Ten-year effects of the advanced cognitive training for independent and vital elderly cognitive training trial on cognition and everyday functioning in older adults.

abstract：:This study involved a 1st generation of 194 aged residents at the Philadelphia Geriatric Center plus 2nd and 3rd generations of 357 and 306 offspring, respectively. Serum cholesterol levels (including type of abnormality) and triglyceride levels were determined. The results suggest that hyperlipidemia at all ages is r...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Woldow A

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study how well the scoring on each item of the MMSE relates to the sum-score when the purpose is to identify persons with cognitive impairment, and to identify an equally effective subset of MMSE items for predicting cognitive impairment. DESIGN:Retrospective survey of MMSE data for 850 elderly. SETTING...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Braekhus A,Laake K,Engedal K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess changes in medication use after a diagnosis of dementia in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus. DESIGN:Difference-in-differences analysis of changes in the number of dispensed chronic medications between individuals with and without newly diagnosed dementia. SETTING:Integrated healthcare de...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sarkar U,Lyles C,Steinman M,Huang ES,Moffet HH,Whitmer RA,Warton EM,Karter AJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the applicability and safety of a standardized diagnostic algorithm in geriatric departments and to define the prevalence of different causes of syncope in older patients. DESIGN:Multicenter cross-sectional observational study. SETTING:In-hospital geriatric acute care departments and outpatient cli...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ungar A,Mussi C,Del Rosso A,Noro G,Abete P,Ghirelli L,Cellai T,Landi A,Salvioli G,Rengo F,Marchionni N,Masotti G,Italian Group for the Study of Syncope in the Elderly.

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although increased numbers of psychogeriatric patients have been placed in proprietary nursing homes in recent years, many facilities have not been able to accommodate the behavioral problems involved. This study summarizes the results of a behavior management program for improving the social functioning and social be...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Nigl AJ,Jackson B

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Older black patients are at risk for underutilization of preventive services. Our objectives were to assess the delivery of five preventive services in Title 330-funded health centers in low income neighborhoods in Cleveland, Ohio, and to determine the association of health system factors and health status w...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Wright PJ,Fortinsky RH,Covinsky KE,Anderson PA,Landefeld CS

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the association between serum albumin and cognitive impairment and decline in community-living older adults. DESIGNS:Population-based cohort study, followed up to 2 years; serum albumin, apolipoprotein E (APOE)-epsilon4, and cognitive impairment measured at baseline and cognitive decline (> or =2...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ng TP,Niti M,Feng L,Kua EH,Yap KB

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the incidence and 1-year outcomes of an elderly population with perioperative atrial arrhythmia (PAA) within 7 days of hip fracture surgery. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:The Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP). PARTICIPANTS:Elderly adults consecutive undergoing hip fracture rep...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Gupta BP,Steckelberg RC,Gullerud RE,Huddleston PM,Kirkland LL,Wright RS,Huddleston JM

更新日期：2015-11-01 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 compare endothelium-dependent vasomotor response in healthy younger and older subjects without classic cardiovascular risk factors, with high and normal fasting homocysteine (tHcy) levels. DESIGN:We compared endothelium-dependent vasodilatation, using ultrasound, in healthy younger (aged 18-40) and older...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hirsch S,de la Maza P,Mendoza L,Petermann M,Glasinovic A,Paulinelli P,Barrera G,Rosenberg IH,Bunout D

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically, the medical subspecialties have not focused on the needs of older adults. This has changed with the implementation of initiatives to integrate geriatrics and aging research into the medical and surgical subspecialties and with the establishment of a home for internal medicine specialists within the annua...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hurria A,High KP,Mody L,McFarland Horne F,Escobedo M,Halter J,Hazzard W,Schmader K,Klepin H,Lee S,Makris UE,Rich MW,Rogers S,Wiggins J,Watman R,Choi J,Lundebjerg N,Zieman S

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:The relationship between atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and age was studied. In elderly subjects (65 to 84 years) higher basal ANP levels were found as compared with those found in young subjects (21 to 23 years). Volume loading (750 mL 0.9% NaCl in 60 minutes) increased ANP levels only in the aged group, and plasma...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Tan AC,Hoefnagels WH,Swinkels LM,Kloppenborg PW,Benraad TJ

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if aging modifies the clinical presentation of hyperthyroidism and the signs of thyrotoxicosis in older people. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:A French university hospital. SUBJECTS:Eighty-four new patients with overt hyperthyroidism confirmed chemically between January 1992 and Jan...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Trivalle C,Doucet J,Chassagne P,Landrin I,Kadri N,Menard JF,Bercoff E

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coffee and tea are two of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide and have been associated with reduced risk of mortality in some studies. However, it is unknown whether consumption of these beverages is associated with survival to an advanced age. OBJECTIVE:To examine associations of coffee and tea co...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Shadyab AH,Manson JE,Luo J,Haring B,Saquib N,Snetselaar LG,Chen JC,Groessl EJ,Wassertheil-Smoller S,Sun Y,Hale L,LeBoff MS,LaCroix AZ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess colonization and infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), high-level gentamicin-resistant enterococci (R-ENT) and gentamicin and/or ceftriaxone-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (R-GNB) and the factors that are associated with colonization and infection with these organisms. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Terpenning MS,Bradley SF,Wan JY,Chenoweth CE,Jorgensen KA,Kauffman CA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effects of two exercise approaches, tai chi (TC) and computerized balance training (BT), on specified primary outcomes (biomedical, functional, and psychosocial indicators of frailty) and secondary outcomes (occurrences of fall). DESIGN:The Atlanta Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies a...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Wolf SL,Barnhart HX,Kutner NG,McNeely E,Coogler C,Xu T,Atlanta FICSIT Group.

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was fourfold; to determine the rate of delirium among hospitalized older persons, to contrast the clinical outcomes of patients with and without delirium, to identify clinical predictors of delirium, and to validate the predictive model in an independent sample of patients. DESIGN:T...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Pompei P,Foreman M,Rudberg MA,Inouye SK,Braund V,Cassel CK

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report use of breast cancer treatment (surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy) by patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) is a population-based cancer registry covering 14% of the U.S. population. PARTICIPANTS:F...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Gorin SS,Heck JE,Albert S,Hershman D

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To search for a potential role of endothelin-1 (ET-1), a potent vasoconstrictor and presumably neurotoxic 21-amino acid peptide, for dysfunction of brain signal processing and cerebrovascular morbidity in nondemented patients with cerebral arteriosclerosis. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study with longitudinal fol...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kügler CF,Funk H,Vlajic P,Platt D

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Falls are among the most common unwanted events in older hospital inpatients, but evidence of effective prevention is still limited compared with that in the community and in long-term care facilities. This article describes a prevention program and its effects on the incidence of falls in geriatric hospital wards. It...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： von Renteln-Kruse W,Krause T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary artery calcification (CAC) reflects the extent of coronary artery atherosclerosis. The extent of coronary artery calcification is not well described in older adults. OBJECTIVE:To determine the extent of CAC in older adults participating in a large population study of cardiovascular disease (CVD), e...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Newman AB,Naydeck B,Sutton-Tyrrell K,Edmundowicz D,Gottdiener J,Kuller LH

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Poor diet due to poor oral health was proposed as a potential mediator of the association between poor oral health and frailty. This study explores the cross-sectional associations between poor oral health, poor diet, and frailty in Canadian adults, aged 45 to 85 years, and then tests whether the expected or...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Bassim C,Mayhew AJ,Ma J,Kanters D,Verschoor CP,Griffith LE,Raina P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if there is a relationship between body mass index and the ability to perform the usual activities of living in a sample of community-dwelling elderly. DESIGN:Secondary data analysis of The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (1982-1984). Follow-up ho...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Galanos AN,Pieper CF,Cornoni-Huntley JC,Bales CW,Fillenbaum GG

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the efficacy of an individualized social activity intervention (ISAI) on decreasing daytime sleep, improving nighttime sleep, and lowering the day/night sleep ratio and to determine its cost. DESIGN:Pretest/posttest randomized with an experimental and control group. SETTING:Seven nursing homes. PA...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Richards KC,Beck C,O'Sullivan PS,Shue VM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether mean leukocyte telomere length (LTL) serves as a biomarker of disability assessed according to activities of daily living (ADLs) and what factors may modify this relationship. DESIGN:Retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING:A subset of the National Long Term Care Survey (NTLCS), a ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Risques RA,Arbeev KG,Yashin AI,Ukraintseva SV,Martin GM,Rabinovitch PS,Oshima J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess how various stakeholders involved with nursing home care rate the importance of various quality-of-life (QoL) items for hypothetical residents with varying types of impairment. DESIGN:A community-based exploratory description of a convenience sample. SETTING:Eleven nursing homes in Florida, New J...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kane RL,Rockwood T,Hyer K,Desjardins K,Brassard A,Gessert C,Kane R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine relationships between race and psychotropic drug use (antidepressant, antianxiety, sedative/hypnotic agents) in informal caregivers with symptoms of depression who provide care for elderly relatives with progressive dementia. Whether racial differences in medication use relate to racial difference...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sleath B,Thorpe J,Landerman LR,Doyle M,Clipp E

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have identified postprandial systolic blood pressure reductions in old, frail institutionalized subjects, which do not occur in healthy, young subjects, after a morning meal. To evaluate the relative contributions of state of health and time of day to this potentially dangerous abnormality in cardiova...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Lipsitz LA,Fullerton KJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the incidence of spinal fractures and their outcomes in the elderly who fall from low-levels in a suburban county. DESIGN:Retrospective county-wide trauma registry review from 2004 to 2013. SETTING:Suburban county with regionalized trauma care consisting of 11 hospitals. PARTICIPANTS:Adult tra...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Jawa RS,Singer AJ,Rutigliano DN,McCormack JE,Huang EC,Shapiro MJ,Fields SD,Morelli BN,Vosswinkel JA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00