Is retirement associated with physical health benefits? A longitudinal investigation with older New Zealanders.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:a professional man sustained a residual, persisting, isolated impairment of short-term memory secondary to severe carbon monoxide poisoning. Informal, open trial of the cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil resulted in uncertain benefit. PROTOCOL:an N-of-1 randomized, double-blind controlled trial of donepez...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Price JD,Grimley Evans J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:a large number of studies have explored factors related to self- and informant ratings of quality of life in people with dementia, but many studies have had relatively small sample sizes and mainly focused on health conditions and dementia symptoms. The aim of this study is to compare self- and informant-rat...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Wu YT,Nelis SM,Quinn C,Martyr A,Jones IR,Victor CR,Knapp M,Henderson C,Hindle JV,Jones RW,Kopelman MD,Morris RG,Pickett JA,Rusted JM,Thom JM,Litherland R,Matthews FE,Clare L,IDEAL Programme team.

更新日期：2020-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few certainties in life-death is one of them. Yet death is often thought of today as the 'loss of the battle' against illness, where in traditional societies it was the natural, meaningful, end to life. Medical knowledge and technologies have extended the possibilities of medical care and increased our life ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Gellie A,Mills A,Levinson M,Stephenson G,Flynn E

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:Valproate (VPA) is an antiepileptic drug with a broad spectrum of efficacy. Although usually well-tolerated, it may have side-effects of which encephalopathy is one of the most serious. OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical characteristics of valproate encephalopathy (VE) in five older patients with remote sym...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Beyenburg S,Back C,Diederich N,Lewis M,Reuber M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty digitalized elderly patients with chronic atrial fibrillation were randomized into a double-blind cross-over study. None was in overt heart failure and all were taking < 80 mg frusemide daily. They received xamoterol 200 mg b.d. for 2 months with their usual dose of digoxin for 1 month and placebo digoxin for t...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Lawson-Matthew PJ,McLean KA,Dent M,Austin CA,Channer KS

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High rates of mortality are an abiding feature of homes for the elderly. Almost a fifth (19.2%) of a cohort of 6947 residents died in the 12 months following initial assessment. Survival rates vary widely, however, for different groups within the residential population. Using data from a longitudinal study of 175 home...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Booth T,Phillips D,Barritt A,Berry S,Martin DN,Melotte C

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Older people are majority users of health and social care services in the UK and internationally. Many older people who access these services have frailty, which is a state of vulnerability to adverse outcomes. The existing health care response to frailty is mainly secondary care-based and reactive to the ac...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Turner G,Clegg A,British Geriatrics Society.,Age UK.,Royal College of General Practioners.

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the human body composition changes with advances in age. Particularly, the central fat amount increases. Because the central fat mass is a cardiovascular risk factor, we investigated whether in an elderly population, fat mass (measured at different bodily locations) is associated with peripheral and central ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： van Dijk S,van den Meiracker A,van der Cammen T,Mattace Raso F,van der Velde N

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporadic Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder. It is uniformly fatal. Clinical signs include myoclonus, visual disturbances, cerebellar ataxia, akinetic mutism and pyramidal/extrapyramidal signs in addition to a rapidly progressive dementia. Premortem diagnosis is challenging due to the ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Podger H,Ipe A

更新日期：2020-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of new world records has decreased substantially in most athletic events in recent years. There has been enormous growth in participation at Masters events, and older athletes have been competing at the highest levels with much younger athletes. However, the progression of athletic performance ove...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Akkari A,Machin D,Tanaka H

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:Ejection fraction was measured directly by a radionuclide method, and indirectly from systolic time intervals, in elderly patients in atrial fibrillation. Both methods show that the ejection fraction averages approximately 55% at mean ventricular rates of 50-70 beats/min and falls to 20% or below as mean rate increase...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Caird FI,Williams BO

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:older patients admitted to hospitals are at risk for hospital-acquired morbidity related to immobility. The aim of this study was to implement and evaluate an evidence-based intervention targeting staff to promote early mobilisation in older patients admitted to general medical inpatient units. Methods:the ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Liu B,Moore JE,Almaawiy U,Chan WH,Khan S,Ewusie J,Hamid JS,Straus SE,MOVE ON Collaboration.

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of 21 elderly women with a wide range of renal function showed that plasma creatinine concentrations above 100 mumol/l were associated with glomerular filtration rates (GFR) below 50 ml/min. Plasma 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D concentrations and radio-calcium absorption were directly related to GFR and were l...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Francis RM,Peacock M,Barkworth SA

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eating by oneself may be a risk factor for mental illness among older adults, but may be influenced by cohabitation status. We examined the association between eating alone and depression in the context of cohabitation status in older adults in Japan. DESIGN:A longitudinal, population-based study. SETTING:...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Tani Y,Sasaki Y,Haseda M,Kondo K,Kondo N

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：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：INTRODUCTION:increasing public costs for the care of the elderly have created fundamental changes that are redefining the basic principles of health care funding. In the past, overall institutional funding was predominantly tied to spending. In view of the limitations of this approach to funding long-term care faciliti...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Tousignant M,Hébert R,Dubuc N,Simoneau F,Dieleman L

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:exercise therapy is highly recommended for falls prevention in older adults; however, poor exercise adherence may limit treatment effectiveness. OBJECTIVE:to assess the effectiveness of interventions to improve exercise adherence for community-dwelling adults (aged over 65 years), at risk of falling. METHO...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Hughes KJ,Salmon N,Galvin R,Casey B,Clifford AM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little evidence about the utilization of healthcare services and disease recognition in the older population, which was urged to self-isolate during the COVID-19 lockdowns. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to describe the utilization of physician consultations, specialist referrals, hospital admissions, and the...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Michalowsky B,Hoffmann W,Bohlken J,Kostev K

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to describe gender differences in levels of, and longitudinal changes in, habitual physical activity among older people. DESIGN:longitudinal study. PARTICIPANTS:sub-groups of survivors (with sample sizes dependent on the availability of complete datasets, ranging from 303-344) assessed on three occasions: ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Bennett KM

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of the elderly to the workload of a combined consultative District Hospital Gastroenterology Clinic has been studied over a 12-year period. The elderly group comprise 24% of the total referrals with a gradually increasing trend over successive years. The service implications are discussed and the main...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Purkayastha SK,Salter RH,Holmes KM

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:A 3-year prospective, controlled study of sports injuries in elderly athletes (over 60 years of age) treated at an outpatient sports clinic was carried out in order to determine the number, profile, and specific features of these injuries compared with those of young athletes (between 21 and 25 years). During the stud...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Kannus P,Niittymäki S,Järvinen M,Lehto M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes how a sample of elderly people were identified from the electoral register using an initial postal screen, and reports a technique that was used to increase the response to the screen. ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Cartwright A,Smith C

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the empirical Dignity Model has profoundly influenced the provision of palliative care for older terminally ill patients in the West, as it provides practical guidance and intervention strategies for promoting dignity and reducing distress at the end-of-life. OBJECTIVE:to examine the concept of 'living and ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Ho AH,Chan CL,Leung PP,Chochinov HM,Neimeyer RA,Pang SM,Tse DM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 mediates the febrile response which is often said to be reduced in the elderly. Interleukin-1 production by monocytes cultured in vitro and stimulated with bacterial lipopolysaccharide was measured. Three groups of subjects were studied; 40 normal young, 33 well elderly and 40 elderly with a history of r...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rudd AG,Banerjee DK

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE REPORTS:We report three cases of rectus sheath haematoma in elderly women. This condition is commonly misdiagnosed at any age but is an even more elusive diagnosis in elderly patients. CONCLUSION:It is important to consider rectus sheath haematoma in older patients with an abdominal or pelvic mass or spontaneous ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Bene J,Lassman D,Solomon SA

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00