D. Gupta, Vir Dharam, P. Sood, Harmesh Kumar, N. Panda
{"title":"An intergenerational analysis of cognitive impairment in healthy elders","authors":"D. Gupta, Vir Dharam, P. Sood, Harmesh Kumar, N. Panda","doi":"10.18231/j.agems.2022.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18231/j.agems.2022.005","url":null,"abstract":"Cognitive disorders are common in elderly population and are becoming an increasingly important public health problem, partly because of the rapid aging of the population. This study was conducted to find out the differences between cognitive ability between normal adults and healthy elders of north region. The mild cognitive impairment (MCI) resulting in limitations and delayed treatment of dementia, should be considered an entry point for researching recent changes in the lives of healthy elderly. In this study we have applied MoCA test on the 36 normal healthy elders belonging to high socioeconomic status and normal young adults. Results have shown that there was no significant difference amongst the young normal adults; all the participants had normal MoCA scores. The MoCA scores were significantly impaired in all the healthy elders and there was a significant difference between the normal young adults and healthy elders. Age has a significant influence on MOCA score in older adults. Hence there is a need for age specific stratification in cut-off scores.","PeriodicalId":129502,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences","volume":"26 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113964288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Menopause — An opportune milestone of ageing","authors":"Neema S Acharya","doi":"10.18231/j.agems.2021.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18231/j.agems.2021.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":129502,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129947870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of diet in old age","authors":"Zehra Zaidi, Shehla Nazir, A. Nasir, Minhaj Ahmad","doi":"10.18231/j.agems.2021.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18231/j.agems.2021.011","url":null,"abstract":"The average human life expectancy has increased in recent times, so there is more focus on aging, age-related disease, and geriatric care in society. Older malnourished adults are more likely to have poorer health outcomes, longer hospital stays, and increased mortality, so there is a need to provide a nutritious and healthy diet to the old age population.Recent studies have shown that some medicinal herbs are effective in the intervention or prevention of aging-associated neurological disorders. Unani System of Medicine is one of the old traditional medicines in the world providing health care to humanity for centuries successively through natural safe, effective, and economic herbal medicine.Diets recommended for the old age population have been highlighted in this article with special emphasis on the traditional diets mentioned in the USM for geriatric care. There is a need to explore USM for better care of old age population and to find out an effective, safe, and economic treatment for old age diseases like Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, etc.","PeriodicalId":129502,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences","volume":"310 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131966630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Acharya, S. Madaan, A. Jaiswal, Deepika K. C. Dewani, Kanan Kotdawala
{"title":"Anxiety and depression in post-Menopausal women: A short review","authors":"N. Acharya, S. Madaan, A. Jaiswal, Deepika K. C. Dewani, Kanan Kotdawala","doi":"10.18231/j.agems.2021.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18231/j.agems.2021.010","url":null,"abstract":"Anxiety, Depression and stress are one of the most prevalent psychological problems witnessed in post-menopausal women. These complaints are mostly neglected by the females and ignored due to social stigmas and lack of awareness amongst the elderly population regarding the same. It often affects the quality of life and is thus essential to diagnose and treat on time. Reduced Vitamin D and estrogen levels are one of the proposed culprits behind these psychological disorders in post-menopausal women which will be discussed in this review.Systematic literature review was done with the help of data search domains such as Pubmed, Scopus, Web of science and google scholar. Case reports, observational studies and cross-sectional studies were included in this review.Depression and anxiety are common problems for the post-menopausal women. Various factors such as reduced Vitamin D levels and Estrogen levels as well as increased stress can contribute to development of these psychological complaints. Though these problems might look benign to the patients, they can severely impact the mental health and require more awareness amongst the patients to improve the mental as well as physical health in post-menopausal women.Women in the post-menopausal stage have increased predisposition towards developing psychological disorders and hence the assessment of mental health is essential in these females which should be a vital part of the evaluation done of these females.","PeriodicalId":129502,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences","volume":"22 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123561731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of cholesterol in cognitive function in the elderly","authors":"V. Deshpande, Vishwin Doda","doi":"10.18231/j.agems.2021.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18231/j.agems.2021.013","url":null,"abstract":"The role of cholesterol in Cognitive Decline is less known as compared to other pathologies linked with dyslipidaemia. However, Cholesterol is well-known to have multiple functions in normal functioning of the brain and the aging process. This study therefore aimed at finding a co-relation, if any, between Cholesterol and age-related cognitive decline.To assess Cognitive Function of subjects and compare it with respective blood cholesterol levels. The study included 50 elderly subjects from Maharashtra (females: 12%) assessed using Marathi version of Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and their cholesterol blood concentrations obtained using a Lipid Profile investigation. Cholesterol levels and cognitive function was then co-related using statistical analysis.The subjects with a higher Total Cholesterol & LDL Cholesterol had slightly less scores on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Test. However, the difference was found to be significant.Based on the results obtained, no relevant co-relation could be found between Blood Cholesterol Levels and Cognitive Function","PeriodicalId":129502,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121826507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inclusive practice, personhood and co-production to promote person centred care for people living with dementia: A review on approaches of two countries regarding care of people living with dementia","authors":"Sachin Desai","doi":"10.18231/j.agems.2021.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18231/j.agems.2021.009","url":null,"abstract":"This article attempts to describe a case study of a person living with dementia, a senior citizen, who is staying with her children at home, who are her caregivers. We will critically evaluate and analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the services that have been provided to her by the Health Care Providers and will highlight the topic of Person-centred Care provided to her by her caregivers. We will be highlighting her case scenario wherein we will enlist and elaborate the details, about dementia care from the moment of receiving the diagnosis to challenges faced both by the people living with dementia (PLWD) and their caregivers, in providing care. In this article, we will compare the details about the various studies and findings in discussion and compare the caregiving practices in India and the UK.","PeriodicalId":129502,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125000848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A study to compare the effectiveness of maitland mobilization protocol on pain and functional mobility of patients with knee osteoarthritis","authors":"Prashu Jain Bhavsar","doi":"10.18231/j.agems.2021.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18231/j.agems.2021.012","url":null,"abstract":"Osteoarthritis is a common degenerative condition among the elderly. It is characterized With the damage to the articular cartilage and persists with the symptoms of pain and stiffness in the joint. This study was conducted with 30 patients with Osteoarthritis of knee joint. The subjects were divided into three groups: Group A comprised of 15 subjects. Patients in this group received conventional physiotherapy comprising of Strengthening exercises, Stretching exercises, Range of motion exercises and cryotherapy.Group B (Experimental Group 1) comprised of 15 subjects. Patients in this group received Maitland’s Mobilization and Conventional physiotherapy exercises.All the subjects were assessed pre and post intervention program for VAS scale and WOMAC scale test. After analyzing the data following conclusions were drawn;Results showed that there was significant improvement in the VAS score and WOMAC score of all the two groups for the pre and the post test measurement. The inter group comparison of all the two groups showed that there was highly significant difference between the Maitland’s group and the control group (p<0.001).","PeriodicalId":129502,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115675382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Chande, Shilpa Bawankule, Pallavi Yelne, Vinay Verma, Sujal G Patel
{"title":"Subcutanaeous emphysema: An extremely rare manifestation of supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma","authors":"A. Chande, Shilpa Bawankule, Pallavi Yelne, Vinay Verma, Sujal G Patel","doi":"10.18231/j.agems.2021.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18231/j.agems.2021.015","url":null,"abstract":"We present the case report of a 60 years old man who presented to the emergency department with complaints of breathlessness for 2 weeks. After all common causes were ruled out, the patient was subjected to CT scan of neck in which he showed laryngeal mass growth which was perforating through the cartilage. There were a few surrounding lymph nodes and after an FNAC, it was found to be squamous cell carcinoma. The patient was referred for chemotherapy and radiotherapy at higher centre. To our knowledge, this is a very rare presentation of local extension of tumour. The patient presenting with carcinoma at a very late stage, succumbed to it 2 months later.","PeriodicalId":129502,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences","volume":"233 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123265077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of humour and laughter therapy in decreasing caregiver burden among carers of a person living with dementia- A case study","authors":"Sachin Desai","doi":"10.18231/j.agems.2021.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18231/j.agems.2021.014","url":null,"abstract":"Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle was employed to explore a critical case study involving a senior citizen with dementia and measures to reduce caregiver burden by humour and laughter therapy. This experience highlights key themes of caregiver burden-reduction measures through humour and laughter. This problem is discussed in relation to lack of awareness about measures to reduce caregiver burden arising due to caretaking of a person with dementia. Inclusion of this therapy as a non-pharmacological method of stress management, could be useful in the guidelines for dementia care. Therefore, it is important to include training to all caregivers at home and care home setting to address the issue of caregiver burden.","PeriodicalId":129502,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123686675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Constipation in elderly: Open the gut to open the mind","authors":"Sunil Kumar, D. Talwar, C. Bagga","doi":"10.18231/J.AGEMS.2021.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18231/J.AGEMS.2021.002","url":null,"abstract":"Constipation is a commonly reported bowel associated symptom in the elderly with a huge impact seen on the quality associated with life as well as expenditure on healthcare.1 Patients of the elderly age group with constipation are associated with higher psychological distress and anxiety issues. A higher prevalence of paranoid ideation, hostility and obsessive compulsive disorder is seen in the elderly who are dealing with constipation.2 Social as well a Work life are deeply affected negatively by constipation leading to a significant effect on quality of life. Constipation can often be associated with wide range of symptoms that negatively influence the daily life of a elderly. Many patients reported to having to make effort during defecation and eliminating hard stools and feeling of incomplete evacuation or difficult stool passage and these symptoms had a huge impact on their life leading to great mental distress.3 Although, it is not a physiologic condition associated with ageing, decreased mobility in old age, rectal sensory motor dysfunction, various co morbid conditions and drug intake might be contributing to development of constipation in the elderly. From a pathologic point of view constipation may itself present as a disease or may present clubbed as a complex clinical picture in secondary forms. Primary form may be a slow transit constipation or outlet obstruction or constipation associated with IBS.","PeriodicalId":129502,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences","volume":"166 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122352583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}