Physician's perception leading to the transfer of a dying nursing home resident to an emergency department: A French qualitative study.

abstract：AIM:To re-evaluate the suitability of calf circumference as a surrogate marker of low muscle mass measured by both bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). We also examined the effects of obesity and age on low muscle mass screening using calf circumference. METHODS:In total, ...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Kawakami R,Miyachi M,Sawada SS,Torii S,Midorikawa T,Tanisawa K,Ito T,Usui C,Ishii K,Suzuki K,Sakamoto S,Higuchi M,Muraoka I,Oka K

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the independent and combined associations of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and fruit and vegetable consumption with subsequent new depressive symptoms in Taiwanese aged ≥53 years. METHODS:We analyzed the 1999 and 2003 datasets of the Taiwan Longitudinal Survey on Aging and used the Center for...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Chi SH,Wang JY,Tsai AC

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Previous studies on the association between intraoral conditions and mortality in community-dwelling older individuals reported that fewer present teeth (PT) are significant risk factors for mortality. However, how the number of PT relative to the number of functional teeth (FT), including both present and rehabili...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Maekawa K,Ikeuchi T,Shinkai S,Hirano H,Ryu M,Tamaki K,Yatani H,Kuboki T,Kusatsu ISLE Study Working Group Collaborators.,Kimura-Ono A,Kikutani T,Suganuma T,Ayukawa Y,Gonda T,Ogawa T,Fujisawa M,Ishigaki S,Watanabe Y,Kit

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the correlation between handgrip strength and performance of knee flexor and extensor muscles determined using an isokinetic dynamometer in community-dwelling elderly women. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study. Sample selection for the study was made by convenience, and 221 (71.07 ± 4.93 years)...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Felicio DC,Pereira DS,Assumpção AM,de Jesus-Moraleida FR,de Queiroz BZ,da Silva JP,de Brito Rosa NM,Dias JM,Pereira LS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate an association between autoimmune disorders (AID) and hospitalization for dementia and Alzheimer's disease, and to study whether the risk is associated with follow-up time and age. METHODS:We followed up all individuals in Sweden without previous hospital admission for dementia and Alzheimer's disea...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Li X,Sundquist J,Zöller B,Sundquist K

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The main objective of this study was the validation of a brief support instrument for the diagnosis of insomnia in older adults. METHODS:An observational study was carried out for the evaluation of the Insomnia in the Elderly Scale using the psychiatric interview as the gold standard. Data was collected in a prima...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Navarro B,López-Torres J,Andrés F,Latorre JM,Montes MJ,Párraga I

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Sarcopenia causes a decline in physical performance and decreased quality of life. However, there is little evidence for effective treatments. Because of the similarities between osteoporosis and sarcopenia, alfacalcidol used for osteoporosis might be beneficial for low muscle mass. Therefore, we investigated the e...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Ito S,Harada A,Kasai T,Sakai Y,Takemura M,Matsui Y,Hida T,Ishiguro N

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The present study aimed to evaluate the validity of proxy informants' reports on Life Event Scale for the Elderly (LESE) by using psychological autopsy method among rural older adults in China. METHODS:A multistage stratified cluster sampling method was used to select research sites. Using a case-control psycholog...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Mo Q,Zhou L,He Q,Jia C,Ma Z

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The Community Commitment Scale was developed in Japan to measure communities' ability to prevent older adults' social isolation, including socializing and belonging in the community. We translated the scale into Korean (the Community Commitment Scale-Korean version [CCS-K]), and determined its internal consistency,...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Kim JI,Kono A,Yoshiyuki N,Kang J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the effects of a multifactorial intervention on frailty and functional health among community-dwelling older adults, a 6-month randomized, controlled, cross-over trial was carried out within the Hatoyama Cohort Study. METHODS:A total of 77 pre-frail or frail older adults (mean age 74.6 years) were rando...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Seino S,Nishi M,Murayama H,Narita M,Yokoyama Y,Nofuji Y,Taniguchi Y,Amano H,Kitamura A,Shinkai S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Older adults often present with several comorbidities, including sarcopenia. However, the prevalence of sarcopenia and its associations with other comorbidities in hospitalized older adults are unknown. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of sarcopenia, and its associations with other comorbidities ...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Maeda K,Akagi J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The health and well-being of older adults are closely related to their economic and living statuses. Socioeconomic inequality has a substantial impact on the healthcare received by these older adults. The present study aimed to understand the current economic and living statuses of community older adults, and exami...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Chen MC,Chen KM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The present prospective study was carried out to determine whether participation in community-based intervention studies exerted a positive impact on disability prevention in older adults with physical frailty. METHODS:A total of 514 community-dwelling older adults (aged ≥65 years) with physical frailty who had un...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Makizako H,Shimada H,Doi T,Tsutumimoto K,Yoshida D,Suzuki T

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this study was to determine the reference value for the Timed Up and Go test (TUG) in healthy Japanese elderly people using the methodology of meta-analysis, and to determine the value for different measurement protocols. METHODS:Relevant research articles were identified from electronic databases: ...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Kamide N,Takahashi K,Shiba Y

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We investigated factors that predict the prognosis of activities of daily living (ADL) in elderly patients who had undergone rehabilitation during hospitalization for acute infectious disease. METHODS:The present prospective cohort study included 131 patients who were hospitalized due to acute infectious disease a...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Goto R,Watanabe H,Haruta J,Tsutsumi M,Yokoya S,Maeno T

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) studies showed that regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) abnormalities in idiopathic rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) are similar to those seen in Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The aim of the present study was t...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Sakurai H,Hanyu H,Inoue Y,Kanetaka H,Nakamura M,Miyamoto T,Sasai T,Iwamoto T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:There is little data regarding the prevalence and associated comorbidities of anemia in Chinese nursing home older adults. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence and associated comorbidities of anemia in Chinese nursing home older adults. METHODS:We carried out a retrospective cross-sectiona...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Chan TC,Yap DY,Shea YF,Luk JK,Chan FH,Chu LW

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of delirium in an extended care unit, the persistence of delirium and 3-month outcome. METHOD:Patients aged >65 years were recruited. Basic demographic data, medical comorbidity using the Charlson Comorbidity Index, pre-existing cognitive impairment using the informan...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Miu DK,Chan CW,Kok C

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the prevalence and burden (combination of number and severity) of vertebral fractures in men and women with hip fracture. METHODS:We investigated 458 of 490 hip-fracture patients admitted consecutively to a rehabilitation hospital. Lateral radiographs of the spine were taken 19.2 ± 5.5 days (mean ± ...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Di Monaco M,Castiglioni C,Di Monaco R,Tappero R

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In the present study, we analyzed the severity of white matter hyperintensities detected on magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in older Japanese adults who were aged in their mid 80s, and examined its relationships with the clinical parameters. METHODS:To identify factors related to the severity of white matt...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Todoroki K,Ikeya Y,Fukui S,Yanagimachi N,Okazaki T,Tanaka C,Tanaka E,Shizuma T,Fukuyama N,Mori H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The angiotensin-converting enzyme gene (ACE) insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism is considered a biologically plausible gene for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in cross-sectional studies. The present study aimed to investigate the longitudinal effect of ACE I/D polymorphism on AD progression. METHODS:This 3-year obs...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Chou PS,Wu MN,Chou MC,Chien I,Yang YH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The association between polypharmacy and the development of frailty is unknown. The present study assessed the longitudinal relationship between polypharmacy and frailty risk in Japanese community-dwelling older adults. METHODS:Participants included 299 non-frail older Japanese adults aged 65-81 years who particip...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Yuki A,Otsuka R,Tange C,Nishita Y,Tomida M,Ando F,Shimokata H

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Low alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level is associated with frailty in the older adult population. We investigated the usefulness of ALT in predicting low muscle strength among older patients with diabetes. METHODS:We included 550 men aged ≥50 years and 525 postmenopausal women. All participants had diabetes, and ...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Chung SM,Moon JS,Yoon JS,Won KC,Lee HW

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Aging shifts body composition to comprising more fat and less muscle. Sarcopenia, particularly in the knee extensors, and obesity, particularly visceral obesity, either alone or in combination, may exacerbate age-related physical disability. We investigated the association between age-related quadriceps (Qc) sarcop...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Ochi M,Tabara Y,Kido T,Uetani E,Ochi N,Igase M,Miki T,Kohara K

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Geriatricians are physicians who work primarily with the elderly and deal with diseases that often accompany old age, such as Alzheimer's disease. In the last few years, data from questionnaires have demonstrated increasing criticism of geriatricians regarding their working conditions in geriatric medicine. ...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Mache S,Kusma B,Vitzthum K,Nienhaus A,Klapp BF,Groneberg DA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Polypharmacy is a major problem for elderly patients in developed countries. We investigated whether a multidisciplinary medication review using electronic medical records could reduce the number of drugs administered to elderly patients receiving polypharmacy. METHODS:The present study included 432 elderly patien...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Hayashi Y,Godai A,Yamada M,Yoshikura N,Harada N,Koumura A,Kimura A,Okayasu S,Matsuno Y,Kinosada Y,Itoh Y,Inuzuka T

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The imbalance between cholinergic activity and dopaminergic activity in the striatum causes a variety of neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. During sensorimotor learning, the arrival of a conditioned stimulus reporting a reward evokes a pause response in the firing of the tonically active cholinergic ...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Aosaki T,Miura M,Suzuki T,Nishimura K,Masuda M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The present study examined whether knee pain was associated with decline in maximum gait speed (MGS) in a rural mountainous region. METHODS:This was a population-based 1-year prospective cohort study. A total of 658 men and women aged 60 years and older participated in the baseline survey in 2006, and 400 individu...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Kitayuguchi J,Kamada M,Hamano T,Nabika T,Shiwaku K,Kamioka H,Okada S,Mutoh Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation is the most common post-translational modification of proteins. Protein sequence data suggested that more than half of all proteins produced in mammalian cells are glycoproteins. Recent studies showed that glycans of secreted glycoproteins affect many protein properties, such as solubility, stability, pr...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Sato Y,Endo T

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the nutritional status, and its association with sociodemographic factors, health and functional status of community-dwelling older adults living in the Greater Beirut area. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study involving 905 randomly selected community dwelling older adults aged ≥65 years living in G...

journal_title：Geriatrics & gerontology international

authors： Mitri R,Boulos C,Adib SM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00