Cardiometabolic and Vascular Disease Factors and Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Conclusion: Older adults with higher burden of CMVD, driven especially by diabetes, are likely to increase the risk of prevalent and incident MCI and dementia.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 26, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Older Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Hanoi, Vietnam
Conclusions: This study highlights that geriatric syndromes are common in older diabetic patients and associated with poorer diabetic control. It suggests CGA may be important to conduct in this group by establishing an interdisciplinary Geriatric health care team.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 25, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Jaw-Opening Force as a Useful Index for Dysphagia: A Cross-Sectional and Multi-Institutional Study
Conclusion: Decreased JOF can be a risk factor for dysphagia in older adults.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 24, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Zoledronic Acid Contraindications Prevalence among Hip-Fractured Patients Aged 75 Years or Over Hospitalized in an Orthogeriatric Unit
Conclusion: The majority of subjects aged 75 years or older admitted to hospital after an HF seem to have no contraindication for ZA administration during their immediate postoperative hospital stay. The hospitalization period after HF repair gives the opportunity to give most of them this treatment to improve their prognosis, taking into account situations in which ZA must be used with caution.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 21, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Feasibility of Diagnosing Initial Orthostatic Hypotension Using a Continuous Blood Pressure Device in Geriatric Rehabilitation Inpatients: RESORT
Conclusion: The number of unsuccessful continuous blood pressure measurements was high in a population with high IOH prevalence despite multiple interventions to establish a signal. Future research should focus on improving the efficiency of continuous blood pressure devices in hospitalized patients with unsuccessful signals.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 17, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Correlates of Older Adults ’ E-Health Information-Seeking Behaviors
Conclusion: The theoretical and practical implications of the motivators and barriers of e-HISB can be instrumental in designing and executing programs aimed at improving e-health literacy among older adults especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 14, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Effect of Exercise on Acute Senescent Lymphocyte Counts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Conclusion: The differing effects of exercise on senescent NK cells and CD4 and CD8 T cells suggest differing susceptibility to factors modulating lymphocyte extravasation such as adrenaline and exercise intensity.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 14, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Polypharmacy and Hyperpolypharmacy in Older Individuals with Parkinson ’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Conclusion: Polypharmacy (40%) and hyperpolypharmacy (18%) are highly prevalent and eventually increase the risk of drug-related problems in older adults with PD. Therefore, interventions that ensure rational geriatric pharmacotherapy are of critical importance for the older population with neurogenerative disorders.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 13, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Standing, Transition, and Walking Ability in Older Adults: The Case for Independently Evaluating Different Domains of Mobility Function
Conclusions: This study highlights the need to independently evaluate different mobility domains within an individual as a standard assessment approach. Modest within-domain relationships emphasize the need to account for multiple, unique control challenges within more complex domains. These findings have important implications for standardized mobility assessment and targeted rehabilitation strategies for older adults.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 13, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Transitions in Social Network Types over Time among Older Adults
Discussion: The findings capture the dynamics in social network composition among older adults in the contemporary aging society. We highlight sociodemographic and health disparities contributing to later life social network diversity.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 13, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Identification of Serum Biomarkers in Patients with Alzheimer ’s Disease by 2D-DIGE Proteomics
Conclusion: Our study identified several potential serum biomarkers of AD, including: ITI-H4, ApoA-IV, Cofilin 2, Tetranectin, AZGP1, and AMBP. Cofilin 2 was upregulated in different AD animal models and might play important roles in AD pathology.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 12, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Characteristics of Older People from a Poor Residential Environment in Okinawa, Japan: An Emergency Department-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Conclusion: In EDs, older people from a PRE exhibited certain diseases and characteristics.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 10, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Comorbidities as Risk Factors for Severe Disease in Hospitalized Elderly COVID-19 Patients by Different Age-Groups in Japan
Conclusion: Differences in the epidemiological and clinical characteristics among the different age-groups were found.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 7, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Sex Differences in Cognitive Functioning with Aging in the Netherlands
Conclusion: Women have better memory and processing speed than men at middle age. This female advantage becomes smaller with aging and has increased in more recent birth cohorts.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 4, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
A Prediction Model for Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Podiatry Practices
Conclusion: A CPM based on fall history in the previous year, feeling unsteady while standing and walking, decreased plantarflexor strength of the lesser toes, and reduced gait speed has acceptable accuracy to predict falls in our sample of podiatry community-dwelling older adults and is easily applicable in this setting. The accuracy of the model in clinical practice should be demonstrated through external validation of the model in a next study.Gerontology (Source: Gerontology)
Source: Gerontology - January 3, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
