Social structure and intracohort variation in physical fitness among elderly males in a traditional Third World society.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether a distance coaching course on improving nursing home incontinence care could be replicated and brought to scale with a larger group of nursing homes without sacrificing outcomes. DESIGN:The study collected descriptive and comparative data. SETTING:Fourteen nursing homes in the original...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Rahman AN,Schnelle JF,Applebaum R,Lindabury K,Simmons S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare attitudes toward the use of long-term care between older Japanese Americans (n = 1,244) and older Caucasian Americans (n = 1,354). When presented with a hypothetical situation in which they have dementia, 39% of older Japanese Americans and 42% of older Caucasians intended to b...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： McCormick WC,Ohata CY,Uomoto J,Young HM,Graves AB,Kukull W,Teri L,Vitaliano P,Mortimer JA,McCurry SM,Bowen JD,Larson EB

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Falls are a serious, persistent problem in hospitals. Ensuring that all hospital staff have adequate knowledge of how to prevent falls is the first step in prevention. We identified validated fall prevention knowledge tests (FPKTs) and planned to conduct a systematic literature review. When the review identified a lac...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Dykes PC,Bogaisky M,Carter EJ,Duckworth M,Hurley AC,Jackson EM,Khasnabish S,Lindros ME,Lipsitz SR,Scanlan M,Yu SP,Bates DW,Adelman JS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the incidence of chronic activities of daily living (ADL) disability and to analyze the sociodemographic, health status, adverse lifestyle, and leisure-time physical activity predictors for chronic ADL disability. DESIGN:We recruited a cohort of community-dwelling older people in Taipei, Taiwan,...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Wu SC,Leu SY,Li CY

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differing concepts of aging, i.e., a normative versus a pathologic process, are presented in historical perspective and are traced through selected writings from ancient China, India, Egypt, and Greece into more modern times. These is no consistent shift across epochs from one to the other perspective, and mixed persp...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Peterson M,Rose CL

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare two sarcopenia definitions and examine the relationship between them and lower extremity function and other health related factors using data from the baseline examination of the Health Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study. DESIGN:Observational cohort study. SETTING:Two U.S. communities...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Newman AB,Kupelian V,Visser M,Simonsick E,Goodpaster B,Nevitt M,Kritchevsky SB,Tylavsky FA,Rubin SM,Harris TB,Health ABC Study Investigators.

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether arterial stiffness is a risk factor for falls in community-dwelling older people. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Community population, Sydney, Australia. PARTICIPANTS:Community-dwelling older adults (mean age 79.8±4.4, 52.2% female; N=481). MEASUREMENTS:Carotid-femoral pulse ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Wong AK,Lord SR,Trollor JN,Sturnieks DL,Delbaere K,Menant J,Brodaty H,Sachdev PS,Close JC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence of cognitive impairment in older adults with heart failure (HF). DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis of the 2004 wave of the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study linked to 2002 to 2004 Medicare administrative claims. SETTING:United States, community. PARTICIPANTS:S...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Gure TR,Blaum CS,Giordani B,Koelling TM,Galecki A,Pressler SJ,Hummel SL,Langa KM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report on the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of sertraline in the treatment of elderly depres-sed patients with and without comorbid medical illness. SETTING:Multicenter. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 752 patients aged 60 and older with diagnosis...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sheikh JI,Cassidy EL,Doraiswamy PM,Salomon RM,Hornig M,Holland PJ,Mandel FS,Clary CM,Burt T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the association between a restrictive transfusion strategy and cardiovascular complications during hospitalization for hip fracture with the association between a liberal transfusion strategy and cardiovascular complications, accounting for all transfusions from the emergency department to postacu...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Zerah L,Dourthe L,Cohen-Bittan J,Verny M,Raux M,Mézière A,Khiami F,Tourette C,Neri C,Le Manach Y,Riou B,Vallet H,Boddaert J

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pfeiffer's Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) is a brief screening test for organic brain syndromes. The validity of the SPMSQ was evaluated in a random sample of 119 community residents and 282 consecutively admitted medical inpatients. The SPMSQ proved to be a sensitive and specific screening test fo...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Erkinjuntti T,Sulkava R,Wikström J,Autio L

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess how dietary change affects gain in strength and muscle mass during heavy resistance training of elderly men. DESIGN:Randomized controlled trial. INTERVENTION:During 12 weeks of resistance training of knee extensors and flexors, a daily supplement of 560 +/- 16 kcal/day (17% energy from protein, 43...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Meredith CN,Frontera WR,O'Reilly KP,Evans WJ

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Difficulties exist in making treatment decisions for the very old and dependent patient. In the years to come, these difficulties will increase. It is argued that such persons should not be abandoned to their "rights" as autonomous persons; yet quality of life judgments should also be avoided except in limited circums...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Thomasma DC

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is a major health problem in the elderly. The existing literature indicates that depression may be qualitatively different in this population. For example, a condition said to be prevalent among the elderly is masked depression which is marked by a cluster of vegetative symptoms without prominent dysphoria ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Weiss IK,Nagel CL,Aronson MK

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides a comprehensive review of aromatase inhibitors (AIs) for geriatricians, because it appears that more elderly women will be using these drugs in the near future. Computerized literature searches of Medline were conducted through May 2003. Key words/phrases included in the literature searches were ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Arora A,Potter JF

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Falls incidence in Chinese older people has been reported to be approximately half that of Caucasian populations. It is possible that the falls risk factor profile may differ significantly between Caucasian and Chinese populations, and a better understanding of this reported difference in incidence and associated risk...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kwan MM,Close JC,Wong AK,Lord SR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyze the costs for long-stay (>90 days) nursing home (NH) decedents with and without hospice care. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study using a 1999-2009 data set of linked Medicare and Medicaid claims and minimum data set (MDS) assessments. SETTING:Indiana NHs. PARTICIPANTS:Long-stay NH decedents (N =...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Unroe KT,Sachs GA,Dennis ME,Hickman SE,Stump TE,Tu W,Callahan CM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prior reports on Hodgkin's disease have suggested a biologic behavior difference between young and old patients. A study of 35,033 patients could confirm that older patients do not do as well as young patients regardless of age. METHODS:The National Cancer Data Base provided data from U.S. tumor registries o...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kennedy BJ,Fremgen AM,Menck HR

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:Most estimates of the cost of informal caregiving in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain cross-sectional. Longitudinal estimates of informal caregiving hours and costs are less frequent and are from assessments covering only short periods of time. The objectives of this study were to estimate long-term traje...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Zhu CW,Scarmeas N,Torgan R,Albert M,Brandt J,Blacker D,Sano M,Stern Y

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of self-reported physical activity with performance-based and self-reported physical functioning measured 3 to 5 years later. DESIGN:A population-based, longitudinal study. SETTING:The island of Oahu, Hawaii. PARTICIPANTS:Subjects were 3640 Japanese-American men older than 70 yea...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Young DR,Masaki KH,Curb JD

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study whether subjective memory deterioration is associated with future dementia in older people. DESIGN:A population-based prospective cohort study begun in 1994 with biennial follow-up interviews. SETTING:Community-based members of Group Health Cooperative, a large health maintenance organization in t...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Wang L,van Belle G,Crane PK,Kukull WA,Bowen JD,McCormick WC,Larson EB

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(-)Deprenyl (Selegiline, Jumex, Eldepryl, Movergan), a close structural relative to phenylethylamine (PEA), is a drug with a unique pharmacological spectrum. (1) It is a highly potent and selective, irreversible inhibitor of B-type monoamine oxidase (MAO), a predominantly glial enzyme in the brain. The activity of thi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Knoll J

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether older adults with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) achieve a sustained viral response (SVR) after treatment with direct-acting antiviral therapy. PARTICIPANTS:Individuals aged 80 and older with chronic HCV infection (N = 253; n = 213 with cirrhosis, n = 40 with advanced fibrosis). MEASUREME...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ippolito AM,Iacobellis A,Milella M,Conti F,Messina V,Valvano MR,Niro GA,Morisco F,Barone M,Termite AP,Brancaccio G,Andriulli A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether the presence of high depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) score ≥ 14) diminished physical performance benefits after a comprehensive physical activity intervention in older adults. DESIGN:A post hoc analysis of data from the Lifestyle Interventi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Matthews MM,Hsu FC,Walkup MP,Barry LC,Patel KV,Blair SN

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the prevalence rate of dementia and its subtypes in Japan and to investigate the relationship of risk factors, such as demographic features and disease history, to the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia. DESIGN:A prevalence study within a longitudinal cohort study. SETTING:The ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Yamada M,Sasaki H,Mimori Y,Kasagi F,Sudoh S,Ikeda J,Hosoda Y,Nakamura S,Kodama K

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the relationship between apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon4 and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the Mexican Mestizo population, as well as its effects on the cognitive profile of AD and elderly Mestizos without dementia. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study. SETTING:Evaluations were con...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Villalpando-Berumen JM,Mejia-Arango S,Aguilar-Salinas CA,Ordonez-Sanchez ML,Gutierrez-Robledo LM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Close to 6 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease (AD) or Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (AD/ADRD). These high-need, high-cost patients are vulnerable to receiving poor quality uncoordinated care, ultimately leading to adverse health outcomes, poor quality of life, and misuse of resources. Improving the ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Mitchell SL,Mor V,Harrison J,McCarthy EP

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Older people approaching end of life are commonly prescribed multiple medications, many of which may be inappropriate or futile. Our objective was to examine the effect of applying the STOPPFrail, a recently developed deprescribing tool, to the medication regimens of older patients with advanced frailty. DE...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Curtin D,Jennings E,Daunt R,Curtin S,Randles M,Gallagher P,O'Mahony D

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Social media platforms are promising sources for large quantities of participant-driven research data and circumvent some common challenges when conducting dementia research. This study provides a summary of key considerations and recommendations about using these platforms as research tools for d...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Mehta N,Zhu L,Lam K,Stall NM,Savage R,Read SH,Wu W,Pop P,Faulkner C,Bronskill SE,Rochon PA

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00