Trajectories of social support are associated with health outcomes and depressive symptoms among older Taiwanese adults with diabetes following hip-fracture surgery.

Objective: This study examined trajectories of social support and their relationships with health outcomes over 2 years post hip-fracture surgery for older adults with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of data derived from a clinical trial, which included 158 hip fractured older adults with DM who had completed the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey at 1-, 12-, 18-, and 24-months following hospital discharge. Health outcomes for self-care, physical and nutritional status, mental health, and depression were assessed at 3-month intervals up to 24-months after hospital discharge.

Better nutrition trajectory improves recovery following a hip fracture surgery for older persons with diabetes mellitus.

Background: Influences of nutritional status on hip fractured persons with diabetes mellitus (DM) following surgery have not been reported.

Aims: To explore the trajectory groups of nutritional status and their influences on post-operative recovery for older persons with hip fracture and DM.

Methods: A total of 169 patients with DM and hip fracture from a clinical trial were included in this analysis.

A family care model for older persons with hip-fracture and cognitive impairment: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Dementia and hip fracture are both associated with substantial disability and mortality. However, few studies have explored the effects of intervention programs on post-operative recovery of older persons with hip fracture and cognitive impairment.

Objective: To examine the effects of a family-centered care model for older persons with hip fracture and cognitive impairment and their family caregivers.

Effects of a diabetes-specific care model for hip fractured older patients with diabetes: A randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To examine the effects of a diabetes-specific care model for hip fractured elderly with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods: A randomized controlled trial was implemented in a 3000-bed medical center in northern Taiwan. Older adults (age ≥ 60) with DM who had hip-fracture surgery (N = 176) were recruited and randomly assigned to diabetes-specific care (n = 88) and usual care (n = 88).

Diabetic neuropathies influence recovery from hip-fracture surgery in older persons with diabetes.

Background/objectives: To explore the impact of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) on the recovery of older persons with diabetes mellitus (DM) after hip-fracture surgery.

Design, Setting, Participants: Secondary data for this study came from a clinical trial on the effectiveness of a DM-specific care model for 176 older persons (age ≥ 60) with DM over 2 years following hip-fracture surgery at a medical center in Taiwan. In the original trial, the experimental group (n = 88) received DM-specific care comprising diabetes care plus subacute care, and the control group (n = 88) received only usual care.

Trajectories in postoperative recovery of elderly hip-fracture patients at risk for depression: A follow-up study.

Objectives: This secondary-analysis study aimed to identify distinct developmental depressive-symptom trajectories among elderly hip-fracture patients at risk for depression, examine the associations of trajectories with potential risk factors and care models, and explore the effect of trajectory membership on recovery outcomes.

Method: Longitudinal data were obtained for 179 patients in a randomized controlled trial. These patients were included if their Geriatric Depression Scale short form scores were ≥ 5 before discharge or 1, 3, 6, or 12 months following discharge.

The relationship between preoperative American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification scores and functional recovery following hip-fracture surgery.

Background: Little is known about the relationship of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification scores (ASA scores) on patient outcomes following hip fracture surgery in Asian countries. Therefore, this study explored the association of patients' preoperative ASA scores on trajectories of recovery in physical functioning and health outcomes during the first year following postoperative discharge for older adults with hip-fracture surgery in Taiwan.

Methods: The data for this study was generated from three prior studies.

Association between Physical Fitness and Successful Aging in Taiwanese Older Adults.

Population aging is escalating in numerous countries worldwide; among them is Taiwan, which will soon become an aged society. Thus, aging successfully is an increasing concern. One of the factors for achieving successful aging (SA) is maintaining high physical function.

Effects of interventions on trajectories of health-related quality of life among older patients with hip fracture: a prospective randomized controlled trial.

Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been used to assess subjects' prognosis and recovery following hip fracture. However, evidence is mixed regarding the effectiveness of interventions to improve HRQoL of elders with hip fracture. The purposes of this study were to identify distinct HRQoL trajectories and to evaluate the effects of two care models on these trajectories over 12 months following hip-fracture surgery.

Enhanced interdisciplinary care improves self-care ability and decreases emergency department visits for older Taiwanese patients over 2 years after hip-fracture surgery: A randomised controlled trial.

Background: Little evidence is available on the longer-term effects (beyond 12 months) of intervention models consisting of hip fracture-specific care in conjunction with management of malnutrition, depression, and falls.

Objective: To compare the relative effects of an interdisciplinary care, and a comprehensive care programme with those of usual care for elderly patients with a hip fracture on self-care ability, health care use, and mortality.

Design: Randomised experimental trial.

Family caregivers' mental health is associated with postoperative recovery of elderly patients with hip fracture: a sample in Taiwan.

Objective: This study investigated the relationship between family caregivers' mental health and postoperative recovery for elderly patients with hip fracture in Taiwan.

Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial with 12-month follow-up on 276 family caregiver-patient dyads. Categories of caregiver mental-health trajectory groups were identified by latent-class finite-mixture modeling.

Comprehensive care improves physical recovery of hip-fractured elderly Taiwanese patients with poor nutritional status.

Objectives: The effects of nutritional management among other intervention components have not been examined for hip-fractured elderly persons with poor nutritional status. Accordingly, this study explored the intervention effects of an in-home program using a comprehensive care model that included a nutrition-management component on recovery of hip-fractured older persons with poor nutritional status at hospital discharge.

Design: A secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial with 24-month follow-up.

Interdisciplinary intervention decreases cognitive impairment for older Taiwanese with hip fracture: 2-year follow-up.

Objectives: Few studies describe the trajectories of cognitive function for hip-fracture patients following hospital discharge and the treatment effects of interdisciplinary intervention on cognitive outcomes. The purpose of this study was to explore the 2-year postoperative trajectory for cognitive function of older hip-fracture patients and cognitive effects of an interdisciplinary intervention.

Methods: Of 160 subjects randomly assigned to groups, 29 (35.

Comprehensive and subacute care interventions improve health-related quality of life for older patients after surgery for hip fracture: a randomised controlled trial.

Background: Elderly patients with hip fracture have been found to benefit from subacute care interventions that usually comprise usual care with added geriatric intervention, early rehabilitation, and supported discharge. However, no studies were found on the effects of combining subacute care and health-maintenance interventions on health outcomes for elders with hip fracture.

Objectives: To compare the effects of an interdisciplinary comprehensive care programme with those of subacute care and usual care programmes on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for elderly patients with hip fracture.

Functional recovery of older people with hip fracture: does malnutrition make a difference?

Aim: To report a study of the effects of protein-energy malnutrition on the functional recovery of older people with hip fracture who participated in an interdisciplinary intervention.

Background: It is not clear whether protein-energy malnutrition is associated with worse functional outcomes or it affects the interdisciplinary intervention program on the functional recovery of older people with hip fracture.

Design: A randomized experimental design.

Diabetes and health outcomes among older Taiwanese with hip fracture.

Objective: Hip fracture tremendously impacts functional abilities for the elderly with high morbidity and mortality; recovery is compromised by co-morbidities. Diabetes mellitus is a common co-morbidity for the aging population, but little is known about the influence of diabetes on outcomes of the Asian elderly with hip fracture.

Research Design And Methods: This study was a secondary analysis of data on 242 community-dwelling elders with hip fracture from three previous longitudinal studies.

Comprehensive care improves health outcomes among elderly Taiwanese patients with hip fracture.

Background: Few studies have investigated the effects of care models that combine interdisciplinary care with nutrition consultation, depression management, and fall prevention in older persons with hip fracture. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a comprehensive care program with those of interdisciplinary care and usual care for elderly patients with hip fracture.

Methods: A randomized experimental trial was used to explore outcomes for 299 elderly patients with hip fracture receiving three treatment care models: interdisciplinary care (n = 101), comprehensive care (n = 99), and usual care (n = 99).

Two-year effects of an interdisciplinary intervention on recovery following hip fracture in older Taiwanese with cognitive impairment.

Objective: This article aims to evaluate the long-term effects of an interdisciplinary intervention program on cognitively impaired older persons after hip fracture in Taiwan.

Methods: Of 160 subjects randomly assigned to control (n = 81) and intervention (n  =  79) groups, 24 (29.6%) and 27 (34.

An interdisciplinary intervention for older Taiwanese patients after surgery for hip fracture improves health-related quality of life.

Background: The effects of intervention programs on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with hip fracture have not been well studied. We hypothesized that older patients with hip fracture who received our interdisciplinary intervention program would have better HRQOL than those who did not.

Methods: A randomized experimental design was used.

Two-year effects of interdisciplinary intervention for hip fracture in older Taiwanese.

Objectives: To explore the 2-year outcomes of an interdisciplinary intervention for elderly patients with hip fracture.

Design: Randomized experimental design.

Setting: A 3,000-bed medical center in northern Taiwan.

Family caregivers' needs predict functional recovery of older care recipients after hip fracture.

Aim: This paper is a report of a study of the effect of family caregivers' needs on the functional recovery of elders with a hip fracture during the first 6 months after discharge.

Background: Family members are closely involved in the postdischarge care of older Chinese patients. However, the influence of family caregiving-related variables, such as caregiver's needs, on recovery after hip fracture has not been explored.

Older people with hip fracture: depression in the postoperative first year.

Aim: This paper is a report of a study conducted to describe changes in risk of depressive symptoms and their predictors for older people with hip fracture during the first year following hospital discharge.

Background: The prevalence of depression in older people with hip fracture has been reported as 9-47%. However, the longitudinal changes in prevalence rate following hip fracture have not been well-studied, particularly in Asian countries.

Increased oxidative damage in peripheral blood correlates with severity of Parkinson's disease.

Increased oxidative stress contributes to neuronal dysfunction in Parkinson's disease (PD). We investigated whether the pathological changes in PD brains may also be present in peripheral tissues. Leukocyte 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), plasma malondialdehyde (MDA), erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and plasma vitamin E (Vit E) were measured for 211 PD patients and 135 healthy controls.

Interdisciplinary intervention for hip fracture in older Taiwanese: benefits last for 1 year.

Background: Little is known about the effects of interventions for elderly patients with hip fracture in Asian countries, particularly beyond the short term.

Methods: Outcomes (service utilization, clinical outcomes, self-care ability, and depressive symptoms) were assessed at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after discharge. Self-care ability (ability to perform activities of daily living [ADLs]), was measured by the Chinese Barthel Index.