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Delirium in older adults

Geriatrics Gerontology and Aging, 2021
This narrative review provides a broad examination of the most current concepts on the etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of delirium, an acute neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by fluctuating changes in cognition and consciousness.
Flavia Barreto Garcez, Thiago Junqueira Avelino-Silva, Roberta Esteves Vieira de Castro, Sharon K. Inouye   +3 more
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Analysis of attempted suicide episodes presenting to the emergency department: comparison of young, middle aged and older people

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2020
Background Attempted suicide remains difficult for clinicians to predict with some established risk factors. We investigate the detailed characteristics of attempted suicide especially according to age and methods of suicide attempts.
Soo Hyun Kim, Han Joon Kim, Sang Hoon Oh, Kyungman Cha   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of an Aging Suit on Young and Middle-Aged Adults’ Attitudes Toward Older Adults [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Ageism, a type of discrimination based on a person’s age, can lead to negative attitudes, intolerance, and judgment towards older adults. With the increase of older adults in society, understanding the correlates of negative attitudes becomes
Allen, Kelly
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Why older adults spend time sedentary and break their sedentary behavior: a mixed methods approach using life-logging equipment [PDF]

, 2018
Older adults are recommended to reduce their sedentary time to promote healthy ageing. To develop effective interventions identifying when, why, and how older adults are able to change their sitting habits is important. The aim of this mixed-method study
Chastin, Sebastien F. M., Dontje, Manon L., Harvey, Juliet, Leask, Calum F., Skelton, Dawn A.   +4 more
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The progress in the field of clinical staging for mental disorders within the last decade: an updated systematic review

Frontiers in Psychiatry
IntroductionClinical staging aims to refine psychiatric diagnosis by describing mental disorders on a continuum of disorder progression, with the pragmatic goal of improved treatment planning and outcome prediction.
Sharon L. Clarke, Sharon L. Clarke, Nicole Soons, Arjan C. Videler, Arjan C. Videler, Sebastiaan P. J. van Alphen, Sebastiaan P. J. van Alphen, Henricus Van, Linda Dil, Laurens Pappijn, Sven Corbeij, Beau Broekhof, Beau Broekhof, Andrew M. Chanen, Andrew M. Chanen, Joost Hutsebaut, Joost Hutsebaut   +16 more
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Suvorexant for insomnia in older adults: a perspective review

Drugs in Context, 2018
The aim of this review was to identify published randomized control trials (RCTs) that evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of suvorexant for the treatment of insomnia among older adults (≥65 years).
Rajesh R Tampi, Geetha Manikkara, Silpa Balachandran, Piyush Taparia, Stephanie Hrisko, Shilpa Srinivasan, Deena J Tampi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends and correlates of marijuana use among late middle-aged and older adults in the United States, 2002–2014 [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Recent trend studies suggest that marijuana use is on the rise among the general population of adults ages 18 and older in the United States.
AbiNader, Millan, Cummings-Vaughn, Lenise A., Holzer, Katherine J., Nelson, Erik J., Oh, Sehun, Salas-Wright, Christopher P., Vaughn, Michael G.   +6 more
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Prevention of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2020
Key Clinical Points Prevention of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Falls are common among community-dwelling older adults and can lead to physical injury, psychological harm, or both.
D. Ganz, N. Latham
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of smart device use on objective and subjective health of older adults: findings from four provinces in China

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundThe digital divide has grown because of the deepening digitalization of the Chinese society and the intersection between high-end technology and the age structure.
Yan Wei, Xinyu Guo
doaj   +1 more source

Age related cognitive impairments and assistive web-base technology [PDF]

, 2008
Several researchers argue that age related cognitive impairments have detrimental affect on use of web services by older adults. However little and systematic applied research has been conducted on how age related cognitive impairments might affect the ...
Elliman, T, Lines, L, Money, A
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