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Li Y, Yu R, Si H, Liu Q, Bian Y, Yu J, Wang C. Effects of cognitive reserve on cognitive frailty among older adults: A population-based prospective cohort study. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024; 24:398-403. [PMID: 38475988 DOI: 10.1111/ggi.14855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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AIM We investigated the effect of lifespan cognitive reserve and its components on cognitive frailty among older adults. METHODS A total of 4922 participants aged ≥65 years were recruited in 2008 and were followed up in 2011 from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey. Cognitive frailty was determined through the simultaneous presence of physical frailty (pre-frailty or frailty) and mild cognitive impairment, excluding concurrent dementia. The assessment of physical frailty and mild cognitive impairment was based on the Fatigue, Resistence, Ambulation, Illness, Loss of weight (FRAIL) (Fatigue, Resistence, Ambulation, Illness, Loss) and Mini-Mental State Examination scale, respectively. The lifespan cognitive reserve consisted of education attainment, occupational complexity and later-life leisure activities. We used logistic regression models to estimate the risk of cognitive frailty associated with the lifespan cognitive reserve and its components. RESULTS A higher level of lifespan cognitive reserve, higher educational attainment or leisure activities engagement, but not occupational complexity, were associated with lower risk of incident cognitive frailty. Furthermore, cognitive, social and physical activities were associated with lower risk of incident cognitive frailty. CONCLUSION Cognitive reserve, particularly educational attainment and leisure activities, can protect from cognitive frailty. This implicates that individuals should accumulate cognitive reserve in their lifespan, and older adults should actively participate in leisure activities to prevent cognitive frailty. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024; 24: 398-403.
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- Yanyan Li
- Department of Basic Nursing, School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Jockey Club Institute of Ageing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Basic Nursing, School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Basic Nursing, School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Basic Nursing, School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Basic Nursing, School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Basic Nursing, School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Aravantinou-Karlatou A, Kavasileiadou S, Panagiotakis S, Tziraki C, Almegewly W, Androulakis E, Kleisiaris C. The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors and Geriatric Syndromes on Frailty among Elderly People Receiving Home-Based Healthcare: A Cross-Sectional Study. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10102079. [PMID: 36292526 PMCID: PMC9602759 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10102079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Purpose: To evaluate frailty and its relationship with geriatric syndromes in the context of socioeconomic variables. Patients and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, elderly people aged 65 years old and over who received homecare in the reference region of Crete, Greece, were enrolled. Geriatric syndromes such as frailty, dementia, and depression were evaluated using the SHARE-Frailty Index (SHARE-Fi), the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), respectively. Level of education, annual individual income, disability in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and homebound status were also assessed as ‘socioeconomic factors.’ Results: The mean age of 301 participants was 78.45 (±7.87) years old. A proportion of 38.5% was identified as frail. A multiple logistic regression model revealed that elderly people with cognitive dysfunction were more likely to be frail (OR = 1.65; 95% CI: 0.55−4.98, p = 0.469) compared to those with normal cognition, but this association was not significant. Although elderly people with mild depression were significantly more likely to be frail (OR = 2.62; CI: 1.33−5.17, p = 0.005) compared to those with normal depression, the association for elderly people with severe depression (OR = 2.05, CI: 0.80−5.24, p = 0.134) was not significant. Additionally, comorbidity (OR = 1.06, CI: 0.49−2.27, p = 0.876) was not associated with frailty, suggesting that comorbidity is not a risk factor for frailty. In addition, patients with mild depression were significantly more likely to report frailty (OR = 2.62, CI:1.33−5.17, p = 0.005) compared to those with normal depression, whereas elders with an annual individual income (>EUR 4500) were less likely to be frail (OR = 0.45, CI: 0.25−0.83, p = 0.011) compared to those with <EUR 4500 per year. Conclusions: Our data analysis shows that higher annual individual income and mild depression were independently associated with frailty, suggesting that a lower poverty threshold and mild depression are risk factors for frailty.
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- Department of Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Geriatric Clinic, University General Hospital of Heraklion, 71500 Heraklion, Greece
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- Institute of Agri-Food and Life Sciences, University Research Centre, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 71410 Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +966-0118240655
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- Mathematical Modeling and Applications Laboratory, Hellenic Naval Academy, 18538 Pireas, Greece
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- Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 71410 Heraklion, Greece
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Cavaliere F, Allegri M, Apan A, Brazzi L, Carassiti M, Cohen E, DI Marco P, Langeron O, Rossi M, Spieth P, Turnbull D, Weber F. A year in review in Minerva Anestesiologica 2021. Anesthesia, analgesia, and perioperative medicine. Minerva Anestesiol 2022; 88:206-216. [PMID: 35315631 DOI: 10.23736/s0375-9393.22.16429-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Franco Cavaliere
- IRCCS A. Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation, Sacred Heart Catholic University, Rome, Italy -
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- Unit of Pain Therapy of Column and Athlete, Policlinic of Monza, Monza-Brianza, Italy.,Italian Pain Group, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giresun, Giresun, Turkey
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Unit of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrologic, Anesthesiologic, and Geriatric Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Henri Mondor University Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), University Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), Paris, France
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- IRCCS A. Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation, Sacred Heart Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Anesthetics and Neuro Critical Care, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Shimada H, Doi T, Lee S, Tsutsumimoto K, Bae S, Makino K, Nakakubo S, Arai H. Identification of Disability Risk in Addition to Slow Walking Speed in Older Adults. Gerontology 2021; 68:625-634. [PMID: 34261066 DOI: 10.1159/000516966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION A cutoff speed of 1.0 m/s for walking at a comfortable pace is critical for predicting future functional decline. However, some older adults with walking speeds below the cutoff point maintain an independent living. We aimed to identify specific predictors of disability development in older adults with slow walking speeds in contrast to those with a normal walking speed. METHODS This prospective cohort study on 12,046 community-dwelling independent Japanese older adults (mean age, 73.6 ± 5.4 years) was conducted between 2011 and 2015. Participants were classified into slow walking speed (comfortable walking speed slower than 1.0 m/s) and normal walking speed (speed of 1.0 m/s or faster) groups and followed up to assess disability incidence for 24 months after baseline assessments. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to identify predictors of disability development in the slow and normal walking groups. RESULTS Overall, 26.8% of participants had a slow walking speed. At follow-up, 17.3% and 5.1% of participants in the slow and normal walking groups, respectively, developed disability (p < 0.01). Cox regression models revealed that age (hazard ratio 1.07, 95% confidence interval 1.05-1.09), walking speed (0.12, 0.07-0.22), grip strength (0.97, 0.95-0.99), Parkinson's disease (4.65, 2.59-8.33), word list memory-immediate recognition score (0.90, 0.85-0.97), word list memory-delayed recall score (0.94, 0.89-1.00), Symbol Digit Substitution Test (SDST) score (0.98, 0.96-0.99), and 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score (1.04, 1.01-1.07) were significantly associated with disability incidence in the slow walking group. In the normal walking group, age, grip strength, depression, diabetes, cognition, GDS score, and reduced participation in outdoor activity were significantly associated with disability incidence; however, there was no significant association with walking speed. CONCLUSIONS Decreased walking speeds have considerably greater impact on disability development in older adults with a slow walking speed than in those with a normal walking speed. Health-care providers should explore modifiable factors for reducing walking speed; they should also encourage improvement of risk factors such as muscle weakness and depression to reduce disability risk in older adults with slow walking speeds.
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- Hiroyuki Shimada
- Department of Preventive Gerontology, Centre for Gerontology and Social Science, National Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Gerontology, Centre for Gerontology and Social Science, National Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Gerontology, Centre for Gerontology and Social Science, National Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Gerontology, Centre for Gerontology and Social Science, National Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Gerontology, Centre for Gerontology and Social Science, National Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Gerontology, Centre for Gerontology and Social Science, National Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Gerontology, Centre for Gerontology and Social Science, National Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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- Centre for Gerontology and Social Science, National Centre for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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As octogenarians in the operation room are no longer an exemption but the norm, perioperative management needs to be adopted to meet the special requirements of this group of patients. Anaesthesia does not need to be re-invented to fit the elderly. However, as elderly patients are among those most affected by adverse postoperative outcomes, the same diligence that is as a matter of course exercised in anaesthesiologic care of the youngest patients needs to be exercised for the eldest as well. Aging is associated with characteristic physiologic changes and an overall reduction in compensation width. However, the individual relevance of these changes varies distinctly. A comprehensive preoperative assessment is therefore essential to identify those at high risk. Maintaining functionality and preventing cognitive decline are central elements of perioperative care for frail elders, often only requiring unspectacular, but effective adjustments to established routine care processes. This review focuses on current recommendations in the perioperative anaesthesiologic management of elderly patients with a view towards assisting clinical anaesthesiologists in implementing respective structures in their setting and adjusting care pathways to meet the needs of this vulnerable but growing group of patients and improve their postoperative outcome.
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- Cynthia Olotu
- Geriatric Anaesthesiology Research Group, Department of Anaesthesiology, Centre of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - .,Commission of Geriatric Anaesthesiology, German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine -
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