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Filter by:- Describe the baseline and procedural characteristics of older patients undergoing PFO closure due to cryptogenic embolism. - Assess the long-term follow-up of this cohort, focusing on neurological events and their origin, major cardiac outcomes, as well as survival rates and death origin. - Seek for predictors of neurological event recurrence after the procedure.
Mild cognitive impairment is becoming one of the most common cynical manifestations that affect older people. That is why there is a need to investigate non-pharmacological interventions that help to improve or maintain this problem.
The proposed study seeks to explore the lived experience of control and wellbeing of older people diagnosed with frailty within the care service provision in southern England. In the study, the researcher will talk with older people diagnosed with frailty and the professionals that provide care to them. The researcher is interested in understanding participants' experiences of a sense of control and how health and social care services affect this experience. Although research has shown that rehabilitation can be effective in maintaining physical activity often frail older people do not wish to take up the rehabilitation services provided. Research in this area has been dominated by health care professionals' views about frailty and how services should be provided. Services could be improved by learning from the first-hand experiences of older people living with frailty and what they feel increases their level of control and wellbeing within their service use. The factors which increase their sense of control and wellbeing can then be built into future service development, inform care policies, and provide new understanding for future research to develop services which are more attractive and relevant for older frail people. All persons aged 65 years and over, with a diagnosis of frailty will be eligible to take part in one to one interviews with the researcher. From the interviews principles underpinning good practice which enhances the sense of control and wellbeing in older people's lives and within the services received will be identified. These will be shared with professional care providers including nurses, doctors, and physiotherapists who routinely work with frail older people to gain insights into how these principles can be integrated into practice and developed in policy and future service development. The findings will, therefore, help to develop services which ensure that they are supportive and increase a sense of control in life rather than getting in the way of this. The study is expected to last 12 months and up to 30 participants (20 older people and 10 Hospital staff) will be recruited to take part in the study.
Background: Glycemic control can be difficult in the elderly with diabetes.Diabetic foot problems characterized by vascular and neuropathy are serious complications. The effectiveness of reflexology has been demonstrated to achieve glycemic control and manage diabetic foot problems. Objectives: To determine the effect of foot reflexology on ankle brachial index (ABI), diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and glycemic control in elderly diabetic individuals. Design: A randomized clinical trial. Settings: An outpatient elderly health center in Turkey. Participants: 48 individuals aged 65 and over enrolled in the elderly health center were included. Methods: The elderly were randomized into two groups (study, n=24; control,n=24). Foot reflexology was performed for 12 week in the study group, whereas the control group continued their routine treatment and follow-up. Both groups underwent a comprehensive foot examination for evaluating ABI and DPN at baseline and after 12 weeks; furthermore, glycemic control (glycated hemoglobin-HbA1c) was evaluated. An independent two-sample t-test was performed for pre- and post-test between-group comparisons; an effect size analysis was performed to determine the effect of intervention.
Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of a warm foot bath on sleep quality and comfort level among elderly individuals with sleep problems. Design and methods: This study was a randomized controlled trial. A total of 217 elderly individual who stayed in two nursing homes. The sample consisted of 60 elderly individuals with sleep problem who were randomly assigned to either the warm foot bath group (n= 30) and control group (n=30).The study was completed with 60 elderly individuals. The primary outcome was an information questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the General Comfort Questionnaire and the Numerical Rating Scale.
Heart failure is a multisystem syndrome characterized by the body's inability to pump or increase the filling pressures required for pumping the blood needed. Typically it shows objective evidence of dyspnea and fatigue during rest or exercise, or swelling of the ankles and cardiac dysfunction. This leads to great loss of functional status and quality of life. These patients seem to be more difficult to participate in cardiac rehabilitation programs due to their more comorbid, fragile and low functional capacity. It has been shown that inspiratory muscle training, which is a part of cardiac rehabilitation, not only improves lung problems but also increases functional capacity and balance, strength of respiratory and peripheral muscles, and decreases perception of depression and dyspnea in patients. Video games are increasingly being used as an alternative to traditional rehabilitation-based exercises to improve daily activity levels and increase physical fitness in the elderly because of their recreational and motivational effects. Although Nintendo wii fit gives similar results with traditional rehabilitation practices, it causes less energy costs. This suggests that it can be a suitable rehabilitation tool for elderly people with low energy levels. A review showed that video games are safe and feasible in the elderly with heart failure. Participants' balance, cognitive functions, quality of life improved and depressive mood decreased. Video games also make older people to communicate better with other family members. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of inspiratory muscle training and nintendo wii fit exercise training in elderly patients with heart failure and to compare these practices with each other.
The changes and limitations that occur in the aging process effect people's adaptation toold age. The quality of life of elderly individuals who have problems in adaptation to aging is negatively affected. This study aimed to assess the effect of effects of Progressive Muscle Relaxation on the adaptation levels and quality of life of the elderly living in nursing homes.
This study is planned to translate the Fear of Falling Avoidance Behaviour Questionnaire (FFABQ) into Turkish and to assess the psychometric properties (validity, reliability, responsiveness, floor and ceiling effect) of this Turkish version.