Nutritional Interventions in Older, Frail Persons with Heart Failure-A Systematic Narrative Review.

Frailty is a clinical condition common among older persons with heart failure (HF) and has been associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes such as falls, disability, long-term care, and death. Malnutrition in terms of weight loss and sarcopenia is closely related to frailty. This review summarises nutritional interventions to improve components of frailty in older persons with HF.

Early statin use is associated with improved survival and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and recent ischaemic stroke: A propensity-matched analysis of a global federated health database.

Introduction: Statins reduce recurrent stroke and cardiovascular events in patients with non-cardioembolic stroke. The benefits of statins in patients with AF and recent IS remain unclear. We aimed to investigate the benefits of statins in patients with AF and recent IS.

Evaluating the impact of differing completion rates of a face-to-face DIABETES self-management education programme on Patient Reported Outcome measures (DIABETES PRO): A feasibility trial protocol.

Introduction: Structured diabetes self-management education (DSME) is internationally recommended for people with type 2 diabetes to support self-management and to prevent associated long-term complications. 'Attendance' at DSME is currently benchmarked as having completed a registration form and at least one active engagement with programme content, and 'completion' measured against ≥60% completion, despite landmark trials reporting outcomes based on the full completion of a programme. Little is known about the effectiveness of DSME on the psychological and emotional health of people with diabetes who complete less than the full DSME programme.

Nutrition guidance within a multimodal intervention improves diet quality in prodromal Alzheimer's disease: Multimodal Preventive Trial for Alzheimer's Disease (MIND-AD).

Background: Multimodal lifestyle interventions can benefit overall health, including cognition, in populations at-risk for dementia. However, little is known about the effect of lifestyle interventions in patients with prodromal Alzheimer's disease (AD). Even less is known about dietary intake and adherence to dietary recommendations within this population making it difficult to design tailored interventions for them.

Features and frequency of use of electronic health records in primary care across 20 countries: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: Variation exists in the capabilities of electronic healthcare records (EHRs) systems and the frequency of their use by primary care physicians (PCPs) from different settings. We aimed to examine the factors associated with everyday EHRs use by PCPs, characterise the EHRs features available to PCPs, and to identify the impact of practice settings on feature availability.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.