A5068500745- Frailty in Older Adults
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Social Media in Health Education
- Nursing care and research
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Oral health in cancer treatment
- Aging, Health, and Disability
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán
2020-2025
Cancer is a disease of older adults, with 60% cancer diagnoses and 70% deaths occurring in individuals ≥ 65 years. Normal oral aging may transition to the presence one or more potential modifiers, such as new oncological diagnosis treatment. Oral conditions patients cause significant morbidity. Previous work suggests that are neither elicited/assessed/reassessed nor well-managed investigated patients. However, frequently reported undergoing therapy include xerostomia, dysgeusia, candidiasis,...
Cancer is primarily a disease of older persons. Given the heterogeneity aging, physiological age, rather than chronological better expresses cumulative effect environmental, medical, and psychosocial stressors, which modifies life expectancy. Comprehensive geriatric assessment, tool that helps ascertain age individuals, gold standard for assessing adults with cancer. Several international organizations recommend using assessment domains to identify unrecognized health problems can interfere...
<title>Abstract</title> Purpose To compare supportive care needs between older adults with cancer (age ≥ 65 years) and their younger counterparts. Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of prospective cohort patients newly diagnosed metastatic solid tumors. Supportive were assessed at baseline 3-month follow-up. Patients divided into two groups (aged 65/<65 years). Differences in clinical characteristics compared utilizing descriptive statistics. Multivariate logistic regression...
Introducción: El cáncer es una de las principales causas muerte en adultos mayores Latinoamérica.En este estudio evaluamos el efecto la inclusión gerontólogos consulta oncología.Metodología: Se incluyó a pacientes ≥ 65 años con gastrointestinal tratados un hospital público mexicano.Se recolectaron datos clínicos y valoración geriátrica se describieron los síndromes geriátricos identificados.Se registraron intervenciones implementadas después utilizando estadística descriptiva.Resultados:...
Introduction: Cancer is one of the leading causes death among older adults in Latin America.In this study we evaluated effect inclusion gerontologists as part an oncology clinic.Methods: Patients aged ≥65 with gastrointestinal cancer treated a Mexican public hospital were included.Clinical and geriatric assessment data collected, syndromes described.The implementation interventions was recorded analyzed using descriptive statistics.Results: Thirty patients included.87% had colorectal...
Systemic arterial hypertension, characterized by persistently high blood pressure in the systemic arteries, is a common disease aging population 1,2 .Globally, there prevalence of 74.5% adults aged 60 years or older.While majority (90-95%) patients have essential up to 10% secondary hypertension 1,3 .The concomitant primary and increases older age 3 principal causes are renal vascular disease, obstructive sleep apnea, terminal failure, drug-induced aldosteronism 2,3 .Uncommon include...