JAMDA
September 26, 2015
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JAMDA
September 26, 2015
Is Trunk Posture in Walking a Better Marker than Gait Speed in Predicting Decline in Function and Subsequent Frailty?
Many recent guidelines and consensus on sarcopenia have incorporated gait speed and grip strength as diagnostic criteria without addressing early posture changes adopted to maintain gait speed before weakness is clinically evident.
JAMDA
September 26, 2015
Prospective Observations of Discomfort, Pain, and Dyspnea in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia and Pneumonia
To describe observations of suffering in patients with dementia from the diagnosis of pneumonia until cure or death.
JAMDA
September 26, 2015
Time to Treatment Initiation in People With Alzheimer Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a global health problem which afflicts millions of old age population worldwide. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and memantine are recognized drug treatments with limited clinical efficacy. It is uncertain if earlier initiation of these drugs will result in better outcomes in the ...
JAMDA
September 15, 2015
Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Associated Factors in Chinese Community-Dwelling Elderly: Comparison Between Rural and Urban Areas
To compare the prevalence of sarcopenia in urban and rural Chinese elderly adults and to identify the risk factors related to sarcopenia.
JAMDA
September 15, 2015
Predictive Value of Frailty Scores for Healthy Life Expectancy in Community-Dwelling Older Japanese Adults
Frailty is one of many serious problems in countries with aging populations, such as Japan. The aim of this study was to examine whether higher scores on the newly developed self-report questionnaire for frailty are associated with adults being certified as needing care under the new long-term care insuran...
JAMDA
September 9, 2015
Reverse Epidemiology of Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Geriatric Population
Traditional risk factors of cardiovascular death in the general population, including body mass index (BMI), serum cholesterol, and blood pressure (BP), are also found to relate to outcomes in the geriatric population, but in an opposite direction. Some degrees of elevated BMI, serum cholesterols, and BP a...
JAMDA
September 3, 2015
The Prevalence and Determinants of Using Traditional Chinese Medicine Among Middle-aged and Older Chinese Adults: Results From the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
Although traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is known as an integrative part of China's health care system, little is known on the prevalence and determinants of using TCM among the middle-aged and older Chinese population, especially among those with chronic conditions.
JAMDA
September 2, 2015
Building Long-Term Care Policies in Latin America: New Programs in Chile
Little is known about long-term care policies in developing regions. Latin America is one of those regions. In less than 20 years, it will surpass Europe's elderly population. At that point, Chile will be the country with the largest share of elderly population in the region. For that reason, long-ter...
JAMDA
September 2, 2015
Remaining Life Expectancy With and Without Polypharmacy: A Register-Based Study of Swedes Aged 65 Years and Older
To investigate the remaining life expectancy with and without polypharmacy for Swedish women and men aged 65 years and older.
