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Epidemiology in Old Age
Shah Ebrahim (Edited by), Ebrahim (Author), Alex Kalache (Edited by)
9780727909480, Wiley
Hardback, published 1 February 1996
460 pages
25 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.794 kg
This major work with an internationally famous list of contributors deals with the ways in which needs assessment, service, evaluation, and public health and social policy may improve the care of elderly people in all societies. It discusses the methodology of epidemiological studies, risk factors, and the most common problems and diseases in old age.
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
Subject Areas: Other branches of medicine [MM]
