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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yohei Masugi, Hisashi Kawai, Manami Ejiri, Hirohiko Hirano, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Tomoki Tanaka, Katsuya Iijima, Takashi Inomata, Shuichi P. Obuchi
Summary: This study aims to identify strong predictors of the onset of decline in instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in community-dwelling older people. The results show that a decrease in walking speed and one-legged stance time, as well as an increased timed up & go test time, are significantly associated with the occurrence of IADL decline.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Claudio Pedone, Antonio De Vincentis, Federica Quarata, Stefania Bandinelli, Luigi Ferrucci, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate whether the addition of other biological and social variables to the frailty phenotype (FP) could improve the prediction of declining functional ability in community-dwelling older people. A scoring system was derived and validated using data from two studies, including FP components, age, perceived health status, and socio-economic disadvantage markers. The results showed that this scoring system was able to predict the declining functional ability in older adults.
ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
(2023)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Ki-Soo Park, Gyeong-Ye Lee, Young-Mi Seo, Sung-Hyo Seo, Jun-Il Yoo
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of osteosarcopenia in the over 60-year-old community and found that osteosarcopenia is a relatively common disease group in older adults, which may lead to deterioration of health outcomes. Therefore, management of both osteopenia and sarcopenia in older adults should occur together.
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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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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Robyn L. Woods, Sara Espinoza, Le T. P. Thao, Michael E. Ernst, Joanne Ryan, Rory Wolfe, Raj C. Shah, Stephanie A. Ward, Elsdon Storey, Mark R. Nelson, Christopher M. Reid, Jessica E. Lockery, Suzanne G. Orchard, Ruth E. Trevaks, Sharyn M. Fitzgerald, Nigel P. Stocks, Jeff D. Williamson, John J. McNeil, Anne M. Murray, Anne B. Newman
Summary: In initially healthy older adults, low-dose aspirin did not reduce the risk of incident activities of daily living (ADL) disability, but showed evidence of reducing persistent ADL disability.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Naoto Takayanagi, Motoki Sudo, Yukari Yamashiro, Ippei Chiba, Sangyoon Lee, Yoshifumi Niki, Hiroyuki Shimada
Summary: This study confirmed that daily gait speed and number of steps measured using a tri-axial accelerometer can effectively identify prefrailty. The combined assessment of these two parameters is more accurate in screening older adults with prefrailty status.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Motoki Tamura, Ishikawa Tomoki, Komaki Matsumoto, Shinji Hattori
Summary: The choice of transportation means has an impact on the instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) among older adults. Passive means of transportation are associated with a higher risk of decline in IADL after 3 years compared to active means of transportation. Increasing opportunities and places for older adults to use active means of transportation in the community may promote socially independent living.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Silviya Nikolova, Anne Heaven, Claire Hulme, Robert West, Neil Pendleton, Sara Humphrey, Bonnie Cundill, Andrew Clegg
Summary: Frailty is found to be the strongest predictor of formal social care costs, with individuals classified as frail incurring significantly higher costs compared to nonfrail individuals. For every 1% of nonfrail individuals not transitioning to frailty, an expected savings of 4.4 million pounds in annual formal social care expenditures in England are projected.
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Alejandro Alvarez-Bustos, Jose Antonio Carnicero-Carreno, Juan Luis Sanchez-Sanchez, Francisco Javier Garcia-Garcia, Cristina Alonso-Bouzon, Leocadio Rodriguez-Manas
Summary: By examining and analyzing the evolution of different frailty trajectories, it was found that prospective increases in frailty levels among older adults are associated with an increased risk of adverse events.
JOURNAL OF CACHEXIA SARCOPENIA AND MUSCLE
(2022)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Marcel A. L. M. van Assen, Judith H. M. Helmink, Robbert J. J. Gobbens
Summary: This study aims to determine the association between lifestyle factors (smoking, alcohol use, nutrition, physical activity) and multidimensional frailty. The results showed that higher alcohol consumption, physical activity, healthy nutrition, and less smoking were associated with lower levels of frailty. Physical activity had the greatest impact on frailty.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Li Zhang, Huijie Cui, Qiuzhi Chen, Yan Li, Chunxia Yang, Yanfang Yang
Summary: A dynamic nomogram was developed and validated for predicting IADL disability among older adults using data from CHARLS. The nomogram incorporated ten predictors and demonstrated good predictive performance in both internal and external validation. The application of this nomogram could benefit healthcare professionals in decision-making.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Hisashi Kawai, Shuichi Obuchi, Ryo Hirayama, Yutaka Watanabe, Hirohiko Hirano, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Kazushige Ihara, Hunkyung Kim, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Masaaki Mochimaru, Eiki Tsushima, Kozo Nakamura
Summary: The study found that the walking speed of older adults varies within a day in daily life, with faster speeds in the morning and slower speeds in the afternoon and evening. The variation in walking speed is primarily attributed to changes in cadence. Factors such as hypertension and frailty level were associated with different categories of walking speed variations.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Hee-Won Jung, Ji Yeon Baek, Il-Young Jang, Eunju Lee
Summary: This study aimed to assess the characteristics and validities of the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) in community-dwelling older people in Korea using the original classification tree (oCFS) and a culturally modified tree (mCFS). The results showed that the correlation coefficients with frailty index were higher in mCFS than in oCFS, and the classification coefficient of mCFS was significantly higher than that of oCFS in determining people with frailty. Therefore, the culturally modified CFS classification tree is considered valid in detecting the vulnerable population in the community-dwelling older people in Korea.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kyungwon Choi, Young Ko
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of cognitive frailty and the influence of social factors on the association between different levels of cognitive frailty and disability. The results showed that social participation, social contact, and satisfaction with friends and community can attenuate the association between different levels of cognitive frailty and disability. Therefore, interventions to enhance social relationships may help slow down the progression of cognitive frailty to disability.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Asuka Tani, Shinsuke Mizutani, Hiro Kishimoto, Saori Oku, Kiyomi Iyota, Tianshu Chu, Xin Liu, Haruhiko Kashiwazaki
Summary: Decline in oral function in older people is related to nutritional deficiencies, increasing frailty risk and need for nursing care. This study compared the effectiveness of delivering an oral function improvement program through a tablet device versus a paper-based program. The association between improvement in tongue pressure and nutritional status at baseline was also investigated.
Letter
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Gotaro Kojima
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2019)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Gotaro Kojima, Stephen Jivraj, Steve Iliffe, Milena Falcaro, Ann Liljas, Kate Walters
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2019)
Review
Cell Biology
Gotaro Kojima, Yu Taniguchi, Steve Iliffe, Stephen Jivraj, Kate Walters
AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS
(2019)
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Gotaro Kojima, Kate Walters, Steve Iliffe, Yu Taniguchi, Nanako Tamiya
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2020)
Review
Cell Biology
Gotaro Kojima, Yu Taniguchi, Akihiko Kitamura, Yoshinori Fujiwara
AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS
(2020)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Gotaro Kojima, Kohei Ogawa, Steve Iliffe, Yu Taniguchi, Kate Walters
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2020)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Gotaro Kojima, Steve Iliffe, Stephen Jivraj, Kate Walters
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Gotaro Kojima, Yu Taniguchi, Reijiro Aoyama, Tomohiko Urano
Summary: Earlier menopause is significantly associated with a higher risk of developing frailty, while later menopause does not have an impact. This suggests that menopause and its related factors may play an important role in the sex difference in frailty.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
(2022)
Review
Immunology
Yuji Yamada, Takaaki Kobayashi, Angela Condo, Aroonsiri Sangarlangkarn, Fred Ko, Yu Taniguchi, Gotaro Kojima
Summary: The systematic review identified a variation in frailty prevalence among individuals aged 50 or older with HIV. The meta-analysis results showed that the overall prevalence of frailty and prefrailty in this population was 10.9% and 47.2% respectively. Frailty is a clinically recognized state associated with disability, hospitalization, and mortality. Effective strategies for frailty screening and intervention are needed for this vulnerable population.
OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2022)
Letter
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Gotaro Kojima, Reijiro Aoyama, Marianne Tanabe
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Akash Raut, Anjila Thapa, Ashish Shrestha, Kamal Saud, Reema Rajbhandari, Shailendra Katwal
Summary: Although sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is rare and challenging to diagnose early, meticulous clinical examination, electroencephalography, and neuroimaging findings can aid in diagnosis.
CLINICAL CASE REPORTS
(2022)
Review
Cell Biology
Gotaro Kojima, Yu Taniguchi, Reijiro Aoyama, Marianne Tanabe
Summary: This study provides quantitative evidence through systematic review and meta-analysis on the significant associations between loneliness and frailty in community-dwelling older adults, both in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.
AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Gotaro Kojima, Yu Taniguchi, Kohei Ogawa, Reijiro Aoyama, Tomohiko Urano
Summary: This systematic review and meta-analysis found that later age at menopause is significantly associated with a lower risk of prevalent frailty. These findings can provide useful information for clinicians in evaluating and stratifying frailty risk in postmenopausal women.
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gotaro Kojima, Yu Taniguchi, Masanori Iwasaki, Reijiro Aoyama, Tomohiko Urano
Summary: Oral health is crucial for overall health and well-being. Mastication, an important oral function, may deteriorate with age. The existing evidence on the association between masticatory dysfunction and frailty is limited and inconclusive.
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Gotaro Kojima, Reijiro Aoyama, Yu Taniguchi