The frailty and mortality relationship in patients with COVID-19
Published in European Geriatric Medicine
EuGMS 2019 Congress report: evidence-based medicine in geriatrics.
Published in European geriatric medicine
The 2019 EuGMS Congress "Evidence-Based Medicine in Geriatrics" was held in Krakow, Poland, and attended by over 1600 participants from 64 different countries. A summary and reflection on the congress was presented in the Closing Ceremony by European Academy for Medicine of Aging graduates, and summarised in this article. Keynote lectures, 'state o...
COVID-19 mortality risk factors in older people in a long-term care center
...Published in European Geriatric Medicine
Purpose Despite high rates of COVID-19 infection and increased related mortality have been reported among older adults admitted in long-term care facilities, a limited amount of information is available about the natural course of this pandemic and prognostic factors in such population. In the current study, we aimed to investigate the epidemiologi...
Geriatric care in European countries where geriatric medicine is still emerging
Published in European Geriatric Medicine
Purpose Practicing geriatric medicine is a challenging task since it involves working together with other medical doctors while coordinating a multidisciplinary team. Global Europe Initiative (GEI) group within the European Geriatric Medicine Society gathers geriatricians from different regions where geriatrics is underrepresented or still developi...
August 2020 Interim EuGMS guidance to prepare European Long-Term Care Facilities for COVID-19
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PurposeThe European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) is launching a second interim guidance whose aim is to prevent the entrance and spread of COVID-19 into long-term care facilities (LTCFs).MethodsThe EuGMS gathered experts to propose a guide of measures to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in LTCFs. It is based on the specific features of SARS-CoV-2 t...
Heterogeneity in functional status among moderately frail older adults: improving predictive performance using a modifie...
Published in European Geriatric Medicine
Purpose Moderately frail individuals [Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) 6] demonstrate heterogeneity in basic activities of daily living (bADL). We aimed to establish whether functional dependency in moderate frailty predicts poorer outcomes and examined the utility of subgrouping the CFS in predicting mortality and institutionalisation. Methods We pros...
Unmet needs, health policies, and actions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a report from six European countries.
...Published in European geriatric medicine
The United Nations (UN) has published a Policy Brief on the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) that identifies policies and responses to protect older adults. Our objective was to summarize actions, health policies and clinical guidelines adopted by six European countries (Belgium, France, Italy, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom) dur...
A systematic review of the physical activity levels of acutely ill older adults in Hospital At Home settings: an under-r...
Published in European Geriatric Medicine
Purpose The purpose of this review was to identify, evaluate and synthesise existing evidence reporting the physical activity levels of acutely ill older patients in a ‘Hospital At Home’ setting and compare this to patients with similar characteristics treated in a traditional hospital inpatient setting. Functional changes and any adverse outcomes ...
Time of isolation, education and gender influence the psychological outcome during COVID-19 lockdown in caregivers of pa...
...Published in European Geriatric Medicine
Purpose The study evaluated the effects of the COVID-19 emergency lockdown on the psychological outcome in caregivers (children or spouses) of patients with dementia and the loss of the welfare services in these patients. Methods Zung’s depression and anxiety assessment scales and the Perceived Stress Scale were administered by a telephone intervie...
Atypical clinical presentation of COVID-19 infection in residents of a long-term care facility
Published in European Geriatric Medicine
Purpose To assess the magnitude of the infection in residents from—and staff working in—a long-term-care facility (LTCF) 7 days after the identification of one resident with confirmed COVID-19 infection and to assess the clinical presentation of the infected residents. Methods All residents and staff members of a LTCF were tested for SARS-CoV-2 by ...
