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BMJ Open, 2020 Objective We examined the association between frailty and disability in rural community-dwelling older adults in Kegalle district of Sri Lanka.Design A population-based cross-sectional study.Participants A total of 746 community-dwelling adults aged ≥60 ...
Dhammika Deepani Siriwardhana +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 BackgroundWearable monitoring devices, such as smartwatches and fitness bands, are health technologies for enhancing self-care management among community-dwelling older adults.
Arkers Kwan Ching Wong +7 more
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Determinants of sedentary behavior, motivation, barriers and strategies to reduce sitting time in older women: a qualitative investigation [PDF]
, 2014 : Sedentary behavior defined as time spent non-exercising seated or reclining posture has been identified has a health risk and associated with frailty and disablement for older adults. Older adults are the most sedentary segment of society.
Ancoli-Israel +15 more
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Long‐Term Follow‐Up of Chemotherapy‐Associated Biological Aging in Women With Early Breast Cancer
Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.Women threated with adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer have sustained long‐term increase in p16INK4a,, a robust marker of cell senescence, suggesting a chemotherapy‐associated age acceleration. p16INK4a as well as other biomarkers may identify patients at greatest risk for senescence‐related diseases of aging.
Hyman B. Muss +12 more
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Long-term follow-up of exercise interventions aimed at preventing falls in older people living in the community : a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2019 Background Fall related injuries are the leading cause of accident - related mortality for older adults, with 30% of those aged 65 years and over falling annually.
Bruce, J. (Julie) +2 more
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Hospital Readmission After Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalization in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To examine the risk of hospital readmission after an index hospitalization for TBI in older adults. Methods Using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, we used propensity score matching of individuals with an index TBI‐related hospitalization to individuals with (1) non‐TBI hospitalizations (primary analysis)
Rachel Thomas +7 more
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Impact of Exercise in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
PLoS ONE, 2009 Concern has been expressed that preventive measures in older people might increase frailty by increasing survival without improving health. We investigated the impact of exercise on the probabilities of health improvement, deterioration and death in community-dwelling older people.In the Canadian Study of Health and Aging, health status was measured by
Hubbard, Ruth E. +4 more
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Chronic Pain and Attention in Older Community‐Dwelling Adults [PDF]
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2018 OBJECTIVES To examine the cross‐sectional relationship between chronic pain and complex attention in a population of community‐living older adults. DESIGN Prospective cross‐sectional cohort study.
Guusje van der Leeuw +10 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective We aimed to test the efficacy of personalized treatment of older veterans with chronic low back pain (CLBP) delivered by Aging Back Clinics (ABCs) as compared with usual care (UC). Methods Two hundred ninety‐nine veterans aged 65 to 89 with CLBP from three Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers underwent baseline testing, randomization to ABC ...
Debra K. Weiner +9 more
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BMC NursingIntroduction Nurse-led preventive home visiting programmes can improve health-related outcomes in community-dwelling older adults, but they have not proven to be cost-effective.
Iria Dobarrio-Sanz +5 more
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