Abstracts from the Bone Research Society Annual Meeting, April 13–15, 2023, Liverpool, UK

Abstracts from the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geriatrics Society, Montreal, April 2015

Optimizing heath care services for seniors in emergency departments (ED) is a core component of the “Senior Friendly Hospital Approach” being implemented in Quebec. We measured the availability of geriatric expertise in Quebec EDs and its relationship with ED characteristics such as university affiliation, number of stretchers, and geographical location. We surveyed (2013–2014) head nurses and ...

Abstracts from the 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geriatrics Society Toronto, April 2013

ed data, and appraised risk of bias using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. Random effects meta-analysis was conducted. Results: Nine randomized controlled trials were included after screening 15,676 titles and abstracts and 964 full-text articles. No significant findings were observed for impact on cognition (MMSE: 3 RCTs, mean difference [MD] 0.14, 95% confidence interval [CI] -0.22, 0.50, ADAS...

Bone Research Society, Annual Meeting 2017 Proceedings

Poster Abstracts from the 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geriatrics Society, Edmonton, April 2013

Methods: In 1991, 1763 community-dwelling adults aged 65+ participated in the Manitoba Study of Health and Aging (MSHA), which sampled all regions of the province of Manitoba. Baseline measures included age, gender, years of education, the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MS), and rural/urban status. Rural was defined as a census subdivision with a population <20,000 and urban as 20,000...

Abstracts from the 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Geriatrics Society Quebec City, April 2012

Methods: Forty community-dwelling participants with an osteoporotic hip fracture (≥ 65 years) were recruited and followed over 1 year. Patients were divided according to their pre-fracture mobility: low, medium, and high. Recovery was defined in two ways: “traditional definition’’ based on return to pre-fracture mobility, and “acceptable’’ based on ability to do stairs. Statistical analysis: Si...