Jeuris, Anthony Van Grootven, Bastiaan Geyskens, Lisa Milisen, Koen Flamaing, Johan Deschodt, Mieke
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Acta clinica Belgica
To determine whether routine screening with the Flemish version of the Triage Risk Screening Tool (fTRST) is a valid approach to determine which patients on cardiac care wards are at risk for inhospital functional decline and would benefit from geriatric expertise consultation. A secondary data-analysis of the G-COACH before-cohort, describing pati...
Fang, Wenjing Zhu, Hongfen Li, Shuai Ding, Haoxi Bi, Rutian
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Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Nature reserves are among the most bio-diverse regions worldwide, and rapid and accurate identification is a requisite for their management. Based on the multi-temporal Sentinel-2 dataset, this study presents three multi-temporal modified vegetation indices (the multi-temporal modified normalized difference Quercus wutaishanica index (MTM-NDQI), th...
Bail, Kasia Gibson, Diane Hind, Alicia Strickland, Karen Paterson, Catherine Merrick, Eamon Gibson, Jo Kozlovskaia, Maria O'Dea, Amy Smith, Bridget
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Journal of clinical nursing
To evaluate acceptability, efficiency, and quality of a new digital care management system in a residential aged care home (RACH). Improving care quality and efficiency in RACH, while simultaneously upgrading data management, is a priority for communities and governments. Participatory action research with mixed methods data collection was employed...
Perry, Laura Scheerens, Charlotte Greene, Meredith Shi, Ying Onion, Zoe Bayudan, Evamae Stern, Rachel J. Gilissen, Joni Chodos, Anna H.
Background Shelter-in-place orders during the COVID-19 pandemic created unmet health-related and access-related needs among older adults. We sought to understand the prevalence of these needs among community-dwelling older adults. Methods We performed a retrospective chart review of pandemic-related outreach calls to older adults between March and ...
Crisafulli, Salvatore Poluzzi, Elisabetta Lunghi, Carlotta Di Francesco, Vincenzo Pellizzari, Luca Pasina, Luca Elli, Chiara Trotta, Francesco Cangini, Agnese Trevisan, Caterina
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Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation
The ageing process is associated with an increased probability of accumulating health deficits, chronic conditions and geriatric syndromes, leading to a growing prevalence of multimorbidity, defined as the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions (of which, at least one physical condition). One of the most frequent and direct consequences of...
Kasimovskaya, Nataliya Egorova, Elena Shustikova, Natalia Poleshchuk, Ilia Khvostunov, Konstantin Malkina, Olga Ermilova, Victoria
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Journal of comparative effectiveness research
Background & aim: The percentage of older people has been growing in all economically developed countries over the past several decades. The purpose of this research was to optimize the healthcare and social care model based on the in-depth study of social, hygienic and clinical characteristics of elderly individuals. Materials & methods: The autho...
Candel, Bart Gj Duijzer, Renée Gaakeer, Menno I Ter Avest, Ewoud Sir, Özcan Lameijer, Heleen Hessels, Roger Reijnen, Resi van Zwet, Erik W de Jonge, Evert
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Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
Appropriate interpretation of vital signs is essential for risk stratification in the emergency department (ED) but may change with advancing age. In several guidelines, risk scores such as the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) and Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) scores, commonly used in emergency medicine practice (a...
Palsgaard, Peggy Maino Vieytes, Christian A Peterson, Natasha Francis, Sarah L Monroe-Lord, Lillie Sahyoun, Nadine R Ventura-Marra, Melissa Weidauer, Lee Xu, Furong Arthur, Anna E
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International journal of environmental research and public health
Improving care for the older population is a growing clinical need in the United States. Ageism and other attitudes of healthcare professionals can negatively impact care for older adults. This study investigated healthcare professionals' (N = 140) views towards aging and characterized a confluence of factors influencing ageism perspectives in heal...
Beunders, Alexandra J M Klaus, Federica Kok, Almar A L Schouws, Sigfried N T M Kupka, Ralph W Blumberg, Hilary P Briggs, Farren Eyler, Lisa T Forester, Brent P Forlenza, Orestes V
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Bipolar disorders
The distinction between bipolar I disorder (BD-I) and bipolar II disorder (BD-II) has been a topic of long-lasting debate. This study examined differences between BD-I and BD-II in a large, global sample of OABD, focusing on general functioning, cognition and somatic burden as these domains are often affected in OABD. Cross-sectional analyses were ...
Mima, Kosuke Imai, Katsunori Kaida, Takayoshi Matsumoto, Takashi Nakagawa, Shigeki Sawayama, Hiroshi Hayashi, Hiromitsu Yamashita, Yo-Ichi Baba, Hideo
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Journal of surgical oncology
The number of cancer patients with impairment of activities of daily living (ADLs) has increased. This study aimed to examine associations of perioperative Barthel index score, a validated measure of ADLs, with survival outcomes following hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We analyzed data of 492 consecutive patients who underwent hepa...
