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Elevated Homocysteine Level and Brain Atrophy Changes as Markers to Screen the Alzheimer Disease: Case Series

Sah RP, Vidya CS, Pereira P, Jayaram S, Yadav AK, Sujatha P

Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia worldwide. Its clinical manifestations include a progressive loss of memory and other cognitive domains, as well as brain atrophy. An...
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Does Old Age Comprise Distinct Subphases? Evidence from an Analysis of the Relationship between Age and Activities of Daily Living, Comorbidities, and Geriatric Syndromes

Vrettos I, Anagnostopoulos F, Voukelatou P, Kyvetos A, Theotoka D, Niakas D

Background: Older individuals are usually treated as a homogenous group despite evidence that old age consists of distinct subphases. This observational study including 493 older patients aimed to identify differences...
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Phase Angle as a Nutritional Assessment Method in Patients with Hip Fractures: A Cross-Sectional Study

Kubo Y, Noritake K, Noguchi T, Hayashi T

Background: Phase angle, which is associated with cellular health, has attracted attention as a noninvasive and objective method for nutritional assessment. However, the association between malnutrition and phase angle in...
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Comprehensive Assessment of Lower Limb Function and Muscle Strength in Sarcopenia: Insights from the Sit-to-Stand Test

Park TS, Shin MJ

The sit-to-stand test is an essential tool used to assess lower limb function and muscle strength in older adults and various patient populations, and also plays a role in sarcopenia...
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Edentulism and Individual Factors of Active Aging Framework in Colombia

Gutiérrez B, Martínez AG, Zuluaga IA

Background: While edentulism remains a serious public health problem for older adults in Colombia, few analyses have been conducted from the framework of active aging as a part of the...
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Long-Term Risk of Reduced Cognitive Performance and Associated Factors in Discharged Older Adults with COVID-19: A Longitudinal Prospective Study

Demir E, Veizi BGY, Naharci MI

Background: Increasing numbers of reports have suggested a deterioration in cognitive performance after recovery from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), however insufficient information is available regarding long-term brain health and risk...
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Case-Finding for Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Comparison of Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment with SARC-F and SARC-CalF

Chua S, Chia JQ, Lim JP, Chew J, Lim WS

Background: We compared the diagnostic performance of the short five-item and full seven-item Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment Questionnaire (MSRA-5 and MSRA-7) against the Strength, Assistance walking, Rise from a chair,...
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Bidirectional Longitudinal Association between Back Pain and Loneliness in Later Life: Evidence from English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Suzuki Y, Suzuki T, Takagi M, Murakami M, Ikeda T

Background: This study examined the bidirectional and temporal-ordinal relationship between loneliness and back pain. Methods: Data from 7,730 participants in waves 6 (2012–2013), 7 (2014–2015), and 8 (2016–2017) of the national...
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Impact of Motivation for Eating Habits, Appetite and Food Satisfaction, and Food Consciousness on Food Intake and Weight Loss in Older Nursing Home Patients

Wakabayashi H, Kinoshita S, Isowa T, Sakai K, Tohara H, Momosaki R

Background: This study analyzed data from the Long-term care Information system For Evidence (LIFE) database to examine the effects of motivation to eat, appetite and food satisfaction, and food consciousness...
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Prevalence of Adrenal Insufficiency in Korean Patients undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty

Baek SW, Noh JH, Heo YS

Background: This study investigated the prevalence of adrenal insufficiency among patients admitted for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) due to osteoarthritis and identified factors contributing to adrenal insufficiency. Methods: We divided the...
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Polypharmacy in Older Patients: A Three-Year Longitudinal Analysis in Primary Care Settings of Aragón, Spain

Matovelle P, Oliván-Blázquez B, Fraile-Peñaranda I, Turón-Lanuza A, Gallego-Royo A, Casado-Vicente V, Magallón-Botaya R

Background: Challenges of polypharmacy and the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in older patients require further investigation. This retrospective study analyzed the progression of polypharmacy and anticholinergic burden...
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Daily Step Count and its Association with Arterial Stiffness Parameters in Older Adults

Phababpha S, Sri-amad R, Huipao N, Sriwannawit P, Roengrit T

Background: Daily step count is a simple parameter for assessing physical activity. However, the potential advantages of setting daily step goals below the traditional 10,000-step threshold remain unclear. The cross-sectional...
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Older Adult Patients in the Emergency Department: Which Patients should be Selected for a Different Approach?

Aguirre NL, Gutiérrez SG, Miro O, Aguiló S, Jacob J, Alquézar-Arbé A, Burillo G, Fernandez C, Llorens P, Alonso CR, Lopez IT, Cañete M, Asensio PR, Díaz BP, Pizarro TP, Navarro RJdR, Viola NP, Hernández-Castells L, Soler AC, Sánchez Fernández-Linares E, Serrano J, Ezponda P, Lorenzo AM, Liarte JVO, Ramón SS, Aranda AR, Martín-Sánchez FJ, del Castillo JG, on behalf of the members of the SIESTA Network

Background: While multidimensional and interdisciplinary assessment of older adult patients improves their short-term outcomes after evaluation in the emergency department (ED), this assessment is time-consuming and ill-suited for the busy...
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Polypharmacy, Potentially Inappropriate Medications, and Dysphagia in Older Inpatients: A Multi-Center Cohort Study

Togashi S, Ohinata H, Noguchi T, Wakabayashi H, Nakamichi M, Shimizu A, Nishioka S, Momosaki R

Background: Although the relationship between medication status, symptomatology, and outcomes has been evaluated, data on the prevalence of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and the association of polypharmacy and...
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