Risk factors for motor vehicle crashes among older drivers in a rural community.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyze baseline data from the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) study, in which information was collected on the use of all dietary supplements. DESIGN:Cross-sectional regression analysis. SETTING:GEM study sites in California, Maryland, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. PARTICIPANTS:The GEM study enr...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Nahin RL,Fitzpatrick AL,Williamson JD,Burke GL,Dekosky ST,Furberg C,GEM Study Investigators.

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if home environmental hazards increase the risk of fall injury events among community-dwelling older persons. DESIGN:Population-based case-control study. SETTING:South Miami Beach, Florida. PARTICIPANTS:270 persons aged 65 years and older who sought treatment at six area hospitals for injuries...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sattin RW,Rodriguez JG,DeVito CA,Wingo PA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current literature on suicide by medicinal overdose among the elderly population of the United States and Britain is discussed. The older white male is a high risk in this regard. Physical and mental illnesses contribute to the problem of suicide among the aged, and some of the drugs prescribed for treatment (e.g....

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Benson RA,Brodie DC

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Poor diet due to poor oral health was proposed as a potential mediator of the association between poor oral health and frailty. This study explores the cross-sectional associations between poor oral health, poor diet, and frailty in Canadian adults, aged 45 to 85 years, and then tests whether the expected or...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Bassim C,Mayhew AJ,Ma J,Kanters D,Verschoor CP,Griffith LE,Raina P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effects of cognitive training on cognitive abilities and everyday function over 10 years. DESIGN:Ten-year follow-up of a randomized, controlled single-blind trial (Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE)) with three intervention groups and a no-contact control...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Rebok GW,Ball K,Guey LT,Jones RN,Kim HY,King JW,Marsiske M,Morris JN,Tennstedt SL,Unverzagt FW,Willis SL,ACTIVE Study Group.

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-held belief that outcome data from intervention trials in men are generalizable to women has created the framework in which the primary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) in women is viewed, but over the past decade, data have accumulated to refute such a supposition of generalizability. These lines o...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hodis HN,Mack WJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the prevalence and correlates of potentially harmful drug-drug combinations and drug-disease combinations prescribed for elderly patients at outpatient settings. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of the 1995-2000 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Zhan C,Correa-de-Araujo R,Bierman AS,Sangl J,Miller MR,Wickizer SW,Stryer D

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:There is significant literature on the development and validation of quality measures, but comparably less on their implementation into learning health systems. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have made vast amounts of data available for quality improvement purposes. In this paper we describe a c...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Campbell CM,Murphy DR,Taffet GE,Major AB,Ritchie CS,Leff B,Naik AD

更新日期：2021-01-19 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：BACKGROUND:Although frailty status is dynamic, whether improvements in frailty predict mortality is unknown. OBJECTIVE:Describe 1-year changes in a frailty index (FI) and association with 48-month mortality. DESIGN:Secondary analysis of the National Health in Aging Trends Study. SETTING:Community. PARTICIPANTS:Five...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Shi SM,Olivieri-Mui B,McCarthy EP,Kim DH

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationship between cognitive function and self-reported oral health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in community-dwelling older adults. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:Community in West Virginia. PARTICIPANTS:Two hundred twenty-six community-dwelling older adults. MEASUREMENTS:Oral HRQoL...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Lee KH,Wu B,Plassman BL

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature has identified significant successes in cardiac resuscitation with the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public areas. As of September 2004, the Food and Drug Administration has authorized the purchase of these devices by the general public without a prescription. For the practicing ger...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Peery CA,Galanos AN

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prognostic significance of subsyndromal delirium (SSD) presentations. DESIGN:Cohort study. SETTING:University-affiliated primary acute care hospital. PARTICIPANTS:One hundred sixty-four elderly medical inpatients who did not meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Thir...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Cole M,McCusker J,Dendukuri N,Han L

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine how many individual patient data (IPD) reviews that included older people were available in MEDLINE and whether the effectiveness of treatments differed between older and younger individuals. DESIGN:Overview of IPD reviews. SETTING:A MEDLINE search was conducted for IPD reviews of randomized c...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： van de Glind EM,Rhodius-Meester HF,Reitsma JB,Hooft L,van Munster BC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On September 11, 1986, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, in a 4-3 decision, authorized removal of the artificial feeding tube. It held that the "substituted judgment" of an incompetent person in a persistent vegetative state to refuse artificially administered sustenance must be honored. The Court also refu...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors：

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of a Screening Tool of Older Persons potentially inappropriate Prescriptions/Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment (STOPP/START) medication intervention on clinical and economic outcomes. DESIGN:Parallel-group randomized trial. SETTING:Chronic care geriatric facility. PAR...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Frankenthal D,Lerman Y,Kalendaryev E,Lerman Y

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare clinical and economic outcomes of early insulin initiation with those of delayed initiation in older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Humana Medicare Advantage health insurance plan. PARTICIPANTS:Older (≥65) Medicare beneficiaries with T2DM...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Bhattacharya R,Zhou S,Wei W,Ajmera M,Sambamoorthi U

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:The Acute Care for Elders (ACE) model of care is a multicomponent intervention that improves outcomes for older patients hospitalized for acute medical illnesses. Likewise, stroke units improve outcomes for patients with acute stroke, yet the descriptions of their structure and approach to stroke management are hetero...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Allen KR,Hazelett SE,Palmer RR,Jarjoura DG,Wickstrom GC,Weinhardt JA,Lada R,Holder CM,Counsell SR

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Patient activation encompasses the knowledge, skills, and confidence that equip adults to participate actively in their healthcare. Patients with hearing loss may be less able to participate due to poor aural communication. We examined whether difficulty hearing is associated with lower patient ac...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Chang JE,Weinstein BE,Chodosh J,Greene J,Blustein J

更新日期：2019-07-01 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 estimate infection prevalence and explore associated risk factors in nursing home (NH) residents, individuals receiving home health care (HHC), and individuals receiving hospice care. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:Nationally representative samples of 1,174 U.S. NHs in the 2004 National Nursing Home Su...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Dwyer LL,Harris-Kojetin LD,Valverde RH,Frazier JM,Simon AE,Stone ND,Thompson ND

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to report on the prevalence, incidence and prognosis of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) on the electrocardiogram (ECG) in a cohort of ambulatory older men and women. DESIGN:A prospective, longitudinal study of 10 years duration with ECGs obtained at baseline and on an annua...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kahn S,Frishman WH,Weissman S,Ooi WL,Aronson M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether function-related indicators (FRIs), derived from preadmission claims data, help explain the frequent practice of forgoing secondary prevention medications observed in Medicare. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort. SETTING:National Medicare data. PARTICIPANTS:Elderly Medicare beneficiaries dis...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Chrischilles EA,Schneider KM,Schroeder MC,Letuchy E,Wallace RB,Robinson JG,Brooks JM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The implications for society of increasing life span to 120 years can only be guessed, but comparing the diversity of responses to aging in different countries may give insights into the possible effect. A European Union-funded study of the recipients of community care services in 11 European countries illustrates how...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Carpenter GI

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically, the medical subspecialties have not focused on the needs of older adults. This has changed with the implementation of initiatives to integrate geriatrics and aging research into the medical and surgical subspecialties and with the establishment of a home for internal medicine specialists within the annua...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hurria A,High KP,Mody L,McFarland Horne F,Escobedo M,Halter J,Hazzard W,Schmader K,Klepin H,Lee S,Makris UE,Rich MW,Rogers S,Wiggins J,Watman R,Choi J,Lundebjerg N,Zieman S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was made of total drug usage (prescription, over-the-counter, social), health characteristics, and life satisfaction in 55 noninstitutional retired men and women whose average age was 70 years. The sample was purposively selected on the basis of involvement in peer group interaction networks. Among those using...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Vener AM,Krupka LR,Climo JJ

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the complex interaction of apolipoprotein (apo) E polymorphisms and environmental factors on lipoprotein profile in centenarians. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis. SETTING:Tokyo metropolitan area. PARTICIPANTS:Seventy-five centenarians and 73 healthy older volunteers (mean age 63.1 +/- 10.0) livi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Arai Y,Hirose N,Nakazawa S,Yamamura K,Shimizu K,Takayama M,Ebihara Y,Osono Y,Homma S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From this discussion, several conclusions can be drawn. First, with advancing age there is a decrease in cardiovascular responsiveness and, more specifically, there is a decrease in catecholamine-stimulated chronotropic and inotropic responses. This decreased function has its biochemical correlate in the observation t...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Heinsimer JA,Lefkowitz RJ

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cross-sectional associations have been found between frail individuals and worse white matter (WM) integrity. However, the prospective association between WM integrity and frailty is still unclear. Our objectives were to measure associations between WM integrity using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and the 5...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Maltais M,de Souto Barreto P,Perus L,Mangin JF,Grigis A,Chupin M,Bouyahia A,Gabelle A,Delrieux J,Rolland Y,Vellas B,Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial\/Data Sharing Alzheimer (MAPT\/DSA) Study Group.

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00