Predictive performance of four frailty screening tools in community-dwelling elderly.

Background: This study compares the performance of four frailty screening tools in predicting relevant adverse outcome (disability, institutionalization and mortality) in community-dwelling elderly.

Methods: Our study involved a secondary analysis of data from the FréLE cohort study. We focused on the following four frailty screening tools: the abbreviated Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (aCGA), the Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI), the Vulnerable Elders Survey-13 (VES-13) and the Fried scale.

[Study of patients benefiting from a geriatric oncology assessment].

A retrospective study carried out in 2014 focused on the 124 geriatric oncology consultations carried out at Saint-Étienne university hospital. The opinion of the geriatric oncologist was evidently incorporated into the treatment plan, with requests for early assessments. The geriatric oncologist often recommended a specific curative treatment and the majority of assessments were followed up by the oncologist.

[Pulmonary hypertension in the elderly].

In the past decade, a significant improvement has been done in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension, a devastating disease. Beside the aging population, one of the next challenges is to develop a specific management of a pulmonary hypertension's suspicion, in the aged patients. In fact, recent data have shown that if pulmonary hypertension were mostly related to chronic heart or lung failure, or pulmonary embolism, some elderly may in fact develop a real pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Protective Effect of Long-Term CPAP Therapy on Cognitive Performance in Elderly Patients with Severe OSA: The PROOF Study.

Objective: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) leads to a deterioration in cognitive functions, with regard to memory and executive functions. However, few studies have investigated the impact of treatment on these cognitive functions in elderly subjects.

Methods: The study was conducted in a large cohort of subjects aged 65 years or older (the PROOF cohort).

Sleep-related autonomic overactivity in a general elderly population and its relationship to cardiovascular regulation.

Alteration in cardiac autonomic activity during sleep is a common feature of sleep disorders. Diurnal sympathetic overactivity is a possible consequence and could contribute to future cardiovascular complications. The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between cardiac autonomic activity during sleep and diurnal autonomic cardiovascular control.

[Successful aging: how to improve its occurrence in the elderly?].

Objectives: To assess the seniors' expectations for acceding to successful aging and the impact of preventive actions.

Method: Descriptive study of a representative sample of healthy pensioners using a 20-item questionnaire exploring the difficulties in daily life, the options chosen to achieve successful aging and the impact of preventive actions. Self-rated health feelings and well-being were assessed by visual analogical scales.

Level of physical activity at the age of 65 predicts successful aging seven years later: the PROOF study.

Background: Physical activity has a pleiotropic effect and is a significant factor in successful aging. This study aims to quantify the relationship between the physical activity of a 65-year-old cohort and the level of life satisfaction and self-rated health 7 years later.

Methods: A total of 988 questionnaires were sent by mail to a representative sample of healthy pensioners.

Can maintaining cognitive function at 65 years old predict successful ageing 6 years later? The PROOF study.

Background: preservation of cognitive abilities is required to have a good quality of life. The predictive value of cognitive functioning at 65 years old on successful ageing 6 years later is not established.

Methods: nine hundred and seventy-six questionnaires were sent by mail to a sample of healthy and voluntary French pensioners.