Cognitive function as a risk factor for falls
Insomnia is not a Risk Factor for Impaired Cognitive Function in Elderly
... A case-control study in elderly community at the nursing home St.Yosef, Surabaya. Fifty respondents were taken by consecutive sampling and meeting the inclusion criteria. This study also excluded people with depression, ...
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Associations between cerebral amyloid and changes in cognitive function and falls risk in subcortical ischemic vascular cognitive impairment
... Statistical analysis All statistical analyses were performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 22.0. We conducted a hierarchical multiple linear regression to determine the unique contribution of Aβ ...
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Falls, cognitive function, and balance profiles of Singapore community dwelling elderly individuals: Key risk factors
... for falls in elderly individuals, aged below 85 ...in cognitive function and develop strategies for fall prevention, especially in the oldest ...activities, cognitive and memory games, and ...
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Exploration of the association between quality of life, assessed by the EQ-5D and ICECAP-O, and falls risk, cognitive function and daily function, in older adults with mobility impairments
... of falls risk and general balance and mobil- ity among older adults with mobility impairments; how- ever, the ICECAP-O captures key indicators of impaired mobility ...of cognitive function ...
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Differential risk factor profiles for indoor and outdoor falls in older people living at home in Nottingham, UK
... (1999) Differential risk factor profiles for indoor and outdoor falls in older people living at home in Nottingham, UK. European Journal of Epidemiology, 15 (1).[r] ...
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Executive function predicts risk of falls in older adults without balance impairment
... executive function may lead to a decompensation of higher-order gait and postural con- trol and increase the risk for ...in cognitive function are part of the normal aging process or related ...
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Low uric acid is a risk factor in mild cognitive impairment
... Methods cognitive function monitoring The MMSE and GDS were used to quantify cognitive dys- ...ential cognitive function screening tool designed by Folstein et ...in cognitive ...
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Type 2 diabetes as a risk factor for cognitive impairment: current insights
... and cognitive impairment in the ...mild cognitive impairment and ...of cognitive function, including learning and memory, as well as to reduce depressive ...
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Online assessment of risk factors for dementia and cognitive function in healthy adults
... a risk factor for dementia (Valenzuela, Sachdev 2006), however there are inconsistencies in the literature regarding what constitutes ‘low’ or ‘high’ levels of ...higher cognitive performance is ...
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Can cognitive enhancers reduce the risk of falls in older people with Mild Cognitive Impairment? A protocol for a randomised controlled double blind trial
... [17]. Cognitive function may play a key role even in the regulation of routine walking, particularly in older ...that cognitive and attentional deficits are inde- pendently associated with postural ...
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Falls prevention through physical and cognitive training (falls PACT) in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial protocol
... cancer, major psychiatric condition; have severe visual and/or hearing impairment; or are illiterate that will hin- der them in participating fully and safely in the exercise and/or cognitive training programs. ...
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Falls and Fracture Risk assessment and management
... NICE (UK) Guidelines Alendronate is recommended as a treatment option for the primary prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in the following groups: • Women aged 70 years or older who have an independent ...
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Insulin Resistance Is an Important Risk Factor for Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Patients with Primary Hypertension
... important risk factor for the cognitive impairment in elderly patients with primary hypertension, however, the pathogenesis re- mains ...on cognitive function may involve the following ...
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Falls and cognitive decline in Mexican Americans 75 years and older
... Dovepress Falls, cognitive decline, and older Mexican Americans Cognitive function Cognitive function was assessed with the ...
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Is anxiety a risk factor in cognitive ageing?
... that cognitive ageing predicts anxiety (outer amber arrow on the right hand side of Figure ...of cognitive performance and anxiety across older ...Such cognitive-behavioural implications of the ...
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Risk assessment of and targeted intervention for falls in the elderly based on the relationship between physical function levels and risk factors for falls
... future falls, clinicians place too much emphasis on this factor during risk assessment of ...fall risk on the basis of the relationship between physical function levels [competence in ...
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN COGNITIVE FUNCTION AND CLUSTERED CARDIOVASCULAR RISK OF METABOLIC SYNDROME IN OLDER ADULTS AT RISK OF COGNITIVE DECLINE
... the risk of MetS in older people at risk of cognitive deterioration might provide an opportunity for early detection and insight into new avenues for disease- course modification ...MetS risk ...
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Hyperhomocysteinemia as a Risk Factor for Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
... Price et al. Homocysteine and VCID normal cognition generally decline only by ∼0.1 points on MMSE each year ( Hainsworth et al., 2016 ; Smith and Refsum, 2016 ). Thus, duration of the intervention must be sufficient to ...
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Influence of cardiovascular risk factors on cognitive function in older adults
... 28. Sims, R.C. Fasting glucose, glucose tolerance, and MRI relations in a healthy sample of non- diabetic older adults. Paper presented at the Christiana Care Center for Outcomes Research. Newark, DE, May 2012. 29. Sims, ...
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Subregional volumes of the hippocampus in relation to cognitive function and risk of dementia
... with cognitive performance in speci fic domains, as well as subsequent risk of ...different cognitive do- mains in dementia ( Smits et ...subjective cognitive impairment surfacing first ( ...
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