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Relationship between the Kihon Checklist and all‐cause hospitalization among community‐dwelling older adults
Relationship between the Kihon Checklist and all‐cause hospitalization among community‐dwelling older adults
Aim To examine the relationship between the Kihon Checklist (KCL) and incidence of hospitalization among community-dwellin...
Prescription drug survey of elderly patients with degenerative musculoskeletal disorders
Prescription drug survey of elderly patients with degenerative musculoskeletal disorders
Aims Elderly patients with musculoskeletal disorders are generally expected to receive many prescription drugs for non-mus...
Association of body mass index with Clostridioides difficile infection among older patients with pneumonia in Japan
Association of body mass index with Clostridioides difficile infection among older patients with pneumonia in Japan
Aim Obesity is reported to be a risk factor for Clostridioides difficile infection. However, obesity rarely occurs in olde...
Association of vision and hearing impairments with quality of life among older adults: Mediation by psychosocial factors
Association of vision and hearing impairments with quality of life among older adults: Mediation by psychosocial factors
Aim Vision impairment (VI) and hearing impairment (HI), alone or in combination (dual sensory impairment [DSI]), are commo...
Safety and efficacy of therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for patients over 90 years of age
Safety and efficacy of therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for patients over 90 years of age
Aims This study aimed to explore the safety and efficacy of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patie...
Examination of the body composition of patients with Werner syndrome using bioelectrical impedance analysis
Examination of the body composition of patients with Werner syndrome using bioelectrical impedance analysis
Aim This study performed anthropometric measurements for Werner syndrome (WS) using bioelectrical impedance analysis and c...
Flexible bronchoscopy for lung cancer diagnosis in patients aged ≥85 years
Flexible bronchoscopy for lung cancer diagnosis in patients aged ≥85 years
Aim Flexible bronchoscopy (FB) is a common modality for the diagnosis of lung cancer. Recently, the number of older patien...
Author reply: The relationship between alcohol intake and falls
Author reply: The relationship between alcohol intake and falls
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ...
Experts' perception of support for people with dementia and their families during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Experts' perception of support for people with dementia and their families during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Aim This study aimed to explore the perceptions of dementia experts on support for people with dementia (PWD) and their fa...