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  1. Although supervised exercise is frequently recommended for older adults, its superiority over unsupervised exercise remains uncertain. Furthermore, whether motivational techniques could help to enhance the eff...

    Authors: Paola Gómez-Redondo, Pedro L. Valenzuela, Óscar Martínez-de-Quel, Coral Sánchez-Martín, Mónica Cerezo-Arroyo, David Moreno-Manzanaro, Luis M. Alegre, Amelia Guadalupe-Grau, Ignacio Ara and Asier Mañas
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:274
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  3. The oral health of older people is closely related to their overall health. Timely and effective intervention in oral issues is necessary to maintain their overall health. This study aimed to evaluate the feas...

    Authors: Liyan Gu, Jingwen Zhang, Wenyao Chen, Yanqiu Weng, Lan Chen and Lingjuan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:272
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  4. Frailty has become a worldwide health burden that has a large influence on public health and clinical practice. The incidence of frailty is anticipated to increase as the ageing population increases. Myocardia...

    Authors: Yongtao Sun, Na Guo, Min Zhang, Mengjie Liu, Zhongquan Gao, Tao Sun, Xiaojun Gao, Lingling Xu, Haixia Zhang, Chuansong Wei, Peng Liu, Yang Liu, Xiaoning Zhang, Yongle Guo, Lina Chen, Zheng Zhou…
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:271
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  6. Frailty interventions such as Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) can provide significant benefits for older adults living with frailty. However, incorporating such proactive interventions into primary ca...

    Authors: David Attwood, Jim Vafidis, James Boorer, Scarlett Long, Wendy Ellis, Michelle Earley, Jillian Denovan, Gerard ’t Hart, Maria Williams, Nicholas Burdett, Melissa Lemon and Suzy Hope
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:269
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  7. 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
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  8. 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
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  12. 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
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  13. 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
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  14. 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
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  15. 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
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  16. 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
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  17. 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
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  18. 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
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  19. 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
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  21. 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
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  22. 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
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  23. 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
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  24. 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
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  25. 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
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  26. 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
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  27. 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
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  28. 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
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  29. 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
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  30. 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
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  31. 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
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  33. 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
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  34. 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
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  35. 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
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  36. 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
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  37. 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
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  38. 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
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  40. 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
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  41. 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
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  42. 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
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  43. 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
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  44. 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
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  45. 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
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  46. 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
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  47. 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
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  48. 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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  49. 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
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  50. 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
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:
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