Attrition in an exercise intervention: a comparison of early and later dropouts
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Aged people with chronic diseases, poor self-perceived health, and an inability to walk very far in six minutes are likely to drop out of an exercise program. This was the conclusion of researchers who analyzed risk factors for dropping out of a community exercise program among 155 elderly people.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2000
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Fall-risk assessment and management in clinical practice: views form healthcare providers
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A study was conducted to determine the extent to which healthcare providers address evidence-based fall risk factors in older patients after exposure to an educational intervention and to determine barriers encountered when these healthcare providers intervene with or refer older patients with identified fall-risk factors. The results pinpointed specific healthcare provider groups with scope for improvement in assessment and management of specific risk factors.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
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Dissemination of an evidence-based multicomponent fall risk-assessment and - management strategy throughout a geographic area
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Elderly persons are prone to falling, a problem that can be prevented through proper communication of clinical assessment of risks. A study highlighting the benefits of dissemination of information relating to fall risk assessment and management is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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- Abstracts: An in-home nurse-administered geriatric assessment for hypoalbuminemic older persons: development and preliminary experience
- Abstracts: Cognitive models of physicians' legal standard and personal judgments of competency in patients with Alzheimer's disease
- Abstracts: Associations of symptoms of sleep apnea with cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment, and mortality among older Japanese-American men
- Abstracts: Prevalence, effectiveness, and predictors of planning the place of death among older persons followed in community-based long term care