Handgrip strength and mortality in older Mexican Americans.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To relate diabetes mellitus (DM) status and duration to late-life cognitive impairment and decline in men and women. DESIGN:Prospective cohort. SETTING:Community. PARTICIPANTS:Five thousand nine hundred seven men in the Physicians' Health Study II and 6,326 women in the Women's Health Study (mean age 74.1...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Okereke OI,Kang JH,Cook NR,Gaziano JM,Manson JE,Buring JE,Grodstein F

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare longitudinal changes in healthcare costs between fallers admitted to the hospital at the time of the fall (admitted), those not admitted to the hospital (nonadmitted), and nonfaller controls; test hypotheses related to differences in mean costs between and within these groups over time; and estima...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Bohl AA,Fishman PA,Ciol MA,Williams B,Logerfo J,Phelan EA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the efficacy of treatment options to reduce osteoporotic fracture risk in men. DESIGN:Systematic review and meta-analysis. SETTING:Randomized clinical trials that evaluated the efficacy of a treatment for osteoporosis or low bone mineral density for adult men and reported fracture outcomes. PA...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Nayak S,Greenspan SL

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence of poor performance in the evaluation and management of common geriatric conditions suggests the need for changing physician behavior in these areas. Traditional lecture-style continuing medical education (CME) has not been shown to be effective. Expert faculty initially trained 60 nonexpert peer educators to...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Levine SA,Brett B,Robinson BE,Stratos GA,Lascher SM,Granville L,Goodwin C,Dunn K,Barry PP

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if alcohol use is a risk factor for fall injury events among community-dwelling older persons. DESIGN:Case-control study. SETTING:South Miami Beach, Florida. PARTICIPANTS:320 persons 65 or older who sought treatment at six area hospitals for injuries resulting from falls; 609 controls, matched...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Nelson DE,Sattin RW,Langlois JA,DeVito CA,Stevens JA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caregiving can have a profound effect on the health of the caregiver, yet research on caregiving among American Indians is limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of caregiving on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of American Indians enrolled in the Education And Research Towards Healt...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Spencer SM,Goins RT,Henderson JA,Wen Y,Goldberg J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "plastic surgeon" is oddly uninformative, although it seems likely that most people know what plastic surgeons do. How well can a sample of individuals encountered on the street describe what geriatricians do? To answer this question, we strolled through downtown Baltimore's Inner Harbor, armed with a video c...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Campbell JY,Durso SC,Brandt LE,Finucane TE,Abadir PM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the prevalence of coexisting conditions that affect clinical decision-making in adults with coronary heart disease (CHD). DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004. PARTICIPANTS:Eight thousand six hundred fifty-four people aged 45 and older;...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Boyd CM,Leff B,Wolff JL,Yu Q,Zhou J,Rand C,Weiss CO

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the utility of a memory-encoding strategy for improving prospective memory (PM), the ability to remember to execute future goals (e.g., remembering to take medications), which plays an important role in independent living in healthy older adults and those with very mild Alzheimer's disease (AD). DES...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Shelton JT,Lee JH,Scullin MK,Rose NS,Rendell PG,McDaniel MA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine to what extent demographic, social support, socioeconomic, geographic, medical, and End-of-Life (EOL) planning factors explain racial and ethnic variation in Medicare spending during the last 6 months of life. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Health and Retirement Study (HRS). PARTI...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Byhoff E,Harris JA,Langa KM,Iwashyna TJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test whether Stepping On, a multifaceted community-based program using a small-group learning environment, is effective in reducing falls in at-risk people living at home. DESIGN:A randomized trial with subjects followed for 14 months. SETTING:The interventions were conducted in community venues, with a...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Clemson L,Cumming RG,Kendig H,Swann M,Heard R,Taylor K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effect of interventions to optimize medication use on adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in older adults. DESIGN:Systematic review and meta-analysis. EMBASE, PubMed, OVID, Cochrane Library, Clinicaltrials.gov, and Google Scholar were searched through April 30, 2017. SETTING:Randomized controlled ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Gray SL,Hart LA,Perera S,Semla TP,Schmader KE,Hanlon JT

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality-of-life considerations in physicians' decisions on life-sustaining therapy were explored using a patient management problem (PMP) depicting acute respiratory failure in an elderly man with chronic pulmonary disease; 205 internal medicine and family medicine physicians were interviewed. The physicians' percepti...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Pearlman RA,Jonsen A

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To clarify the effect of tooth loss on development of all-cause dementia and its subtypes in an elderly Japanese population. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:The Hisayama Study, Japan. PARTICIPANTS:Community-dwelling Japanese adults without dementia aged 60 and older (N = 1,566) were followed for ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Takeuchi K,Ohara T,Furuta M,Takeshita T,Shibata Y,Hata J,Yoshida D,Yamashita Y,Ninomiya T

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe factors associated with provider-ordered influenza testing in hospitalized older adults. DESIGN:Information on participant demographics, symptoms, and provider-ordered influenza testing were collected by questionnaire and chart review. We conducted prospective laboratory-based surveillance using...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hartman L,Zhu Y,Edwards KM,Griffin MR,Talbot HK

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether slow gait represents a compensatory strategy to reduce the energetic cost of walking with age. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis. SETTING:Community-dwelling volunteers from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA). PARTICIPANTS:Four hundred twenty community-dwelling persons aged...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Schrack JA,Simonsick EM,Chaves PH,Ferrucci L

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Only limited data are available regarding smoking and health in later life and, in particular, in the older Chinese population. This paper reports the relationship between smoking and mortality in a Chinese cohort aged 70 years and older. SETTING:A population-based study conducted in Hong Kong. PARTICIPANT...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ho SC,Zhan SY,Tang JL,Chan SG,Woo J

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the accuracy of cranial computerized tomography (CT) scans in distinguishing patients with Alzheimer's disease from those with other dementing conditions. DESIGN:Retrospective clinicopathological correlation with pre-mortem CT scans. SETTING:Urban and rural hospitals and nursing homes in the ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Mendez MF,Mastri AR,Zander BA,Frey WH 2nd

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta, internal carotid arteries, and coronary arteries is predictive of postoperative delirium in subjects undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Boston Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. PA...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Rudolph JL,Babikian VL,Birjiniuk V,Crittenden MD,Treanor PR,Pochay VE,Khuri SF,Marcantonio ER

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To summarize the evidence on the prevalence and preventability of drug-related hospital readmissions. DESIGN:A systematic review was performed of studies that examined drug-related hospital readmissions. PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were searched from inception through August 2016. Reference lis...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： El Morabet N,Uitvlugt EB,van den Bemt BJF,van den Bemt PMLA,Janssen MJA,Karapinar-Çarkit F

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether hearing acuity correlates with walking ability and whether impaired hearing at baseline predicts new self-reported walking difficulties after 3 years. DESIGN:Prospective follow-up. SETTING:Research laboratory and community. PARTICIPANTS:Four hundred thirty-four women aged 63 to 76. MEA...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Viljanen A,Kaprio J,Pyykkö I,Sorri M,Koskenvuo M,Rantanen T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To perform an economic evaluation of a primary care-based physical activity counseling intervention that improved physical activity levels and rapid gait speed in older veterans. DESIGN:Secondary objective of randomized trial that assessed the effect of exercise counseling (relative to usual care) on physic...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Cowper PA,Peterson MJ,Pieper CF,Sloane RJ,Hall KS,McConnell ES,Bosworth HB,Ekelund CC,Pearson MP,Morey MC

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although frailty status is dynamic, whether improvements in frailty predict mortality is unknown. OBJECTIVE:Describe 1-year changes in a frailty index (FI) and association with 48-month mortality. DESIGN:Secondary analysis of the National Health in Aging Trends Study. SETTING:Community. PARTICIPANTS:Five...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Shi SM,Olivieri-Mui B,McCarthy EP,Kim DH

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambulatory cardiac (Holter) monitoring is often recommended in the routine evaluation of patients who fall; however, the prevalence of arrhythmias in old people is high, and the usefulness of such monitoring is unproven. As part of a large study of institutionalized elderly fallers, we compared Holter findings of fall...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Rosado JA,Rubenstein LZ,Robbins AS,Heng MK,Schulman BL,Josephson KR

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence of assistive technology (AT) use, type of assistance used for each activity of daily living (ADL) limitation, and correlates of AT use among Native Indian aged 55 and older. Data were collected as part of a cross-sectional study of disability with 505 members...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Goins RT,Spencer SM,Goli S,Rogers JC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review studies investigating cochlear implant (CI) outcomes in older adults, and to develop a conceptual framework demonstrating important interactions between characteristics of hearing disability, aging, and the CI intervention. DESIGN:Review of English literature with titles containing the words "coch...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Clark JH,Yeagle J,Arbaje AI,Lin FR,Niparko JK,Francis HW

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence of self-harm, suicidal ideation (SI), and suicide attempts (SA) in older adults in the emergency department (ED), including differences according to age, sex, and race and ethnicity. DESIGN:Quasi-experimental, multiphase, eight-center study with prospective review of consecutive c...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Betz ME,Arias SA,Segal DL,Miller I,Camargo CA Jr,Boudreaux ED

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the relationships between the biomechanical properties of shoes worn in a cohort of healthy older adults and the risk of falling. DESIGN:Nested case-control study, comparing biomechanical measurements of shoes worn by those who reported a fall with measurements of shoes worn by age- and sex-mat...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Tencer AF,Koepsell TD,Wolf ME,Frankenfeld CL,Buchner DM,Kukull WA,LaCroix AZ,Larson EB,Tautvydas M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Observation stays are increasingly common for older adults, yet little is known about the extent to which they are being used as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) originally intended for unscheduled or acute problems and whether different types of services are reflected in curre...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Powell WR,Kaiksow FA,Kind AJH,Sheehy AM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the association between usual sleep duration and mortality according to physical and mental health status in older adults. DESIGN:Prospective study conducted from 2001 to 2008. SETTING:Community-based study. PARTICIPANTS:Cohort study of 3,820 persons representative of the noninstitutionalized p...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Mesas AE,López-García E,León-Muñoz LM,Guallar-Castillón P,Rodríguez-Artalejo F

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00