Perception of the quality of life of caregivers of octogenarians [PDF]
Rev Rene, 2013 The objective of the study was to investigate the perception that caregivers of octogenarians have regarding the quality of life and aspects of life that are more harmful to this quality. A cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative study conducted in
Camila Alves Nogueira +5 more
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Is Spinal Surgery Safe for Elderly Patients Aged 80 and Above? Predictors of Mortality and Morbidity in an Asian Population [PDF]
Neurospine, 2019 Objective We aimed to determine the 2-year mortality and morbidity rates following spine surgery in elderly patients (age ≥80 years) and to study the associated risk factors.
Joshua Yuan-Wang Tan +2 more
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Are GPs under-investigating older patients presenting with symptoms of ovarian cancer? Observational study using General Practice Research Database [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Recent studies suggest that older patients in the United Kingdom are not benefiting as much from improvements in cancer treatments as their younger counterparts.
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Older people’s experiences of informal care in rural Flanders, Belgium [PDF]
, 2019 Flanders (Belgium) is ageing at high speed. The number of people aged over 80 will increase from more than 400.000 today to nearly 800.000 in 2060, which is 10 % of the population. Although the entire region is ageing, older people are overrepresented in
De Decker, Pascal +2 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2019 Background Enhanced recovery programmes (ERPs) aim to attenuate the surgical stress response and accelerate recovery after surgery, but are not specifically designed for older patients.
Katleen Fagard +6 more
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APPLICABILITY OF DIET QUALITY ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS IN THE OLDEST-OLD: AMPAL STUDY
Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2020 OBJECTIVE: To compare the applicability of the 2006 Brazilian Ministry of Health food guide questionnaire Como ter uma alimentação saudável (QGAS — How to have a healthy diet) and the 2013 National Health Survey healthy eating questionnaire (QA-PNS) for ...
Valéria Baccarin Ianiski +2 more
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Quality of life and depression in elderly persons engaged in physical activities [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2018 Backgroung/Aim. Since the number of elderly persons is gradually increasing worldwide, there is a need to identify the factors that affect the quality of healthy ageing. On the other hand, depression is the most common psychiatric disorder in the elderly
Trajkov Marija +5 more
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National French Survey of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Symptoms in People Aged 70 and Over
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020 The objective of this national French survey was to determine the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) semiology in seniors (n = 353; mean, 84.7 ± 7.0 years).
C. Annweiler +7 more
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Liver transplantation from donors aged 80 years and over: pushing the limit.
American Journal of Transplantation, 2004 Older donors are a growing part of the total donor pool but no definite consensus exists on the limit of age for their acceptance. From November 1998 to January 2003, in a retrospective case–control multicenter study, we compared the outcome of 30 ...
B. Nardo +10 more
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Frailsafe: from conception to national breakthrough collaborative [PDF]
, 2016 The number of people aged over 60 years worldwide is projected to rise from 605 million in 2000 to almost 2 billion by 2050, while those over 80 years will quadruple to 395 million.
Downes, Tom +5 more
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