JAMDA
April 4, 2019
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JAMDA
March 20, 2019
Cohort Study on Laryngeal Cough Reflex, Respiratory Disease, and Death: A Mediation Analysis
To estimate quantitatively whether the presence of cough associated with dysphagia (laryngeal cough reflex) increased mortality through respiratory disease among community-dwelling older Japanese.
JAMDA
March 11, 2019
A Systematic Approach for Prescribing Posthospitalization Home-Based Physical Activity for Mobility in Older Adults: The PATH Study
Older patients experience increased loss of mobility after hospitalization, largely because of physical disabilities and inactivity. There are, however, no current recommendations for prescribing physical activity (PA) at hospital discharge.
JAMDA
March 8, 2019
A New Functional Classification Based on Frailty and Disability Stratifies the Risk for Mortality Among Older Adults: The FRADEA Study
The aim of the current study was to investigate whether a new functional classification, based on basic (BADL) and instrumental (IADL) activities of daily living and frailty, is associated with mortality in older adults during 10 years of follow-up.
JAMDA
March 6, 2019
Rethinking the Relationship Between Spatiotemporal Gait Variables and Dementia: A Prospective Study
The gait variables that are related to the risk of incident dementia have not yet been clarified. To examine whether quantitative gait variables can predict incident dementia in older adults.
JAMDA
February 13, 2019
Predictive Capacity of Frailty Phenotype Toward Patterns of Disability Identified Using Latent Class Analysis
Frailty phenotype (FP) has low sensitivity toward the identification of older people who will lose 1 or more activities of daily living. Nevertheless, the definition of disability in terms of activities of daily living may not resemble the pattern of functional impairment occurring during aging. The aim of...
JAMDA
February 6, 2019
Can Physical Activity Offset the Detrimental Consequences of Sedentary Time on Frailty? A Moderation Analysis in 749 Older Adults Measured With Accelerometers
To determine whether or not and to what extent the association between sedentary time and frailty was moderated by moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in older adults.
JAMDA
February 5, 2019
Translating Frailty Research Into Clinical Practice: Insights From the Successful Aging and Frailty Evaluation Clinic
Aging researchers have been studying frailty for decades. Experts agree that frailty is a medical syndrome marked by reduced physiologic function, which increases the risk of vulnerability and short-term mortality, particularly in the face of a stressor. Frailty has been shown to predict poor outcomes incl...
JAMDA
January 10, 2019
Frailty as a Predictor of All-Cause Mortality Among Older Nursing Home Residents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
We performed a meta-analysis based on prospective cohort studies to synthesize the pooled risk effect and to determine whether frailty is a predictor of all-cause mortality.
JAMDA
January 9, 2019
