... understanding of the dynamics of family caregiving to low-income and frail elderly individuals living inthe community It is examining how community and home care services diminish the effect ... Impact in a community setting continues Further evidence of the effectiveness of the CDSMP can be found in a study funded by Kaiser Permanente One year after completing the CDSMP, participants inthe ... AHRQ Pub No 01-0009 eating, or using the toilet.8 Many elderly people can maintain or improve their functional ability by attending the CDSMP and practicing its principles CDSMP improved health...
... during experimental stress Type D was also associated with a decreased activity inthe amygdala in response to fearful expressions [10], suggesting inadequate emotion-processing inthe brain Finally, ... endothelial progenitor cells [47] in cardiac patients These initial findings are promising, but more research is needed to examine the cardiovascular effects of stress in apparently healthy individuals ... the editor etc.), (3) if they were published in peer-review journals, and (4) if they were written in English Studies were excluded for the following reasons; (1) if they included a patient population, ...
... conducted inthe USA, 21 (28%) inthe UK, (10%) in Australia, and (5%) in Germany, with the remaining 15 studies (20%) conducted in other regions More than half of studies (66%) conducted a clinical ... understanding of HV prevalence is warranted To date there has been no published systematic review investigating theprevalence of HV and the influence of age and gender Therefore, the aim of ... supervision, including interpretation of data and critical revision of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing...
... chronic cough than inthe studies of the Western populations [1,2], although there was a small increase when comparing with our previous study [3] The low prevalence of GOR-CC inthe present study ... 18% inpopulation based studies [11,12] This is in contrast with the finding in Western countries where 34 to 78% of the general population are overweight [10] and 21 to 59% of the general population ... might be biased by the studied populationin a university hospital, but may reflect low prevalence of GOR inthe general populationin Japan where 21 to 27% of the general population are overweight...
... in asthma inthe Kainuu subpopulation and obtained evidence for linkage in a 20-cM region of chromosome 7p14-p15 for three phenotypes: asthma, IgE and the combination of the phenotypes (Laitinent ... implicated in causing or contributing to the development of a particular disease Gene: An individual unit of heredity Gene is the segment of DNA involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it includes ... atopic diseases can be summarized as the following steps (Koppelman et al., 2001) 1) The definition of atopic diseases In genetics study, the right definition is especially important If the definition...
... Trevino SC, Ybarra D The effect of a multivitamin on the immunologic response to thein uenza vaccine intheelderly Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice Vol 10, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ... and deaths from in uenza Description of the intervention Vaccines have been the main global weapon to minimise the impact of in uenza intheelderly for the last four decades Inthe year 2000, ... good coverage in those who most need it or the diluting effect on vaccines for in uenza of other agents circulating inthe community (causing ILI, clinically indistinguishable from in uenza), might...
... an initial open-ended approach, e.g asking: “What you think the change in your memory and thinking is due to?” b In setting up the visit for disclosure, consider patient privacy and ask whether ... driving and to instruct these patients to stop driving If the physician learns that the patient continues to drive despite this instruction, the physician is required to notify the Superintendent ... Drug Interactions Major drug interactions associated with memantine include drugs which increase the pH in urine (e.g carbonic anhydrase inhibitors) Exercise caution when prescribing memantine...
... the groups DISCUSSION Tuberculosis is becoming increasingly common intheelderly and burden of thediseasein them is likely to continue to increase substantially.3,4 Moreover, with increasing ... symptoms inelderly patients with TB This results in a delay inthe presentation of theelderly to health care facilities, thereby resulting in a delay inthe commencement of ATT The delay in presentation ... ageing and hence must be kept in mind during the diagnostic evaluation of elderly patients.11 Several findings of the current study are in accordance with the results of this meta-analysis In the...
... albicans Rinsing the dentures inthe evening and keeping them overnight inthe open air can indeed be the easiest way to carry out "disinfection" (Stafford et al., 1986) However, 10 minute soaking in ... been the most fundamental etiological factor for the dramatic increase in caries among the Finnish children inthe beginning of the 1950's (Rytömaa et al., 1980) Not surprisingly, increase inthe ... similar to the demographic figures describing the whole Finnish populationIn Helsinki, 14% of the inhabitants have a university degree compared to 5% inthe whole Finland Thus, the original HAS-group,...
... (39%), the rest of them – in households of several individuals In Timisoara the majority of theelderly live in couples, the size of other households is about the same, but the proportion of the single ... Healthy Lifestyle intheElderly s View in Romania and Latvia Figure Number of individuals inthe households of theelderlyin Latvia and Romania Figure Size of the homes of theelderlyin Jelgava and ... with their community residents, than it is in Latvia Both theelderlyin Dumbravita and those in Jelgava feel well in their homes, and they like their apartments or houses In Jelgava 73% of the elderly...
... from 6025 cases in 1992 to 3534 cases in 2000 [1] Despite these declines in absolute numbers, the proportion of cases among theelderly has remained stable, with theelderly accounting for 23% of ... among theelderly This increased prevalence has been attributed to a decline in cellular immunity with age, eradication of the dormant infecting organism from within the host, or a combination ... fact that TB intheelderly usually results from re-activation of a latent infection and that these individuals presumably acquired the infecting organism during the time prior to the availability...
... falling Multiple factors are involved inthe risk of falling These factors may be intrinsic to the person and the aging process, behavioral, or found inthe person’s immediate environment The main ... important factor inthe decline of autonomy Indeed, the fear of falling can result in changes in motor function inthe elderly, for example in walking behavior (Maki, 1997) Theelderly frequently ... provide the means for autonomous living to the majority of theelderlypopulation However, the continuing increase inthe number of aged citizens over the next few decades will nevertheless create...
... Pravastatin Atherosclerosis Intervention Program Circulation 1995; 92:2419-2425 13.Grundy SM, Cleeman JI, Rifkind BM, Kuller LH Cholesterol lowering intheelderly population: Coordinating committee ... Cancer screening in older women Cancer 1994 (suppl) :200915 13.Finison KS, Wellins CA, Wennberg DE, Lucas FL , Screening mammography rates by specialty of the usual care physicain Eff Clin Pract ... 2000 26 .The Long Term Intervention with Pravastin in Ischemic Disease (LIPID) Study Group Prevention of cardiovascular events and death with pravastin in patients with coronary heart disease...
... toward the null, indicating the strong confounding effect of the total number of prescriptions taken Adding predisposing and enabling variables in Model C, the coefficient remained virtually the ... one of these diseases, other diseases, and no diseases Functional condition variables included help needed in activities of daily living, help needed in instrumental activities of daily living, ... control for the underlying confounding problem and therefore help minimize the endogeneity The full Model F adds inthe prior health-status and health-condition variables The coefficient of inappropriate...
... associated with the likelihood of not receiving VKAs inthe multivariate analysis was increasing age No other single factor, including the presence of contraindications to oral anticoagulation influenced ... impact on the quality of anticoagulation, frequently assessed by the percentage of INR values inthe therapeutic interval and expressed as the “time inthe therapeutic range” (TTR) Even in clinical ... is therefore recommended For anticoagulation inthe therapeutic range, dabigatran etexilate was compared to warfarin inthe RE-LY study including AF patients and inthe RE-COVER study including...
... of theprevalence estimates To gain insight into the effect of the differences inthe criteria on theprevalence data, both definitions are applied to the LPZ data The LASA result for the independently-living ... Prevalence of undernutrition intheelderlyTheprevalence estimates are presented in Table A3 To gain insight into the effect of the differences inthe criteria between the LPZ and LASA on the ... inthe elaboration of the criterion for unintentional weight loss and inthe fact that reduced food intake is indeed included inthe LPZ as criterion, but not inthe LASA study Further, in the...
... Defining theelderlypopulation 1.5 Summary 1.6 References Acute stroke care 2.1 Intravenous alteplase therapy 2.2 Very elderlyin clinical trials 2.3 Outcomes of thrombolytic therapy inthe ... Learning objectives ●● ●● ●● ●● Gain insight into the prevalence, incidence and economic impact of stroke intheelderly Learn about the role of age in stroke outcomes and burden Be aware of the ... success intheelderly (Figure 4) include use of physiotherapy and motor training to improve mobility, constraint-induced movement therapy (14), swallowing therapy for dysphagia, speech therapy...
... insomnia include sleep onset insomnia (difficulty initiating sleep), sleep maintenance insomnia (difficulty maintaining sleep throughout the night), early morning insomnia (early morning awakenings ... up later inthe evening, despite begin sleepy and despite continuing to wake up too early inthe morning This can result in restricted sleep and daytime sleepiness similar to that in insomnia ... usually begins with conducting a complete sleep history focusing on EDS, unintentional napping, snoring, and other sleep disorder symptoms If possible, obtaining information from the patient’s...
... burning and tingling of the hands and feet (parasthesia), dementia, glossitis and chelosis Low vitamin B12 is also an independent risk factor in developing venous thromboembolic diseasein men ... more common for institutionalised elderly than independently living elderly – with more than 50% of people living in hospitals or nursing homes affected.15 Obtaining adequate vitamin D can be a ... malnutrition intheelderly – the shared role of GPs and APDs •noting that a BMI