Publications by authors named "Ting-Ching Tang"
Objectives: To explore the associations of (1) the frailty phenotype or frailty index transition with cause-specific mortality, and (2) different combinations of transition in frailty phenotype and frailty index with all-cause mortality.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting And Participants: Data from 3529 respondents aged >50 years who completed the 1999 and 2003 surveys of the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging were analyzed.
Background: Integrating primary prevention into care pathways for older adults is a core strategy of healthy ageing, but evidence remains limited. We aimed to determine whether incorporating a multidomain intervention into primary health care could improve standard value-based health outcomes and quality of life.
Methods: For this Taiwan Integrated Geriatric Care (TIGER) study, a pragmatic randomised controlled trial, we recruited community-dwelling outpatients aged 65 years or older with at least three chronic medical conditions.
Article Synopsis
- Clinical guidelines often divide care for older adults, but the ICHOM has created a standardized tool to assess their health comprehensively, focusing on value-based health metrics in Taiwan.
- This study analyzed data from seniors aged 65 and over with multiple chronic conditions, examining factors like physical performance and cognitive assessment, and applied the ICHOM tool, categorizing healthcare status on a 0-10 scale.
- Findings revealed that older adults with high disease burden or cognitive impairment were less likely to achieve a high value-based healthcare score, highlighting the need for a shift from merely treating diseases to addressing overall well-being and personal health goals.
Background: To evaluate the predictive validity of sarcopenia defined by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) Sarcopenia Project among Asian older adults.
Methods: Data of the I-Lan Longitudinal Aging Study were obtained for analysis. Overall, 1,839 community-dwelling people aged 50 years and older, capable of completing a 6-m walk, with life expectancy of more than 6 months, and not institutionalized at time of data collection were enrolled for study.
Aim: To evaluate the impact of living arrangements on mortality and functional decline among older patients with dementia or cognitive impairment after discharge from a geriatric evaluation and management unit (GEMU) in Taiwan.
Methods: The present retrospective cohort study used data from the Veteran Affairs Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment from January 2015 to May 2016 for analysis. Data of patients aged 65 years and older with dementia or cognitive impairment at admission to the GEMU of Taipei Veterans General Hospital during the study period were retried for study.
Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of recurrent falls and their risk factors among older men living in the Veterans Homes in Taiwan.
Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 871 residents and all participants received the comprehensive geriatric assessment, including Barthel Index, Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE), Geriatric Depression Scale-5 questions (GDS-5), Mini-Nutrition Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF), the status of urinary incontinence, stool incontinence, polypharmacy, past history of falls, multimorbidity, and medication history.
Results: Overall, 871 subjects (mean age: 85.
Aims: To evaluate the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) and its association with frailty among men aged 80 years and older in Taiwan.
Methods: Residents living in four veterans retirement communities were invited for study and 440 men aged 80 years and older were enrolled. Comprehensive geriatric assessment was performed for them, which composed of Clinical Frailty Scale, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (HSC)-Continence Assessment Form, Charlson's Comorbidity Index (CCI), Barthel Index (BI), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Geriatric Depression Scale-5 (GDS-5), and Mini-Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA-SF).