ABSTRACT Sorcopenia is strongly related with functional impaired in performing important daily activities leading to brittleness, increasing fails incidence and dependency. Exercise is one of treatment modality in sarcopenia with protective effect for falls incidence. This research aimed to identify the correlation of sarcopenia, exercise and falls incidence in elderly. A cross…
ABSTRACT Drug-related problems often occur in hospitalized patients and the most common risk factors are the presence of polypharmacy and increasing of age. This research aims to determine the description of age, sex, number of drugs and the prevalence of Drug-Related Problems (DRP) in hospitalized geriatric patients. This research is a retrospective cohort study with a secondary data co…
Aim: to obtain profile of food and nutrien intake in Indonesian elderly population and factors associated with energy intake. Methods: multi-center cross sectional study in 13 hospitals across Indonesia conducted among 387 elderly who had attended geriatric clinics. Data collected including demographic characteristics, fungtional status, cognitive status, mental status, nutrional status, food…