Tag: Seniors

Lower levels of frailty were associated with greater risk for suicide death

Aggressive end-of-life care used more often by nursing home residents than community-dwelling residents aged 66 years or older

Effect sizes similar across all adult ages and for those who were moderately and most physically active

Odds of decline in both activities of daily living limitations, functional limitations attenuated with adjustment for educational attainment

Overall survival 64 and 55 percent at one and two years; nonrelapse mortality 20 and 28 percent, respectively

High vaccine efficacy seen against RSV A and B subtypes, across age groups among those aged 60 years and older, and for those with coexisting conditions

No such association seen for Black older adults followed for 15 years, regardless of sleep duration

Vaccination results in lower RSV-mediated lower respiratory tract disease meeting one of three definitions

COVID-19 tied to approximately doubled in-hospital mortality rates versus bacterial or other viral pneumonias

Risk for late-late depression increased in association with increases in fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone