JAMDA
May 14, 2020
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JAMDA
May 11, 2020
Measuring Slowness in Old Age: Times to Perform Moberg Picking-Up and Walking Speed Tests
Slowness is a marker of frailty captured by the Fried phenotype by a walking speed test which, for health or logistical reasons, is sometimes difficult to perform. The Moberg picking-up test (MPUT) is another timed functional test. It measures hand motor activity and might represent an alternative to asses...
JAMDA
May 10, 2020
Palliative Sedation and End of Life: Lights and Shadows
JAMDA
May 10, 2020
Impact of Anticholinergic Burden on Cognitive Performance: A Cohort Study of Community-Dwelling Older Adults
JAMDA
May 8, 2020
Calf Circumference as a Case-Finding Tool for Sarcopenia: Influence of Obesity on Diagnostic Performance
JAMDA
May 8, 2020
The COVID Grim Reaper
JAMDA
May 8, 2020
Loneliness and Isolation in Long-term Care and the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMDA
May 6, 2020
Understated Cognitive Impairment Assessed with the Clock-Drawing Test in Community-Dwelling Individuals Aged ≥50 Years
To estimate the prevalence of understated cognitive impairment by administering the Clock-Drawing Test (CDT) to community-dwelling individuals aged ≥50 years and to investigate the associated clinical phenotype.
JAMDA
May 6, 2020
Reliability and Validity of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator in 5 European Countries
To assess the internal consistency, convergent and divergent validity, and concurrent validity of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) within community-dwelling older people in Spain, Greece, Croatia, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
JAMDA
May 5, 2020
High Prevalence of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Acutely Hospitalized Patients Aged 80 Years and Older
Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a geriatric syndrome that is usually underdiagnosed in older patients. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and identify the main risk factors of dysphagia in the oldest old patients admitted to an acute geriatric unit.
