1.1. Geriatric disease-specific physical and mental conditions and multi-morbidity

Bibliographic Records

Assessing the quality of life, the fear of falling and physical activity amongst older people with hip fractures after falling

The aim of this study was to register the effect of a history of falls and hip fracture as a consequenceof a fall, on the quality of life, the fear of falling and in physical activity in the third age.

Reliability and validity of the Greek version of “The Fatigue Assessment Scale”

ΣΚΟΠΟΣ Η διερεύνηση της αξιοπιστίας και της εγκυρότητας της ελληνικής εκδοχής της κλίμακας “The Fatigue Assessment Scale”. ΥΛΙΚΟ-ΜΕΘΟΔΟΣ: Το δείγμα αποτέλεσαν Έλληνες ασθενείς με χρόνια νοσήματα που νοσηλεύτηκαν σε δημόσιο νοσοκομείο της Αθήνας. Οι ασθενείς επιλέχθηκαν με τη μέθοδο της

Bridging knowledge to develop an action plan for integrated care for chronic diseases in Greece

This article offers a chronic care disease management model that applies primarily at local municipal level. Chronic diseases threaten relatively more the ‘memorandum and peripheral’ Eurozone countries (i.e., Greece, Spain, Portugal and Ireland), which were under heavy recession after the

Variation in GP decisions on antihypertensive treatment in oldest-old and frail individuals across 29 countries.

In oldest-old patients (>80), few trials showed the efficacy of treating hypertension and they included mostly the healthiest elderly. The resulting lack of knowledge has led to inconsistent guidelines, mainly based on systolic blood pressure (SBP), cardiovascular disease (CVD) but

Memory disorders. Pilot translation and rendition of the manual ” Treating Memory Impairments”

Treating Memory Impairments was developed to help teens and adults with memory problems and to strengthen their independence through the program’s internal and external strategies. It was made to meet all the needs of the patient and in all areas

Investigation of chronic diseases in older workers.

The findings from the study conducted on the basis of questionnaires to employees 40 years and above are presented and documented by bibliographical references from surveys that have been made on this subject. An attempt is made to link chronic