Potential effect of skull thickening on the associations between cognition and brain atrophy in ageing.

abstract：:Japan is a super-ageing society that faces pressures on its aged care system from a growing population of older adults. Naturalistic observations were undertaken at eight aged care facilities in central and northern Japan to explore how aged care is configured. Four aspects of contemporary provision were identified th...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Annear MJ,Otani J,Sun J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:we investigated the exact relationship between age and gender on augmentation pressure (AG) and augmentation index (AI) measured over the radial (muscular) and carotid (elastic) arteries. DESIGN AND METHODS:AG is the contribution that wave reflection makes to systolic arterial pressure. AI is an indirect me...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Fantin F,Mattocks A,Bulpitt CJ,Banya W,Rajkumar C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delirium is a common neuropsychiatric disorder. The natural course is of an acute, fluctuating and often transient condition; however, accumulating evidence suggests that delirium can be associated with incomplete recovery. Despite a growing body of research, a lack of clarity exists regarding definition and...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Adamis D,Devaney A,Shanahan E,McCarthy G,Meagher D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:a fall occurs when an individual experiences a loss of balance from which they are unable to recover. Assessment of balance recovery ability in older adults may therefore help to identify individuals at risk of falls. The purpose of this 12-month prospective study was to assess whether the ability to recover...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Carty CP,Cronin NJ,Nicholson D,Lichtwark GA,Mills PM,Kerr G,Cresswell AG,Barrett RS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to prevent the occurrence of weight loss during hospitalisation and following discharge by daily oral supplementation. DESIGN:in a prospective, randomised, controlled study of 80 patients aged 75 or more, and at risk of undernutrition based on their initial Mini Nutritional Assessment score, patients were ra...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Gazzotti C,Arnaud-Battandier F,Parello M,Farine S,Seidel L,Albert A,Petermans J

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medical histories of 178 colorectal cancer patients were studied retrospectively from hospital records. The average age at the time of diagnosis was 71 years. Visible loss of blood or anaemia were the commonest features. The mean time from first symptom to first medical consultation was 82.8 days. Men under 65 yea...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Kemppainen M,Räihä I,Rajala T,Sourander L

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of tamoxifen on the vaginal mucosa and on serum oestrone, oestradiol and gonadotrophin concentrations was investigated in a group of nine postmenopausal women with non-metastatic breast cancer. Compared with fit age-matched controls, the vaginal pH in the tamoxifen-treated group was significantly lower and ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Miodrag A,Ekelund P,Burton R,Castleden CM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the recognition of stroke symptoms by the public and activation of the emergency medical services (EMS) are the most important factors in instigating pre-hospital stroke care. Studies have suggested that poor recognition of the warning signs of stroke is the main cause of delay in accessing the EMS. METHODS...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Jones SP,Jenkinson AJ,Leathley MJ,Watkins CL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:older people aged 80 and over are increasingly providing end-of-life care to spouses at home and often do so for long periods of time, while also trying to manage their own illnesses and disabilities. Little of the research on older spousal carers has focussed on the oldest carers; hence, the needs of this p...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Turner M,King C,Milligan C,Thomas C,Brearley SG,Seamark D,Wang X,Blake S,Payne S

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:The General Medical Council (GMC) provides a core curriculum for all medical degrees in the UK. However, these guidelines do not provide in-depth, specific learning outcomes for the various medical specialties. Recognising our ageing population, the British Geriatrics Society in 2013 published their own supplementary ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Tinker A,Hussain L,D'Cruz JL,Tai WY,Zaidman S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The very old are expected to become a growing part of the stroke population in the industrialised part of the world. The aims of this study were to evaluate clinical characteristics of patients aged 85 years or more at stroke onset and to investigate very old age as an independent predictor of sh...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Kammersgaard LP,Jørgensen HS,Reith J,Nakayama H,Pedersen PM,Olsen TS,Copenhagen Stroke Study.

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:despite an increasing proportion of older people working beyond State Pension Age (SPA), little is known about neither the motivations for this decision nor whether, and to what extent, working beyond SPA affects quality of life (QoL). Methods:QoL was measured using the CASP-19 scale. Respondents in paid wo...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Di Gessa G,Corna L,Price D,Glaser K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elastic and mechanical behaviour of isolated papillar muscle was studied in aged and in young rats. The spontaneous fall in tension (stress relaxation phenomenon) and the duration of the active state of the contractile element during the isometric and isotonic contraction were greater in aged than in young rats. T...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Minelli R,Reggiani C,De Nicola P

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:home visits and telephone calls are two often used approaches in transitional care, but their differential economic effects are unknown. OBJECTIVE:to examine the differential economic benefits of home visits with telephone calls and telephone calls only in transitional discharge support. DESIGN:cost-effect...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Wong FK,So C,Chau J,Law AK,Tam SK,McGhee S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 1042 individuals aged 65 years and over who were successfully interviewed in a community survey of health and physical activity, 35% (n = 356) reported one or more falls in the preceding year. Although the overall ratio of female fallers to male fallers was 2.7:1, this ratio approached unity with advancing age. Mob...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Blake AJ,Morgan K,Bendall MJ,Dallosso H,Ebrahim SB,Arie TH,Fentem PH,Bassey EJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) isolated from patients with Alzheimer's disease to produce interleukin-1 and -2 (IL-1, IL-2) was compared to that of cells from age-matched controls and young healthy subjects. There was no difference in the production of both interleukins between patients and ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Bessler H,Sirota P,Hart J,Djaldetti M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:frailty is an increased vulnerability to adverse health outcomes, across multiple physiological systems, with both environmental and genetic drivers. The two most commonly used measures are Rockwood's frailty index (FI) and Fried's frailty phenotype (FP). Material and methods:the present study included 36...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Livshits G,Ni Lochlainn M,Malkin I,Bowyer R,Verdi S,Steves CJ,Williams FMK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the number of older people living in residential and nursing care homes is rising. Loneliness is a major problem for older people, but little is known about the prevalence of loneliness amongst older people living in care homes. AIM:to undertake a systematic review of literature on the prevalence of moderat...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Gardiner C,Laud P,Heaton T,Gott M

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:fall-risk assessment with fall-prevention intervention referral for at-risk groups to avoid falls could be cost-effective from a care-payer perspective. AIMS:to model the cost-effectiveness of a fall-risk assessment (QTUG compared to TUG) with referral to one of four fall-prevention interventions (Otago, Fa...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Franklin M,Hunter RM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has shown persistent elevations in plasma cortisol concentration following upper femur fracture in elderly people. To investigate this phenomenon further, we measured plasma cortisol and adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) and performed overnight dexamethasone suppression tests in carefully characterized patient...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Roberts NA,Barton RN,Horan MA,White A

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:observational studies do not always find positive associations between physical activity and muscle strength despite intervention studies consistently showing that exercise improves strength in older adults. In previous analyses of the MRC National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD), the 1946 British ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Dodds R,Kuh D,Aihie Sayer A,Cooper R

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formal assessment of cognitive decline with cognitive tests can be difficult, requiring either two measurement points or a comparison of 'hold' with 'don't hold' tests. Informant-based assessment provides an alternative approach because informants can adopt a longitudinal perspective and directly rate cognitive change...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Jorm AF,Christensen H,Henderson AS,Jacomb PA,Korten AE,Mackinnon A

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:to examine whether the Danish 1905 cohort members had more active hospital treatment than the 1895 cohort members from ages 85 to 99 years and whether it results in higher in-hospital and post-operative mortality. METHODS:in the present register-based follow-up study the complete Danish birth cohorts born in...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Oksuzyan A,Jeune B,Juel K,Vaupel JW,Christensen K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of bone mineral density (BMD) to age and weight was investigated in a cross-sectional study of 942 community-dwelling men and women aged 65-74 years. BMD continues to decline after the age of 65 at a similar rate in men and women. BMD was positively associated with weight in both men and women with si...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： May H,Murphy S,Khaw KT

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma and red-cell folate levels and dietary folate intake were monitored for about six months, including two months during which supplementary vitamin C was given, in 21 healthy elderly men and women living at home in the north of England. Although biochemical values were consistently low in some subjects, no clinic...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Bates CJ,Fleming M,Paul AA,Black AE,Mandal AR

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:dysphagia is common in acute stroke. Accurate detection of the presence or absence of aspiration by bedside swallowing assessment is difficult without objective methods, tending to over-diagnose aspiration. As a result, some patients suffer restricted oral intake unnecessarily. OBJECTIVE:we examined the pre...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Smith HA,Lee SH,O'Neill PA,Connolly MJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:pain is prevalent in frail older adults; however, the association of pain and frailty has not been evaluated yet by a systematic assessment of prospective longitudinal studies. Objective:we aimed to assess the association of persistent pain as a risk factor for frailty incidence, using data from longitudina...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Saraiva MD,Suzuki GS,Lin SM,de Andrade DC,Jacob-Filho W,Suemoto CK

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assessment of thiamine status was made in two groups of elderly orthopaedic patients. None of the 30 men and women presenting for elective total hip replacement was malnourished before operation but there was a significant fall in the thiamine status 48 hours later, which had returned to normal by 14 days. In contr...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Older MW,Dickerson JW

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00