Life-style factors associated with winter serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in elderly adults.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The electronic Frailty Index (eFI) has been developed in primary care settings. The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) was derived using secondary care data. OBJECTIVE:Compare the two different tools for identifying frailty in older people admitted to hospital. DESIGN AND SETTING:Retrospective cohort study...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Hollinghurst J,Housley G,Watkins A,Clegg A,Gilbert T,Conroy SP

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:two common anti-diabetic treatments used are sitagliptin and sulphonylureas however evidence examining their comparative effectiveness in older people is limited. OBJECTIVE:to evaluate effectiveness of sitagliptin vs sulphonylureas when added to metformin in older (aged ≥75) vs younger people (18-75). DESI...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Sharma M,Nazareth I,Petersen I

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 212 cases of peritonitis found in a retrospective study of geriatric inpatients, the most common causes were mesenteric infarction, malignancy, intestinal obstruction, perforated peptic ulcer, cholecystitis, diverticulitis and perforation of the urinary bladder. The diagnostic accuracy was 47%. Abdominal pain had b...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Wroblewski M,Mikulowski P

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to explore the relationship between blood lipids/lipoproteins and cognitive function in the Chinese oldest-old. DESIGN:multivariate statistical analysis using cross-sectional data. SETTING:community-based setting in longevity areas in China. SUBJECTS:eight hundred and thirty-six subjects aged 80 and older ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Yin ZX,Shi XM,Kraus VB,Fitzgerald SM,Qian HZ,Xu JW,Zhai Y,Sereny MD,Zeng Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to measure sex differences in the risk of receiving potentially inappropriate prescription drugs and to examine what are the factors that contribute to these differences. DESIGN:a retrospective cohort study. SETTING:community setting of British Columbia, Canada. PARTICIPANTS:residents of British Columbia ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Morgan SG,Weymann D,Pratt B,Smolina K,Gladstone EJ,Raymond C,Mintzes B

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to review systematically the range of case definitions and methods used to measure falls in randomised controlled trials. DESIGN/METHODS:a Cochrane review of fall prevention interventions was used to identify fall definitions in published trials. Secondary searches of various databases were used to identify ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Hauer K,Lamb SE,Jorstad EC,Todd C,Becker C,PROFANE-Group.

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The UK has many excellent care homes that provide high-quality care for their residents; however, across the care home sector, there is a significant need for improvement. Even though the majority of care homes receive a rating of 'good' from regulators, still significant numbers are identified as requiring 'improveme...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Hockley J,Harrison JK,Watson J,Randall M,Murray S

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:(i) to describe the general practitioner utilisation of health assessments, management plans, coordination of team care arrangements and medication review item numbers within 6 months of an aged care eligibility assessment for home care packages (HCP) and (ii) investigate the impact of health assessments on t...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Visvanathan R,Amare AT,Lang C,Khadka J,Yu S,Beilby J,Wesselingh S,Inacio MC

更新日期：2021-01-08 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：Background:screening for cognitive impairment in Emergency Department (ED) requires short, reliable tools. Objective:to validate the 4AT and 6-Item Cognitive Impairment Test (6-CIT) for ED dementia and delirium screening. Design:diagnostic accuracy study. Setting/subjects:attendees aged ≥70 years in a tertiary care ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： O'Sullivan D,Brady N,Manning E,O'Shea E,O'Grady S,O 'Regan N,Timmons S

更新日期：2018-01-01 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:epidemiological studies of Alzheimer's disease and aluminium intake have focused on aluminium in drinking water. There have been no studies investigating the relation between the disease and the consumption of foods containing large amounts of aluminium additives. OBJECTIVES:to conduct a pilot study to dete...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rogers MA,Simon DG

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:to explore the effect of ageing on renal function with cystatin C as the marker of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in the general population without vascular disease or diabetes. DESIGN:a cross-sectional analysis of a healthy subset from the Good Aging in Skåne-cohort study representative of the...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Werner KB,Elmståhl S,Christensson A,Pihlsgård M

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:The aim of this prospective study was to investigate whether an immunological double faecal occult blood test (Fecatwin-S/FECA-EIA) can be used in screening patients with symptoms suggestive of colonic or rectal origin in primary health care. Altogether 523 patients were referred to the study by general practitioners....

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Kemppainen M,Häkkinen I,Räihä I,Pomoell R,Sourander L

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a common clinical syndrome that identifies people at high risk of developing dementia. Although treatments for MCI are currently unavailable, preliminary evidence has identified potential neuro-protective effects of physical activity, which may lead to improved outcomes. However, the...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Barber SE,Clegg AP,Young JB

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：AIM:to establish age- and education-adjusted mean psychometric test scores of cognitively normal elderly Chinese people in Singapore. METHOD:155 community-living, cognitively intact elderly Chinese subjects, stratified according to age and education, were selected from the membership lists of senior citizens' clubs an...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Sahadevan S,Tan NJ,Tan T,Tan S

更新日期：1997-11-01 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: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：OBJECTIVES:the purpose of this study was to evaluate the likelihood that the presence of certain medical conditions in older ambulatory patients are associated with the risk of developing a new pressure ulcer. DESIGN:a cohort study. SETTING AND SUBJECTS:a large outpatient record database from the United Kingdom calle...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Margolis DJ,Knauss J,Bilker W,Baumgarten M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between functional and nutritional changes caused by an acute illness requiring hospitalisation and 6-month mortality. DESIGN:Hospital-based prospective longitudinal cohort study. SETTING:Acute care centre (Hospital General de Vic, Barcelona Province, Spain). Post-acute care cen...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Espaulella J,Arnau A,Cubí D,Amblàs J,Yánez A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:aspiration pneumonia increases hospitalisation and mortality of older people in residential aged care. OBJECTIVES:determine potentially pathogenic microorganisms in oral specimens of older people with aspiration pneumonia and the effect of professional oral care in reducing aspiration pneumonia risk. DATA ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Khadka S,Khan S,King A,Goldberg LR,Crocombe L,Bettiol S

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:self-rated health (SRH) likely reflects both mental and physical health domains, and is assessed by asking individuals to describe their health status. Poor SRH is associated with disease incidence and subsequent mortality. Changes in SRH across time in persons with different incident diseases are uncharacte...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Foraker RE,Rose KM,Chang PP,McNeill AM,Suchindran CM,Selvin E,Rosamond WD

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dementia is a predictor of death and institutionalization. It is less clear if variations in cognition within the normal range predict adverse outcomes. OBJECTIVE:To determine if variation at the high end of cognitive test scores predicts mortality or institutionalization, independent of the effect of poten...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： St John PD,Montgomery PR,Kristjansson B,McDowell I

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Socio-economic differences in mobility disability prevalence in old age have been reported from the US and Europe. Brazil is characterised by gross socio-economic inequalities, but there have been no previous national data on disability prevalence. AIM:This study aimed to estimate disability rates and exp...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Melzer D,Parahyba MI

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of biliary lithiasis (BL) and its major associated factors in the elderly people of a small town in Sicily. All inhabitants over the age of 65 were interviewed and underwent a general physical examination, blood tests and ultrasonography of the gallbladder a...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Montalto G,Soresi M,Carroccio A,Averna MR,Muratore R,Li Castri C,Barbagallo CM,Cavera G,Sapienza M,Notarbartolo A

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:to examine the degree of medical treatment wanted by nursing home residents, their relatives and staff members should the resident develop a serious and life-threatening disease and to analyse the degree of agreement between the wishes of these parties. DESIGN:an epidemiological, descriptive cross-sectional study....

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Moe C,Schroll M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00