Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Michelle C. Odden, Kendra D. Sims, Roland J. Thorpe, Mario Sims, Mandip Dhamoon, Yuan- Min, Adolfo Correa
Summary: This study revealed that half of incident mobility limitations among middle-aged African Americans were transient, with adverse sociodemographic factors and comorbidities associated with lower likelihood of recovery.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Rehabilitation
Valerie Shuman, Jennifer S. Brach, Jonathan F. Bean, Janet K. Freburger
Summary: The study aimed to determine the frequency of mobility limitation documentation during visits with older adults, as well as the patient, physician, and practice characteristics associated with such documentation. It was found that the documentation of mobility limitations is generally inadequate and primarily occurs when there are significant changes in function.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Christina Prevett, Kevin Moncion, Stuart M. Phillips, Julie Richardson, Ada Tang
Summary: This study included 24 studies with a total of 3656 participants, and found that community-based resistance training can improve walking distance, lower extremity strength, and usual gait speed, thus increasing independence in activities of daily living for older adults with mobility disability.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Adam Simning, Jessica Orth, Thomas Caprio, Yue Li, Jinjiao Wang, Helena Temkin-Greener
Summary: The study examined the percentage of post-acute care residents in skilled nursing facilities who did not receive timely primary care provider services, with 40% found to not have a timely visit. Factors such as racial minority and rural county status were associated with lower odds of receiving timely PCP services. Additionally, female sex, surgical hospitalization, and receipt of home health services were associated with increased odds of achieving perfect 30-day home time after discharge.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2021)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Pamela M. Dunlap, Andrea L. Rosso, Xiaonan Zhu, Brooke N. Klatt, Jennifer S. Brach
Summary: The study aimed to identify the association between mobility determinants and life space in older adults. The results showed that age, lower extremity power, gait efficacy, and energy cost of walking were associated with life space.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jordan Smith, Kelly R. Ylitalo
Summary: Only one-third of adults in the United States received physical activity recommendations, with those who received them more likely to have functional limitations. Recommendations for physical activity for those with limitations appeared to increase during middle age, peak for adults aged 65-75 years, but declined substantially for adults >= 75 years.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Thomas E. Robinson, Michal L. Boyd, Diana North, Jean Wignall, Martin Dawe, Jean McQueen, Rosemary A. Frey, Deborah L. Raphael, Ngaire Kerse
Summary: The proactive primary care program significantly reduced aged-residential care placement and mortality for frail older people in the first year, but did not decrease acute hospitalization. Caution is needed in interpreting these nonexperimental results.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Miia Rahja, Tracy Air, Susannah Ahern, Stephanie A. Ward, Gillian E. Caughey, Janet K. Sluggett, Monica Cations, Xiaoping Lin, Kasey Wallis, Maria Crotty, Maria C. Inacio
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of primary and secondary care clinical quality indicators (CQIs) for Australians with dementia using government subsidized aged care. The results showed an increase in incidence of all CQIs except for medication reviews. Being female, older, having fewer comorbidities, and living outside a major city were associated with lower likelihood of using the services.
JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
(2022)
Review
Orthopedics
Gavin Williams, Leanne Hassett, Ross Clark, Adam L. Bryant, Meg E. Morris, John Olver, Louise Ada
Summary: This randomized trial demonstrates that ballistic resistance training has a similar or better effect on mobility compared to non-ballistic exercise rehabilitation in individuals with traumatic brain injury. It may be more suitable for those with more severe mobility limitations.
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Feng-Hang Chang, Yen-Nung Lin, Tsan-Hon Liou, Peng-Sheng Ni
Summary: This study aims to explore the trends and predictors of community participation in younger adults after stroke in Taiwan. The findings show a positive trend in participation scores from hospital discharge to 1-year follow-up, particularly in social and community domains. However, the improvement is mild and mainly occurs in the first 3 months. Sociodemographic factors, stroke severity, comorbidity, and physical function significantly predict changes in participation scores over time, with physical function being the strongest predictor.
ANNALS OF PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Saeed Shahabi, Carlotte Kiekens, Manal Etemadi, Parviz Mojgani, Ahmad Ahmadi Teymourlouei, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani
Summary: Based on the WHO six building blocks framework, this study identified several policy options for integrating rehabilitation services into the Iranian PHC Network, including increasing political support, promoting inter-sectoral collaborations, and improving the skills and knowledge of healthcare workers.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Yan Shu, Ling Li, Fanglian Shu, Yanhong Wei, Li Zhang, You Zhou
Summary: This study investigates the role of an adjustable medical foot support pillow in preventing foot drop and improving the lower limb function of patients after stroke. The intervention group using the adjustable medical foot support pillow showed significant improvements in lower limb function, ADL score, ankle mobility, and a lower incidence rate of foot drop compared to the control group.
TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH CARE
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Marina B. Pinheiro, Leanne Hassett, Catherine Sherrington, Alison Hayes, Maayken van den Berg, Richard Lindley, Maria Crotty, Sakina Chagpar, Daniel Treacy, Heather Weber, Nicola Fairhall, Siobhan Wong, Annie McCluskey, Leanne Togher, Katharine Scrivener, Kirsten Howard
Summary: This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of adding a tailored digitally enabled exercise intervention to usual care in improving mobility, showing that the intervention saved costs and was more effective for mobility and quality-adjusted life years compared to usual care. Decision makers willing to pay AU$50,000 per meaningful improvement in mobility or quality-adjusted life year gained had a high probability of the intervention being cost-effective.
CLINICAL REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Barbara Mazer, Debbie Ehrmann Feldman
Summary: This study examines the long-term functional deficits experienced by individuals hospitalized for COVID-19. The findings show that almost all participants experienced increased fatigue and deterioration of their global health status at least 3 months after infection. Most participants also reported shortness of breath, pain, and anxiety. The study emphasizes the need for better understanding the impact of the infection to provide necessary support and services for those affected long term.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Pamela A. Kisala, David Victorson, Ratna Nandakumar, Andrew Shermeyer, Denise Fyffe, Allen W. Heinemann, Trevor A. Dyson-Hudson, David S. Tulsky
Summary: This study aims to develop clinically relevant interpretive standards for the Spinal Cord Injury-Functional Index/Capacity (SCI-FI/C) Basic Mobility and Self-Care item bank scores. The results provide straightforward interpretive guidelines for SCI researchers and clinicians using the SCI-FI/C Basic Mobility and Self-Care instruments.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Sigall K. Bell, Patricia Folcarelli, Alan Fossa, Macda Gerard, Marvin Harper, Suzanne Leveille, Caroline Moore, Kenneth E. Sands, Barbara Sarnoff Lee, Jan Walker, Fabienne Bourgeois
Summary: The study found that patients and parents believe that reading clinical notes helps them understand and follow through on tests and referrals. The majority of participants reported improvements in trust in the provider, activation, patient-provider goal alignment, and teamwork after reading the notes.
JOURNAL OF PATIENT SAFETY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yurun Cai, Suzanne G. Leveille, Jeffrey M. Hausdorff, Jonathan F. Bean, Brad Manor, Robert R. McLean, Tongjian You
Summary: This study found an association between chronic pain and slower foot reaction time in older adults, with pain severity and knee pain being linked to slower foot reaction time. Cognitive measures had little impact on this relationship, and it was only observed in participants with lower education levels. These findings suggest that chronic pain may increase fall risk in older adults by affecting foot reaction time.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sara L. Jackson, Hannah Shucard, Joshua M. Liao, Sigall K. Bell, Alan Fossa, Thomas H. Payne, Lisa M. Reisch, Andrea C. Radick, Catherine M. DesRoches, Patricia Fitzgerald, Suzanne Leveille, Jan Walker, Joann G. Elmore
Summary: This study aimed to understand the experiences of care partners accessing patient information through electronic portals. The majority of care partners, who were often family members, considered access to electronic visit notes very important for promoting positive health behaviors. They suggested improvements to the portal design, such as separate logins for care partners and avoiding judgmental language in the notes.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Yurun Cai, Suzanne G. Leveille, Ling Shi, Ping Chen, Tongjian You
Summary: Chronic pain in older adults is associated with specific circumstances of falls, such as indoor falls in living or dining rooms, and falls due to health problems or feeling dizzy. However, fallers with moderate-to-severe pain are less likely to fall while going down stairs or due to a slip or trip.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jan Walker, Suzanne Leveille, Gila Kriegel, Chen-Tan Lin, Stephen K. Liu, Thomas H. Payne, Kendall Harcourt, Zhiyong Dong, Patricia Fitzgerald, Matthew Germak, Lawrence Markson, Sara L. Jackson, Hannah Shucard, Joann G. Elmore, Tom Delbanco
Summary: OurNotes intervention, where patients and clinicians co-generate notes, is well received by both patients and providers, with most finding it beneficial. Patients find it easy to provide information and believe sending answers before the visit is a good idea, while clinicians typically incorporate the submissions into visit notes.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Olga Andreeva, Wei Ding, Suzanne G. Leveille, Yurun Cai, Ping Chen
Summary: Falls are a major factor in the development of disabilities in older adults. This study examines novel risk factors for falls in community-living older adults and proposes a multi-source learning approach called the Synergy LSTM model, which utilizes complementarity between textual fall descriptions and people's physical characteristics.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
James M. Muchira, Philimon N. Gona, Mulubrhan F. Mogos, Eileen M. Stuart-Shor, Suzanne G. Leveille, Mariann R. Piano, Laura L. Hayman
Summary: Based on the analysis of data from the Framingham Heart Study, this research found that parental cardiovascular health is associated with cardiovascular disease burden in adult offspring. Maternal cardiovascular health was strongly associated with healthy life years lost from heart disease in offspring, while paternal cardiovascular health showed no significant association. Investment in cardiovascular health promotion could reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in the current and future generation of adults.
CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR QUALITY AND OUTCOMES
(2023)
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Khushbu F. Patel, Pengsheng Ni, Kate E. Surette, Camerin A. Rencken, Silvanys L. Rodriguez-Mercedes, Madeleine B. Mcgwin, Renata Fabia, Carrie Tully, Petra Warner, Kathleen S. Romanowski, Tina Palmieri, Frederick J. Stoddard Jr, Jeffrey C. Schneider, Lewis E. Kazis, Colleen M. Ryan
Summary: This study developed a Computerized Adaptive Test called PS-LIBRE1-5 Profile CAT to measure postburn outcomes in children aged one to five. The test includes eight scales and provides comprehensive assessments of physical, communication and language, psychological, and social functioning in preschool burn survivors.
JOURNAL OF BURN CARE & RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Michelle A. McKay, Janell L. Mensinger, Melissa O'Connor, Madison Utz, Alexander Costello, Suzanne Leveille
Summary: This study aimed to explore the self-reported symptoms causing mobility difficulties in older adults and their impact on fear of falling (FOF). The study found that pain was the primary symptom causing mobility difficulty and contributed to a higher burden of FOF.
AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Julie A. Wright, Julie E. Volkman, Suzanne G. Leveille, Daniel J. Amante
Summary: The study found that about half of emerging adults had access to a patient portal, with the majority reporting using at least one feature. Factors associated with increased portal use included increased patient engagement and total clinical encounters. Self-reported eHealth literacy was not associated with patient portal use in this diverse sample of emerging adults.
JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Yuqing Zhang, Suzanne G. Leveille, Ling Shi
Summary: The study found that multiple chronic diseases were associated with edentulism and tooth loss. People with multimorbidity are more likely to be edentulous than those with one or no chronic disease. The findings from this study will help to identify populations at increased risk for oral problems and nutritional deficits, thus the assessment of oral health should be evaluated further as an important component of chronic illness care.
FRONTIERS IN BIG DATA
(2022)
Meeting Abstract
Nursing
Michelle Mckay, Janell Mensinger, Melissa O'Connor, Madison Utz, Alexander Costello, Suzanne Leveille
Meeting Abstract
Nursing
Semiha Bozkurt, Suzanne Leveille
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
James M. Muchira, Philimon N. Gona, Mulubrhan F. Mogos, Eileen Stuart-Shor, Suzanne G. Leveille, Mariann R. Piano, Laura L. Hayman
Summary: This study examined the association between parental cardiovascular health and the time to onset of cardiovascular disease in their offspring. It found that offspring of parents with ideal cardiovascular health had a greater CVD-free survival. Maternal cardiovascular health was a more accurate predictor of offspring's CVD-free survival than paternal cardiovascular health, emphasizing the importance of interventions involving mothers to break the intergenerational cycle of CVD-related morbidity and mortality.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
(2022)
Meeting Abstract
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Pornthip Suyasith, Prangtip Chayaput, Orapan Thosingha, Suzanne G. Leveille, Jatuporn Sirikun
INNOVATION IN AGING
(2021)
