Abstract：
:The purpose of the study was to measure the prevalence of difficulties in elderly inpatients in opening a range of common commercial drug packagings, in breaking a bar-scored tablet, and in reading medication instructions. Sixty-seven patients (female: 47; male: 20, mean age: 81.6 +/- 6.1) who reported that they had managed their medication independently before hospital admission, underwent a comprehensive geriatric assessment. They were also asked to remove tablets and drops from various commercial drug packagings and a "dosett", to break a tablet, and to read medication instructions enclosed in the packings. Only 21 patients (31%) were able to perform all tasks. Thirty-one patients (46.3%) failed in opening the "push and turn" bottle and 44 patients (65.7%) were unable to open the flip-top container. There were significant differences (p < 0.05) in age, cognitive capacity, handgrip, and manual dexterity between the patients who were able to perform all tasks, and those who were not able to do so. Many of the common medication packagings impede a reliable management of drugs by elderly patients.
journal_name
Z Gerontol Geriatrjournal_title
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrieauthors
Nikolaus T,Bach M,Oster P,Schlierf Gsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-11-01 00:00:00pages
415-9issue
6eissn
0948-6704issn
1435-1269journal_volume
28pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Basic research on aging has moved well beyond describing the aging of physiological systems and developing theories of aging, to the pursuit of mechanistic answers to questions such as: Why do we age? Why do individuals within a population age differently? Why do different species have such different life spans? How d...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s003910170024
更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Anemia and hypoalbuminemia (HA) are acknowledged independent risk factors for morbidity and mortality in geriatric patients and are associated with nutritional status and frailty. Data exist regarding the association between albumin and frailty, anemia and frailty as well as frailty and nutritional status; h...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00391-015-0872-5
更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Nonpharmacological treatments can improve the quality of life of people with dementia. The objective of this review is to evaluate the effects of nonpharmacological treatments on quality of life and to analyze corresponding instruments by performing a systematic review of the literature. Candidate studies were first i...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi：10.1007/s00391-012-0341-3
更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKROUND:Until recently public health and health services research has not been concerned with people suffering from dementia with a Turkish migration background as a priority. There is little evidence about the situation of this population; however, it is known that these individuals almost always live with their fam...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00391-014-0802-y
更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:National and international data networks for data transfer and communication are playing an increasingly important role in science and medicine. These networks already exist on a regional, national and international scale. The biggest international network, the Internet, offers more than 300 sites referring to "aging"...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A structured geriatric assessment (GA) improves the quality of health care; however, the quality of GA guidelines has hardly been investigated. Eight guidelines were identified by systematically searching guideline databases, web sites of guideline developers, and PubMed. The methodological quality was assessed by two...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00391-011-0219-9
更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This work is aimed at reviewing 20 years of gerontological intervention research within the social and behavioral domain in German speaking countries. Only controlled studies based on adequate measurement instruments are considered. Literature analyses reveal that the issue of cognitive intervention research is well-c...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s003910050022
更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinically relevant posttraumatic stress disorders are almost always associated with physical symptoms, which are, on the one hand, classified as somatoform and, on the other hand, may also present as somatic comorbidities. The psychological, neurobiological, endocrinological and immunological correlations a...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00391-014-0629-6
更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:In this study the relevance of sense of coherence (SOC) for coping with an illness was examined in subjects with Parkinson's disease. According to Antonovsky's model (1997) the sense of coherence is an important resource when it comes to dealing with stressors. To take into consideration the integr...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00391-008-0009-1
更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The incidence of chronic respiratory diseases (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD) and interstitial lung diseases (e.g., pneumonia and lung fibrosis) increases with age. In addition to immune senescence, the accumulation of senescent cells directly in lung tissue might play a critical role in the increa...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00391-013-0543-3
更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Strengthening cognitive resources of residents in nursing homes is an important goal of preventive activities. The aim of this systematic review was to answer the question which intervention is most effective for nursing home residents to strengthen their cognitive resources. METHOD:A systematic literature ...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析
doi：10.1007/s00391-019-01654-9
更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The Nursing and Living Quality Act (PfleWoqG) regulates the implementation of legally regulated quality inspections and publication of statutory quality inspection reports for residential nursing homes in Bavaria. In the currently valid version, the quality records have to be published but a decision of the ...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00391-020-01767-6
更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00
abstract：:Insects can serve as excellent models to show that the genetically determined life span of organisms as well as that of other traits is characterized by high phenotypic plasticity. Depending on different environmental conditions the life cycle strategy can therefore be highly variable. Thus developmental and aging pro...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00391-004-0231-4
更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Depression in later life unfavorably impacts on the prognosis of comorbid somatic medical conditions. There are mutually reciprocal risk relationships with several frequently occurring medical conditions, such as diabetes, ischemic heart disease, stroke and Parkinson's disease. A wide range of psychological and psycho...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00391-016-1022-4
更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Geriatric patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) are increasingly being treated with novel oral anticoagulants (NOAC) to prevent ischemic stroke. This article highlights the outcome of an expert meeting on the practical use of NOAC in elderly patients. An interdisciplinary group of experts discussed the c...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00391-016-1027-z
更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of the present study was to describe the course and outcome of rehabilitation using a national recommended assessment program (AGAST). In our study 162 patients with stroke were included. Nearly all patients had improvement of activities of daily living (Barthel Index) and mobility (Tinetti Gait and Balance Sc...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s003910050105
更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Composition of staff and therapeutic offers of day-hospitals principally are identical with those of geriatric hospitals. But there are peculiarities in their working: They offer a well balanced combination of somato-, physio-, psycho- and sociotherapy which individually must be planned, perpetually controlled and if ...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Selected activities of daily living are used to describe the micro-area (dwelling), mezzo-area (quarter) and exo-area (outside the quarter). In a survey of 115 elderly people, the five-year-changes from 1985/86 to 1990/91 in their areas of mobility in a working class district are documented. Special interest is given ...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of palliative care is to help people with a progressive, probably fatal disease to achieve the highest possible quality of life. Any treatment is radically oriented towards the needs of the affected persons and their relatives. Although nursing institutions for seniors are the second most frequent pl...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00391-020-01803-5
更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Functional deficits of elderly patients are often not recognized during routine treatment in acute hospital care. In Germany, there are only limited experiences with the use of standardized assessment-scales in this health care setting. In this study, 112 patients were recruited for a very broad geriatric assessment f...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The present investigation aimed to assess the health-related QoL (HRQoL) of elderly people living in two settings: (i) rural community and (ii) homes for the elderly in a district of South India. The data are drawn from elderly (>60 years of age) sampled from both settings. The short form 36-item health survey (SF-36)...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00391-009-0077-x
更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The prognosis for patients with diastolic heart failure--heart failure with preserved ejection fraction--has not improved in the last few decades despite improvement of prognosis for all patients with heart failure. Diastolic dysfunction is a typical finding in elderly patients with heart failure. The diagnostic proce...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00391-012-0345-z
更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Mobile geriatric rehabilitation can be provided in the setting of nursing homes, short-term care (STC) facilities and exclusively in private homes. OBJECTIVE:This study analyzed the common features and differences of mobile rehabilitation interventions in various settings. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Stratified b...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00391-016-1033-1
更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this project was to obtain information about drug therapy in geriatric units. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Members of the geriatrics in Bavaria database (GiB-DAT) collected data on discharge medication and transferred them to the database. A total of 88,840 data sets of geriatric rehabilitation clinics a...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00391-012-0382-7
更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has become an important cause of severe infection in hospitalized patients all over the world. In Germany a significant increase of nosocomial infections due to MRSA has occurred during the last 10 years. Especially elderly patients with chronic illnesses are at increased risk of...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s003910070033
更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this study is to bring into focus the living conditions of the older adults in Turkey by using quality of life (QoL) criteria through which to highlight dimensions relating to their QoL status in comparison to other age cohorts. Are there specific QoL issues among older adults that would indicate that they ...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00391-013-0502-z
更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In 25 patients (10 male, 15 female) with systemic sclerosis aged between 28 and 79 years the biological age was determined. Alterations in the sense of "premature aging" were observed in the mean and developed stronger in male patients. They have to be counted in a greater part on the real process of disease. Compared...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the prevalence of falls and the related risk factors in the general population of community-living older people in Germany. OBJECTIVES:To assess the prevalence and related predictors of different types of falls in a sample of community-dwelling 65 years and older people in Germany livi...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00391-008-0506-2
更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In China, fundamental changes in population development have occurred during the past 50 years. The demographic transition in China required only a few years, while in most European countries this process took several decades. The fertility and mortality rates have declined very quickly, like in Japan and South Korea....
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00391-012-0401-8
更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Increasing evidence in managing polypharmacy in the growing elderly population with a higher prevalence of multiple chronic disease is the basis for this paper. Poor adherence, drug-drug interactions, drug-disease interactions, and inappropriate medication challenge the prescriptions of health care providers in this g...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00391-012-0362-y
更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00
