BACKGROUND Due to the rapidly increasing number of older people worldwide, the prevalence of frailty among older adults is expected to escalate in coming decades. It is crucial to recognize early onset symptoms to initiate specific preventive care. Therefore, early detection of frailty with appropriate screening instruments is needed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the underlying dimensi...

Abstract Abnormal behaviour can be an indicator for a medical condition in older adults. Our novel unsupervised statistical concept drift detection approach uses variational autoencoders estimating the parameters hypothesis test abnormal days. As feature, Kullback–Leibler divergence of activity probability maps derived from power and motion sensors were used. We showed general feasibility (min....

OBJECTIVES The main aim was to investigate the complex inter-relationship between frailty and pain, and the mediating roles of cognitive function, morbidity and mood in this nexus. DESIGN A cross-sectional analysis. SETTING A prospective community-dwelling population-based cohort. PARTICIPANTS 1682 adults age ≥50 years without evident cognitive or functional impairment, or history of canc...

BACKGROUND Frailty and cognitive impairment are considered the most common and yet least understood conditions in older adults. This study was conducted to investigate the correlation between frailty and cognitive function in non-demented older Koreans. METHODS Korean Mini-Mental Status Examination (K-MMSE) scores and Cardiovascular Health Study Frailty Indices were obtained for 486 older adu...

OBJECTIVE Very old adults may be physically frail, but they do not necessarily experience poor subjective health. The authors hypothesized that the relationship between frailty and subjective health is moderated by depression for very old people. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, a survey administered was by a face-to-face interview to 129 community-dwelling older adults aged 95-108. Measur...

Abstract Background The Integrated Care Team (founded 2018) provides community rehabilitation in the home for frail older adults. Frail adults are at increased risk of hospitalisation, and frailty is associated with length stay mortality. This retrospective cohort study aims to explore acute hospital admissions this from July 2019 December 2021. Methods Patients were identified integrated care ...

BACKGROUND With the introduction of online health screenings, guidelines describing how to communicate about a person's health need to be adapted for a digital setting. This study aimed to uncover older adults' preferences regarding such online messages. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty older adults (aged 65 to 75 years) viewed four versions of the results message of a screening aimed at identify...

AIMS The objective of the present work was to identify factors associated with diet quality in non-frail older adults measured with the Food Frequency Index (FFI). METHODS In a cross-sectional survey, data from a qualitative 28-item food-frequency questionnaire was used to calculate the FFI in a sample of 444 adults aged 55 years and older living in Vienna, Austria. RESULTS A higher FFI, in...

BACKGROUND The global population is becoming older and more overweight. The inter-relationship between frailty and falls is often seen in the older adult and is associated with poor health outcomes. Little is known about this relationship for those with excess body mass. This study aimed to assess the relationships between BMI, frailty and falls. METHODS Frailty, body mass index, clinical and...

In order to assess functional skills of older adults, both timed up and go (TUG) test and gait speed (GS) test are well validated concerning their predictive capacities. However, the question remains unclear which one of these tests represents better the whole physical performance of older adults. The aim of this study is to determine the more representative test, between TUG and GS, of the who...