Volume 8; Issue 1

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Volume 8; Issue 1

BMC Geriatrics

Volume 8; Issue 1

1

Prevalence of anaemia in older persons: systematic review

Helen Gaskell, Sheena Derry, R Andrew Moore, Henry J McQuay

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

2

Adverse outcomes following hospitalization in acutely ill older patients

Roger Y Wong, William C Miller

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

3

Influenza and pneumococcal vaccine uptake among nursing home residents in Nottingham, England: a postal questionnaire survey

Amir Shroufi, Joanna Copping, Roberto Vivancos, Richard CB Slack

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

4

DeLLITE Depression in late life: an intervention trial of exercise. Design and recruitment of a randomised controlled trial

Ngaire Kerse, Karen Falloon, Simon A Moyes, Karen J Hayman, Tony Dowell, Gregory S Kolt, C Raina Elley, Simon Hatcher, Kathy Peri, Sally Keeling, Elizabeth Robinson, John Parsons, Janine Wiles, Bruce

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2008

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english

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5

Quality of anticoagulation and use of warfarin-interacting medications in long-term care: A chart review

Madeleine Verhovsek, Bahareh Motlagh, Mark A Crowther, Courtney Kennedy, Lisa Dolovich, Glenda Campbell, Luqi Wang, Alexandra Papaioannou

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

6

The association ofAPOEgenotype and cognitive decline in interaction with risk factors in a 65–69 year old community sample

Helen Christensen, Philip J Batterham, Andrew J Mackinnon, Anthony F Jorm, Holly A Mack, Karen A Mather, Kaarin J Anstey, Perminder S Sachdev, Simon Easteal

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2008

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english

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7

Use of computerized dynamic posturography to assess balance in older adults after nighttime awakenings using zolpidem as a reference

Gary Zammit, Sherry Wang-Weigand, Xuejun Peng

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2008

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english

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8

The MOBILIZE Boston Study: Design and methods of a prospective cohort study of novel risk factors for falls in an older population

Suzanne G Leveille, Douglas P Kiel, Richard N Jones, Anthony Roman, Marian T Hannan, Farzaneh A Sorond, Hyun G Kang, Elizabeth J Samelson, Margaret Gagnon, Marcie Freeman, Lewis A Lipsitz

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2008

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english

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9

A new approach to physical activity maintenance: Rationale, design, and baseline data from the Keep Active Minnesota trial

Nancy E Sherwood, Brian C Martinson, A Lauren Crain, Marcia G Hayes, Nicolaas P Pronk, Patrick J O'Connor

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

10

Haemoglobin, anaemia, dementia and cognitive decline in the elderly, a systematic review

Ruth Peters, Lisa Burch, James Warner, Nigel Beckett, Ruth Poulter, Christopher Bulpitt

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

11

A water-based training program that include perturbation exercises to improve stepping responses in older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled cross-over trial

Itshak Melzer, Ori Elbar, Irit Tsedek, Lars IE Oddsson

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

12

(Cost)-effectiveness of family meetings on indicated prevention of anxiety and depressive symptoms and disorders of primary family caregivers of patients with dementia: design of a randomized controlled trial

Karlijn J Joling, Hein PJ van Hout, Philip Scheltens, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Bernard van den Berg, Judith Bosmans, Freek Gillissen, Mary Mittelman, Harm WJ van Marwijk

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2008

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english

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13

The Lausanne cohort Lc65+: a population-based prospective study of the manifestations, determinants and outcomes of frailty

Brigitte Santos-Eggimann, Athanassia Karmaniola, Laurence Seematter-Bagnoud, Jacques Spagnoli, Christophe Büla, Jacques Cornuz, Nicolas Rodondi, Peter Vollenweider, Gérard Waeber, Alain Pécoud

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2008

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english

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14

Risk factors for falls with severe fracture in elderly people living in a middle-income country: a case control study

Evandro SF Coutinho, Astrid Fletcher, Katia V Bloch, Laura C Rodrigues

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2008

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english

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15

Measuring care of the elderly: psychometric testing and modification of the Time in Care instrument for measurement of care needs in nursing homes

Kajsa BE Thorsell, Berit Nordström, Per Nyberg, Bengt V Sivberg

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2008

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english

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16

Cost effectiveness of preventing falls and improving mobility in people with Parkinson disease: protocol for an economic evaluation alongside a clinical trial

Jennifer J Watts, Jennifer L McGinley, Frances Huxham, Hylton B Menz, Robert Iansek, Anna T Murphy, Emma R Waller, Meg E Morris

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

17

A standard procedure for creating a frailty index

Samuel D Searle, Arnold Mitnitski, Evelyne A Gahbauer, Thomas M Gill, Kenneth Rockwood

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2008

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english

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18

Effectiveness of a mobile smoking cessation service in reaching elderly smokers and predictors of quitting

Abu Saleh M Abdullah, Tai-Hing Lam, Steve KK Chan, Gabriel M Leung, Iris Chi, Winnie WN Ho, Sophia SC Chan

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2008

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english

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19

Do the malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) and Birmingham nutrition risk (BNR) score predict mortality in older hospitalised patients?

Sarah Henderson, Nicola Moore, Emma Lee, Miles D Witham

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

20

Frailty Intervention Trial (FIT)

Nicola Fairhall, Christina Aggar, Susan E Kurrle, Catherine Sherrington, Stephen Lord, Keri Lockwood, Noeline Monaghan, Ian D Cameron

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2008

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english

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21

The COACH prompting system to assist older adults with dementia through handwashing: An efficacy study

Alex Mihailidis, Jennifer N Boger, Tammy Craig, Jesse Hoey

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

22

A Modest Proposition to align Geriatrics and Long Term Care Medicine

Vincent Mor, Paul R Katz

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2008

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english

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23

Transitions in cognitive test scores over 5 and 10 years in elderly people: Evidence for a model of age-related deficit accumulation

Arnold Mitnitski, Kenneth Rockwood

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

24

Efficacy of a multifaceted podiatry intervention to improve balance and prevent falls in older people: study protocol for a randomised trial

Martin J Spink, Hylton B Menz, Stephen R Lord

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

25

Mobility and other predictors of hospitalization for urinary tract infection: a retrospective cohort study

Mary AM Rogers, Brant E Fries, Samuel R Kaufman, Lona Mody, Laurence F McMahon, Sanjay Saint

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

26

Autonomy among physically frail older people in nursing home settings: a study protocol for an intervention study

Mette Andresen, Lis Puggaard

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2008

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english

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27

The feasibility of measuring the activation of the trunk muscles in healthy older adults during trunk stability exercises

Edwin Y Hanada, Cheryl L Hubley-Kozey, Melissa D McKeon, Sarah A Gordon

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2008

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english

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28

Physical function and self-rated health status as predictors of mortality: results from longitudinal analysis in the ilSIRENTE study

Matteo Cesari, Graziano Onder, Valentina Zamboni, Todd Manini, Ronald I Shorr, Andrea Russo, Roberto Bernabei, Marco Pahor, Francesco Landi

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2008

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english

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29

Hip fracture incidence in the elderly in Austria: An epidemiological study covering the years 1994 to 2006

Eva Mann, Andrea Icks, Burkhard Haastert, Gabriele Meyer

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

30

Smoking, dementia and cognitive decline in the elderly, a systematic review

Ruth Peters, Ruth Poulter, James Warner, Nigel Beckett, Lisa Burch, Chris Bulpitt

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

31

Individual nutrition therapy and exercise regime: A controlled trial of injured, vulnerable elderly (INTERACTIVE trial)

Susie K Thomas, Karen J Humphreys, Michelle D Miller, Ian D Cameron, Craig Whitehead, Susan Kurrle, Shylie Mackintosh, Maria Crotty

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2008

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english

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Factors associated with self-rated health in older people living in institutions

Javier Damián, Roberto Pastor-Barriuso, Emiliana Valderrama-Gama

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2008

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english

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Falls in advanced old age: recalled falls and prospective follow-up of over-90-year-olds in the Cambridge City over-75s Cohort study

Jane Fleming, Fiona E Matthews, Carol Brayne, the Cambridge City over-75s Cohort (CC75C) study collaboration

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2008

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english

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34

The use of advanced tracking technologies for the analysis of mobility in Alzheimer's disease and related cognitive diseases

Noam Shoval, Gail K Auslander, Tim Freytag, Ruth Landau, Frank Oswald, Ulrich Seidl, Hans-Werner Wahl, Shirli Werner, Jeremia Heinik

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2008

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english

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Assessing control of postural stability in community-living older adults using performance-based limits of stability

Myriam Jbabdi, Patrick Boissy, Mathieu Hamel

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2008

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english

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english, 2008

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How do older patients and their GPs evaluate shared decision-making in healthcare?

Danica Rotar-Pavlič, Igor Švab, Raymond Wetzels

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2008

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english

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