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  1. The literature suggests that person-centred care can contribute to quality of life and wellbeing of nursing home residents, relatives and staff. However, there is sparse research evidence on how person-centred...

    Authors: David Edvardsson, Karin Sjögren, Qarin Lood, Ådel Bergland, Marit Kirkevold and Per-Olof Sandman
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:22
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  2. Left ventricular (LV) remodeling is closely linked to the progression of heart failure. There are limited data on the epidemiology of new onset LV remodeling among elderly women, which requires further investi...

    Authors: Jing Wu, Caiqin Wu, Wenjing Fan, Jie Zhou and Ling Xu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:21
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  3. Many elders struggle with the decision to remain at home or to move to an alternative location of care. A person’s location of care can influence health and wellbeing. Healthcare organizations and policy maker...

    Authors: Laura Boland, France Légaré, Maria Margarita Becerra Perez, Matthew Menear, Mirjam Marjolein Garvelink, Daniel I. McIsaac, Geneviève Painchaud Guérard, Julie Emond, Nathalie Brière and Dawn Stacey
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:20
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  4. Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is a key indicator of elderly people’s health status that can be affected by different factors. However, little is known about which variables are associated with it in fu...

    Authors: Mónica Machón, Isabel Larrañaga, Miren Dorronsoro, Kalliopi Vrotsou and Itziar Vergara
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:19
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  5. Nursing home residents are mainly inactive. Nursing staff can encourage residents to perform functional activities during daily care activities. This study examines 1) the extent to which nursing staff perceiv...

    Authors: Nienke O. Kuk, Mirre den Ouden, G. A. Rixt Zijlstra, Jan P. H. Hamers, Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen and Gerrie J. J. W. Bours
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:18
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  6. Specific knowledge of urinary incontinence (UI) and its interrelation with physical and cognitive health is essential to working towards prevention of UI and to improving quality of treatment and care. The pur...

    Authors: Lea F. Schumpf, Nathan Theill, David A. Scheiner, Daniel Fink, Florian Riese and Cornelia Betschart
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:17
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  7. Sunlight exposure and high vitamin D status have been hypothesised to reduce the risk of developing dementia. The objective of our research was to determine whether lack of sunlight and hypovitaminosis D over ...

    Authors: Isolde Sommer, Ursula Griebler, Christina Kien, Stefanie Auer, Irma Klerings, Renate Hammer, Peter Holzer and Gerald Gartlehner
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:16
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  8. Older adults living in long term care (LTC) homes are nutritionally vulnerable, often consuming insufficient energy, macro- and micronutrients to sustain their health and function. Multiple factors are propose...

    Authors: Heather H. Keller, Natalie Carrier, Susan Slaughter, Christina Lengyel, Catriona M. Steele, Lisa Duizer, K. Steve Brown, Habib Chaudhury, Minn N. Yoon, Alison M. Duncan, Veronique M. Boscart, George Heckman and Lita Villalon
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:15
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  9. Expenditure on medications for highly prevalent chronic conditions such as diabetes mellitus (DM) can result in financial impoverishment. People in developing countries and in low socioeconomic status groups a...

    Authors: Shingai Douglas Gwatidzo and Jennifer Stewart Williams
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:14
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  10. Control beliefs are important psychological factors that likely contribute to heterogeneity in health outcomes for older adults. We evaluated whether control beliefs are associated with risk for 4-year mortali...

    Authors: Wei Duan-Porter, Susan Nicole Hastings, Brian Neelon and Courtney Harold Van Houtven
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:13
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  11. Self-perceived uselessness is associated with poor health and high mortality among older adults in China. However, it is unclear which demographic, psychosocial, behavioral and health factors are associated wi...

    Authors: Yuan Zhao, Jessica M. Sautter, Li Qiu and Danan Gu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:12
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:101

  12. Older inpatients are at risk of hospital-associated geriatric syndromes including delirium, functional decline, incontinence, falls and pressure injuries. These contribute to longer hospital stays, loss of ind...

    Authors: Alison M. Mudge, Merrilyn D. Banks, Adrian G. Barnett, Irene Blackberry, Nicholas Graves, Theresa Green, Gillian Harvey, Ruth E. Hubbard, Sharon K. Inouye, Sue Kurrle, Kwang Lim, Prue McRae, Nancye M. Peel, Jessica Suna and Adrienne M. Young
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:11
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  13. Undernutrition prior to major abdominal surgery is frequent and increases morbidity and mortality, especially in older patients. The management of undernutrition reduces postoperative complications. Nutritiona...

    Authors: Marine Dupuis, Elisabetta Kuczewski, Laurent Villeneuve, Sylvie Bin-Dorel, Max Haine, Claire Falandry, Thomas Gilbert, Guillaume Passot, Olivier Glehen and Marc Bonnefoy
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:10
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  14. Evidence regarding outcomes in the Geriatric Day Hospital (GDH) model of care has been largely inconclusive, possibly due to measurement issues. This prospective cohort study aims to determine whether treatmen...

    Authors: Paige Moorhouse, Olga Theou, Sherri Fay, Miranda McMillan, Heather Moffatt and Kenneth Rockwood
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:9
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  15. Physical activity (PA) levels of older adults living in a care setting are known to be very low. This is a significant health(care) problem, as regular PA has many health benefits also at advanced age. Researc...

    Authors: Margot A. Koeneman, Astrid Chorus, Marijke Hopman-Rock and Mai J. M. Chinapaw
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:8
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  18. Dementia is one of the most challenging age-related illnesses for family caregivers, whose care-related burden is well known. Research indicates that day care centres (DCCs) can reduce the caregiver burden and...

    Authors: Signe Tretteteig, Solfrid Vatne and Anne Marie Mork Rokstad
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:5
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  19. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been implicated in cognitive performance and the modulation of several metabolic parameters in some disease models, but its potential roles in successful aging rema...

    Authors: Jun-Hua Peng, Cheng-Wu Liu, Shang-Ling Pan, Hua-Yu Wu, Qing-Hua Liang, Rui-Jing Gan, Ling Huang, Yi Ding, Zhang-Ya Bian, Hao Huang, Ze-Ping Lv, Xiao-Ling Zhou and Rui-Xing Yin
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:4
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  21. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) on frailty assessment in association with multi-dimensional conditions assessed with specific screening tools and to explore ...

    Authors: Simone Perna, Matthew D’Arcy Francis, Chiara Bologna, Francesca Moncaglieri, Antonella Riva, Paolo Morazzoni, Pietro Allegrini, Antonio Isu, Beatrice Vigo, Fabio Guerriero and Mariangela Rondanelli
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:2
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  22. There are many reports that dynapenia, sarcopenia and frailty each have associations with bodily function or with Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL). However, studies that compare all three conditi...

    Authors: Masaki Iwamura and Masao Kanauchi
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:1
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  23. The aim of the present study was to validate the usefulness of the new octapolar multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) for assessment of appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) by comparing it ...

    Authors: Hui Wang, Shan Hai, Li Cao, Jianghua Zhou, Ping Liu and Bi-Rong Dong
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:216
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  24. The ability to adjust walking to environmental context is often reduced in older adults and, partly as result of this, falls are common in this population. A treadmill with visual context projected on its belt...

    Authors: Mariëlle W. van Ooijen, Melvyn Roerdink, Marga Trekop, Thomas W. J. Janssen and Peter J. Beek
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:215
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  25. To (1) develop and refine the Home Environment Assessment for the Visually Impaired (HEAVI), and (2) determine the interrater reliability of this instrument, which was designed to quantify the number of fall-r...

    Authors: Bonnielin K. Swenor, Andrea V. Yonge, Victoria Goldhammer, Rhonda Miller, Laura N. Gitlin and Pradeep Ramulu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:214
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  26. Strong evidence implicates inflammation in the development of atherosclerotic heart disease but less is known about peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Our objective was to test the hypothesis that a composite ...

    Authors: Jane A. Cauley, Ahmed M. Kassem, Nancy E. Lane and Sara Thorson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:213
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  27. 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 16:212
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    The original article was published in BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:187

  29. Often preventive measures are not accessed by the people who were intended to be reached. Programs for older adults may target men and women, older adults, advanced old age groups and/or chronically ill patien...

    Authors: Christiane Patzelt, Susanne Heim, Bernhilde Deitermann, Gudrun Theile, Christian Krauth, Eva Hummers-Pradier and Ulla Walter
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:210
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  30. Fall incidents are the third cause of chronic disablement in elderly according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Recent meta-analyses shows that a multifactorial falls risk assessment and management prog...

    Authors: Alessandro Giordano, Gian Pietro Bonometti, Fabio Vanoglio, Mara Paneroni, Palmira Bernocchi, Laura Comini and Amerigo Giordano
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:209
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  31. Pressures on informal caregivers are likely to increase due to increasing life expectancy and health care costs, which stresses the importance of prevention of subjective burden. The present study examined the...

    Authors: Marloes Oldenkamp, Mariët Hagedoorn, Joris Slaets, Ronald Stolk, Rafael Wittek and Nynke Smidt
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:208
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  32. Frequent hospitalization and permanent nursing home placement not only affect the well-being of persons with dementia, but also place great financial strain on society. Therefore, it is important to create eff...

    Authors: Sophie Vandepitte, Nele Van Den Noortgate, Koen Putman, Sofie Verhaeghe and Lieven Annemans
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:207
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  33. Anemia is common in elderly people and especially in nursing home residents. Few studies have been performed on the consequences of anemia in a nursing home population. This study explored the prevalence of an...

    Authors: Björn Westerlind, Carl Johan Östgren, Sigvard Mölstad and Patrik Midlöv
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:206
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  34. This study examines changes in physical functioning among adults aged 50-79 years in Germany based on data from two German National Health Interview and Examination Surveys conducted in 1997–1999 (GNHIES98) an...

    Authors: A. K. Buttery, Y. Du, M. A. Busch, J. Fuchs, B. Gaertner, H. Knopf and C. Scheidt-Nave
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:205
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  35. Dementia, with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) being the most common form, is a major hip fracture risk factor, but currently it is not known whether the same factors predict hip fracture among persons with and witho...

    Authors: Anna-Maija Tolppanen, Heidi Taipale, Antti Tanskanen, Jari Tiihonen and Sirpa Hartikainen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:204
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  36. Networks of family and friends are a source of support and are generally associated with higher life satisfaction values among older adults. On the other hand, older adults who are satisfied with their life ma...

    Authors: Florian Tomini, Sonila M. Tomini and Wim Groot
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:203
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  38. Reduced muscular strength in the old age is strongly related to activity impairment and mortality. However, studies evaluating the gender-specific association between muscularity and mortality among older adul...

    Authors: Marjan Arvandi, Barbara Strasser, Christa Meisinger, Konstantinos Volaklis, Raffaella Matteucci Gothe, Uwe Siebert, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Eva Grill, Alexander Horsch, Michael Laxy, Annette Peters and Barbara Thorand
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:201
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  39. In mammals, the IGF-1 pathway affects the phenotype of aging. Since the function of the immune system is modulated by IGF-1, it is plausible that immunosenescence might in part result from altered control by t...

    Authors: Monika Budzinska, Magdalena Owczarz, Eliza Pawlik-Pachucka, Malgorzata Roszkowska-Gancarz, Przemyslaw Slusarczyk and Monika Puzianowska-Kuznicka
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:200
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  40. 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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  41. Hip fractures resulting from falls increase substantially with advancing age and less than half of older hip fracture survivors regain their former levels of mobility. There is increasing evidence that rehabil...

    Authors: Camila Astolphi Lima, Catherine Sherrington, Adriana Guaraldo, Suzana Albuquerque de Moraes, Renata dos Ramos Varanda, Juliana de Araújo Melo, Kodi Edson Kojima and Monica Perracini
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2016 16:198
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  42. 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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  43. 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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  44. 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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  45. 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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  46. 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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  47. 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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  48. 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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  49. 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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  50. 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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