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What type, or combination of exercise can improve preferred gait speed in older adults?

van Abbema, Renske; de Greef, Mathieu; Crajé, Céline; Krijnen, Wim (Statistical Techniques For Applied Research); Hobbelen, Hans (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing); van der Schans, Cees (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing)

Background: Improved preferred gait speed in older adults is associated with increased survival rates. There are inconsistent findings in clinical trials regarding effects of exercise on preferred gait speed, and heterogeneity in interventions in the current reviews and meta-analyses. Objective: to determine …

2015-07-01AlgemeenArtikel

Fried phenotype of frailty

Anna Beurskens (Lector); Linda Op het Veld (Lid Lectoraat); KlaasJan Hajema; Erik van Rossum (Lector); Henrica de Vet; Gertrudis Kempen

Background: The population ageing in most Western countries leads to a larger number of frail older people. These frail people are at an increased risk of negative health outcomes, such as functional decline, falls, institutionalisation and mortality. Many approaches are available for identifying frailty …

2015GezondheidArtikel

The effects of an integrated care intervention for the frail elderly on informal caregivers: a quasi-experimental study

I.N. Fabbricotti; R. Huijsman; B. Janse (Lid Lectoraat); R.D.M. de Kuyper

Informal caregivers of the frail elderly often experience the demands placed on them as a heavy burden and a threat to their quality of life. Informal care refers to the unprofessional and unpaid assistance provided by partners, family or close friends. Frail elderly people suffer from age-related problems …

2014-05-01GezondheidArtikel

Multidimensional structure of the Groningen Frailty Indicator in community-dwelling older people.

Bielderman, Annemiek; van der Schans, Cees (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing); van Lieshout, M.R.; de Greef, Mathieu; Boersma, F.; Krijnen, Wim (Statistical Techniques For Applied Research); Steverink, N.

BACKGROUND: Due to the rapidly increasing number of older people worldwide, the prevalence of frailty among older adults is expected to escalate in coming decades. It is crucial to recognize early onset symptoms to initiate specific preventive care. Therefore, early detection of frailty with appropriate …

2013-08-22AlgemeenArtikel

Design and methods of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP), a multicomponent targeted intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalized older patients: efficacy and cost-effectiveness in Dutch health care

Sharon Inouye; Roos van der Mast; Bas Steunenberg (Lid Lectoraat); Marije Strijbos; Marieke Schuurmans (Lector)

The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) has been shown to be highly efficient and (cost-)effective in reducing delirium incidence in the USA. HELP provides multicomponent protocols targeted at specific risk factors for delirium and introduces a different view on care organization, with trained volunteers …

2013-07-23GezondheidArtikel

Proactive and integrated primary care for frail older people

Irene Drubbel; Marieke J. Schuurmans (Lector); Mattijs E. Numans; Niek J. de Wit; Valerie H. ten Dam; Nienke Bleijenberg

Het ontwerp van een onderzoek naar de effectiviteit van twee interventiemethodes (U-PRIM en U-CARE) voor een proactieve zorg voor kwetsbare ouderen. Uitdagingen en methodologische kwesties worden uitgelicht.

2012-04-25GezondheidArtikel

Passive movement therapy in patients with moderate to severe paratonia; study protocol of a randomised clinical trial (ISRCTN43069940)

Hobbelen, Johannes S M (Ageing And Allied Health Care); Verhey, Frans R J; Bor, Jacobus H J; de Bie, Rob A; Koopmans, Raymond T C M

BACKGROUND: Paratonia, a form of hypertonia, is associated with loss of mobility and with the development of contractures especially in the late stages of the dementia. Passive movement therapy (PMT) currently is the main physiotherapeutic intervention. General doubt about the beneficial effects of this …

2007-12-19AlgemeenArtikel

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