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Chronic care and safety

Medication adherence, polypharmacy, diabetes monitoring, nutrition risk, fracture risk, and disability screening all show up as prevention priorities.

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Chronic care and safety
Curcumin RCT for sarcopenia in elderly

Double-blind RCT evidence in Healthy elderly adults in India focused on curcumin supplementation and tracked strength and fatigue markers. Included with caution because it is a smaller supplement trial rather than a broad systems-level prevention strategy.

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Community supportChronic care and safety
Health-seeking behavior for NCDs in elderly

Cross-sectional evidence in India elderly population focused on access and uptake behavior as prevention systems issue and tracked determinants of care-seeking. Useful for understanding why screening and chronic-care pathways fail to convert into real care continuity.

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Chronic care and safety
Functional disability in rural Haryana elders

Cross-sectional evidence in Rural Haryana older adults focused on disability screening and measurement and tracked disability prevalence. Foundational for targeting ADL and disability prevention services in rural settings.

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Chronic care and safety
Nutritional status among elderly in India

Cross-sectional evidence in India elderly population focused on nutrition screening baseline and tracked malnutrition prevalence. Useful for targeting nutrition services and understanding the baseline scale of risk.

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Falls and mobilityChronic care and safety
Osteoporotic fracture risk assessment in urban India

Cross-sectional risk assessment evidence in Urban Indian adults and older adults focused on fracture risk screening and tracked risk stratification. Supports proactive fracture prevention planning rather than reactive treatment after injury.

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Falls and mobilityChronic care and safety
Vitamin D and calcium supplementation with muscle performance

Randomized supplementation trial evidence in Vitamin D-deficient Asian Indians including older adults focused on cholecalciferol plus calcium and tracked strength and physical performance. Relevant to sarcopenia and falls prevention, even though it sits outside the stronger recent lifestyle and screening clusters.

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Chronic care and safety
Polypharmacy and self-medication in Indian older adults

Cross-sectional evidence in Older adults across six Indian cities focused on medication-safety risk mapping and tracked polypharmacy prevalence and risk factors. Directly informs deprescribing and medication-safety prevention planning.

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Chronic care and safety
Medication adherence behavioral intervention (ENDORSE)

Pilot RCT evidence in Older adults in India with NCDs focused on education and behavioral adherence program and tracked adherence feasibility and effect. Prevention here works through better chronic disease control rather than through a single screening or exercise program.

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Vaccination and screeningChronic care and safety
FAST frailty screening tool development and validation

Tool development / validation evidence in Indian community elders focused on frailty screening and tracked predictive validity and accuracy. Frailty screening is a high-value triage tool for prevention and prioritization in primary care.

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Chronic care and safety
Color-coded diabetes monitoring in elderly diabetics

Open-label RCT evidence in Elderly diabetics in rural geriatric clinics focused on visual monitoring chart plus education and tracked hba1c improvement. A low-cost, primary-care-friendly chronic disease prevention tool rather than a specialist intervention.

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