Depression following hip fracture is associated with increased physical frailty in older adults: the role of the cortisol: dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate ratio.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many older people in long-term care do not receive evidence-based diagnosis or management for heart failure; it is not known whether this can be achieved for this population. We initiated an onsite heart failure service, compared with 'usual care' with the aim of establishing the feasibility of accurate diag...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Hancock HC,Close H,Mason JM,Murphy JJ,Fuat A,de Belder M,Hunt T,Baker A,Wilson D,Hungin AP

更新日期：2012-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the gradual loss of function, it is crucial for persons with dementia to discuss advance care planning in due course. However, nursing home staff, residents and their families feel uncomfortable to start this type of conversation, resulting in unknown (care) preferences. 'We DECide optimized' will pro...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Goossens B,Sevenants A,Declercq A,Van Audenhove C

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research participation burden, despite being an integral concept in research ethics, is not well-conceptualized in the context of the use of technology in research. This knowledge gap is especially critical for the older adult population as new technology solutions are increasingly embedded in clinical trial...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Kabacińska K,Sharma N,Kaye J,Mattek N,Kuzeljevic B,Robillard JM

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multimorbidity is the coexistence of more than two chronic diseases in the same individual; however, there is no consensus about the best definition. In addition, few studies have described the variability of multimorbidity patterns over time. The aim of this study was to identify multimorbidity patterns and...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Guisado-Clavero M,Roso-Llorach A,López-Jimenez T,Pons-Vigués M,Foguet-Boreu Q,Muñoz MA,Violán C

更新日期：2018-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falls are very common, especially in adults aged 65 years and older. Within the current international European Commission's Seventh Framework Program (FP7) project 'iStoppFalls' an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based system has been developed to regularly assess a person's risk of falling in...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Gschwind YJ,Eichberg S,Marston HR,Ejupi A,Rosario Hd,Kroll M,Drobics M,Annegarn J,Wieching R,Lord SR,Aal K,Delbaere K

更新日期：2014-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dementia care is predominantly provided by carers in home settings. We aimed to identify the priorities for homecare safety of people with dementia according to dementia health and social care professionals using a novel priority-setting method. METHODS:The project steering group determined the scope, the c...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Tudor Car L,El-Khatib M,Perneczky R,Papachristou N,Atun R,Rudan I,Car J,Vincent C,Majeed A

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nicotine may aid reaction time, learning and memory, but smoking increases cardiovascular risk. Cardiovascular risk factors have been linked to increased risk of dementia. A previous meta-analysis found that current smokers were at higher risk of subsequent dementia, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia an...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Peters R,Poulter R,Warner J,Beckett N,Burch L,Bulpitt C

更新日期：2008-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Meperidine (pethidine) is an opioid analgesic that offers little advantage relative to other opioids and several disadvantages including limited potency, short duration of action, and the production of a neurotoxic metabolite (normeperidine) with a long half-life. Older adults are more sensitive to meperidin...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Friesen KJ,Falk J,Bugden S

更新日期：2016-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current model of medication supply to Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) in Australia is dependent on paper-based prescriptions. This study is aimed at assessing the use of a centralized medication chart as a prescription-less model for supplying medications to RACFs. METHODS:Two separate focus groups...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Hoti K,Hughes J,Sunderland B

更新日期：2012-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anticholinergic medication use is linked with increased cognitive decline, dementia, falls and mortality, and their use should be limited in older people. Here we estimate the prevalence of anticholinergic use in England's older population in 1991 and 2011, and describe changes in use by participant's age, s...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Grossi CM,Richardson K,Savva GM,Fox C,Arthur A,Loke YK,Steel N,Brayne C,Matthews FE,Robinson L,Myint PK,Maidment ID

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing number of older people, mainly women, live in single households. They represent a vulnerable group as staying at home may turn out challenging when care needs increase, particularly at the end of life. Non-kin-carers can play an essential role in supporting individuals' preferences to stay at home....

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Pleschberger S,Reitinger E,Trukeschitz B,Wosko P

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although physician-rated health is emerging as a potentially useful variable in research, with implications in practice, it has not been analyzed. Moreover, one of its most important aspects, namely, concordance with patients' objective health state, has not been investigated. This study sought to measure co...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Damián J,Pastor-Barriuso R,Valderrama-Gama E,de Pedro-Cuesta J

更新日期：2015-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Undernutrition prior to major abdominal surgery is frequent and increases morbidity and mortality, especially in older patients. The management of undernutrition reduces postoperative complications. Nutritional management should be a priority in patient care during the preoperative period. However undernutri...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Dupuis M,Kuczewski E,Villeneuve L,Bin-Dorel S,Haine M,Falandry C,Gilbert T,Passot G,Glehen O,Bonnefoy M

更新日期：2017-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falls are common among elderly people, and the risk increase with age. Falls are associated with both health and social consequences for the patient, and major societal costs. Identification of risk factors should be investigated to prevent falls. Previous studies have shown anemia to be associated with incr...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Hopstock LA,Utne EB,Horsch A,Skjelbakken T

更新日期：2017-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Selecting appropriate outcome measures for vulnerable, multimorbid, older patients with acute and chronic impairments poses specific challenges, which may have caused inconsistent findings of previous intervention trials on early inpatient rehabilitation in acutely hospitalized older patients. The aim of thi...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Heldmann P,Werner C,Belala N,Bauer JM,Hauer K

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective fall prevention exercise for community-dwelling older adults requires (i) challenging balance exercise, (ii) offered at least 3 hrs/ week, and (iii) on an ongoing basis, to reduce falls. Community exercise programs are a potential implementation strategy for fall prevention exercise; however, the e...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Sibley KM,Touchette AJ,Singer JC,Dubberley KMA,Oates AR

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular risk factors increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but there is limited evidence on whether comorbid vascular conditions and risk factors have an impact on disease progression. The aim of this study was to examine the association between vascular disease and vascular risk factors and progre...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Eldholm RS,Persson K,Barca ML,Knapskog AB,Cavallin L,Engedal K,Selbaek G,Skovlund E,Saltvedt I

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim was to estimate the prevalence of frailty and relative contribution of physical/balance, nutritive, cognitive and sensory frailty to important adverse health states (falls, physical activity levels, outdoor mobility, problems in self-care or usual activities, and lack of energy or accomplishment) in ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Arnadottir SA,Bruce J,Lall R,Withers EJ,Underwood M,Shaw F,Sheridan R,Hossain A,Lamb SE,Pre-FIT Study Group.

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risk prediction after myocardial infarction is often complex in older patients. The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) model includes clinical parameters and age, but not frailty. We hypothesised that frailty would enhance the prognostic properties of GRACE. METHODS:We performed a prospective ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Anand A,Cudmore S,Robertson S,Stephen J,Haga K,Weir CJ,Murray SA,Boyd K,Gunn J,Iqbal J,MacLullich A,Shenkin SD,Fox KAA,Mills N,Denvir MA

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International guidelines recommend adapting the classic emergency department (ED) management model to the needs of older adults in order to ameliorate post-ED outcomes among this vulnerable group. To improve the care for older ED patients and especially prevent unplanned ED readmissions, the URGENT care mode...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Devriendt E,Heeren P,Fieuws S,Wellens NIH,Deschodt M,Flamaing J,Sabbe M,Milisen K

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falls are a major threat to older people's health and wellbeing. Approximately half of falls occur in outdoor environments but little is known about the circumstances in which they occur. We conducted a qualitative study to explore older people's experiences of outdoor falls to develop understanding of how t...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Nyman SR,Ballinger C,Phillips JE,Newton R

更新日期：2013-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More than six million American Indians live in the United States, and an estimated 1.6 million will be aged ≥65 years old by 2050 tripling in numbers since 2012. Physical functioning and related factors in this population are poorly understood. Our study aimed to assess lower body functioning and identify th...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Goins RT,Schure M,Jensen PN,Suchy-Dicey A,Nelson L,Verney SP,Howard BV,Buchwald D

更新日期：2018-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To describe T-cell and natural killer (NK) cell phenotypes within nursing home elderly. METHODS:Nursing home elderly were recruited from four nursing homes in Hamilton, Ontario between September 2010 and December 2011. Healthy adults were recruited from McMaster University between September 2011 and Decembe...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Johnstone J,Millar J,Lelic A,Verschoor CP,Walter SD,Devereaux PJ,Bramson J,Loeb M

更新日期：2014-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frailty represents a public health priority and an increasingly prevalent condition in the ageing population. It is seen as reflecting an interaction among individual factors and a range of environmental elements. This study aims to examine the association between frailty and individual factors, physical and...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Ye B,Gao J,Fu H

更新日期：2018-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in 2011 were at risk of deteriorating health, especially elderly people living in disaster-stricken areas. The objectives of this prospective study were: a) to clarify the different lifestyle and psychosocial factors associated with frailty by s...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Tsubota-Utsugi M,Yonekura Y,Tanno K,Nozue M,Shimoda H,Nishi N,Sakata K,Kobayashi S,RIAS study.

更新日期：2018-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using Singapore as a case study, this paper aims to understand the effects of the current long-term care policy and various alternative policy options on the labor market participation of primary informal family caregivers of elderly with disability. METHODS:A model of the long-term care system in Singapore...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Ansah JP,Matchar DB,Malhotra R,Love SR,Liu C,Do Y

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of people with dementia is increasing alongside the aging population, and most of these patients manifest with neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS). The objective of this study was to investigate anti-dementia drug use and its associations with NPS. METHODS:Questionnaires on demographic information, c...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Kuronen M,Koponen H,Nykänen I,Karppi P,Hartikainen S

更新日期：2015-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are various definitions and diagnostic criteria for dementia, leading to discrepancies in case ascertainment in both clinical practice and research. We reviewed the different definitions, approaches and measurements used to operationalize dementia in health care studies in German nursing homes with the...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Palm R,Jünger S,Reuther S,Schwab CG,Dichter MN,Holle B,Halek M

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seventy percent of people with advanced dementia live and die in care homes. Multisensory approaches, such as Namaste Care, have been developed to improve the quality of life and dying for people with advanced dementia but little is known about effectiveness or optimum delivery. The aim of this review was to...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Bunn F,Lynch J,Goodman C,Sharpe R,Walshe C,Preston N,Froggatt K

更新日期：2018-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the increase in the understanding of the influence of various lifestyle factors such as sedentary behaviour and level of physical activity (PA) on physical and mental health, there has been a growing research interest on how physical inactivity correlates with depressive outcomes across countries. The p...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Bishwajit G,O'Leary DP,Ghosh S,Yaya S,Shangfeng T,Feng Z

更新日期：2017-04-28 00:00:00