Browsing Clinical Medicine (Scholarly Publications) by Subject "Older adults"
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Effect of Area-Level Socioeconomic Deprivation on Risk of Cognitive Dysfunction in Older Adults.
(2018)OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship between area‐level deprivation and risk of cognitive dysfunction. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional analysis. SETTING: The Trinity, Ulster, and Department of Agriculture (TUDA) ... -
Examining the utility of cystatin C as a confirmatory test of chronic kidney disease across the age range in middle-aged and older community-dwelling adults
(2018)Background: Cystatin C has been proposed as a confirmatory test of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This is most applicable to older individuals with CKD, the majority of whom have a creatinine-based estimated glomerular ... -
Executive functioning independently predicts self-rated health and improvement in self-rated health over time among community-dwelling older adults
(2016)Objectives: Self-rated health, as distinct from objective measures of health, is a clinically informative metric among older adults. The purpose of our study was to examine the cognitive and psychosocial factors associated ... -
High prevalence of dementia among community dwelling older adults in receipt of state funded home care packages: implications for health care planning
(2017)Objectives: The majority of people living with dementia in Ireland reside in their own homes, some supported by formal or informal home care. This audit aimed to estimate the prevalence of dementia and suspected cognitive ...