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Post‐Discharge COVID‐19 Symptoms Predict 1‐Year Functional Decline, Falls, and Emergency Department Visits: A Cohort Study

open access: yesJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, Volume 73, Issue 6, Page 1722-1732, June 2025.
Persistent symptoms and patient‐centered outcomes after COVID‐19 hospitalization in adults aged 50 years or older in Brazil. ABSTRACT Background Hospitalization frequently results in persistent symptoms among older adults, raising concerns about the long‐term impacts of acute events—a problem amplified by COVID‐19.
Murilo Bacchini Dias   +76 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutritional Status Predicts Functional Recovery and Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study

open access: yesJournal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, Volume 16, Issue 2, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Despite the high prevalence of malnutrition in acutely ill older patients, nutritional status is rarely assessed in emergency departments (EDs), and the impact of nutritional risk screening on functional recovery is poorly understood.
Ludiane Alves do Nascimento   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cytokines in Bipolar Disorder: Paving the Way for Neuroprogression

open access: yesNeural Plasticity, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe, chronic, and recurrent psychiatric illness. It has been associated with high prevalence of medical comorbidities and cognitive impairment. Its neurobiology is not completely understood, but recent evidence has shown a wide range of immune changes. Cytokines are proteins involved in the regulation and the orchestration
Izabela Guimarães Barbosa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Profiling the needs of dementia caregivers in a Brazilian cross‐sectional study

open access: yesAlzheimer's &Dementia: Translational Research &Clinical Interventions, Volume 11, Issue 2, April-June 2025.
Abstract INTRODUCTION Alzheimer's disease is an increasingly critical public health concern in aging populations. Characterized by progressive impairments, it can lead to dementia and significant dependence on family caregivers, who often face cognitive and behavioral challenges and heightened health risks.
Alan Cronemberger Andrade   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Delirium risk profiles in a population‐based study of United States older adults undergoing common noncardiac surgeries

open access: yesJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, Volume 73, Issue 3, Page 867-873, March 2025.
Abstract Background Older adults often require surgical care and are at elevated risk of delirium. We explored delirium risk profiles across the population of U.S. older adults who underwent one of 10 common noncardiac surgeries. Methods We analyzed Health and Retirement Study (HRS) participants linked with Medicare billing data who underwent the ...
Hyundeok Joo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reforming the Dutch pension system to ensure sustainability

open access: yesInternational Social Security Review, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 99-122, July/September 2024.
Abstract The Netherlands is on the brink of reforming its system of occupational pensions as part of a more general reform of its three‐pillar pension system. This reform features important changes to first pillar pension benefits. The focus of this article is however on the coming reform of occupational pensions, the second pillar of the system, which
Ed Westerhout   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A multi‐ethnic reference panel to impute HLA classical and non‐classical class I alleles in admixed samples: Testing imputation accuracy in an admixed sample from Brazil

open access: yesHLA, Volume 103, Issue 6, June 2024.
The MHC class I region contains crucial genes for the innate and adaptive immune response, playing a key role in susceptibility to many autoimmune and infectious diseases. Genome‐wide association studies have identified numerous disease‐associated SNPs within this region.
Nayane S. B. Silva   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Métodos de avaliação de atividade física: uma revisão sistemática focada em idosos

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, 2013
Dentre os diferentes instrumentos para medida da atividade física, o uso de questionários, pedômetros e acelerômetros na população idosa é algo bastante frequente.
Deisy Terumi Ueno   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Representações sociais do envelhecimento ativo num olhar genderizado [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
O objetivo deste estudo é analisar as representações sociais do envelhecimento ativo, procurando detetar os impactos das conceções diferenciadas de homens e mulheres idosos. Foi desenvolvido um estudo de coorte transversal. Foram inquiridas 123 pessoas
Amaral, Inês   +3 more
core   +5 more sources

O envelhecimento

open access: yesActa Fisiátrica, 2003
O crescimento da população idosa vem se tornando uma preocupação. Atualmente essa população consegue trabalhar até uma idade avançada, ocupando empregos que poderiam ser de jovens que buscam entrar no mercado de trabalho, em países onde a previdência social é atribuição governamental, os gastos com aposentadoria estão se tornando cada vez mais onerosos
openaire   +1 more source

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