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Apelin, an active endogenous peptide, has been recently receiving great attention as a promising target for antiaging intervention, primarily based on results from genetically altered mice. To validate previou...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:420
With the ageing population, the number of older trauma patients has increased. The aim of this study was to assess non-surgical health care costs of older trauma patients and to identify which characteristics ...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:417
Loss experiences such as the loss of a spouse, a close relative or significant others become more likely in old age and may be strongly related to specific unmet health care needs. These unmet needs may often ...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:416
Sarcopenia is an age-related clinical syndrome characterized by loss of muscle mass and reduced muscle function. Diseases that contribute to sarcopenia include type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), chronic obstruct...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:415
The Detection of Indicators and Vulnerabilities of Emergency Room Trips (DIVERT) scale was developed to classify and estimate the risk of emergency department (ED) use among home care clients. The objective of...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:413
Physical Activity Monitors (PAMs) have been shown to effectively enhance level of physical activity (PA) in older adults. Motivational interviewing is a person-centred model where participants are guided using...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:412
Frailty is now seen as a significant factor in older people with diabetes, whose mortality and disability increased. This study aims to investigate the association between calf circumference (CC) with frailty ...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:414
Care activities provided by community health practitioners for older adults primarily focused on disease prevention and management. However, healthy longevity can go beyond disease prevention and management an...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:411
User involvement of people outside academia in research is argued to increase relevance of research for society and to empower the involved lay persons. Frail older people can be a hard to reach group for rese...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:410
There is a need for more observational studies across different clinical settings to better understand the epidemiology of the novel COVID-19 infection. Evidence on clinical characteristics of COVID-19 infecti...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:409
Older patients often experience a decline in physical function and cognitive status after hospitalization. Although interventions involving physical exercise are effective in improving functional performance, ...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:408
Patients with peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are more likely to receive long-term therapy with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). This study aimed to investigate the risk of ...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:407
Social assistance in the form of cash transfer or in-kind has been recognised as a social protection strategy in many developing countries to tackle poverty and provide protection for individuals and household...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:406
Nursing homes accommodate a large number of people with severe dementia. More than 80% of residents with dementia suffer from behavioural and psychological symptoms, that can have consequences on the perceived...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:405
Although early ambulation (EA) is associated with improved outcomes in post-operative patients, implementation of EA in elderly patients is still a challenge. In this study, we aimed to design and assess a pre...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:404
It has not been clarified whether physical frailty symptoms predict social.
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:403
Difficulties in performing the activities of daily living (ADL) are common among middle-aged and older adults. Inability to perform the basic tasks as well as increased healthcare expenditure and dependence on...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:402
Previous research has shown that not only falls, but also fear of falling (FoF) influences health-related quality of life (HrQoL) negatively. The EQ-5D (consisting of an index and a visual analogue scale [EQ-V...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:401
A significant proportion of older women suffer from chronic pain, which can decrease quality of life. The objective of this pilot randomized study was to evaluate the feasibility of a flow-restorative yoga int...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:400
There is a link between hyperglycemia and mechanical functions of muscle. However, existing evidence of the association between hyperglycemia and weaker muscle strength is limited and inconsistent. We examined...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:399
Elderly patients with impaired vision, cognitive decline or motor/sensory disturbances of their fingers suffering from chronic-obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) encounter difficulties in handling inhaler de...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:398
Hospitalizations carry considerable risks for frail, elderly patients; this is especially true for patients with dementia, who are more likely to experience delirium, falls, functional decline, iatrogenic comp...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:397
Exercise has shown being effective for managing chronic pain and preventing frailty status in older adults but the effect of an exercise program in the quality of life of pre-frail older adults with chronic pa...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:396
To investigate the clinical characteristics and manifestations of older patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:395
Frail older surgical patients face more than a two-fold increase in postoperative complications, including myocardial infarction, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, ileus, and others. Many of...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:394
Frailty is increasingly recognized as an important construct which has health implications for older adults. The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a judgement-based frailty tool that evaluates specific domains i...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:393
Paroxysmal hemicrania has not been associated with ipsilateral weakness, loss of sensation and Horner’s syndrome. This report is the first of its kind documented in literature.
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:392
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), low serum albumin, and anemia are known risk factors for cognitive decline in older people. We investigated the association between kidney function and cognitive impairment severi...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:391
Multimorbidity and polypharmacy are related to the use of potentially inappropriate medicines and negative clinical outcomes including drug-related adverse events and functional declines. Home care clients are...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:390
Frailty is frequently found to be associated with increased healthcare utilisation in western countries, but little is known in Asian population. This study was conducted to investigate the association between...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:389
Frailty, which is defined as aging-related multisystem impairments, can lead to adverse health outcomes. However, evidence for such a connection in Chinese older adults remains lacking. This study examined the...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:388
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is a common postoperative complication in elderly patients. In elderly patients, the decline of organ function and neuromuscular junction function make them more sensitive t...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:387
Nursing home elders experience many problems that may influence their quality of life, in example of cognitive, mental, nutritional and physical disabilities. Concerning about elders’ wellbeing may help them l...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:386
Falls are the most common reason for ambulance callouts resulting in non-conveyance. Even in the absence of injury, only half of those who fall can get themselves up off the floor, often remaining there over a...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:385
It’s really important to measure the actual functional physical fitness of elderly independent living persons from different environments to know the level and rate of decrease may inform about the threat of l...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:384
Adequate (≥800 IU/day) vitamin D supplement use in Australian residential aged care facilities (RACFs) is variable and non-optimal. The vitamin D implementation (ViDAus) study aimed to employ a range of strate...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:383
In a hospital setting and among older patients, inactivity and bedrest are associated with a wide range of negative outcomes such as functional decline, increased risk of falls, longer hospitalization and inst...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:382
Shared decision-making provides an approach to discuss advance care planning in a participative and informed manner, embodying the principles of person-centered care. A number of guided approaches to achieve s...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:381
In the context of worldwide public health, it is very important to promote physical activity among the older people. This study explored the roles and attitudes of senior leaders in promoting group-based exerc...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:380
The number of people aged greater than 65 years is growing in many countries. Taiwan will be a superaged society in 2026, and health care utilization will increase considerably. Our study aimed to evaluate the...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:379
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:378
The Aotearoa New Zealand population is ageing accompanied by health and social challenges including significant inequities that exist between Māori and non-Māori around poor ageing and health. Although histori...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:377
Different mechanisms connect the nutritional status with the occurrence and the course of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The end-stage renal disease is complicated by catabolic inflammatory reactions and cachex...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20(Suppl 1):366
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is known to be associated with several co-occurring conditions. We aimed at exploring multimorbidity patterns associated with CKD, as well as the impact of physical performance and...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20(Suppl 1):350
Quality of life (QoL) refers to the physical, psychological, social and medical aspects of life that are influenced by health status and function. The purpose of this study was to measure the self-perceived he...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20(Suppl 1):340
Loss of muscle mass and function may be more pronounced in older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and with albuminuria. Thus, we investigated the prevalence of sarcopenia among community-dwelling older...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20(Suppl 1):327
Reduced kidney function has become a major public health concern, especially among older people, as Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is associated with increased risk of end stage renal disease and mortality. Fall...
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD), cognitive impairment and depression share common risk factors. Previous studies did not investigate the possible association between kidney function and cognitive and mood disorde...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20(Suppl 1):297
Little is known about staff’s attitudes in Irish acute hospital settings towards people living with dementia and their perceived dementia knowledge. The aim of this study was to understand the general level of...
Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:376
Citation Impact
3.077 - 2-year Impact Factor
3.822 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.755 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.367 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Usage
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