Best Abstracts Awards at 17th EuGMS Congress
Dear Colleagues,
EuGMS is happy to announce the winners of the Best Abstracts Awards for the 17th EuGMS Congress in Athens & Online- OCT 2021
BEST POSTER AWARD
TITLE: “BEING ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN LIFE IN OLD AGE –DETERMINANTS, TEMPORAL TRENDS AND PROGNOSTIC VALUE”
Authors: Kaisu Pitkala (1), Mia Knuutila (1), Helena Karppinen (1), Tuuli Lehti (1), Ulla Aalto (2), Hannamaria Roitto (3), Hanna Öhman (4), Timo Strandberg (5)
(1) University of Helsinki, Department of General Practice, (2) Helsinki City, Older people's care, (3) University of Helsinki and City of Helsinki, (4) Helsinki University Central Hospital, Clinics of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, (5) University of Helsinki, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
BEST ORAL COMMUNICATION AWARD
TITLE: “Magnitude, change over time, demographic characteristics and geographic distribution of excess deaths among nursing home residents during the first wave of COVID-19 in France: a nationwide cohort study"
Author: CANOUÏ-POITRINE Florence (1)
(1)Univ Paris Est Creteil/Inserm/AP-HP
BEST ORAL COMMUNICATION AWARD
TITLE: “The effect of educational intervention on use of psychotropics in defined daily doses and related costs in long-term care”
Authors: Ulla Aalto (1), Mervi Rantsi (2), Anna-Liisa Juola (3), Hannu Kautiainen (3), Kaisu Pitkälä (3)
(1) Dept of Social Services and Health Care, Helsinki Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, (2) Dept of Health and Social Management, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, (3) Dept of General Practice, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
BEST ORAL COMMUNICATION AWARD
TITLE: “Twelve-Year Sarcopenia Trajectories in Older Adults: Results from a Population-Based Study”
Authors: Caterina Trevisan (1), Davide Liborio Vetrano (2), Riccardo Calvani (2), Anna Picca (2), Anna-Karin Welmer (3)
(1) Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy, (2) Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, (3) Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
BEST LATE BREAKING NEWS ORAL COMMUNICATION AWARD
TITLE: “HOMEFOOD randomized trial - Can a six-month nutrition therapy after discharge from hospital improve body composition and physical function in older adults?”
Authors: Berglind Blondal (1), Olof Gudny Geirsdottir (1), Thorhallur Ingi Halldorsson (1), Kolbrun Sveinsdottir (2), Anne Marie Beck (3), Palmi V Jonsson (4), Alfons Ramel (1)
Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition - University of Iceland, (2) Matís ohf, Reykjavik, Iceland, (3) University College Copenhagen, Institute of Nursing and Nutrition, Denmark., (4) The Icelandic Gerontological Research Institute
