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BMC Geriatrics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the health and healthcare of older people, including the effects of healthcare systems and policies. The journal also welcomes research focused on the aging process, including cellular, genetic, and physiological processes and cognitive modifications.
BMC Geriatrics (ISSN 1471-2318) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
Featured articles
BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :13
Keith Hill considers how fall prevention interventions can be individually tailored according to personal risk, history and behaviour, with improved prevention depending on better risk screening, risk assessment tools and greater awareness and reporting of falls.
BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :7
Falls in independent older people that can lead to hip or pelvic fractures may be triggered by emotional stress such as feelings of anger, sadness and anxiety.
BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :5
Adverse drug events due to inappropriate prescribing (IP) have an unacceptably high prevalence in elderly people; Denis O'Mahony and colleagues discuss the causes of IP, screening tools, and prevention of this increasingly important issue.
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Research article
A 12-Year prospective study of stroke risk in older medicare beneficiaries Fredric D Wolinsky, Suzanne E Bentler, Elizabeth A Cook, Elizabeth A Chrischilles, Li Liu, Kara B Wright, John F Geweke, Maksym Obrizan, Claire E Pavlik, Robert L Ohsfeldt, Michael P Jones, Robert B Wallace, Gary E Rosenthal BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :17 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Hypertension in the very old; prevalence, awareness, treatment and control: a cross-sectional population-based study in a Spanish municipality. Alba Aguado, Flora Lopez, Sonia Miravet, Pilar Oriol, M. Isabel Fuentes, Belen Henares, Teresa Badia, Lluis Esteve, Javier Peligro BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :16 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
A randomised controlled trial investigating motor skill training as a function of attentional focus in old age Eling D de Bruin, Jaap Swanenburg, Elsbeth Betschon, Kurt Murer BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :15 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Study protocol
Evaluation of the effect of patient education on rates of falls in older hospital patients: Description of a randomised controlled trial Anne-Marie Hill, Keith Hill, Sandra Brauer, David Oliver, Tammy Hoffmann, Christopher Beer, Steven McPhail, Terry P Haines BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :14 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
Don't lose sight of the importance of the individual in effective falls prevention interventions Keith Hill BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :13 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Maximum (prior) brain size, not atrophy, correlates with cognition in community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional neuroimaging study Susan D Shenkin, Carly S Rivers, Ian J Deary, John M Starr, Joanna M Wardlaw BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :12 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Validity and reliability of the Arabic version of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Ramzi Nasser, Jacqueline Doumit BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :11 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
Preventing falls in older multifocal glasses wearers by providing single-lens distance glasses: the protocol for the VISIBLE randomised controlled trial Mark J Haran, Stephen R Lord, Ian D Cameron, Rebecca Q Ivers, Judy M Simpson, Bonsan B Lee, Mamta Porwal, Marcella MS Kwan, Connie Severino BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :10 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
A Phase II randomised controlled trial assessing the feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of Dignity Therapy for older people in care homes: Study protocol Sue Hall, Harvey Chochinov, Richard Harding, Scott Murray, Alison Richardson, Irene J Higginson BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :9 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Minimising disability and falls in older people through a post-hospital exercise program: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation Catherine Sherrington, Stephen R Lord, Constance M Vogler, Jacqueline CT Close, Kirsten Howard, Catherine M Dean, Lindy Clemson, Elizabeth Barraclough, Elisabeth Ramsay, Sandra D O'Rourke, Robert G Cumming BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :8 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Sleep quality in middle-aged and elderly Chinese: distribution, associated factors and associations with cardio-metabolic risk factors Nazanin Haseli-Mashhadi, Tony Dadd, An Pan, Zhijie Yu, Xu Lin, Oscar H Franco BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :130 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Mclk1+/- mice are not resistant to the development of atherosclerosis Bryan G Hughes, Siegfried Hekimi Lipids in Health and Disease 2009, 8 :16 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Physical activity, energy requirements, and adequacy of dietary intakes of older persons in a rural Filipino community Maria Grace D Risonar, Pura Rayco-Solon, Judy D Ribaya-Mercado, Juan Antonio A Solon, Aegina B Cabalda, Lorena W Tengco, Florentino S Solon Nutrition Journal 2009, 8 :19 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Is primary care a neglected piece of the jigsaw in ensuring optimal stroke care? Results of a national study David L Whitford, Anne Hickey, Frances Horgan, Bernadette O'Sullivan, Hannah McGee, Desmond O'Neill BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :27 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
Sharing clinical information across care settings: the birth of an integrated assessment system Leonard C Gray, Katherine Berg, Brant E Fries, Jean-Claude Henrard, John P Hirdes, Knight Steel, John N Morris BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :71 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Number of teeth and myocardial infarction and stroke among elderly never smokers Anna-Maija H Syrj Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2009, 8 :6 (22 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Methodology
Healthcare professionals and managers' participation in developing an intervention: A pre-intervention study in the elderly care context Isabelle Vedel, Matthieu De Stampa, Howard Bergman, Joel Ankri, Bernard Cassou, Fran Implementation Science 2009, 4 :21 (21 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
Rationale and design: telepsychology service delivery for depressed elderly veterans Leonard E Egede, Christopher B Frueh, Lisa K Richardson, Ronald Acierno, Patrick D Mauldin, Rebecca G Knapp, Carl Lejuez Trials 2009, 10 :22 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Molecular ageing in progeroid syndromes: Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome as a model Henrique Douglas M Coutinho, Vivyanne S Falc Immunity & Ageing 2009, 6 :4 (20 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
A fatal case of Nocardia otitidiscaviarum pulmonary infection and brain abscess: taxonomic characterization by molecular techniques Ana Isabel Pelaez, Maria del Mar Garcia-Suarez, Angel Manteca, Ovidio Melon, Carlos Aranaz, Rafael Cimadevilla, Francisco Javier Mendez, Fernando Vazquez Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2009, 8 :11 (14 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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