Diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in hospitalized older people.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine patterns of dementia diagnosis seen after chemotherapy treatment. DESIGN:Using the linked Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) diagnoses of dementia occurring in the years after breast cancer diagn...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Heck JE,Albert SM,Franco R,Gorin SS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of medical Primary Integrated Interdisciplinary Elder Care at Home (PIECH) on acute hospital use and mortality in a frail elderly population. DESIGN:Comparison of acute hospital care use for the year before entering the practice (pre-entry) with the most-recent 12-month period (May 1,...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Rosenberg T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the feasibility of and to validate a self-report weekly postcard diary of health care utilization. DESIGN:Case-series and validation study. SETTING:Community-based sample of fee-for-service and health maintenance organization (HMO) patients. PARTICIPANTS:A convenience sample of 24 community-dwellin...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Reuben DB,Wong RC,Walsh KE,Hays RD

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study advance directives (code status) among subgroups of Asian nursing home residents. DESIGN:Cross-sectional design. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING:A total of 423 residents of Asian descent (aged >55) from two ethnic nursing homes in Seattle, Washington. METHODS:Chart review was conducted on 423 residents (...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Vaughn G,Kiyasu E,McCormick WC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship between serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), IGF-1 binding protein 1 (IGFBP-1), and IGF-1 binding protein 2 (IGFBP-2) and fasting insulin, fasting glucose, adiposity, and mortality in older adults. DESIGN:A prospective cohort study with mean follow-up of 6.2 years. SETTIN...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hu D,Pawlikowska L,Kanaya A,Hsueh WC,Colbert L,Newman AB,Satterfield S,Rosen C,Cummings SR,Harris TB,Ziv E,Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study.

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study intends to determine what role fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) plays in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), particularly in a geriatric population. DESIGN:Cases of tuberculosis reported to the Tennessee Department of Health during the years 1989 and 1990 were divided into two age groups: Group A (< ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Patel YR,Mehta JB,Harvill L,Gateley K

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the association of years spent in Japan during childhood with cognitive test performance in late life among Japanese American men, and to assess the influence of the language used for testing on this association. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS:A total of 3734 Japanese Ameri...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Yano K,Grove JS,Masaki KH,White LR,Petrovitch H,Chen R,Teng EL,Ross GW,Rodriguez BL,Curb JD

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of two new urge incontinence-specific instruments that measure quality of life and symptom annoyance. DESIGN:New instruments were developed and validated in racially, ethnically, and age-diverse community-dwelling women with urge or mixed incontinence with...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Brown JS,Posner SF,Stewart AL

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine the proportion of untreated women who reported receiving treatment after incident fracture and to identify factors that predict treatment across an international spectrum of individuals. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. Self-administered questionnaires were mailed at baseline and 1 year....

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Greenspan SL,Wyman A,Hooven FH,Adami S,Gehlbach S,Anderson FA Jr,Boone S,Lacroix AZ,Lindsay R,Netelenbos JC,Pfeilschifter J,Silverman S,Siris ES,Watts NB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the correlation between zopiclone use and risk of hip fracture in elderly adults. DESIGN:Case-control study. SETTING:Claim data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program. PARTICIPANTS:Individuals aged 65 and older who experienced their first episode of hip fracture between 1998 and ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Lai SW,Lin CL,Chen WC,Liao KF

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate population norms for use in assessment of individuals in relation to their age-matched peers using true longitudinal patterns of decline. DESIGN:Longitudinal study of 10 years of follow-up data from the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS) on the most commonly ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Chatfield M,Matthews FE,Brayne C,Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study.

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess vaccination status of adults in primary and specialty care practices in a retrospective review of medical records from 1997 to 2000 at one university medical center. Eligible patients were aged 50 and older and had two or more visits to primary and specialty care practices (N=14...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Daniels NA,Nguyen TT,Gildengorin G,Pérez-Stable EJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine how many individual patient data (IPD) reviews that included older people were available in MEDLINE and whether the effectiveness of treatments differed between older and younger individuals. DESIGN:Overview of IPD reviews. SETTING:A MEDLINE search was conducted for IPD reviews of randomized c...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： van de Glind EM,Rhodius-Meester HF,Reitsma JB,Hooft L,van Munster BC

更新日期：2014-06-01 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 determine the effect of cataract surgery on the occurrence of falls and mobility and balance problems in older adults with cataract. DESIGN:Longitudinal follow-up study. SETTING:Clinical Research Unit, University of Alabama at Birmingham. PARTICIPANTS:Persons aged 55 and older with a cataract were recr...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： McGwin G Jr,Gewant HD,Modjarrad K,Hall TA,Owsley C

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field has progressed to the point where a genetic investigation of the aging processes in Drosophila can be viewed as constituting both a serious and a feasible research program. There now exists at least one single gene mutant which yields an accelerated aging phenotype, at least two single gene null mutants affe...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Arking R,Dudas SP

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the prevalence of self reported sleep disturbances in older men and women and to describe their relationships with health status and cardiovascular disease (CVD). DESIGN:Cross-sectional study of sleep disturbance, CVD, general health, psychosocial factors, physical function, and use of psychotro...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Newman AB,Enright PL,Manolio TA,Haponik EF,Wahl PW

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prior reports on Hodgkin's disease have suggested a biologic behavior difference between young and old patients. A study of 35,033 patients could confirm that older patients do not do as well as young patients regardless of age. METHODS:The National Cancer Data Base provided data from U.S. tumor registries o...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kennedy BJ,Fremgen AM,Menck HR

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the independent prognostic effect of seven potential frailty criteria, including five from the Fried phenotype, on several adverse outcomes. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Greater New Haven, Connecticut. PARTICIPANTS:Seven hundred fifty-four initially nondisabled, community-living p...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Rothman MD,Leo-Summers L,Gill TM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess potential age-related differences in oncologist communication during conversations about adjuvant therapy decisions and subsequent patient decision outcomes. Communication was observed between a cross-section of female patients aged 40 to 80 with early-stage breast cancer (n=1...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Step MM,Siminoff LA,Rose JH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of serum albumin concentration to age was assessed in a series of hospitalized medical patients. Those with disease states (e.g., dysproteinemia, renal insufficiency, hepatic dysfunction, malnutrition) potentially associated with abnormal serum albumin levels were excluded, leaving a study population of 1...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Greenblatt DJ

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the utility of verbal fluency discrepancy scores in predicting progression to Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a cohort of individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). DESIGN:Case control. SETTING:Cases identified from new referrals to a memory clinic and controls identified from The Irish Longit...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Vaughan RM,Coen RF,Kenny R,Lawlor BA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the neuropsychological and clinical profile of help-seekers in an early-detection community dementia program and to explore any relationship between profiles and time to seek help. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:Early-detection community dementia program. PARTICIPANTS:Help-seekers (N = 1,005) ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Tang JY,Wong GH,Ng CK,Kwok DT,Lee MN,Dai DL,Lum TY

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether a twice-weekly maintenance schedule of evening bright light exposure is effective in alleviating sleep maintenance insomnia on a long-term basis, after the establishment of a more favorable phase relationship between the core body temperature (CBT) rhythm and sleep. DESIGN:Subjects unde...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Suhner AG,Murphy PJ,Campbell SS

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the longer term changes in executive functioning among participants with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and cognitive impairments with no dementia (CIND) randomized to a diet and exercise intervention. DESIGN:A 2 (Exercise) × 2 (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension [DASH] eating pl...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Blumenthal JA,Smith PJ,Mabe S,Hinderliter A,Welsh-Bohmer K,Browndyke JN,Doraiswamy PM,Lin PH,Kraus WE,Burke JR,Sherwood A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the feasibility and effect of exercise training after stroke. DESIGN:Randomized exploratory trial comparing exercise training (including progressive endurance and resistance training) with relaxation (attention control). SETTING:Interventions were performed in a rehabilitation hospital. PARTI...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Mead GE,Greig CA,Cunningham I,Lewis SJ,Dinan S,Saunders DH,Fitzsimons C,Young A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have suggested that vascular dementia in older persons is more common than previously hypothesized. A substantial proportion of dementia in old age may be an early manifestation of cerebrovascular disease (CVD), that eventually becomes clinically evident as an acute cerebrovascular accident. Th...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ferrucci L,Guralnik JM,Salive ME,Pahor M,Corti MC,Baroni A,Havlik RJ

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effect of homebound status of older persons in Israel on mortality, mental health and function, future homebound status, and institutionalization. DESIGN:Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis using existing data sets of a national survey. SETTING:A national survey. PARTICIPANTS:The anal...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Cohen-Mansfield J,Shmotkin D,Hazan H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of new oral anticoagulants (NOACs) on prescribing practices in older adults with atrial fibrillation (AF). DESIGN:Retrospective observational cohort study. SETTING:Academic medical center in St. Louis, Missouri. PARTICIPANTS:Individuals aged 75 and older with AF admitted to the hos...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Fohtung RB,Novak E,Rich MW

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00