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  1. Self-rated health (SRH) is a widely validated measure of the general health of older adults. Our aim was to understand what factors shape individual perceptions of health and, in particular, whether those perc...

    Authors: Afshin Vafaei, Janelle Yu and Susan P. Phillips
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:473
  2. With a rapidly aging population, there is an increasing need for do-not-resuscitate (DNR) and advance care planning (ACP) discussions. This study investigated the factors associated with signing DNR documents ...

    Authors: Chien-Yi Wu, Chun-Hao Jen, Yun-Shiuan Chuang, Tzu-Jung Fang, Yu-Hsuan Wu and Ming-Tsang Wu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:472
  3. Companion animal death is a common source of grief, although the extent and context of that grief is poorly understood, especially in older adulthood. The aim of this multiple-methods study was to develop a gr...

    Authors: Donna M Wilson, Leah Underwood, Eloise Carr, Douglas P Gross, Morgan Kane, Maxi Miciak, Jean E Wallace and Cary A Brown
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:470
  4. Inclined walking requires more cardiopulmonary metabolic energy and muscle strength than flat-level walking. This study sought to investigate changes in lower-limb muscle activity and cardiopulmonary metabolic...

    Authors: Jihye Kim, Hwang-Jae Lee, Su-Hyun Lee, Jungsoo Lee, Won Hyuk Chang, Gyu-Ha Ryu and Yun-Hee Kim
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:469
  5. Person-centred care is widely recognised as important for helping people with dementia maintain a sense of self and purpose in life – especially for those living in care facilities. Despite this, most care pra...

    Authors: Gemma Goodall, Kristin Taraldsen, Randi Granbo and J Artur Serrano
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:468
  6. Older adults in long-term care (LTC) homes experience high rates of fractures, which are detrimental to their quality of life. The purpose of this study is to identify and make recommendations on strategies to...

    Authors: Yuxin Bai, Caitlin McArthur, George Ioannidis, Lora Giangregorio, Sharon Straus and Alexandra Papaioannou
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:467
  7. For older adults, life satisfaction and depressive symptoms are related to quality of life. In this group of society, life satisfaction is particularly associated with the emotional area. The notion of life sa...

    Authors: Katarzyna Van Damme-Ostapowicz, Mateusz Cybulski, Monika Galczyk, Elżbieta Krajewska-Kulak, Marek Sobolewski and Anna Zalewska
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:466
  8. Previous reports suggest that the attributes of frailty are multidimensional and include nutrition, cognition, mentality, and other aspects. We aim to develop an early warning model of frailty based on nutriti...

    Authors: Hongpeng Liu, Jing Jiao, Minglei Zhu, Xianxiu Wen, Jingfen Jin, Hui Wang, Dongmei Lv, Shengxiu Zhao, Wei Chen, Xinjuan Wu and Tao Xu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:465
  9. Resistance training has been recommended as an effective measure against age-related loss of muscle mass and muscle strength, called sarcopenia, even in older adults. However, despite subjecting each participa...

    Authors: Shuji Sawada, Hayao Ozaki, Toshiharu Natsume, Daiki Nakano, Pengyu Deng, Toshinori Yoshihara, Takuya Osawa, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Shuichi Machida and Hisashi Naito
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:464
  10. Many residents of assisted living facilities live with dementia, but little is known about the characteristics of assisted living facilities that provide specialized care for older adults who live with dementi...

    Authors: Derek R. Manis, Ahmad Rahim, Jeffrey W. Poss, Iwona A. Bielska, Susan E. Bronskill, Jean-Éric Tarride, Julia Abelson and Andrew P. Costa
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:463
  11. This study investigated the different blood pressure patterns that were evaluated by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) among elderly patients and explored the effect of pressure patterns on cognitive...

    Authors: Yunli Xing, Ying Sun, Shan Wang, Feng Feng, Deqiang Zhang and Hongwei Li
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:462
  12. Given the relevance of social support on the mental health of older adults, having an instrument to evaluate this variable is essential for research in the area. However, mainly, having instruments with suitab...

    Authors: Cristhian Pérez-Villalobos, Juan Carlos Briede-Westermeyer, Mary Jane Schilling-Norman and Sergio Contreras-Espinoza
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:461
  13. There is a well-established relationship between 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) and age and mortality. Furthermore, there is increasing evidence that ECG can be used to predict biological age. However, the ut...

    Authors: Naomi Hirota, Shinya Suzuki, Takuto Arita, Naoharu Yagi, Takayuki Otsuka and Takeshi Yamashita
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:460
  14. This study aimed to explore the level and changes in handgrip strength among preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD patients and to evaluate the association between handgrip strength and cognitive function.

    Authors: Hang Su, Xiaokang Sun, Fang Li and Qihao Guo
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:459
  15. Nutritional deficiencies, renal impairment and chronic inflammation are commonly mentioned determinants of anaemia. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of these determinants, singly and in com...

    Authors: Pin-Chun Wang, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Yasumichi Arai, Yukiko Abe, Jeanet W. Blom, Rachel Duncan, Carol Jagger, Ngaire Kerse, Carmen Martin-Ruiz, Leah Palapar and Wendy P. J. den Elzen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:457
  16. Nursing home residents are typically older adults with high levels of chronic illness and impairment. As such, they are particularly susceptible to severe complications and mortality from COVID-19. Since all n...

    Authors: Andrew Harding, Nancy Preston, Julie Doherty, Emily Cousins, Sandra Varey, Adrienne McCann, Karen Harrison Dening, Anne Finucane, Gillian Carter, Gary Mitchell and Kevin Brazil
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:456
  17. Older person’s attitude to ageing is critical for their adjustment, acceptance of health-related behaviour, survival and choices. Their attitude influences how they cope with the challenges experienced while a...

    Authors: E. O. Cadmus, L. A. Adebusoye and E. T. Owoaje
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:454
  18. Older Canadians are high users of health care services, however the health care system is not well-designed to meet the complex needs of many older adults. Older persons often look to their primary care practi...

    Authors: Joanie Sims-Gould, Jacobi Elliott, Catherine E Tong, Anik Giguère, Sara Mallinson and Paul Stolee
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:453
  19. Aging is a natural life process and with an aging population, age-related diseases (e.g. type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), atherosclerosis-based cardiovascular diseases) are the primary mortality cause in older...

    Authors: Ying Zhao, Xiangli Bai, Xiong Jia, Yajing Lu, Wenzhuo Cheng, Meng Shu, Yan Zhu, Lin Zhu, Li Wang, Yan Shu, Yi Song and Si Jin
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:452
  20. Sleep-wake disorders occur in most persons living with dementia and include late afternoon or evening agitation, irregular sleep-wake rhythms such as daytime hypersomnia, frequent night awakenings, and poor sl...

    Authors: Nancy A. Hodgson, Nalaka Gooneratne, Adriana Perez, Sonia Talwar and Liming Huang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:451
  21. With the development of digital media, online activities are increasingly becoming part of the daily life of older adults. Widowed older adults generally would face changes in social interactions and activitie...

    Authors: Yan Hong, Jingjing Fu, Dehui Kong, Siqi Liu, Zhu Zhong, Jing Tan and Yu Luo
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:450
  22. Degenerative osteoarthritis (OA) often leads to pain and stiffness of the affected joints, which may affect the physical performance and decrease the quality of life of people with degenerative knee OA. Compar...

    Authors: Po-Yin Chen, Chen-Yi Song, Hsin-Yen Yen, Pi-Chu Lin, Su-Ru Chen, Liang-Hsuan Lu, Chen-Li Tien, Xin-Miao Wang and Chueh-Ho Lin
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:449
  23. Few studies examined interventions in frail elderly in China, while the awareness of applying interventions to prevent frailty in pre-frail elderly is still lacking. This study aimed to explore the effects of ...

    Authors: Xiaoxing Lai, Lin Bo, Hongwei Zhu, Baoyu Chen, Zhao Wu, Hongdi Du and Xiaopeng Huo
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:447
  24. Frailty, a syndrome resulting in heightened risk of negative outcomes for older adults, is increasing across the globe. However, little is known about the health service impacts of frailty in low-income countr...

    Authors: Rachel C. Ambagtsheer and Richard K. Moussa
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:446
  25. Diabetes is a major concern for the global health burden. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between handgrip strength (HGS) and the risk of new-onset diabetes and to compare the predictive abili...

    Authors: Guochen Li, Yanan Qiao, Yanqiang Lu, Siyuan Liu, Yi Ding, Xing Chen and Chaofu Ke
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:445
  26. Bone mineral density (BMD) and trabecular bone score (TBS) are moderately correlated. TBS is sometimes used as an adjuvant to BMD in the fracture risk assessment. Some individuals with normal BMD or osteopenia...

    Authors: Nekoo Panahi, Afshin Ostovar, Noushin Fahimfar, Hamid Reza Aghaei Meybodi, Safoora Gharibzadeh, Babak Arjmand, Mahnaz Sanjari, Kazem Khalagi, Ramin Heshmat, Iraj Nabipour, Akbar Soltani and Bagher Larijani
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:444
  27. There is a growing interest in the significance of adopting a variety of lifestyle habits for maintaining cognitive function among older adults. A lifestyle that is easy to modify, simple, and less burdensome ...

    Authors: Chika Horikawa, Rei Otsuka, Yukiko Nishita, Chikako Tange, Yuki Kato, Takao Tanaka, Tomohiro Rogi, Hiroshi Shibata, Fujiko Ando and Hiroshi Shimokata
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:443
  28. Adiponectin and zinc alpha2-glycoprotein (ZAG) are associated with frailty. This study aims to further examine the association of adiponectin with ZAG.

    Authors: Ya-Ping Lee, Chin-Hao Chang, Chin-Ying Chen, Chiung-Jung Wen, Hsien-Liang Huang, Jen-Kuei Peng, Yu-Ting Wang, Ching-Yu Chen and Jaw-Shiun Tsai
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:442
  29. Cognitive impairment (CI) is a risk factor for falls due to environmental or living settings, balance, gait and vision impairments, as well as medications. While previous systematic reviews have focused on the...

    Authors: M. Racey, M. Markle-Reid, D. Fitzpatrick-Lewis, M. U. Ali, H. Gagné, S. Hunter, J. Ploeg, R. Sztramko, L. Harrison, R. Lewis, M. Jovkovic and D. Sherifali
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:441
  30. Family-centered care, as a contemporary model of health service delivery, involves a mutually beneficial partnership between healthcare providers, patients and their families. Although evidence on the positive...

    Authors: Jiong Tu and Jing Liao
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:438
  31. Hearing aids are important assistive devices for hearing rehabilitation. However, the cost of commonly available commercial hearing aids is often higher than the average monthly income of individuals in some d...

    Authors: Pornthep Kasemsiri, Kwanchanok Yimtae, Panida Thanawirattananit, Pasin Israsena, Anukool Noymai, Supawan Laohasiriwong, Patravoot Vatanasapt, Pipop Siripaopradith and Pritaporn Kingkaew
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:437
  32. Antibiotic use is associated with several antibiotic-related harms in vulnerable, older long-term care (LTC) residents. Suboptimal antibiotic use may also be associated with harms but has not yet been investig...

    Authors: Haley J. Appaneal, Theresa I. Shireman, Vrishali V. Lopes, Vincent Mor, David M. Dosa, Kerry L. LaPlante and Aisling R. Caffrey
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:436
  33. The first Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) demonstration in Singapore was launched in November 2016, which aimed to deliver integrated and patient-centered care for patients with bio-psycho-social needs. I...

    Authors: Grace Sum, Soon Hoe Ho, Zoe Zon Be Lim, Junxing Chay, Mimaika Luluina Ginting, Mary Ann Tsao and Chek Hooi Wong
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:435
  34. Interorgan communication networks established during exercise in several different tissues can be mediated by several exercise-induced factors. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effects of ...

    Authors: Ebrahim Banitalebi, Majid Mardaniyan Ghahfarrokhi and Mortaza Dehghan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:433
  35. Internationally, 2–5% of people live in residential or nursing homes, many with multi-morbidities, including severe cognitive impairment. Pain is frequently considered an expected part of old age and morbidity...

    Authors: Jan Pringle, Ana Sofia Alvarado Vázquez Mellado, Erna Haraldsdottir, Fiona Kelly and Jo Hockley
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:431

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  36. Antihypertensive medication use and sleep problems are highly prevalent in nursing home patients. While it is hypothesized that blood pressure and antihypertensive medication use can affect sleep, this has not...

    Authors: Elisabeth Flo-Groeneboom, Tony Elvegaard, Christine Gulla and Bettina S Husebo
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:430
  37. Older patients with multiple morbidities are a particularly vulnerable population that is likely to face complex medical decisions at some time in their lives. A patient-centered medical care fosters the inclu...

    Authors: B. Wild, V. S. Wurmbach, F. Böhlen, M. K.-P. Kusch, H. M. Seidling, P. Reich, M. Hartmann, W. E. Haefeli, H. C. Friederich and J. Slaets
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:427
  38. There is a higher burden of functional disability for Indian older adults with substantial variations across different geographic regions and socioeconomic groups as compared to other ageing Asian countries. T...

    Authors: Ronak Paul, Shobhit Srivastava, T. Muhammad and Rashmi Rashmi
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:426
  39. Olfactory dysfunction is associated with severe brain atrophy and cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease. However, it remains unknown whether an inability to identify particular odors is associated with p...

    Authors: Yujiro Kose, Yoichi Hatamoto, Rie Takae, Yuki Tomiga, Jun Yasukata, Takaaki Komiyama and Yasuki Higaki
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:421

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