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February 3, 2015
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JAMDA
December 23, 2014
Exposure to Atropinic Drugs and Frailty Status
Atropinic drugs can increase the risk of falls, cognitive impairment, and mortality in older patients; however, whether exposure to atropinic drugs is associated with frailty status remains unknown. Our aim was to assess the association between frailty status and exposure to atropinic drugs in a geriatric ...
JAMDA
December 10, 2014
Depression, Frailty, and All-Cause Mortality: A Cohort Study of Men Older than 75 Years
Depression is associated with increased mortality, but it is unclear if this relationship is truly causal.
JAMDA
November 26, 2014
Sedative Load and Frailty Among Community-Dwelling Population Aged ≥65 Years
To explore the association between use of sedative drugs and frailty.
JAMDA
October 23, 2014
Clinical Update on Nursing Home Medicine: 2014
This is the eighth yearly update on clinical care in the nursing home. Topics covered this year are heart failure, delirium, nutrition, hospice, diabetes mellitus, frailty, and sarcopenia.
JAMDA
October 11, 2014
Physical Frailty Predicts Incident Depressive Symptoms in Elderly People: Prospective Findings From the Obu Study of Health Promotion for the Elderly
The purpose of this study was to determine whether frailty is an important and independent predictor of incident depressive symptoms in elderly people without depressive symptoms at baseline.
JAMDA
September 20, 2014
Differential Association of Frailty With Cognitive Decline and Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Frailty in older adults is a serious problem because of various adverse health outcomes in many countries with aging populations, such as Japan. The purpose of this study was to determine whether frailty and pre-frailty are associated with cognitive decline and sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults...
JAMDA
September 18, 2014
Economic Evaluation of a Multifactorial, Interdisciplinary Intervention Versus Usual Care to Reduce Frailty in Frail Older People
To compare the costs and cost-effectiveness of a multifactorial interdisciplinary intervention versus usual care for older people who are frail.
JAMDA
August 7, 2014
Mediterranean Diet and Risk of Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Low intake of certain micronutrients and protein has been associated with higher risk of frailty. However, very few studies have assessed the effect of global dietary patterns on frailty. This study examined the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) and the risk of frailty in older a...
JAMDA
July 30, 2014
The Optimal Study: Describing the Key Components of Optimal Health Care Delivery to UK Care Home Residents: A Research Protocol
Long-term institutional care in the United Kingdom is provided by care homes. Residents have prevalent cognitive impairment and disability, have multiple diagnoses, and are subject to polypharmacy. Prevailing models of health care provision (ad hoc, reactive, and coordinated by general practitioners) resul...
