COVID infection displaces serious cardiovascular disease from the resuscitation room.

The SARS-COV2 Pandemic has required the emergency departments to focus their attention and care to COVID-19-diagnosed patients over patients with other pathologies. Descriptive study of patients attended in the resuscitation room between 1st of March and 31st May 2019 and compared to the same period in 2020. We include all the patients attended were included in the study and their clinical variables evaluated and their diagnosis at discharge.

Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With Low Fluid Intake in Institutionalized Older Residents.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of low fluid intake in institutionalized older residents and the associated factors.

Design: This was a cross-sectional study.

Setting And Participants: The study was carried out at a nursing home with a capacity for 156 residents, all of whom were older than 65 years.

Correction: Fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults: A cause of falls, a consequence, or both?

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Fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults: A cause of falls, a consequence, or both?

Background: Despite the number of studies that have tried to demonstrate that there is an association between previous falls and the fear of falling, the relationship between these two variables remains a matter of controversy.

Objectives: Our objective was to investigate whether the fear of falling is a cause of falls, a consequence, or both in community-dwelling adults aged ≥ 75 years old.

Methods: A descriptive, longitudinal, prospective study was performed.

Differences in fitness level between women aged 60 and over participating in three different supervised exercise programs and a sedentary group.

The aim of this study was to compare fitness levels in women aged 60 and over participating in a supervised exercise program (involving tai chi, recreational gymnastics, and/or aquatic fitness) with those in a sedentary group. An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed on a total of 171 women aged from 60 to 92 who attended public community clubs for older adults. The instruments used included the Senior Fitness Test, the Tinetti Balance Assessment Tool, the Katz Index, and the Lawton & Brody Activities of Daily Living Scale.

[Effectiveness of physical exercise on fitness in frail older adults: A systematic review of randomised trials].

Performing exercise to maintain a good physical condition is crucial to improve and prevent frailty in older adults. The aim of this review was to assess the beneficial effects of physical exercise on fitness in frail older adults. A thorough literature search of randomised clinical trials (RCT) in the last 15 years was performed on different electronic databases.

[Prevalence and factors associated with suspected mistreatment in a geriatric unit in a hospital emergency area].

Objective: To know the prevalence of mistreatment and to identify the associated factors among elderly people without cognitive impairment, seen in the geriatric unit, located in the hospital emergency area.

Methods: Cross-sectional study of a population of 65 years or older assessed by the geriatric Interdisciplinary Social Welfare Functional Unit (ISSFU) of the emergency area in the Arnau de Vilanova hospital of Lleida. We excluded participants with cognitive impairment.

Prevalence of frailty and factors associated with frailty in the elderly population of Lleida, Spain: the FRALLE survey.

The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of frailty and to identify factors associated with frailty in older people living in the community through a cross-sectional study of community-dwelling persons age 75 and older. A total of 640 individuals were interviewed using the FRALLE survey between 2009 and 2010. This survey measures frailty through the five Fried criteria, and through questions on sociodemographics, health habits, health status, social relations and data on health-related quality of life.