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The impact of discharge letter content on unplanned hospital readmissions within 30 and 90 days in older adults with chronic illness – a mixed methods study
BackgroundCare transitions are high-risk processes, especially for people with complex or chronic illness. Discharge letters are an opportunity to...
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“Multidisciplinary fast-track” care can significantly reduce risk of mortality among hip fracture patients at least 80 years old: a single-center retrospective study
Background“Multidisciplinary fast-track” (MFT) care can accelerate recovery and improve prognosis after surgery, but whether it is effective in older...
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Examining Audiences’ Psychological Reactance to Christian-Sourced Excessive Alcohol Consumption Messages in the United States
This study experimentally investigated the effect of dogmatic and suggestive language in Christian-sourced excessive alcohol consumption messages...
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Community-based exercises improve health status in pre-frail older adults: A systematic review with meta-analysis
BackgroundPre-frailty is associated with increased healthcare utilization. Over the past decade, public health interventions such as community-based...
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Step** towards health: a sco** review of square-step** exercise protocols and outcomes in older adults
BackgroundSquare-Step** Exercise (SSE) is a type of physical-cognitive exercise. Such exercise has been used as an exercise approach in different...
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Can geroscience be translated into healthcare?
As an introduction to this special issue on geroscience, the present work focuses on the complexity of disentangling biomolecular mechanisms of aging...
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Applying Kumpfer’s resilience framework to understand the social adaptation process of the trailing parents in China
BackgroundTrailing parents, a distinct group emerging from China’s rapid social change and urbanization, are experiencing migration in old age,...
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Exploring the complex associations among risks of malnutrition, sarcopenia, and frailty in community-dwelling older adults
BackgroundMalnutrition, sarcopenia, and frailty are age-related conditions that are associated with multiple health-related negative outcomes....
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Identifying determinants for falls among Iranian older adults: insights from the Bushehr Elderly Health Program
BackgroundFalls are a common cause of fractures in older adults. This study aimed to investigate the factors associated with spontaneous falls among...
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Association between preoperative persistent hyperglycemia and postoperative delirium in geriatric hip fracture patients
BackgroundThe management of preoperative blood glucose levels in reducing the incidence of postoperative delirium (POD) remains controversial. This...
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Proposal and validation of a new approach in tele-rehabilitation with 3D human posture estimation: a randomized controlled trial in older individuals with sarcopenia
ObjectiveThrough a randomized controlled trial on older adults with sarcopenia, this study compared the training effects of an AI-based remote...
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Multidisciplinary medication review during older patient hospitalization according to STOPP/START criteria reduces potentially inappropriate prescriptions: MoPIM cohort study
PurposeMultimorbidity and polypharmacy in older adults converts the detection and adequacy of potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions (PIDP) in...
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Exploring the Religious Practice of Langar as a Route to Health Promotion in the Sikh Community in Northern England: A Qualitative Study
Cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes are prevalent among UK South Asians. Langar is a Sikh religious food practice that could be important in...
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Reliability, validity and minimal detectable change of the Chinese Version of the Assessment of Physical Activity in Frail Older People (APAFOP-C)
BackgroundPhysical activity (PA) is essential in mitigating frailty syndrome, and it is necessary to measure PA in older adults with frailty....
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Identifying Variation in Physical Health Behaviors and Depressive Symptoms among Religiosity Clusters of African American Adults in the United States
Religiosity is an important factor in the lives of many African Americans, who suffer a greater health burden than their White counterparts. In this...
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Prevalence of skin diseases among elderly prisoners in Taiwan: an examination of skin health in prison
BackgroundAlthough prisoner health is a topic of significant importance, it has received limited attention in epidemiological studies, likely due to...
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Religious Differences in Physical and Mental Health among Israeli Jews: Findings from the Global Flourishing Study
Numerous studies have identified religious correlates of health indicators, but relatively few have been conducted among Jewish populations in Israel...
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Impact of neighborhood context on self-rated health among very old adults living in Germany: a cross-sectional representative study
BackgroundIncreasingly, evidence has shown that different aspects of neighborhood context play a significant role in self-rated health, one of the...
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Association between anemia and vitamin D deficiency in German seniors
BackgroundAnemia and deficiency of vitamin D (VDD) are frequently seen in seniors and an association is suspected. Approximately one third of the...
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Knowledge sharing in virtual communities of practice of family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s
IntroductionKnowledge sharing can only happen in the context of a trusting and supportive environment, such as evolves in communities of practice and...