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The mediating effect of nutrition on oral frailty and fall risk in community-dwelling elderly people
BackgroundPopulation aging is accelerating, particularly in Asian countries. Falls are the leading cause of unintentional injuries in the elderly...
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Preventing falls: the use of machine learning for the prediction of future falls in individuals without history of fall
Nowadays, it becomes of paramount societal importance to support many frail-prone groups in our society (elderly, patients with neurodegenerative...
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Loss of height predicts fall risk in elderly Japanese: a prospective cohort study
IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to explore whether height loss is associated with future falls and whether the combination of height loss...
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Development and internal validation of a clinical prediction model for osteopenia in Chinese middle-aged and elderly men: a prospective cohort study
BackgroundEarly identification of patients at risk of osteopenia is an essential step in reducing the population at risk for fractures. We aimed to...
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Construction and validation of cognitive frailty risk prediction model for elderly patients with multimorbidity in Chinese community based on non-traditional factors
Background and objectivesEarly identification of risk factors and timely intervention can reduce the occurrence of cognitive frailty in elderly...
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Value of the short physical performance battery (SPPB) in predicting fall and fall-induced injury among old Chinese adults
BackgroundThe short physical performance battery (SPPB) is an easy-to-use tool for fall risk prediction, but its predictive value for falls and...
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Development and validation of risk prediction nomograms for acute respiratory failure in elderly patients with hip fracture
BackgroundHip fractures in the elderly often lead to acute respiratory failure, but there is currently no tool to assess the prognosis of such...
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Evolving Concepts of Pain Management in Elderly Patients
Purpose of ReviewThe elderly population typically suffer from a variety of diseases that mostly reflect the degenerative changes linked with the...
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Early sclerostin assessment in frail elderly patients with sepsis: insights on short- and long-term mortality prediction
Unmet needs challenge clinical management of sepsis especially concerning patient profiling, enhancing recovery, and long-term sequelae. Here, we...
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Assessment of fall-associated risk factors in the Muslim community-dwelling older adults of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
BackgroundFalls are the third-leading cause of disability among the elderly population worldwide. It is multifactorial, and the occurrence of falls...
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Risk prediction models incorporating institutional case volume for mortality after hip fracture surgery in the elderly
IntroductionWhile higher institutional case volume is associated with better postoperative outcomes in various types of surgery, institutional case...
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Predictors of fall risk in older adults using the G-STRIDE inertial sensor: an observational multicenter case–control study
BackgroundThere are a lot of tools to use for fall assessment, but there is not yet one that predicts the risk of falls in the elderly. This study...
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Prediction of 30-day risk of acute exacerbation of readmission in elderly patients with COPD based on support vector machine model
BackgroundAcute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an important event in the process of disease management. Early...
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Head and neck cancer surgery in elderly patients: the role of frailty assessment
ObjectivesTo study whether any risk model, frailty index, patients' comorbidities, or demographic characteristics correlate with postoperative...
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The role of comprehensive geriatric assessment in predicting fall risk
BackgroundThe prevention of falls among older adults is one of the most important public health issues in today’s aging society. There are many...
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The 2023 WSES guidelines on the management of trauma in elderly and frail patients
BackgroundThe trauma mortality rate is higher in the elderly compared with younger patients. Ageing is associated with physiological changes in...
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Prevalence of preoperative Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) following elderly intertrochanteric fractures and development of a risk prediction model
BackgroundThis study aimed to investigate the prevalence of preoperative deep venous thrombosis (DVT) following intertrochanteric fractures in the...
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Development of the Home-Based Fall Prevention Knowledge (HFPK) questionnaire to assess home-based fall prevention knowledge levels among older adults in China
BackgroundFalls are one of the main reasons for mortality and morbidity in older adults. However, despite adoption of prevention strategies, the...
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Identifying sensors-based parameters associated with fall risk in community-dwelling older adults: an investigation and interpretation of discriminatory parameters
BackgroundFalls pose a severe threat to the health of older adults worldwide. Determining gait and kinematic parameters that are related to an...
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Association between geriatric nutritional risk index and depression prevalence in the elderly population in NHANES
BackgroundThe prevalence of depression is increasing in the elderly population, and growing evidence suggests that malnutrition impacts mental...
