Epidemiology in Old Age
Editat de Shah Ebrahim, Alex Kalacheen Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 apr 1996
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780727909480
ISBN-10: 0727909487
Pagini: 460
Dimensiuni: 161 x 240 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.85 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0727909487
Pagini: 460
Dimensiuni: 161 x 240 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.85 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Epidemiologists, geriatricians, gerontologists, public health consultants, health service researchers, nurses, health visitorsCuprins
List of contributors
Foreword
Editorial preface
Preface
Mechanisms of ageing 3
Principles of epidemiology in old age 12
Ageing worldwide 22
Demographic aspects 32
Disability free life expectancy 41
Ageing in developing countries: a case study of Brazil 49
Conduct of long term cohort sequential studies 57
Clinical trials and meta-analysis 67
Health economics 78
Evaluation of health services 85
Health service use in mental illness 96
Health service use in physical illness 106
Community care 126
Value of screening in old age 136
Preventive medicine 145
Health promotion 153
Successful ageing 162
Nutritional status 171
Classical cardiovascular risk factors 184
Exercise 190
Migration and ethnicity 201
Gender 210
Quality of life 221
Functional ability 228
Social networks and support 236
Hypertension 245
Ischaemic heart disease 253
Stroke 262
Alzheimer's disease 270
Depressive illness 279
Osteoporosis 290
Proximal femoral fracture 300
Arthritis 311
Breast cancer 317
Prostatic cancer 324
Visual impairment 331
Hearing impairment 344
Incontinence 353
Falls 361
Accidents 369
Locomotor disability 378
Confusion 389
Iatrogenesis 398
Dying 408
Epilogue: Intersection of epidemiology and ageing 417
Index 421
Editorial preface
Preface
Mechanisms of ageing 3
Principles of epidemiology in old age 12
Ageing worldwide 22
Demographic aspects 32
Disability free life expectancy 41
Ageing in developing countries: a case study of Brazil 49
Conduct of long term cohort sequential studies 57
Clinical trials and meta-analysis 67
Health economics 78
Evaluation of health services 85
Health service use in mental illness 96
Health service use in physical illness 106
Community care 126
Value of screening in old age 136
Preventive medicine 145
Health promotion 153
Successful ageing 162
Nutritional status 171
Classical cardiovascular risk factors 184
Exercise 190
Migration and ethnicity 201
Gender 210
Quality of life 221
Functional ability 228
Social networks and support 236
Hypertension 245
Ischaemic heart disease 253
Stroke 262
Alzheimer's disease 270
Depressive illness 279
Osteoporosis 290
Proximal femoral fracture 300
Arthritis 311
Breast cancer 317
Prostatic cancer 324
Visual impairment 331
Hearing impairment 344
Incontinence 353
Falls 361
Accidents 369
Locomotor disability 378
Confusion 389
Iatrogenesis 398
Dying 408
Epilogue: Intersection of epidemiology and ageing 417
Index 421
Notă biografică
Shah Ebrahim is the editor of Epidemiology in Old Age, published by Wiley. Alexandre Kalache is a medical epidemiologist specializing in the study of aging. Since 2012 he is President of the International Longevity Centre-Brazil and since 2015 co-President of the Global Alliance of International Longevity Centres.