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  1. To evaluate the effectiveness of delivering feedback reports to increase completion of LST notes among VA Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) teams. The Life Sustaining Treatment Decisions Initiative (LSTDI) was im...

    Authors: Cari Levy, Jennifer Kononowech, Mary Ersek, Ciaran S. Phibbs, Winifred Scott and Anne Sales
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:389
  2. Metals have been linked to a diverse spectrum of age-related diseases; however, the effects of metal exposure on health span remains largely unknown. This cohort study aims to determine the association between...

    Authors: Xiaoying Ye, Tingting Xu, Le Yang, Xiangju Hu, Xiaowei Xie, Guohui Lan, Xiaoli Lu, Zelin Huang, Tinggui Wang, Jieyu Wu, Jieli Lan, Qian Zhang, Zhiying Zhan, Yansong Guo and Xiaoxu Xie
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:388
  3. Mild Cognitive impairment (MCI) is a pre-demented state in the elderly populace. The Mediterranean & Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet has show...

    Authors: Muhamad Mustaqim M Zapawi, Yee Xing You, Suzana Shahar, Mohd Razif Shahril, Nurul Fatin Malek Rivan, Nik Nur Izzati Nik Mohd Fakhruddin and Anastasia Xin Wei Yap
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:387
  4. The correlation between the triglyceride-glucose index (TyG) and the prognosis of ischemic stroke has been well established. This study aims to assess the influence of the TyG index on the clinical outcomes of...

    Authors: Yang Yang, Shengru Liang, Jiangdong Liu, Minghao Man, Yue Si, Dengfeng Jia, Jianwei Li, Xiaoxi Tian and Lihong Li
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:385
  5. Despite the critical need, interventions aimed at frailty in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce, attributed to factors such as insufficient healthcare infrastructure, the pressing need to address infectious disease...

    Authors: Ayele Semachew Kasa, Victoria Traynor and Peta Drury
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:384
  6. Understanding the predictors of functional status can be useful for improving modifiable predictors or identifying at-risk populations. Researchers have examined the predictors of functional status in older ad...

    Authors: Azar Jafari-Koulaee, Eesa Mohammadi, Mary T. Fox, Aliakbar Rasekhi and Ozra Akha
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:383
  7. Frailty is increasing worldwide as the population ages. Physical activity is one component that has been shown to hinder and even reverse the process. The POSITIVE system (i.e., maintaining and imPrOving the i...

    Authors: Linda Timm, Susanne Guidetti and Marina Taloyan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:382
  8. This study aimed to estimate the incidence rate of re-fracture and all-cause mortality rate in patients with hip fractures caused by minor trauma in the first year following the event.

    Authors: Vahideh Mohseni, Noushin Fahimfar, Akram Ansarifar, Safdar Masoumi, Mahnaz Sanjari, Kazem Khalagi, Abolfazl Bagherifard, Bagher Larijani, Leila Janani, Mohammad Javad Mansourzadeh, Afshin Ostovar and Masoud Solaymani-Dodaran
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:381
  9. Persons living with dementia (PLWD) may experience communication difficulties that impact their ability to process written and pictorial information. Patient-facing education may help promote discontinuation o...

    Authors: Charity M. Hoffman, Sarah E. Vordenberg, Amanda N. Leggett, Esther Akinyemi, Molly Turnwald and Donovan T. Maust
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:380
  10. The life satisfaction of the elderly in nursing home is the focus of social concern.The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of family function and sleep quality on life satisfaction among elderly...

    Authors: Wenfen Zhu, Yutong Wang, Jiao Tang and Fangyi Wang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:379
  11. In Thailand, there is a rapidly increasing population of older persons living with hemodialysis (OPLWH) for whom quality of life and clinical outcomes are their main focus. This study aims to assess the feasib...

    Authors: Wanicha Pungchompoo, Saowaros Parinyachitta, Sirirat Pungchompoo, Warawan Udomkhwamsuk and Panadda Suwan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:378
  12. To analyze the effects and pathways of factors such as psychological capital, family functioning, and sources of meaning in life on the level of self-management in elderly patients with chronic diseases and to...

    Authors: Zhiyang Cong, Mingshu Huo, Xing Jiang and Hongyu Yu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:377
  13. Preoperative frailty is associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes. In 2017, McIsaac and colleagues’ systematic review found that few interventions improved outcomes in this population and evidence was...

    Authors: Vivian Ka-Yan Kwok, Natasha Reid, Ruth E Hubbard, Harshithaa Thavarajah and Emily H Gordon
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:376
  14. Decisions surrounding the permanent residential care placement of people living with dementia can be stressful and distressing; however, providing access to targeted information and support prior to placement ...

    Authors: Deborah Brooks, Katy Wyles, Nancy A. Pachana, Elizabeth Beattie and Joseph E. Gaugler
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:375
  15. The Square Stepping Exercise (SSE) is an exercise training program that integrates physical exercise and cognitive elements and can be conducted in a group setting. The potential of SSE in delaying cognitive d...

    Authors: Masato Kawabata, Su Ren Gan and Annabel Chen Shen-Hsing
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:374
  16. Delayed recognition of acute disease among older adults hinders timely management and increases the risk of hospital admission. Point-of-Care testing, including Focused Lung Ultrasound (FLUS) and in-home analy...

    Authors: Siri Aas Smedemark, Christian B. Laursen, Dorte Ejg Jarbøl, Flemming S. Rosenvinge and Karen Andersen-Ranberg
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:373
  17. Hypertension is prevalent in China. Hypertensive patients suffer from many health problems in life. Hypertension is a common chronic disease with long-term and lifelong characteristics. In the long run, the ex...

    Authors: Xue Yang, Yujin Mei, Yuqing Li, Xiaoyun Zhang, Jiaofeng Gui, Ying Wang, Wenyue Chen, Mingjia Chen, Changjun Liu and Lin Zhang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:372
  18. Evidence remains limited and inconsistent for assessing cognitive function in Chinese older adults (CFCOA) and inequalities in cognitive function in Chinese older adults (ICFCOA) and exploring their influencin...

    Authors: Ciran Yang, Zongfu Mao, Shaotang Wu, Shicheng Yin, Yu Sun and Dan Cui
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:371
  19. Intrinsic capacity (IC) is a comprehensive indicator of the overall well-being of older adults, and assessing of IC can help identify early stage of disability and tailor intervention to individual needs. Howe...

    Authors: Ya-Hui Chang, Chung-Ying Lin, Yu-Tsung Chou, Hung-Yu Chen, Hui-Chen Su, Yi-Lin Wu, Yi-Ching Yang and Wen-Hsuan Hou
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:370
  20. Regular exercise is emphasized for the improvement of functional capacity and independence of older adults. This study aimed to compare the effects of a dual-task resistance exercise program and resistance exe...

    Authors: Ji-Eun Baek, Sang-Jun Hyeon, May Kim, Hwi-young Cho and Suk-Chan Hahm
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:369
  21. Marital status is a potentially essential factor for cognitive impairment. Relevant research examining the potential pathways through which the marital status of spouseless older people is associated with cogn...

    Authors: Donghang Zhang, Wenhao Zheng and Keyang Li
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:367
  22. A growing body of evidence shows that many nursing home residents’ basic care needs are neglected, and residents do not receive qualitatively good care. This neglect challenges nursing staff´s professional and...

    Authors: Stine Borgen Lund, Wenche K. Malmedal, Laura Mosqueda and John-Arne Skolbekken
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:366
  23. Digital assistive technology (DAT) may support time management in people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment (MCI), but research on DAT for time management is limited. We aimed to explore how everyday c...

    Authors: K. Baudin, A. Sundström and H. Lindner
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:365
  24. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines state that psychosocial interventions should be the first line of treatment for people with dementia who are experiencing distress behaviours, s...

    Authors: Naomi Thompson, Ming-Hung Hsu, Helen Odell-Miller, Benjamin R. Underwood and Emma Wolverson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:364
  25. Societal attitudes toward ageing play a significant role in shaping one’s ageing experience, and an age-friendly environment can potentially enhance the life satisfaction of older individuals. The objective of...

    Authors: Sok Leng Che, Wai In Lei, Tan Hung and Sok Man Leong
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:362
  26. The association between socioeconomic status and depression is weaker in older adults than in younger populations. Loneliness may play a significant role in this relationship, explaining (at least partially) t...

    Authors: Esteban Sánchez-Moreno, Lorena Gallardo-Peralta, Ana Barrón López de Roda and Joaquín M. Rivera Álvarez
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:361
  27. Gastric intramural hematoma is a rare disease. Here we report a case of spontaneous isolated gastric intramural hematoma combined with spontaneous superior mesenteric artery intermural hematoma.

    Authors: Zhenxing Zhang, Shan Wang, Kelong Tao, Guolin Zhang, Danling Guo, Yu Zhang and Guangen Xu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:360
  28. The COVID-19 pandemic affected the control of many chronic conditions, including hip fractures, worldwide. This study was to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management of hip fractures in a ...

    Authors: Fatemeh Yalamchi, Kazem Khalagi, Noushin Fahimfar, Pouria Tabrizian, Mahnaz Sanjari, Mohammad Javad Mansourzadeh, Afshin Ostovar and Mohsen Asadi-Lari
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:359
  29. Older people with hip fracture are often medically frail, and many do not regain their walking ability and level of physical activity. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between pre-fracture...

    Authors: Kristi Elisabeth Heiberg, Monica Beckmann and Vigdis Bruun-Olsen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:358
  30. Sarcopenic obesity emerges as a risk factor for adverse clinical outcomes in non-hospitalized older adults, including physical disabilities, metabolic diseases, and even mortality. In this systematic review an...

    Authors: Yuhong Luo, Yanqiu Wang, Shuao Tang, Ludan Xu, Xinyu Zhao, Mengya Han, Yuhua Liu, Yan Xu and Binru Han
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:357
  31. The relationship between triglyceride glucose-body mass index (TyG-BMI) index and mortality in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) are still unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association be...

    Authors: Lei Ding, Bingqi Fu, Hongda Zhang, Cong Dai, Aikai Zhang, Fengyuan Yu, Lijie Mi, Wei Hua and Min Tang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:356
  32. Older adults are increasingly susceptible to prolonged illness, multiple chronic diseases, and disabilities, which can lead to the coexistence of multimorbidity and frailty. Multimorbidity may result in variou...

    Authors: Rafael Ogaz-González, Eva Corpeleijn, Rosa Estela García-Chanes, Luis Miguel Gutierréz-Robledo, Ricardo Antonio Escamilla-Santiago and Malaquías López-Cervantes
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:355
  33. Diagnosing and classifying heart failure (HF) in the oldest-old patients has technical and interpretation issues, especially in the acute setting. We assessed the usefulness of both N-terminal pro-brain natriu...

    Authors: Matteo Landolfo, Francesco Spannella, Federico Giulietti, Chiara Di Pentima, Piero Giordano, Elisabetta Borioni, Laura Landi, Mirko Di Rosa, Roberta Galeazzi and Riccardo Sarzani
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:354
  34. Transfers of nursing home (NH) residents to the emergency department (ED) is frequent. Our main objective was to assess the cost of care pathways 6 months before and after the transfer to the emergency departm...

    Authors: E. Gombault-Datzenko, N. Costa, M. Mounié, N. Tavassoli, C. Mathieu, H. Roussel, J. M. Lagarrigue, E. Berard, Y. Rolland and L. Molinier
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:353
  35. Fat to muscle mass ratio (FMR), a novel index integrating fat and muscle composition, has garnered attention in age-related conditions such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and neurodegenerative diseases. De...

    Authors: Fan Wu, Yanlan Liu, Chenying Lin, Nahal Haghbin, Longfei Xia, Yaoshuang Li, Tong Chen, Huina Qiu, Weiran Jiang, Jingbo Li and Jingna Lin
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:352
  36. Older individuals with functional decline and homecare are frequent visitors to emergency departments (ED). Homecare workers (HCWs) interact regularly with their clients and may play a crucial role in their we...

    Authors: Pia Bastholm-Rahmner, Monica Bergqvist, Karin Modig, Lars L. Gustafsson and Katharina Schmidt-Mende
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:350
  37. This study aimed to investigate the actual application, knowledge, and training needs of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) among geriatric practitioners in China.

    Authors: Shanshan Shen, Xingkun Zeng, Xiaoliang Hui, Lingyan Chen, Jinmei Zhang and Xujiao Chen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:349
  38. Definitive chemoradiotherapy is one of the primary treatment modalities for older patients with esophageal cancer (EC). However, the evolution of prognosis over time and the factors affected non-EC deaths rema...

    Authors: Xiao Chang, Wei Deng, Rong Yu and Weihu Wang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:348
  39. The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) records geriatric syndromes in a standardized manner, allowing individualized treatment tailored to the patient’s needs and resources. Its use has shown a beneficia...

    Authors: Jennifer Kudelka, Malte Ollenschläger, Richard Dodel, Bjoern M. Eskofier, Markus A. Hobert, Klaus Jahn, Jochen Klucken, Bendix Labeit, M. Cristina Polidori, Tino Prell, Tobias Warnecke, Christine A. F. von Arnim, Walter Maetzler and Andreas H. Jacobs
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:347
  40. Osteoporosis patient education is offered in many countries worldwide. When evaluating complex interventions like these, it is important to understand how and why the intervention leads to effects. This study ...

    Authors: Mette Rubæk, Marie Broholm-Jørgensen, Susan Andersen, Pernille Ravn Jakobsen, Mette Juel Rothmann, Bente Langdahl, Mette Friberg Hitz and Teresa Holmberg
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:346
  41. The paper aims to explore the elderly caregiving process in India from the perspective of both elderly as well as working women care providers, along with the challenges faced and the coping strategies adopted...

    Authors: Dipti Govil, Harihar Sahoo, Biswabandita Chowdhury and K. S. James
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:345
  42. Cognitive impairment is a growing problem with increasing burden in global aging. Older adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) have higher risk of dementia. Neurofilament light chain (NfL) has been proven...

    Authors: Cynthia Yi-an Chen, Chih-Chiang Chiu, Cho-Yin Huang, Ying-Chih Cheng, Ming-Chyi Huang, Po-Hsiu Kuo and Wen-Yin Chen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:344
  43. The first six months of therapy represents a high-risk period for peritoneal dialysis (PD) failure. The risk of death in the first six months is higher for older patients treated with urgent-start PD (USPD). H...

    Authors: Shizheng Guo, Liming Yang, Xueyan Zhu, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Zhanshan Sun, Lingfei Meng, Yangwei Wang, Jian Li, Siyu Cheng, Xiaohua Zhuang and Wenpeng Cui
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:343
  44. Family caregivers play a crucial role in providing physical, emotional, and social support to the elderly, allowing them to maintain their independence and stay in their preferred living environment. However, ...

    Authors: Gebrezabher Niguse Hailu, Muntaha Abdelkader, Feven Asfaw and Hailemariam Atsbeha Meles
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:342
  45. Malnutrition is a common geriatric syndrome that is closely associated with adverse clinical outcomes and poses significant harm to older adults. Early assessment of nutritional status plays a crucial role in ...

    Authors: Xianghui Zhao, Li Meng, Daguang Wang, Jing Shi, Wenbin Wu, Guoqing Fan, Hong Shi, Jun Dong, Pulin Yu and Ruiyue Yang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:341

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