Survival of elderly men with congestive heart failure.

abstract：:The world is ageing rapidly. Between 2000 and 2050, the number of people aged ≥65 will double as a proportion of the global population, from 7% to 16%, respectively. By 2050, for the first time in human history, there will be more older people than children (aged 0–14 years) in the population. More distinctive is the ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： van der Cammen TJ,Albayrak A,Voûte E,Molenbroek JF

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:we evaluated a specialist community-based dementia service to establish whether high quality care was being delivered and the conditions for doing so. The service was in an urban part of Rushcliffe Primary Care Trust, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. The service comprised an assessment team of an occupationa...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Gladman JR,Jones RG,Radford K,Walker E,Rothera I

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:making informed decisions about cancer care provision for older cancer patients can be challenging and complex. Evidence suggests cancer care varies by age, however the relationship between age and care experiences from diagnosis to death for cancer patients within the UK has not previously been examined in ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Craigs CL,Bennett MI,Hurlow A,West RM,Ziegler LE

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical study was performed to assess the effects of oral betahistine hydrochloride (Serc) on mental impairment and physical disability in patients with established cerebrovascular disease. Fifty-three patients were admitted to the study during 18 months. Forty-five patients comple...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Pathy J,Menon G,Reynolds A,Van Strik R

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:increasing public costs for the care of the elderly have created fundamental changes that are redefining the basic principles of health care funding. In the past, overall institutional funding was predominantly tied to spending. In view of the limitations of this approach to funding long-term care faciliti...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Tousignant M,Hébert R,Dubuc N,Simoneau F,Dieleman L

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (OCSP) devised a simple clinical classification for acute stroke which predicted mortality, functional recovery and patterns of recurrent stroke. We aimed to determine whether this could predict the presence of carotid disease and be used to select which patients with...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Mead GE,Shingler H,Farrell A,O'Neill PA,McCollum CN

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses an assessment procedure for the formal identification of patients requiring long-stay geriatric care. It was introduced immediately prior to the reorganization of geriatric in-patient care at St Pancras Hospital which saw the abolition of mixed wards of acute, rehabilitation, and long-stay patient...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Golding R,Lugon M,Hodkinson HM

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in, and concern about, the abuse of elderly people is growing rapidly. A study of the literature shows little research in the UK, but valuable indicators about risk factors and interventions from North America. One of the major problems has been definition and this paper distinguishes between different kinds ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： McCreadie C,Tinker A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of 21 elderly women with a wide range of renal function showed that plasma creatinine concentrations above 100 mumol/l were associated with glomerular filtration rates (GFR) below 50 ml/min. Plasma 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D concentrations and radio-calcium absorption were directly related to GFR and were l...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Francis RM,Peacock M,Barkworth SA

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:(i) to describe the general practitioner utilisation of health assessments, management plans, coordination of team care arrangements and medication review item numbers within 6 months of an aged care eligibility assessment for home care packages (HCP) and (ii) investigate the impact of health assessments on t...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Visvanathan R,Amare AT,Lang C,Khadka J,Yu S,Beilby J,Wesselingh S,Inacio MC

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE:risk factors for delirium in hospital inpatients are well established, but less is known about whether delirium occurring in the community or during an emergency admission to hospital care might be predicted from routine primary-care records. OBJECTIVES:identify risk factors in primary-care electronic healt...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Bowman K,Jones L,Masoli J,Mujica-Mota R,Strain D,Butchart J,Valderas JM,Fortinsky RH,Melzer D,Delgado J

更新日期：2020-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine how improved attention to nutritional status and dietary intake, achieved through the employment of dietetic assistants (DAs), will affect postoperative clinical outcome among elderly women with hip fracture. DESIGN:Open prospective randomised controlled trial, comparing conventional nursing care ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Duncan DG,Beck SJ,Hood K,Johansen A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:a trend towards decline in disability has been reported in older adults, but less is known about corresponding temporal trends in measured physical functions. Objective:to verify these trends during 2001-16 in an older Swedish population. Methods:functional status was assessed at three occasions: 2001-04 (...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Santoni G,Angleman SB,Ek S,Heiland EG,Lagergren M,Fratiglioni L,Welmer AK

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:in older persons, anaemia is associated with a number of unfavourable outcomes. In approximately 30% of older persons with anaemia, the cause of the anaemia is unexplained. We assessed the clinical differences between subjects with explained and unexplained anaemia and investigated whether these subjects hav...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Willems JM,den Elzen WP,Vlasveld LT,Westendorp RG,Gussekloo J,de Craen AJ,Blauw GJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of biliary lithiasis (BL) and its major associated factors in the elderly people of a small town in Sicily. All inhabitants over the age of 65 were interviewed and underwent a general physical examination, blood tests and ultrasonography of the gallbladder a...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Montalto G,Soresi M,Carroccio A,Averna MR,Muratore R,Li Castri C,Barbagallo CM,Cavera G,Sapienza M,Notarbartolo A

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of leukoaraiosis or white matter low attenuation (WMLA) on cognitive function is not fully understood. We compared the neuropsychological performance of 37 Alzheimer's disease patients with WMLA on CT brain scans with a similar group of 31 Alzheimer's disease patients with no evidence of white matter lesion...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Amar K,Bucks RS,Lewis T,Scott M,Wilcock GK

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:epidemiological studies of Alzheimer's disease and aluminium intake have focused on aluminium in drinking water. There have been no studies investigating the relation between the disease and the consumption of foods containing large amounts of aluminium additives. OBJECTIVES:to conduct a pilot study to dete...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rogers MA,Simon DG

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:to assess the effects of a physiotherapist-led stroke training programme for nurses working in a rehabilitation ward on clinical practice and patient outcome. METHOD:before and after group comparison with outcome assessment by observational and quantitative methods. Non-participant observation before and after the...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Forster A,Dowswell G,Young J,Sheard J,Wright P,Bagley P

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to examine the relationships between impairments in hearing and vision and mortality from all-causes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among older people. DESIGN:population-based cohort study. PARTICIPANTS:the study population included 4,926 Icelandic individuals, aged ≥67 years, 43.4% male, who completed vi...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Fisher D,Li CM,Chiu MS,Themann CL,Petersen H,Jónasson F,Jónsson PV,Sverrisdottir JE,Garcia M,Harris TB,Launer LJ,Eiriksdottir G,Gudnason V,Hoffman HJ,Cotch MF

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:age-related differences in the treatment of lung cancer patients have been reported in the past, but most previous studies have not recorded case-mix factors, nor have they studied the impact of such ageism on survival. METHODS:a questionnaire-based study of diagnostic and case-mix factors was carried out a...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Peake MD,Thompson S,Lowe D,Pearson MG,Participating Centres.

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:dysphagia is common following stroke and is associated with the development of pneumonia. Many dysphagia treatment options are available, some still experimental and others already rooted in common practice. Previous reviews of these treatments were limited due to a dearth of available studies. Recently, mor...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Foley N,Teasell R,Salter K,Kruger E,Martino R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:chronic knee pain is still considered a fairly benign disease by many, an 'unavoidable' consequence of ageing. This passive acceptance may be unnecessarily exposing older people to disability and serious co-morbidity. The aim of this study was to determine the disease burden associated with chronic knee pain...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Fransen M,Su S,Harmer A,Blyth FM,Naganathan V,Sambrook P,Le Couteur D,Cumming RG

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous research has indicated that age-related medical or health conditions can affect driving performance in older adults but little, if any, research has examined the mechanisms through which health conditions affect driving difficulties in older adults. DESIGN:Cross-sectional, correlational study. SET...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Tuokko HA,Rhodes RE,Dean R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Age limits for diagnostics and treatments have been largely removed and replaced by an active diagnostic and treatment practice among the oldest old and has led to concerns about potential overtreatment during the last years of life. METHODS:Use of prescription medication in the last years of life was ass...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Pedersen JK,Jensen TM,Waldorff FB,Søndergaard J,Christensen K

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of two representative population samples of 70-year-olds, one of which was followed up at 75 years of age, digitalis treatment was associated with oestrogen-like metabolic effects, indicated by changes in the composition of the plasma phospholipid fraction. Digitalis treatment, at least at these ages, is re...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Persson G,Landahl S,Svanborg A

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:high morale is defined as future-oriented optimism. Previous research suggests that a high morale independently predicts increased survival among old people, though very old people have not been specifically studied. OBJECTIVE:to investigate whether high morale is associated with increased survival among ve...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Niklasson J,Hörnsten C,Conradsson M,Nyqvist F,Olofsson B,Lövheim H,Gustafson Y

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:to describe differences in care and 30-day mortality of patients admitted with hip fracture on weekends (Saturday-Sunday) compared to weekdays (Monday-Friday), and their relationship to the organisation of care. Methods:data came from the National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) linked to ONS mortality data on ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Neuburger J,Currie C,Wakeman R,Georghiou T,Boulton C,Johansen A,Tsang C,Wilson H,Cromwell DA,van der Meulen J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To learn whether the percentage of time spent at different functional levels varies as a function of age, we studied 44 older (mean age 70 years) and 46 younger (mean age 27 years) urban, community-dwelling volunteers who participated in a study of normative ageing of the cardiovascular system. Each subject completed ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Ashworth JB,Reuben DB,Benton LA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:to investigate a high-intensity functional exercise (HIFE) group in hospitalised older adults. Design:assessor-blinded, randomised-controlled trial. Setting:sub-acute wards at a metropolitan rehabilitation hospital. Participants:older adults ≥65 years (n = 468) able to stand with minimum assistance or less...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Raymond MJ,Jeffs KJ,Winter A,Soh SE,Hunter P,Holland AE

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To establish a consensus on the care and professional development needs of registered nurses (RNs) employed by UK care homes. Design:Two-stage, online modified Delphi study. Setting and Participants:A panel (n = 352) of individuals with experience, expertise or interest in care home nursing: (i) care home n...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Cooper E,Spilsbury K,McCaughan D,Thompson C,Butterworth T,Hanratty B

更新日期：2017-01-08 00:00:00