Geriatrics

The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with sarcopenia among elderly patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (DM). We retrospectively analyzed 41 patients with type 2 DM, aged ≥65 years who...

SARS-CoV-2 infection, also known as COVID-19 (coronavirus infectious disease-19), was first identified in December 2019. In Spain, the first case of this infection was diagnosed on 31 January, 2020 and, by 15 April 2020, has...

Aripiprazole, a third-generation antipsychotic medication, has been used to treat a range of psychiatric disorders. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s prescribing information, the most common adverse...

This study was designed to investigate the wound healing effects of a Traditional Chinese Medicine (Longxuejie) combined with dragon’s blood capsule. A total of 80 patients with ulcerative bedsore observed in our hospital...

Serious mental illnesses may be characterized by accelerated biological aging, and over the last years the research on the topic has been stimulated by studies exploring the molecular underpinnings of senescence.In the present...

Effective communication skills are widely recognized as an important aspect of medical practice. Several tools and curricula for communications training in medicine have been proposed, with increasing attention to the need for...

A measure for healthy lifestyle behaviours of older adults would enable the development of effective and target-based health promotion strategies.This study aimed to test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of...