Browsing Medical Gerontology by Subject "Education"
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Core requirements of frailty screening in the emergency department:an international Delphi consensus study
(2023)Introduction: Frailty is associated with adverse outcomes among patients attending emergency departments (EDs). While multiple frailty screens are available, little is known about which variables are important to incorporate ... -
Hospital-associated deconditioning: not only physical, but also cognitive
(2022)Introduction Hospital-associated deconditioning (HAD) or post-hospital syndrome is well recognized as reduced functional performance after an acute hospitalization. Recommendations for the management of HAD are still ... -
The Impact of Parental Earnings and Education on the Schooling of Children
(University College Dublin, 2011)This paper addresses the intergenerational transmission of education and investigates the extent to which early school leaving (at age 16) may be due to variations in parental background. An important contribution of ... -
Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a primary care intervention to Reverse Frailty and Enhance Resilience through Exercise and dietary protein Education (REFEREE) in community-dwelling adults aged 65 and over
(2020)Introduction: Resistance exercises and dietary protein have been shown to reverse frailty, yet they are not commonly offered in clinical practice. We aim to measure changes in health outcomes, including physical frailty ... -
A scoping review of the changing landscape of Geriatric Medicine in undergraduate medical education: curricula, topics and teaching methods
(2021)Purpose: The world’s population is ageing. Therefore, every doctor should receive geriatric medicine training during their undergraduate education. This review aims to summarise recent developments in geriatric medicine ... -
Socioeconomic position, lifestyle habits and biomarkers of epigenetic aging: a multi-cohort analysis.
(2019)Differences in health status by socioeconomic position (SEP) tend to be more evident at older ages, suggesting the involvement of a biological mechanism responsive to the accumulation of deleterious exposures across the ...