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JAMDA
November 14, 2019
Hospital-associated disability (HAD), defined as loss of independence in activities of daily living (ADL) following acute hospitalization, is observed among older adults. The study objective is to determine overall prevalence of HAD among older adults hospitalized in acute care, and to assess the impact of...
JAMDA
November 20, 2015
The overall prevalence of mental health disorders among caregivers of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) remains unclear. This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the prevalence of various mental health disorders among caregivers of patients with AD globally and to determine factors that predispose to develop...
JAMDA
February 25, 2016
JAMDA
February 22, 2017
To study pain prevalence, pain type, and its pharmacological treatment in Dutch nursing home residents in relation to dementia subtype and dementia severity.
JAMDA
February 3, 2015
The epidemiology of chronic pain with advancing age remains poorly established. Although most studies have examined somatic (musculoskeletal and joint) pain, visceral pain (such as headache and abdominal pain) has warranted less attention. We present longitudinal data from age 70 to 90 years concerning chr...
JAMDA
June 20, 2023
JAMDA
March 31, 2022
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic disease affecting millions of older adults. We investigated the prevalence of nursing home (NH) residents with COPD and their pharmacologic treatment in relation to the diagnosis of dementia and the prevalence of potentially severe drug-drug interac...
JAMDA
July 26, 2016
As older adults living in nursing homes are at a high risk of adverse drug-related events, medications with a poor benefit/risk ratio or with a safer alternative should be avoided.
JAMDA
January 3, 2023
LESS-CHRON (List of Evidence-Based Deprescribing for Chronic Patients) and STOPPFrail (Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions in Frail adults with limited life expectancy) are criterion-based deprescribing tools. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicati...
JAMDA
September 1, 2017
In nursing home (NH) residents with a very short life expectancy, the benefits of preventive cardiovascular medication maintenance are questionable.