Blar i Faculty of Health Sciences på emneord "geriatri"
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Geriatric Trauma – a rising tide. Assessing Patient Safety challenges in a vulnerable population using Norwegian Trauma Registry Data and Focus Group Interviews: Protocol for a mixed methods study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Elderly trauma patients constitute a vulnerable group, with a substantial risk of morbidity and mortality even after low-energy falls. As the world’s elderly population continues to increase, the number of ... -
Home-dwelling persons with dementia. The impact of individual and organizational factors on the use of health resources and quality of life.
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11)Background and aim The prevalence of dementia increases with age, and as the world’s population is growing older, the number of people with dementia is rising rapidly. Dementia is a progressive disease causing the affected ... -
Tongue muscle mass is associated with total grey matter and hippocampal volumes in Dementia with Lewy Bodies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02)Background Age-related neurodegeneration, sarcopenia, and ectopic fat accumulation are conditions with shared pathways that remain poorly understood. We have measured muscle volume and fat accumulation in masseter and ...