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JAMDA
August 31, 2017
The SARC-F is a simple sarcopenia screening tool comprising 5 assessment items: strength, assistance walking, rising from a chair, climbing stairs, and falls. The present study aimed to examine the validation of the Korean version of SARC-F for elderly individuals residing in communities.
JAMDA
July 4, 2020
Capacity for safe and independent living (SAIL) refers to an individual's ability to solve problems associated with everyday life and perform activities necessary for living independently. Little guidance exists on the assessment of capacity for SAIL among nursing home residents. As a result, capacity...
JAMDA
January 8, 2023
To examine the distribution of admission and discharge functional abilities among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with a skilled nursing facility (SNF) stay. Further, to assess the validity of the standardized discharge self-care and mobility data by examining their association to community discharg...
JAMDA
June 16, 2015
To assess the validity and responsiveness of the FRAIL scale and investigate whether validity is related to the number of points used on the scale.
JAMDA
September 18, 2017
To assess the validity and responsiveness of the FRAIL scale in middle-aged women, who are a group at high risk of developing frailty.
JAMDA
December 20, 2025
Despite the widespread usage of the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), psychometric limitations in the SPPB have impeded its use for outcome monitoring and clinical decision making. We propose an alternative assessment and scoring approach for the SPPB, and we compared the modified and the original...
JAMDA
March 27, 2021
We investigated whether the FRAIL scale questionnaire is consistent with the Fried criteria, predicts all-cause mortality, and reflects physical dysfunction in patients with heart failure (HF).
JAMDA
August 10, 2019
The aim of this systematic review was to summarize the validity of nutritional screening tools to detect the risk of malnutrition in community-dwelling older adults.
JAMDA
January 27, 2020
Nursing home (NH) residents receiving texture-modified diet (TMD) are at risk of inadequate nutritional intake and subsequent malnutrition. It is essential to monitor dietary intake to take corrective actions, if necessary. Plate diagrams (PDs) are widely used to assess dietary intake in institutions but l...
JAMDA
September 24, 2018
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) may not be performed in clinical practice as it takes too much time and requires special training. The Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is widely used to assess nutritional status in older adults. We aimed to determine whether or not the MNA can estimate frailty st...