[PDF] Top 20 Effectiveness of laxatives in elderly - a cross sectional study in nursing homes

... The inclusion of nearly everyone, including frail and mentally reduced participants, necessarily reduced the data quality. Information about symptoms were obtained from the participants themselves (some degree of cogni- ... See full document

... Methods: This cross-sectional study included residents in nursing homes. Demographics, nutritional status (Mini Nutritional Assessment, MNA W ), physical activity, activity of daily ... See full document

... Moreover, nutrition has an important role in quality of life, especially among the elderly, and food intake has a tremendous influence on morbidity and mortality [11]. There is evidence that poor oral health, ... See full document

... of nursing home residents receiving PT differs significantly among nursing ...between nursing homes is highly associated with the dif- ference in supply of ...the nursing home the ... See full document

... 15 elderly residents (range 4–45) with a staff consisting of a resi- dent physician (specialist from primary care), 1 or 2 head nurses (with 3 years of university) and a varying number [4–8] of assistant nurses ... See full document

... When elderly residents become frailer and their general health declines the frequency of ASB in- creases ...a cross-sectional study it is not possible to evaluate if there is causality between ... See full document

... residence homes are defined as patients at risk for MRSA colonization and screened at time of admission to the hos- pital [6], but screening at time of discharge is not estab- ...nationwide cross- ... See full document

... this study was to investigate the functional disability of the elderly in Kerman, Southeastern Iran and its relationship with handgrip ...This cross-sectional study was conducted on 110 ... See full document

... for elderly who depend on organizations or friends for routine activities, companionship, and to provide the needed care for their well-being ...institutionalized elderly is poorer than that of ... See full document

... febrile elderly individual without an indwelling urinary catheter and with no local findings, less than 10% of such episodes are attributable to a UTI ...at nursing homes for elderly ... See full document

... The study by Juthani-Mehta et al [15] presenting confi- dence intervals for PPV and NPV included only patients with symptoms of suspected ...this study focused on eval- uating dipstick ability to predict ... See full document

... Methods: The current methodological study was conducted on 100 healthy 60-87 years older adults in Tehran City, Iran. The subjects were selected by convenience sampling method. The translation was conducted using ... See full document

... this study was conducted to determine the type of CCB causing GE, so that these patients are counseled to maintain good oral hygiene or drug substitution would be advised in consultation with the physician, and ... See full document

... for nursing homes (Bostick et ...gives nursing home operators the opportunity to increase staffing when they know they are in their survey window to artificially inflate their ...in nursing ... See full document

... the study De- menzMonitor and the present investigation that limit the external validity of the ...The study DemenzMonitor is conceptualised as an explorative study, which means that no power ... See full document

... The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Chinese PLA General Hospital and conducted following the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, all of whom signed the informed consents of the Ethics ... See full document

... To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper to study the characteristics of late-stage dementia in hospital patients in Southeast China. We found that the disease distribution was quite consistent with ... See full document

... In reference to the reason of the choice, through the focus group technique, 16 factors were identified, namely, family expectations, influential friendships, other people’s advice, employment prospects, personal ... See full document

... Results: 102,020 of 1,244,313 residents in the Hampshire Health Record (8.2 %) were aged ≥ 75 years of whom 7481 (7.3 %) were resident in care home settings. The annual antibiotic prescriptions increased from 53/100 ... See full document

... Nursing managers indicated that the verification of compliance is impossible for most areas of care because the care takes place in closed resident rooms. Neverthe- less, when care observations were conducted, ... See full document