Comparative assessment of a virtual performance measure with self-report and performance-based outcomes in patients with hip osteoarthritis by Helen Razmjou, Suzanne Denis, Susan Robarts, Amy Wainwright, Patricia Dickson, Ania Roszkowski, John Murnaghan

“…Results Data of 100 patients, 64 (64%) females, mean age: 67 ±10 were examined. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient that examined internal consistency of the VPM total score was 0.88. …”
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Functional cognitive performance augments cognitive screening data in older adults by Timothy S. Marks, Gordon Muir Giles, Dorothy Farrar Edwards

“…We compared differences in performance-based IADL assessment scores among older adults according to their cognitive ability as measured by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).MethodsUsing data from a larger study we performed a cross-sectional analysis of 259 community-dwelling adults aged 55–93 years. …”
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Executive Function in Young Children: Validation of the Preschool Executive Task Assessment by Yael Fogel, Ortal Cohen Elimelech, Naomi Josman

“…The Benjamini–Hochberg correction method was used to control false-positive findings. Results: Age showed weak-to-moderate correlations with key performance measures, including total score, completion time, and required cues (−0.48 < r < −0.37, <i>p</i> < 0.05), indicating improved PETA performance with age. …”
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Task-Contingent Persistence is Related to Better Performance-Based Measures in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain by Cyrille Burrus, Philippe Vuistiner, Bertrand Léger, Gilles Rivier, Roger Hilfiker, François Luthi

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Performance-Based Damage Quantification and Hazard Intensity Measures for Vertical Forest Systems on RC Buildings by Vachan Vanian, Theodoros Rousakis, Theodora Fanaradelli, Maristella Voutetaki, Makrini Macha, Adamantis Zapris, Ifigeneia Theodoridou, Maria Stefanidou, Katerina Vatitsi, Giorgos Mallinis, Violetta Kytinou, Constantin Chalioris

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Factors associated with overreporting based on community verification results in a performance-based financing program in Zimbabwe by Trina Gorman, Pia Arce, Gabrielle O’Malley, Taurai Kambeu, Brian Maponga, Jabulani Mavudze, Sinokuthemba Xaba, Getrude Ncube, Bernardo Hernandez

“…Results We found that patients in the target age range, which were compensated at a higher price point, were less likely to be interviewed and over two times more likely to be classified as overreported compared to patients outside this age range (OR: 2.92, 95% CI: 2.38–3.59). …”
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Research on the impact of official type and officiating expertise on visual tracking performance: based on the multiple identity tracking task by Rishu Wang, Yidong Wu, Qi Zhang

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Correlation between Performance-based and Self-reported Outcome Measures in Individuals with Frozen Shoulder: A Cross-sectional Study by Bhumika Kokadiya, Vipra Dalal

“…Performance-based measure scores were recorded using three function-related tests. …”
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Observation: unlocking, assessing, and nurturing creative problem solving by C. June Maker, Kadir Bahar

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Effectiveness of interventions for middle-aged and ageing population with neck pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis protocol by Alison B Rushton, Nicola R Heneghan, Taweewat Wiangkham, Uchukarn Boonyapo, Piyameth Dilokthornsakul, Nattawan Phungwattanakul

“…However, optimal management specifically for those who are middle-aged or older adults (≥45 years) is not available; and important considering our ageing population.Methods and analysis A systematic review with network meta-analysis (NMA) will be conducted following the Cochrane guidelines. …”
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Association of fear of falling with performance-based physical function and low back pain in older adults: a cross-sectional study in Iran by Zeinab Khodadadi, Shabnam ShahAli, Anahita Hejazi, Sanaz Shanbehzadeh

“…Participants performed the Timed Up and Go, 30 s Sit-To-Stand (30s-STS), single leg stance with open and closed eyes and gait speed tests to assess performance-based physical function. Demographic variables including age, gender and body mass index were considered as potential covariates. …”
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Demographical Ageing of the EU Member States’ Societies by Ewa Wasilewska

“…Country grouping due to the level of demographical senility advancement was performed based on statistical measures. A significant differentiation of the demographical senility level and population ageing process in the spatial system were found. …”
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Did the reform of the public hospitals' pay system increase the physicians' pay in China? A cross-sectional study by Yaxin Zhao, Zhongliang Zhou, Xiaohui Zhai, Guanping Liu, Zhichao Wang, Qiwei Deng

“…Physicians' pay was associated with gender, age, educational status, professional titles, years of working, and departments. …”
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Measures of healthcare decision-making ability in cognitive aging: a scoping review from the Advancing Reliable Measurement in Cognitive Aging and Decision-Making Ability (ARMCADA)... by Molly A. Mather, Molly A. Mather, Berivan Ece, Tatiana Karpouzian-Rogers, Emily H. Ho, Patricia Bucko, Elizabeth M. Dworak, Miriam A. Novack, Sarah Pila, Zahra Hosseinian, Janel Hanmer, Richard C. Gershon, Sandra Weintraub, Sandra Weintraub

“…IntroductionDeclines in decision-making (DM) ability are often observed with increasing age and pose significant risk for negative health, financial, and functional outcomes. …”
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Relationships Between Functional Impairment, Depressive Symptoms, and Ageing Attitudes in Older Adults by Jessica Sawang, Katya Numbers, Ben C. P. Lam, Simone Reppermund

“…Multiple linear regression models were used to examine prospective relationships between depressive symptoms, IADL (informant-reported or performance-based) and ageing attitudes. <b>Results</b>: After adjusting for potential confounding variables, more baseline depressive symptoms were associated with more negative ageing attitudes towards physical change (B = −0.10, 95%CI −0.18 to −0.02, <i>p</i> = 0.021) and psychological growth (B = −0.09, 95%CI −0.17 to −0.01, <i>p</i> = 0.037), and worse informant-reported IADL was associated with more negative ageing attitudes towards psychosocial change (B = −0.36, 95%CI −0.64 to −0.09, <i>p</i> = 0.010) over 6 years. …”
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Improved epigenetic age prediction models by combining sex chromosome and autosomal markers by Zhong Wan, Peter Henneman, Huub C. J. Hoefsloot, Ate D. Kloosterman, Pernette J. Verschure

“…Results We employed random forest regression (RFR) to construct age prediction models with publicly available DNAm Infinium 450 K microarray data of sex chromosomes from human whole blood and buffy coat samples and assessed the RFR model performance based on the root-mean squared error (RMSE) and the mean absolute deviation (MAD) of cross-validation. …”
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Where styles collide: the Western Carpathians in the Early Iron Age in the light of pottery analysis by Joanna A. Markiewicz

“… In the Early Iron Age, the Western Carpathians constituted a contact zone of various cultural traditions, which contributed to the complex, syncretic stylistic character of this region. …”
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Value of Maternal Renal Function Indicators in Predicting Small for Gestational Age Infants in Patient with Severe Preeclampsia by Mingwei Li, Pan Zhang, Xizhenzi Fan, Wenhui Song, Achou Su, Xue Zhang, Hongmei He, Tianxiao Yu

“…In the severe preeclampsia group, a ROC analysis was performed based on whether the infants were small for gestational age, and the indicators were divided into two groups according to the optimal cut-off value. …”
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Visual impairment predicts greater declines in physical performance over time: the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study by Atalie C. Thompson, Michael E. Miller, Christopher Webb, Jeff D. Williamson, Stephen B. Kritchevsky

“…Methods Multi-center longitudinal cohort study of 2219 older adults (mean age = 75.5 years; 52.4% female; 37.4% black) who completed self-reported (visual function questions (VFQ)) or performance-based (visual acuity (VA); log contrast sensitivity (LCS); stereoacuity (SA)) vision testing at year 3 and the short physical performance battery (SPPB) at year 4. …”
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Changes of functional components, organic acid, antioxidant activity of heathy vinegar during the aging and its correlation analysis by HU Kun, LIANG Kai, LANG Fanfan, WANG Li, ZHOU Jingli, YAN Yufeng

“…The changes of antioxidant activity in vitro, functional components and organic acids contents during aging process were studied, the correlation between functional components, organic acids and antioxidant activity were analyzed, and principal component analysis (PCA) was performed based on the detection results. …”
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