Cynthia Li, Sydney Elizabeth Andrzejak, Samantha R Jones, Brittany Marie Williams, Justin Xavier Moore
Investigating the Association between Educational Attainment and Allostatic Load with Risk of Cancer Mortality among African American Women
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aim research understand healthcare professionals perception continued practice ageing surgeons singapore quantitative method chosen research determine healthcare professionals perception practice ageing surgeons ethical approval obtained local ethical review board crosssectional method using population survey performed among healthcare professionals two tertiary institutions study confined stakeholders practices ageing surgeons population sampled limited nurses theatre anaesthetists surgeons geriatricians physicians online questionnaire designed survey took consideration various conceptual frameworks ageing surgeons practice obtained literature review 104 respondents population 350 sampled theatre nurses anaesthetists physicians surgeons giving respondent rate 30 mean age participants 397 72 doctors surgeons 34 physicians 20 anaesthetists 18 28 nurses 35 agreed statement older surgeons face deterioration cognitive faculties 29 remained neutral similar trend seen perception older surgeons face decline memory however 44 agreed statement older surgeons face decline visuospatial ability another 40 agreed decline psychomotor skills reaction time fifty per cent agreed statement face deterioration physical abilities sixtythree per cent think older surgeons face decline reasoning judgement fortyeight per cent believed older surgeons vast fund knowledge experience could compensate physical cognitive changes 13 agreed statement older surgeons higher surgical mortality fortyfive per cent agreed retirement age 65 22 believed 65 fortyfour per cent agreed regular multidisciplinary objective comprehensive evaluation older surgeons physical cognitive function would help identify treat reversible problems corrected would aid restoring surgeons function seventyfour per cent felt responsibility stakeholders decide report ageing surgeon unsafe continue practicing fiftyfive per cent disagreed mandatory retirement age surgeons study showed singapore stakeholders agreed changes physical cognitive abilities ageing surgeons thought overcome selective strategies optimise role workforce also disagreed mandatory retirement age