDT ]]> Application of Andersen–Newman model to assess cataract surgery uptake among older Australian women: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49145 Wed 05 Jul 2023 13:36:14 AEST ]]> Patterns of home and community care use among older participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36417 Tue 28 Apr 2020 16:16:04 AEST ]]> Onset and progression of chronic disease and disability in a large cohort of older Australian women https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:47044 Tue 13 Dec 2022 14:22:25 AEDT ]]> Charlson Comorbidity Index as a predictor of repeated hospital admission and mortality among older women diagnosed with cardiovascular disease https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:42868 Tue 06 Sep 2022 09:52:29 AEST ]]> The association between age, comorbidities and use of radiotherapy in women with breast cancer: implications for survival https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:33410 65 years of age who received RT survived significantly longer than those who did not receive RT (aHR = 0.53, 95% CI = 0.52–0.54). However, as women aged, those with comorbidities were less likely to receive RT (adjusted p-trend by age < 0.0001). Conclusions: The development of decision-making tools to assist clinicians, and older women with breast cancer and comorbidities, are needed to facilitate personalized treatment plans regarding RT. This is particularly relevant as the population ages and the number of women with breast cancer is expected to increase in the near future.]]> Tue 03 Sep 2019 18:19:20 AEST ]]> Patterns of aged care use among older Australian women: a prospective cohort study using linked data https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35748 Thu 28 Nov 2019 12:43:06 AEDT ]]> Back to my old self and life restarting: biographies of ageing in Beck's risk society https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:33501 Thu 28 Nov 2019 12:36:46 AEDT ]]> Changes in housing among older women: latent class analysis of housing patterns in older Australian women https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:33225 Thu 24 Aug 2023 09:38:08 AEST ]]> Impact of dementia on health service use in the last 2 years of life for women with other chronic conditions https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:39908 Thu 14 Jul 2022 12:27:50 AEST ]]> Older women and chronic illness: learning to live with diabetes https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:11980 Sat 24 Mar 2018 10:32:24 AEDT ]]> A longitudinal analysis of older Australian women's consultations with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners, 1996-2005 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:7331 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:35:12 AEDT ]]> The problems of sleep for older women: changes in health outcomes https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:1710 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:27:39 AEDT ]]> The value of time in longitudinal studies of ageing: lessons from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:12297 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:10:08 AEDT ]]> Older women and chronic illness: transitioning and learning to live with diabetes https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:17396 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:01:33 AEDT ]]> The validity of self-reported cancer diagnoses and factors associated with accurate reporting in a cohort of older Australian women https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:16965 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:55:25 AEDT ]]> Alcohol consumption and physical health-related quality of life in elder women using the transformation of SF-36 to account for death https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:5205 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:47:46 AEDT ]]> Cost of medications for older women https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:5662 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:44:04 AEDT ]]> Cohort profile: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:324 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:42:40 AEDT ]]> Driving in older age: a longitudinal study of women in urban, regional, and remote areas and the impact of caregiving https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:27871 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:41:10 AEDT ]]> Urinary incontinence and social function in older Australian women https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:29689 P <.001), adjusted for time, health, and social covariates in the model with no time lag. UI was also associated with social dysfunction measured one survey period later (forward time lag) (odds ratio (OR) = 1.23, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.13-1.34) and one survey period earlier (reverse time lag) (OR = 1.30, 95% CI = 1.19-1.43), indicating an absence of causality. Social dysfunction was associated with living in urban areas, more health conditions, poor mental health, providing care for other people, and poor physical function. Conclusion: UI was associated with social dysfunction in older women, although the association did not appear to be causal but reflective of the women's overall level of function and general health. UI is not necessarily socially debilitating, unless a woman has other health problems.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:38:47 AEDT ]]> Late life changes in mental health: a longitudinal study of 9683 women https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26645 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:26:52 AEDT ]]> Determinants of driving among oldest-old Australian women https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:44758 Mon 24 Oct 2022 08:49:25 AEDT ]]> Older women's patterns of home and community care use and transition to residential aged care: an Australian cohort study https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37864 Mon 24 May 2021 12:44:01 AEST ]]> Trajectories of long-term residential care needs among older Australian women: a cohort study using linked data https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37865 Mon 24 May 2021 12:42:40 AEST ]]> Cumulative incidence of admission to permanent residential aged care for Australian women - A competing risk analysis https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:32818 Mon 23 Sep 2019 10:50:33 AEST ]]> Utility estimations of health states of older Australian women with atrial fibrillation using SF-6D https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:46241 N = 1432 women diagnosed with AF from 2000 to 2015 of the old cohort (born 1921–26) of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) who remained alive for at least 12 months post first recorded AF diagnosis. Self-reported data on demographics, health behaviours, health conditions, and SF-36 were obtained from the ALSWH surveys, corresponding to within three years of the date of the first record of AF diagnosis. Linked Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) data determined the use of oral anticoagulants and comorbid conditions, included in CHA2DS2-VA (Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age ≥ 75 years, Diabetes, Stroke or TIA, Vascular disease and Age 65–74 years) score calculation, were assessed using state-based hospital admissions data. Utility scores were calculated for every woman from their SF-36 responses using the SF-6D algorithm with Australian population norms. Mean utility scores were then calculated for women with various demographic, health behaviours, and clinical characteristics. Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression modelling was performed to determine factors associated with these utility scores. Two different scenarios were used for the analysis: (1) complete-case, for women with complete data on all the SF-36 items required to estimate SF-6D (N = 584 women), and (2) Multiple Imputation (MI) for missing data, applied to missing values on SF-36 items (N = 1432 women). MI scenario was included to gauge the potential bias when using complete data only. Results: The mean health utility was estimated to be 0.638 ± 0.119 for the complete dataset and 0.642 ± 0.120 for the dataset where missing values were handled using MI. Using the MI technique, living in regional and remote areas (β=0.016±0.007) and the use of oral anticoagulants (β=0.021±0.007) were positively associated with health utility compared to living in major cities and no use of anticoagulants, respectively. Difficulty to manage on available income (β=−0.027±0.009), no/low physical activity (β=−0.069±0.011), disability (β=−0.097±0.008), history of stroke (β=−0.025±0.013) and history of arthritis (β=−0.024±0.007) were negatively associated with health utility. Conclusion: This study presents health utility estimates for older women with AF. These estimates can be used in future clinical and economic research. The study also highlights better health utilities for women living in regional and remote areas, which requires further exploration.]]> Mon 14 Nov 2022 13:17:50 AEDT ]]> Modelling trajectories of aged care use among older Australian women https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36406 Mon 04 May 2020 13:46:02 AEST ]]> Predictors of 15-year survival among Australian women with diabetes from age 76-81 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36202 Mon 02 Mar 2020 12:36:37 AEDT ]]> Patterns of geriatric health assessment use among community dwelling older Australian women over a 14-year period https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49394 Fri 12 May 2023 14:35:14 AEST ]]>