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Open AccessImpact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Older People’s Loneliness: Findings from a Longitudinal Study between 2019 and 2021 among Older Home-Dwellers in Finland
To investigate the change in feelings of loneliness among Finnish community-dwelling older people from before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 to during the pandemic in 2021. Moreover, we explore the changes in o...
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Open AccessRelationship between frailty, nutrition, body composition, quality of life, and gender in institutionalized older people
Our aim was to explore the relationship between frailty, nutrition, body composition, and how gender modifies this relationship among long-term care facility residents. We further investigated how body composi...
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Open AccessSymptom burden in community-dwelling older people: temporal trends in the Helsinki Aging Study
Changes in older people’s symptoms across recent decades have not been investigated.
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Open AccessPrevalence of Musculoskeletal Pain and Analgesic Treatment Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Changes from 1999 to 2019
Pain is undertreated in older populations. At the same time, increased use of opioids is of concern in the Western world.
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Symptom Burden Is Associated with Psychological Wellbeing and Mortality in Older Adults
Over half of outpatient visits are due to physical symptoms; yet, the significance of symptoms in relation to older people’s wellbeing and prognosis has gained very little research attention.
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Open AccessRelationship between Anticholinergic Burden and Health-Related Quality of Life among Residents in Long-Term Care
Anticholinergic burden defined by the Anticholinergic Risk Scale (ARS) has been associated with cognitive and functional decline. Associations with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) have been scarcely stu...
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Open AccessAssociations Between Nutritional Status, Frailty and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Long-Term Care Residents in Helsinki
The aim of this study was to examine how nutritional status modifies the association between frailty and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among older nursing home residents. We also investigated how resi...
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Burden of Oral Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life in Long-Term Care Settings in Helsinki, Finland
Poor oral health may complicate eating and deteriorate nutritional status. However, little is known about how the burden of oral symptoms (OS) is associated with the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of v...
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Open AccessAssociations Between Nutritional Status and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Long-Term Care Residents in Helsinki
We evaluated the associations between nutritional status and health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) among older long-term care residents in Helsinki.
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Increased Mortality Despite Successful Multifactorial Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Healthy Men: 40-Year Follow-Up of the Helsinki Businessmen Study Intervention Trial
In a 5-year multifactorial risk reduction intervention for healthy men with at least one cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor, mortality was unexpectedly higher in the intervention than the control group d...
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Open AccessFrequent pain in older people with and without diabetes – Finnish community based study
The association between pain and diabetes in older people has been largely unexplored. The aim of this survey was to analyze the prevalence and characteristics of pain among Finnish men and women 65 or older w...
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Nutritional guidance improves nutrient intake and quality of life, and may prevent falls in aged persons with Alzheimer disease living with a spouse (NuAD trial)
The aim was to examine the effect of tailored nutritional guidance on nutrition, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and falls in persons with Alzheimer disease (AD).
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Caregivers’ male gender is associated with poor nutrient intake in AD families (NuAD-trial)
Alzheimer patients (AD) are known to be at risk for malnutrition and their older spouses may also have nutritional problems. The aim of our study was to clarify the association of caregivers' sex on the nutrie...
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Secular trends in the use of vitamins, minerals and fish-oil products in two cohorts of community-dwelling older people in Helsinki — Population-based surveys in 1999 and 2009
To examine and compare the prevalence of use of vitamins, minerals, and fish-oil products (VMFO) in Finnish community-dwelling older people at two time points over a decade, and to explore the associated facto...