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  1. Urinary incontinence is a common condition in the general population and, in particular, the older adults population, which reduces the quality of life of these people, so this study aims to systematically exa...

    Authors: Sedighe Batmani, Rostam Jalali, Masoud Mohammadi and Shadi Bokaee
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:212
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:454

  2. A sense of belonging is a significant predictor of mental health and well-being in later life. A sense of belonging in childhood and adolescence contributes to a number of adult behavioural and psychological o...

    Authors: Kelly-Ann Allen, Gökmen Arslan, Heather Craig, Sedigheh Arefi, Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh and Hamid Sharif Nia
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:211
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  3. Many hospitalized older adults cannot be discharged because they lack the health and social support to meet their post-acute care needs. Transitional care programs (TCPs) are designed to provide short-term and...

    Authors: Katherine S. McGilton, Shirin Vellani, Alexandra Krassikova, Sheryl Robertson, Constance Irwin, Alexia Cumal, Jennifer Bethell, Elaine Burr, Margaret Keatings, Sandra McKay, Kathryn Nichol, Martine Puts, Anita Singh and Souraya Sidani
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:210
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  4. In China, more and more older people have encountered a situation called “empty nest.” Meanwhile, the health status of empty-nest older adults is an increasing public health concern. This research aims to exam...

    Authors: Chichen Zhang, Yaqing Xue, Yuan Cai, Jiao Lu, Xiao Zheng, Wenpei Yuan and Yi Qian
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:209
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  5. The incidence of hip fractures are expected to increase in the following years. Hip fracture patients have in addition to their fracture often complex medical problems, which constitute a substantial burden on...

    Authors: Shams Dakhil, Pernille Thingstad, Frede Frihagen, Lars Gunnar Johnsen, Stian Lydersen, Eva Skovlund, Torgeir Bruun Wyller, Olav Sletvold, Ingvild Saltvedt and Leiv Otto Watne
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:208
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  6. At present, the provision of informal care to older relatives is an essential pillar of the long-term care system in Germany. However, the impact of demographic and social changes on informal caregiving remain...

    Authors: Lea de Jong, Jona Theodor Stahmeyer, Sveja Eberhard, Jan Zeidler and Kathrin Damm
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:207
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  8. The use of technical solutions and conventional mobility supporting aids can support the independence of people into old age in their own homes. However, we found relatively few empirical investigations on the...

    Authors: Deborah Elisabeth Jachan, Ursula Müller-Werdan, Nils Axel Lahmann and Sandra Strube-Lahmann
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:205
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  10. It is unclear whether adiposity leads to changes in movement behaviors, and there is a lack of compositional analyses of longitudinal data which focus on these associations. Using a compositional approach, thi...

    Authors: Jana Pelclová, Nikola Štefelová, Timothy Olds, Dorothea Dumuid, Karel Hron, Sebastien Chastin and Željko Pedišić
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:203
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  12. Although previous studies have explored the effect of chronic conditions on physical disability, little is known about the levels and rates of change in physical disability after a chronic condition diagnosis ...

    Authors: Chieh-Ying Chou, Ching-Ju Chiu, Chia-Ming Chang, Chih-Hsing Wu, Feng-Hwa Lu, Jin-Shang Wu and Yi-Ching Yang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:201
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  13. Interaction of physical activity and overall immune profile is very complex and depends on the intensity, duration and frequency of undertaken physical activity, the exposure to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection...

    Authors: Anna Tylutka, Barbara Morawin, Artur Gramacki and Agnieszka Zembron-Lacny
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:200
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Older people are particularly vulnerable to severe COVID-19. Little is known about long-term consequences of COVID-19 on health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) and functional status in older people, and the i...

    Authors: M. M. Walle-Hansen, A. H. Ranhoff, M. Mellingsæter, M. S. Wang-Hansen and M. Myrstad
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:199
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  15. The patient perspective on the use of screening for high risks of adverse health outcomes in Emergency Department (ED) care is underexposed, although it is an important perspective influencing implementation i...

    Authors: Laura C. Blomaard, Mareline Olthof, Yvette Meuleman, Bas de Groot, Jacobijn Gussekloo and Simon P. Mooijaart
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:198
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  16. A precondition for developing strategies to reduce polypharmacy and its well-known harmful consequences is to study its epidemiology and associated factors. The objective of this study was to analyse the preva...

    Authors: Giuliano Piccoliori, Angelika Mahlknecht, Marco Sandri, Martina Valentini, Anna Vögele, Sara Schmid, Felix Deflorian, Adolf Engl, Andreas Sönnichsen and Christian Wiedermann
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:197
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  17. This study aimed to examine the characteristics of older adults patients who suffered a head injury after a ground-level fall in comparison to non-head injury patients as well as the factors associated with se...

    Authors: Sun Hyu Kim, Sunpyo Kim, Gyu Chong Cho, Ji Hwan Lee, Eun Jung Park and Duk Hee Lee
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:196
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  18. Dementia is a progressive disease that affects people’s everyday functioning, including the ability to express values, needs and wishes, which can be considered key elements of self-direction.

    Authors: Carola M. E. Döpp, Hermijntje Drenth, Paul-Jeroen Verkade, Anneke F. Francke and Iris van der Heide
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:195
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  19. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Pi-Tuan Chan, Wen-Chi Chang, Huei-Ling Chiu, Ching-Chiu Kao, Doresses Liu, Hsin Chu and Kuei-Ru Chou
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:194
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Geriatrics 2019 19:27

  20. There is limited best- practice evidence to address behavioral and psychiatric symptoms for those with dementia in Australian rural nursing homes. This study aims to evaluate the outcomes of a person-centered,...

    Authors: Vivian Isaac, Abraham Kuot, Mohammad Hamiduzzaman, Edward Strivens and Jennene Greenhill
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:193
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  21. Sarcopenia is a multifactorial pathophysiologic condition of skeletal muscle mass and muscle strength associated with aging. However, biomarkers for predicting the occurrence of sarcopenia are rarely discussed...

    Authors: Yuan-Yuei Chen, Yi-Lin Chiu, Tung-Wei Kao, Tao-Chun Peng, Hui-Fang Yang and Wei-Liang Chen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:192
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Geriatrics 2022 22:347

  22. The purpose of this study was to examine whether muscle mass, muscle strength, and physical performance were associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in community-dwelling older Chinese adults.

    Authors: Peiyu Song, Peipei Han, Yinjiao Zhao, Yuanyuan Zhang, Liyan Wang, Zhuoying Tao, Zhengxing Jiang, Shijing Shen, Yunxiao Wu, Jiajie Wu, Xiaoyu Chen, Xing Yu, Yong Zhao and Qi Guo
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:191
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  23. This study assessed the extent to which persistent differences in self-rated health (SRH) between older immigrants and natives are attributable to negative and positive ageing perceptions.

    Authors: Anna P. Nieboer, Thijs van den Broek and Jane M. Cramm
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:190
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  24. Prescription opioids are commonly used for postoperative pain relief in older adults, but have the potential for misuse. Both opioid side effects and uncontrolled pain have detrimental impacts. Frailty syndrom...

    Authors: Elizabeth D. Auckley, Nathalie Bentov, Shira Zelber-Sagi, Lily Jeong, May J. Reed and Itay Bentov
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:189
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  25. A healthy lifestyle may prevent disability for older adults. But research to date is limited to a single lifestyle behavior and ignore sex difference in the lifestyle-disability association. This study aimed a...

    Authors: Zaixing Shi, Jianlin Lin, Jian Xiao and Ya Fang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:188
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  26. Very few studies have examined the relationship of oral health with physical functioning and frailty in the oldest old (> 85 years). We examined the association of poor oral health with markers of disability, ...

    Authors: Viviana Albani, Kensuke Nishio, Tomoka Ito, Eftychia Kotronia, Paula Moynihan, Louise Robinson, Barbara Hanratty, Andrew Kingston, Yukiko Abe, Michiyo Takayama, Toshimitsu Iinuma, Yasumichi Arai and Sheena E. Ramsay
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:187
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  27. A large number of studies have explored the association between frailty and mortality among COVID-19 patients, with inconsistent results. The aim of this meta-analysis was to synthesize the evidence on this is...

    Authors: Xiao-Ming Zhang, Jing Jiao, Jing Cao, Xiao-Peng Huo, Chen Zhu, Xin-Juan Wu and Xiao-Hua Xie
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:186
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  28. Prevalence of frailty has been previously established in different Western countries; however, the prevalence and the burden of in the aging populations of Saudi Arabia has not been examined. Therefore, the ai...

    Authors: Bader A. Alqahtani, Aqeel M. Alenazi, Mohammed M. Alshehri, Ahmed M. Osailan, Saud F. Alsubaie and Mohammed A. Alqahtani
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:185
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  29. Heart disease is a severe health problem among adult populations in China. The prevalence rates of heart disease increase with age. The pathogenic causes of heart disease are often related to conditions in ear...

    Authors: Jingyue Zhang and Nan Lu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:184
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  30. The health care situation of geriatric patients is often multifaceted, complex and often overlaps with social living conditions. Due to the lack of cross-sectoral and interprofessional health care geriatric pa...

    Authors: Simone Gloystein, Friederike Thomé, Katja Goetz, Nicole Warkentin, Karola Mergenthal, Fabian Engler, Volker Amelung, Matthias Arnold, Felix Freigang, Ann-Kathrin Klähn, Sonja Laag and Neeltje van den Berg
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:183
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  31. Energy inadequacy has a great impact on health outcomes in older adult patients; however, it is difficult to evaluate energy adequacy in these patients, especially in home-care settings. We recently reported t...

    Authors: Yoko Hasegawa, Mikako Yoshida, Aya Sato, Yumiko Fujimoto, Takeo Minematsu, Junko Sugama and Hiromi Sanada
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:182
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  32. Following a hip fracture up to 60% of patients are unable to regain their pre-fracture level of mobility. For hospitalized older adults, the deconditioning effect of bedrest and functional decline has been ide...

    Authors: Lynn Haslam-Larmer, Catherine Donnelly, Mohammad Auais, Kevin Woo and Vincent DePaul
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:181
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  33. Caregiver burden affects the caregiver’s health and is related to the quality of care received by patients. This study aimed to determine the extent to which caregivers feel burdened when caring for patients w...

    Authors: Manee Pinyopornpanish, Kanokporn Pinyopornpanish, Atiwat Soontornpun, Surat Tanprawate, Angkana Nadsasarn, Nahathai Wongpakaran and Tinakon Wongpakaran
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:180
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  34. Exercise training is crucial for maintaining physical and mental health in aging populations. However, as people participate in structured exercise training, they tend to behaviorally compensate by decreasing ...

    Authors: Tomas Vetrovsky, Dan Omcirk, Jan Malecek, Petr Stastny, Michal Steffl and James J. Tufano
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:179
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  35. Pancytopenia, fever, and elevated D-dimer are significant clinical findings. The differential diagnosis includes hematological malignancies, severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), tick-borne illnesses, an...

    Authors: Christopher Radcliffe, Cynthia Tsay, Kimberly Glerum, Jane Liao, George Goshua and Gerard Kerins
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:178
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  36. With this study, we aim to determine the associations of the different categories of the body mass index (BMI) with activities of daily living (ADL) and cognitive performance in two different populations livin...

    Authors: Miguel Germán Borda, Luis Carlos Venegas-Sanabria, Elkin Garcia-Cifuentes, Ronald Camilo Gomez, Carlos Alberto Cano-Gutierrez, Diego Alejandro Tovar-Rios, Vera Aarsland, Khadija Khalifa, Alberto Jaramillo-Jimenez, Dag Aarsland and Hogne Soennesyn
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:177
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  37. Chile has one of the longest life expectancies of Latin America. The country is characterised by an important macroeconomic growth and persisting socioeconomic inequalities. This study analyses socioeconomic d...

    Authors: Ximena Moreno, Lydia Lera, Francisco Moreno and Cecilia Albala
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:176
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  38. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a commonly known prevalent joint disease, with limited therapeutic methods. This study aimed to investigate the functions of miRNA-132 (miR-132) in the modulation of PTEN/PI3K/AKT signal...

    Authors: Wei Zhang, Chengfang Hu, Chi Zhang, Congfeng Luo, Biao Zhong and Xiaowei Yu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:175
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  39. Globally, the population of oldest-old (those aged ≥80 years) is rapidly growing. This change is likely to have a deep impact on societies. Resilience is a key concept related to facilitating adaptation, and c...

    Authors: Eiki Akatsuka and Etsuko Tadaka
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:174
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  40. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the leading causes of death world-wide, but little is known on the role of comorbidities on mortality among people with AD. We studied how comorbidities and age at AD diagnos...

    Authors: Blair Rajamaki, Sirpa Hartikainen and Anna-Maija Tolppanen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:173
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  41. Iran’s population is aging. Disability is a major public health problem for older adults, not only in Iran but all over the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between cardio-m...

    Authors: Kazem Khalagi, Akram Ansarifar, Noushin Fahimfar, Mahnaz Sanjari, Safoora Gharibzdeh, Farshad Sharifi, Gita Shafiee, Ramin Heshmat, Iraj Nabipour, Bagher Larijani and Afshin Ostovar
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:172
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Although previous studies have evaluated risk factors for the incidence of severe infection in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), the relationship between body mass ...

    Authors: Hirokazu Sugiyama, Makoto Yamaguchi, Takayuki Katsuno, Shiho Iwagaitsu, Hironobu Nobata, Hiroshi Kinashi, Shogo Banno, Masahiko Ando, Yoko Kubo, Takuji Ishimoto and Yasuhiko Ito
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:171
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  43. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the associations between health-related physical fitness performance and overweight/obesity risk among Taiwanese healthy older adults.

    Authors: Chien-Chang Ho, Po-Fu Lee, Hui-Ling Chen, Ching-Yu Tseng, Xin-Yu Hsieh and Chih-Hui Chiu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:170
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  44. Older adults, especially those with physical and social complexities are at risk of hospital-associated deconditioning. Hospital-associated deconditioning is linked to increased length of stay in hospital, str...

    Authors: Sara J. T. Guilcher, Amanda C. Everall, Lauren Cadel, Joyce Li and Kerry Kuluski
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:169
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  45. The statistical validities of the official Japanese classifications of activities of daily living (ADLs), including bedriddenness ranks (BR) and cognitive function scores (CFS), have yet to be assessed. To thi...

    Authors: Masaki Tago, Naoko E. Katsuki, Shizuka Yaita, Eiji Nakatani, Shun Yamashita, Yoshimasa Oda and Shu-ichi Yamashita
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:168
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  46. The purpose of this study was (1) to develop a virtual reality (VR) intervention program based on the psychological needs of patients residing in nursing facilities in South Korea to alleviate their behavioral...

    Authors: Jung-Hee Kim, Seonmin Park and Hyeongji Lim
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:167
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  47. Falls-related injuries are particularly serious for older people, causing pain, reduced community engagement and associated medical costs. Tripping is the leading cause of falls and the current study examined ...

    Authors: Hanatsu Nagano, W. A. Sparrow, Katsuyoshi Mizukami, Eri Sarashina and Rezaul Begg
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:166
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  48. Rehabilitation interventions are frequently cited as key in supporting frail older people’s recovery following periods of decompensation and acute ill-health. Clinicians are required to make decisions about a ...

    Authors: A. Cowley, S. E. Goldberg, A. L. Gordon, M. Kerr and P. Logan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:165
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  49. Married female caregivers face a higher risk of an informal care burden than other caregivers. No study has explored the effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on the intensity of informal care provided by marri...

    Authors: Yi Wang, Jiajia Li, Lulu Ding, Yuejing Feng, Xue Tang, Long Sun and Chengchao Zhou
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:164
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  50. The use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) is common in older adults and is associated with potential negative consequences, such as falls and cognitive decline. Our objective was to investigate m...

    Authors: Katharina Tabea Jungo, Sven Streit and Julie C. Lauffenburger
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:163
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