Trends in hip fracture incidence and mortality in Chinese population from Hong Kong 2001-09.

abstract：BACKGROUND:cataract is a leading cause of reversible vision impairment and may increase falls in older adults. OBJECTIVE:to assess the risk of an injury due to a fall among adults aged 60+, 2 years before first-eye cataract surgery, between first-eye surgery and second-eye surgery and 2 years after second-eye surgery....

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Meuleners LB,Fraser ML,Ng J,Morlet N

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:essential aspects of independence in community mobility among older people concern the control over where, when and how to participate (perceived autonomy), and actual mobility (life-space mobility; frequency, distance and need of assistance). We studied relationships between frailty and life-space mobility ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Portegijs E,Rantakokko M,Viljanen A,Sipilä S,Rantanen T

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare costs and outcome of occupational therapy-led assessment with social worker-led assessment of older people, in terms of their independence and quality of life. DESIGN:Cost-effectiveness analysis alongside a randomised controlled trial. The analysis took viewpoints of health services and patients....

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Flood C,Mugford M,Stewart S,Harvey I,Poland F,Lloyd-Smith W

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured the rate of induction of the microsomal monooxygenase enzyme aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) in isolated peripheral blood monocytes from young and elderly donors. There was no effect of age on rate of induction. The mechanisms underlying impaired induction of drug metabolism in elderly people remai...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： George G,Wynne H,Woodhouse K

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outline is given of simple urodynamic investigations applicable to elderly subjects. The type of patient presenting primarily to geriatric departments with urinary incontinence, whose management is aided by such studies, is described under various clinical groupings. The requirement for urodynamic studies and the b...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Eastwood HD

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the presentation, course and duration of delirium in hospitalized older people. DESIGN:Observational cohort study. SETTING:Inpatient surgical and medical wards at a university hospital. PARTICIPANTS:432 people over the age of 65. MEASUREMENTS:All participants were screened daily for confusio...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rudberg MA,Pompei P,Foreman MD,Ross RE,Cassel CK

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The course of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is described in 22 patients in respect of the extent and duration of the disabilities. The average stay in hospital in the terminal phase in 20 patients followed to the time of their death was 6.6 months for men and 4.7 months for women. The total duration of the disease range...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rosin AJ

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:intracranial volume (ICV) is commonly used as a marker of premorbid brain size in neuroimaging studies as it is thought to remain fixed throughout adulthood. However, inner skull table thickening would encroach on ICV and could mask actual brain atrophy. OBJECTIVE:we investigated the effect that thickening ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Aribisala BS,Royle NA,Valdés Hernández MC,Murray C,Penke L,Gow A,Maniega SM,Starr JM,Bastin M,Deary I,Wardlaw J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review considers the changes in salivary glands associated with ageing and concludes that there is no evidence to show that xerostomia is likely to result from the ageing process alone. The four main factors causing xerostomia are presented and it can be seen that the condition is a side-effect of diseases and th...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Ettinger RL

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is a risk factor for both cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, with an increasing incidence with advancing patient age. Exercise interventions have the potential to reduce blood pressure in older adults, however, rates of exercise uptake and adherence are low, with 'lack of time' a common...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Herrod PJJ,Lund JN,Phillips BE

更新日期：2020-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Deprescribing has gained interest recently, driven by an ageing population seeing an increasing number living with multiple long-term conditions. This, coupled with disease-specific guidelines derived from clinical trials in younger people, has led to an increase in exposure to polypharmacy and the associated therapeu...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Woodford HJ,Fisher J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Older people attend accident and emergency departments more frequently than younger people. However, most assessments indicate that this higher level of use is appropriate and is the result of more serious injury and illness among this population. Older patients discharged from accident and emergency departments are f...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Burns E

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether in older people perceived age is associated with risk of total mortality independent of chronological age. DESIGN:Prospective population-based study (Evergreen project) with mortality surveillance for 13 years after the baseline. SETTING:Face-to-face interview among community-dwelling re...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Uotinen V,Rantanen T,Suutama T

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and seventy residents of 11 Leicester City Council homes for the elderly, with a total of 515 beds, were studied during a 30-week period from September 1988 to March 1989 to determine the use of influenza vaccine, the levels of influenza antibody, the incidence of influenza, and the protection afforded by ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Nicholson KG,Baker DJ,Chakraverty P,Farquhar A,Hurd D,Kent J,Litton PA,Smith SH

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:up to 25% of older people in the USA and other Western countries are anaemic by World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. The objective of this study was to examine the long-term relationships of haemoglobin concentration with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a community-based sample of Australian a...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Chalmers KA,Knuiman MW,Divitini ML,Bruce DG,Olynyk JK,Milward EA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to define the hormonal response to thyroid-releasing hormone (TRH) further in a large, healthy, ambulatory elderly group. Seventy-seven subjects over 60 years old, 30 males (MA) and 47 females (FA), and control subjects, 22 males (MC) and 42 females (FC) were studied. No difference in ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Kaiser FE

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to investigate the associations between chronic health conditions, psychosocial and environmental factors and catastrophic decline in mobility among older people. DESIGN:longitudinal cohort. SETTING:national sample living in private households. PARTICIPANTS:nine hundred and ninety-nine adults aged > or = 6...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Ayis S,Gooberman-Hill R,Bowling A,Ebrahim S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DOMINO study compared domiciliary and hospital-based rehabilitation services for stroke patients after discharge from hospital, stratified by the hospital ward at discharge. No difference between the services had been found at 6 months, but home therapy was better than outpatient department therapy at improving ho...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Gladman JR,Lincoln NB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:whether socioeconomic position over the life course influences the wellbeing of older people similarly in different societies is not known. OBJECTIVE:to investigate the magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in life satisfaction among individuals in early old age and the influence of the welfare state regi...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Niedzwiedz CL,Katikireddi SV,Pell JP,Mitchell R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) are not routinely prescribed bone-protecting medication despite the fact that they are known to be at risk of falling. We investigated whether subjects with PD were more at risk of fractures than other patient groups in order to establish whether preventative measures...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Genever RW,Downes TW,Medcalf P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:several studies examining diet and functional status of individuals have focused on single nutrients or food groups. Studies examining the relationship between diet and health have increasingly witnessed a shift in focus from single nutrients to overall diet quality. The objective of this study was to examin...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Xu B,Houston D,Locher JL,Zizza C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the wide range of topics embraced in the subject of geriatric medicine, a division may be made as far as teaching is concerned into: 1. those that could be taught by other people; 2. those that should be taught by other people; 3. those that cannot be taught by other people. If attitudes throughout the medical ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Millard PH

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to analyse socio-demographic differences in the onset and progression of disability. DESIGN:analysis of a cohort of people aged 55-69 in 1988-9 and in 1994. SUBJECTS:a representative sample of 3543 adults. METHODS:we measured severity of disability at baseline and follow-up. We analysed variations in inci...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Grundy E,Glaser K

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:national reports have highlighted deficiencies in care provided to older surgical patients and suggested a role for innovative, collaborative, inter-specialty models of care. The extent of geriatrician-led perioperative services in the UK (excluding orthogeriatric services) has not previously been describe...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Partridge JS,Collingridge G,Gordon AL,Martin FC,Harari D,Dhesi JK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:cranberry juice is often given to older people in hospital to prevent urinary tract infection (UTI), although there is little evidence to support its use. OBJECTIVE:to assess whether cranberry juice ingestion is effective in reducing UTIs in older people in hospital. DESIGN:randomised, placebo-controlled, ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： McMurdo ME,Bissett LY,Price RJ,Phillips G,Crombie IK

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the relationship between proximity to death and the amount of care provided by general practitioners (GPs) is largely unknown. OBJECTIVE:to examine the influence of the proximity to death on the frequency and length of GP contacts in the oldest old. STUDY DESIGN:this population-based follow-up study includ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Blom JW,Lemmens SP,Assendelft WJ,Eekhof JA,Gussekloo J

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the type and frequency of falls presenting to an inner city casualty department, and to identify modifiable risk factors in these patients. A prospective descriptive study evaluated those over 65 years presenting to an inner city casualty department with falls. Over a 4-week recru...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Davies AJ,Kenny RA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to determine the prevalence of vertebral fractures and their risk factors in geriatric patients. DESIGN:prospective cohort study. SETTING:teaching hospital in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. SUBJECTS:three hundred and three geriatric patients, who had their first visit at a diagnostic day hospital between Apr...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： van der Jagt-Willems HC,van Hengel M,Vis M,van Munster BC,van Campen JP,Tulner LR,Lems WF

更新日期：2012-03-01 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