Trial reportCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2015
The healthy aged: Descriptive analysis by sex of cognitively functioning elderly patients 80 years and older living independently in the community.
Trial report in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00452465 (The ElderCare Project), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.
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The ElderCare Project: Primary Healthcare for Community Living Old Elderly
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Obesity, knee osteoarthritis, and polypathology: factors favoring weight loss in older people.Patient preference and adherence · 2016Article
- The social network index and its relation to later-life depression among the elderly aged ≥80 years in Northern Thailand.Clinical interventions in aging · 2016Article
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10 authors.
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe a population of cognitively functioning seniors aged 80 years and older who are livingin dependently in the community.
designDescriptive cross-sectional study based on the enrolment cohort of a randomized controlled trial.
settingSt John's, Nfld.
participantsA total of 236 cognitively functioning seniors aged 80 years and older living independently in the community.
main outcome measuresDemographic characteristics including age, sex, marital status, and education; health status and quality of life measured by the Short Form-36 and the CASP-19 (control, autonomy, self-realization,and pleasure); use of formal and informal community services;satisfaction with family physician care as measured by the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire-18; and use of health care resources (family physician visits, emergency department visits,hospitalizations, and laboratory and diagnostic imaging tests).
resultsOverall, 66.5% of those in the group were women and the average age was 85.5 years. A quarter had postsecondary diplomas or degrees; 54.7% were widowed (69.4% of women and 25.3% of men). The cohort scored well in terms of health status and quality of life, with a range of scores on the Short Form–36 from 57.5 to 93.5 out of 100, and a score of 44 out of 57 on the CASP-19; they were satisfied with the care received from family physicians, with scores between 3.8 and 4.3 out of 5 on the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire-18; and use of health services was low-70% had no emergency department visits in the previous year and 80% had not used any laboratory or diagnostic services.
conclusionSeniors aged 80 years and older living in dependently are involved in the social fabric of society. They are generally well educated, slightly more than half are widowed,and two-thirds are female. They score well on scales that measure well-being and quality of life, and they use few health services. They are the healthy aged. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT00452465 (ClinicalTrials.gov).
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