Psychometric properties of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument: a systematic review.

abstract：BACKGROUND:As part of a nursing home intervention study, the aim of this paper was 1) to evaluate the effects of a staff education programme about person-centred care and promotion of thriving on relatives' satisfaction with quality of care and their perceptions of the person-centredness of the environment, and 2) to o...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Lood Q,Sjögren K,Bergland Å,Lindkvist M,Kirkevold M,Sandman PO,Edvardsson D

更新日期：2020-08-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the general population, the epidemiological relationships between delirium and adverse outcomes are not well defined. The aims of this study were to: (1) construct an algorithm for the diagnosis of delirium using the Geriatric Mental State (GMS) examination; (2) test the criterion validity of this algorit...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Davis DH,Barnes LE,Stephan BC,MacLullich AM,Meagher D,Copeland J,Matthews FE,Brayne C,MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study.

更新日期：2014-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, primary care for frail older people is reactive, time consuming and does not meet patients' needs. A transition is needed towards proactive and integrated care, so that daily functioning and a good quality of life can be preserved. To work towards these goals, two interventions were developed to e...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Bleijenberg N,Drubbel I,Ten Dam VH,Numans ME,Schuurmans MJ,de Wit NJ

更新日期：2012-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continued aging of the population is expected to be accompanied by substantial increases in the number of people with dementia and in the number of health care staff required to care for them. Adequate knowledge about dementia among health care staff is important to the quality of care delivered to this vuln...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Smyth W,Fielding E,Beattie E,Gardner A,Moyle W,Franklin S,Hines S,MacAndrew M

更新日期：2013-01-02 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:Increasing viscosity can reduce the risk of aspiration into the airway, but excessively thickened food may require more force and effort. We assumed that semi-solid foods with similar viscosities will behave differently in the oropharynx and there might exist the possibility that properties other than viscos...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Park JW,Lee S,Yoo B,Nam K

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is well known that older adults figure prominently in the use of emergency departments (ED) across the United States. Previous research has differentiated ED visits by levels of clinical severity and found health status and other individual characteristics distinguished severe from non-severe visits. In t...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Kaskie B,Obrizan M,Jones MP,Bentler S,Weigel P,Hockenberry J,Wallace RB,Ohsfeldt RL,Rosenthal GE,Wolinsky FD

更新日期：2011-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dementia is an increasing public health threat worldwide. The pathogenesis of dementia has not been fully elucidated yet. Inflammatory processes are hypothesized to play an important role as a driver for cognitive decline but the origin of inflammation is not clear. We hypothesize that disturbances in gut mi...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Stadlbauer V,Engertsberger L,Komarova I,Feldbacher N,Leber B,Pichler G,Fink N,Scarpatetti M,Schippinger W,Schmidt R,Horvath A

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are knowledge gaps about the life situation for people ageing with Parkinson's disease (PD), with virtually no understanding of home and health dynamics. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to explore the association between aspects of health and objective as well as perceived housing in people...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Nilsson MH,Ullén S,Ekström H,Iwarsson S

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) frequently occur in patients with dementia. To date, prospective studies on the course of NPS have been conducted in patients with dementia in clinical centers or psychiatric services. The primary goal of this study is to investigate the course of NPS in patients with dementia...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Borsje P,Wetzels RB,Lucassen PL,Pot AM,Koopmans RT

更新日期：2014-03-17 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:Medication related harm (MRH) is a common cause of morbidity and hospital admission in the elderly, and has significant cost implications for both primary and secondary healthcare resources. The development of risk prediction models has become an increasingly common phenomenon in medicine and can be useful t...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Stevenson J,Parekh N,Ali K,Timeyin J,Bremner S,Van Der Cammen T,Allen J,Schiff R,Harchowal J,Davies G,Rajkumar C

更新日期：2016-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychotropic medications have been associated with many adverse outcomes in older people living in residential care. Home-like models of residential care may be preferable to traditional models of care and we hypothesized that this model may impact on the prevalence of psychotropic medications. The objective...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Harrison SL,Bradley C,Milte R,Liu E,Kouladjian O'Donnell L,Hilmer SN,Crotty M

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To examine the impact of frailty on medical and social care utilisation among the Irish community-dwelling older population to inform strategies of integrated care for older people with complex needs. METHODS:Participants aged ≥65 years from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) representative of...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Roe L,Normand C,Wren MA,Browne J,O'Halloran AM

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:External housing-related control beliefs (HCB) and general self-efficacy (GSE) influence different health outcomes in the general ageing population, but there is no information of their role in people ageing with Parkinson's disease (PD). This study aimed to longitudinally assess the role of external HCB and...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Gefenaite G,Björk J,Iwarsson S,Slaug B,Schmidt SM,Nilsson MH

更新日期：2020-05-25 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:The family often takes care of an elderly person who suddenly becomes dependent. This greatly affects different aspects of the caregivers' lives. The aim of this study is to explore the initial experiences, during the first year of care, of persons who suddenly become caregivers for elderly dependent relativ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Moral-Fernández L,Frías-Osuna A,Moreno-Cámara S,Palomino-Moral PA,Del-Pino-Casado R

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Existing group exercise programmes, or other services offered to maintain physical activity levels, are typically not developed specifically for older adults with dementia. The aim of this study was to gain knowledge about perceptions of a newly developed volunteer supported group exercise programme for olde...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Taraldsen K,Boulton E,Helbostad JL,Saltvedt I,Granbo R

更新日期：2020-07-08 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: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:Core outcome sets (COS) prioritise outcomes based on their importance to key stakeholders, reduce reporting bias and increase comparability across studies. The first phase of a COS study is to form a 'long-list' of outcomes. Key stakeholders then decide on their importance. COS reporting is described as subo...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Harding AJE,Morbey H,Ahmed F,Opdebeeck C,Lasrado R,Williamson PR,Swarbrick C,Leroi I,Challis D,Hellstrom I,Burns A,Keady J,Reilly ST

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several types of cognitive or combined cognitive-motor intervention types that might influence physical functions have been proposed in the past: training of dual-tasking abilities, and improving cognitive function through behavioral interventions or the use of computer games. The objective of this systemati...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Pichierri G,Wolf P,Murer K,de Bruin ED

更新日期：2011-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the ageing population, the number of older trauma patients has increased. The aim of this study was to assess non-surgical health care costs of older trauma patients and to identify which characteristics of older trauma patients were associated with high health care costs. METHODS:Trauma patients aged ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： van der Vlegel M,Haagsma JA,Geraerds AJLM,de Munter L,de Jongh MAC,Polinder S

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly one in every seven Americans is 65 years and older, facing day-to-day challenge of aging. Although interest in healthy aging is growing, most of the efforts are directed towards understanding the perceptions of older adults. Little is known about the perspectives of community-based practitioners who w...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Dev R,Zaslavsky O,Cochrane B,Eagen T,Woods NF

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some forms of pharmacotherapy are shown to increase the risk of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The purpose of this study is to investigate whether pharmacotherapy with proton pump inhibitors (PPI), inhaled corticosteroids, and atypical antipsychotics was associated with the increased risk for CAP in hos...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Gau JT,Acharya U,Khan S,Heh V,Mody L,Kao TC

更新日期：2010-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common form of dementia. However, there were mixed evidences about the association between blood pressure (BP) and risk of VaD in midlife and late life and limited evidence on the association between pulse pressure and VaD. METHODS:This is a population-based observ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Peng M,Chen G,Tang KL,Quan H,Smith EE,Faris P,Hachinski V,Campbell NRC

更新日期：2017-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:African American caregivers of community-residing persons with dementia are mostly unpaid and have high rates of unmet basic and health needs. The National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA) mandates improved coordination of care for persons with dementia and calls for special attention to racial populations at ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Abramsohn EM,Jerome J,Paradise K,Kostas T,Spacht WA,Lindau ST

更新日期：2019-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present paper is to assess the gait pattern of patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). A more specific aim is to compare the gait pattern of PAD patients before and after the appearance of intermittent claudication symptoms. METHODS:The study involved 34 PAD patients with a claudicatio...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Szymczak M,Krupa P,Oszkinis G,Majchrzycki M

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frailty and hemoglobin concentration, above what would be considered clinical anemia, are two common findings in older patients that lead to an increased risk of negative health outcomes. The objective of this study is to evaluate whether hemoglobin concentration is an independent predictor of frailty and in...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Steinmeyer Z,Delpierre C,Soriano G,Steinmeyer A,Ysebaert L,Balardy L,Sourdet S

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00