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  1. The Clinical Frailty Scale, which provides a common language about frailty, was recently updated to version 2.0 to cater for its increased use in areas of medicine usually involved in the care and treatment of...

    Authors: Anders Fournaise, Søren Kabell Nissen, Jørgen T. Lauridsen, Jesper Ryg, Christian H. Nickel, Claire Gudex, Mikkel Brabrand, Lone Musaeus Poulsen and Karen Andersen-Ranberg

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:269

    Content type: Correspondence

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  2. Socio-demographic transitions have dramatically changed the traditional family care settings in China, caused unmet care needs among older adults. However, whether different primary caregiver types have differ...

    Authors: Yangyujin Liu, Haoxue Li, Bei Wu, Xiaoting Liu, Honglin Chen, Hai-Yu Jin and Chenkai Wu

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:268

    Content type: Research article

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  3. The association between serum uric acid (SUA) and tea consumption has been studied in previous work, and there were arguments among various population group employed as well as different statistical approaches...

    Authors: Dan-Dan Chen, Xing-Xuan Dong, Xue-Jiao Yang, Hong-Peng Sun, Gang Liang, Xing Chen and Chen-Wei Pan

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:267

    Content type: Research

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  4. Population aging will be one of humanity’s major challenges in the decades to come. In addition to focusing on the pathologies causing the greatest mortality and morbidity in this population, such as dementia,...

    Authors: Gregorio Gonzalez-Alcaide, Sergio Palacios-Fernandez and Jose-Manuel Ramos-Rincon

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:266

    Content type: Research

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  5. Although pressure ulcers, malnutrition, poor oral health and falls are common among older persons, causing deteriorated health status, they have not been studied altogether among older persons receiving differ...

    Authors: Merita Neziraj, Peter Hellman, Christine Kumlien, Magdalena Andersson and Malin Axelsson

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:265

    Content type: Research

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  6. Prior studies on health disparity have shown that socioeconomic status is critical to inequality of health outcomes such as depression. However, two questions await further investigation: whether disparity in ...

    Authors: Aruhan Mu, Zhaohua Deng, Xiang Wu and Liqin Zhou

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:264

    Content type: Research article

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  7. The healthcare system needs effective strategies to identify the most vulnerable group of older patients, assess their needs and plan their care proactively. To evaluate the effectiveness of comprehensive geri...

    Authors: Magnus Nord, Johan Lyth, Jenny Alwin and Jan Marcusson

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:263

    Content type: Research article

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  8. During the first pandemic wave, Sweden experienced a high mortality rate. Home healthcare reflects a group of people especially vulnerable to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aimed to evaluate the patte...

    Authors: Lena Nilsson, Christer Andersson and Rune Sjödahl

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:262

    Content type: Research article

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  9. Informal caregiving for people with dementia can negatively impact caregivers’ health. In Asia-Pacific regions, growing dementia incidence has made caregiver burnout a pressing public health issue. A cross-sec...

    Authors: Crystal Y. Chan, Gary Cheung, Adrian Martinez-Ruiz, Patsy Y. K. Chau, Kailu Wang, E. K. Yeoh and Eliza L. Y. Wong

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:261

    Content type: Research article

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  10. The relationship between obesity and prevalent high blood pressure in older adults has predominantly been estimated using categorical measures of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), masking the...

    Authors: Wenli Zhang, Kun He, Hao Zhao, Xueqi Hu, Chunyu Yin, Xiaoyan Zhao and Songhe Shi

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:260

    Content type: Research article

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  11. Depression is a common mental disorder among older people. This study aimed to assess the association between housing environment factors and depressive symptoms among older people using a multidimensional ass...

    Authors: Yuan Chen, Ping Yu Cui, Yi Yang Pan, Ya Xing Li, Nuremaguli Waili and Ying Li

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:259

    Content type: Research article

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  12. Older people living with frailty are often exposed to polypharmacy and potential harm from medications. Targeted deprescribing in this population represents an important component of optimizing medication. Thi...

    Authors: Kinda Ibrahim, Natalie J. Cox, Jennifer M. Stevenson, Stephen Lim, Simon D. S. Fraser and Helen C. Roberts

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:258

    Content type: Research article

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  13. High prevalence rates have been reported for physical inactivity, mobility limitations, and falls in older adults. Home-based exercise might be an adequate means to increase physical activity by improving heal...

    Authors: Urs Granacher, Thomas Muehlbauer, Gerd Göstemeyer, Stefanie Gruber and Markus Gruber

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:257

    Content type: Research

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  14. Readmission is related to high cost, high burden, and high risk for mortality in geriatric patients. A scoring system can be developed to predict the readmission of older inpatients to perform earlier interven...

    Authors: Ika Fitriana, Siti Setiati, Edy W Rizal, Rahmi Istanti, Ikhwan Rinaldi, Taro Kojima, Masahiro Akishita and Muhammad Khifzhon Azwar

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:256

    Content type: Research

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  15. Unintended weight loss and the reduction in appetite are common phenomenon among older people. Reduced appetite has been linked to medication related reductions in saliva production, reduced taste ability and ...

    Authors: Sachiko Takehara, Vasant Hirani, F. A. Clive Wright, Vasi Naganathan, Fiona M. Blyth, David G. Le Couteur, Louise M. Waite, Markus J. Seibel, David J. Handelsman and Robert G. Cumming

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:255

    Content type: Research article

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  19. There is extensive concern about older people’s care in institutions, especially recently in the past years. One of the reasons is linked to the cases of elder abuse, not only shown by academic and scientific ...

    Authors: Gema Pérez-Rojo, Javier López, Cristina Noriega, José Angel Martínez-Huertas and Cristina Velasco

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:251

    Content type: Research

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  20. There is on one hand sufficient evidence showing strong association between resilience and self-rated successful aging. On the other hand, strength training could contribute the cultivation of resilience among...

    Authors: Pak-Kwong Chung, Chun-Qing Zhang, Yanan Zhao, Ming Yu Claudia Wong and Chun Hu

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:250

    Content type: Study protocol

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  21. People living with dementia seem to be more likely to experience delirium following hip fracture. The association between mental disorders (MD) and hip fracture remains controversial. We conducted a nationwide...

    Authors: Ling-Yin Kuo, Po-Ting Hsu, Wen-Tien Wu, Ru-Ping Lee, Jen-Hung Wang, Hao-Wen Chen, Ing-Ho Chen, Tzai-Chiu Yu, Cheng-Huan Peng, Kuan-Lin Liu, Chung-Yi Hsu and Kuang-Ting Yeh

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:249

    Content type: Research

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  23. High rates of food insecurity, obesity and obesity-related comorbidities in ageing South African (SA) women may amplify the risk of developing sarcopenic obesity. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence...

    Authors: Amy E. Mendham, Julia H. Goedecke, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Naomi E. Brooks, Mieke Faber, Dirk L. Christensen, Iain J. Gallagher, Lillemor Lundin-Olsson, Kathryn H. Myburgh, Feyisayo A. Odunitan-Wayas, Estelle V. Lambert, Sebastiana Kalula and Angus M. Hunter

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:247

    Content type: Article

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  24. Frailty is a predictor of negative health outcomes in older adults. The physical frailty phenotype is an often used form for its operationalization. Some authors have pointed out limitations regarding the unid...

    Authors: Claudia Venturini, Rosana Ferreira Sampaio, Bruno de Souza Moreira, Eduardo Ferriolli, Anita Liberalesso Neri, Roberto Alves Lourenço and Lygia Paccini Lustosa

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:246

    Content type: Research article

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  25. Salivary function has been suggested to be associated with cognitive impairment. However, the effect of salivary flow rate (SFR) on cognitive impairment remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate whether...

    Authors: Minh-Tung Do, Huong Vu, Jong-Koo Lee, Sang-Min Park, Joung-Sik Son and Hyun-Duck Kim

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:245

    Content type: Research

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  26. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: David Peter Neal, Yvonne J. F. Kerkhof, Teake P. Ettema, Majon Muller, Judith Bosmans, Evelyn Finnema, Maud Graff, Karin Dijkstra, Max L. Stek and Rose-Marie Dröes

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:244

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:138

  27. The Frail-VIG frailty index has been developed recently. It is an instrument with a multidimensional approach and a pragmatic purpose that allows rapid and efficient assessment of the degree of frailty in the ...

    Authors: Juan-José Zamora-Sánchez, Edurne Zabaleta-del-Olmo, Vicente Gea-Caballero, Iván Julián-Rochina, Gemma Pérez-Tortajada and Jordi Amblàs-Novellas

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:243

    Content type: Research article

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  28. Active patients lie at the heart of integrated care. Although interventions to increase the participation of older patients in care planning are being implemented in several countries, there is a lack of knowl...

    Authors: Jannike Dyb Oksavik, Marit Solbjør, Ralf Kirchhoff and Maren Kristine Raknes Sogstad

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:242

    Content type: Research article

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  29. QuickSOFA, a prognostic score proposed for patients with infection, has shown a poor predictive value in the geriatric population, probably because of the inappropriateness of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) in a...

    Authors: Francesca Remelli, Federico Castellucci, Aurora Vitali, Irene Mattioli, Amedeo Zurlo, Savino Spadaro and Stefano Volpato

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:241

    Content type: Research article

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  30. Incorrect body weight shifting is a frequent cause of falls, and the control of the whole-body center of mass (CoM) by segmental coordination is essential during walking. Uncontrolled manifold (UCM) analysis i...

    Authors: Momoko Yamagata, Hiroshige Tateuchi, Itsuroh Shimizu, Junya Saeki and Noriaki Ichihashi

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:240

    Content type: Research article

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  31. For the diagnosis of Sarcopenia, European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) revised the algorisms in 2019, where they added computed tomography (CT) as an assessment tool not only for quanti...

    Authors: Hiroki Oba, Yasumoto Matsui, Hidenori Arai, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Hiroki Iida, Takafumi Mizuno, Satoshi Yamashita, Shinya Ishizuka, Yasuo Suzuki, Hideki Hiraiwa and Shiro Imagama

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:239

    Content type: Research article

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  32. Quadratus lumborum block (QLB) is a novel and effective postoperative analgesia method for abdominal surgeries. However, whether QLB can affect early postoperative cognitive function by inhibiting surgical tra...

    Authors: Manhua Zhu, Yong Qi, Huijuan He, Song Zhang and Yuliu Mei

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:238

    Content type: Research article

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  33. Green care farms, which offer care for people with dementia in a farm setting, have been emerging in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was to 1) implement green care farms which use rice farming in Japan,...

    Authors: Chiaki Ura, Tsuyoshi Okamura, Sachiko Yamazaki, Masaya Shimmei, Keisuke Torishima, Akira Eboshida and Yu Kawamuro

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:237

    Content type: Research article

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  34. Cognitive leisure activity, such as reading, playing mahjong or cards and computer use, is common among older adults in China. Previous studies suggest a negative correlation between cognitive leisure activity...

    Authors: Xin Liu, Ye Ruan, Limei Huang, Yanfei Guo, Shuangyuan Sun, Hao Chen, Junling Gao, Yan Shi and Qianyi Xiao

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:236

    Content type: Research article

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  35. During a disaster, home-based care fills the critical need for continuation of health care. Home-based care is intended to function using existing care delivery models, continuing to provide care for patients ...

    Authors: Sue Anne Bell, Lydia K. Krienke, Sarah Dickey and Raymond G. De Vries

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:235

    Content type: Research article

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  36. Frailty and low handgrip strength (HGS) are associated with adverse outcomes after hip fracture (HF) surgery. We aimed to compare the predictive role of frailty and HGS for adverse outcome in HF patients.

    Authors: Jung-Yeon Choi, Jin-Kak Kim, Kwang-il Kim, Young-Kyun Lee, Kyung-Hoi Koo and Cheol-Ho Kim

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:234

    Content type: Research article

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  37. Polypharmacy continues to be a topic of concern among older adults and puts patients at increased risk of potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs) and negative health outcomes. The objective of this study was t...

    Authors: Marwan Sheikh-Taha and Myriam Asmar

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:233

    Content type: Research article

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  38. We aimed to provide real-world evidence on the benefit of persistence with antiplatelet therapy (APT) on long-term all-cause mortality (ACM) in ischemic stroke patients aged 75 years and older.

    Authors: Seung Jae Kim, Oh Deog Kwon, Ho Chun Choi, Eung-Joon Lee and BeLong Cho

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:232

    Content type: Research article

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  39. This study aims to analyze the distribution of serum uric acid (SUA) level based on more than 1000 centenarians and to explore the association with three common diseases including hypertension, diabetes and dy...

    Authors: Fuyin Kou, Shanshan Yang, Shengshu Wang, Miao Liu and Yao He

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:231

    Content type: Research article

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  40. This study investigated the differences in caregiver activity, caregiver burden, and awareness of both caregivers and patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) across different Asian locations.

    Authors: Yong S. Shim, Kee Hyung Park, Christopher Chen, Jacqueline C. Dominguez, Kyunghun Kang, Hee-Jin Kim, Zhen Hong, Yu-Te Lin, Leung-Wing Chu, San Jung and SangYun Kim

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:230

    Content type: Research article

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  41. The proportion of older adults is increasing rapidly, and the majority are female. In 2050, the number of persons aged 60 years and over is estimated to reach 2.1 billion worldwide, constituting one-third of t...

    Authors: Hilda Kristin Svensson, Jon Karlsson, Therese Rydberg Sterner, Felicia Ahlner, Ingmar Skoog and Hanna Falk Erhag

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:229

    Content type: Research article

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  43. The elder population suffered from social, economic, and health (which includes physical) related problems. Thus, these problems are complex and interrelated, thereby requiring specific knowledge and expertise...

    Authors: Erkihun Tadesse Amsalu, Tesfaye Alemayehu Messele and Metadel Adane

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:227

    Content type: Research article

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  44. Falls are one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in older adults. However, despite adoption of prevention strategies, the number of falls in older adults has not declined. The aim of this study was...

    Authors: Jing Wen Goh, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Normala Mesbah, Anis Afifa Mohd Hanafi and Adlyn Farhana Azwan

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:226

    Content type: Research article

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  45. Sepsis is a critical challenge for the older adults as the immune function is less responsive by aging. Although cell numbers seem preserved in the older adults, macrophages present age-related function declin...

    Authors: Yu Zhang, Li-hua Tang, Jia Lu, Li-ming Xu, Bao-li Cheng and Jun-yu Xiong

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:225

    Content type: Research article

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  46. This study describes the process evaluation of an intervention developed to reduce fear of falling (FoF) after hip fracture, within an inpatient geriatric rehabilitation setting. This ‘FIT-HIP intervention’ is...

    Authors: Maaike N. Scheffers-Barnhoorn, Monica van Eijk, Jos M. G. A. Schols, Romke van Balen, Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen, Wilco P. Achterberg and Jolanda C. M. van Haastregt

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:224

    Content type: Research article

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  47. Foot problems are common in older adults and associated with poorer physical function, falls, frailty and reduced quality of life. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), a multidisciplinary process that is ...

    Authors: Rebecca K. Iseli, Gregory Duncan, Elton K. Lee, Ellen Lewis and Andrea B. Maier

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:223

    Content type: Research article

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  48. Most people with dementia (PwD) are cared for at home, with general practitioners (GPs) playing a key part in the treatment. However, primary dementia care suffers from a number of shortcomings: Often, diagnos...

    Authors: Isabella Bablok, Harald Binder, Dominikus Stelzer, Klaus Kaier, Erika Graf, Julian Wangler, Michael Jansky, Michael Löhr, Michael Schulz, Marie Kockläuner, Katharina Geschke, Alexandra Wuttke-Linnemann, Andreas Fellgiebel and Erik Farin

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:222

    Content type: Study protocol

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  49. People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have described their walking difficulties as linked to activity avoidance, social isolation, reduced independence and quality of life. There is a knowledge gap regarding pr...

    Authors: Magnus Lindh-Rengifo, Stina B. Jonasson, Susann Ullén, Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren and Maria H. Nilsson

    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:221

    Content type: Research article

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