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Nutrition & Dietetics
Mirta Crovetto Mattassi, Camila Henriquez Mella, Lissette Perez Bocaz
Summary: This study investigated sarcopenia and nutritional status in Chilean older adults aged 65 and older. The results showed that nearly 50% of the participants had probable sarcopenia, with obese individuals having a higher risk. There is an association between nutritional status and sarcopenia.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Fereshteh Moradoghli, Ali Darvishpoor Kakhki, Roghayeh Esmaeili
Summary: Frailty is associated with decreased dignity in older adults, with frailty being the leading predictor of dignity. Providers should develop programs to prevent and reduce frailty in those at risk and enhance the dignity of already frail individuals.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Ji-Eun Kim, Na-Yeong Kim, Choong-Ho Choi, Ki-Ho Chung
Summary: This study confirmed the association between present teeth and low muscle strength in older people in Korea. The results suggest that emphasis should be placed on oral hygiene management to prevent muscle strength loss in older adults.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2022)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Toyo Ashida, Takeo Fujiwara, Katsunori Kondo
Summary: Social integration, network, and support are beneficial to health, but there is little evidence on the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and social integration in later life. This study found that older people with a history of ACEs have lower social integration. These findings support the life course approach and highlight the importance of recognizing the impact of early-life adversities on social life in old age.
ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
(2023)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Yne Algra, Elizabeth Haverkort, Wilhelmina Kok, Faridi van Etten-Jamaludin, Liedeke van Schoot, Vanessa Hollaar, Elke Naumann, Marian de van der Schueren, Katarina Jerkovic-Cosic
Summary: There is an association between (at risk of) malnutrition and oral health in older people, with differences in teeth count, soft tissue problems, and subjective oral health perception. Further longitudinal cohort studies are needed to evaluate this association more accurately.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gaigai Li, Xun Zhou, Xunrui Hou, Yuheng Luo, Danmao Li, Tongtao Fan
Summary: This study analyzed data from elderly dysphagia patients in Japan and found a negative association between serum albumin levels and mortality. Patients with higher serum albumin levels had lower mortality rates.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Shiyin Tian, Rui Wang, Mengxing Qian, Lijuan Liu, Zhenyi Shao, Cheng Wu, Jinhai Sun
Summary: The study suggests that there is an association between diabetes mellitus and health-related quality of life in older people in Shanghai, with those with diabetes performing poorer in every aspect measured by EQ-5D.
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Psychology, Clinical
Carla Carnovale, Ersilia Lucenteforte, Vera Battini, Faizan Mazhar, Marco Fornili, Elena Invernizzi, Giulia Mosini, Michele Gringeri, Annalisa Capuano, Cristina Scavone, Maria Nobile, Chiara Vantaggiato, Simone Pisano, Carmela Bravaccio, Sonia Radice, Emilio Clementi, Marco Pozzi
Summary: Through network meta-analysis, we found that olanzapine and clozapine were associated with greater deteriorations, while aripiprazole and ziprasidone were associated with smaller deteriorations. Higher polarizability and 5-HT1A receptor occupancy were associated with smaller deteriorations, while H1, M1, and M3 receptor occupancies were associated with larger deteriorations. Drug rankings may guide towards switching to metabolically safer drugs, and mechanistic insights can suggest improvements for combination therapies and drug development. More data on newer antipsychotics are still required.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Family Studies
Yuna Koyama, Takeo Fujiwara, Hiroshi Murayama, Masaki Machida, Shigeru Inoue, Yugo Shobugawa
Summary: The study found an association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and brain volumes among older individuals, particularly in brain regions responsible for emotion and self-regulation such as the anterior cingulate cortex, hippocampus, and amygdala.
CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alireza Amanollahi, Shahin Shadnia, Yadollah Mehrabi, Koorosh Etemad
Summary: This study investigated the adverse effects of psychoactive substance intoxication on bodily organ functioning. It found that opioids or stimulants intoxication was associated with less liver and kidney dysfunction compared to alcohol, but more cardiovascular dysfunction. Kidney dysfunctions had a greater effect on mortality compared to other dysfunctions. Men experienced more liver and kidney dysfunctions as well as mortality, but psychoactive substance experience was a protective factor in cardiovascular dysfunctions and mortality.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Che-Yuan Wu, Christa Wang, Refik Saskin, Baiju R. Shah, Moira K. Kapral, Krista L. Lanctot, Nathan Herrmann, Hugo Cogo-Moreira, Bradley J. MacIntosh, Jodi D. Edwards, Walter Swardfager
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between metformin initiation and incident dementia in older adults newly diagnosed with diabetes. It found that early metformin initiation did not reduce the risk of dementia in this population.
JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Aaron M. Drucker, Loes Hollestein, Yingbo Na, Martin A. Weinstock, Wen-Qing Li, Husam Abdel-Qadir, An-Wen Chan
Summary: Higher cumulative exposure to thiazides was associated with increased rates of incident skin cancer in people aged 66 years and older, while there was no consistent evidence of association between other antihypertensive classes and keratinocyte carcinoma or melanoma.
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Heather Bennett Schickedanz, Lee A. Jennings, Adam Schickedanz
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in US older adults and the risk of dementia, finding that ACEs were positively associated with the risk of dementia in older adulthood. The study results showed that the more adverse childhood experiences reported, the higher the probability of developing dementia in older age.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Xitong Xu, Jie Chen, Shaozhen Ji, Zhuqin Gu, Meijie Chen, Jagadish Kumar Chhetri, Piu Chan
Summary: This study found an association between postural tremor in older adults and ADL disability, particularly in the mobility domain of ADL. The increased risk of disability was mainly due to older age and a higher prevalence of chronic comorbidities in older people with postural tremor. Postural tremor was not a strong independent predictor of ADL disability in older people.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
(2023)
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Geofrey O. O. Phutietsile, Nikoletta Fotaki, Hamish A. A. Jamieson, Prasad S. S. Nishtala
Summary: As people age, they often develop multiple health conditions and require the use of multiple medications. This can lead to an increase in anticholinergic exposure, which has been linked to declining physical function in older adults.
