A case report on the effect of training and low caloric diet in hypertension, obesity and hyperinsulinemia.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Systematic reviews on healthy ageing interventions have primarily focused on assessing their effectiveness, not the implementation processes underpinning them, and the factors influencing program effectiveness. This has created a knowledge gap about what are effective implementation approaches...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Owusu-Addo E,Ofori-Asenso R,Batchelor F,Mahtani K,Brijnath B

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the incidence of traffic accidents and find related factors among the older population. METHODS:We used the cross-sectional data from the Korean Community Health Survey (KCHS), which was conducted between 2008 and 2010 and completed by 680,202 adults aged 19 years or more. And we used individuals...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Hong K,Lee KM,Jang SN

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review aims at identifying gaps in knowledge on socioeconomic gradients in mortality in the oldest old. The authors review literature on oldest old population with a focus on unanswered questions: do socioeconomic status (SES) gradients in mortality persist after 80; does the magnitude of the gradient change as c...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Guilley E,Bopp M,Faeh D,Paccaud F

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe factors of importance for the quality of inpatient geriatric care from an inter-disciplinary team perspective, an area that has not been previously studied to our knowledge. The study design was qualitative descriptive with data being collected from focus-group interviews with...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Åberg AC,Ehrenberg A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though frailty status has recently been linked to poorer quality of life, the impact of income on this relationship has not previously been investigated. Data from a population-based panel study, the English Longitudinal Study of Aging, on 3225 participants aged 65-79 years were analyzed cross-sectionally. A Frailty I...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Hubbard RE,Goodwin VA,Llewellyn DJ,Warmoth K,Lang IA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-eight persons (51 females, 29 males) of an average age of slightly higher than 65 yr were studied, suffering mostly from cardiovascular diseases or various degrees of osteo-arthropathies. The so-called compacta index was calculated from the values of the external and internal diameters measured radiologically ...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Lucantoni C,Lanza R,Campanari G,Amadio L

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nutritional assessment of the elderly shows several interpretative difficulties due to the lack of standard parameters. Moreover chronic age-related diseases can interfere with the physiological nutritional status. Anthropometric (triceps skinfold, arm muscle area, total body muscle mass, fat mass and Body Mass In...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Gaggiotti G,Orlandoni P,Ambrosi S,Onorato G,Piloni S,Amadio L,Spazzafumo L,La Rocca R

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Currently in Chile there is a lack of validated tools for measuring anxiety in the elderly population. Considering this, the purpose of this study was to validate the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) in the country. METHOD:An analysis of the psychometric properties of the GAI was carried out, using a non-cl...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Miranda-Castillo C,Contreras D,Garay K,Martínez P,León-Campos MO,Farhang M,Morán J,Fernández-Fernández V

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 40 Calabrian centenarians (12 males, 28 females) was studied from June 1 to December 31, 1993. Their age was ranging from 100 to 107 years (mean age: 102.3 +/- 1.8 years). Clinical evaluation was performed by recording anamnestic data, an objective examination, and by assessing cognitive performance, emotio...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Infusino P,Mercurio M,Galasso MA,Gareri P,Filardi A,Lacava R,Pansini L,Mattace R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three institutionalized subjects, confused and disoriented as to time, space and persons, were divided into two groups: the study group and the control group. The study group then participated in a 3-month period of formal Realithy Orientation Therapy (ROT). At the end of the 3 months of therapy significant dif...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Baldelli MV,Pirani A,Motta M,Abati E,Mariani E,Manzi V

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of centrophenoxine treatment on beta-adrenoceptor density has been studied in the brain cortex of old mice. One group of 21-mth-old mice was injected intraperitoneally with 3.8 mg/day centrophenoxine daily for 5 days. A second group received the same daily treatment for 40 days. Two other groups of untre...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Viticchi C,Gentile S,Piantanelli L

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The osteoporosis is a systemic disease of multicausal etiopathogenesis. A progressive bone loss and qualitative alterations in the macro- and micro-architecture of the remaining bones, resulting in a loss of strength of bones to such an extent that even very modest traumas will cause fractures characterize it. Three f...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Manuele S,Sorbello L,Puglisi N,Grasso S,La Malfa L,D'Urbino G,Rizzotto M,Strano S,Maugeri D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothyroidism is a common disorder in older people, and may be asymptomatic and hard to be diagnosed. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the distribution of serum thyrotropin (thyroxin-stimulating hormone, TSH) among asymptomatic older people in Taiwan, and to evaluate the relationship between age and ser...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Huang CC,Chen YC,Chen LK,Hwang SJ,Lin HD

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied whether increased blood homocysteine is a predictor for incident depression in a population-based cohort aged >or=65. A total of 240 men and 217 women were identified at baseline and were assessed 4 years later for depression (Geriatric Depression Scale, GDS >or=10 or use of antidepressants). Risk of incide...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Forti P,Rietti E,Pisacane N,Olivelli V,Dalmonte E,Mecocci P,Ravaglia G

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interference of a chronic disease on the aging process reduces patients efficiency in confronting everyday life events and their Quality of Life (QOL). The purpose of this study was to examine the interaction between cognitive problems and emotional difficulties as related to several chronic diseases commonly pres...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Fioravanti M,Zavattini G,Buckely AE

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Codergocrine mesylate (dihydroergotoxine; DHET), which is an ergot derivative, has been reported to counteract some age-induced impairments in brain function, but the mechanism of these effects is not known. We examined the effect of chronic DHET administration on the somatostatinergic system in the brains of aged rat...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Tanaka K,Ogawa N,Asanuma M,Hirata H,Kondo Y,Chou HH,Mori A

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Casual blood pressure (BP) measurements may sometimes indicate the presence of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, but the correlations between BP values and the subsequent occurrence of such complications are low. This may depend on the known inability of casual BP measurements to reflect accurately the 24-hour m...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Torrisi G,De Bernardis E,Di Mauro S,Marino M,Cosentino N,Leotta C,Distefano A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positional vertigo can be successfully treated by exercises (Vestibular Habituation Training, VHT) in elderly patients as well as in younger ones. Provided the patients have been correctly selected, this type of treatment is the only way for an adequate treatment of such a type of vertigo. Application of VHT has to be...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Norré ME,Beckers A

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although an association between SA concentrations and mortality in the patients is well known, this association is not conclusive in elderly community-dwelling populations. We therefore attempted to determine whether this association could be extended to a Japanese 70-year-old community-dwelling population. Seventy-ye...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Takata Y,Ansai T,Yoshihara A,Miyazaki H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the sex-difference in relation to the association between moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time (ST) patterns with frailty. METHOD:Accelerometry from ≥50 year olds from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2003-04/2005-06 cycles) were included. Bouted a...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Kehler DS,Clara I,Hiebert B,Stammers AN,Hay JL,Schultz A,Arora RC,Tangri N,Duhamel TA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study quantified the monetary cost of family caregiving for 51 patients with different severity of dementia. The mean annual informal cost of care was higher (M=SG$44,530.55, SD=SG$31,354.82) compared to the mean annual formal cost of care (M=SG$25,654.11, SD=SG$10,016.48). Costs were found to increase with sever...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Woo LL,Thompson CL,Magadi H

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess and compare the prevalence of prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) identified using the Beers and STOPP criteria; and to determine the clinical variables related with the prescription of PIMs in older adults. METHODS:An observational study of 250 patients aged 65 years or ol...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Arellano C,Saldivia G,Córdova P,Fernández P,Morales F,López M,Villa L

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have evidenced a strong relationship between high plasma insulin levels and blood pressure in diabetic and obese subjects but not in the elderly. During aging many patho-physiological changes in cardiovascular functions and autonomic nervous system occur, so that aging per se might be a cause of a 'ph...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Paolisso G,Marrazzo G,De Riu S,Sgambato S,Varricchio M,D'Onofrio F

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies have described the association between physical fitness and health. Few have reported the impact of seasonal variation on fitness determinants, in elderly. We investigated the effects of summer and winter environmental conditions on physical fitness, in both exercise and non-exercise elders. 37...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Bezerra P,Rodrigues LP,Ayan C,Cancela JM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human figure drawings have been widely used to assess cognitive development in children. In the present study, free-hand human figure drawings were examined for 62 demented patients, and 60 normal elderly subjects. The drawings were scored for 53 body details using a method derived from work with children. A short sca...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Ericsson K,Hillerås P,Holmén K,Jorm A,Forssell LG,Almkvist O,Rönnberg L,Winblad B

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to examine the mediational role of meaning in life on the relationship between optimism and subjective well-being in older adults. Two hundred and fifty community-dwelling subjects completed several instruments assessing the above constructs. Results from structural equation modeli...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Ju H,Shin JW,Kim CW,Hyun MH,Park JW

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the clinical outcomes and length of stay (LOS) between delirious patients with hyperactive symptoms admitted directly and those admitted indirectly from Emergency Department into a secured, behavioral unit jointly used by geriatricians and pyschogeriatricians (the Unit). A retrospective study analyzing data...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Lu JH,Chan DK,O'Rourke F,Ong B,Shen Q,Reutens S,Ko A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to determine oral health status and the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions among hospitalized elderly patients with physical disabilities. The study group consisted of 111 (43 male and 68 female) elderly patients with physical disabilities. Clinical examination and interview methods were e...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Avcu N,Ozbek M,Kurtoglu D,Kurtoglu E,Kansu O,Kansu H

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:HCSCs were introduced in Japan in April 2006 with the aim of playing a central role in providing end-of-life care at home. However, it is unclear how the HCSCs are operated because statistical data regarding their activities have not been disclosed to the Japanese public. The purpose of this study was to describe t...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Akiyama A,Hanabusa H,Mikami H

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Procedures for the estimation of the four parameters of a new mathematical model of survival and mortality kinetics are given. A formulation of the model has been found which had the advantage of maintaining three of four parameters independent of the unit chosen for the age; in addition, two of these parameters have ...

journal_title：Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

authors： Piantanelli L,Scerre F,Cognini G,Linari G

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00