A5032474148- Frailty in Older Adults
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Global Health Care Issues
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Sex and Gender in Healthcare
- Health, Medicine and Society
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- GDF15 and Related Biomarkers
- Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
World Health Organization
2012-2020
HES-SO Genève
2017
World Health Organization - Pakistan
2011-2015
Centro Hospitalar do Porto
2012
Hospital de São João
2012
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
2006
Objectives To assess the validity of WHO concept intrinsic capacity in a longitudinal study ageing; to identify whether this overall measure disaggregated into biologically plausible and clinically useful subdomains; total predicted subsequent care dependence. Design Structural equation modelling biomarkers self-reported measures English Longitudinal Study Ageing including exploratory factor analysis, bi-factor analysis confirmatory analysis. mediation moderation incident Settings Community,...
In most countries, a fundamental shift in the focus of clinical care for older people is needed. Instead trying to manage numerous diseases and symptoms disjointed fashion, emphasis should be on interventions that optimize people's physical mental capacities over their life course enable them do things they value. This, turn, requires change way services are organized: there more integration within health system between social services. Existing organizational structures not have merge;...
Background Women and men share similar health challenges yet women report poorer health. The study investigates the social determinants of self-reported in men, male-female differences Methods Data on 103154 125728 were analysed from 57 countries World Health Survey 2002–2004. Item Response Theory was used to construct a composite measure Associations between assessed using multivariate linear regression. Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition partitioned inequality into an "explained" component that...
A life-course approach to health encompasses strategies across individuals' lives that optimize their functional ability (taking into account the interdependence of individual, social, environmental, temporal and intergenerational factors), thereby enabling well-being realization rights. The is a perfect fit with efforts achieve universal coverage meet sustainable development goals (SDGs). Properly applied, can increase effectiveness former help realize vision latter, especially in ensuring...
Introduction: Limiting the number of dependent older people in coming years will be a major economic and human challenge. In response, World Health Organization (WHO) has developed «Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE)» approach. The aim ICOPE program is to enable as many possible age good health. To reach this objective, WHO proposes follow trajectory an individual’s intrinsic capacity, which composite all their physical mental capacities comprised multiple domains including mobility,...
Numerous underlying physiological changes occur with increasing age, and for older people, the risks of developing chronic diseases care dependency increase.• Health systems are often better designed to respond episodic health needs than more complex that tend arise reprioritization is required meet ageing populations.• Significant losses in capacity later life can be delayed or avoided if interventions introduced earlier process functional decline.• We discuss recommendations WHO Integrated...
Background Integrated care is recognised as an important enabler to healthy ageing, yet few countries have managed sustainably deliver integrated for older people. We aimed gather global consensus on the key actions required realign health and long-term systems integrate services implement World Health Organization (WHO) Care Older People (ICOPE) approach. Methods A two-round eDelphi study, including a consultation meeting, was undertaken identify, refine generate across high-, middle-...
Frailty tends to be considered as a major risk for adverse outcomes in older persons, but some important aspects remain matter of debate.
Biomarkers of frailty and sarcopenia are essential to advance the understanding these conditions aging develop new diagnostic tools effective treatments. The International Conference on Frailty Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR) Task Force - a group academic industry scientists from around world -- met in February 2019 discuss current state biomarker development for sarcopenia. D3Cr dilution method, which assesses creatinine excretion as biochemical measure muscle mass, was suggested more accurate...