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Comprehensive geriatric assessment: recognition of identified geriatric conditions by community-dwelling older persons

van Rijn, Marjon; Suijker, Jacqueline J.; Bol, Wietske; Hoff, Eva; ter Riet, Gerben; de Rooij, Sophia E.; Moll van Charante, Eric P.; Buurman, Bianca M.

OBJECTIVES: to study (i) the prevalence of geriatric conditions in community-dwelling older persons at increased risk of functional decline and (ii) the extent to which older persons recognise comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)-identified conditions as relevant problems. METHODS: trained registered …

2016-11-02AlgemeenArtikel

Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older non-western immigrants in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study

Parlevliet, J. L.; Uysal-Bozkir, Ö.; Goudsmit, M.; van Campen, J. P.; Kok, R. M.; ter Riet, G. (Faculteit Gezondheid); Schmand, B.; de Rooij, S. E.

Objective In the Netherlands, persons of Turkish, Moroccan and Surinamese descent form the largest groups of non-western immigrants. A high prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia has been described in immigrant populations in the United States of America and the United Kingdom. We …

2016-09AlgemeenArtikel

Trajectories of Disability Among Older Persons Before and After a Hospitalization Leading to a Skilled Nursing Facility Admission

Buurman, Bianca M.; Han, Ling; Murphy, Terrence E.; Gahbauer, Evelyne A.; Leo-Summers, Linda; Allore, Heather G.; Gill, Thomas M.

Objectives To identify distinct sets of disability trajectories in the year before and after a Medicare qualifying skilled nursing facility (Q-SNF) admission, evaluate the associations between the pre–and post–Q-SNF disability trajectories, and determine short-term outcomes (readmission, mortality). …

2016-03-01AlgemeenArtikel

Pulling out all the stops: what motivates 65+ year olds with depressive symptoms to participate in an outreaching preference-led intervention programme?

I.M.J. van Beljouw; M Heerings; TA Abma; Miranda Laurant; PJ van't Veer-Tazelaar; VE Baur; ML Stek; H.W.J. van Marwijk; E. van Exel

Objectives: Many older adults have significant depressive symptoms but few people access care for these. This study explores which personal, clinical and need factors facilitate or hinder acceptance of a new outreaching preference-led intervention programme. Methods: From a sample of 9661 community-dwelling …

2015AlgemeenArtikel

Fried phenotype of frailty

Anna Beurskens (Lector); Linda Op het Veld (Lid Lectoraat); KlaasJan Hajema; Erik van Rossum (Lector); Henrica de Vet; Gertrudis Kempen

Background: The population ageing in most Western countries leads to a larger number of frail older people. These frail people are at an increased risk of negative health outcomes, such as functional decline, falls, institutionalisation and mortality. Many approaches are available for identifying frailty …

2015GezondheidArtikel

Implementing an outreaching, preference-led stepped care intervention programme to reduce late life depressive symptoms: results of a mixed-methods study

I.M.J. van Beljouw; Miranda Laurant; M Heerings; ML Stek; H.W.J. van Marwijk; E. van Exel

Background: Depressive symptoms are highly prevalent in old age, but they remain mostly untreated. Several clinical trials have shown promising results in preventing or reducing depressive symptoms. However, it is not clear how robust these effects are in the real world of day-to-day care. Therefore, …

2014AlgemeenArtikel

Fear of falling: measurement strategy, prevalence, risk factors and consequences among older persons: a systematic review.

S.E.J.A. de Rooij; Prof. Dr. M.J. Schuurmans (Lector); A. Scheffer; T. van der Hooft; N. van Dijk

BACKGROUND: fear of falling (FOF) is a major health problem among the elderly living in communities, present in older people who have fallen but also in older people who have never experienced a fall. The aims of this study were 4-fold: first, to study methods to measure FOF; second, to study the prevalence …

2007AlgemeenArtikel

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