Women's Sexual Health and Aging.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review (1) Changes in cardiac impulse generation, conduction, and ventricular filling in normal aging and disease; (2) Pacemaker technology and nomenclature; (3) Expert guidelines about pacemaker use; (4) Studies of pacemaker effectiveness and utilization. DESIGN:Articles were identified through a Medline...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Bush DE,Finucane TE

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Delirium is common in older adults, especially following hospitalization. Because low vitamin D levels may be associated with increased delirium risk, we aimed to determine the prognostic value of blood vitamin D levels, extending our previous genetic analyses of this relationship. DESIGN:Prospec...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Pilling LC,Jones LC,Masoli JAH,Delgado J,Atkins JL,Bowden J,Fortinsky RH,Kuchel GA,Melzer D

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association between kidney function and change in body composition in older individuals. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Two sites, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Memphis, Tennessee. PARTICIPANTS:Three thousand twenty-six well-functioning, participants aged 70 to 79 in the Health, Ag...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Fried LF,Boudreau R,Lee JS,Chertow G,Kurella-Tamura M,Shlipak MG,Ding J,Sellmeyer D,Tylavsky FA,Simsonick E,Kritchevsky SB,Harris TB,Newman AB,Health, Aging and Body Composition Study.

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While skin tears are a common occurrence in the institutionalized elderly population, nothing has been written about this problem. We retrospectively studied all incident reports during a 1-year period at a large, urban, long-term-care facility to identify residents with skin tears. The overall incidence of skin tears...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Malone ML,Rozario N,Gavinski M,Goodwin J

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence and outcomes of breathlessness in older Americans. SETTING:Community-dwelling older adults. PARTICIPANTS:Individuals aged 70 and older in the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study (2008, follow-up through 2012) (N = 3,671; mean age 78). MEASUREMENTS:Breathlessne...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Smith AK,Currow DC,Abernethy AP,Johnson MJ,Miao Y,Boscardin WJ,Ritchie CS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies found changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) patterns related to both age and various cognitive tasks. However, no study has yet demonstrated a relationship between rCBF and performance on the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (LNNB) in an elderly group. Seventy-nine elderly volunteers...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： MacInnes WD,Golden CJ,Gillen RW,Sawicki RF,Quaife M,Uhl HS,Greenhouse AJ

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Determine the relationship between a broad array of structure and process elements of nursing home care and (a) resident infection and (b) hospitalization for infection. DESIGN:Baseline data were collected from September 1992 through March 1995, and residents were followed for 2 years; facility data were co...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Zimmerman S,Gruber-Baldini AL,Hebel JR,Sloane PD,Magaziner J

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the independent effect of hospitalization for ischemic stroke on change in functional status, subsequent hospitalization, and mortality. DESIGN:Secondary analysis of the nationally representative Longitudinal Study on Aging. Baseline (1984) interview data were linked to Medicare hospitalization ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Wolinsky FD,Gurney JG,Wan GJ,Bentley DW

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify the practical problems that older people experience with the daily use of their medicines and their management strategies to address these problems and to determine the potential clinical relevance thereof. DESIGN:Qualitative study with semistructured face-to-face interviews. SETTING:A communit...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Notenboom K,Beers E,van Riet-Nales DA,Egberts TC,Leufkens HG,Jansen PA,Bouvy ML

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there has been increasing attention to the ethical and legal issues involved in the patient's right to have treatment or hospitalization withheld, there have been few empirical evaluations of programs designed to accomplish that end. Over a 7-year period, a medical group cared for 110 patients in a skilled nu...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Mott PD,Barker WH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the types of continence aids that older adults hospitalized in acute medical units use and to test the association between use of continence aids and development of new urinary incontinence (UI) at discharge. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:A 900-bed teaching hospital in Israel. PARTI...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Zisberg A,Sinoff G,Gur-Yaish N,Admi H,Shadmi E

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine in cognitively normal elderly adults whether vascular factors predict cognitive decline and whether these associations are mediated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures of subclinical vascular brain injury. DESIGN:Prospective multisite longitudinal study of subcortical ischemic vascular d...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Zheng L,Mack WJ,Chui HC,Heflin L,Mungas D,Reed B,DeCarli C,Weiner MW,Kramer JH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test whether structured physical activity (PA) is associated with a greater reduction in major mobility disability (MMD) in older persons with metabolic syndrome (MetS) than in those without. DESIGN:Data from the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Study, a multicenter randomized t...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Botoseneanu A,Chen H,Ambrosius WT,Allore HG,Anton S,Folta SC,King AC,Nicklas BJ,Spring BJ,Strotmeyer ES,Gill TM,LIFE Study Group.

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKROUND:Baseline depressive symptoms have been consistently associated with the onset of cardiovascular disease (CVD). OBJECTIVES:Since depressive symptoms vary over time in elderly persons, and to help clarify whether or not depression is an etiological factor for CVD, we quantified the association between the cour...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Péquignot R,Dufouil C,Prugger C,Pérès K,Artero S,Tzourio C,Empana JP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To apply diagnostic criteria for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to a geographically representative sample, to estimate the prevalence of MCI, and to estimate 10-year trajectories of incident disability for cognitively intact participants and subgroups with MCI. DESIGN:Prospective cohort; 10 years of follow...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Purser JL,Fillenbaum GG,Pieper CF,Wallace RB

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative importance of dementia, gender, age and functional status (FS) was examined for relationships to mortality within five years after admission of the subjects to a New York City nursing home for the aged. Using a random sample of 212 of the nursing home's patients, a statistical model was developed to estim...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Vitaliano PP,Peck A,Johnson DA,Prinz PN,Eisdorfer C

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify variables associated with diagnosing dementia in poor older adults by comparing older people with dementia who were diagnosed by their primary care physicians (PCPs) with those not diagnosed by their PCP. DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:Community-based, in-home cognitive assessment program....

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Wilkins CH,Wilkins KL,Meisel M,Depke M,Williams J,Edwards DF

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic systolic murmurs and aortic dilatation were studied in a randomized sample of 100 hospital patients over the age of 60. Clinical, phonocardiographic, radiologic and carotid-pulse data provided the basis for graphic characterization of the murmurs. Senile aortic dilatation was common (66 patients). In a high per...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Vittal SB,Luisada AA,Rao DB

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with dementia often manifest troublesome and disruptive behaviors in addition to intellectual impairments. This study evaluated behavioral disturbances in 126 demented patients examined sequentially, using questionnaires administered to primary caregivers to quantify the types and severity of behavioral distu...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Swearer JM,Drachman DA,O'Donnell BF,Mitchell AL

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify presenting characteristics of older patients with subdural hematoma who are unlikely to survive hospitalization. DESIGN:A retrospective cohort. PATIENTS:All patients > or = 65 years of age hospitalized at a tertiary care center from 1985-1990 with the primary diagnosis of subdural hematoma. MEA...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Rozzelle CJ,Wofford JL,Branch CL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In experience with total joint replacement in the lower extremity, to date, total hip arthroplasty has been the most successful. Total arthroplasty operations as applied to the knee and ankle are giving promising results. These methods offer new avenues for relief of pain and deformity and stabilization of arthritic j...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Fitzgerald RH Jr

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop and test the Function-Focused Care in Assisted Living (FFC-AL) intervention so as to alter the decline that older adults in AL experience. DESIGN:Cluster-randomized controlled trial using repeated measures to test the effect of FFC-AL. SETTING:Four AL facilities with at least 100 beds. PARTICIP...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Resnick B,Galik E,Gruber-Baldini A,Zimmerman S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of some controversies still existing about the real efficacy of ergot derivatives in the management of dementia, a double-blind, randomized, parallel group trial extending up to 6 months was carried out to compare the effects of nicergoline, 60 mg daily, and placebo in 315 patients suffering from mild to moder...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Battaglia A,Bruni G,Ardia A,Sacchetti G

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the association between insulin resistance (IR) and executive dysfunction in a large, population-based study of older persons without diabetes mellitus (DM) or dementia. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:Outpatient clinic in Greve in Chianti and Bagno a Ripoli, Italy. PARTICIPANTS:A total ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Abbatecola AM,Paolisso G,Lamponi M,Bandinelli S,Lauretani F,Launer L,Ferrucci L

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection (UTI) in hospitalized older people with clinical criteria and therapeutic guidelines. DESIGN:A retrospective case series of emergency hospital admissions collected over an 18-month period. SETTING:An acute general hospital in northwest Engl...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Woodford HJ,George J

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To assess the efficacy of a leg exercise performed in supine position to prevent orthostatic hypotension (OH) in older adults. DESIGN:Case-control study. SETTING:Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Scientific Institute of Veruno, Veruno, Italy. PARTICIPANTS:Indi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Galizia G,Abete P,Testa G,Vecchio A,Corrà T,Nardone A

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Validation of a new instrument for screening dementia, the Cross Cultural Cognitive Examination (CCCE), is described. DESIGN:Criterion and concurrent validation and cross-cultural comparison of a new instrument. PARTICIPANTS:All individuals over the age of 40 in a village in southern Guam participated in a ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Glosser G,Wolfe N,Albert ML,Lavine L,Steele JC,Calne DB,Schoenberg BS

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The need for mentorship in aging research among postdoctoral trainees and junior faculty across medical disciplines and subspecialties is increasing, yet senior personnel with expertise in aging are lacking to fulfill the traditional dyadic mentorship role. Facilitated peer mentorship is grounded in collabor...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Masterson Creber RM,Baldwin MR,Brown PJ,Rao MK,Goyal P,Hummel S,Dodson JA,Helmke S,Maurer MS

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the excess mortality associated with obesity (defined by body mass index (BMI)) in older people, with and without adjustment for other risk factors associated with mortality and for demographic factors. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA). SETTING:Nati...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Grabowski DC,Ellis JE

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00