Ausgabe 1/2014
Inhalt (145 Artikel)
Situational awareness, relational coordination and integrated care delivery to hospitalized elderly in The Netherlands: a comparison between hospitals
Jacqueline M Hartgerink, Jane M Cramm, Annemarie JBM de Vos, Ton JEM Bakker, Ewout W Steyerberg, Johan P Mackenbach, Anna P Nieboer
Frailty among rural elderly adults
Carmen-Lucia Curcio, Guadalupe-Maria Henao, Fernando Gomez
The use of PDSA methodology to evaluate and optimise an inner city memory clinic: a quality improvement project
Jennifer Perry, Francesca Bell, Therese Shaw, Barbara Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth L Sampson
Connecting the person with dementia and family: a feasibility study of a telepresence robot
Wendy Moyle, Cindy Jones, Marie Cooke, Siobhan O’Dwyer, Billy Sung, Suzie Drummond
Family caregiver challenges in dementia care in Australia and China: a critical perspective
Lily Dongxia Xiao, Jing Wang, Guo-Ping He, Anita De Bellis, Jenny Verbeeck, Helena Kyriazopoulos
Risk factors for depressed mood amongst a community dwelling older age population in England: cross-sectional survey data from the PRO-AGE study
Jane P Biddulph, Steve Iliffe, Kalpa Kharicha, Danielle Harari, Cameron Swift, Gerhard Gillmann, Andreas E Stuck
A claims data-based comparison of comorbidity in individuals with and without dementia
Kathrin Bauer, Larissa Schwarzkopf, Elmar Graessel, Rolf Holle
Psychometric properties of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument: a systematic review
Marla K Beauchamp, Catherine T Schmidt, Mette M Pedersen, Jonathan F Bean, Alan M Jette
Effects of impairment in activities of daily living on predicting mortality following hip fracture surgery in studies using administrative healthcare databases
Dallas P Seitz, Geoffrey M Anderson, Peter C Austin, Andrea Gruneir, Sudeep S Gill, Chaim M Bell, Paula A Rochon
A decision aid regarding long-term tube feeding targeting substitute decision makers for cognitively impaired older persons in Japan: A small-scale before-and-after study
Yumiko Kuraoka, Kazuhiro Nakayama
Health-related quality of life in the Cambridge City over-75s Cohort (CC75C): development of a dementia-specific scale and descriptive analyses
Jaime Perales, Theodore D Cosco, Blossom CM Stephan, Jane Fleming, Steven Martin, Josep Maria Haro, Carol Brayne
Is the Timed Up and Go test a useful predictor of risk of falls in community dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta- analysis
Emma Barry, Rose Galvin, Claire Keogh, Frances Horgan, Tom Fahey
German adaptation of the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health II: study protocol of a single-centred, randomised controlled trial
Stephanie Heinrich, Martin Berwig, Anke Simon, Jenny Jänichen, Nina Hallensleben, Witiko Nickel, Andreas Hinz, Elmar Brähler, Hermann-Josef Gertz
The treatment of hypertension in people with dementia: a systematic review of observational studies
Tomas J Welsh, John R Gladman, Adam L Gordon
Multiple component interventions for preventing falls and fall-related injuries among older people: systematic review and meta-analysis
Victoria A Goodwin, Rebecca A Abbott, Rebecca Whear, Alison Bethel, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Jo Thompson-Coon, Ken Stein
Chronic disease and falls in community-dwelling Canadians over 65 years old: a population-based study exploring associations with number and pattern of chronic conditions
Kathryn M Sibley, Jennifer Voth, Sarah E Munce, Sharon E Straus, Susan B Jaglal
Gender differences in adiponectin levels and body composition in older adults: Hallym aging study
Hong Ji Song, Sohee Oh, Shanai Quan, Ohk-Hyun Ryu, Jin-Young Jeong, Kyung-Soon Hong, Dong-Hyun Kim
Effects of a home visiting nurse intervention versus care as usual on individual activities of daily living: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
Bruce Friedman, Yanen Li, Dianne V Liebel, Bethel A Powers
Diagnoses indicating pain and analgesic drug prescription in patients with dementia: a comparison to age- and sex-matched controls
Falk Hoffmann, Hendrik van den Bussche, Birgitt Wiese, Gerd Glaeske, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz
Comparison of alternate scoring of variables on the performance of the frailty index
Fernando G Peña, Olga Theou, Lindsay Wallace, Thomas D Brothers, Thomas M Gill, Evelyne A Gahbauer, Susan Kirkland, Arnold Mitnitski, Kenneth Rockwood
Four screening instruments for frailty in older patients with and without cancer: a diagnostic study
Ineke HGJ Smets, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Maryska LG Janssen-Heijnen, Laura Deckx, Frank JVM Buntinx, Marjan van den Akker
Subjective caregiver burden: validity of the 10-item short version of the Burden Scale for Family Caregivers BSFC-s
Elmar Graessel, Hendrik Berth, Thomas Lichte, Hannes Grau
Restraint use in home care: a qualitative study from a nursing perspective
Kristien Scheepmans, Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé, Louis Paquay, Hendrik Van Gansbeke, Steven Boonen, Koen Milisen
Screening for frailty in primary care: a systematic review of the psychometric properties of the frailty index in community-dwelling older people
Irene Drubbel, Mattijs E Numans, Guido Kranenburg, Nienke Bleijenberg, Niek J de Wit, Marieke J Schuurmans
Association between anemia and falls in community-dwelling older people: cross-sectional results from the KORA-Age study
Kathrin Thaler-Kall, Angela Döring, Annette Peters, Barbara Thorand, Eva Grill, Wolfgang Koenig, Alexander Horsch, Christa Meisinger
Use of complementary and alternative medicine by older adults – a cross-sectional survey
Katharina Schnabel, Sylvia Binting, Claudia M Witt, Michael Teut
Self-management abilities and frailty are important for healthy aging among community-dwelling older people; a cross-sectional study
Jane M Cramm, Jos Twisk, Anna P Nieboer
Antimicrobial resistance in urinary pathogens among Swedish nursing home residents remains low: a cross-sectional study comparing antimicrobial resistance from 2003 to 2012
Pär-Daniel Sundvall, Marie Elm, Ronny Gunnarsson, Sigvard Mölstad, Nils Rodhe, Lars Jonsson, Peter Ulleryd
Diagnoses, problems and healthcare interventions amongst older people with an unscheduled hospital admission who have concurrent mental health problems: a prevalence study
Alex Glover, Lucy E Bradshaw, Nicola Watson, Emily Laithwaite, Sarah E Goldberg, Kathy H Whittamore, Rowan H Harwood
A 52 month follow-up of functional decline in nursing home residents – degree of dementia contributes
Anne-Sofie Helvik, Knut Engedal, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth, Geir Selbæk
PML-nuclear bodies decrease with age and their stress response is impaired in aged individuals
Barbara Wenger, Manuela Schwegler, Maria Brunner, Christoph Daniel, Manfred Schmidt, Rainer Fietkau, Luitpold V Distel
Development of the Brief Ageing Perceptions Questionnaire (B-APQ): a confirmatory factor analysis approach to item reduction
Eithne Sexton, Bellinda L King-Kallimanis, Karen Morgan, Hannah McGee
Which older people decline participation in a primary care trial of physical activity and why: insights from a mixed methods approach
Annabelle Rogers, Tess Harris, Christina Victor, Alison Woodcock, Elizabeth Limb, Sally Kerry, Steve Iliffe, Peter Whincup, Ulf Ekelund, Carole Beighton, Michael Ussher, Fredrika Adams, Derek G Cook
Factors associated with functional incapacity in elders living in long stay institutions in Brazil: a cross-sectional study
Inês Echenique Mattos, Cleber Nascimento do Carmo, Lívia Maria Santiago, Laércio Lima Luz
Atherosclerosis and Alzheimer - diseases with a common cause? Inflammation, oxysterols, vasculature
Richard Lathe, Alexandra Sapronova, Yuri Kotelevtsev
Gluteal muscle composition differentiates fallers from non-fallers in community dwelling older adults
Mario Inacio, Alice S Ryan, Woei-Nan Bair, Michelle Prettyman, Brock A Beamer, Mark W Rogers
Knowledge, perceptions, and experiences of family caregivers and home care providers of physical restraint use with home-dwelling elders: a cross-sectional study in Japan
Sadami Kurata, Toshiyuki Ojima
Fall risk-increasing drugs and falls: a cross-sectional study among elderly patients in primary care
Veronica Milos, Åsa Bondesson, Martina Magnusson, Ulf Jakobsson, Tommy Westerlund, Patrik Midlöv
Age-based prediction of incidence of complications during inpatient stroke rehabilitation: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study
Chien-Min Chen, Hung-Chih Hsu, Chia-Hao Chang, Chu-Hsu Lin, Kai-Hua Chen, Wei-Chi Hsieh, Wen-Ming Chang
The Korean urban rural elderly cohort study: study design and protocol
Eun Young Lee, Hyeon Chang Kim, Yumie Rhee, Yoosik Youm, Kyoung Min Kim, Ju Mi Lee, Dong Phil Choi, Young Mi Yun, Chang Oh Kim
New potential determinants of disability in aged persons with myocardial infarction: results from the KORINNA-study
Philip Andrew Quinones, Hildegard Seidl, Rolf Holle, Bernhard Kuch, Christa Meisinger, Matthias Hunger, Inge Kirchberger
Emergency department visits and hospitalizations by tube-fed nursing home residents with varying degrees of cognitive impairment: a national study
Caroline E Stephens, Nathan Sackett, Prasanthi Govindarajan, Sei J Lee
Feasibility and impact of a post–discharge geriatric evaluation and management service for patients from residential care: the Residential Care Intervention Program in the Elderly (RECIPE)
Penelope Harvey, Meg Storer, David John Berlowitz, Bruce Jackson, Anastasia Hutchinson, Wen Kwang Lim
Establishing a composite endpoint for measuring the effectiveness of geriatric interventions based on older persons’ and informal caregivers’ preference weights: a vignette study
Cynthia S Hofman, Peter Makai, Han Boter, Bianca M Buurman, Anton JM de Craen, Marcel GM Olde Rikkert, Rogier ART Donders, René JF Melis
E-assessment of prior learning: a pilot study of interactive assessment of staff with no formal education who are working in Swedish elderly care
Annika Nilsson, Marianne Andrén, Maria Engström
Patterns and associates of cognitive function, psychosocial wellbeing and health in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
Andrea R Zammit, John M Starr, Wendy Johnson, Ian J Deary
Clinical and inflammatory response to bloodstream infections in octogenarians
Jessica Emily Green, Yohanes Ariathianto, Si Mun Wong, Craig Aboltins, Kwang Lim
Going home? An ethnographic study of assessment of capacity and best interests in people with dementia being discharged from hospital
Marie Poole, John Bond, Charlotte Emmett, Helen Greener, Stephen J Louw, Louise Robinson, Julian C Hughes
Potential for alcohol and drug interactions in older adults: evidence from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing
Gráinne Cousins, Rose Galvin, Michelle Flood, Mary-Claire Kennedy, Nicola Motterlini, Martin C Henman, Rose-Anne Kenny, Tom Fahey
The effects of an integrated care intervention for the frail elderly on informal caregivers: a quasi-experimental study
Benjamin Janse, Robbert Huijsman, Ruben Dennis Maurice de Kuyper, Isabelle Natalina Fabbricotti
Relationship of perceived environmental barriers and disability in community-dwelling elderly in Taiwan – a population-based study
Wei-Chih Lien, Nai-Wen Guo, Jer-Hao Chang, Yu-Ching Lin, Ta-Shen Kuan
Immunosenescence in the nursing home elderly
Jennie Johnstone, Jamie Millar, Alina Lelic, Chris P Verschoor, Stephen D Walter, Philip J Devereaux, Jonathan Bramson, Mark Loeb
An interprofessional nurse-led mental health promotion intervention for older home care clients with depressive symptoms
Maureen Markle-Reid, Carrie McAiney, Dorothy Forbes, Lehana Thabane, Maggie Gibson, Gina Browne, Jeffrey S Hoch, Thomas Peirce, Barbara Busing
Harm avoidance is associated with progression of parkinsonism in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study
Aron S Buchman, Lei Yu, Robert S Wilson, Joshua M Shulman, Patricia A Boyle, David A Bennett
Perceived economic situation, but not education level, is associated with disability prevalence in the Spanish elderly: observational study
Angel Rodriguez-Laso, Antonio Abellan, Mayte Sancho, Rogelio Pujol, Ignacio Montorio, Purificación Diaz-Veiga
Factors associated with the goal of treatment in the last week of life in old compared to very old patients: a population-based death certificate survey
Tinne Smets, Rebecca Verhofstede, Joachim Cohen, Nele Van Den Noortgate, Luc Deliens
Comorbidity and prognostic indices do not improve the 5-year mortality prediction of components of comprehensive geriatric assessment in hospitalized older patients
Nicolás Martínez-Velilla, Koldo Cambra-Contin, Berta Ibáñez-Beroiz
The well-being of community-dwelling near-centenarians and centenarians in Hong Kong a qualitative study
Wai-Ching Paul Wong, Hi-Po Bobo Lau, Chun-Fong Noel Kwok, Yee-Man Angela Leung, Man-Yee Grace Chan, Wai-Man Chan, Siu-Lan Karen Cheung
Psychometric properties of four fear of falling rating scales in people with Parkinson’s disease
Stina B Jonasson, Maria H Nilsson, Jan Lexell
The effects of increased therapy time on cognition and mood in frail patients with a stroke who rehabilitate on rehabilitation units of nursing homes in the Netherlands: a protocol of a comparative study
Marleen Huijben-Schoenmakers, Arno Rademaker, Peter van Rooden, Erik Scherder
Developing the principles of chair based exercise for older people: a modified Delphi study
Katie R Robinson, Paul Leighton, Philippa Logan, Adam L Gordon, Kevin Anthony, Rowan H Harwood, John RF Gladman, Tahir Masud
Multimorbidity and long-term care dependency—a five-year follow-up
Daniela Koller, Gerhard Schön, Ingmar Schäfer, Gerd Glaeske, Hendrik van den Bussche, Heike Hansen
Can an e-learning course improve nursing care for older people at risk of delirium: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial
Lotte van de Steeg, Roelie IJkema, Maaike Langelaan, Cordula Wagner
Natural course of care dependency in residents of long-term care facilities: prospective follow-up study
Monique AA Caljouw, Herman JM Cools, Jacobijn Gussekloo
Risk of death or hospital admission among community-dwelling older adults living with dementia in Australia
Emily (Chuanmei) You, David Robert Dunt, Vanessa White, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Colleen Doyle
Improvements in gait characteristics after intensive resistance and functional training in people with dementia: a randomised controlled trial
Michael Schwenk, Tania Zieschang, Stefan Englert, Gurtej Grewal, Bijan Najafi, Klaus Hauer
Age and gender differences in the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in the older population
José María Abad-Díez, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Antonio Poncel-Falcó, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, José Manuel Calderón-Meza, Antoni Sicras-Mainar, Mercedes Clerencia-Sierra, Alexandra Prados-Torres
Health care resource utilisation in primary care prior to and after a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: a retrospective, matched case–control study in the United Kingdom
Lei Chen, Catherine Reed, Michael Happich, Allen Nyhuis, Alan Lenox-Smith
Effects of omega 3 supplementation in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction: design of a prospective randomized placebo controlled study
Kristian Laake, Peder Myhre, Linn M Nordby, Ingebjørg Seljeflot, Michael Abdelnoor, Pål Smith, Arnljot Tveit, Harald Arnesen, Svein Solheim
Alterations in proton leak, oxidative status and uncoupling protein 3 content in skeletal muscle subsarcolemmal and intermyofibrillar mitochondria in old rats
Raffaella Crescenzo, Francesca Bianco, Arianna Mazzoli, Antonia Giacco, Giovanna Liverini, Susanna Iossa
An individually-tailored multifactorial intervention program for older fallers in a middle-income developing country: Malaysian Falls Assessment and Intervention Trial (MyFAIT)
Pey June Tan, Ee Ming Khoo, Karuthan Chinna, Keith D Hill, Phillip JH Poi, Maw Pin Tan
Data sharing between home care professionals: a feasibility study using the RAI Home Care instrument
Dawn M Guthrie, Robyn Pitman, Paula C Fletcher, John P Hirdes, Paul Stolee, Jeffrey W Poss, Alexandra Papaioannou, Katherine Berg, Helen Janzen Ezekiel
Late-life depression and quality of life in a geriatric evaluation and management unit: an exploratory study
Jui-Hung Lin, Min-Wei Huang, Deng-Wu Wang, Yi-Ming Chen, Chu-Sheng Lin, Yi-Jing Tang, Shu-Hui Yang, Hsien-Yuan Lane
Supporting residents’ expression of sexuality: the initial construction of a sexuality assessment tool for residential aged care facilities
Michael Bauer, Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh, Laura Tarzia, Rhonda Nay, Elizabeth Beattie
Potentially inappropriate prescribing among older people in the United Kingdom
Marie C Bradley, Nicola Motterlini, Shivani Padmanabhan, Caitriona Cahir, Tim Williams, Tom Fahey, Carmel M Hughes
Assessment tools for determining appropriateness of admission to acute care of persons transferred from long-term care facilities: a systematic review
Anna Renom-Guiteras, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Gabriele Meyer, Eva Mann
An interprofessional approach to shared decision making: an exploratory case study with family caregivers of one IP home care team
France Légaré, Dawn Stacey, Nathalie Brière, Hubert Robitaille, Marie-Claude Lord, Sophie Desroches, Renée Drolet
Towards personalized integrated dementia care: a qualitative study into the implementation of different models of case management
Lisa D Van Mierlo, Franka JM Meiland, Hein PJ Van Hout, Rose-Marie Dröes
A systematic review of the evidence that brain structure is related to muscle structure and their relationship to brain and muscle function in humans over the lifecourse
Alixe HM Kilgour, Oliver M Todd, John M Starr
Systematically searching for and assessing the literature for self-management of chronic pain: a lay users’ perspective
Pat Schofield, Blair H Smith, Denis Martin, Derek Jones, Amanda Clarke, Paul McNamee, Ron Marsh, Michael Morrison, Rosemary Morrison, Sheena Fowler, Geraldine Anthony, Carrie Stewart
The descriptive epidemiology of delirium symptoms in a large population-based cohort study: results from the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS)
Daniel HJ Davis, Linda E Barnes, Blossom CM Stephan, Alasdair MJ MacLullich, David Meagher, John Copeland, Fiona E Matthews, Carol Brayne
Interleukin-6 concentrations in the urine and dipstick analyses were related to bacteriuria but not symptoms in the elderly: a cross sectional study of 421 nursing home residents
Pär-Daniel Sundvall, Marie Elm, Peter Ulleryd, Sigvard Mölstad, Nils Rodhe, Lars Jonsson, Bengt Andersson, Mirjana Hahn-Zoric, Ronny Gunnarsson
Can a tailored exercise and home hazard reduction program reduce the rate of falls in community dwelling older people with cognitive impairment: protocol paper for the i-FOCIS randomised controlled trial
Jacqueline CT Close, Jacqueline Wesson, Catherine Sherrington, Keith D Hill, Sue Kurrle, Stephen R Lord, Henry Brodaty, Kirsten Howard, Laura N Gitlin, Sandra D O’Rourke, Lindy Clemson
Social vulnerability from a social ecology perspective: a cohort study of older adults from the National Population Health Survey of Canada
Melissa K Andrew, Janice M Keefe
ICT-based system to predict and prevent falls (iStoppFalls): study protocol for an international multicenter randomized controlled trial
Yves J Gschwind, Sabine Eichberg, Hannah R Marston, Andreas Ejupi, Helios de Rosario, Michael Kroll, Mario Drobics, Janneke Annegarn, Rainer Wieching, Stephen R Lord, Konstantin Aal, Kim Delbaere
Medication and fall injury in the elderly population; do individual demographics, health status and lifestyle matter?
Björg Helgadóttir, Lucie Laflamme, Joel Monárrez-Espino, Jette Möller
Emergency ambulance service involvement with residential care homes in the support of older people with dementia: an observational study
Sarah Amador, Claire Goodman, Derek King, Ina Machen, Natasha Elmore, Elspeth Mathie, Steve Iliffe
Risk factors of functional disability among community-dwelling elderly people by household in Japan: a prospective cohort study
Emiko Saito, Shouzoh Ueki, Nobufumi Yasuda, Sachiko Yamazaki, Seiji Yasumura
Symptoms and treatment when death is expected in dementia patients in long-term care facilities
Maartje S Klapwijk, Monique AA Caljouw, Mirjam C van Soest-Poortvliet, Jenny T van der Steen, Wilco P Achterberg
Custodian for elderly with memory impairment in Sweden – a study of 260 physicians’ statements to the court
Karin S Björkstén, Kerstin Fälldin, Johanna Ulfvarson
Efficacy and safety of haloperidol prophylaxis for delirium prevention in older medical and surgical at-risk patients acutely admitted to hospital through the emergency department: study protocol of a multicenter, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial
Edmée JM Schrijver, Oscar J de Vries, Astrid Verburg, Karola de Graaf, Pierre M Bet, Peter M van de Ven, Ad M Kamper, Sabine HA Diepeveen, Sander Anten, Andrea Siegel, Esther Kuipéri, Anne M Lagaay, Rob J van Marum, Astrid M van Strien, Leo Boelaarts, Douwe Pons, Mark HH Kramer, Prabath WB Nanayakkara
Risk stratification and rapid geriatric screening in an emergency department – a quasi-randomised controlled trial
Chik Loon Foo, Vivan Wing Yin Siu, Hou Ang, Madeline Wei Ling Phuah, Chee Kheong Ooi
Home based exercise to improve turning and mobility performance among community dwelling older adults: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Ashari Asmidawati, Tengku Aizan Hamid, Rizal M Hussain, Keith D Hill
An initial loading-dose vitamin D versus placebo after hip fracture surgery: baseline characteristics of a randomized controlled trial (REVITAHIP)
Jenson CS Mak, Linda A Klein, Terry Finnegan, Rebecca S Mason, Ian D Cameron
Screening for markers of frailty and perceived risk of adverse outcomes using the Risk Instrument for Screening in the Community (RISC)
Rónán O’Caoimh, Yang Gao, Anton Svendrovski, Elizabeth Healy, Elizabeth O’Connell, Gabrielle O’Keeffe, Una Cronin, Eileen O’Herlihy, Nicola Cornally, William D Molloy
Fall incidence in Germany: results of two population-based studies, and comparison of retrospective and prospective falls data collection methods
Kilian Rapp, Ellen Freiberger, Chris Todd, Jochen Klenk, Clemens Becker, Michael Denkinger, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Judith Fuchs
The effect of interactive cognitive-motor training in reducing fall risk in older people: a systematic review
Daniel Schoene, Trinidad Valenzuela, Stephen R Lord, Eling D de Bruin
Social network properties and self-rated health in later life: comparisons from the Korean social life, health, and aging project and the national social life, health and aging project
Yoosik Youm, Edward O Laumann, Kenneth F Ferraro, Linda J Waite, Hyeon Chang Kim, Yeong-Ran Park, Sang Hui Chu, Won-tak Joo, Jin A Lee
Does owning a pet protect older people against loneliness?
Jitka Pikhartova, Ann Bowling, Christina Victor
Psychosocial factors modify the association of frailty with adverse outcomes: a prospective study of hospitalised older people
Elsa Dent, Emiel O Hoogendijk
An evaluative study of the benefits of participating in intergenerational playgroups in aged care for older people
C Margaret Skropeta, Alf Colvin, Shannon Sladen
Personality, Alzheimer's disease and behavioural and cognitive symptoms of dementia: the PACO prospective cohort study protocol
Isabelle Rouch, Jean-Michel Dorey, Nawèle Boublay, Marie-Anne Henaff, Florence Dibie-Racoupeau, Zaza Makaroff, Sandrine Harston, Michel Benoit, Marie-Odile Barrellon, Denis Fédérico, Bernard Laurent, Catherine Padovan, Pierre Krolak-Salmon
Age-related differences in diabetes care outcomes in Korea: a retrospective cohort study
Myung Ki, Sujin Baek, Young-duk Yun, Namhoon Kim, Martin Hyde, Baegju Na
Contributions of ambient assisted living for health and quality of life in the elderly and care services - a qualitative analysis from the experts’ perspective of care service professionals
Christian Siegel, Andreas Hochgatterer, Thomas Ernst Dorner
Factors affecting the survival probability of becoming a centenarian for those aged 70, based on the human mortality database: income, health expenditure, telephone, and sanitation
Jong In Kim, Gukbin Kim
How are falls and fear of falling associated with objectively measured physical activity in a cohort of community-dwelling older men?
Barbara J Jefferis, Steve Iliffe, Denise Kendrick, Ngaire Kerse, Stewart Trost, Lucy T Lennon, Sarah Ash, Claudio Sartini, Richard W Morris, S Goya Wannamethee, Peter H Whincup
Physical activity in Iranian older adults who experienced fall during the past 12 months
Leili Salehi, Behjat Shokrvash, Ensiyeh Jamshidi, Ali Montazeri
Opti-Med: the effectiveness of optimised clinical medication reviews in older people with ‘geriatric giants’ in general practice; study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial
Floor Willeboordse, Jacqueline G Hugtenburg, Liset van Dijk, Judith E Bosmans, Oscar J de Vries, François G Schellevis, Petra J M Elders
Community-dwelling older people with an injurious fall are likely to sustain new injurious falls within 5 years - a prospective long-term follow-up study
Petra Pohl, Ellinor Nordin, Anders Lundquist, Ulrica Bergström, Lillemor Lundin-Olsson
Handgrip strength and balance in older adults following withdrawal from long-term use of temazepam, zopiclone or zolpidem as hypnotics
Janne Nurminen, Juha Puustinen, Ritva Lähteenmäki, Tero Vahlberg, Alan Lyles, Markku Partinen, Ismo Räihä, Pertti J Neuvonen, Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä
Efficacy of daily 800 IU vitamin D supplementation in reaching vitamin D sufficiency in nursing home residents: cross-sectional patient file study
Bistra I Veleva, Victor G Chel, Wilco P Achterberg
Association between difficulty initiating sleep in older adults and the combination of leisure-time physical activity and consumption of milk and milk products: a cross-sectional study
Naruki Kitano, Kenji Tsunoda, Taishi Tsuji, Yosuke Osuka, Takashi Jindo, Kiyoji Tanaka, Tomohiro Okura
Cognitive intervention through a training program for picture book reading in community-dwelling older adults: a randomized controlled trial
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Masataka Kuraoka, Masashi Yasunaga, Kumiko Nonaka, Ryota Sakurai, Rumi Takeuchi, Yoh Murayama, Hiromi Ohba, Yoshinori Fujiwara
Exergaming to increase the exercise capacity and daily physical activity in heart failure patients: a pilot study
Leonie Klompstra, Tiny Jaarsma, Anna Strömberg
The trail making test as a screening instrument for driving performance in older drivers; a translational research
Paul Vaucher, Daniela Herzig, Isabel Cardoso, Michael H Herzog, Patrice Mangin, Bernard Favrat
Effectiveness of a primary care based multifactorial intervention to improve frailty parameters in the elderly: a randomised clinical trial: rationale and study design
Laura Romera, Francesc Orfila, Josep Maria Segura, Anna Ramirez, Mercedes Möller, Maria Lluïsa Fabra, Santiago Lancho, Núria Bastida, Gonçal Foz, Maria Assumpta Fabregat, Núria Martí, Montserrat Cullell, Dolors Martinez, Maria Giné, Anna Bistuer, Patricia Cendrós, Elena Pérez
Comprehensive geriatric assessment predicts mortality and adverse outcomes in hospitalized older adults
Thiago J Avelino-Silva, Jose M Farfel, Jose AE Curiati, Jose RG Amaral, Flavia Campora, Wilson Jacob-Filho
Is use of fall risk-increasing drugs in an elderly population associated with an increased risk of hip fracture, after adjustment for multimorbidity level: a cohort study
Kristine Thorell, Karin Ranstad, Patrik Midlöv, Lars Borgquist, Anders Halling
Who are the healthy active seniors? A cluster analysis
Claudia K Y Lai, Engle Angela Chan, Kenny C W Chin
Internal consistency and construct validity assessment of a revised Facts on Aging Quizfor Flemish nursing students: an exploratory study
Elisa Van der Elst, Mieke Deschodt, Melanie Welsch, Koen Milisen, Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé
Fracture risk in long term care: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies
Rasha Khatib, Nancy Santesso, Laura Pickard, Osman Osman, Lora Giangregorio, Carly Skidmore, Alexandra Papaioannou
Assessing the effect of a physical activity intervention in a nursing home ecology: a natural lab approach
Carl-Philipp Jansen, Katrin Claßen, Klaus Hauer, Mona Diegelmann, Hans-Werner Wahl
Predictors of dizziness in older persons: a 10-year prospective cohort study in the community
Otto R Maarsingh, Hanneke Stam, Peter M van de Ven, Natasja M van Schoor, Matthew J Ridd, Johannes C van der Wouden
Predictors of urinary incontinence in community-dwelling frail older adults with diabetes mellitus in a cross-sectional study
Amy Hsu, Jessamyn Conell-Price, Irena Stijacic Cenzer, Catherine Eng, Alison J Huang, Kathy Rice-Trumble, Sei J Lee
Factors related to functional prognosis in elderly patients after accidental hip fractures: a prospective cohort study
Itziar Vergara, Kalliopi Vrotsou, Miren Orive, Nerea Gonzalez, Susana Garcia, Jose M Quintana
Shifting between self-governing and being governed: a qualitative study of older persons’ self-determination
Isabelle Ottenvall Hammar, Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff, Katarina Wilhelmson, Kajsa Eklund
Informed palliative care in nursing homes through the interRAI Palliative Care instrument: a study protocol based on the Medical Research Council framework
Kirsten Hermans, Nele Spruytte, Joachim Cohen, Chantal Van Audenhove, Anja Declercq
Factors influencing antibiotic prescribing in long-term care facilities: a qualitative in-depth study
Laura W van Buul, Jenny T van der Steen, Sarah MMM Doncker, Wilco P Achterberg, François G Schellevis, Ruth B Veenhuizen, Cees MPM Hertogh
Pain assessment for people with dementia: a systematic review of systematic reviews of pain assessment tools
Valentina Lichtner, Dawn Dowding, Philip Esterhuizen, S José Closs, Andrew F Long, Anne Corbett, Michelle Briggs
Most functional outcomes are similar for men and women after hip fracture: a secondary analysis of the enhancing mobility after hip fracture trial
Lynda M Woodward, Lindy Clemson, Anne M Moseley, Stephen R Lord, Ian D Cameron, Catherine Sherrington
Long-term prediction of changes in health status, frailty, nursing care and mortality in community-dwelling senior citizens - results from the longitudinal urban cohort ageing study (LUCAS)
Ulrike Dapp, Christoph E Minder, Jennifer Anders, Stefan Golgert, Wolfgang von Renteln-Kruse
Calcaneal quantitative ultrasound and Phalangeal radiographic absorptiometry alone or in combination in a triage approach for assessment of osteoporosis: a study of older women with a high prevalence of falls
Katja Thomsen, Jesper Ryg, Anne P Hermann, Lars Matzen, Tahir Masud
The application of different appendicular skeletal muscle cutoff points and research definitions associated with health-related quality of life in Korean older people: data from KNHANES 2008–2011
Yeon-Pyo Kim, Ju-Youn Joh, Sun Kim, Hwan-Sik Hwang, Il-Seon Shin
Strength-balance supplemented with computerized cognitive training to improve dual task gait and divided attention in older adults: a multicenter randomized-controlled trial
Eva van het Reve, Eling D de Bruin
Developing a measure of muscular power during a functional task for older adults
Michelle Gray, Sally Paulson
Fall predictors in older cancer patients: a multicenter prospective study
Nathalie Vande Walle, Cindy Kenis, Pieter Heeren, Katrien Van Puyvelde, Lore Decoster, Ingo Beyer, Godelieve Conings, Johan Flamaing, Jean-Pierre Lobelle, Hans Wildiers, Koen Milisen
Reablement in community-dwelling adults: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Hanne Tuntland, Birgitte Espehaug, Oddvar Forland, Astri Drange Hole, Egil Kjerstad, Ingvild Kjeken
Cognitive function in a general population of men and women: a cross sectional study in the European Investigation of Cancer–Norfolk cohort (EPIC-Norfolk)
Shabina A Hayat, Robert Luben, Stephanie Moore, Nichola Dalzell, Amit Bhaniani, Serena Anuj, Fiona E Matthews, Nick Wareham, Kay-Tee Khaw, Carol Brayne
Prevalence of frailty and its ability to predict in hospital delirium, falls, and 6-month mortality in hospitalized older patients
Etienne Joosten, Mathias Demuynck, Elke Detroyer, Koen Milisen
Influence of muscle mass and bone mass on the mobility of elderly women: an observational study
Gláucia R Falsarella, Ibsen B Coimbra, Caroline C Barcelos, Isabele Iartelli, Kedma T Montedori, Manuela NJ Santos, Anita L Neri, Arlete MV Coimbra
The effects of a Cognitive Stimulation Therapy [CST] programme for people with dementia on family caregivers’ health
Elisa Aguirre, Zoe Hoare, Aimee Spector, Robert T Woods, Martin Orrell
Neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia in primary care: a study protocol
Petra Borsje, Roland B Wetzels, Peter LBJ Lucassen, Anne-Margriet Pot, Raymond TCM Koopmans
Exploring the usability of a videophone mock-up for persons with dementia and their significant others
Inga-Lill Boman, Stefan Lundberg, Sofia Starkhammar, Louise Nygård
Fighting for control in an unpredictable life – a qualitative study of older persons’ experiences of living with chronic dizziness
Ulrika Olsson Möller, Eva Ekvall Hansson, Charlotte Ekdahl, Patrik Midlöv, Ulf Jakobsson, Jimmie Kristensson