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  1. Periodontitis, periodontal inflammation, and mild cognitive impairment: A 5-year cohort study

    Article • Journal of Periodontal Research, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada, Hiroshi Ogawa

  2. Postcard intervention for depression in community-dwelling older adults: A randomised controlled trial

    Article • Psychiatry Research, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Taizo Wada

  3. Oral health status in relation to cognitive function among older Japanese

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  4. Association between risk perception, subjective knowledge, and depression in community-dwelling elderly people in Japan

    Article • Psychiatry Research, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Taizo Wada

  5. Social cohesion and health in old age: a study in southern Taiwan

    Article • International Psychogeriatrics, March 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Taizo Wada, Hissei Imai

  6. Depression and subjective economy among elderly people in Asian communities: Japan, Taiwan, and Korea

    Article • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Taizo Wada, Hissei Imai

  7. Predictors of difficulty in carrying out basic activities of daily living among the old-old: A 2-year community-based cohort study

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, February 2015, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  8. Effect of Early Diagnosis and Lifestyle Modification on Depressive Symptoms in Community-Dwelling Elderly Adults with Glucose Intolerance: 5-Year Longitudinal Study

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, February 2015, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  9. Effect of Early Diagnosis and Lifestyle Modification on Functional Activities in Community-Dwelling Elderly Adults with Glucose Intolerance: 5-Year Longitudinal Study

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  10. Buddhist social networks and health in old age: A study in central Thailand

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada, Hissei Imai

  11. Relationships between each category of 25-item frailty risk assessment (Kihon Checklist) and newly certified older adults under Long-Term Care Insurance: A 24-month follow-up study in a rural community in Japan

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  12. Ipsative imputation for a 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale in community-dwelling elderly people

    Article • Psychogeriatrics, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  13. Factor structures of a Japanese version of the Geriatric Depression Scale and its correlation with the quality of life and functional ability

    Article • Psychiatry Research, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Taizo Wada

  14. Relationship Between Depression and Blood Pressure in Community-Dwelling Oldest-Old Adults in Japan

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, December 2013, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada, Hissei Imai

  15. Long-term care prevention project in Japan

    Article • The Lancet, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Taizo Wada

  16. The postcard intervention against depression among community-dwelling older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    Article • Trials, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Taizo Wada

  17. Positive affect as a predictor of lower risk of functional decline in community-dwelling elderly in Japan

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, December 2012, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  18. Evaluation of chewing ability and its relationship with activities of daily living, depression, cognitive status and food intake in the community-dwelling elderly

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, December 2012, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  19. Importance of cognitive assessment as part of the “Kihon Checklist” developed by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for prediction of frailty at a 2-year follow up

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, November 2012, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  20. Eating alone among community-dwelling Japanese elderly: Association with depression and food diversity

    Article • The journal of nutrition health & aging, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Taizo Wada

  21. J-curve association between economic status and diabetes independent of functional disability in Japanese elderly

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  22. Correlation of systolic blood pressure with age and body mass index in native Papuan populations

    Article • Hypertension Research, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Taizo Wada

  23. Comprehensive geriatric functional analysis of elderly populations in four categories of the long-term care insurance system in a rural, depopulated and aging town in Japan

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, June 2012, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  24. Activities of Daily Living Rather Than Depressive Symptoms Increase the Risk of Mortality in Japanese Community-Dwelling Elderly People: A 4-Year Longitudinal Survey

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, June 2012, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  25. Association Between Geriatric Function and Subjective Economy in Elderly Adults Living in a Rural Community in Japan

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, April 2012, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  26. Fall Risk Index predicts functional decline regardless of fall experiences among community-dwelling elderly

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, February 2012, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  27. Fifteen-Item Geriatric Depression Scale Predicts 8-Year Mortality in Older Japanese

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada, Hissei Imai

  28. Subjective Quality of Life in Older Community-Dwelling Adults in the Kingdom of Bhutan and Japan

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  29. Strong Association Between Polycythemia and Glucose Intolerance in Older Adults Living at High Altitudes in the Andes

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, October 2011, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  30. Self-rated happiness is associated with functional ability, mood, quality of life and income, but not with medical condition in community-dwelling elderly in Japan

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, September 2011, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  31. “FIELD MEDICINE” FOR RECONSIDERING “OPTIMAL AGING”

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  32. The effects of socioeconomic globalization on health and aging in highlanders compared to lowlanders in Yunnan, China, and Kochi, Japan

    Article • Ecological Research, December 2010, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  33. Community-Based Geriatric Assessment and Preventive Intervention Lowered Medical Expenses for the Elderly

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, April 2010, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  34. STRONG ASSOCIATION BETWEEN POLYCYTHEMIA AND GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE IN ELDERLY HIGH-ALTITUDE DWELLERS IN ASIA

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, March 2010, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  35. SELF-RATED HEALTH AND COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC FUNCTIONS IN COMMUNITY-LIVING OLDER ADULTS IN JAPAN

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, January 2010, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  36. TWENTY-ONE-ITEM FALL RISK INDEX PREDICTS FALLS IN ELDERLY COMMUNITY-DWELLING JAPANESE

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  37. Comprehensive geriatric assessment of elderly highlanders in Qinghai, China IV: Comparison of food diversity and its relation to health of Han and Tibetan elderly

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  38. Comprehensive geriatric assessment of elderly highlanders in Qinghai, China I: Activities of daily living, quality of life and metabolic syndrome

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  39. Comprehensive geriatric assessment of elderly highlanders in Qinghai, China II: The association of polycythemia with lifestyle-related diseases among the three ethnicities

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  40. Comprehensive geriatric assessment of elderly highlanders in Qinghai, China, III: Oxidative stress and aging in Tibetan and Han elderly highlanders

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  41. Changing attitudes of elderly japanese toward disease

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, September 2009, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  42. COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY JAPANESE PEOPLE WITH HOBBIES ARE HEALTHIER THAN THOSE LACKING HOBBIES

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, June 2009, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  43. FOOD DIVERSITY IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, DEPRESSION, AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY PEOPLE

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 2009, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  44. AGE AND SEX SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCE FALL RISK IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY PEOPLE IN JAPAN

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 2009, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  45. Community-dwelling elderly with chewing difficulties are more disabled, depressed and have lower quality of life scores

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  46. HEALTH-RELATED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PARTICIPANTS AND NONPARTICIPANTS IN COMMUNITY-BASED GERIATRIC EXAMINATIONS

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, February 2009, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  47. IMPROVEMENT IN OBESITY AND GLUCOSE TOLERANCE IN ELDERLY PEOPLE AFTER LIFESTYLE CHANGES 1 YEAR AFTER AN ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST IN A RURAL AREA IN LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, August 2008, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  48. SUBJECTIVE SLEEP DISTURBANCES WERE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC FUNCTIONS IN DOSE-RESPONSIVE MANNER IN THE COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY PEOPLE IN JAPAN

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, August 2008, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  49. COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY FALLERS IN JAPAN ARE OLDER, MORE DISABLED, AND MORE DEPRESSED THAN NONFALLERS

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, August 2008, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  50. LIFESTYLE CHANGES AFTER ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST IMPROVE GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY PEOPLE AFTER 1 YEAR

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, April 2008, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  51. THE CLOSE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LOW ECONOMIC STATUS AND GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE IN ELDERLY SUBJECTS IN A RURAL AREA IN LAOS

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, December 2007, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  52. Cognitive impairment and frontal-subcortical geriatric syndrome are associated with metabolic syndrome in a stroke-free population

    Article • Neurobiology of Aging, November 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Taizo Wada

  53. HIGH PREVALENCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS IN OLDER PEOPLE IN A RURAL AREA IN LAOS

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, November 2006, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  54. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for outpatients is important for the detection of functional disabilities and depressive symptoms associated with sensory impairment as well as for the screening of cognitive impairment

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, June 2006, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  55. Comprehensive geriatric assessment for community-dwelling elderly in Asia compared with those in Japan: VII. Khon Khen in Thailand

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, March 2006, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  56. Usefulness of measuring serum markers in addition to comprehensive geriatric assessment for cognitive impairment and depressive mood in the elderly

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, March 2006, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  57. Is culture an independent variable in psychogeriatrics? The case of Japanese and Brazilian elderly

    Article • International Psychogeriatrics, March 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Taizo Wada

  58. Is culture an independent variable in psychogeriatrics? The case of Japanese and Brazilian elderly

    Article • International Psychogeriatrics, February 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Taizo Wada

  59. OLDER ADULTS' VIEWS OF “SUCCESSFUL AGING”: COMPARISON OF OLDER JAPANESE AND AMERICANS

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, January 2006, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  60. Comprehensive geriatric assessment for community-dwelling elderly in Asia compared with those in Japan: VI. Maubin in Myanmar

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, December 2005, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  61. Effects of group work programs on community-dwelling elderly people with age-associated cognitive decline and/or mild depressive moods: A Kahoku Longitudinal Aging Study

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, December 2005, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  62. Depression, activities of daily living, and quality of life of community-dwelling elderly in three Asian countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, and Japan

    Article • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, November 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Taizo Wada

  63. Comprehensive geriatric assessment for community-dwelling elderly in Asia compared with those in Japan: V. West Java in Indonesia

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, September 2005, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  64. Comprehensive geriatric assessment for community-dwelling elderly in Asia compared with those in Japan: IV. Savannakhet in Laos

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, September 2005, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  65. CLOSE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN GERIATRIC FUNCTIONAL ABILITY AND ECONOMIC STATUS IN DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, August 2005, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  66. Comprehensive geriatric assessment for community-dwelling elderly in Asia compared with those in Japan: I. Singapore

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, June 2005, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  67. Comprehensive geriatric assessment for community-dwelling elderly in Asia compared with those in Japan: III. Phuto in Vietnam

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, June 2005, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  68. Comprehensive geriatric assessment for community-dwelling elderly in Asia compared with those in Japan: II. Hongchon in Korea

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, June 2005, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  69. NO POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN ANEMIA AND DISABILITY IN OLDER PEOPLE IN JAPAN

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, April 2005, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  70. Analysis of comprehensive geriatric assessment of elderly residents in a social welfare home for the aged compared with those in a residential care home in an urban area in Japan

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, March 2005, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  71. Depression in Japanese community-dwelling elderly—prevalence and association with ADL and QOL

    Article • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, July 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Taizo Wada

  72. Depression, age and ADL in community-dwelling elderly

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, December 2003, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  73. What determines the life satisfaction of the elderly? Comparative study of residential care home and community in Japan

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, June 2003, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  74. Health status and subjective economic satisfaction in West Papua

    Article • The Lancet, September 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Taizo Wada

  75. Factors associated with ADL dependence: A comparative study of residential care home and community-dwelling elderly in Japan

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, March 2002, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  76. Preoperative assessment scale for elderly Japanese patients (part I): basic study design and clinical trial

    Article • Geriatrics and Gerontology International, March 2002, Wiley

    Dr Taizo Wada

  77. ７５歳以上の地域在住老年者における心拍変動解析 行動機能，認知機能との関連

    Article • Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi Japanese Journal of Geriatrics, January 2002, The Japan Geriatrics Society

    Dr Taizo Wada

  78. Home blood-pressure control in Japanese hypertensive population

    Article • The Lancet, July 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Taizo Wada

  79. Does surge in blood pressure precede or follow stroke?

    Article • The Lancet, February 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Taizo Wada