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JAMDA
February 20, 2019
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JAMDA
February 20, 2019
Effect of Housing Type and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Indicators on Survival After Low Falls in Older Adults
JAMDA
February 20, 2019
Effects of Acupressure on Sleep Quality and Psychological Distress in Nursing Home Residents: A Randomized Controlled Trial
To compare the efficacy of acupressure with sham acupressure in older-adult nursing home residents presenting with poor sleep quality and psychological distress.
JAMDA
February 18, 2019
Daily Physical Activity Predicts Frailty Development Among Community-Dwelling Older Japanese Adults
This study examined the association between frailty development and physical activity including the number of steps, the time of light-intensity physical activity (LPA) with <3.0 metabolic equivalents (METs), and the time of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) with ≥3.0 METs in comm...
JAMDA
February 15, 2019
Cost Benefit of High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccine in a Long-Term Care Population During an A/H1N1-Predominant Influenza Season
Influenza is a leading cause of admissions for nursing home (NH) residents. We previously evaluated the effectiveness of a high-dose trivalent influenza vaccine (HD) compared to a standard-dose influenza vaccine (SD) through a cluster-randomized trial of NH residents. Fewer residents from facilities rando...
JAMDA
February 13, 2019
Trajectories of Accumulation of Health Deficits in Older Adults: Are There Variations According to Health Domains?
To analyze sex- and education-specific trajectories of health deficits accumulation (DA) throughout old age and to examine whether these trajectories differ according to health domains.
JAMDA
February 13, 2019
Successful Aging and Mortality Risk: The Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006-2014)
The aim of this study is to examine the association of successful aging with mortality and further find gender differences in the effect of components of successful aging on mortality risks.
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 7, 2019
Association Between Clinician Specialization in Nursing Home Care and Nursing Home Clinical Quality Scores
While the number of prescribing clinicians (physicians and nurse practitioners) who provide any nursing home care remained stable over the past decade, the number of clinicians who focus their practice exclusively on nursing home care has increased by over 30%.
JAMDA
February 7, 2019