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  1. Frail elderly patients experience physiological function and reserve depletion, leading to imbalances in their internal environment, which increases the risk of coronary heart disease recurrence and malnutriti...

    Authors: Yifei Yang, Jing Gong, Binxu Yang, Chan Chen, Xintong Deng, Kejun Chen, Yingying Zhao, Xusihong Cai, Jingjing Li and Jing Zhou
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:268
  2. Considering the importance of diabetes and its increased prevalence with aging, this study aimed to evaluate the association between diabetes status and quality of life (QOL) and the determining factors in ind...

    Authors: Nekoo Panahi, Mohamad Ahmadi, Marjan Hosseinpour, Amin Sedokani, Mahnaz Sanjari, Kazem Khalagi, Mohamad Javad Mansourzadeh, Akram Farhadi, Iraj Nabipour, Bagher Larijani, Noushin Fahimfar and Afshin Ostovar
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:267
  3. Previous research on associations between cardiovascular health, measured at a single timepoint, and rate of age-related cognitive decline shows divergent findings dependent on the participants’ age and the he...

    Authors: Andreja Speh, Milica G. Kramberger, Bengt Winblad, Lars Bäckman, Chengxuan Qiu and Erika J. Laukka
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:263
  4. Even though there has been a cultural change within residential aged care to a more person-centered care, there remain improvements to be made for a more consistent way of working. Using a salutogenic approach...

    Authors: Sofia Ehk, Sara Petersson, Atika Khalaf and Marie Nilsson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:262
  5. The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) has shown good validity and reliability, but few studies have examined the GDS among very old adults or the Swedish translation.

    Authors: Sandra Snellman, Carl Hörnsten, Birgitta Olofsson, Yngve Gustafson, Hugo Lövheim and Johan Niklasson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:261
  6. Nutrition and exercise are important interventions for sarcopenia. There were few studies on oral oligopeptide nutrition preparations combined with exercise to intervene in the older people with sarcopenia. Th...

    Authors: Xinyi Liao, Daomei Cheng, Jingjing Li, Lin Zhu, Suqiong Zhang, Xiaofan Jing and Lei Shi
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:260
  7. The aesthetics of everyday life improves physical and mental health and social communication. This study aims to develop and test a novel instrument that assesses the aesthetics of the everyday life of older a...

    Authors: Fatemeh Sadat Izadi-Avanji, Nafise Zamani, Ismail Azizi-Fini and Esmaeil Mohammadnejad
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:259
  8. Physical activity (PA) plays an important role in the process of several chronic diseases. It may be also associated with the incidence of sarcopenia. This study aimed to determine the association of PA from d...

    Authors: Xiaoguang Zhao, Dongxue Liu, Hongjun Zhang, Shaoshuai Shen, Naipeng Zhang, Yihan Pan, Chao Fu, Wenjiao Wang, Hang Ren and Xiaopeng Pan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:258
  9. Evidence indicates frailty before intensive care unit (ICU) admission leads to poor outcomes. However, it is unclear whether quality of life (QOL) and activities of daily living (ADL) for survivors of critica...

    Authors: Takashi Hongo, Tetsuya Yumoto, Mototaka Inaba, Shunsuke Taito, Takashi Yorifuji, Atsunori Nakao and Hiromichi Naito
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:257
  10. Drug-related problems (DRPs) and potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) are associated with adverse patient and health care outcomes. In the setting of hospitalized older patients, Clinical Decision Suppo...

    Authors: NA Zwietering, AEMJH Linkens, D Kurstjens, PHM van der Kuy, N van Nie-Visser, BPA van de Loo, KPGM Hurkens and B Spaetgens
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:256
  11. People with dementia and their caregivers are prone to suicidal behaviors due to difficulty adjusting to their initial caregiving role and due to emotional disturbances resulting from deterioration of function...

    Authors: Mohd Afifuddin Mohamad, Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin Abdullah and Nurul Izzah Shari
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:254
  12. Sleep problems are frequently observed in older adults. They can lead to changes in the individual’s physical, occupational, cognitive, and social functioning, compromising the performance of activities of dai...

    Authors: Stefany Cristina Claudino Idalino, Letícia Martins Cândido, Katia Jakovljevic Pudla Wagner, Bruno de Souza Moreira, Alessandra de Carvalho Bastone, Ana Lúcia Danielewicz and Núbia Carelli Pereira de Avelar
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:253
  13. Aging is associated with muscle atrophy, as typified by sarcopenia. Loss of abdominal muscle strength can cause abdominal wall laxity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the ...

    Authors: Takashi Nagai, Makoto Miyagami, Shota Nakamura, Keizo Sakamoto, Koji Ishikawa, Ichiro Okano, Fumihito Kasai, Yoshifumi Kudo and Nobuyuki Kawate
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:252
  14. Surgeries conducted at night can impact patients’ prognosis, and the mechanism may be related to circadian rhythm, which influence normal physiological functions and pathophysiological changes. Melatonin is pr...

    Authors: Linghui Jiang, Jie Wang, Wannan Chen, Zhiyao Wang and Wanxia Xiong
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:251
  15. An increasing number of older patients require emergency abdominal surgery for acute abdomen. They are susceptible to surgical stress and lose their independence in performing daily activities. Laparoscopic su...

    Authors: Keishi Yamaguchi, Takeru Abe, Shokei Matsumoto, Kento Nakajima, Masayuki Shimizu and Ichiro Takeuchi
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:250
  16. The number of older people experiencing homelessness in Australia is rising, yet there is a lack of specialised residential care for older people subject to homelessness with high care and palliative needs. To...

    Authors: Costanza Preti, Christopher J Poulos, Roslyn G Poulos, Najwa L Reynolds, Allison C Rowlands, Kyall Flakelar, Angela Raguz, Peter Valpiani, Steven G Faux and Claire MC O’Connor
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:249
  17. Fast-conducting atrial fibrillation misinterpreted as ventricular tachycardia is the leading cause for inappropriate shocks in patients with implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD). These inappropriate shocks...

    Authors: Catalin Pestrea, Roxana Enache, Ecaterina Cicala and Radu Vatasescu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:248
  18. Multimorbidity, defined as the presence of two or more long-term health conditions in an individual, is one of the most significant challenges facing health systems worldwide. This study aimed to identify dete...

    Authors: Maryam Marzban, Ali Jamshidi, Zahra Khorrami, Marlous Hall, Jonathan A Batty, Akram Farhadi, Mehdi Mahmudpour, Mohamad Gholizade, Iraj Nabipour, Bagher Larijani and Sima Afrashteh
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:247
  19. Older adults with frailty have surgery at a high rate. Informal caregivers often support the postoperative transition in care. Despite the growing need for family and caregiver support for this population, lit...

    Authors: Emily Hladkowicz, Mohammad Auais, Gurlavine Kidd, Daniel I McIsaac and Jordan Miller
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:246
  20. Klotho, consisting of membrane klotho and soluble alpha-klotho, is found to be associated with better cognitive outcomes in small samples of the aged population. We aimed to examine the association of serum so...

    Authors: Song Ge, Fanghong Dong, Chong Tian, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Minhui Liu and Jingkai Wei
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:245
  21. Sarcopenia is a progressive disease with age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength, and function. No study has investigated the association between healthy beverage index (HBI) and sarcopenia in older...

    Authors: Marzieh Mahmoodi, Zainab Shateri, Mehran Nouri, Mohebat Vali, Nasrin Nasimi, Zahra Sohrabi, Mohammad Hossein Dabbaghmanesh and Maede Makhtoomi
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:244
  22. In light of the aging population, increasingly suffering from the metabolic syndrome (MS), strategies need to be developed to address global public health challenges known to be associated with MS such as arth...

    Authors: Fanji Qiu, Jinfeng Li, Liaoyan Gan and Kirsten Legerlotz
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:242
  23. The risk of dementia is increased in subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Despite the plethora of in-person cognitive tests, those that can be administered over the phone are lacking. We hypothesized...

    Authors: Kyung Won Lee, Yun Jeong Hong, Eun Jin Yang, Si Baek Lee, Seong Hoon Kim, Seunghee Na, Young-Do Kim and Jeong Wook Park
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:241
  24. The use of benzodiazepines (BZDs) in older population is often accompanied by drug-related complications. Inappropriate BZD use significantly alters older adults’ clinical and functional status. This study com...

    Authors: Anna Lukačišinová, Jindra Reissigová, Maja Ortner-Hadžiabdić, Jovana Brkic, Betul Okuyan, Daisy Volmer, Ivana Tadić, Pilar Modamio, Eduardo L. Mariño, Konstantine Tachkov, Rosa Liperotti, Graziano Onder, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Hein van Hout, Elizabeth P. Howard and Daniela Fialová
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:240
  25. There is currently a lack of functional assessment tools based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) theoretical framework that are specific for older adults.

    Authors: Malan Zhang, Yan Gao, Jingjing Xue, Kun Li, Lifang Zhang, Jiani Yu, Tiebin Yan and Xiaohui Hou
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:239
  26. With aging populations worldwide, identification of predictors of age-related cognitive decline is becoming increasingly important. The Danish Aging and Cognition Cohort (DanACo) including more than 5000 Danis...

    Authors: Marie Grønkjær, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Cathrine Lawaetz Wimmelmann, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Merete Osler and Gunhild Tidemann Okholm
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:238
  27. Quantitative computed tomography (QCT)-based lumbar bone mineral density (LBMD) has been used to diagnose osteoporosis. This study explored the value of lower thoracic BMD (TBMD) in diagnosing osteoporosis in ...

    Authors: Nandong Hu, Miaomiao Wang, Meng Yang, Xin Chen, Jiangchuan Wang, Chao Xie, Bin Zhang, Zhongqiu Wang and Xiao Chen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:237
  28. In recent years, it has become clear that participation in social activities by the older adult suppresses their need for long-term care. Likewise, social participation can promote long-term care prevention am...

    Authors: Saori Anzai, Hironori Ohsugi and Yoshitaka Shiba
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:235
  29. Aging is associated with changes in the musculoskeletal system, including increased susceptibility to spine malalignments. Utilizing corrective exercises with a therapeutic emphasis can be beneficial in the el...

    Authors: Elham Eftekhari, Rahman Sheikhhoseini, Zahra Salahzadeh and Mahdis Dadfar
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:234
  30. Older adults comprise a growing proportion of Emergency Department (ED) attendees and are vulnerable to adverse outcomes following an ED visit including ED reattendance within 30 days. Interventions to reduce ...

    Authors: Brian Condon, Anne Griffin, Christine Fitzgerald, Elaine Shanahan, Liam Glynn, Margaret O’Connor, Christina Hayes, Molly Manning, Rose Galvin, Aoife Leahy and Katie Robinson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:233
  31. In industrialized countries, the aging population is steadily rising. The incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) is highest in old people. This study focuses on the clinicopathological profile of CMM ...

    Authors: Alessandra Buja, Massimo Rugge, Chiara Trevisiol, Anna Zanovello, Alessandra Rosalba Brazzale, Manuel Zorzi, Antonella Vecchiato, Paolo Del Fiore, Saveria Tropea, Marco Rastrelli, Carlo Riccardo Rossi and Simone Mocellin
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:232
  32. Prehabilitation aims to improve patients' functional capacity before surgery to reduce perioperative complications, promote recovery and decrease probability of disability. The planned economic evaluation is p...

    Authors: Helene Eckhardt, Wilm Quentin, Julia Silzle, Reinhard Busse and Tanja Rombey
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:231
  33. The prognosis of back pain (BP) in the older adults is less favorable than in younger adults and progress to adverse outcomes and consequent worsening of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The present stu...

    Authors: Adriana Estela de Oliveira Grigorini, Leani Souza Máximo Pereira, Bart Koes, Silvia Lanzioti Azevedo da Silva, Alessandro Chiarotto, Diogo Carvalho Felício and Amanda Aparecida Oliveira Leopoldino
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:230
  34. Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is the second most common progressive neurodegenerative disorder, mostly affecting balance and motor function caused mainly by a lack of dopamine in the brain. The use of virtual reali...

    Authors: Muhammad Kashif, Abdulaziz Aoudh Albalwi, Ayesha Zulfiqar, Kiran Bashir, Ahmad Abdullah Alharbi and Shiza Zaidi
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:229
  35. An increasing number of adults over 60 years old are presenting with requests for treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the prevalence of ADHD in older adults in geriatrics is ...

    Authors: Joshua Woods, Nakisa Kiai, Ranjit Padhy, Rossano Bangasan and Tyler Torrico
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:228
  36. Authors: Frida Svedin, Oscar Blomberg, Anders Brantnell, Paul Farrand, Anna Cristina Åberg and Joanne Woodford
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:227

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  37. Childhood adverse experience has been linked with poor health outcomes across the life course. Nevertheless, whether such an association or direction could be projected to older people’s life remains still unc...

    Authors: Gayatri Khanal and Y. Selvamani
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:226
  38. The aim of present study was to evaluate the combined effect of hypertension and activities of daily living (ADL)/instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) with the risk of CVD, stroke and cardiac events.

    Authors: Yiqun Li, Minglan Jiang, Xiao Ren, Longyang Han, Xiaowei Zheng and Wenyan Wu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:225
  39. This study aims to investigate the factors influencing the work status of retirees after retirement, especially focusing on self-employment and unpaid work. Data was taken and analyzed from the “Taiwan Health ...

    Authors: Tai-Kang Wu, Li-Jung Elizabeth Ku, Jer-Hao Chang, Ching-Ju Chiu and Susan C. Hu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:224
  40. Understanding how health trajectories are related to the likelihood of adverse outcomes and healthcare utilization is key to planning effective strategies for improving health span and the delivery of care to ...

    Authors: Chris P. Verschoor, Olga Theou, Jinhui Ma, Phyllis Montgomery, Sharolyn Mossey, Parveen Nangia, Refik Saskin and David W. Savage
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:223
  41. This study aimed to investigate the association of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) with incident frailty as well as its effects on pre-frailty progression and regression among middle-aged and olde...

    Authors: Yu-Feng Luo, Zi-Jian Cheng, Yan-Fei Wang, Xi-Yuan Jiang, Shu-Feng Lei, Fei-Yan Deng, Wen-Yan Ren and Long-Fei Wu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:222
  42. To analyse and discuss the association of gender differences with the risk and incidence of poststroke aphasia (PSA) and its types, and to provide evidence-based guidance for the prevention and treatment of po...

    Authors: Ting-ting Li, Ping-ping Zhang, Ming-chen Zhang, Hui Zhang, Hong-ying Wang, Ying Yuan, Shan-lin Wu, Xiao-wen Wang and Zhong-guang Sun
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:220
  43. For some older persons, driving is essential to maintain their daily activities and engagement with society. Unfortunately, some will have to stop driving, as they age. Driving-cessation is an important transi...

    Authors: Camille Savoie, Philippe Voyer, Martin Lavallière and Suzanne Bouchard
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:219
  44. Polypharmacy and the use of potentially inappropriate medications are common among nursing home residents and are associated with negative outcomes. Although deprescribing has been proposed as a way to curtail...

    Authors: Hye Jun Lee, Sunmee Jang, Ju-Yeun Lee, Young-Mi Ah, Mi-Kyung Lee, Suhyun Jang, Sena An and Jung-Ha Kim
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:218

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