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Antipsychotic prescription and mortality in hospitalized older persons

2016

Background: Recent scientific reports have shown that older persons treated with antipsychotics for dementia-related behavioural symptoms have increased mortality. However, the impact of these drugs prescribed during hospitalization has rarely been assessed. We aimed to investigate whether antipsychotics are associated with an increased risk of mortality during hospitalization and at 3-month follow-up in elderly inpatients. Methods: We analyzed data gathered during two waves (2010 and 2012) by the REPOSI (Registro Politerapie Società Italiana Medicina Interna). All new prescriptions of antipsychotic drugs during hospitalization, whether maintained or discontinued at discharge, were collect…

MaleSocio-culturaleOlder personAntipsychoticCognitionEconomicaAntipsychotics; Hospitalization; Mortality; Older persons; Gerontology; Geriatrics and Gerontology; Psychiatry and Mental HealthHumansMortalityPsychomotor AgitationAgedantipsychotics hospitalization mortality older personsAged 80 and overMental DisordersPatient DischargeHospitalizationantipsychoticsItalyantipsychotics; hospitalization; mortality; older personsPsychiatry and Mental Healtholder personsDementiaFemaleGeriatrics and GerontologyGerontologyAntipsychotic Agents
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Association of neovascular age-related macular degeneration with month and season of birth in Italy

2016

In order to investigate the influence of season and month of birth on the risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (n-AMD) in Italy, we evaluated the month birth and sex of all patients, recorded in the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) monitoring registry of the Italian Medicines Agency, born between 1925-1944, who received intravitreal anti-VEGF injections for n-AMD between January 1, 2013 and July 29, 2015. The numbers of all births in Italy in the same years, extracted from the Italian National Institute of Statistics, were used to calculate the expected number of n-AMD cases. Overall, 45,845 patients (19,207 men, 26,638 women) received intravitreal anti-VEGF fo…

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2011–12 Seasonal Influenza Vaccines Effectiveness against Confirmed A(H3N2) Influenza Hospitalisation: Pooled Analysis from a European Network of Hos…

2013

BackgroundInfluenza vaccination strategies aim at protecting high-risk population from severe outcomes. Estimating the effectiveness of seasonal vaccines against influenza related hospitalisation is important to guide these strategies. Large sample size is needed to have precise estimate of influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE) against severe outcomes. We assessed the feasibility of measuring seasonal IVE against hospitalisation with laboratory confirmed influenza through a network of 21 hospitals in the European Union.MethodsWe conducted a multicentre study in France (seven hospitals), Italy (one hospital), and Navarra (four hospitals) and Valencia (nine hospitals) regions in Spain. All ≥1…

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Plantar flexor activation capacity and H reflex in older adults: adaptations to strength training.

2002

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the voluntary neural drive and the excitability of the reflex arc could be modulated by training, even in old age. To this aim, the effects of a 16-wk strengthening program on plantar flexor voluntary activation (VA) and on the maximum Hoffman reflex (Hmax)-to-maximum M wave (Mmax) ratio were investigated in 14 elderly men (65–80 yr). After training, isometric maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) increased by 18% ( P < 0.05) and weight-lifting ability by 24% ( P < 0.001). Twitch contraction time decreased by 8% ( P < 0.01), but no changes in half relaxation time and in peak twitch torque were observed. The VA, assessed by twitch …

MaleVolitionAgingPhysiologydegenerationadaptationIsometric exerciseNerve conduction velocityhuman experimentH-ReflexTriceps surae muscleTwitch interpolationadaptation; aged; aging; article; controlled study; degeneration; excitability; exercise; Hoffmann reflex; human; human experiment; male; muscle contraction; muscle isometric contraction; muscle relaxation; muscle twitch; nerve conduction; normal human; plantaris muscle; priority journal; reflex arc; strength; torque; training; voluntary movement; Aging; Exercise; Triceps surae; Twitch interpolationAged 80 and overtrainingvoluntary movementReflex arcarticlereflex arcmusculoskeletal systemAdaptation Physiologicalmuscle twitchmedicine.anatomical_structuremuscle relaxationpriority journalCardiologyTriceps suraemedicine.symptomstrengthMuscle contractionMuscle Contractionmedicine.medical_specialtyWeight Liftingplantaris muscleStrength trainingPhysical exercisePhysical medicine and rehabilitationPhysiology (medical)Internal medicineexcitabilitymedicineHumanscontrolled studyhumannormal humanMuscle SkeletalExercisenerve conductionAgedmuscle isometric contractionbusiness.industrybody regionsHoffmann reflexTorqueH-reflexbusinessJournal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
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What physical performance measures predict incident cognitive decline among intact older adults? A 4.4 year follow up study

2016

Reductions in physical performance, cognitive impairment (CI) and decline (CD), are common in older age, but few prospective cohort studies have considered the relationship between these domains. In this study we investigated whether reduced physical performance and low handgrip/lower limbs strength, could predict a higher incidence of CI/CD during a 4-year follow-up among a cohort of elderly individuals. From 3099 older community-dwelling individuals initially enrolled in the Progetto Veneto Anziani (PRO.V.A.) study, 1249 participants without CI at the baseline were included (mean age 72.2 years, 59.5% females). Physical performance measures included the Short Physical Performance Battery …

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Knowledge of Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines is Not Associated with Physical Function in Dutch Older Adults Attending a Healthy Ageing Pub…

2022

Keenan A Ramsey,1 Suey SY Yeung,1 Anna GM Rojer,1 Noémie Gensous,2 Evans A Asamane,3 Justin Avery Aunger,3 Dmitriy Bondarev,4 Andrea Cabbia,5 Paul Doody,3 Barbara Iadarola,6,7 Belina Rodrigues,8,9 Muhammad R Tahir,10 Victor Kallen,10 Paola Pazienza,6,7 Nadine Correia Santos,8,9 Sarianna Sipilä,4 Janice L Thompson,3 Carel GM Meskers,1,11 Marijke C Trappenburg,12,13 Anna C Whittaker,15 Andrea B Maier1,14,16,17 1Department of Human Movement Sciences, @AgeAmsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Faculty of Behavioural and Human Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 2Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bolog…

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Recommendations on Physical Activity and Exercise for Older Adults Living in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Taskforce Report.

2016

A taskforce, under the auspices of The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics-Global Aging Research Network (IAGG-GARN) and the IAGG European Region Clinical Section, composed of experts from the fields of exercise science and geriatrics, met in Toulouse, in December 2015, with the aim of establishing recommendations of physical activity and exercise for older adults living in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Due to the high heterogeneity in terms of functional ability and cognitive function that characterizes older adults living in LTCFs, taskforce members established 2 sets of recommendations: recommendations for reducing sedentary behaviors for all LTCF residents and r…

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Association Between Chromosome 9p21 Variants and the Ankle-Brachial Index Identified by a Meta-Analysis of 21 Genome-Wide Association Studies

2012

Background— Genetic determinants of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) remain largely unknown. To identify genetic variants associated with the ankle-brachial index (ABI), a noninvasive measure of PAD, we conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association study data from 21 population-based cohorts. Methods and Results— Continuous ABI and PAD (ABI ≤0.9) phenotypes adjusted for age and sex were examined. Each study conducted genotyping and imputed data to the ≈2.5 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in HapMap. Linear and logistic regression models were used to test each SNP for association with ABI and PAD using additive genetic models. Study-specific data were combined using fi…

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The temporal association between executive function and life-space mobility in old age

2018

Background Life-space mobility, an indicator of community mobility, describes person’s movements in terms of the distance from home, the frequency of movement, and the need of assistance for movement. Executive function (EF) is a higher-order cognitive function that supervises motor control and plays a key role in a person’s ability to function independently. Cognitive impairment often co-occurs with restricted life-space mobility; however, the direction of the longitudinal associations between EF and life-space mobility is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the temporal associations between EF and life-space mobility among community-dwelling older people. Methods One hundred…

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Depressive symptoms and muscle weakness: A two-way relation?

2018

The potential association between depressive symptoms and dynapenia – i.e. muscle weakness – is limited to few, mainly cross-sectional, studies. We use SHARE (Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) panel data to investigate whether the onset of dynapenia at 4-year follow-up can be explained by pre-existing (either at baseline, or at 2-year follow-up) depressive symptoms, or vice versa. Depressive symptoms were identified as a score of 4 or more on the 12-item EURO-D scale. Individuals were classified as affected by dynapenia if they had handgrip strength of <20 kg for women and 30 kg for men. We estimate whether being affected by symptoms of depression at baseline or becoming…

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