Search Results - "Archives of gerontology and geriatrics"

Clinical characteristics of older patients infected with COVID-19: A descriptive study by Niu, Shengmei, Tian, Sijia, Lou, Jing, Kang, Xuqin, Zhang, Luxi, Lian, Huixin, Zhang, Jinjun

“…•The number of COVID-19 cases surpassed 300,000, WHO identified as a global pandemic.•COVID-19 has been a serious threat to old population.•The COVID-19…”
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Multimorbidity and mortality in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Nunes, Bruno Pereira, Flores, Thaynã Ramos, Mielke, Grégore Iven, Thumé, Elaine, Facchini, Luiz Augusto

“…Highlights • Multimorbidity increase the risk of death regardless its operationalization form. • The high heterogeneity on multimorbidity measurement continues…”
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Polypharmacy prevalence among older adults based on the survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe by Midão, Luís, Giardini, Anna, Menditto, Enrica, Kardas, Przemyslaw, Costa, Elísio

“…•Polypharmacy is a common condition associated with adverse health outcomes.•Across Europe, 32.1% of the older adults take 5 or more medications per…”
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Clinical frailty scale and mortality in COVID-19: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis by Pranata, Raymond, Henrina, Joshua, Lim, Michael Anthonius, Lawrensia, Sherly, Yonas, Emir, Vania, Rachel, Huang, Ian, Lukito, Antonia Anna, Suastika, Ketut, Kuswardhani, R.A. Tuty, Setiati, Siti

“…•Each 1-point increase in CFS was associated with 12% increase in mortality.•The dose-response relationship between CFS and increased mortality is…”
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Older adults and COVID-19 pandemic: Resilience matters by Chen, Liang-Kung

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Frailty and chronic kidney disease: A systematic review by Chowdhury, Rakin, Peel, Nancye M, Krosch, Mitchell, Hubbard, Ruth E

“…Highlights • Frailty is prevalent in CKD patients with those on dialysis being the most frail. • Frailty is associated with an increased risk of mortality and…”
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Dementia and outcomes from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Hariyanto, Timotius Ivan, Putri, Cynthia, Arisa, Jessie, Situmeang, Rocksy Fransisca V., Kurniawan, Andree

“…2•Currently, no study that provide clear link of evidence between dementia and COVID-19.2•Dementia was associated with composite poor outcome from COVID-19…”
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Prolonged social isolation of the elderly during COVID-19: Between benefit and damage by Plagg, Barbara, Engl, Adolf, Piccoliori, Giuliano, Eisendle, Klaus

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Effects of social isolation, loneliness and frailty on health outcomes and their possible mediators and moderators in community-dwelling older adults: A scoping review by Mehrabi, Fereshteh, Béland, François

“…•Frailty is linked to loneliness rather than to social isolation.•Evidence supports that frailty is a strong predictor of poor health outcomes.•Few studies…”
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Social support network, social support, self-efficacy, health-promoting behavior and healthy aging among older adults: A pathway analysis by Wu, Fan, Sheng, Yu

“…•Self-efficacy was related to health promotion behaviors and overall healthy aging.•Support from neighbors or friends was impactful on self-efficacy and…”
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Frailty in NHANES: Comparing the frailty index and phenotype by Blodgett, Joanna, Theou, Olga, Kirkland, Susan, Andreou, Pantelis, Rockwood, Kenneth

“…Highlights • The frailty index and phenotype confirmed previously established characteristics of frailty scales. • The frailty index may discriminate levels of…”
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Lonelier than ever? Loneliness of older people over two decades by Dahlberg, Lena, Agahi, Neda, Lennartsson, Carin

“…[Display omitted] •Levels of loneliness in older people were constant in the last two decades.•Generally, a higher proportion of women than men reported…”
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Oral Frailty Index-8 in the risk assessment of new-onset oral frailty and functional disability among community-dwelling older adults by Tanaka, Tomoki, Hirano, Hirohiko, Ohara, Yuki, Nishimoto, Misa, Iijima, Katsuya

“…•Oral Frailty Index-8 may help assess oral frailty risk among older adults.•1-point increase in score related to 1.3-fold increase in risk of oral…”
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Stress and perceived social isolation (loneliness) by Campagne, Daniel M.

“…•Perceived Social Isolation (loneliness) is health-relevant, not only in the elderly.•Stress-related hormones and neurotransmitters, are relevant in…”
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Relationship between grip strength and global muscle strength in community-dwelling older people by Porto, Jaqueline Mello, Nakaishi, Ana Paula Midori, Cangussu-Oliveira, Luciana Mendes, Freire Júnior, Renato Campos, Spilla, Sállua Berlanga, Abreu, Daniela Cristina Carvalho de

“…•Grip strength can represent global muscle strength in community-dwelling older people.•Grip strength can be used to represent flexor muscles of the trunk, hip…”
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Sarcopenia and frailty in individuals with dementia: A systematic review by Waite, Samantha J., Maitland, Stuart, Thomas, Alan, Yarnall, Alison J.

“…•There is limited work on how sarcopenia and frailty interrelate with dementia.•Most studies thus far have examined frailty, rather than sarcopenia, in…”
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Delirium and Mortality in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Pranata, Raymond, Huang, Ian, Lim, Michael Anthonius, Yonas, Emir, Vania, Rachel, Kuswardhani, Raden Ayu Tuty

“…•Delirium was associated with mortality in both pooled unadjusted and adjusted model•Meta-regression indicates that the association does not vary with age,…”
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Diagnostic accuracy of various forms of geriatric depression scale for screening of depression among older adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis by Krishnamoorthy, Yuvaraj, Rajaa, Sathish, Rehman, Tanveer

“…•This is the first review to provide pooled estimates for four different forms of GDS.•All the four forms of GDS had higher sensitivity and specificity for…”
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The use of care robots in aged care: A systematic review of argument-based ethics literature by Vandemeulebroucke, Tijs, Dierckx de Casterlé, Bernadette, Gastmans, Chris

“…•Ethical arguments and grounding concepts on care robot use in aged care are diverse.•Deeper understanding of the ethical debate on care robot use is…”
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The link between falls, social isolation and loneliness: A systematic review by Petersen, Nicola, König, Hans-Helmut, Hajek, André

“…•First systematic review: link between falls, social isolation and loneliness.•Only a few studies assessed the association between these factors among older…”
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