{"title":"[Living well in longevity society].","authors":"","doi":"10.3143/geriatrics.61.373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3143/geriatrics.61.373","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35593,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Geriatrics","volume":"61 4","pages":"373-381"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142796296","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":"[Actual conditions and factors related to the utilization of Twiddle Muff in removing mittens for patients with Dementia].","authors":"","doi":"10.3143/geriatrics.61.242","DOIUrl":"10.3143/geriatrics.61.242","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35593,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Geriatrics","volume":"61 2","pages":"242-244"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141262742","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":"[Foreword to updates on the treatment of elderly patients with heart failure].","authors":"","doi":"10.3143/geriatrics.61.123","DOIUrl":"10.3143/geriatrics.61.123","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35593,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Geriatrics","volume":"61 2","pages":"123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141262779","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 day-care rehabilitation for community-dwelling older adults requiring support or care].","authors":"","doi":"10.3143/geriatrics.61.114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3143/geriatrics.61.114","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35593,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Geriatrics","volume":"61 2","pages":"114-122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141262751","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":"[To move from CSF biomarkers to blood biomarkers].","authors":"","doi":"10.3143/geriatrics.61.28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3143/geriatrics.61.28","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35593,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Geriatrics","volume":"61 1","pages":"28-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140872363","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}
Masanari Tanaka, Mihoko Tsubouchi, Jun Kayashita, Katsuyoshi Mizukami
{"title":"[Factors associated with oral frailty among community-dwelling older people -A comparison between those <75 and ≥75 years old].","authors":"Masanari Tanaka, Mihoko Tsubouchi, Jun Kayashita, Katsuyoshi Mizukami","doi":"10.3143/geriatrics.61.68","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3143/geriatrics.61.68","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study investigated the factors associated with oral frailty among community-dwelling older adults. In particular, we compared the factors between individuals in the young-old and old-old groups and clarified the differences between the two groups.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We measured the basic attributes, body composition, grip strength, gait function, oral function, cognitive function, and daily living function using the Kihon checklist in older people living independently in T City, Aichi Prefecture. The risk of oral frailty was assessed using the Oral Frailty Screening and Evaluation Form (OFI-8), and the measurement results were compared between two groups: those with and those without risk. To identify the factors associated with oral frailty, we performed a multivariate analysis with the risk of oral frailty as the dependent variable and a univariate analysis separately for the young-old and old-old groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of the 100 subjects was 76.6±4.6 years old. Forty-four subjects were at risk of oral frailty, and 55 subjects were not at risk. The high-risk group had significantly higher rates of polypharmacy, depression, and a slow walking speed than the no-risk group. The risk factors associated with oral frailty were living alone, polypharmacy, and depression. The risk factors for oral frailty were a poor ambulatory function in the young-old and a poor ambulatory function, decline in the cognitive function, and depression in the old-old.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results of this study suggest that the risk factors for oral frailty differ between older individuals in the young-old and old-old groups and that age-appropriate support is necessary to prevent oral frailty in older people.</p>","PeriodicalId":35593,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Geriatrics","volume":"61 1","pages":"68-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140871286","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":"[Distress in the end of life of people with dementia and assessment of distress].","authors":"","doi":"10.3143/geriatrics.61.409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3143/geriatrics.61.409","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35593,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Geriatrics","volume":"61 4","pages":"409-413"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142796287","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":"[Evaluation of sacral pressure ulcers of older long-term hospital patients for five or fewer years].","authors":"Mototaka Niwano, Hayao Nakatani","doi":"10.3143/geriatrics.61.463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3143/geriatrics.61.463","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to examine the statuses of sacral pressure ulcer and treatment strategies for 135 elderly patients who were long-term hospital patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with sacral pressure ulcers were divided into two groups, the cured or non-cured, and the discharged or deceased.The mean age, length of hospital stay, diagnosis, bedridden degree, nutritional status pre and post ulcer development, nutritional administration method, presence on admission or development, depth on National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel and treatment duration were examined.The serum albumin levels, lymphocyte counts and hemoglobin levels were calculated, and malnutrition levels were categorized into normal, mild, moderate or severe according to the Controlling Nutritional Status variant scores.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of men (n=62) and women (n=73) was 80.8±4.9 and 86.2±1.2 years, and the mean length of hospital-stay was 25.1±9.6 and 27.3±4.9 months, respectively, indicating a significant difference.The diagnoses did not vary significantly between the cured (n=43) or non-cured (n=92) patients, or in those discharged (n=53) or deceased (n=82) patients.Comparison of the groups revealed that pressure ulcers were difficult to heal in patients with advanced age, those brought to hospital, bedridden degree C2 (unable to turn over), depth level III, moderate to severe malnutrition and those whose Gr did not improve.The effectiveness of gastrostomy management and the ineffectiveness of central venous nutrition were determined.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Bedridden degree C2, depth level III, presence on admission, malnutrition on admission and no improvement were the factors for interruption of the healing.</p>","PeriodicalId":35593,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Geriatrics","volume":"61 4","pages":"463-471"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142796291","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":"[Table of Contents].","authors":"","doi":"10.3143/geriatrics.61.Contents4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3143/geriatrics.61.Contents4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35593,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Geriatrics","volume":"61 4","pages":"Contents4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142796305","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}