Racial health disparities continue to disproportionately affect Black persons in the United
States. Black individuals also have increased risk of worse outcomes associated with social …

Stroke is a disease of disparities, with tremendous racial and ethnic inequities in incidence,
prevalence, treatment, and outcomes. The accumulating literature on the relationship …

For a surprisingly large segment of the older population, chronological age is not a relevant
marker for understanding, measuring, or experiencing healthy aging. Using the 2003 …

Background Stroke survivors might perceive their quality of life (QoL) as being affected even
years after onset. The purpose of this review was to go through the literature to identify …

Background and objectives: Stroke commonly results in physical dysfunction and seriously
affects the quality of life. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and association of resilience …

Abstract Objectives To validate the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form version 2 (SF-12v2)
in diabetic patients. Methods Adults with self-reported diabetes from the Medical …

Background Economic crises pose major threats to health. Research on the association
between the current economic crisis and health is accumulating. Scant evidence is available …

Aim To describe a new conceptual framework and the research protocol of a study designed
to examine the quality of life in stroke survivor–caregiver dyads. Background Stroke has a …

Background Poststroke depressive symptoms have prospectively predicted impairment of
health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, it is not known whether such predictive …

Background: COPD patients have a great burden of comorbidity. However, it is not well
established whether this is due to shared risk factors such as smoking, if the comorbidities …