Browsing Medical Gerontology (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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Recent syncope and unexplained falls are associated with poor cognitive performance
(2015)Objective: to compare cognitive performance in participants with and without syncope and unexplained falls in a large population representative sample aged 50 years or older. Methods: participants of the Irish longitudinal ... -
Relationship between fear of falling and mobility varies with visual function among older adults
(2013)AIM: The present study examined the association between vision, fear of falling and fear-related activity restriction, and assessed the effect of vision on the relationship between fear of falling and mobility, using ... -
The relationship between increased body mass index and frailty on falls in community dwelling older adults
(2013)Background The global population is becoming older and more overweight. The inter-relationship between frailty and falls is often seen in the older adult and is associated with poor health outcomes. Little is known about ... -
The relationship between kidney function and quality of life among community-dwelling adults varies by age and filtration marker
(2018)Background: The impact of a diminished level of kidney function on the well-being of an older individual is poorly understood. We sought to determine the association between estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and ... -
The Relationship Between Plasma Concentrations of Lutein and Zeaxanthin with Self-Reported and Actual Prevalence of AMD in an Irish Population-Based Sample.
(2017)Purpose: To investigate plasma lutein (L) and zeaxanthin (Z) concentrations with grading-confirmed and self-reported prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Material and methods: Data collected from a nationally ... -
The Relationship between Radiological Paraspinal Lumbar Measures and Clinical Measures of Sarcopenia in Older Patients with Chronic Lower Back Pain
(2021)Objectives: Sarcopenia is postulated to be an influential factor in chronic low back pain. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between traditional clinical measures of sarcopenia and novel radiographic ... -
Relationship Between Sarcopenia and Orthostatic Blood Pressure Recovery in Older Falls Clinic Attendees
(2023)Purpose: Sarcopenia and delayed orthostatic blood pressure (BP) recovery are two disorders increasingly associated with adverse clinical outcomes in older adults. There may exist a pathophysiological link between the two ... -
Relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and acute inflammatory markers in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review
(2021)INTRODUCTION: There is experimental and clinical evidence that the serum concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D)] may decrease in acute systemic inflammatory responses; in this context, low values may not necessarily ... -
Relative Association of Processing Speed, Short-Term Memory and Sustained Attention With Task on Gait Speed: A Study of Community-Dwelling People 50 Years and Older.
(2014)For single gait tasks, associations have been reported between gait speed and cognitive domains. However, few studies have evaluated if this association is altered in dual gait tasks given gait speed changes with complexity ... -
Residential Long-Term Care and the Built Environment: Balancing Quality of Life and Infection Control
(2023)Objectives: This article explores expert insights into residential long-term care (RLTC), specifically regarding the built environment, its impact on infection control (IC) measures and on resident, staff, and family ... -
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Retirement and Labour Market Participation
(TILDA, 2011)Labour market participation of older people is important from the perspective of the individual and the macroeconomy. At an individual level, participation in the labour market can be associated with increased resources ... -
Risk Factors for Incident Dementia Among Older Cubans.
(2020)Introduction: Little is known about risk factors of dementia in Latin American countries. We aimed to identify socio–demographic, health and lifestyle risk factors of incident dementia in Cuban older adults. Methods: Data ... -
Safety and tolerability of Tilt Testing and Carotid Sinus Massage in the octogenarians
(2016)Objective: to evaluate the safety and tolerability of Tilt Testing (TT) and Carotid Sinus Massage (CSM) in octogenarians with unexplained syncope. Methods: patients consecutively referred for transient loss of consciousness ... -
SART and individual trial mistake thresholds: predictive model for mobility decline
(2021)The Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) has been used to measure neurocognitive functions in older adults. However, simplified average features of this complex dataset may result in loss of primary information and ... -
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 ... -
Self-report versus electronic medical record recorded healthcare utilisation in older community-dwelling adults: Comparison of two prospective cohort studies.
(2018)Self-reported measures of healthcare utilisation are often used in longitudinal cohort studies involving older community-dwelling people. The aim of this study is to compare healthcare utilisation rates using patient ...