Barriers to health, social and long-term care access among older adults: a systematic review of reviews.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyse the different barriers to accessing healthcare, social services and long-term care among older adults.

Methods: A systematic review and narrative synthesis were conducted to analyse barriers to accessing healthcare, social care and long-term care services among older adults. We followed the PRISMA guidelines.

Hospitalizations and doctor visits among older adults in Europe: cross-country differences using a multilevel approach.

Objective: To analyse the individual and country-level determinants of the use of healthcare systems by populations over 50 years of age in Europe.

Method: We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from Wave 7 (2017) of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe. The analysis included 27 countries.

Mortality risk factors in the dependent population of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) before and during the first COVID-19 wave.

The coronavirus disease pandemic has had an important impact worldwide. The population aged over 65 years and aged dependent persons are the population groups which have suffered in a highest level the consequences of the pandemic in terms of cases and death. In Spain, the situation is similar to other countries, but regional studies are needed because competencies on long-term care depend on regional public administration.

Socioeconomic and Lifestyle Factors Related to Cost and Frequency of Hospitalization in European Older Adults.

Individuals' lifestyles play an important role in healthcare costs. A large part of these costs is derived from hospitalizations. With the aim of determine the relationship between lifestyle and the likelihood of hospitalization and associate costs in older adults, this study used the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe.

Correction: Social determinants of food group consumption based on Mediterranean diet pyramid: A cross-sectional study of university students.

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[Diet quality in a population aged over 65 and related socioeconomic factors].

Introduction: The consumption of certain foods and healthy eating habits are related to preventing and suffering from a number of chronic diseases. These foods tend to be included in food pyramids, such as that proposed by the Spanish Society for Community Nutrition. One method of analysing diet quality is the use of indices that assess the frequency of consumption of different food groups.

Socioeconomic, demographic and lifestyle-related factors associated with unhealthy diet: a cross-sectional study of university students.

Background: Food habits are important to promote and maintain good health throughout life, and unhealthy diet is a modifiable and preventable risk factor. University students are a key group of adults among whom to promote healthy lifestyles. The aim of this study is to determine the factors associated with unhealthy diet in a sample of university students.

Mediterranean diet and health outcomes: a systematic meta-review.

Background: The Mediterranean diet (MeDi) is considered a healthy dietary pattern, and greater adherence to this diet may improve health status. It also may reduce the social and economic costs of diet-related illnesses. This meta-review aims to summarize, synthesize and organize the effects of MeDi pattern on different health outcomes.

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Introduction: Malnutrition is a health problem which affects a high percentage of old people since the physical and psychosocial changes common to this period of life favor it in this group. In addition, aging population has a high prevalence of chronic illnesses and acute pathologies which can affect their nutritional state negatively, leading to malnutrition related to illness.

Objective: The aim of this systematic revision was to analyze the economic costs related to malnutrition in old people and to discover whether there were differences between economic costs of pre-existing malnutrition prior to illness and malnutrition because of disease.