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  1. The concurrent use of anticholinergics and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (ACHEIs) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with dementia should be avoided because the opposing pharmacological actions of both dru...

    Authors: Deborah Baik, Yun Mi Yu, Sun-Young Jung and Hye-Young Kang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:609
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  3. A large number of CT brain (CTB) scans are ordered in the ED for older patients with a confirmed or possible head strike but no ongoing symptoms of a head injury. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the...

    Authors: Charlene Lee, Jonathan Beavers, Jonathan Pham, Liam Hackett, Joseph Miller and Paul Buntine
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:607
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  4. The geriatric population and advanced knee osteoarthritis are rapidly increasing in Korea, and the socioeconomic burden of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is increasing. This study aimed to analyze the demograph...

    Authors: Eun Young Han, Sang Rim Kim, Kye Hee Cho and Sang Hee Im
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:606
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  5. The potential decrease in daily physical activity associated with the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns may have a negative impact on people living with dementia. Given the limited literature around the effects of h...

    Authors: Claudio Di Lorito, Veronika van der Wardt, Rebecca O’Brien, John Gladman, Tahir Masud and Rowan H. Harwood
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:605
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  6. Identification of frailty is crucial to guide patient care for the elderly. The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a reliable, synthesis and clinical judgment-based tool. However, a validated Chinese version of C...

    Authors: Yi-Chun Chou, Hsiao-Hui Tsou, Ding-Cheng Derrick Chan, Chiung-Jung Wen, Feng-Ping Lu, Kun-Pei Lin, Meng-Chen Wu, Yung-Ming Chen and Jen-Hau Chen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:604
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  7. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) is primarily associated with dietary exposure to bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy. Cases may be missed in the elderly population where dementia is common with less freq...

    Authors: Lovney Kanguru, Gemma Logan, Briony Waddel, Colin Smith, Anna Molesworth and Richard Knight
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:603
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  8. There are few studies reporting on self-medication, perceptions or difficulties older adults have with their medications. This study aimed to describe the uses and the perceptions of medications among older ad...

    Authors: Anh Thi-Quynh Tran, Noémie Soullier, Joël Ankri, Marie Herr and Laure Carcaillon-Bentata
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:602
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  9. Polypharmacy is commonly associated with adverse health outcomes. There are currently no meta-analyses of the prevalence of polypharmacy or factors associated with polypharmacy. We aimed to estimate the pooled...

    Authors: Mahin Delara, Lauren Murray, Behnaz Jafari, Anees Bahji, Zahra Goodarzi, Julia Kirkham, Mohammad Chowdhury and Dallas P. Seitz
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:601
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  11. The incidence of osteoporosis increases with age. Frailty is a distinct characteristic seen in older osteoporosis patients. Poor sleep quality is common in elderly individuals. However, there are few studies o...

    Authors: Xiaoru Xu, Xiaoping Zhou, Wenjing Liu, Qing Ma, Xuexue Deng and Ronghua Fang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:599
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  12. The study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in a residential transition care setting to measure older adults’ functional outcomes.

    Authors: Ying Git Wong, Jo-Aine Hang, Jacqueline Francis-Coad and Anne-Marie Hill
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:598
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  13. Decreased skeletal muscle mass and low physical performance are independently associated with increased mortality in elderly individuals. However, little is known about the effects of skeletal muscle mass comb...

    Authors: Chia-Ing Li, Chiu-Shong Liu, Chih-Hsueh Lin, Shing-Yu Yang, Tsai-Chung Li and Cheng-Chieh Lin
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:597
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  14. At present, there is a lack of direct evidence to confirm whether the recommendations of the World Health Organization can play a role in fitness and disease prevention in the Chinese population. Therefore, we...

    Authors: Meng Ding, Yanan Zhou, Chengxiang Li, Weipeng Li, Ningxin Jia and Xiaosheng Dong
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:596
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  15. The Mini Suffering State Examination (MSSE) has been explicitly recommended to assess suffering in dementia patients. This study aimed to develop a German version of the MSSE and assess its psychometric proper...

    Authors: Naomi Zumstein, Keiko Yamada, Stefanie Eicher, Nathan Theill, Heike Geschwindner, Henrike Wolf and Florian Riese
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:595
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  16. Falls are a leading cause for emergency department (ED) visits in older adults. As a fall is associated with a high risk of functional decline and further falls and many falls do not receive medical attention,...

    Authors: Tim Stuckenschneider, Jessica Koschate, Ellen Dunker, Nadja Reeck, Michel Hackbarth, Sandra Hellmers, Robert Kwiecien, Sandra Lau, Anna Levke Brütt, Andreas Hein and Tania Zieschang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:594
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  17. To describe the prevalence and analyse the associated factors of possible sarcopenia and sarcopenia among community-dwelling old adults in China, in order to provide effective strategies for early prevention a...

    Authors: Jiazhi Wang, Changge Liu, Lin Zhang, Ning Liu, Lei Wang, Jingqiong Wu, Yizhao Wang, Huimin Hao, Longjun Cao, Shilei Yuan and Liping Huang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:592
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  18. Play Intervention for Dementia is a practice initiative using play to help people living with dementia (PWD) experience engagements, autonomy, and cognitive stimulation. This program was developed under a part...

    Authors: Bingyu Li, Rainbow Tin Hung Ho, Wing Yeung Vivian Leung and Ka Tat Tsang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:591
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  19. With the rapid development of population ageing, the international community has been paying more attention to the health problems of older adults and the age-friendly community. But there has not been enough ...

    Authors: Zhenhua Zheng, Wanting Liu, Yingchen Lu, Ning Sun, Yusu Chu and Hong Chen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:590
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  20. The prevalence of dependency personality disorder (DPD) is high among elderly people living in rural areas. This study aims to explore the association between dependency on community resources and social suppo...

    Authors: Ayizuhere Aierken, XiWen Ding, YiYang Pan, Yuan Chen and Ying Li
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:589
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  21. This study investigated the impact of physical frailty on the development of disabilities in mobility, activities of daily living (ADL), and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) according to sex amon...

    Authors: Seoyoon Lee, Miji Kim, Yunhwan Lee, Jinhee Kim, Hak Chul Jang, Belong Cho, Kyung Mook Choi, Eun Roh, Sang Joon Son, Jin-Hee Lee, Yong Soon Park, Sam-Gyu Lee, Bong Jo Kim, Hyeonju Kim and Chang Won Won
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:588
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  22. Mental health of older adults could be positively predicted by harmonious parent–adult children relationships, although the mechanism has not been sufficiently demonstrated. This study employed sense of loneli...

    Authors: Jia-Jia Zhou and Xue Bai
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:587
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  23. Frailty is increasing in prevalence internationally with population ageing. Frailty can be managed or even reversed through community-based interventions delivered by a multi-disciplinary team of professionals...

    Authors: Woan Shin Tan, Ze Ling Nai, Hwee Teng Robyn Tan, Sean Nicholas, Robin Choo, Mimaika Luluina Ginting, Edward Tan, Poh Hoon June Teng, Wee Shiong Lim, Chek Hooi Wong and Yew Yoong Ding
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:586
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  24. Frailty has been associated with postoperative delirium (POD). Studies suggest that the Fried phenotype has a stronger association with POD than the Edmonton Frailty Scale (EFS) criteria. Although phenotypic f...

    Authors: Frederick Sieber, Susan Gearhart, Dianne Bettick and Nae-Yuh Wang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:585
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  25. A variety of prediction models concerning COVID-19 have been proposed since onset of the pandemic, but to this date no gold standard exists. Mortality rates show a sharp increase with advancing age but with th...

    Authors: Marleen G. A. M. van der Velde, Merel J. van der Aa, Merel H. C. van Daal, Marjolein N. T. Kremers, Carolina J. P. W. Keijsers, Sander M. J. van Kuijk and Harm R. Haak
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:584
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  26. The incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been found to increase with age. This has resulted in an increase in the number of elderly patients undergoing renal replacement therapy. There is a significan...

    Authors: Magdalena Wisniewska and Stanislaw Niemczyk
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:583
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  28. Multitasking is an essential part of our everyday life, but performance declines typically in older age. Many studies have investigated the beneficial effects of cognitive, motor and combined cognitive-motor t...

    Authors: Melanie Mack, Robert Stojan, Otmar Bock and Claudia Voelcker-Rehage
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:581
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  29. The Jamar hydraulic dynamometer is a widely recognized tool for measuring grip strength. Nevertheless, the devices used most often in Asian countries are spring-type dynamometers, represented by the CAMRY dyna...

    Authors: Li Huang, Yadong Liu, Taiping Lin, Lisha Hou, Quhong Song, Ning Ge and Jirong Yue
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:580
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  30. Greater continuity of care has been associated with lower hospital admissions and patient mortality. This systematic review aims to examine the impact of relational continuity between primary care professional...

    Authors: Suzanne M. Dyer, Jenni Suen, Helena Williams, Maria C. Inacio, Gillian Harvey, David Roder, Steve Wesselingh, Andrew Kellie, Maria Crotty and Gillian E. Caughey
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:579
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  31. Memory clinics (MCs) play a key role in accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment of dementia and mild cognitive impairment. However, within Australia, there are little data available on current practices in...

    Authors: Sharon L. Naismith, Johannes C. Michaelian, Lee-Fay Low, Valerie Arsenova, Inga Mehrani, Katrina Fyfe, Nicole A. Kochan, Susan E. Kurrle, Christopher Rowe and Perminder S. Sachdev
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:578
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  32. In 2016, Tamil Nadu was the first state in India to develop a set of Minimum Standards for old age homes. The Minimum Standards stipulate that that residents’ dignity and privacy should be respected. However, ...

    Authors: Vanessa Burholt, E. Zoe Shoemark, R. Maruthakutti, Aabha Chaudhary and Carol Maddock
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:577
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  33. Older patients often experience adverse drug events (ADEs) after discharge that may lead to unplanned readmission. Medication Reconciliation (MR) reduces medication errors that lead to ADEs, but results on hea...

    Authors: Emma Bajeux, Lilian Alix, Lucie Cornée, Camille Barbazan, Marion Mercerolle, Jennifer Howlett, Vincent Cruveilhier, Charlotte Liné-Iehl, Bérangère Cador, Patrick Jego, Vincent Gicquel, François-Xavier Schweyer, Vanessa Marie, Stéphanie Hamonic, Jean-Michel Josselin, Dominique Somme…
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:576
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  34. The use of psychotropics is high among the older population and may have detrimental effects on their physical and mental health. Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a strong and modifiable measure of health an...

    Authors: Trude Carlsen, Dorthe Stensvold, Ulrik Wisløff, Linda Ernstsen and Thomas Halvorsen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:575
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  35. Exercise has been one of the key strategies for preventing frailty. While training programs for preventing frailty have been mainly developed in person, which have now become difficult to perform due to the co...

    Authors: Koji Oba, Yusuke Kagiwada, Masamitsu Kamada, Ryusuke Miki, Yuta Kondo, Tadashi Kamakura, Takeshi Yamagami, Tomomi Fujita and Yasuhiro Tsuchida
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:574
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  36. Bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP), especially in elderly patients, results in higher morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to assess risk fac...

    Authors: Yili Chen, Yao Chen, Pingjuan Liu, Penghao Guo, Zhongwen Wu, Yaqin Peng, Jiankai Deng, Yannan Kong, Yingpeng Cui, Kang Liao and Bin Huang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:573
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  37. The elderly face a greater burden of illnesses than other age groups and have a more frequent need of healthcare, including in-patient hospitalisations. Catastrophic expenditure on hospitalisation of the elder...

    Authors: Samir Garg, Kirtti Kumar Bebarta and Narayan Tripathi
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:572
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  38. Although universal free healthcare is available for all Sri Lankan citizens, older adults face somewhat unique obstacles when utilizing available healthcare services. The aim of this study was to examine some ...

    Authors: Bimba I. Wickramarachchi, Sidiah J. Siop and Bilesha Perera
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:571
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  39. Testosterone plays a crucial role in males, and the deficiency of testosterone leads to multiple adverse health conditions. Klotho is a recently discovered protein encoded by antiaging gene klotho. Both the level...

    Authors: Zilong Zhang, Shi Qiu, Xinyi Huang, Kun Jin, Xianghong Zhou, Tianhai Lin, Xiaoli Zou, Qiuxiang Yang, Lu Yang and Qiang Wei
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:570
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  40. Little is known about resilience in an internal medicine setting. We aimed to assess the relationship between resilience and frailty and other clinical and sociodemographic characteristics in a cohort of prosp...

    Authors: Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Alice Silvia Brera, Alessia Ballesio, Gabriele Croce, Lucia Padovini, Giampiera Bertolino, Antonio Di Sabatino, Catherine Klersy and Gino Roberto Corazza
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:569
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  41. To investigate the relationship between diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) indicators and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) with depressive states, and to explore the underlying mechanisms of white matter damag...

    Authors: Yumeng Gu, Ping Zhao, Wenjun Feng, Xiaoshuang Xia, Xiaolin Tian, Yu Yan, Xiaowen Wang, Decheng Gao, Yanfen Du and Xin Li
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:568
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  42. Person-Centered-Care (PCC) requires knowledge about patient preferences. Among People-living-with-Dementia (PlwD) data on quantitative, choice-based preferences, which would allow to quantify, weigh and rank pati...

    Authors: Wiebke Mohr, Anika Rädke, Bernhard Michalowsky and Wolfgang Hoffmann
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:567
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  43. Among adult kidney transplant (KT) candidates, 21% are frail and 55% have cognitive impairment, increasing the risk of pre- and post-KT mortality. Centers often assess frailty status and cognitive function dur...

    Authors: Prakriti Shrestha, Sarah E. Van Pilsum Rasmussen, Elizabeth A. King, Elisa J. Gordon, Ruth R. Faden, Dorry L. Segev, Casey Jo Humbyrd and Mara McAdams-DeMarco
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:566
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  45. Older patients at risk of functional decline are frequently affected by polypharmacy. This is associated with a further loss of independence. However, a relationship between functional disability and medicatio...

    Authors: Claudia Salm, Julia Sauer, Nadine Binder, Aline Pfefferle, Mario Sofroniou, Gloria Metzner, Erik Farin-Glattacker, Sebastian Voigt-Radloff and Andy Maun
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:564
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  47. Antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) is diarrhea associated with consuming antibiotics that cannot be explained by other causes. AAD prolongs admission time and increases mortality and financial costs. Elderly...

    Authors: Liying Zhang, Xiaofeng Zeng, Daxin Guo, Yupei Zou, Huatian Gan and Xiaoli Huang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:562
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  48. Development has promoted longer and healthier lives, but the rise in the proportion of older adults poses new challenges to health systems. Susceptibilities of older persons resulting from lower knowledge abou...

    Authors: Adriana Taveira, Ana Paula Macedo, Nazaré Rego and José Crispim
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:561
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  49. As patients age, the frailty of those with multimorbidity increases, often resulting in adverse health outcomes. The current study investigated the frailty status and the factors which influence it in elderly ...

    Authors: Jing Lv, Rao Li, Li Yuan, Xiao-ling Yang, Yi Wang, Zi-Wei Ye and Feng-Mei Huang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:560
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