Review: xerostomia: a symptom which acts like a disease.

abstract：:Falls pose a major threat to the well-being and quality of life of older people. Falls can result in fractures and other injuries, disability and fear and can trigger a decline in physical function and loss of autonomy. This article synthesises recent published findings on fall risk and mobility assessments and fall p...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Lord SR,Close JCT

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as an alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement for patients with severe aortic stenosis considered inoperable or at high operative risk, but the long-term outcome remains unknown. HYPOTHESIS:we assessed the 4-year clinical and echocardiograp...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Thomopoulou S,Vavuranakis M,Karyofyllis P,Kariori M,Karavolias G,Balanika M,Smyrli A,Stefopoulos C,Sbarouni E,Moldovan C,Khoury M,Stefanadis C,Voudris V

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:there are around 100,000 new stroke cases and over a million people living with its consequences annually in the UK. This has large impacts on health and social care, unpaid carers and lost productivity. We aimed to estimate associated costs. METHODS:we estimated 2014/2015 annual mean cost per person and ag...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Patel A,Berdunov V,Quayyum Z,King D,Knapp M,Wittenberg R

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:cranberry juice is often given to older people in hospital to prevent urinary tract infection (UTI), although there is little evidence to support its use. OBJECTIVE:to assess whether cranberry juice ingestion is effective in reducing UTIs in older people in hospital. DESIGN:randomised, placebo-controlled, ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： McMurdo ME,Bissett LY,Price RJ,Phillips G,Crombie IK

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:general practitioners (GPs) have identified the management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) as a particularly challenging aspect of dementia care. However, there is a paucity of research on why GPs find BPSD challenging and how this influences the care they offer to their patients...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Jennings AA,Foley T,McHugh S,Browne JP,Bradley CP

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:chronic knee pain is still considered a fairly benign disease by many, an 'unavoidable' consequence of ageing. This passive acceptance may be unnecessarily exposing older people to disability and serious co-morbidity. The aim of this study was to determine the disease burden associated with chronic knee pain...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Fransen M,Su S,Harmer A,Blyth FM,Naganathan V,Sambrook P,Le Couteur D,Cumming RG

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to compare walking speed in the UK older population with the speed required to utilise pedestrian crossings (≥1.2 m/s), and determine health and socio-demographic associations with walking impairment. DESIGN:cross-sectional study using Health Survey for England 2005 data. SETTING:private households in Engl...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Asher L,Aresu M,Falaschetti E,Mindell J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and seventy residents of 11 Leicester City Council homes for the elderly, with a total of 515 beds, were studied during a 30-week period from September 1988 to March 1989 to determine the use of influenza vaccine, the levels of influenza antibody, the incidence of influenza, and the protection afforded by ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Nicholson KG,Baker DJ,Chakraverty P,Farquhar A,Hurd D,Kent J,Litton PA,Smith SH

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a survey of all 2069 in-patients at 14 geriatric centres, 249 patients were found to have received drugs for the treatment of parkinsonism. There was a wide variation in point prevalence which varied from 4.6% to 22.6% between centres. Levodopa, usually in combination with a decarboxylase inhibitor, was the most fr...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： White NJ,Barnes TR

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:to assess the effects of a physiotherapist-led stroke training programme for nurses working in a rehabilitation ward on clinical practice and patient outcome. METHOD:before and after group comparison with outcome assessment by observational and quantitative methods. Non-participant observation before and after the...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Forster A,Dowswell G,Young J,Sheard J,Wright P,Bagley P

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of 761 subjects 70 years and over was drawn from general-practice records of a rural township. Each subject was assessed and followed for 1 year to determine the incidence of and factors related to falls. The fall rate (number of falls per 100 person-years) increased from 47 for those aged 70-74 years to 121 ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Campbell AJ,Borrie MJ,Spears GF,Jackson SL,Brown JS,Fitzgerald JL

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the terminal decline hypothesis suggests an acceleration in the rate of loss of cognitive function before death. Evidence about the association of educational attainment and the onset of terminal decline is scarce. OBJECTIVE:to investigate the association of education with the onset of terminal decline in g...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Terrera GM,Minett T,Brayne C,Matthews FE

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:physical and mental health are important risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and death among postmenopausal women. The objective of this study was to assess whether changes in physical and mental health were associated with CVD incidence and death. METHODS:in the Women's Health Initiativ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Saquib N,Brunner R,Desai M,Kroenke C,Martin LW,Daviglus M,Allen NB,Robinson J,Tindle H,Stefanick ML

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:recent evidence suggests that the interaction between periods of sedentary and activity behaviour is important for health; providing distinctive information to assessment of activity alone. This study quantified activity and sedentary behaviour in older, community-dwelling adults. METHODS:fifty-six communit...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Lord S,Chastin SF,McInnes L,Little L,Briggs P,Rochester L

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:whether socioeconomic position over the life course influences the wellbeing of older people similarly in different societies is not known. OBJECTIVE:to investigate the magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in life satisfaction among individuals in early old age and the influence of the welfare state regi...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Niedzwiedz CL,Katikireddi SV,Pell JP,Mitchell R

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:to examine the relationships between impairments in hearing and vision and mortality from all-causes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among older people. DESIGN:population-based cohort study. PARTICIPANTS:the study population included 4,926 Icelandic individuals, aged ≥67 years, 43.4% male, who completed vi...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Fisher D,Li CM,Chiu MS,Themann CL,Petersen H,Jónasson F,Jónsson PV,Sverrisdottir JE,Garcia M,Harris TB,Launer LJ,Eiriksdottir G,Gudnason V,Hoffman HJ,Cotch MF

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown a defect in the cholinergic system of the cerebral cortex of patients suffering from nonvascular senile dementia. This observation suggests the possibility of instituting some kind of replacement therapy and trial have been carried out. At this juncture it seem pertinent to ask what lessons c...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Kendall MJ

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes a survey of 256 informal carers and elderly people they support, and examines the impact of the caring role upon quality of life. Carers reported that many aspects of their physical and mental health as well as their social and family lives were affected by their caring. For many the caring activi...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Jones DA,Peters TJ

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age is thought to be strongly associated with intensive care outcomes, but this relationship may be confounded by many clinical variables. OBJECTIVES:To compare clinical characteristics of elderly patients (> or = 65 years) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with those in younger patients and to iden...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Vosylius S,Sipylaite J,Ivaskevicius J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to compare the cost effectiveness of post-acute care for older people provided in community hospitals with general hospital care. DESIGN:cost-effectiveness study embedded within a randomised controlled trial. SETTING:seven community hospitals and five general hospitals at five centres in the midlands and n...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： O'Reilly J,Lowson K,Green J,Young JB,Forster A

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：Introduction:frailty is an increased vulnerability to adverse health outcomes, across multiple physiological systems, with both environmental and genetic drivers. The two most commonly used measures are Rockwood's frailty index (FI) and Fried's frailty phenotype (FP). Material and methods:the present study included 36...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Livshits G,Ni Lochlainn M,Malkin I,Bowyer R,Verdi S,Steves CJ,Williams FMK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and sixty centenarians were discovered and followed up for 7 years (1982-88) in Shanghai. The proportion of centenarians in the population was non-significantly greater in the urban than in the rural area and centenarians were in general increasing in both areas over the years. The factors promoting longev...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Zheng ZX,Wang ZS,Zhu HM,Yang JY,Peng HY,Wang LX,Li J,Jiang XW,Yu YF

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the recognition of stroke symptoms by the public and activation of the emergency medical services (EMS) are the most important factors in instigating pre-hospital stroke care. Studies have suggested that poor recognition of the warning signs of stroke is the main cause of delay in accessing the EMS. METHODS...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Jones SP,Jenkinson AJ,Leathley MJ,Watkins CL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis is probably commoner than previously suspected, the annual incidence being nearer 9-10/million than earlier figures of 2-4/million. The current study found an annual incidence in Croyden of 9.1 per million (95% confidence limits 5.7-13.8 per million). Of the 22 patients (59%) seen in Croyden with new...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Schon F,Drayson M,Thompson RA

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:In one experiment, four groups of six-week-old-male PVG rats were, respectively, given tap water ('control group'), 0.00125M, 0.0025M, and 0.005M lathyrogen (aminoacetonitrile hydrochloride: AAN) solutions ad libitum for a period of 20 weeks. In a second experiment, 12-week-old male rats were similarly treated. It was...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Morgan AJ,Bellamy D

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines state that doctors should reveal the diagnosis to the carer and the person with dementia. Carers may, however, not wish the diagnosis to be disclosed. We investigated carer and patient characteristics associated with the wish for disclosure. Fifty-four per cent of 100 carers wished the diagnosis to be revea...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Fahy M,Wald C,Walker Z,Livingston G

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle cramps are painful and common in elderly patients but have largely escaped medical investigation. Quinine sulphate is usually the sole drug prescribed, even though firm evidence for its efficacy is not available. The results of the present double-blind cross-over study show that quinine was significantly superi...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Jones K,Castleden CM

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00