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Geriatrics, Volume 5, Issue 2

June 2020 - 19 articles

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Articles (19)

  • Communication
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,689 Views
6 Pages

The Clinical Frailty Scale: Do Staff Agree?

  • Rebekah L. Young and
  • David G. Smithard

The term frailty is being increasingly used by clinicians, however there is no strict consensus on the best screening method. The expectation in England is that all older patients should have the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) completed on admission. T...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,891 Views
13 Pages

Pain and Its Impact on Functional Health: 7-Year Longitudinal Findings among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Indonesia

  • Vasoontara Sbirakos Yiengprugsawan,
  • John Piggott,
  • Firman Witoelar,
  • Fiona M Blyth and
  • Robert G Cumming

Pain is a growing public health issue worldwide, but there is limited population-based evidence in low- and middle-income country settings. Using nationwide Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) data in 2007 and 2014, this research sets out to investi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,630 Views
21 Pages

Effect of Self-Management Support for Elderly People Post-Stroke: A Systematic Review

  • Sedsel Kristine Stage Pedersen,
  • Susanne Lillelund Sørensen,
  • Henriette Holm Stabel,
  • Iris Brunner and
  • Hanne Pallesen

A systematic review was undertaken to determine the efficacy of self-management interventions for people with stroke over the age of 65 in relation to psychosocial outcomes. PubMed, Embase, and PsycInfo were searched for randomized controlled clinica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,391 Views
16 Pages

Polypharmacy with “potentially inappropriate medications” (PIMs) and “potential prescribing omissions” (PPOs) are frequent among those 65 and older. We assessed PIMs and PPOs in a retrospective study of 82,935 patients ≥ 65...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
8,243 Views
14 Pages

A growing body of literature is focused on the use of eye tracking (ET) technology to understand the association between objective visual parameters and higher order brain processes such as cognition. One of the settings where this principle has foun...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,563 Views
19 Pages

Feasibility and Validity of a Low-Cost Racing Simulator in Driving Assessment after Stroke

  • Jonathan Tiu,
  • Annie C. Harmon,
  • James D. Stowe,
  • Amen Zwa,
  • Marc Kinnear,
  • Latch Dimitrov,
  • Tina Nolte and
  • David B. Carr

There is a myriad of methodologies to assess driving performance after a stroke. These include psychometric tests, driving simulation, questionnaires, and/or road tests. Research-based driving simulators have emerged as a safe, convenient way to asse...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,806 Views
10 Pages

Effectiveness of the “Mente Sana [Healthy Mind]” Cognitive Training Program for Older Illiterate Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment

  • Yaneth del Rosario Palo Villegas,
  • Andrea Elena Pomareda Vera,
  • María Elena Rojas Zegarra and
  • M. Dolores Calero

Aging can lead to functional and cognitive alterations, sometimes limiting older adults in their social development, especially illiterate groups of older adults who receive poor attention from healthcare systems. In this context, the present investi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,796 Views
10 Pages

Inverse Correlation Between Grip Strength and Serum Phosphorus: A Retrospective Observational Study in Japanese Elderly with Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes

  • Sho Tanaka,
  • Masahiro Takubo,
  • Genta Kohno,
  • Masaru Kushimoto,
  • Jin Ikeda,
  • Katsuhiko Ogawa,
  • Yutaka Suzuki,
  • Masanori Abe,
  • Hisamitsu Ishihara and
  • Midori Fujishiro

The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with sarcopenia among elderly patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (DM). We retrospectively analyzed 41 patients with type 2 DM, aged ≥65 years who required diabetes educatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
6,474 Views
14 Pages

Long-Term Outcomes in Stroke Patients with Cognitive Impairment: A Population-Based Study

  • Majed Obaid,
  • Clare Flach,
  • Iain Marshall,
  • Charles D. A. Wolfe and
  • Abdel Douiri

This study assesses five year outcomes of patients with cognitive deficits within the first three months after stroke. Population-based data from the South London Stroke Register between 1995 and 2018 were studied. Cognitive function was assessed usi...

  • Feature Paper
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,286 Views
4 Pages

COVID-19 and Gastrointestinal Symptoms—A Case Report

  • Alistair J. Mackett and
  • Victoria L. Keevil

COVID-19, a new illness secondary to a novel Coronavirus emerged in December 2019 in China. Our early understanding of the clinical features of COVID-19 has been based on case series emerging from the first outbreak in Wuhan. These features included...

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