Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "Aged"
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Associations between air pollution and perceived stress: the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: There is mixed evidence suggesting that air pollution may be associated with increased risk of developing psychiatric disorders. We aimed to investigate the association between air pollution and non-specific ... -
CHERISH (collaboration for hospitalised elders reducing the impact of stays in hospital): protocol for a multi-site improvement program to reduce geriatric syndromes in older inpatients
(BioMed Central, 2017)Background: Older inpatients are at risk of hospital-associated geriatric syndromes including delirium, functional decline, incontinence, falls and pressure injuries. These contribute to longer hospital stays, loss of ... -
Development of a unidimensional composite measure of neuropsychological functioning in older cardiac surgery patients with good measurement precision
(Informa UK Limited, 2010)The objective of this analysis was to develop a measure of neuropsychological performance for cardiac surgery and to assess its psychometric properties. Older patients (n = 210) underwent a neuropsychological battery using ... -
Prevalence of Frailty and Aging-Related Health Conditions in Older Koreans in Rural Communities: a Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Aging Study of Pyeongchang Rural Area
(The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences, 2016)Frailty has been previously studied in Western countries and the urban Korean population; however, the burden of frailty and geriatric conditions in the aging populations of rural Korean communities had not yet been ...