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Relation Between Genetic Factors and Frailty in Older Adults.

2018

Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that identifies individuals at higher risk of disability, institutionalization, and death. We previously reported that frailty is related to oxidative stress and cognitive impairment-related biomarkers. The aim of this study was to determine whether frailty is associated with genetic variants.Longitudinal population-based cohort of 2488 community-dwelling people from Toledo, Spain, aged 65 years or older.We obtained blood samples from 78 individuals with frailty and 74 nonfrail individuals who were nonfrail (according to Fried criteria) from the Toledo Study of Healthy Ageing and extracted DNA using the Chemagic DNA blood kit.Sample genotyping was carried out…

GerontologyMaleAgingFrail ElderlyPopulationEnergy metabolismSingle-nucleotide polymorphismPolymorphism Single NucleotideCohort Studies03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineMedicineHumansCognitive DysfunctionDisabled Persons030212 general & internal medicineeducationGenotypingExomeGeriatric AssessmentGeneral NursingGenetic Association StudiesAgedAged 80 and overeducation.field_of_studybusiness.industryHealth PolicyGenetic variantsCognitionGeneral MedicineSpainCohortFemaleGeriatrics and Gerontologybusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryJournal of the American Medical Directors Association
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Work-loss years among people diagnosed with diabetes: a reappraisal from a life course perspective

2018

Aims Early exit from the workforce has been proposed to be one of the unfavorable consequences of diabetes. We examined whether early exit from the workforce differed between persons who were and were not diagnosed with diabetes during their work career. Methods The cohort included 12,726 individuals of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study, born between 1934 and 1944. Using data from nationwide registers, the cohort was followed up from early adulthood until they transitioned into retirement or died. Work- loss years were estimated using the restricted mean work years method. Results During a follow-up of 382,328 person-years for men and 349 894 for women, 36.8% transitioned into old age pension…

GerontologyMaleAgingWorkIMPACTEpidemiologyEndocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismCohort StudiesMELLITUS0302 clinical medicineEndocrinologyDiabetes mellitusRisk FactorsEpidemiology030212 general & internal medicineRetirementDisability pensionGeneral MedicineMiddle AgedINSULINComputingMilieux_GENERALWork (electrical)WorkforceCohortGROWTHLife course approachOriginal ArticleFemaleCohort studyAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyLongevity030209 endocrinology & metabolismHEART-DISEASE03 medical and health sciencesPensionsDiabetes mellitusInternal MedicinemedicineHumansCOHORTDisabled PersonsEarly exit from workforceAgedComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSIONbusiness.industryInformationSystems_INFORMATIONSYSTEMSAPPLICATIONSLife courseDisability pensionmedicine.diseaseComputingMethodologies_PATTERNRECOGNITION3121 General medicine internal medicine and other clinical medicineDiabetes medicationComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETYFOLLOW-UPbusinessFollow-Up StudiesActa Diabetologica
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Physical Activity Among Adolescents With Long-Term Illnesses or Disabilities in 15 European Countries.

2017

Physical activity (PA) is an important health-promoting behavior from which adolescents with long-term illnesses or disabilities (LTID) can benefit. It is important to monitor differences across countries in adherence with PA recommendations for health. The aim of this study was to compare PA levels among 15 European countries after disaggregating data by disability. Data from pupils (mean age = 13.6 years, SD = 1.64) participating in the 2013/2014 Health Behavior in School-aged Children study were analyzed to compare adolescents without LTID, with LTID, and with LTID that affects their participation (affected LTID). Logistic regression models adjusted for age and family affluence, stratifi…

GerontologyMaleChronic conditionsmedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentvammaisetPhysical activityphysical activityPhysical Therapy Sports Therapy and RehabilitationliikuntaLogistic regression03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineOutcome variablenuoretMainstream schoolsSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingRA0421RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive MedicineCountry grouplong-term IllnessesMedicineHumanstoimintarajoitteetDisabled Personsadolescents030212 general & internal medicineEurooppakrooniset tauditPsychiatryChildExerciseInclusionDisability030505 public healthbusiness.industry3rd-DASEuropeHealthChronic DiseaseFemaleSelf ReportHealth behavior0305 other medical sciencebusinessterveysInclusion (education)fyysinen aktiivisuusAdapted physical activity quarterly : APAQ
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The effectiveness of a coordinated preventive care approach for healthy ageing (UHCE) among older persons in five European cities: A pre-post control…

2018

Abstract Background Older persons often have multiple health and social problems and need a variety of health services. A coordinated preventive approach that integrates the provision of health and social care services could promote healthy ageing. Such an approach can be organised differently, depending on the availability and organizational structures in the local context. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the effectiveness of a coordinated preventive care approach in various European settings. Objectives This study explored the effects of a coordinated preventive health and social care approach on the lifestyle, health and quality of life of community-dwelling older persons in five …

GerontologyMaleFrail ElderlyContext (language use)BIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita. Javno zdravstvo.Social issueslaw.inventionHealthy Aging03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineQuality of life (healthcare)Randomized controlled trialCatchment Area HealthlawIntervention (counseling)Activities of Daily LivingPreventive Health ServicesMedicineHumans030212 general & internal medicineLife StyleGeneral NursingBIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Public Health and Health Care. Public Health.AgedAged 80 and overbusiness.industry030503 health policy & servicesUrban HealthLonelinessEuropeHealth assessmentQuality of LifePopulation studyFemaleIndependent LivingEuropeFrailtyCoordinated careMultidisciplinaryOlder personsPreventionPre-post controlled trialPrimary caremedicine.symptom0305 other medical sciencebusinessProgram EvaluationInternational journal of nursing studies
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A coordinated preventive care approach for healthy ageing in five European cities: A mixed methods study of process evaluation components

2019

To evaluate specific process components of the Urban Health Centres Europe (UHCE) approach; a coordinated preventive care approach aimed at healthy ageing by decreasing falls, polypharmacy, loneliness and frailty among older persons in community settings of five cities in the United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, the Netherlands and Spain.Mixed methods evaluation of specific process components of the UHCE approach: reach of the target population, dose of the intervention actually delivered and received by participants and satisfaction and experience of main stakeholders involved in the approach.The UHCE approach intervention consisted of a preventive assessment, shared decision-making on a care …

GerontologyMaleFrail Elderlycoordinated careQualitative propertyfrailtycoordinated care ; frailty ; mixed methods study ; nurses ; older persons ; prevention ; primary care ; process evaluationnursesHealthy Agingprimary careprocess evaluation.03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinepreventionBIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita.Intervention (counseling)Surveys and QuestionnairesPreventive Health ServicesmedicineHumans030212 general & internal medicineGeriatric AssessmentGeneral NursingAgedPolypharmacyAged 80 and over030504 nursingDescriptive statisticsFrailtyLonelinessBIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Public Health and Health Care.Urban HealthLonelinessmixed methods studyFocus groupEuropeCaregiversolder personsPolypharmacyAccidental FallsFemaleIndependent LivingThematic analysismedicine.symptom0305 other medical sciencePsychologyPsychosocialAttitude to HealthJournal of Advanced Nursing
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Spatial analysis of the relationship between mortality from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and drinking water hardness

2004

Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Reproduced with permission from Environmental Health Perspectives. Previously published scientific papers have reported a negative correlation between drinking water hardness and cardiovascular mortality. Some ecologic and case-control studies suggest the protective effect of calcium and magnesium concentration in drinking water. In this article we present an analysis of this protective relationship in 538 municipalities of Comunidad Valenciana (Spain) from 1991-1998. We used the Spanish version of the Rapid Inquiry Facility (RIF) developed under the European Environment and Health Information System (EUROHEIS) research project. The strateg…

GerontologyMaleMini-Monograph: Information SystemsHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisWater supply:Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Middle Aged [Medical Subject Headings]Disease:Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Sanitation::Sanitary Engineering::Water Supply [Medical Subject Headings]Magnesio:Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans [Medical Subject Headings]PreescolarMediana EdadReference ValuesExposición a Riesgos AmbientalesMedicineCluster AnalysisMagnesiumMasculinoChildEnfermedades Cardiovascularesgeographic information systems:Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Child::Child Preschool [Medical Subject Headings]:Analytical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Weights and Measures::Reference Values [Medical Subject Headings]AdultoAguaEpidemiologic SurveillanceEnvironmental exposureMiddle AgedHumanos:Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Environmental Pollution::Environmental Exposure [Medical Subject Headings]Abastecimiento de aguarelative risk:Information Science::Information Science::Information Storage and Retrieval::Databases as Topic::Databases Factual::Geographic Information Systems [Medical Subject Headings]Cardiovascular DiseasesNiñoChild Preschool:Diseases::Nervous System Diseases::Central Nervous System Diseases::Brain Diseases::Cerebrovascular Disorders [Medical Subject Headings]Female:Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Infant [Medical Subject Headings]Risk assessmentAdulthierarchical spatial modelsAdolescentAncianoSistemas de Información Geográfica:Check Tags::Male [Medical Subject Headings]:Analytical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Cluster Analysis [Medical Subject Headings]:Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Infant::Infant Newborn [Medical Subject Headings]Risk AssessmentCalcioWater Supply:Chemicals and Drugs::Inorganic Chemicals::Metals::Metals Alkaline Earth::Calcium [Medical Subject Headings]Environmental health:Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult [Medical Subject Headings]:Chemicals and Drugs::Inorganic Chemicals::Metals::Metals Light::Magnesium [Medical Subject Headings]Humans:Chemicals and Drugs::Inorganic Chemicals::Hydroxides::Water [Medical Subject Headings]:Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Aged [Medical Subject Headings]:Diseases::Cardiovascular Diseases [Medical Subject Headings]Socioeconomic status:Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Child [Medical Subject Headings]Agedbusiness.industry:Analytical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Probability::Risk::Risk Assessment [Medical Subject Headings]Public Health Environmental and Occupational HealthInfant NewbornInfantWaterLactanteEnvironmental ExposureValores de ReferenciaAnálisis por ConglomeradosEstudios Epidemiológicosenvironmental epidemiologyCerebrovascular DisordersEpidemiologic StudiesTrastornos Cerebrovasculares:Check Tags::Female [Medical Subject Headings]Relative riskspatial smoothingCalciumbusinessMedición de Riesgo:Analytical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies [Medical Subject Headings]Environmental epidemiology
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Physical activity and dementia : Long-term follow-up study of adult twins

2015

Introduction. Physical activity is associated with a decreased occurrence of dementia. In twins, we investigated the effect of persistent physical activity in adulthood on mortality due to dementia. Materials and methods. Physical activity was queried in 1975 and 1981 from the members of the older Finnish Twin Cohort (n = 2 1,791), who were aged 24-60 years at the end of 1981. The subjects were divided into three categories according to the persistence of their vigorous physical activity. Dementia deaths were followed up to the end of 2011. Results. During the 29-year follow-up, 353 subjects died of dementia. In individual-based analyses the age-and sex-adjusted hazard ratio (HR) was 0.65 (…

GerontologyMalePediatricsphysical activity3124 Neurology and psychiatry0302 clinical medicineCognitionRisk FactorsSurveys and Questionnaires030212 general & internal medicineLongitudinal StudiesProspective StudiesCognitive declineta315Cognitive impairmentFinlandexerciseHazard ratioConfoundingta3141INCIDENT DEMENTIAGeneral MedicinetwinsMiddle Aged3142 Public health care science environmental and occupational healthALZHEIMERS-DISEASECohortFemaleELDERLY PERSONSWAIST CIRCUMFERENCEMIDLIFEAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyLong term follow upPhysical activityMotor ActivityDECADES LATER03 medical and health sciencesmedicineACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENTDementiaHumansOLDER-ADULTSVASCULAR RISK-FACTORSProportional Hazards Modelsbusiness.industrymedicine.diseasecognitive declineCOGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTbusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryFollow-Up Studiesdementia
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Frailty and multimorbidity: Two related yet different concepts.

2016

The extension of life expectancy is a global phenomenon. The growth in the ageing population has created a new health scenario in which there is a higher prevalence of frailty and multimorbidity. The attention received by both conditions derives from their strong association with disability, hospitalization, and death. The aim of the present paper is to conceptualize and differentiate these terms and to discuss their interrelations. We conclude that, yet related, they represent two different clinical conditions. Frailty identifies the increased vulnerability to stressors due to a dynamic, non-linear, and multidimensional depletion of physiological reserve and redundancy, whereas multimorbid…

GerontologyMalePopulation ageingAgingFrail ElderlyLongevityVulnerabilityComorbidity030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinePrevalenceMultimorbidityMedicineHumansDisabled Persons030212 general & internal medicineAssociation (psychology)Agedbusiness.industryStressorObstetrics and GynecologyNon-communicable diseasemedicine.diseaseComorbidityChronic DiseaseLife expectancyFemalebusinessMaturitas
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Identification of Older People at Risk of ADL Disability Using the Life-Space Assessment : A Longitudinal Cohort Study

2016

Abstract Objectives Life-space mobility, assessed with the Life-Space Assessment (LSA), reflects an individual's mobility in terms of the spatial area, frequency, and need for assistance. The aims were to study associations between life-space mobility and disability status in activities of daily living (ADL), and to define cutoff scores for baseline LSA and LSA change over time identifying individuals who developed ADL inability during 2 years of follow-up. Robustness of the cutoff scores was tested accounting for potential confounders. Design Longitudinal analyses of the “Life-space mobility in old age” cohort study. Setting Home-based interviews at baseline and phone interviews 2 years la…

GerontologyMalemedicine.medical_specialtyActivities of daily livingRisk AssessmentOddsfrailInterviews as Topic03 medical and health sciencesDisability Evaluationmobility limitation0302 clinical medicinevammaisuusmedicineCutoffHumansparticipationDisabled Persons030212 general & internal medicineLongitudinal StudiesGeriatric AssessmentGeneral NursingQualitative ResearchMultinomial logistic regressionosallistuminenAgedAged 80 and overbusiness.industryHealth PolicyConfoundingagingGeneral Medicineta3142Mobility LimitationdisabilityPhysical therapyFemaleGeriatrics and GerontologyRisk assessmentbusinessactivities of daily living030217 neurology & neurosurgeryCohort studyJournal of the American Medical Directors Association
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Tiredness in daily activities among nondisabled old people as determinant of onset of disability.

2002

The purpose of this article was to examine whether self-reported tiredness in daily activities at age 75 is an independent determinant of onset of disability at 5-year follow-up. The investigation is based on two subgroups of nondisabled participants of 75 year olds who survived and participated in the follow-up study 5 years later (n = 510 and 429). Persons who felt tired in their daily activities had a larger risk of becoming disabled in mobility (OR = 3.2, 95% CI = 1.4-7.6) and in daily activities (OR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.0-4.2) compared to persons without tiredness. In addition, persons with poor cognitive function, little diversity in social relations and no physical activity had an indep…

GerontologyMalemedicine.medical_specialtyLongitudinal studyActivities of daily livingEpidemiologyHealth StatusInterpersonal relationshipCognitionRisk FactorsEpidemiologyActivities of Daily LivingMedicineHumansDisabled PersonsInterpersonal RelationsRisk factorExerciseDepression (differential diagnoses)FatigueAgedbusiness.industryDepressionPublic healthSocial relationLogistic ModelsChronic DiseaseFemalebusinessFollow-Up StudiesJournal of clinical epidemiology
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