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  1. Multimorbidity has emerged as a significant challenge for healthcare systems globally. This study aims to examine the associations between key determinants of lifestyle behavior and various multimorbidity patt...

    Authors: Kai Li, Jingjing Wang, Yuqin Rao, Fanhui Zheng, Ying Chen, Bo Zhai, Jintao Hong, Dao Wang, Chen Wang and Bao Liu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:61
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  2. There is substantial interest among policy makers in using telecare to support independence in older adults. However, research on how telecare can be most beneficial in promoting independence is limited. This ...

    Authors: Lauren Fothergill, Niall Hayes, Yvonne Latham, Jenny Hamilton, Saiqa Ahmed and Carol Holland
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:59
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  3. The obesity paradox is common among older adults at risk for various diseases. Although this paradox has also been observed in the association between obesity and osteoporosis, the available evidence remains c...

    Authors: Qingfeng Luo, Shiyong Zhang, Zixin Liang, Danni Wang, Yanlin Zhong, Bin Xia, Peng Xie, Can Wang, Jinqiu Yuan, Ziji Zhang and Xingsheng Li
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:58
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  5. To assess the association between sleep patterns and sleep factors (sleep duration, trouble sleeping, sleep disorder) and the risk of depression in older adults.

    Authors: Yi Niu, Yuqin Sun, Yijie Xie and Shun Yu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:56
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  7. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex, progressive, and irreversible neurodegenerative disorder marked by cognitive decline and memory loss. Early diagnosis is the most effective strategy to slow the disease's...

    Authors: John Sahaya Rani Alex, R. Roshini, G. Maneesha, Jeetashree Aparajeeta, B. Priyadarshini, Chih-Yang Lin and Chi-Wen Lung
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:54
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  8. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is an enzyme crucial for energy and protein metabolism in muscle cells. Despite this, its association with sarcopenia remains inadequately explored. This study aims to investigat...

    Authors: Jiangping Zeng, Nannan Li, Jiaying Ge, Huihui Ma, Siqi Sun, Yujie Jing, Chunhua Qian, Ran Cui, Shen Qu and Hui Sheng
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:53
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  9. Racial and ethnic disparities in sleep quality and cognitive health are increasingly recognized, yet little is understood about their associations among Chinese older adults living in the United States. This s...

    Authors: Fengyan Tang, Yuyang Zhu, Dasuni Jayawardena, Guoping Jin and Yanping Jiang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:52
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  10. Fear of falling is a psychological issue that adversely impacts the health of elderly individuals. The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation among positive coping styles, psychological resil...

    Authors: Siqi Liu, Han Xiao, Peiyao Qi, Mi Song, Yuan Gao, Hongying Pi and Qingqing Su
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:51
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  11. The Simpler Modified Fried Frailty Scale (SMFFS) has recently been developed from the original Fried scale to ease its use in clinical practice, by transforming the items requiring measurements into the self-repo...

    Authors: Celalettin Küçük, Serdar Özkök, Gülistan Bahat, Ekrem Bilal Karaayvaz, Mustafa Altınkaynak, Alpay Medetalibeyoğlu and Mehmet Akif Karan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:50
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  13. There is growing interest in developing sensing solutions for remote health monitoring to support the safety and independence of older adults. To ensure these technologies are practical and relevant, people-ce...

    Authors: Jenny Sharma, Nazia Gillani, Imran Saied, Aaesha Alzaabi and Tughrul Arslan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:48
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  14. Number of drugs are increasing with older age and present a risk factor for various adverse health outcomes. A comprehensive medication therapy management (MTM) before admission for elective surgery may help r...

    Authors: Moritz Sebastian Schönfeld, Julia Rinke, Claudia Langebrake, Levente Kriston, Cynthia Olotu, Rainer Kiefmann and Corinna Bergelt
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:47
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  15. Anxiety disorders in older adults have become a prominent public health problem due to their concomitant chronic conditions, reduced quality of life and even death. However, fewer studies have been conducted o...

    Authors: Xin Zheng, Ziwen Xu, Jiajie Zhao, Sanyuan Hao, Fuqin Xu, Shuo Ding, Guoqing Liu, Shufan Yang, Benjamin Otsen, Wen Zhu, Zhongliang Bai, Jie Yang and Ren Chen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:46
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  16. Fall-prevention interventions are efficient but resource-requiring and should target persons at higher risk of falls. We need to ensure that fall risk is systematically assessed in everyday practice. We conduc...

    Authors: Johann Stuby, Pascal Leist, Noël Hauri, Sanjana Jeevanji, Marie Méan and Carole E. Aubert
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:45
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  17. Ageing populations are set to drive up demand for aged care services, placing strain on economies funding social care systems. Rehabilitation, reablement, and restorative care approaches are essential to this ...

    Authors: Claire Gough, Raechel A. Damarell, Janine Dizon, Paul D.S. Ross and Jennifer Tieman
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:44
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  18. Mental disorders are prevalent among older adults, often leading to the use of multiple medications, many with anticholinergic properties. Polypharmacy, common in this population, is a major contributor to ant...

    Authors: Manjunath Bidarolli, Biswadeep Das, Vikram Singh Rawat, Sachin Manocha, Hannah Theresa Sony, Akash Agnihotri, Mahima Gupta and Franklin Agera
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:43
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  19. Innovative technologies such as virtual reality may improve physical and cognitive functions in older people. While there are some experimental studies on virtual reality, qualitative studies related to the vi...

    Authors: Leyla Muslu, Zeynep Karakuş, Ercan Asï, Rabia Bayindir and Zeynep Özer
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:42
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  20. Dementia is a growing public health issue. Non-drug interventions targeting individuals before the onset of overt cognitive decline may be effective. Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) is present in > 50% of o...

    Authors: Rong Lin, Yuanjiao Yan, Zhili Chen, Chenshan Huang, Junyu Zhao, Mingfeng Chen and Hong Li
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:41
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  21. Living Labs, as a type of academic-practice partnerships, possess the potential to transform care and research into a participatory partnership and narrow the research-practice gap to improve evidence-based an...

    Authors: Andrea Leinen, Felix Bühler, Sascha Köpke, Mareike Löbberding, Gabriele Meyer, Helga Schneider-Schelte, Stefan Wilm, Anja Bieber and Martin N. Dichter
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:40
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  22. With a shortage of geriatricians and an aging population, strategies are needed to optimise the distribution of geriatricians across different healthcare settings (acute care, rehabilitation and community clin...

    Authors: Eric Kai-Chung Wong, Andrea C. Tricco, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, David M. J. Naimark, Sharon E. Straus and Joanna E. M. Sale
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:39
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  24. Comparative studies of posterior lumbar interbody fusion with cortical bone trajectory and pedicle screw in older patients, particularly in those aged ≥ 80 years, are rare. This study aimed to retrospectively ...

    Authors: Giwuk Jang, Seungjun Ryu, Sanghoon Lee, Jeong-yoon Park, Dong-ah Shin and Hoyeol Zhang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:37
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  25. Brain-computer interface (BCI) offers promising solutions to cognitive enhancement in older people. Despite the clear progress received, there is limited evidence of BCI implementation for rehabilitation. This...

    Authors: Ping-Chen Tsai, Asangaedem Akpan, Kea-Tiong Tang and Heba Lakany
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:36
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  26. To investigate whether continuous intervention using soymilk containing high soy protein improves physical frailty, a randomized controlled trial was conducted among the Japanese pre-frail and frail elderly.

    Authors: Nene Sato, Yuji Terashima, Makoto Sugawara, Ryoichi Unno, Hiroaki Asao, Mitsuhiro Iwasaki, Tomoyuki Watanabe, Tomoko Uno and Mitsuo Maruyama
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:35
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  27. Suicidal ideation among the geriatric population is a pressing concern, particularly in regions such as Nepal where mental health resources are limited. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of suicidal...

    Authors: Durga Shrestha and Hari Prasad Kaphle
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:34
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  29. Caring for older people has become a significant public health concern in Sri Lanka due to the growing aging population. This has placed a heavy burden on family caregivers, particularly those caring for older...

    Authors: Nirmala Rathnayake, Wedura Kannangara, Thilina Abeygunasekara, Warsha De Zoysa, Dhammika Palangasinghe and Sarath Lekamwasam
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:32
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  30. Edaravone is marketed in nine countries, although only Japan has approved edaravone for improvement of neurological symptom, disability of activities of daily living (ADL), and functional disability associated...

    Authors: Yukari Ogawa, Hiroko Akiyama, Takeshi Horii and Kiyoshi Mihara
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:31
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  31. The worldwide population is ageing and self-arm can be prevented with many techniques. Among them coercive measure consisting of physical restraint (PR) is one of the techniques. This study aims to assess the ...

    Authors: Laetitia Manfredini, Marion Pépin, Pradeebane Vaittinada Ayar, Matthieu Gay, Marie Certin and Prabakar Vaittinada Ayar
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:30
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  32. Existing fall risk assessment tools in clinical settings often lack accuracy. Although an increasing number of fall risk prediction models have been developed for hospitalized older patients in recent years, i...

    Authors: Anli Mao, Jie Su, Mingzhu Ren, Shuying Chen and Huafang Zhang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:29
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  35. The global aging population has increased dynapenia prevalence, leading to mobility issues and poor sleep quality among older adults. Despite its impact, research on sleep quality in dynapenic outpatients is l...

    Authors: Hsiao-Chi Tsai and Shu-Fang Chang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:26
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  37. This particular case is a world-first with no previous literature reports on patients presenting with both benign acoustic schwannoma and malignant ependymoma. Case presentation: A 60-year-old woman with unexp...

    Authors: Haofuzi Zhang, Peng Zou, Wei Lin and Xiaofan Jiang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:24
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  38. Hypertension is a common condition among the elderly and is frequently accompanied by frailty syndrome (FS). The coexistence of hypertension and FS poses significant challenges in patient management and negati...

    Authors: Bartosz Uchmanowicz, Anna Chudiak, Robbert Gobbens, Grzegorz Kubielas, Piotr Godek, Stanisław Surma, Dorota Bednarska-Chabowska, Izabella Uchmanowicz and Michał Czapla
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:23
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  39. Older adults with cancer are vulnerable to declines in muscle performance (e.g., strength, speed, duration of muscular contraction), which are associated with worse cancer-related outcomes. Exercise-based inte...

    Authors: Marielle Jensen-Battaglia, Po-Ju Lin, Chandrika Sanapala, Erin E. Watson, Jason H. Mendler, Jane Liesveld, Ying Wang, Elisabeth Hayward, Marissa LoCastro, Soroush Mortaz, Richard F. Dunne, Karen Mustian and Kah Poh Loh
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:22
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  40. Freezing of Gait (FOG) is one of the disabling symptoms in patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD). While it is difficult to early detect because of the sporadic occurrence of initial freezing events. Whether t...

    Authors: Jiahao Zhao, Chen Liu, Ying Wan, Xiaobo Zhu, Lu Song, Zhenguo Liu and Jing Gan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:21
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  41. The long-term sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its recovery have becoming significant public health concerns. Therefore, this study aimed to enhance the limited evidence regarding the relati...

    Authors: Min Du, Ping Yang, Manchang Li, Xuejun Yu, Shiping Wang, Taifu Li, Chenchen Huang, Min Liu, Chao Song and Jue Liu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:20
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  42. With the aging of society, cognitive impairment in elderly people is becoming increasingly common and has caused major public health problems. The screening of cognitive impairment in elderly people and its re...

    Authors: Xi Ruan, Hongyi Li, Ziqi Wang, Yu Wang, Yamei Nie, Yan Li, Yuanjing Li, Qin Fan, Baiwei Ni, Yinxue Huang, Xuan Hong, Ting Sun, Yuan Luo and Shoukang Zou
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:19
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  43. Chronic nonspecific neck pain (CNSNP) is a common musculoskeletal disorder, particularly in the elderly, leading to reduced cervical muscle strength, impaired functional balance, and decreased postural stabili...

    Authors: Shaker Hassan S. Alshehri, Ravi Shankar Reddy, Mohammad A. ALMohiza, Mastour Saeed Alshahrani, Batool Abdulelah Alkhamis, Hani Hassan Alnakhli, Ghada Mohammed Koura, Ajay Prashad Gautam, Debjani Mukherjee, Raee S. Alqhtani, Saeed Y. Al Adal, Abdullah Mohammed Alyami and Faisal M. Alyazedi
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:18
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  44. Namaste Care is an intervention designed to improve the quality of life for people with advanced dementia by providing individualised stimulation and personalised activities in a group setting. Current evidenc...

    Authors: Serena Salvi, Nancy Preston, Nicola Cornally and Catherine Walshe
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:17
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  45. The Getting Older Adults Outdoors (GO-OUT) randomized controlled trial showed that a workshop and 10-week park-based outdoor walk group (OWG) was superior to the workshop and 10 weekly reminders (WR) with incr...

    Authors: Kristina M. Kokorelias, Jacquie Ripat, Ruth Barclay, C. Allyson Jones, Nancy E. Mayo, Theresa Grant, Stephanie Scodras, Kyla Alsbury-Nealy, Charlotte Ryder-Burbidge and Nancy M. Salbach
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:16
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  46. To identify cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in Asian elderly aged 75 years and older and subsequently develop and validate a sex-specific five-year CV risk assessment tool for this population.

    Authors: Meng-Chen Hsu, Yu-Hua Fu, Chi-Chuan Wang, Chau-Chung Wu and Fang-Ju Lin
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:15
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  47. Leisure activity was associated with depression in older adults. However, the specific processes by which diet and cognition mediate the role of leisure activities and depression remain uncertain. The study ai...

    Authors: Yan Cui, Ying Duan, Jing Du, Ling Yang, Xi Tian and Huaqing Liu
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:14
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  48. Dignity therapy is a brief, structured psychotherapeutic intervention originally designed to help last-stage cancer patients maintain their dignity. It consists of a semi-structured interview encouraging patie...

    Authors: Herman van Dammen, Kris Vissers, Gert-Jan van der Putten and Yvonne Engels
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:13
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  49. Over the past decades, self-directed models of care have been implemented throughout the world to support older people, including those with dementia, to live at home. However, there is limited information abo...

    Authors: Lyn Phillipson, James Caiels, Louisa Smith and Ann-Marie Towers
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:12
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  50. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a high-risk factor for dementia and dysphagia; therefore, early intervention is vital. The effectiveness of intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) targeting the right do...

    Authors: Jie Wang, Mengqing Zhang, Xiaomei Wei, Cheng Yang, Meng Dai, Zulin Dou and Yonghui Wang
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:8
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