Archives of gerontology and geriatrics
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Arch Gerontol Geriatr · Jul 2021
Multicenter StudyHealth-related quality of life and ego integrity among the oldest old - Evidence from the multicenter AgeCoDe-AgeQualiDe study.
To investigate the association between health-related quality of life and ego integrity among the oldest old. ⋯ Findings stress the importance of health-related quality of life for ego integrity among the oldest old. Future studies are required to clarify the underlying mechanisms.
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Arch Gerontol Geriatr · May 2018
Multicenter StudyEfficacy of a tool to predict short-term mortality in older people presenting at emergency departments: Protocol for a multi-centre cohort study.
Prognostic uncertainty inhibits clinicians from initiating timely end-of-life discussions and advance care planning. This study evaluates the efficacy of the CriSTAL (Criteria for Screening and Triaging to Appropriate aLternative care) checklist in emergency departments. ⋯ The CriSTAL checklist is an objective and practical tool for use in emergency departments among older patients to determine individual probability of death in the short-term. Its validation in this cohort is expected to reduce clinicians' prognostic uncertainty on the time to patients' death and encourage timely end-of-life conversations to support clinical decisions with older frail patients and their families about their imminent or future care choices.
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Arch Gerontol Geriatr · Mar 2018
Multicenter StudyPrevalence of mild cognitive impairment and its subtypes in community-dwelling residents aged 65 years or older in Guangzhou, China.
Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has been reported substantial variations, and mostly in Western countries. Less is known about MCI in the south of China. The study is to estimate the prevalence of MCI and its subtypes in residents aged 65year or older in community-dwelling residents of Guangzhou, China. ⋯ The results suggest that 14.2% of elderly individuals are affected by MCI in Guangzhou, China. And MCI was dominated by a-MCI. The prevalence of MCI and a-MCI increased with age, decreased with education level, and was higher in the rural population compared to the urban population.
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Arch Gerontol Geriatr · Nov 2016
Multicenter StudyMeasuring frailty in Dutch community-dwelling older people: Reference values of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI).
The objectives of this study were to provide reference values of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) for community-dwelling older people by age, sex, marital status, ethnicity, education, income, and residence, and examine the effects of these seven socio-demographic variables on frailty. ⋯ In conclusion, this study offers reference values of the TFI by socio-demographic characteristics and explains frailty using these characteristics. This information will support researchers, policymakers and health care professionals in interpreting scores of the TFI, which may guide their efforts to reduce frailty and its adverse outcomes.
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Arch Gerontol Geriatr · Sep 2016
Multicenter Study Observational StudyHealth, frailty and disability after ninety: Results of an observational study in France.
In spite of their increasing demographic weight, health characteristics of the oldest old remain poorly described in epidemiological studies. ⋯ This study shows the diversity of health states in very old age and points out that one quarter of the people aged 90 and over said frail are likely to take advantage of preventive actions of disability.