[PDF] Top 20 Falls in institutionalized elderly with and without cognitive decline A study of some factors

... ABSTRACT. Falls in long-stay institutions for elderly people have a high prevalence, contributing to the physical and mental deterioration of institutionalized ...prevalence ... See full document

... the elderly, falling constitute an important cause of morbidity and ...recurrence of falls and identify factors associated with falls and recurrent ... See full document

... consumption of glycyrrhizin in licorice during pregnancy, an inhibitor of the placental glucocor- ticoid barrier mechanism, is associated with poorer cognitive function in the ... See full document

... chronic and progressive neurological disease, resulting from cell degeneration in the substantia nigra, responsible for the production of ...This study aimed to characterize the ... See full document

... living with the participant, income and level of ...pretested with six elderly people to adjust the questions to the study ...that some data needed to be added: specify ... See full document

... a decline in HGS among DM patients, but further investigation is needed among the elderly ...evaluation of HGS in elderly diabetics becomes relevant, because it serves as a ... See full document

... this study, we found that the elderly residents of the Residential Care Homes for the elderly had a bet- ter BMI than those who lived at home, probably due to greater dietary rigor, however, ... See full document

... status of the elderly, along with other factors such as social exclusion, prevalence of chronic diseases, absence of familiar environment/structure to supplement the elders ... See full document

... (GAI) and List of Positive and Negative Affects ...percent of the subjects maintained depression, and ...depression. Elderly patients with depression had significantly ... See full document

... aging and the associated cognitive decline may play a role in the time of day effect (Anderson et ...May and Hasher, 2017; Hogan et ...best of our knowledge, no ... See full document

... the factors associated with the risk of falls in institutionalized ...analytical study carried out in two long-stay institutions for the elderly, with ... See full document

... integration of multi- ple physiological systems which become gradually com- promised with increasing ...age. With aging, seniors witness physical limitations with repercussions for their ... See full document

... Strengths of this study include the robust evaluation of risk aversion and temporal discount- ing, as well as the use of longitudinal data on cognitive function from annual ... See full document

... One of the problems that most concerns the elderly population is the falling, which can be caused by muscle ...objective of this study was to compare median electromyographic frequency values ... See full document

... come with diseases, impairments, physical, psychological and cognitive declines, one of the consequences frequently being the (im)balance between nutritional needs and intake (de Morais ... See full document

... interact with APOE alleles e4 in genetic AD association studies in contrast to other genetic variants ...e.g. in the PICALM gene, despite suggestions that CLU like APOE is involved in ... See full document

... residing in three non-profit HA in the city of Natal/RN, Brazil, were ...evaluated. Elderly who presented preserved cognitive capacity measured by the Pfeiffer test and who were ... See full document

... notification of the broader context of ...investigation in future studies is the analysis of elderly persons with cognitive impairment, in order to better ... See full document

... as falls are assumed to be a deter- minant of loss of quality of life in the elderly, due to the resulting injuries, comorbidity, temporary and permanent disabilities, ... See full document

... Kawasaki and Diogo reported functional deterioration rates in about eighty percent of the elderly during hospitalization (Kawasaki & Diogo, ...risk factors predisposing to ... See full document