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  1. Assessment of functional ability in elderly patients is often based on self-reported rather than performance-based measures. This study aims to compare self-reported and performance-based measures of functiona...

    Authors: Louise M. Nielsen, Hans Kirkegaard, Lisa G. Østergaard, Karina Bovbjerg, Kasper Breinholt and Thomas Maribo
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:199
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  2. Aging raises wide-ranging issues within social, economic, welfare, and health care systems. Life satisfaction (LS) is regarded as an indicator of quality of life which, in turn, is associated with mortality an...

    Authors: Hyun Ja Lim, Dae Kee Min, Lilian Thorpe and Chel Hee Lee
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:197
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  3. Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) for their sedative and anxiolytic effects. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between benzodiazep...

    Authors: Lynna Chen, J. Simon Bell, Renuka Visvanathan, Sarah N. Hilmer, Tina Emery, Leonie Robson, Jessica M. Hughes and Edwin C. K. Tan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:196
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  4. Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the commonest cause of dementia, represents a significant cost to UK society. This analysis describes resource utilisation, costs and clinical outcomes in non-institutionalised patien...

    Authors: Alan Lenox-Smith, Catherine Reed, Jeremie Lebrec, Mark Belger and Roy W. Jones
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:195
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  5. It is widely assumed that poor health lowers life satisfaction when ageing. Yet, research suggests this relationship is not straightforward. This study investigated how older people evaluate their life when fa...

    Authors: Thomas Puvill, Jolanda Lindenberg, Antonius J. M. de Craen, Joris P. J. Slaets and Rudi G. J. Westendorp
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:194
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  6. Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection (CDI) is the leading cause of nosocomial diarrhea in the United States. This study aimed to examine the incidence of CDI and evaluate mortality and economic burden o...

    Authors: Holly Yu, Onur Baser and Li Wang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:193
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  7. A need exits to develop a protocol for preventing pressure ulcers (PUs) in private for-profit nursing homes in Hong Kong, where the incidence of PUs is relatively high and which have high proportion of non-pro...

    Authors: Enid WY Kwong, Maria SY Hung and Kevin Woo
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:192
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  8. It is well documented that both balance and resistance training have the potential to mitigate intrinsic fall risk factors in older adults. However, knowledge about the effects of simultaneously executed balan...

    Authors: Nils Eckardt
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:191
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  9. The discrepancy between the number of admissions and the allocation of hospital beds means that many patients admitted to hospital can be placed in units or wards other than that which specialise in the patien...

    Authors: Lua Perimal-Lewis, Clare Bradley, Paul H. Hakendorf, Craig Whitehead, Louise Heuzenroeder and Maria Crotty
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:190
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  10. Bilingualism may protect against cognitive aging and delay the onset of dementia. However, studies comparing monolinguals and bilinguals on such metrics have produced inconsistent results complicated by confou...

    Authors: Claudia Padilla, Mario F. Mendez, Elvira E. Jimenez and Edmond Teng
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:189
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  11. The concept of frailty, a relative state of weakness reflecting multiple functional and health domains, continues to receive attention within the geriatrics field. It offers a summary of key personal character...

    Authors: John N. Morris, Elizabeth P. Howard and Knight R. Steel
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:188
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  12. Frailty is highly prevalent in elderly people. While significant progress has been made to understand its pathogenesis process, few validated questionnaire exist to assess the multidimensional concept of frail...

    Authors: Dewi Vernerey, Amelie Anota, Pierre Vandel, Sophie Paget-Bailly, Michele Dion, Vanessa Bailly, Marie Bonin, Astrid Pozet, Audrey Foubert, Magdalena Benetkiewicz, Patrick Manckoundia and Franck Bonnetain
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:187
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:212

  13. Physical frailty is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in community-dwelling older adults. Burden in informal caregivers of older adults causes significant physical and psychological distress....

    Authors: Thom J. Ringer, Afeez Abiola Hazzan, Courtney C. Kennedy, Sarah Karampatos, Christopher Patterson, Sharon Marr, Brian Misiaszek, Tricia Woo, George Ioannidis and Alexandra Papaioannou
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:186
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  14. Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) are the most frequent cause of diarrhoea in hospitals. Geriatric patients are more often affected by the condition, by a relapse and complications. Therefore, a crucial ques...

    Authors: Klaus Nissle, Daniel Kopf and Alexander Rösler
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:185
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  16. Moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is considered important to prevent disability among community-dwelling older people. To develop MVPA programs aimed at reducing or preventing disability more insig...

    Authors: Astrid Etman, Frank H. Pierik, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis, Alex Burdorf and Frank J. van Lenthe
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:183
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  17. Older adults with hearing difficulties face problems of communication which may lead to underuse of health services. This study investigated the association of hearing loss and self-reported hearing difficulty...

    Authors: Tuija M. Mikkola, Hannele Polku, Päivi Sainio, Päivikki Koponen, Seppo Koskinen and Anne Viljanen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:182
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  18. The Life-Space Assessment (LSA), developed in the USA, is an instrument focusing on mobility with respect to reaching different areas defined as life-spaces, extending from the room where the person sleeps to ...

    Authors: Sofi Fristedt, Ann-Sofi Kammerlind, Marie Ernsth Bravell and Eleonor I. Fransson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:181
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  19. Subjective cognitive decline (SCD), i.e., the self-perceived feeling of worsening cognitive function, may be the first notable syndrome of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. However, not all ...

    Authors: Susanne Roehr, Arno Villringer, Matthias C. Angermeyer, Tobias Luck and Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:180
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  20. The use of Fall-Risk-Increasing-Drugs (FRIDs) has been associated with increased risk of falls and associated injuries. This study investigates the effect of withdrawal of FRIDs versus ‘care as usual’ on healt...

    Authors: Suzanne Polinder, Nicole D. A. Boyé, Francesco U. S. Mattace-Raso, Nathalie Van der Velde, Klaas A. Hartholt, Oscar J. De Vries, Paul Lips, Tischa J. M. Van der Cammen, Peter Patka, Ed F. Van Beeck and Esther M. M. Van Lieshout
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:179
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  21. Both multimorbidity and activities of daily living (ADL) disability and instrument activities of daily living (IADL) disability are common among elderly individuals. ADL/IADL disability may reduce individuals’...

    Authors: Peng Su, Hansheng Ding, Wei Zhang, Guangfeng Duan, Yitong Yang, Rong Chen, Zengjie Duan, Lixia Du, Chunyan Xie, Chunlin Jin, Chaoqun Hu, Zixue Sun, Junrui Long, Lingling Gong and Wenhua Tian
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:178
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  22. Patients with dementia have increased healthcare utilization and often have comorbid chronic conditions. It is not clear if the increase in utilization is driven by dementia, the comorbidities or both. The obj...

    Authors: Lauren E. Griffith, Andrea Gruneir, Kathryn Fisher, Dilzayn Panjwani, Sima Gandhi, Li Sheng, Amiram Gafni, Christopher Patterson, Maureen Markle-Reid and Jenny Ploeg
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:177
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  23. The experiences of people with cancer and organ disease have been described across different dimensions of need as they approach death. Such information is lacking for frail older people approaching death, but...

    Authors: Anna Lloyd, Marilyn Kendall, John M. Starr and Scott A. Murray
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:176
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  24. Dementia risk reduction is a major and growing public health priority. While certain modifiable risk factors for dementia have been identified, there remains a substantial proportion of unexplained risk. There...

    Authors: Lewis O. J. Killin, John M. Starr, Ivy J. Shiue and Tom C. Russ
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:175
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  25. Few studies have investigated factors associated with depression among elderly people with and without stroke concurrently, using identical settings, procedures and study variables. The aim was to investigate ...

    Authors: Carl Hörnsten, Hugo Lövheim, Peter Nordström and Yngve Gustafson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:174
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  26. There is evidence about time-dependent fracture rates in different settings and situations. Lacking are data about underlying time-dependent fall risk patterns. The objective of the study was to analyse fall r...

    Authors: Kilian Rapp, Johannes Ravindren, Clemens Becker, Ulrich Lindemann, Andrea Jaensch and Jochen Klenk
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:173
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  28. Health-promoting interventions tailored to support older persons to remain in their homes, so-called “ageing in place” is important for supporting or improving their health. The health-promoting programme “Eld...

    Authors: Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff, Kajsa Eklund, Katarina Wilhelmson, Lina Behm, Greta Häggblom-Kronlöf, Lena Zidén, Sten Landahl and Susanne Gustafsson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:171
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  29. Sarcopenia is increasingly recognized as a correlate of ageing and is associated with increased likelihood of adverse outcomes including falls, fractures, frailty and mortality. Several tools have been recomme...

    Authors: Charlotte Beaudart, Eugène McCloskey, Olivier Bruyère, Matteo Cesari, Yves Rolland, René Rizzoli, Islène Araujo de Carvalho, Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan, Ivan Bautmans, Marie-Claude Bertière, Maria Luisa Brandi, Nasser M. Al-Daghri, Nansa Burlet, Etienne Cavalier, Francesca Cerreta, Antonio Cherubini…
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:170
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  30. The sense of home of nursing home residents is a multifactorial phenomenon which is important for the quality of living. This purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing the sense of home o...

    Authors: J. van Hoof, H. Verbeek, B. M. Janssen, A. Eijkelenboom, S. L. Molony, E. Felix, K. A. Nieboer, E. L. M. Zwerts-Verhelst, J. J. W. M. Sijstermans and E. J. M. Wouters
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:169
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  32. Intelligence is related to both height and body mass index (BMI) at various stages of life. Several studies have demonstrated longitudinal relationships between these measures, but none has established whether...

    Authors: Mathew A. Harris, Caroline E. Brett, Ian J. Deary and John M. Starr
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:167
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  33. A concept referred to as locomotive syndrome (LS) was proposed by the Japanese Orthopaedic Association in order to help identify middle-aged and older adults who may be at high risk of requiring healthcare ser...

    Authors: Misa Nakamura, Yosuke Kobashi, Hiroshi Hashizume, Hiroyuki Oka, Ryohei Kono, Sachiko Nomura, Akihiro Maeno, Munehito Yoshida and Hirotoshi Utsunomiya
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:166
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  35. Most patients with dementia or cognitive impairment receive care from family members, often untrained for this challenging role. Caregivers may not access publicly available caregiving information, and caregiv...

    Authors: Kendra Peterson, Howard Hahn, Amber J. Lee, Catherine A. Madison and Alireza Atri
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:164
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  37. Older people are commonly prescribed multiple medications, including medications with anticholinergic effects. Polypharmacy and anticholinergic medications may be risk factors for the development of delirium.

    Authors: Hannah C. Moorey, Sebastian Zaidman and Thomas A. Jackson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:162
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  39. Understanding the differences in characteristics, gender, and common causes for admission in hospitalized elderly diabetic patients provides a theoretical basis for their successful management. This study expl...

    Authors: Wei Lin, Chan Chen, Huaqin Guan, Xiaohong Du and Junjian Li
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:160
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  40. Dizziness is highly prevalent among older people and associated with many health factors. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of and factors related to dizziness among community-dwelling older...

    Authors: Ann-Sofi C. Kammerlind, Marie Ernsth Bravell and Eleonor I. Fransson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:159
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  41. Hip fractures are an increasingly common consequence of falls in older people that are associated with a high risk of death and reduced function. This review aims to quantify the impact of hip fracture on olde...

    Authors: Suzanne M. Dyer, Maria Crotty, Nicola Fairhall, Jay Magaziner, Lauren A. Beaupre, Ian D. Cameron and Catherine Sherrington
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:158
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  43. Age increases the risk of mortality and poor prognosis following stroke. The benefit of intravenous thrombolysis in very old patients remains uncertain. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficacy an...

    Authors: S. Sagnier, P. Galli, M. Poli, S. Debruxelles, P. Renou, S. Olindo, F. Rouanet and I. Sibon
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:156
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  44. Regular physical activity (PA) is a major factor in maintaining health in aging populations. This study examines the influences of sociodemographic, health, and environmental characteristics on older adults’ w...

    Authors: Marcia G. Ory, Samuel D. Towne Jr., Jaewoong Won, Samuel N. Forjuoh and Chanam Lee
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:155
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  45. Earlier studies in nursing homes show a high prevalence of cognitive impairment, dependency in activities of daily living (ADL), pain, and neuropsychiatric symptoms among residents. The aim of this study was t...

    Authors: Sabine Björk, Christina Juthberg, Marie Lindkvist, Anders Wimo, Per-Olof Sandman, Bengt Winblad and David Edvardsson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:154
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  46. Anaemia is a common problem in hospitalized older patients and is recognized as a risk factor for a significant number of adverse outcomes. Data of the effect of anaemia on functional status during hospitaliza...

    Authors: Etienne Joosten, Elke Detroyer and Koen Milisen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:153
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  48. Despite the well-established power of frailty to predict mortality, and the known associations of socioeconomic status (SES) with mortality, it is largely unknown whether the linkage between frailty and mortal...

    Authors: Danan Gu, Fang Yang and Jessica Sautter
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:151
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:161

  49. There are limited published data reporting Australian hospitalized elders’ vulnerability to functional decline to guide best practice interventions. The objectives of this study were to describe the prevalence...

    Authors: Lenore Beddoes-Ley, Damien Khaw, Maxine Duke and Mari Botti
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:150
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  50. To examine whether delirium in hip fracture patients was associated with changes in the levels of amino acids and/or monoamine metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum.

    Authors: Leiv Otto Watne, Ane-Victoria Idland, Durk Fekkes, Johan Raeder, Frede Frihagen, Anette Hylen Ranhoff, Farrukh Abbas Chaudhry, Knut Engedal, Torgeir Bruun Wyller and Bjørnar Hassel
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:149
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