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  1. Delirium is a heterogeneous syndrome with inattention as the core feature. There is considerable variation in the presence and degree of other symptom domains such as altered arousal, psychotic features and gl...

    Authors: Zoë Tieges, Terence Quinn, Lorn MacKenzie, Daniel Davis, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Alasdair M. J. MacLullich and Susan D. Shenkin
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:162
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:490

  2. Cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics among Chinese older adults are poorly understood. We investigated sex disparities in CVH metrics and their management among rural-dwelling older adults in China.

    Authors: Xiaolei Han, Ziying Jiang, Yuanjing Li, Yongxiang Wang, Yajun Liang, Yi Dong, Shi Tang, Yifeng Du and Chengxuan Qiu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:158
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  3. The impact of dementia for communication skills can result in difficulties in social interactions between people with dementia and their conversation partner, as initiating and maintaining conversations become...

    Authors: Viktoria Hoel, Carine Mendom Feunou and Karin Wolf-Ostermann
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:157
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  4. Dementia is a leading cause of death and disability that was declared as one of the greatest health and social care challenges of the twenty-first century. Regular physical activity and exercise have been prop...

    Authors: Joana Carvalho, Flávia Borges-Machado, Duarte Barros, Arnaldina Sampaio, Inês Marques-Aleixo, Lucimere Bohn, Andreia Pizarro, Laetitia Teixeira, José Magalhães and Óscar Ribeiro
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:156
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  5. The systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), based on peripheral platelet, neutrophil and lymphocyte counts, has been proven to be a promising prognostic indicator in various diseases. Hip fracture is a commo...

    Authors: Zhi-Cong Wang, Wei Jiang, Xi Chen, Ling Yang, Hong Wang and Yue-Hong Liu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:155
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  6. Falls incidence rate and comprehensive data on factors that predict occasional and repeated falls from large population-based studies are scarce. In this study, we aimed to determine the incidence of falls and...

    Authors: Theng Choon Ooi, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Suzana Shahar, Nor Fadilah Rajab, Divya Vanoh, Razinah Sharif and Maw Pin Tan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:154
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  7. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is increasingly performed in frail older patients who were previously ineligible for a standard surgical procedure. The objectives of this study are to determine delirium...

    Authors: Marc Humbert, Christophe J. Büla, Olivier Muller, Hélène Krief and Pierre Monney
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:153
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  8. Older patients suffering from multimorbidity are at high risk of medication nonadherence. It has been well established that self-management support is an effective strategy to enhance medication adherence for ...

    Authors: Chen Yang, Zhaozhao Hui, Dejian Zeng, Song Zhu, Xiuhua Wang, Diana Tze Fan Lee and Sek Ying Chair
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:152
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  9. Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a common medical condition in adults over the age of 50. It is associated with severe disability, ranging from physical impairments to psychosocial distress. Since current treat...

    Authors: Lutz Schega, Britta Kaps, Kim-Charline Broscheid, Robert Bielitzki, Martin Behrens, Katharina Meiler, Steffen Drange and Jörg Franke
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:151
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  10. There are distinct differences in the implementation of physiotherapeutic care in nursing homes. Both nationally and internationally staffing levels of physiotherapy differ significantly between and within nur...

    Authors: Shanty Sterke, Ana Paula Nascimento da Cunha, Hanneke Oomen, Lennard Voogt and Marleen Goumans
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:150
    Content type: RESEARCH ARTICLE Published on:

  11. The Patient Benefit Assessment Scale for Hospitalised Older Patients (P-BAS HOP) is a tool which is capable of both identifying the priorities of the individual patient and measuring the outcomes relevant to h...

    Authors: Maria Johanna van der Kluit, Geke J. Dijkstra and Sophia E. de Rooij
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:149
    Content type: RESEARCH ARTICLE Published on:

  12. Orthostatic hypotension (OH) in geriatric patients frequently involves a component of autonomic failure (AF). The combination of OH with nocturnal hypertension (NHT) is indicative of AF, which is described as ...

    Authors: Siddhartha Lieten, Aziz Debain, Bert Bravenboer and Tony Mets
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:148
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  13. With ageing global populations, hospitals need to adapt to ensure high quality hospital care for older inpatients. Age friendly hospitals (AFH) aim to establish systems and evidence-based practices which suppo...

    Authors: Alison M. Mudge, Adrienne Young, Prue McRae, Frederick Graham, Elizabeth Whiting and Ruth E. Hubbard
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:147
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  14. The challenges imposed by ageing populations will confront health care systems in the years to come. Hospital owners are concerned about the increasing number of acute admissions of older citizens and preventi...

    Authors: Anders Fournaise, Jørgen T. Lauridsen, Mickael Bech, Uffe K. Wiil, Jesper B. Rasmussen, Kristian Kidholm, Kurt Espersen and Karen Andersen-Ranberg
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:146
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  15. Older adults want to live at home as long as possible, even in the face of circumstances that limit their autonomy. Home care services reflect this emergent preference, allowing older adults to ‘age in place’ ...

    Authors: Jasmine C. Mah, Susan J. Stevens, Janice M. Keefe, Kenneth Rockwood and Melissa K. Andrew
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:145
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic has placed great stress on older adults, which may be affecting their quality of life. Thus, this study aims to describe the changes in mental and physical health, isol...

    Authors: M. Soledad Herrera, Raúl Elgueta, M. Beatriz Fernández, Claudia Giacoman, Daniella Leal, Pío Marshall, Miriam Rubio and Felipe Bustamante
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:143
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  18. Independence is related to the aging process. Loss of independence is defined as the inability to make decisions and participate in activities of daily living (ADLs). Independence is related to physical, psych...

    Authors: Charlotte Bimou, Michel Harel, Cécile Laubarie-Mouret, Noëlle Cardinaud, Marion Charenton-Blavignac, Nassima Toumi, Justine Trimouillas, Caroline Gayot, Sophie Boyer, Réjean Hebert, Thierry Dantoine and Achille Tchalla
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:142
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  19. To evaluate the acceptability of handgrip strength, gait speed, quadriceps ultrasound, and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) to older adults conducted during and following hospitalisation.

    Authors: Carly Welch, Carolyn Greig, Tahir Masud and Thomas A. Jackson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:141
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  20. Although isolated distal deep vein thrombosis (IDDVT) is a clinical complication for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients, very few clinicians value it and few methods can predict early IDDVT. This study aimed...

    Authors: Hao-Ran Cheng, Gui-Qian Huang, Zi-Qian Wu, Yue-Min Wu, Gang-Qiang Lin, Jia-Ying Song, Yun-Tao Liu, Xiao-Qian Luan, Zheng-Zhong Yuan, Wen-Zong Zhu, Jin-Cai He and Zhen Wang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:140
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  21. Previously, several indexes based on a large number of clinical and laboratory tests to predict mortality and frailty have been produced. However, there is still a need for an easily applicable screening tool ...

    Authors: Elisa Heikkilä, Marika Salminen, Anna Viljanen, Taina Katajamäki, Marja-Kaisa Koivula, Kari Pulkki, Raimo Isoaho, Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä, Matti Viitanen, Minna Löppönen, Tero Vahlberg, Laura Viikari and Kerttu Irjala
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:139
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  22. For the rising number of people living with dementia, cost-effective community-based interventions to support psychosocial care are needed. The FindMyApps intervention has been developed with and for people wi...

    Authors: David Peter Neal, Yvonne J. F. Kerkhof, Teake P. Ettema, Majon Muller, Judith Bosmans, Evelyn Finnema, Maud Graff, Karin Dijkstra, Max L. Stek and Rose-Marie Dröes
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:138
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:244

  23. On April 7, 2020, Japan declared a state of emergency due to the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with the associated social distancing likely to have had a great impact on older adults’ lifes...

    Authors: Yasumichi Arai, Yuko Oguma, Yukiko Abe, Midori Takayama, Azusa Hara, Hisashi Urushihara and Toru Takebayashi
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:137
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  24. As the world’s population ages and people live longer, it seems important to ensure that older people have a good quality of life and positive subjective well-being. The objective of this study is to determine...

    Authors: Abdelhafid Benksim, Rachid Ait Addi, Elhassania Khalloufi, Aziz Habibi and Mohamed Cherkaoui
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:136
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  25. Hypertension is a worldwide public health problem. We sought to examine the interactive associations among sodium intake, alcohol consumption and hypertension among older adult residents of Inner Mongolia in n...

    Authors: Xi Nan, Haiwen Lu, Jing Wu, Mingming Xue, Yonggang Qian, Wenrui Wang and Xuemei Wang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:135
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  26. Almost half of the stroke patients admitted to geriatric rehabilitation has persisting problems after discharge. Currently, there is no evidence based geriatric rehabilitation programme available for older str...

    Authors: Tom P. M. M. Vluggen, Jolanda C. M. van Haastregt, Frans E. Tan, Jeanine A. Verbunt, Caroline M. van Heugten and Jos M. G. A. Schols
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:134
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  27. Hyperkyphosis is common in older adults and associated with low physical function and reduced health related quality of life (HrQol). Improved kyphosis has been previously established in kyphosis-targeted inte...

    Authors: Amy Gladin, Wendy B. Katzman, Yoshimi Fukuoka, Neeta Parimi, Shirley Wong and Nancy E. Lane
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:133
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  29. As Japanese society continues to age, the isolation of older people is increasing, and community living for people with cognitive impairment is becoming more difficult. However, the challenges faced by people ...

    Authors: Chiaki Ura, Tsuyoshi Okamura, Mika Sugiyama, Fumiko Miyamae, Mari Yamashita, Riko Nakayama, Ayako Edahiro, Tsutomu Taga, Hiroki Inagaki, Madoka Ogawa and Shuichi Awata
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:131
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  30. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Agnete Nygaard, Liv Halvorsrud, Ellen Karine Grov and Astrid Bergland
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:130
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Geriatrics 2020 20:227

  31. Experiences of violence and abuse is a prominent part of the life history of many older adults and is known to have negative health effects. However, the importance of multiple victimization over the life cour...

    Authors: Johanna Simmons and Katarina Swahnberg
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:129
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  32. Middle-aged and older adults are more vulnerable to hospitalization and mortality if they are infected with the COVID-19 virus. The present study investigates the longitudinal effects of subjective successful ...

    Authors: Dannii Y. Yeung, Edwin K. H. Chung, Alfred H. K. Lam and Alvin K. K. Ho
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:128
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  33. Caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia (ADRD) report high levels of distress, including symptoms of anxiety and depression, caregiving burden, and existential suffering; however,...

    Authors: Nicole R. Fowler, Katherine S. Judge, Kaitlyn Lucas, Tayler Gowan, Patrick Stutz, Mu Shan, Laura Wilhelm, Tommy Parry and Shelley A. Johns
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:127
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  34. Caring of older adults with dementia at home can be challenging for home care workers. There is a need to develop suitable training for home care workers to improve the quality of dementia care. We evaluated a...

    Authors: Hsin-Feng Su, Malcolm Koo, Wen-Li Lee, Huei-Chuan Sung, Ru-Ping Lee and Wen-I Liu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:126
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  35. Frailty increases the adverse outcomes of clinical heart failure; however, the relationship between frailty and stage-B heart failure (SBHF) remains unknown. We aimed to explore the epidemiology and predictive...

    Authors: Pei-Pei Zheng, Si-Min Yao, Wei He, Yu-Hao Wan, Hua Wang and Jie-Fu Yang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:125
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. There is still a lack of systematic investigation of comprehensive contextual factors of subjective well-being (SWB) among Chinese oldest-old. This study aimed to explore sociodemographic, health-related, and ...

    Authors: Gang Cheng and Yan Yan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:124
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  37. This study examines associations among social isolation, loneliness, and cognitive health risks in older Korean Americans, focusing on the mediating role of loneliness in the relationship between social isolat...

    Authors: Yuri Jang, Eun Young Choi, Nan Sook Park, David A. Chiriboga, Lei Duan and Miyong T. Kim
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:123
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  38. With age, most cognitive functions decline. As the number of people aged 60 years and older is expected to rise rapidly within the next decades, identifying interventions that promote healthy cognitive ageing ...

    Authors: Judith Alina Grossmann, Verena Magdalena Koelsch, Merve Gul Degirmenci, Steffen Aschenbrenner, Birgit Teichmann and Patric Meyer
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:122
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  39. Policy makers and care providers see assistive technology and telecare as potential products to support people with dementia to live independently in their homes and communities. Previous research rarely exami...

    Authors: Matthew Lariviere, Fiona Poland, John Woolham, Stanton Newman and Chris Fox
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:121
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Acquired infections in hospitalized elderly people are a growing concern. In long-term care facilities with multiple staff and visitor contacts, virus outbreaks are a common challenge for infection prevention ...

    Authors: Yohan Hababou, Assia Taleb, Amélie Recoing, Frédérique Moreau, Isabelle Simon, Florence Muller de Schongor, Elyanne Gault and Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:120
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  41. Understanding intervention delivery as intended, particularly in complex interventions, should be underpinned by good quality fidelity assessment. We present the findings from a fidelity assessment embedded as...

    Authors: Kirsty Sprange, Jules Beresford-Dent, Gail Mountain, Claire Craig, Clare Mason, Katherine Berry, Jessica Wright, Shazmin Majid, Ben Thomas and Cindy L. Cooper
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:119
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  42. Chronic venous leg ulcers (CVLUs) are the most common type of lower extremity wound. Even when treated with evidenced-based care, 30–50% of CVLUs fail to heal. A specific gap exists about the association betwe...

    Authors: Teresa J. Kelechi, Robin C. Muise-Helmericks, Laurie A. Theeke, Steven W. Cole, Mohan Madisetti, Martina Mueller and Margaret A. Prentice
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:118
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  43. The use of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) in population of older adults may result in adverse drug events (ADE) already after short term exposure, especially when it is prescribed to patients with ...

    Authors: Safoura Sheikh Rezaei, Hana Šinkovec, Alexander Schöberl, Christoph Rinner, Georg Heinze, Michael Wolzt and Walter Gall
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:117
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. This study aimed to prospectively analyze the risk factors for new falls and fragility fractures in self-caring elderly patients and to find suitable evaluation tools for community screening and follow-up inte...

    Authors: Jian Zhou, Bo Liu, Ming-Zhao Qin and Jin-Ping Liu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:116
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  45. Emergency department (ED) care of older patients is often complex. Geriatric ED guidelines can help to meet this challenge. However, training requirements, the use of time-consuming tools for comprehensive ger...

    Authors: Jenny Liu, Therese Palmgren, Sari Ponzer, Italo Masiello and Nasim Farrokhnia
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:115
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  46. International studies provide an overview of socio-demographic characteristics associated with loneliness among older adults, but few studies distinguished between emotional and social loneliness. This study e...

    Authors: Irene N. Fierloos, Siok Swan Tan, Greg Williams, Tamara Alhambra-Borrás, Elin Koppelaar, Lovorka Bilajac, Arpana Verma, Athina Markaki, Francesco Mattace-Raso, Vanja Vasiljev, Carmen B. Franse and Hein Raat
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:114
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  47. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and acute myocardial infarction cardiovascular (AMI) are two important health issues in older patients. Little is known regarding characteristics of AMI in older patients hos...

    Authors: Yu Kang, Xiang-Yang Fang, Dong Wang and Xiao-Juan Wang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:113
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  48. The aim of this study was to describe barriers and facilitators for shared decision making (SDM) as experienced by older patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs), informal caregivers and health profess...

    Authors: Ruth E. Pel-Littel, Marjolein Snaterse, Nelly Marela Teppich, Bianca M. Buurman, Faridi S. van Etten-Jamaludin, Julia C. M. van Weert, Mirella M. Minkman and Wilma J. M. Scholte op Reimer
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:112
    Content type: Review Published on:

  49. Pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in older adults. The role of frailty assessment in older adults with pneumonia is not well defined. Our purpose of the study was to investigate 30-day clin...

    Authors: Chan Mi Park, Wonsock Kim, Hye Chang Rhim, Eun Sik Lee, Jong Hun Kim, Kyung Hwan Cho and Dae Hyun Kim
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:111
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  50. Prevalence of hearing loss increases with age. Its estimated prevalence is 40–50 % in people over 75 years of age. Recent studies agree that declinein hearing threshold contribute to deterioration in sociality...

    Authors: Domenico Cuda, Sara Ghiselli and Alessandra Murri
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2021 21:107
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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