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JAMDA
September 26, 2015
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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.
JAMDA
September 1, 2015
Reminiscence Therapy Improves Cognitive Functions and Reduces Depressive Symptoms in Elderly People With Dementia: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Cognitive function impairments and depressive symptoms are common in elderly people with dementia. Previous meta-analyses of outdated and small-scale studies have reported inconsistent results regarding the effects of reminiscence therapy on cognitive functions and depressive symptoms; therefore, we conduc...
JAMDA
September 1, 2015
Physical Frailty and Cognitive Functioning in Depressed Older Adults: Findings From the NESDO Study
Cognitive frailty has recently been defined as the co-occurrence of physical frailty and cognitive impairment. Late-life depression is associated with both physical frailty and cognitive impairment, especially processing speed and executive functioning. The objective of this study was to investigate the as...
Caring for the Ages
August 29, 2015