Publications by authors named "O Tkacheva"

Introduction: The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) defines sarcopenia as a muscle disease (muscle failure) rooted in adverse muscle changes that accrue across a lifetime; sarcopenia is common among adults of older age. New findings on the hormonal and metabolic characteristics of patients with sarcopenia have aided in developing more targeted therapeutic strategies. However, treating older patients with sarcopenia still poses a number of challenges.

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Objective: To assess the frequency of geriatric syndromes (GS) and their relationship with vitamin B deficiency in elderly patients.

Material And Methods: The study included 222 people aged 60 years and older, 78.8% were women admitted to the geriatric ward as planned.

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Overactive bladder (OAB) is a syndrome consisting of urgency, usually accompanied by urinary frequency and nocturia, with or without urgent incontinence, in absence of a causative infection or pathological conditions. The prevalence of OAB is approximately 11-19% in both men and women, and leads to a significant negative effect on health-related quality of life. The prevalence of OAB increases with age.

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Introduction: Urinary incontinence (UI) is any involuntary leakage of urine. It is a common and distressing problem, which may have a large impact of quality of life.

Aim: To assess the prevalence of UI in people over the age of 65.

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: In recent decades, the number of patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) has increased, and CVD survivors are more likely to be old and frail and to have multiple comorbidities. A better understanding of geriatric conditions and their prevalence would help improve the management of older patients with CVDs. The main objective of this study is to estimate the association of myocardial infarction (MI) history with geriatric syndromes (GSs) in people 65 years of age and older.

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