Quality of private personal care for elderly people with a disability living at home: correlates and potential outcomesClaudio Bilotta
Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine Unit, Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Health Soc Care Community 16:354-62. 2008
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- New prescriptions of spironolactone associated with angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors and/or angiotensin receptor blockers and their laboratory monitoring from 2001 to 2008: a population study on older people living in the community in Italy
Claudio Bilotta
Geriatric Medicine Outpatient Service, Department of Urban Outpatient Services, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento Hospital, viale Doria 52, 20124, Milan, Italy
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 69:909-17. 2013
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- Quality of life in older outpatients living alone in the community in Italy
Claudio Bilotta
Geriatric Medicine Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Italy
Health Soc Care Community 20:32-41. 2012
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- Frailty syndrome diagnosed according to the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures criteria and mortality in older outpatients suffering from Alzheimer's disease: a one-year prospective cohort study
Claudio Bilotta
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Milan, Italy
Aging Ment Health 16:273-80. 2012
..The aim of this study was to apply these criteria among AD outpatients in order to determine: (i) the prevalence and correlates of frailty and (ii) the one-year predictors of death in this population...
- Frailty syndrome diagnosed according to the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) criteria and adverse health outcomes among community-dwelling older outpatients in Italy. A one-year prospective cohort study
Claudio Bilotta
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 54:e23-8. 2012
..Thus, in an older outpatient population in Italy the frailty syndrome diagnosed according to the SOF criteria was an independent predictor of several adverse health outcomes...
Older People's Quality of Life (OPQOL) scores and adverse health outcomes at a one-year follow-up. A prospective cohort study on older outpatients living in the community in ItalyClaudio Bilotta
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Health Qual Life Outcomes 9:72. 2011
..Aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of the overall QOL and of the HRQOL to predict several adverse health outcomes at a one-year follow-up in an older outpatient population living in the community...
- An easy intervention to improve short-term adherence to medications in community-dwelling older outpatients. A pilot non-randomised controlled trial
Claudio Bilotta
Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
BMC Health Serv Res 11:158. 2011
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- Social vulnerability, mental health and correlates of frailty in older outpatients living alone in the community in Italy
Claudio Bilotta
Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Via Pace 9, 20122 Milan, Italy
Aging Ment Health 14:1024-36. 2010
..To determine the main social, functional and clinical characteristics of community-dwelling older outpatients living alone and to find correlates of frailty in this population...
- Dimensions and correlates of quality of life according to frailty status: a cross-sectional study on community-dwelling older adults referred to an outpatient geriatric service in Italy
Claudio Bilotta
Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Health Qual Life Outcomes 8:56. 2010
..The aim of this study was to investigate dimensions and correlates of QOL associated with frailty status among community-dwelling older outpatients...
- Caregiver burden as a short-term predictor of weight loss in older outpatients suffering from mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: a three months follow-up study
Claudio Bilotta
Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Aging Ment Health 14:481-8. 2010
..To determine if caregiver burden (CB) can be an independent predictive factor of weight loss at three months in older outpatients suffering from mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) and living at home...
- Quality of private personal care for elderly people in Italy living at home with disabilities: risk of nursing home placement at a 1-year follow-up
Claudio Bilotta
Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine Unit, Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena IRCCS, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Health Soc Care Community 17:543-7. 2009
..Therefore, a poor or fair quality of personal care turned out to be a 1-year predictor of placement in a long-term care facility for community-dwelling older adults with a disability...
- A comprehensive evaluation of elderly people discharged from an Emergency Department
Claudia Ballabio
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Milan, Geriatric Medicine Unit, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, IRCCS, Via Pace 9, 20122, Milan, Italy
Intern Emerg Med 3:245-9. 2008
..The experience of older patients with the ED system can be greatly improved if their complex needs are given due attention by developing interdisciplinary programs between emergency physicians, geriatricians, and primary care physicians...
- Adenosine A2A receptor expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with mild cognitive impairment
Beatrice Arosio
Department of Internal Medicine, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Geriatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
J Alzheimers Dis 20:991-6. 2010
..These data, which need to be confirmed in a larger number of patients, suggest that expression of A2AR in PBMCs may be a valuable means of differentiating a-MCI and mcd-MCI...
