Browsing Faculty of Medicine by Subject "Older adults"

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    • Cumulative prognostic score predicting mortality in patients older than 80 years admitted to the ICU 

      de Lange, Dylan W.; Brinkman, Sylvia; Flaatten, Hans; Boumendil, Ariane; Morandi, Alessandro; Andersen, Finn Husøy; Artigas, Antonio; Bertolini, Guido; Cecconi, Maurizio; Christensen, Steffen; Faraldi, Loredana; Fjølner, Jesper; Jung, Christian; Marsh, Brian; Moreno, Rui; Oeyen, Sandra; Öhman, Christina Agwald; Bollen Pinto, Bernardo; de Smet, Anne Marie G.A.; Soliman, Ivo W.; Szczeklik, Wojciech; Valentin, Andreas; Watson, Ximena; Zafeiridis, Tilemachos; Guidet, Bertrand (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06)
      OBJECTIVES To develop a scoring system model that predicts mortality within 30 days of admission of patients older than 80 years admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING A total of ...

    • Experiences and Perceptions of Food Security Among Community-dwelling Older Adults in Oslo and Bergen, Norway: A Qualitative Study 

      Olsen, Ingrid Østebø (Master thesis, 2023-12-04)
      Background: Aging involves bodily changes that impact both the nutritional status and the diet of individuals. Maintaining a healthy diet can reduce the risk of developing diseases and frailty. Older adults’ independence ...

    • Reablement in community-dwelling older adults: a randomised controlled trial 

      Tuntland, Hanne; Aaslund, Mona Kristin; Espehaug, Birgitte; Førland, Oddvar; Kjeken, Ingvild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-04)
      Background: There has been an increasing interest in reablement in Norway recently and many municipalities have implemented this form of rehabilitation despite a lack of robust evidence of its effectiveness. The aim of ...

    • Risk assessment during preventive home visits among older people 

      Fjell, Astrid; Cronfalk, Berit Seiger; Carstens, Nina; Rongve, Arvid; Kvinge, Lars M.; Seiger, Äke; Skaug, Knut; Boström, Anne-Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-10-24)
      Background: Preventive home visits (PHV) may contribute to identify risks and needs in older people, and thereby delay the onset of functional decline and illness, otherwise often followed by home care or admission to ...