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ArticleJournal of aging research2018

Effect of a Lifestyle-Based Intervention on Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults with Hypertension.

Mei-Lan Chen, Jie Hu, Thomas P McCoy, Susan Letvak, Luba Ivanov

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Article in Journal of aging research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Psychometric Properties of the TWente Engagement with Ehealth Technologies Scale (TWEETS) Among Patients with Hypertension in Italy.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2025
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  6. Mental component of health-related quality of life is an independent predictor of incident functional disability among community-dwelling older people: a prospective cohort study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mei-Lan ChenByrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0461-1066
Jie HuCollege of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Thomas P McCoySchool of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4813-1248
Susan LetvakSchool of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA.
Luba IvanovCollege of Nursing, Chamberlain University, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a six-month lifestyle-based intervention on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in older adults with hypertension. A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial was conducted to test the differences between the intervention and control groups on HRQOL (

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PMID29854460
PMCPMC5964590

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