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Inability to get up after falling, subsequent time on floor, and summoning help
OBJECTIVES: To describe the incidence and extent of lying on the floor for a long time after being unable to get up from a fall among people aged over 90; to explore their use of call alarm systems in these circumstances....
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Risk of osteoarthritis in an incident cohort of people with psoriatic arthritis

Objective. To determine the risk of a diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA) in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) compared to patients with psoriasis and a general population cohort. Methods. Incident PsA patients aged 18-89...

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Place of death for the 'oldest old'
BACKGROUND: Deaths are rising fastest among the oldest old but data on their transitions in place of care at the end of life are scarce. AIM: To examine the place of residence or care of > or =85 year-olds less than a year...
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Risk of osteoarthritis in an incident cohort of people with psoriatic arthritis

Objective. To determine the risk of a diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA) in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) compared to patients with psoriasis and a general population cohort. Methods. Incident PsA patients aged 18-89...

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The relationship between back pain and mortality in older adults varies with disability and gender
BACKGROUND: This study aims to determine whether older adults reporting back pain (BP) are at increased risk of premature mortality, specifically, to examine the association with disabling/non-disabling pain separately. METHODS...
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Falls in advanced old age
BACKGROUND: The "oldest old" are now the fastest growing section of most western populations, yet there are scarcely any data concerning even the common problem of falls amongst the very old. Prospective data collection is...
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The oldest old in the last year of life
OBJECTIVES: To characterize people of advanced old age in their last year of life and compare those dying in their late 80s with those dying aged 90 and older to inform policy and planning. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of...
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Epidemiology of back pain in older adults
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of disabling and non-disabling back pain across age in older adults, and identify risk factors for back pain onset in this age group. METHODS: Participants aged ≥ 75 years answered...
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Multiple imputation of missing data in nested case-control and case-cohort studies.
The nested case-control and case-cohort designs are two main approaches for carrying out a substudy within a prospective cohort. This article adapts multiple imputation (MI) methods for handling missing covariates in full-cohort...
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Feasibility of a birth-cohort in Pakistan
BACKGROUND: Evidence for Better Lives Study Foundational Research (EBLS-FR) is a preliminary endeavor to establish the feasibility of a global birth cohort, and within this feasibility study, piloting the research instrument...
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The European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia (EPAD) Longitudinal Cohort Study
Abstract: Background: The European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia (EPAD) Programme is a pan-European project whose objective is to deliver a platform, adaptive, Phase 2 proof of concept (PoC) trial for the secondary...
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Study protocol. A prospective cohort study of unselected primiparous women
BACKGROUND: There have been dramatic changes in the approach to screening for aneuploidy over the last 20 years. However, the approach to screening for other complications of pregnancy such as intra-uterine growth restriction...
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