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ReviewClinical interventions in aging2016

Legislative and ethical aspects of introducing new technologies in medical care for senior citizens in developed countries.

Jaroslav Kacetl, Petra Maresova

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Review in Clinical interventions in aging, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Could Robots Help Older People with Age-Related Nutritional Problems? Opinions of Potential Users.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jaroslav KacetlDepartment of Applied Linguistics.
Petra MaresovaDepartment of Economics, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Center for Applied Linguistics · USUniversity of Hradec Králové · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe majority of developed countries are currently experiencing demographic aging. The most frequently expressed concerns related to the changing age structure are the increased costs of social and medical care, a lack of labor force in the job market, and financial sustainability of the pension system. These concerns are often based on the pessimistic view of population aging. This view understands aging as a prolonged period of illness and suffering. On the other hand, optimists believe that a longer life span is a result of increased quality of life and better health care. The quality of life may be improved not only by medicaments, but also by rapidly developing area of medical devices, which allow better care for seniors in many areas.

aimThis contribution aims to assess the legislative environment and ethical questions related to the use of medical devices, especially medical devices, in medical care for senior citizens.

methodsThe methods used in this study are literature reviews of legislative and ethical environment in the European Union (EU) and the US.

resultsMain findings of this study result from assessing the state of medical device regulations in Europe and the US. Namely, the US regulation seems to be better arranged, which is probably due to the fact that there is only one responsible body - the US Food and Drug Administration, which is responsible for all medical device regulations. On the other hand, in the EU, talks about new legislation are led by ministers from all the EU member states and it may take a long time before all the EU countries come to an agreement.

Indexed as

AgingDeveloped CountriesQuality of LifeAgedEuropeEuropean UnionHumansMedical Device LegislationUnited Statesethical aspectslegislationmedical devicessenior citizen

Identifiers

PMID27499618
PMCPMC4959584
OpenAlexW2499580925

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