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Geriatric Assessment (0):
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Geriatric Assessment
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Participation in physical activity (PA) and healthy nutrition are important factors that affects muscle and bone strength and the resultant functioning in the activities of daily living (ADL) skills including the overall quality of life (QoL) of geriatric individuals. However, the relationships betwe...
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PMID: 21913535
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Patients with impaired left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and severe aortic stenosis have a higher perioperative risk for aortic valve replacement. Transapical aortic valve implantation (TA-AVI) allows for off-pump valve implantation, which might be beneficial in the subgroup of patients with...
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PMID: 21718826
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Community dental health (28)2 2011
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The current research aims to clarify the factors relevant to elderly people's access to dental care in Japan, particularly focusing on geographical accessibility.
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PMID: 21780351
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This person-centered intervention, based on VSP of a family member, provides encouraging results for reducing RTC and increasing participation of adults with dementia in basic care tasks....
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PMID: 21624886
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To explore the associations between frailty and reproductive axis hormones (as an important regulatory system) in middle aged and older men.
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PMID: 21568952
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Social Work (56)2 2011
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Little is known about the psychological status of older refugees who have immigrated from war-torn areas in the Middle East. This study examined the nature and predictors of depression among older Kurds living in one city in the United States. Older Kurds (N = 70) were recruited and...
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PMID: 21553579
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La Revue du praticien (61)4 2011
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Annals of Internal Medicine (154)7 2011
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We compared the discrimination calibration of SHERPA vs SHERPA+, a logistic regression model including SHERPA and selected biomarkers.
Three months after discharge, functional decline had occurred in 46 patients. IL-6 and IGF-1 were selected, since their levels were significantly dif...
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PMID: 20448452
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To evaluate the association between the Drug Burden Index (DBI), a measure of a person's total exposure to anticholinergic and sedative medications that includes principles of dose-response and maximal effect and is associated with impaired physical function in community-dwelling older people, and fa...
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PMID: 21539525
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 6-wk intervention that used guided relaxation and exercise imagery (GREI) to increase self-reported leisure-time exercise behavior among older adults. A total of 93 community-dwelling healthy older adults (age 70.38 ± 8.15 yr, 66 female) were...
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PMID: 21558568
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The acceptability of a high-calorie-expenditure (HCE) exercise program in older coronary heart disease patients participating in a behavioral weight-control program was evaluated. Seventy-four overweight patients (median age 63 yr) were randomly assigned to a 5-mo intervention of HCE exercise (3,000-...
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PMID: 21558566
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Population trends suggest that the next 20 years will witness a dramatic increase in the adult population aged 65 and older. Projected increases in the elderly population are expected to significantly increase the stress on family and professional caretakers. Stress, in the context of caregiving rela...
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PMID: 21462050
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This article presents recommendations from expert practitioners and researchers regarding future directions for research on elder abuse prevention. Using the Research-to-Practice Consensus Workshop model, participants critiqued academic research on the prevention of elder mistreatment and identified...
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PMID: 21462046
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Clinical Medicine (11)2 2011
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Over-the-counter (OTC) medications, benzodiazepines, and barbiturates are not covered under many Medicare drug benefit plans; hence, their use by homebound older adults is largely unreported. Furthermore, the tiered design of Medicare drug formularies may in fact promote the use of older but potentia...
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PMID: 21487081
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Psychiatry Research (192)2 2011
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We explored the patterns of hippocampal and amygdalar atrophy in those patients and their associations with clinical parameters. Structural magnetic resonance imaging was performed in 20 elderly schizophrenia patients, 20 AD and 19 healthy older controls. Hippocampal and amygdalar volumes were obtai...
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PMID: 21458960
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In our elderly patient cohort, additional surgery following non-curative ER improved overall and disease-free survival compared with non-surgical observation only. Thus, surgery should be considered following non-curative ER in EGC patients >75 years of age.Am J Gastroenterol advance online publicati...
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PMID: 21407189
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To investigate fluid intake, dehydration and the key factors affecting nursing home residents' fluid intake and dehydration.
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PMID: 21091919
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To investigate the relationships between uncontrolled and controlled hypertension, orthostatic hypotension (OH), and falls in participants of the Maintenance of Balance, Independent Living, Intellect, and Zest in the Elderly of Boston Study (N=722, mean age 78.1).
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PMID: 21391928
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To determine whether the presence of high depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) score ≥14) diminished physical performance benefits after a comprehensive physical activity intervention in older adults.
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PMID: 21391940
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To determine whether older adults (aged ≥ 60) experience less improvement in disability and pain with nonsurgical treatment of lumbar disk herniation (LDH) than younger adults (
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PMID: 21391933
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This study sought to find a correlation between the prosthetic status and TMD and between the prosthetic status and self-perception of oral health in a Brazilian elderly population (n = 400). Prosthetic status was recorded in clinical examinations, and TMD was determined by applying the Helkimo index...
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PMID: 21528687
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British Journal of Nutrition (105)2 2011
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These results suggest that in elderly adults, CC is more effective than BMI in predicting long-term mortality risk. Thus, more consideration to CC and MAC in designing geriatric health or nutritional measurement scales is recommended....
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PMID: 21129232
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The aim of this study was to analyse the types of and rationale for the clinical recommendations made by the pharmacist in a rural aged care facility to improve patient safety. The classes of drugs associated with the pharmacist's recommendations were also identified. A related aim was to determine t...
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PMID: 21616022
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This article reports on a few ethical considerations associated with prescribing for the elderly. A large number of elderly people are on several medications for the treatment of various chronic conditions that develop with age. Most of these treatments involve symptom management and prevention of sy...
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PMID: 21616016
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Critical Care Medicine (38)12 2010
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To examine variations in the frequency of discharge of elderly patients to postacute care facilities across multiple intensive care units and identify the influence of institutional and patient factors on the frequency of postacute care discharge.
Observational cohort study.
Consecutive admissions f...
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PMID: 20890195
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This article provides detailed information about assessing the mental health needs of older adults as well as strategies to maintain mental health. An overview of the public health needs of older adults is provided that includes examples of policies that ensure minimum physical and mental health for...
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PMID: 20971342
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Community dental health (27)4 2010
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To obtain information about the subjective oral health status of non-clinical elderly populations of urban regions of Germany, one in the East and one in the West, by using OHIP-14 and, for first time, the GOHAI, and, furthermore, to compare the results obtained by use of both instruments.
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PMID: 21473361
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We administered the MoCA-D to healthy control subjects and to elderly with MCI or dementia from a memory disorder outpatient clinic and a geriatric (outpatient) clinic (n = 30, 32, 37 respectively, age > or = 60). Neuropsychological testing was part of the standard procedure for patients to diagnose...
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PMID: 21229776
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to evaluate the efficacy and safety of doxepin 1 mg and 3 mg in elderly subjects with chronic primary insomnia.
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PMID: 21102997
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Psychiatry Research (184)1 2010
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We explored the neural correlates of episodic memory in AD, MCI and healthy aging by correlating a measure of episodic memory with hippocampal volume and fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) of the cingulum and fornix. Episodic memory was associated with hippocampal volume and MD of...
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PMID: 20832251
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Revue medicale suisse (6)269 2010
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Hip fracture in the elderly can be associated with dramatic issues like death in the year or severe handicap requiring admission in a nursing home. Implementation of a close cooperation between orthopaedic surgeon and geriatrician materialize in the creation of unit, known as orthogeriatric unit whe...
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PMID: 21140964
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DEMMI admission scores were normally distributed (mean 30.2, standard deviation 16.7) and other activity limitation instruments had either a floor or a ceiling effect. Evidence of convergent, discriminant and known groups validity for the DEMMI were obtained. The minimal detectable change with 90% c...
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PMID: 21031293
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Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit (16)11 2010
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We carried out a study on 188 elderly persons in 4 homes (2 governmental and 2 private). Participants were interviewed individually using a structured interview schedule. Each home was visited daily for 1 week in order to assess the type of activities provided and the participation. Performance of a...
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PMID: 21218743
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Psicothema (22)4 2010
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In the Anglo-Saxon scientific literature, successful aging has been consolidated during the last four decades. Nevertheless, several terms have been used as synonymous: healthy, active, productive, optimal, positive aging. Although, all these terms have been described through a broad set of bio-psyc...
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PMID: 21044491
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MMW Fortschritte der Medizin (152)40 2010
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American Surgeon (76)10 2010
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We evaluated self-rated functional status measured longitudinally in the year after injury in a geriatric trauma population. The longitudinal (L) group included 37 of 60 eligible trauma patients aged 65 years or older admitted December 2006 to November 2007 for greater than 24 hours who completed a...
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PMID: 21105608
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This article presents evaluation results from a curricular innovation aimed at increasing the capacity of social work graduates to serve older adults in health, mental health, and substance abuse settings. Working as a team, faculty developed, incorporated, and evaluated gerontology-infused syllabi...
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PMID: 20865625
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We seek to shine light on this forgotten population and deepen understanding of difficult challenges they confront in regaining housing security. We also examine the shifting political climate regarding homelessness, particularly the enactment and subsequent reauthorizations of the McKinney-Vento Ho...
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PMID: 20865621
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It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that the quality of life and nutritional status of older adults residing in health care communities can be enhanced by individualization to less-restrictive diets. The American Dietetic Association advocates for registered dietitians to assess...
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PMID: 20882714
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Geriatric patients are not defined by their age but by their general profile. Ageing is characterized by loss of organ function together with a reduced capability for adapting to changes in the environment (loss of homeostatic mechanisms) leading to frailty. In the older patient with cancer, there c...
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PMID: 21114057
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The closure of lacerations in thin-skinned patients often presents a challenge to emergency physicians; skin contracture and inflamed, edematous wounds prevent easy opposition of wound edges, thereby preventing simple closure.
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PMID: 20880653
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Surgical Oncology (19)3 2010
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Due to the expanding geriatric population and the high incidence of cancer in this age group, there is an increased burden on clinical oncologists. Elderly patients suffer from one or more chronic diseases, especially cardiovascular diseases, COPD, or diabetes. Besides affecting life expectancy, com...
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PMID: 20036531
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Public Health Nutrition (13)9 2010
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To determine whether the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) can screen and diagnose for malnutrition in the Iranian elderly.
The MNA was administered to all volunteers. Each patient underwent anthropometric and serum albumin measurements. Reliability, validity, sensitivity, specificity, positive- and...
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PMID: 20188008
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Public Health Nutrition (13)9 2010
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To estimate the prevalence of malnutrition among free-living elderly in a rural population of south India.
Cross-sectional study. Nutritional status was assessed using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) questionnaire, which is an eighteen-item nutritional screening instrument used in the elderly....
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PMID: 19807935
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We present normative data from a large population-based sample of centenarians for several brief, global neurocognitive tasks amenable for frail elders. Comparative data from octogenarians are included. A total of 244 centenarians and 80 octogenarians from Phase III of the Georgia Centenarian Study...
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PMID: 20521181
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Aging and Mental Health (14)7 2010
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Despite evidence of disproportionate underutilization of mental health services by older adults and by individuals with anxiety disorders, little is known specifically about service use by older adults with anxiety. This study examines the prevalence of mental health service use among older adults w...
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PMID: 20635231
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Aging and Mental Health (14)7 2010
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Our estimates of the incidence of depressive symptoms were considerably higher than those previously found in elderly populations living in the community. A vulnerable health status is associated with a high risk of depressive symptoms....
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PMID: 20658371
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Neuropsychobiology (62)3 2010
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We examined the effects of cerebrovascular changes on the course of geriatric depressive symptoms, dementia rates, and mortality over a follow-up period of approximately 10 years.
Participants were 84 patients with major depression (age of onset over 50 years); patients suffering from strokes, neuro...
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PMID: 20664230
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The clinical utility of embedded indices of effort in the RBANS was examined in a geriatric sample. Patients were classified as providing suspect effort (n = 45) or probable good effort (n = 258) using the TOMM and clinical consensus. Following the methodology of Silverberg and colleagues (2007), se...
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PMID: 20544558
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These results also suggest that the use of mental health services is associated with severity of the mental illness....
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PMID: 20723279
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