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palliative

866 studies tagged palliative, dated 1963-09-21 to 2026-09-04. Bibliography: BibTeX (.bib) · RIS (.ris)

Newest in this topic

  1. Secondary causes among adult patients presenting with first-episode psychosis to acute medical settings in Hong Kong: A 10-Year retrospective study 2026-09-04
  2. Aspirin and healthy longevity within racial and ethnic minoritized older adults in the United States 2026-08-27
  3. Baseline Statin Exposure and Incident Acute Myocardial Infarction in Adults Aged >=75 Years Without Prior Cardiovascular Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study 2026-08-25

Studies

866 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1963 to 2026

Top journals

  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 65
  • JAMA 24
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 22
  • Journal of pain and symptom management 20
  • Palliative medicine 19

387 journals in all.

Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.

  1. How old are the elderly?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 27 out of 100. The British Journal of Psychiatry 1991-04-01 Health systems and care delivery

    Contrary to the experience at the Crichton Royal, our major difficulty is providing in-patient beds for the functionally ill, which again may be a local problem.

  2. A prospective study of delirium in hospitalized elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. JAMA 1990-02-01 How common it is

    The prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of delirium were studied in 229 elderly patients.

  3. Development of dementing illnesses in an 80-year-old volunteer cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Annals of neurology 1989-04-01 Risk factors

    We have prospectively followed over a 5-year period 434 volunteers who were at intake ambulatory, functional, presumably nondemented, and between 75 and 85 years of age.

  4. Survival experience of aged hip fracture patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. American journal of public health 1989-03-01 Clinical safety

    Hip fracture has long been considered a major threat to survival in aged populations.

  5. The pathophysiology of urinary incontinence among institutionalized elderly persons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 1989-01-01 Disparities

    Although 1 million institutionalized elderly persons have urinary incontinence, little is known about the causes of this problem.

  6. Long-term care of the elderly. A descriptive study of 3600 institutionalized patients in the county of Västerbotten, Sweden

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Comprehensive gerontology. Section A, Clinical and laboratory sciences 1988-10-01 Digital health tools

    Probands (n = 3607) living in long-term care institutions in the county of Västerbotten were assessed to estimate whether the prevalence of dementia in different types of institutions had changed since a similar survey was made 7 years before.

  7. Acute confusional states in elderly patients treated for femoral neck fracture

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1988-06-01 Vascular contributions

    The aims of this study were to estimate the incidence of acute confusional state (ACS), its predisposing factors and consequences in 111 consecutive patients operated for fractured neck of the femur.

  8. 9/Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Clinical Gerontologist 1986-11-18 Cognitive tests and assessment

  9. Delirium and other organic mental disorders in a general hospital

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. General hospital psychiatry 1985-04-01 Clinical safety

    The authors analyze 133 cases of organic mental disorders (OMDs) from a total of 771 patients who were referred for psychiatric consultation from a general hospital.

  10. Psychiatric illness in residential homes for the elderly: a survey in one London borough

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Age and ageing 1984-09-01 Disparities

    The mental state, demographic details, dependency level and presence of problem behaviours have been recorded for 438 (82%) of the residents of the 12 Part III homes, managed by the London Borough of Camden, using standard interview.

  11. Measurement of Functional Activities in Older Adults in the Community

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of Gerontology 1982-05-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Two measures of social function designed for community studies of normal aging and mild senile dementia were evaluated in 195 older adults who underwent neurological, cognitive, and affective assessment.

  12. Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Journal of Psychiatric Research 1982-01-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    This preliminary report describes the development, reliability, and validity testing of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) designed specifically for rating depression in the elderly.

  13. Relatives of the Impaired Elderly: Correlates of Feelings of Burden

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. The Gerontologist 1980-12-01 Caregiving

    Factors contributing to feelings of burden of caregivers of elderly persons with senile dementia were studied.

  14. A semi-structured clinical interview for the assessment of diagnosis and mental state in the elderly: the Geriatric Mental State Schedule: I. Development and reliability

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Psychological Medicine 1976-08-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    A standardized, semi-structured interview for examining and recording the mental state in elderly subjects is described.

  15. Assessment of Older People: Self-Maintaining and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. The Gerontologist 1969-09-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

  16. STUDIES OF ILLNESS IN THE AGED. THE INDEX OF ADL: A STANDARDIZED MEASURE OF BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTION.

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. JAMA 1963-09-21 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The Index of ADL was developed to study results of treatment and prognosis in the elderly and chronically ill.

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