Prevalence and factors associated with sarcopenia among older adults in a post-acute hospital in Singapore.

Background: Sarcopenia is common in older adults worldwide, but its prevalence varies widely owing to differences in diagnostic criteria, population sampled, and care setting. We aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with sarcopenia in patients aged 65 and above admitted to a post-acute hospital in Singapore.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 400 patients recruited from a community hospital in Singapore.

Acute hospital-community hospital care bundle for elderly orthopedic surgery patients: A propensity score-matched economic analysis.

Background: While Singapore attains good health outcomes, Singapore's healthcare system is confronted with bed shortages and prolonged stays for elderly people recovering from surgery in acute hospitals. An Acute Hospital-Community Hospital (AH-CH) care bundle has been developed to assist patients in postoperative rehabilitation. The core concept is to transfer patients out of AHs when clinically recommended and into CHs, where they can receive more beneficial dedicated care to aid in their recovery, while freeing up bed capacities in AHs.

Factors influencing medication adherence in multi-ethnic Asian patients with chronic diseases in Singapore: A qualitative study.

Poor medication adherence can lead to adverse health outcomes and increased healthcare costs. Although reasons for medication adherence have been widely studied, less is explored about factors affecting medication adherence for patients in non-Western healthcare setting and from Asian cultures. This study aimed to explore cultural perspectives on factors influencing medication adherence among patients with chronic diseases in a multi-ethnic Asian healthcare setting.

COVID-19-Related Vaccine Hesitancy among Community Hospitals' Healthcare Workers in Singapore.

COVID-19 has culminated in widespread infections and increased deaths over the last 3 years. In addition, it has also resulted in collateral economic and geopolitical tensions. Vaccination remains one of the cornerstones in the fight against COVID-19.

Lesson of the month: Recurrent falls and hypoglycaemia in an older woman.

We present a case of a non-diabetic 84-year-old woman who presented with recurrent falls and hypoglycaemic episodes and was subsequently diagnosed to have a solitary insulinoma. Her multiple fall episodes may have been precipitated by her low blood glucose levels. We discuss the clinical and radiological findings of insulinoma.

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy-A Scoping Review of Literature in High-Income Countries.

Vaccine hesitancy forms a critical barrier to the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine in high-income countries or regions. This review aims to summarize rates of COVID-19 hesitancy and its determinants in high-income countries or regions. A scoping review was conducted in Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and Scopus and was reported in accordance with the PRISMA-SCr checklist.