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Healthcare cost expenditures associated to frailty and sarcopenia

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Objectives Frailty and sarcopenia have been related with adverse events, including hospitalization. However, its combined effect with hospitalization-related outcomes, including costs, has not been previously investigated.
Alejandro Álvarez-Bustos, Beatriz Rodríguez-Sánchez, Jose A. Carnicero-Carreño, Walter Sepúlveda-Loyola, Francisco J. Garcia-Garcia, Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas   +5 more
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Frailty is independently associated with increased hospitalisation days in patients on the liver transplant waitlist [PDF]

, 2016
AIM: To investigate the impact of physical frailty on risk of hospitalisation in cirrhotic patients on the liver transplant waitlist. METHODS: Cirrhotics listed for liver transplantation at a single centre underwent frailty assessments using the Fried ...
Dodge, Jennifer L, Lai, Jennifer C, Poltayskiy, Eduard, Sinclair, Marie   +3 more
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Implementation of the WHO integrated care for older people (ICOPE) programme in clinical practice: a prospective study

The Lancet. Healthy Longevity, 2022
Summary: Background: The INSPIRE integrated care for older people (ICOPE)-CARE programme is a public health programme implementing the ICOPE health-care pathway in clinical practice.
Neda Tavassoli, PhD, Philipe de Souto Barreto, ProfPhD, Caroline Berbon, MSc, Celine Mathieu, MSc, Justine de Kerimel, MSc, Christine Lafont, MD, Catherine Takeda, MD, Isabelle Carrie, PhD, Antoine Piau, PhD, Tania Jouffrey, Sandrine Andrieu, ProfMD, Fatemeh Nourhashemi, ProfMD, John R Beard, ProfPhD, Maria Eugenia Soto Martin, ProfMD, Bruno Vellas, ProfMD   +14 more
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Implementing change in primary care practice: lessons from a mixed-methods evaluation of a frailty initiative [PDF]

, 2018
© 2018, BJGP Open. Background: The NHS is facing increasing needs from an aging population, which is acutely visible in the emerging problem of frailty. There is growing evidence describing new models of care for people living with frailty, but a lack of
Bryce, Carol, Fleming, Joanna, Reeve, Joanne   +2 more
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Three Months of Strength Training Changes the Gene Expression of Inflammation-Related Genes in PBMC of Older Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Cells, 2022
Here, we investigate changes in inflammation-related gene-expression in peripheral mononuclear blood cells (PBMC) by strength training. A total of 14 women aged ≥65 years were randomized into 3 months of either 3×/week intensive strength training (IST: 3×
Keliane Liberman, Rose Njemini, Louis Nuvagah Forti, Wilfried Cools, Florence Debacq-Chainiaux, Ron Kooijman, Ingo Beyer, Ivan Bautmans   +7 more
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Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the extended TUG test in elderly participants [PDF]

, 2020
Background: To analyse the reliability, variance and execution time of the Extended Timed Up and Go (Extended TUG) test in three age groups of elderly participants (G1: 55–64 years; G2: 65–74 years; G3: 75–85 years).
Bedoya-Belmonte, Juan José, Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio I., Galán-Mercant, Alejandro, González-Sánchez, Manuel, Pitarch, Jose Miguel Barreda, Rodríguez-González, María Del Mar   +5 more
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Effects of Power-Oriented Resistance Training With Heavy vs. Light Loads on Muscle-Tendon Function in Older Adults: A Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Frontiers in Physiology, 2021
BackgroundPower-oriented resistance training (PRT) is one of the most effective exercise programs to counteract neuromuscular and physical function age-related declines.
Carlos Rodriguez-Lopez, Carlos Rodriguez-Lopez, Julian Alcazar, Julian Alcazar, Jose Losa-Reyna, Jose Losa-Reyna, Jose Losa-Reyna, Noelia Maria Martin-Espinosa, Ivan Baltasar-Fernandez, Ivan Baltasar-Fernandez, Ignacio Ara, Ignacio Ara, Robert Csapo, Luis M. Alegre, Luis M. Alegre   +14 more
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Adjuvant aromatase inhibitor treatment worsens depressive symptoms and sleep quality in postmenopausal women with localized breast cancer: A one-year follow-up study

Breast, 2022
First-line treatment in postmenopausal women with estrogen- and/or progesterone-positive breast cancer consists of aromatase inhibitors (AROi).
Javier García-Sánchez, Mayra Alejandra Mafla-España, María Dolores Torregrosa, Omar Cauli   +3 more
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The Effect of the Stretch-Shortening Cycle in the Force–Velocity Relationship and Its Association With Physical Function in Older Adults With COPD

Frontiers in Physiology, 2019
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) on different portions of the force–velocity (F–V) relationship in older adults with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and to assess its association with
Roberto Navarro-Cruz, Roberto Navarro-Cruz, Julian Alcazar, Julian Alcazar, Carlos Rodriguez-Lopez, Carlos Rodriguez-Lopez, Jose Losa-Reyna, Jose Losa-Reyna, Jose Losa-Reyna, Ana Alfaro-Acha, Ana Alfaro-Acha, Ignacio Ara, Ignacio Ara, Francisco J. García-García, Francisco J. García-García, Luis M. Alegre, Luis M. Alegre   +16 more
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Urological-Geriatric Integrated Diagnostic-Therapeutic Pathway for elderly patients with urologic diseases

Geriatric Care, 2019
Aging of population represents a new challenge for physicians who have to deal with the balance of risk and benefit in a population that is poorly represented in clinical trials. Frail patients need individualized treatments because of their high risk of
Lisa Cammalleri, Romina Custureri, Monica Pomata, Fabio Bonini, Giacomo Capponi, Carlo Introini, Alberto Pilotto   +6 more
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