BACKGROUND: The rising prevalence of dementia necessitates a scalable solution to cognitive assessments. The Autonomous Cognitive Examination (ACoE) is a foundational cognitive test for the phenotyping of cognitive symptoms across the primary cogniti...
BACKGROUND: Vertebral recompression after percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) may lead to recurrent pain, deformity, and neurological impairment, compromising prognosis and quality of life.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to understand factors influencing individuals' risk perceptions and health behaviors. This study aimed to explore the roles of individuals' knowledge, perception, and health-related issues in det...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Jul 28, 2025
BACKGROUND: Lumbar spinal stenosis is one of the most common surgery-requiring conditions of the spine in the aged population. As elderly patients often present with multiple comorbidities and limited physiological reserve, individualized risk assess...
While social robots offer potential benefits like task assistance and companionship, their integration raises concerns about the erosion of human connection and the dehumanization of care. Through a qualitative study of older adults, family caregiver...
Global population aging highlights the need to understand how the elderly perceive safety in urban public spaces. This study used image semantic segmentation to identify key visual elements from panoramic images. A dataset was created by combining ma...
BACKGROUND: Static carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels are well‑established prognostic markers in patients with gastric cancer, but the significance of their dynamic trajectories over time has rarely been reported.
Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) from solid-fuel combustion is a major determinant of global morbidity and mortality. However, variations in exposure remain uncertain across many high-risk populations. This work describes personal PM exposure...
This study aims to identify depressive risks in elderly individuals with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) and develop a predictive model using machine learning algorithms to enable timely interventions.Data from the 2015 and 2018 waves of the China...
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