The prevalence of sarcopenia in very old individuals according to the European consensus definition: insights from the BELFRAIL study

…, B Vaes, C Matheļ, C Swine, JM Degryse - Age and …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background: the prevalence of sarcopenia varies widely between studies. The objective of
this study was to assess the prevalence of sarcopenia in a representative sample of persons …

Apathy and depressive symptoms in older people and incident myocardial infarction, stroke, and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual …

…, C Cooper, TAJM de Craen, JM Degryse… - Clinical …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background Previous findings suggest that apathy symptoms independently of depressive
symptoms measured using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) are associated with …

Instruments to measure outcomes in pediatric palliative care: a systematic review

M Friedel, I Aujoulat, AC Dubois, JM Degryse - Pediatrics, 2019 - publications.aap.org
… final manuscript; Ms Dubois contributed to the design of the extraction tables and extraction
of data from the included studies and reviewed and revised the final manuscript; Dr Degryse

Frailty: an emerging concept for general practice

J De Lepeleire, S Iliffe, E Mann, JM Degryse - British Journal of General …, 2009 - bjgp.org
Ageing of the population in western societies and the rising costs of health and social care
are refocusing health policy on health promotion and disability prevention among older …

Muscle strength and physical performance as predictors of mortality, hospitalization, and disability in the oldest old

…, G Van Pottelbergh, JM Degryse - Journal of the …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To evaluate the predictive value of muscle strength and physical performance in
the oldest old for all‐cause mortality; hospitalization; and the onset of disability, defined as a …

Reduction of potentially inappropriate medications using the STOPP criteria in frail older inpatients: a randomised controlled study

…, S Henrard, D Wouters, N Speybroeck, JM Degryse… - Drugs & aging, 2014 - Springer
… Speybroeck, JM Degryse and A. Spinewine have no conflicts of interest that are directly
relevant to the content of this article. The researchers would like to thank the internal geriatric …

Association of thyroid dysfunction with cognitive function: an individual participant data analysis

…, HC Comijs, JF Dartigues, JM Degryse… - JAMA internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In clinical guidelines, overt and subclinical thyroid dysfunction are mentioned as
causal and treatable factors for cognitive decline. However, the scientific literature on these …

A roadmap of aging in Russia: The prevalence of frailty in community‐dwelling older adults in the St. Petersburg district—The “crystal” Study

…, EV Frolova, JM Degryse - Journal of the American …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: To categorize the health problems of older Russians and identify the number
of frail older adults using different approaches. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional study. SETTING: …

The relationship of multimorbidity with disability and frailty in the oldest patients: a cross-sectional analysis of three measures of multimorbidity in the BELFRAIL cohort

…, O Dalleur, A De Sutter, JM Degryse - The European journal …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Full article: The relationship of multimorbidity with disability and frailty in the oldest patients:
A cross-sectional analysis of three measures of multimorbidity in the BELFRAIL cohort Skip …

No relation between vitamin D status and physical performance in the oldest old: results from the Belfrail study

…, B Vaes, W Adriaensen, D Gruson, JM Degryse - Age and …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background: vitamin D deficiency is a well-known cause of bone loss and fractures but its
association, especially among the oldest old, with muscle weakness is less obvious. Objective: …