Enhancing resistance training adherence in older adults with sarcopenia or osteoporosis: a study on referral success rates.

Background: Sarcopenia and osteoporosis increase the likelihood of disability and caregiving burden. While progressive resistance training (PRT) is effective in mitigating these outcomes, patients often struggle to find suitable, long-term training facilities, making it difficult to adhere to exercise prescriptions.

Objectives: This feasibility study aimed to familiarize patients with PRT through educational training by a geriatrician, enabling them to identify a suitable long-term community-based training program.

The expected changes with different periods of home-based resistance exercise in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Background: The comprehensive impact of prolonged home-based resistance training on individuals grappling with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have yet to be fully elucidated. This study aimed to explore the outcomes of varying exercise durations on physical performance, nutritional status, and kidney function within this specific population, encompassing patients undergoing dialysis and those affected by severe sarcopenia.

Methods: This was a 1-year observational double cohort study following a 52-week longitudinal design, we enrolled 101 adult CKD outpatients.

Visceral adiposity index outperforms conventional anthropometric assessments as predictor of diabetes mellitus in elderly Chinese: a population-based study.

Background: This study assessed the performance of visceral adiposity index and body shape index in predicting diabetes mellitus (DM) risk and compared their predictive ability to that of body mass index and waist circumference.

Methods: Among 8249 consecutive subjects who attended the Nationwide Health Check Up System for Senior Citizens (≥ 65 years) between 2008 and 2018, we examined the associations of several adiposity indices with DM risk and explored gender differences.

Results: Among all adiposity indicators, Chinese visceral adiposity index (CVAI) demonstrated the highest discriminatory ability for diabetes mellitus with area under receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC) of 0.

Relationship Between Gallstone Disease and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Elderly People with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Background: The prevalence of gallstone disease (GSD) increases with age, and the elderly have a much higher mortality risk and incidence of surgical comorbidities. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between GSD and cardiometabolic risk factors in elderly people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we analyzed the data of elderly people who underwent annual health check-ups at a Northern Taiwan health examination center.

Complementary Chinese herbal medicine therapy improves survival of patients with gastric cancer in Taiwan: A nationwide retrospective matched-cohort study.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Many patients with gastric cancer seek traditional medicine consultations in Asian countries. This study aimed to investigate the prescription of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) and its benefits for the patients with gastric cancer in Taiwan.

Methods: From the Registry for Catastrophic Illness Patients Database, we included all patients with gastric cancer whose age at diagnosis was ≥18 from 1997 to 2010 in Taiwan.

Development and validation of an instrument for the measurement of health-related quality of life based on view of traditional chinese medicine perspective.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to develop and validate an instrument for the measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) based on view of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

Design: Six domains of questions, five questions for each domain were developed about general health, and health of five major viscera according to TCM theory to measure the HRQoL.

Settings: 149 patients participated in this study and all of them were interviewed in the TCM clinic of a medical center.