The factors associated with self-reported physical activity in older adults living in the community.

abstract：:Interest in, and concern about, the abuse of elderly people is growing rapidly. A study of the literature shows little research in the UK, but valuable indicators about risk factors and interventions from North America. One of the major problems has been definition and this paper distinguishes between different kinds ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： McCreadie C,Tinker A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:residential aged care facility (RACF) resident numbers are increasing. Residents are frequently frail with substantial co-morbidity, functional and cognitive impairment with high susceptibility to acute illness. Despite living in facilities staffed by health professionals, a considerable proportion of reside...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Dwyer R,Gabbe B,Stoelwinder JU,Lowthian J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From an international comparison of arm anthropometric reference norms for the elderly a new diagnostic criterion for severe wasting malnutrition was derived: corrected arm muscle area at or below 16.0 cm2 for men or 16.9 cm2 for women. Of 201 consecutive hospital admissions aged 65 years and over, 10 subjects were ma...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Friedman PJ,Campbell AJ,Caradoc-Davies TH

更新日期：1985-05-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:the data concerning the predictive role of oxidised LDL (ox-LDL) in all-cause mortality are scarce. We investigated whether circulating ox-LDL would stand out as a risk factor of total mortality in the elderly. Study subjects, design and methods: a total of 1,260 elderly inhabitants (533 men, 7...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Linna M,Ahotupa M,Löppönen MK,Irjala K,Vasankari T

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:while it is well established that individual patient preferences regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may change with time, the stability of population preferences, especially during periods of social and economic change, has received little attention. OBJECTIVE:to elicit the resuscitation preferen...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Cotter PE,Simon M,Quinn C,O'Keeffe ST

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the most common discharge diagnosis for elderly patients. The survival of elderly (age greater than or equal to 75 years) patients with CHF has not recently been reported, especially with reference to left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). A patient database was searched for the d...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Taffet GE,Teasdale TA,Bleyer AJ,Kutka NJ,Luchi RJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digoxin elimination phase kinetics have been studied in 24 hospital in-patients (mean age 79 years), six of whom showed no evidence of digoxin toxicity. The others, with suspected toxicity, have been grouped according to the nature of the drug effects observed. Renal function, digoxin elimination half-life, apparent v...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Reid J,Kennedy RD,Caird FI

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of a teaching machine is the assessment of mental function has been described by Gredye and his colleagues. This report concerns its use in testing 56 elderly patients suffering from functional psychiatric disorders of dementia. After a diagnostic interview patients were tested on the teaching machine as well ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Levy R,Post F

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 414 elderly residents of sheltered accommodation in West Essex investigated the degree to which health, physical handicap and support from community care services affected dental needs and utilization of dental services. The study population had a mean age of 77 years, 77% lived alone, 17% were housebound a...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Tobias B

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Female life expectancy in developed countries has increased by 30 years in the twentieth century. AIM:To determine if there has been an increase in reproductive longevity. METHODS:We analysed age-specific fertility data from birth statistics for the USA, Canada, Japan, France, Sweden, the UK and Australia....

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Brody JA,Grant MD,Frateschi LJ,Miller SC,Zhang H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to ascertain the value of employing a specialist clinician's contribution to the assessment of older people prior to care home entry. DESIGN:randomised controlled trial. METHOD:256 older people at risk of care home entry were randomly allocated to either a control group, who received the usual care manageme...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Challis D,Clarkson P,Williamson J,Hughes J,Venables D,Burns A,Weinberg A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fracture is the clinical outcome of concern in osteoporosis, a disease variably defined over the last 30 years, mostly in terms of bone mineral density (BMD). However, an 'osseocentric' view of the condition may have hampered our understanding of how best to identify patients at the greatest risk of fragility fracture...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Aspray TJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to identify the factors associated with hospital admission and the differences in management and outcome of stroke patients between hospital and home. DESIGN:a prospective community stroke register (1995-8) with multiple notification sources. SETTING:an inner city multi-ethnic population of 234 533 in Sout...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Bhalla A,Dundas R,Rudd AG,Wolfe CD

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Screening tool of older people's prescriptions (STOPP) and screening tool to alert to right treatment (START) criteria were first published in 2008. Due to an expanding therapeutics evidence base, updating of the criteria was required. METHODS:We reviewed the 2008 STOPP/START criteria to add new evidence-based...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： O'Mahony D,O'Sullivan D,Byrne S,O'Connor MN,Ryan C,Gallagher P

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:orthostatic hypotension (OH) is a common disabling condition associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Much of the evidence available is derived from younger populations with chronic neurological disease leading to uncertainty for the diagnosis and management of older people. Objective:to provide a...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Frith J,Parry SW

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:We report the case of an 85-year-old male with platypnoea-orthodeoxia associated with patent foramen ovale (PFO) and ectatic ascending aorta, in the absence of any significant pulmonary pathology. ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Nazir T,Polydorou D,Irwin RB,Cooper A,Woolfson P,Thomson A

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:A cross-sectional survey of community-dwelling elderly volunteers (104 women, 87 men, mean age 70 years) was carried out in winter to determine whether cardiovascular and other potentially modifiable lifestyle factors were associated with serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D during this period. Mean winter levels of se...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Scragg R,Khaw KT,Murphy S

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a paucity of information about the use of antipsychotic medication in long-term care, especially among the oldest-old residents. OBJECTIVE:To analyse the factors associated with the use of antipsychotic medication among nonagenarian residents in long-term institutional care. DESIGN:A retrospective...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Alanen HM,Finne-Soveri H,Noro A,Leinonen E

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the terminal decline hypothesis suggests an acceleration in the rate of loss of cognitive function before death. Evidence about the association of educational attainment and the onset of terminal decline is scarce. OBJECTIVE:to investigate the association of education with the onset of terminal decline in g...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Terrera GM,Minett T,Brayne C,Matthews FE

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the 16-item Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) has been shown to have excellent reliability and construct validity. However, for practical and clinical purposes, a shortened version of the FES-I would be useful. OBJECTIVE:to develop and validate a shortened version of FES-I while preserving good psy...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Kempen GI,Yardley L,van Haastregt JC,Zijlstra GA,Beyer N,Hauer K,Todd C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study is reported of the religious beliefs, attitudes, and practice of old people in the West of Scotland, based on a questionnaire given to 501 people aged 65 years and over randomly selected from those living at home. Almost all had had a full range of religious instruction, and regarded their parents as religious...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Reid WS,Gilmore AJ,Andrews GR,Caird FI

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Care home medicine has been an under-researched area, but over the last decade there has been a substantial growth in publications. Most of these have focused on the 'geriatric giants' of falls, incontinence and mental health issues (especially dementia, behavioural disturbance and depression) as well as other key top...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Burns E,Nair S

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:to develop a model to predict one- and three-year mortality in patients with dementia attending a hospital, through hospital admission or day/memory clinic. DESIGN:we constructed a cohort of dementia patients through data linkage of three Dutch national registers: the hospital discharge register (HDR), the p...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： van de Vorst IE,Golüke NMS,Vaartjes I,Bots ML,Koek HL

更新日期：2020-04-27 00:00:00