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The factors associated with self-reported physical activity in older adults living in the community
(2015)Background: despite the vast literature in the area, few studies examined the large range of factors associated with physical activity (PA) in the older adult collectively, information that could help develop a supportive ... -
Failure to demonstrate that memory improvement is due either to aerobic exercise or increased hippocampal volume.
(2011)We read with interest the article in PNAS, ?Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory? by Erickson et al. (1). It is a noteworthy finding that over a 1-y period anterior hippocampal volume ... -
Falls and falls efficacy: the role of sustained attention in older adults.
(2011)Background Previous evidence indicates that older people allocate more of their attentional resources toward their gait and that the attention-related changes that occur during aging increase the risk of falls. The aim ... -
Falls, non-accidental falls and syncope in community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and older: Implications for cardiovascular assessment
(2017)Objectives: To calculate the prevalence of all falls, non-accidental falls and syncope in an older population and characterize cardiovascular risk profiles. Design: Prospective, longitudinal cohort study. Setting: The ... -
Fear of falling in older adults
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Medical Gerontology, 2014)The principle aim of this doctoral investigation was to provide new insights into the prevalence, risk factors and negative associations of fear of falling (FOF) by examining these factors in a population sample of older adults. -
Fifty plus in Ireland 2011: First results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(Trinity College Dublin, 2011)The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is a large-scale, nationally representative study of people aged 50 and over in Ireland. It is the most ambitious study of ageing ever carried out in Ireland and represents ... -
Frail by Different Measures: A Comparison of 8-year Mortality in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2021)Purpose: We compared the ability of four frailty identification tools (frailty phenotype: FP; FRAIL scale; 32-item Frailty Index: FI; and Clinical Frailty Scale: CFS) to predict 8-year mortality in TILDA. Methods: We ... -
Frail by four different measures and new adverse events from lower blood pressure control in hypertensive older adults: a 2-year prospective study in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2022)Background: The 2018 European Society of Cardiology/European Society of Hypertension (ESC/ESH) guidelines for management of hypertension in adults aged ≥65 years recommend a blood pressure (BP) treatment target of 130–139/70–79 ... -
Frail-VIG index: a concise frailty evaluation tool for rapid geriatric assessment
(2018)Background:Demographic changes have led to an increase in the number of elderly frail persons and, consequently,systematic geriatric assessment is more important than ever. Frailty Indexes (FI) may be particularly useful ... -
The frailty index in Europeans: assocation with age and mortality.
(2012)BACKGROUND: the frailty index (FI) is an approach to the operationalisation of frailty based on accumulation of deficits. It has been less studied in Europeans. OBJECTIVE: to construct sex-specific FIs from a large ... -
The frailty index in Europeans: association with age and mortality.
(2012)Background: the frailty index (FI) is an approach to the operationalisation of frailty based on accumulation of deficits. It has been less studied in Europeans. Objective: to construct sex-specific FIs from a large sample ... -
Frailty Index in Europeans: association with determinants of health.
(2014)AIM: The Frailty Index (FI) summarizes differences in health status within individuals, and the determinants of health drive that variability. The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of education, ... -
A Frailty Instrument for primary care for those aged 75 years or more: findings from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, a longitudinal population-based cohort study (SHARE-FI75+).
(2014)Objective To create and validate a frailty assessment tool for community-dwelling adults aged ≥75 years. Design Longitudinal, population-based study. Setting The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe ... -
The Frailty Instrument for primary care of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe predicts mortality similarly to a frailty index based on comprehensive geriatric assessment.
(2013)AIM: Frailty is an emerging concept in primary care, which potentially can provide healthcare commissioners with a clinical focus for targeting resources at an aging population. However, primary care practitioners need ... -
Frailty status can be accurately assessed using inertial sensors and the TUG test
(2014)Background: Frailty is an important geriatric syndrome linked to increased mortality, morbidity and falls risk. Methods: a total of 399 community-dwelling older adults were assessed using Fried’s frailty phenotype and the ...