| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCommentary A Modest Proposition to align Geriatrics and Long Term Care Medicine Vincent Mor and Paul R Katz BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 29. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-29.PMCID: PMC2625338 Study Protocol (Cost)-effectiveness of family meetings on indicated prevention of anxiety and depressive symptoms and disorders of primary family caregivers of patients with dementia: design of a randomized controlled trial Karlijn J Joling, Hein PJ van Hout, Philip Scheltens, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Bernard van den Berg, Judith Bosmans, Freek Gillissen, Mary Mittelman, and Harm WJ van Marwijk BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 2. Published online 2008 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-2.PMCID: PMC2259355 Individual nutrition therapy and exercise regime: A controlled trial of injured, vulnerable elderly (INTERACTIVE trial) Susie K Thomas, Karen J Humphreys, Michelle D Miller, Ian D Cameron, Craig Whitehead, Susan Kurrle, Shylie Mackintosh, and Maria Crotty BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 4. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-4.PMCID: PMC2291467 The use of advanced tracking technologies for the analysis of mobility in Alzheimer's disease and related cognitive diseases Noam Shoval, Gail K Auslander, Tim Freytag, Ruth Landau, Frank Oswald, Ulrich Seidl, Hans-Werner Wahl, Shirli Werner, and Jeremia Heinik BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 7. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-7.PMCID: PMC2291469 DeLLITE Depression in late life: an intervention trial of exercise. Design and recruitment of a randomised controlled trial Ngaire Kerse, Karen Falloon, Simon A Moyes, Karen J Hayman, Tony Dowell, Gregory S Kolt, C Raina Elley, Simon Hatcher, Kathy Peri, Sally Keeling, Elizabeth Robinson, John Parsons, Janine Wiles, and Bruce Arroll BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 12. Published online 2008 May 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-12.PMCID: PMC2412870 A new approach to physical activity maintenance: Rationale, design, and baseline data from the Keep Active Minnesota trial Nancy E Sherwood, Brian C Martinson, A Lauren Crain, Marcia G Hayes, Nicolaas P Pronk, and Patrick J O'Connor BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 17. Published online 2008 July 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-17.PMCID: PMC2533665 A water-based training program that include perturbation exercises to improve stepping responses in older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled cross-over trial Itshak Melzer, Ori Elbar, Irit Tsedek, and Lars IE Oddsson BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 19. Published online 2008 August 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-19.PMCID: PMC2532994 The Lausanne cohort Lc65+: a population-based prospective study of the manifestations, determinants and outcomes of frailty Brigitte Santos-Eggimann, Athanassia Karmaniola, Laurence Seematter-Bagnoud, Jacques Spagnoli, Christophe Büla, Jacques Cornuz, Nicolas Rodondi, Peter Vollenweider, Gérard Waeber, and Alain Pécoud BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 20. Published online 2008 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-20.PMCID: PMC2532683 Cost effectiveness of preventing falls and improving mobility in people with Parkinson disease: protocol for an economic evaluation alongside a clinical trial Jennifer J Watts, Jennifer L McGinley, Frances Huxham, Hylton B Menz, Robert Iansek, Anna T Murphy, Emma R Waller, and Meg E Morris BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 23. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-23.PMCID: PMC2573876 Frailty Intervention Trial (FIT) Nicola Fairhall, Christina Aggar, Susan E Kurrle, Catherine Sherrington, Stephen Lord, Keri Lockwood, Noeline Monaghan, and Ian D Cameron BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 27. Published online 2008 October 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-27.PMCID: PMC2579913 Efficacy of a multifaceted podiatry intervention to improve balance and prevent falls in older people: study protocol for a randomised trial Martin J Spink, Hylton B Menz, and Stephen R Lord BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 30. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-30.PMCID: PMC2613884 Research Articles Prevalence of anaemia in older persons: systematic review Helen Gaskell, Sheena Derry, R Andrew Moore, and Henry J McQuay BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 1. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-1.PMCID: PMC2248585 Transitions in cognitive test scores over 5 and 10 years in elderly people: Evidence for a model of age-related deficit accumulation Arnold Mitnitski and Kenneth Rockwood BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 3. Published online 2008 February 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-3.PMCID: PMC2292725 Factors associated with self-rated health in older people living in institutions Javier Damián, Roberto Pastor-Barriuso, and Emiliana Valderrama-Gama BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 5. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-5.PMCID: PMC2291468 Falls in advanced old age: recalled falls and prospective follow-up of over-90-year-olds in the Cambridge City over-75s Cohort study Jane Fleming, Fiona E Matthews, Carol Brayne, and the Cambridge City over-75s Cohort (CC75C) study collaboration BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 6. Published online 2008 March 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-6.PMCID: PMC2292187 Assessing control of postural stability in community-living older adults using performance-based limits of stability Myriam Jbabdi, Patrick Boissy, and Mathieu Hamel BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 8. Published online 2008 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-8.PMCID: PMC2311297 How do older patients and their GPs evaluate shared decision-making in healthcare? Danica Rotar-Pavlič, Igor Švab, and Raymond Wetzels BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 9. Published online 2008 May 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-9.PMCID: PMC2386122 Adverse outcomes following hospitalization in acutely ill older patients Roger Y Wong and William C Miller BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 10. Published online 2008 May 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-10.PMCID: PMC2391142 Influenza and pneumococcal vaccine uptake among nursing home residents in Nottingham, England: a postal questionnaire survey Amir Shroufi, Joanna Copping, Roberto Vivancos, and Richard CB Slack BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 11. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-11.PMCID: PMC2413222 Quality of anticoagulation and use of warfarin-interacting medications in long-term care: A chart review Madeleine Verhovsek, Bahareh Motlagh, Mark A Crowther, Courtney Kennedy, Lisa Dolovich, Glenda Campbell, Luqi Wang, and Alexandra Papaioannou BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 13. Published online 2008 July 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-13.PMCID: PMC2464578 The association of APOE genotype and cognitive decline in interaction with risk factors in a 65–69 year old community sample Helen Christensen, Philip J Batterham, Andrew J Mackinnon, Anthony F Jorm, Holly A Mack, Karen A Mather, Kaarin J Anstey, Perminder S Sachdev, and Simon Easteal BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 14. Published online 2008 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-14.PMCID: PMC2488328 Use of computerized dynamic posturography to assess balance in older adults after nighttime awakenings using zolpidem as a reference Gary Zammit, Sherry Wang-Weigand, and Xuejun Peng BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 15. Published online 2008 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-15.PMCID: PMC2492850 The MOBILIZE Boston Study: Design and methods of a prospective cohort study of novel risk factors for falls in an older population Suzanne G Leveille, Douglas P Kiel, Richard N Jones, Anthony Roman, Marian T Hannan, Farzaneh A Sorond, Hyun G Kang, Elizabeth J Samelson, Margaret Gagnon, Marcie Freeman, and Lewis A Lipsitz BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 16. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-16.PMCID: PMC2500010 Haemoglobin, anaemia, dementia and cognitive decline in the elderly, a systematic review Ruth Peters, Lisa Burch, James Warner, Nigel Beckett, Ruth Poulter, and Christopher Bulpitt BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 18. Published online 2008 August 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-18.PMCID: PMC2529275 Risk factors for falls with severe fracture in elderly people living in a middle-income country: a case control study Evandro SF Coutinho, Astrid Fletcher, Katia V Bloch, and Laura C Rodrigues BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 21. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-21.PMCID: PMC2532993 Measuring care of the elderly: psychometric testing and modification of the Time in Care instrument for measurement of care needs in nursing homes Kajsa BE Thorsell, Berit Nordström, Per Nyberg, and Bengt V Sivberg BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 22. Published online 2008 September 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-22.PMCID: PMC2571091 A standard procedure for creating a frailty index Samuel D Searle, Arnold Mitnitski, Evelyne A Gahbauer, Thomas M Gill, and Kenneth Rockwood BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 24. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-24.PMCID: PMC2573877 Effectiveness of a mobile smoking cessation service in reaching elderly smokers and predictors of quitting Abu Saleh M Abdullah, Tai-Hing Lam, Steve KK Chan, Gabriel M Leung, Iris Chi, Winnie WN Ho, and Sophia SC Chan BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 25. Published online 2008 October 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-25.PMCID: PMC2570661 Do the malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) and Birmingham nutrition risk (BNR) score predict mortality in older hospitalised patients? Sarah Henderson, Nicola Moore, Emma Lee, and Miles D Witham BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 26. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-26.PMCID: PMC2572058 The COACH prompting system to assist older adults with dementia through handwashing: An efficacy study Alex Mihailidis, Jennifer N Boger, Tammy Craig, and Jesse Hoey BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 28. Published online 2008 November 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-28.PMCID: PMC2588599 Mobility and other predictors of hospitalization for urinary tract infection: a retrospective cohort study Mary AM Rogers, Brant E Fries, Samuel R Kaufman, Lona Mody, Laurence F McMahon, Jr, and Sanjay Saint BMC Geriatr. 2008; 8: 31. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-31.PMCID: PMC2605742 |