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Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the complicated relationship between frailty, perioperative complications, and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in elderly patients (≥ 75 years old) undergoing lumbar spine fusion (LSF).
Methods: Consecutive patients who underwent LSF between March 2019 and December 2021 were recruited in this study. Frail patients (modified frailty index [mFI] score ≥ 2) were propensity score matched to nonfrail patients (mFI score 0-1) on the basis of age, sex, and the number of fused levels.
Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Depression affects individuals across various ages but is of significance in the older surgical population due to its adverse impact on cognitive function, surgical recovery, and overall functional disability. This study aimed to determine the overall prevalence and trajectory of depression in older surgical patients preoperatively, and at 30-, 90- and 180-days postoperatively.
Method: This study is a prespecified sub-study and analysis of the Postoperative Functional Disability in Unrecognized Cognitive Impairment Study.
Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China.
Background: Motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR), a pre-dementia syndrome, is a risk factor for disability and mortality. However, few studies have examined the associations between sleep quality trajectories and MCR. This study aimed to explore the associations between sleep quality trajectories and MCR, and whether these associations vary by gender among Chinese rural older adults.
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January 2025
School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Aim: To synthesise literature on the aging characteristics of people with long-term physical disabilities and inform future nursing research, education, practice and health policy.
Design: Scoping review.
Data Source: Literature searches were performed in the CINAHL, PubMed, and PsycINFO databases in April 2024.
Physiother Res Int
January 2025
Center of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Background: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is the worldwide terminology system for measuring health and disability at both individual and population levels. However, the underlying challenges remain in achieving widespread adoption and implementation of ICF within healthcare contexts, including the unequal interval scale of the ICF Likert-type qualifier system ranging from 0 to 4, a lack of consensus on conceptualization and grading criteria of ICF items, and an excessive number of ICF items associated with each disease. The utilization of item response theory (IRT) for ICF studies demonstrated potential benefits in addressing these issues.
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