Screening and Prevention in the Older Adult


Screening and Prevention in the Older Adult

Selected articles addressing screening and prevention for older adults

Cancer Screening
Cardiovascular Screening
Disease Prevention/Health Promotion
Exercise Recommendations
Hearing and Vision Screening
Osteoporosis Screening
Screening as a general topic


Cancer Screening

Breitbart EW, Waldmann A, Nolte S,et al. Systematic skin cancer screening in Northern Germany. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2012 66(2):201-11. PubMed PMID: 22074699.

Friedrich MJ. Debate continues on use of PSA testing for early detection of prostate cancer. JAMA. 2011 Jun 8;305(22):2273-5. PubMed PMID: 21642668.

Goodwin JS, Singh A, Reddy N, Riall TS, Kuo YF. Overuse of screening colonoscopy in the Medicare population. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Aug 8;171(15):1335-43. PubMed PMID: 21555653. 

Hoffman KE, Nguyen PL, Ng AK, D'Amico AV. Prostate cancer screening in men 75  years old or older: an assessment of self-reported health status and life expectancyJ Urol. 2010 May;183(5):1798-802. PubMed PMID: 20299039.

Ilic D, O'Connor D, Green S, Wilt TJ. Screening for prostate cancer: an updated Cochrane systematic review. BJU Int. 2011 Mar;107(6):882-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.10032.x.. PubMed PMID: 21392207. 

Cardiovascular Screening

Cosford PA, Leng GC.Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007;(2):CD002945.

Taylor-Piliae RE, Fair JM, Varady AN, Hlatky MA, Norton LC, Iribarren C, GoAS, Fortmann SP. Ankle brachial index screening in asymptomatic older adults. Am Heart J. 2011 May;161(5):979-85. PubMed PMID: 21570532.   

Disease Prevention/Health Promotion

Bjelakovic G, Nikolova D, Gluud LL, Simonetti RG, Gluud C. Antioxidant supplements for prevention of mortality in healthy participants and patients with various diseases. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Mar 14;3:CD007176. PubMed
PMID: 22419320.


Exercise Recommendations

American College of Sports Medicine, Chodzko-Zajko WJ, Proctor DN, et al. American College of Sports Medicine position stand. Exercise and physical activity for older adults. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 Jul;41(7):1510-30. PubMed PMID: 19516148.




Hearing and Vision Screening


Chou R, Dana T, Bougatsos C, Fleming C, Beil T. Screening adults aged 50 years or older for hearing loss: a review of the evidence for the U.S. preventive services task force. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Mar 1;154(5):347-55.. PubMed PMID: 21357912.

Desapriya E, Wijeratne H, Subzwari S, et al. Vision screening of older drivers for preventing road traffic injuries and fatalities. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Mar 16;(3):CD006252.. PubMed PMID: 21412894.

Lin KW, Hollis EM. Screening for impaired visual acuity in older adultsAm Fam Physician. 2011;83(2):189-190. 
Yueh B, Collins MP, Souza PE, Boyko EJ, Loovis CF, Heagerty PJ, Liu CF, Fedrick SC. Long-term effectiveness of screening for hearing loss: the screening for auditory impairment--which hearing assessment test (SAI-WHAT) randomized trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010;58(3):427-34. PubMed PMID: 20398111. 


Osteoporosis Screening

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for osteoporosis: U.S. preventive services task force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Mar 1;154(5):356-64. PubMed PMID: 21242341. 




Screening as a General Topic

Gnanadesigan N, Fung CH. Quality indicators for screening and prevention in vulnerable elders. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55 Suppl 2:S417-23.

Leipzig RM, Whitlock EP, Wolff TA, Barton MB, Michael YL, Harris R, Petitti D, Wilt T, Siu A; US Preventive Services Task Force Geriatric Workgroup. Reconsidering the approach to prevention recommendations for older adults.A nn Intern Med. 2010 Dec 21;153(12):809-14. PubMed PMID: 21173415.

Mouton CP. Disease Screening in Older Adults: When to Stop. Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers.October 2008 (updated June 2010).

Spalding MC, Sebesta SC.Geriatric screening and preventive care. Am Fam Physician. 2008;78(2):206-15.