Epidemiology in Old Age

This major work with an internationally famous list of contributors deals with the ways in which needs assessment, service, evaluation, and public health and social policy may improve the care of elderly people in all societies. It discusses the methodology of epidemiological studies, risk factors, and the most common problems and diseases in old age.

Shah Ebrahim is the editor of Epidemiology in Old Age, published by Wiley. Alexandre Kalache is a medical epidemiologist specializing in the study of aging. Since 2012 he is President of the International Longevity Centre-Brazil and since 2015 co-President of the Global Alliance of International Longevity Centres.

List of contributors
Foreword
Editorial preface
Preface
Mechanisms of ageing	p. 3
Principles of epidemiology in old age	p. 12
Ageing worldwide	p. 22
Demographic aspects	p. 32
Disability free life expectancy	p. 41
Ageing in developing countries: a case study of Brazil	p. 49
Conduct of long term cohort sequential studies	p. 57
Clinical trials and meta-analysis	p. 67
Health economics	p. 78
Evaluation of health services	p. 85
Health service use in mental illness	p. 96
Health service use in physical illness	p. 106
Community care	p. 126
Value of screening in old age	p. 136
Preventive medicine	p. 145
Health promotion	p. 153
Successful ageing	p. 162
Nutritional status	p. 171
Classical cardiovascular risk factors	p. 184
Exercise	p. 190
Migration and ethnicity	p. 201
Gender	p. 210
Quality of life	p. 221
Functional ability	p. 228
Social networks and support	p. 236
Hypertension	p. 245
Ischaemic heart disease	p. 253
Stroke	p. 262
Alzheimer's disease	p. 270
Depressive illness	p. 279
Osteoporosis	p. 290
Proximal femoral fracture	p. 300
Arthritis	p. 311
Breast cancer	p. 317
Prostatic cancer	p. 324
Visual impairment	p. 331
Hearing impairment	p. 344
Incontinence	p. 353
Falls	p. 361
Accidents	p. 369
Locomotor disability	p. 378
Confusion	p. 389
Iatrogenesis	p. 398
Dying	p. 408
Epilogue: Intersection of epidemiology and ageing	p. 417
Index	p. 421
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