The acute phase response in middle aged and elderly patients was compared by measuring the ratio of the peak C-reactive protein to peak creatine kinase level during the three day period after acute myocardial infarction. No difference in ratio was observed between a middle aged group of 14 patients (10.2 +/- 4.0 mean +/- s.e.), and an elderly group of 13 patients (9.1 +/- 1.5). C-reactive prote...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Visual disturbances greatly influence daily activities and social activities of the elderly. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between impaired vision and depression among the elderly in a metropolitan community. METHODS A population-based survey of eye diseases among subjects 65 years of age and older was conducted in Taipei between July 1, 1...

OBJECTIVE To develop falls risk assessment test that is appropriate for community-dwelling Thai elderly, and to verify this test with the second set of population. MATERIAL AND METHOD A cross-sectional study was performed in 270 elderly living in Bansrang subdistrict, Ayuttaya province to identify a combination of variables that effectively predicted fall status in order to develop the Thai-F...

Elderly and impaired persons constitute an important part of our societies. Existing practices to test accessibility features on forthcoming consumer products and services rely on tests with real impaired users on the industrial prototypes. Our approach comes to automate the evaluation process and introduce it in early phases of the product design. The proposed accessibility assement framework ...

BACKGROUND Limited data are available on efficacy, safety, and long-term prognosis after cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in elderly patients. We aimed at evaluating the effect of CRT, device-related adverse events, and long-term outcome after CRT among elderly patients. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 798 CRT recipients (208 elderly: age, ≥75 years; 590 nonelderly: age, <75 years) unde...

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the profile of nursing diagnoses evidenced in indigenous elderly community. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study, carried out with 51 people Potiguara ethnicity, through consultation. The clinical data, obtained from consultation, were analyzed following Risner’s diagnostic reasoning process and NANDA-I Taxonomy (2018-2020). For greater accuracy, underwent pe...

  Background :Falls have been strongly associated with decreased physical activity and impaired mobility. Reduced range of motion, as a consequence of muscle stiffness, has been indicated to assume a positive relationship to fall incidence. Also clinical observations suggest that maintaining the normal spinal curves is associated with the prevention of spinal, knee and hip disorders. Thus, the ...