Differences in the predictive capability for functional impairment, cognitive decline and mortality of different frailty tools: A longitudinal cohort study.

Background And Objectives: There are multiple frailty detection tools, but they have not been specifically developed for the institutionalised population. The aim of this study is to ascertain at 3-year follow-up which tool predicts functional impairment and mortality most precisely.

Methods: Longitudinal cohort study with 110 patients in Pamplona (Navarra)>65 years.

Effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions in acute geriatric wards: A systematic review.

Objective: To review the evidence on the effectiveness of specific occupational therapy programs in elderly people hospitalized for acute medical pathology.

Materials And Methods: Relevant randomized clinical trials were selected by searching the main bibliographic databases to evaluate the effectiveness of in-hospital occupational therapy interventions for people aged 65 years and over who were hospitalized for acute medical pathology.

Results: Six studies were finally selected.

Prevalence of polypharmacy and associated factors in older adults in Spain: Data from the National Health Survey 2017.

Background And Objective: to estimate the prevalence of polypharmacy and hyperpolypharmacy in non-institutionalised older adults in Spain and assess the associated factors.

Material And Methods: a cross-sectional study based on data from the National Health Survey of Spain 2017, with participants aged 65 and over. The prevalence of polypharmacy (≥5 medications) and hyperpolypharmacy (≥10) were estimated, as well as the association with several factors through multivariate logistic regression.

Prestroke Mobility and Dementia as Predictors of Stroke Outcomes in Patients Over 65 Years of Age: A Cohort Study From The Swedish Dementia and Stroke Registries.

Objectives: To explore the association between prestroke mobility dependency and dementia on functioning and mortality outcomes after stroke in patients>65 years of age.

Design: Longitudinal cohort study based on SveDem, the Swedish Dementia Registry and Riksstroke, the Swedish Stroke Registry.

Participants: A total of 1689 patients with dementia >65 years of age registered in SveDem and suffering a first stroke between 2007 and 2014 were matched with 7973 controls without dementia with stroke.

Thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke in patients with dementia: A Swedish registry study.

Objective: To compare access to intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and its outcomes in patients with and without dementia.

Methods: This was a longitudinal cohort study of the Swedish dementia and stroke registries. Patients with preexisting dementia who had AIS from 2010 to 2014 (n = 1,356) were compared with matched patients without dementia (n = 6,755).