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  1. Frailty predicts adverse post-kidney transplant (KT) outcomes, yet the impact of frailty assessment on center-level outcomes remains unclear. We sought to test whether transplant centers assessing frailty as p...

    Authors: Xiaomeng Chen, Yi Liu, Valerie Thompson, Nadia M. Chu, Elizabeth A. King, Jeremy D. Walston, Jon A. Kobashigawa, Darshana M. Dadhania, Dorry L. Segev and Mara A. McAdams-DeMarco
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:82
  2. Home healthcare (HHC) comprises clinical services provided by medical professionals for people living at home with various levels of care needs and health conditions. HHC may reduce care transitions from home ...

    Authors: Ping-Jen Chen, Lisanne Smits, Rose Miranda, Jung-Yu Liao, Irene Petersen, Lieve Van den Block and Elizabeth L. Sampson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:80
  3. The impact of frailty on primary healthcare service use, especially general practice office visits and remote contacts, is currently unknown. Further, little is known about the association of frailty with phys...

    Authors: Jenni N Ikonen, Johan G Eriksson, Mikaela B von Bonsdorff, Eero Kajantie, Otso Arponen and Markus J Haapanen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:79
  4. Household headship with decision-making power may have a positive influence on life satisfaction in older adults. This study examines the associations of several types of household headship with life satisfact...

    Authors: Shobhit Srivastava, T. Muhammad, K. M. Sulaiman, Manish Kumar and S. K. Singh
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:78
  5. This study examines the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of a newly developed cognitive-enhancing Tai Ji Quan training intervention, delivered via remote videoconferencing, for older adults with mild cog...

    Authors: Fuzhong Li, Peter Harmer, Kathleen Fitzgerald and Kerri Winters-Stone
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:76
  6. Social relationships may be the key to successful aging among older adults. However, little is known about the variability of social relationships among community-dwelling older people. This study aimed to des...

    Authors: Kumi Watanabe Miura, Takuya Sekiguchi, Mihoko Otake-Matsuura, Yuko Sawada, Emiko Tanaka, Taeko Watanabe, Etsuko Tomisaki, Rika Okumura, Yuriko Kawasaki, Sumio Ito and Tokie Anme
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:75
  7. People working in long-term care homes (LTCH) face difficult decisions balancing the risk of infection spread with the hardship imposed on residents by infection control and prevention (ICP) measures. The Deme...

    Authors: Andrea Iaboni, Hannah Quirt, Katia Engell, Julia Kirkham, Steven Stewart, Alisa Grigorovich, Pia Kontos, Josephine McMurray, AnneMarie Levy, Kathleen Bingham, Kevin Rodrigues, Arlene Astell, Alastair J. Flint and Colleen Maxwell
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:74
  8. Literature about life satisfaction in rural senior older adults is scarce. The aim of this research was to examine the relationships among mental health, social capital and life satisfaction in rural senior ol...

    Authors: Xiaolei Wang, Panpan Wang, Peng Wang, Meijuan Cao and Xianrong Xu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:73
  9. Several studies have assessed the reporting quality of all-cause mortality data from the WHO Mortality Database, but little is known about coding quality and its impact on elderly unintentional fall mortality ...

    Authors: Junjie Hua, Peishan Ning, Peixia Cheng, Zhenzhen Rao, Jieyi He, Wangxin Xiao, Li Li, Yanhong Fu, Ruotong Li, Jie Li, Wanhui Wang, David C. Schwebel and Guoqing Hu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:72
  10. The objective was to describe the prevalence and intensity of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) isolated and grouped into subsyndromes in patients with dementia in primary care (PC) to analyse their distributio...

    Authors: Victoria García-Martín, M. Canto de Hoyos-Alonso, Gloria Ariza-Cardiel, Rosalía Delgado-Puebla, Paula García-Domingo, Erika Hernández-Melo, Javier López de Haro-de Torres and Isabel del Cura-González
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:71
  11. Loneliness is a public health concern and its influence on morbidity and mortality are well documented. The association between loneliness and emergency department visits is less clear. Further, while sex and ...

    Authors: Stephanie A. Chamberlain, Rachel Savage, Susan E. Bronskill, Lauren E. Griffith, Paula Rochon, Jesse Batara and Andrea Gruneir
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:69
  12. Increasing age is associated with frailty and a higher prevalence of overactive bladder (OAB). Given the rapidly increasing proportion of older adults in Japan, a better understanding of the relationship betwe...

    Authors: Masaki Yoshida, Shosuke Satake, Kota Ishida, Yusuke Tanaka and Masashi Ukai
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:68
  13. In Asia, where autonomous decision-making is not well accepted, little is known about whether and how individuals’ preferences are considered when deciding where they receive care. This study examined whether ...

    Authors: Takeshi Nakagawa, Taiji Noguchi, Ayane Komatsu, Masumi Ishihara and Tami Saito
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:66
  14. Maintaining mobility in old age is crucial for healthy ageing including delaying the onset and progress of frailty. However, the extent of an individuals´ mobility relies largely on their personal, social, and...

    Authors: Christine Haeger, Sandra A Mümken, Julie L O‘Sullivan, Robert P Spang, Jan-Niklas Voigt-Antons, Martin Stockburger, Dagmar Dräger and Paul Gellert
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:65
  15. The increase in life expectancy has proliferated the number of elderly and subsequently increased the prevalence of disability among the elderly. This study assesses the prevalence of Activity of Daily Living ...

    Authors: Shekhar Chauhan, Shubham Kumar, Rupam Bharti and Ratna Patel
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:64
  16. Obesity is a well-established risk factor for multi-morbidity and disability among older adults in the community and acute care settings. However, nursing home residents with body mass index (BMI) below 18.5 kg/m

    Authors: Isaac Amankwaa, Katherine Nelson, Helen Rook and Caz Hales
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:62
  17. While there is evidence about stablished risk factors (e.g., raised blood pressure) and higher mortality risk in older population, less has been explored about other functional parameters like the Timed Up and...

    Authors: Edson J. Ascencio, Gustavo D. Cieza-Gómez, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco and Pedro J. Ortiz
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:61
  18. Few studies examined socio-ecological factors and leisure time physical activities (LTPA) and rarely focused on self-regulation and social capital, which might play a significant role in impacting people’s phy...

    Authors: Yufei Wang, Nanyan Li, Jingjie Zhu, Qian Deng, Julinling Hu, Jue Xu and Junmin Zhou
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:60
  19. Although it has been suggested that loneliness is a risk factor for adverse health outcomes, living arrangement may confound the association. This study aimed to investigate whether the associations of lonelin...

    Authors: Kai Wei, Yong Liu, Junjie Yang, Nannan Gu, Xinyi Cao, Xudong Zhao, Lijuan Jiang and Chunbo Li
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:59
  20. COVID-19 pandemic has reminded how older adults with frailty are particularly exposed to adverse outcomes. In the acute care setting, consideration of evidence-based practice related to frailty screening and m...

    Authors: Xiao Liu, Mai Khanh Le, Amber Yew Chen Lim, Emily Jiali Koh, Tu Ngoc Nguyen, Naveed Anjum Malik, Christopher Tsung Chien Lien, Jer En Lee, Lydia Shu Yi Au, James Alvin Yiew Hock Low and Shiou Liang Wee
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:58
  21. Frail patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) face a higher risk of adverse outcomes, but there is no clear consensus on which frailty measures are most suitable for COPD patients. Herein we...

    Authors: Dai Zhang, Wen Tang, Li-Yang Dou, Jia Luo and Ying Sun
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:57
  22. There is sparse evidence on the impact on vulnerable populations of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of our study was to explore burden and mental wellbeing (including depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms) i...

    Authors: Anna Messina, Martina Lattanzi, Emiliano Albanese and Maddalena Fiordelli
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:56
  23. Adaptive support ventilation (ASV) is a proposed treatment option for central sleep apnea (CSA). Although the effectiveness of ASV remains unclear, some studies have reported promising results regarding the us...

    Authors: Yuriko Hajika, Yuji Kawaguchi, Kenji Hamazaki and Yasuro Kumeda
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:55
  24. This article describes the research activities undertaken to plan and design a self-compassion intervention for family carers of people living with dementia using a person-based and co-design approach. In prov...

    Authors: Jenny Murfield, Wendy Moyle and Analise O’Donovan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:53
  25. Multimorbidity poses a challenge for high quality primary care provision for nursing care-dependent people with (PWD) and without (PWOD) dementia. Evidence on the association of primary care quality of multimo...

    Authors: Kathrin Seibert, Susanne Stiefler, Dominik Domhoff, Karin Wolf-Ostermann and Dirk Peschke
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:52

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:163

  26. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) reached the Netherlands in February 2020. To minimize the spread of the virus, the Dutch government announced an “intelligent lockdown”. Older individuals were urged to soci...

    Authors: I. S. Moens, L. J. van Gerven, S. M. Debeij, C. H. Bakker, M. J. C. Moester, S. P. Mooijaart, S. van der Pas, M. Vangeel, J. Gussekloo, Y. M. Drewes and W. P. J.den Elzen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:51
  27. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a condition that exists between normal healthy ageing and dementia with an uncertain aetiology and prognosis. This uncertainty creates a complex dynamic between the clinician...

    Authors: Stina Saunders, Craig W. Ritchie, Tom C. Russ, Graciela Muniz-Terrera and Richard Milne
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:50

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:165

  28. Elderly care service projects (ECSPs) aim to provide care services with the help of market forces on the supply side to satisfy the huge demand of the elderly. Subsidies play an important role in motivating th...

    Authors: Huan Song, Kehan Ji and Tao Sun
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:49
  29. Despite the known benefits of non-sedentary behavior, physical activity, and protein and caloric intake to health and muscle mass, strength, and function, many older adults do not meet physical activity and di...

    Authors: Murad H. Taani, Scott J. Strath, Rachel Schiffman, Michael Fendrich, Amy Harley, Chi C. Cho, Yosuke Yamada and Christine R. Kovach
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:48
  30. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is represented as the most common liver disease worldwide. NAFLD is associated with metabolic risk factors underpinned by insulin resistance, inflammation and endothel...

    Authors: Elena S. George, Surbhi Sood, Robin M. Daly and Sze-Yen Tan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:47
  31. Osteosarcopenia, defined as sarcopenia plus osteopenia/osteoporosis, may increase the risk of fractures and affects morbidity and mortality in the older population. Falling is also common in the elderly and in...

    Authors: Noushin Fahimfar, Shakiba Yousefi, Sima Noorali, Safoora Gharibzadeh, Mahnaz Sanjari, Kazem Khalagi, Ahmad Mehri, Gita Shafiee, Ramin Heshmat, Iraj Nabipour, Azam Amini, Amirhossein Darabi, Gholamreza Heidari, Bagher Larijani and Afshin Ostovar
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:46
  32. Parkinson’s disease is a complex neurodegenerative condition with significant impact on quality of life (QoL), wellbeing and function. The objective of this review is to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of ...

    Authors: Jennifer S. Pigott, Edward J. Kane, Gareth Ambler, Kate Walters and Anette Schrag
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:45
  33. The objectives of the present analyses are to estimate the frequency of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) at admission according to STOPP/START criteria version 2 in older patients hospitalised due t...

    Authors: Marisa Baré, Marina Lleal, Sara Ortonobes, Maria Queralt Gorgas, Daniel Sevilla-Sánchez, Nuria Carballo, Elisabet De Jaime and Susana Herranz
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:44
  34. The Patient Benefit Assessment Scale for Hospitalised Older Patients (P-BAS HOP) is a tool developed to both identify the priorities of the individual patient and to measure the outcomes relevant to him/her, r...

    Authors: Maria Johanna van der Kluit, Geke J. Dijkstra and Sophia E. de Rooij
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:43
  35. Our objective was to explore what people receiving and providing care consider to be ‘good’ in-home care for people living with dementia.

    Authors: Anita M. Y. Goh, Meg Polacsek, Sue Malta, Colleen Doyle, Brendan Hallam, Luke Gahan, Lee Fay Low, Claudia Cooper, Gill Livingston, Anita Panayiotou, Samantha M. Loi, Maho Omori, Steven Savvas, Jason Burton, David Ames, Samuel C. Scherer…
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:42
  36. The victimization of women constitutes a human rights violation and a health risk factor. The central objectives of this study were to analyze the probability of revictimization among older adult Mexican women...

    Authors: Liliana Giraldo-Rodríguez, Dolores Mino-León, Sergio Olinsser Aragón-Grijalva and Marcela Agudelo-Botero
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:41
  37. Older people living in Residential Aged Care (RAC) are at high risk of clinical deterioration. Telehealth has the potential to provide timely, patient-centred care where transfer to hospital can be a burden an...

    Authors: Carolyn Hullick, Jane Conway, Alix Hall, Wendy Murdoch, Janean Cole, Jacqueline Hewitt, Christopher Oldmeadow and John Attia
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:40
  38. The aim of the study was to examine the explanatory role of sociodemographic, clinical, behavioral, and social factors on racial/ethnic differences in cognitive decline among adults with diabetes.

    Authors: Sean M. O’Toole, Rebekah J. Walker, Emma Garacci, Aprill Z. Dawson, Jennifer A. Campbell and Leonard E. Egede
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:39
  39. Poor premorbid functional status (PFS) is associated with mortality after intensive care unit (ICU) admission in patients aged 80 years or older. In the subgroup of very old ICU patients, the ability to recove...

    Authors: Laura Pietiläinen, Minna Bäcklund, Johanna Hästbacka and Matti Reinikainen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:38
  40. The objective of this study is to analyze the data of the 2018 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey and determine personal and demographic factors associated with elderly who are 60 and older and living alone.

    Authors: Filiz Adana, Seyfi Durmaz, Safiye Özvurmaz, Ceren Varer Akpınar and Duygu Yeşilfidan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:37
  41. Due to ageing of the population the incidence of multimorbidity and polypharmacy is rising. Polypharmacy is a risk factor for medication-related (re)admission and therefore places a significant burden on the h...

    Authors: Aimée E. M. J. H. Linkens, Vanja Milosevic, Noémi van Nie, Anne Zwietering, Peter W. de Leeuw, Marjan van den Akker, Jos M. G. A. Schols, Silvia M. A. A. Evers, Carlota Mestres Gonzalvo, Bjorn Winkens, Bob P. A. van de Loo, Louis de Wolf, Lucretia Peeters, Monique de Ree, Bart Spaetgens, Kim P. G. M. Hurkens…
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:36
  42. Previous research has found a link between sleep quality and psychological distress. However, the underlying mechanisms of this connection have still not been well explored. The aim of this study was to examin...

    Authors: Chichen Zhang, Shujuan Xiao, Huang Lin, Lei Shi, Xiao Zheng, Yaqing Xue, Fang Dong, Jiachi Zhang and Benli Xue
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:35
  43. Containment measures in the COVID-19 pandemic protected individuals at high risk, particularly individuals at old age, but little is known about how these measures affected health-related behavior of old aged ...

    Authors: Caroline Brandl, Martina E. Zimmermann, Felix Günther, Alexander Dietl, Helmut Küchenhoff, Julika Loss, Klaus J. Stark and Iris M. Heid
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:34
  44. Care homes provide long term care for older people. Countries with standardised approaches to residents’ assessment, care planning and review (known as minimum data sets (MDS)) use the aggregate data to guide ...

    Authors: Massirfufulay Kpehe Musa, Gizdem Akdur, Sarah Brand, Anne Killett, Karen Spilsbury, Guy Peryer, Jennifer Kirsty Burton, Adam Lee Gordon, Barbara Hanratty, Ann-Marie Towers, Lisa Irvine, Sarah Kelly, Liz Jones, Julienne Meyer and Claire Goodman
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:33
  45. Postoperative ischemic stroke is a devastating complication following total hip arthroplasty (THA). The purpose of the current study was to investigate the incidence of postoperative acute ischemic stroke (AIS...

    Authors: Rui He, Guoyou Wang, Ting Li, Huarui Shen and LijuanZhang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:28

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