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Older breast cancer survivors: factors associated with change in emotional well-beingKerri M Clough-Gorr
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:1334-40. 2007..During the 5 years after primary breast cancer diagnosis for women 65 years old, we examined factors associated with change in emotional well-being...
Exposure to sunlamps, tanning beds, and melanoma riskKerri M Clough-Gorr
Geriatrics Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, 88 East Newton Street, Robinson 2, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
Cancer Causes Control 19:659-69. 2008..To estimate the separate effects of sunlamp and tanning bed device use on melanoma risk...- Incident malignancies among older long-term breast cancer survivors and an age-matched and site-matched nonbreast cancer comparison group over 10 years of follow-upKerri M Clough-Gorr
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Section of Geriatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts National Institute for Cancer Epidemiology and Registration, Zurich, Switzerland
Cancer 119:1478-85. 2013..Of the approximately 2.4 million American women with a history of breast cancer, 43% are aged ≥65 years and are at risk for developing subsequent malignancies... 
Examining five- and ten-year survival in older women with breast cancer using cancer-specific geriatric assessmentKerri M Clough-Gorr
Section of Geriatrics, Boston University Medical Center, 88 East Newton Street, Robinson Building, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Eur J Cancer 48:805-12. 2012..To examine five- and ten-year survival based on cancer-specific geriatric assessment (C-SGA) in older women with early stage breast cancer...- Webinar Training: an acceptable, feasible and effective approach for multi-site medical record abstraction: the BOWII experienceChantal C Avila
Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Research and Evaluation, Pasadena, CA, USA
BMC Res Notes 4:430. 2011..abstract:.. - Older breast cancer survivors: geriatric assessment domains are associated with poor tolerance of treatment adverse effects and predict mortality over 7 years of follow-upKerri M Clough-Gorr
Section of Geriatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Clin Oncol 28:380-6. 2010..To evaluate geriatric assessment (GA) domains in relation to clinically important outcomes in older breast cancer survivors... - Older breast cancer survivors: factors associated with self-reported symptoms of persistent lymphedema over 7 years of follow-upKerri M Clough-Gorr
Geriatrics Section, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Breast J 16:147-55. 2010.... - The Getting-Out-of-Bed (GoB) scale: a measure of motivation and life outlook in older adults with cancerKerri M Clough-Gorr
Section of Geriatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Psychosoc Oncol 27:454-68. 2009..To develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of a measure of motivation and life outlook (Getting-Out-of-Bed [GoB])... - Challenges associated with longitudinal survivorship research: attrition and a novel approach of reenrollment in a 6-year follow-up study of older breast cancer survivorsKerri M Clough-Gorr
Boston University Schools of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, 88 East Newton Street, Robinson 2, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Cancer Surviv 2:95-103. 2008..Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among older women. The vast majority of women with breast cancer become long-term survivors... - The self-administered 24-item geriatric pain measure (GPM-24-SA): psychometric properties in three European populations of community-dwelling older adultsKerri M Clough-Gorr
Department of Geriatrics, Inselspital Bern, University Hospital and Spital Netz Bern Ziegler and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Pain Med 9:695-709. 2008..To explore the feasibility and psychometric properties of a self-administered version of the 24-item Geriatric Pain Measure (GPM-24-SA)... - Cancer, a disease of aging (part 1) - trends in older adult cancer mortality in Switzerland 1991-2008Kurt Schmidlin
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University Bern, Switzerland
Swiss Med Wkly 142:w13637. 2012..This study examined socio-demographic and regional characteristics specifically focused on the cancer mortality experience of older adults in Switzerland... - Preclinical disability as a risk factor for falls in community-dwelling older adultsKerri M Clough-Gorr
Department of Geriatrics, Inselspital University of Bern Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:314-20. 2008..Falls are common and serious problems in older adults. The goal of this study was to examine whether preclinical disability predicts incident falls in a European population of community-dwelling older adults... - The eight-item modified Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey: psychometric evaluation showed excellent performanceAndré Moser
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, CH 3012 Bern, Switzerland
J Clin Epidemiol 65:1107-16. 2012..Evaluation and validation of the psychometric properties of the eight-item modified Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (mMOS-SS)... - Longitudinal patterns in survival, comorbidity, healthcare utilization and quality of care among older women following breast cancer diagnosisAmresh D Hanchate
Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research COLMR, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:1045-50. 2010..To compare longitudinal patterns of health care utilization and quality of care for other health conditions between breast cancer-surviving older women and a matched cohort without breast cancer... - Impact of unlinked deaths and coding changes on mortality trends in the Swiss National CohortKurt Schmidlin
Division of International and Environmental Health, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 13:1. 2013..abstract:.. - Social network assessment in community-dwelling older persons: results from a study of three European populationsEva Blozik
Department of Geriatrics, Inselspital University of Bern Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
Aging Clin Exp Res 21:150-7. 2009..We evaluated whether additional use of a brief social network measure provides relevant additional information in relation to social support and engagement... - Reduction of inappropriate medications among older nursing-home residents: a nurse-led, pre/post-design, intervention studyEva Blozik
Division of Geriatrics, Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Drugs Aging 27:1009-17. 2010..Explicit criteria such as the Beers criteria provide a valid instrument for describing the rate of inappropriate medication (IM) prescriptions among older adults... - Geriatric Pain Measure short form: development and initial evaluationEva Blozik
Department of Geriatrics and Institute of Scoial and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:2045-50. 2007..To develop and evaluate a short form of the 24-item Geriatric Pain Measure (GPM) for use in community-dwelling older adults... - Cancer, a disease of aging (part 2) - risk factors for older adult cancer mortality in Switzerland 1991-2008Kurt Schmidlin
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
Swiss Med Wkly 142:w13607. 2012..This study evaluated gender-age-specific cancer mortality risk factors in older adults in Switzerland with attention to the most common types of cancer... - Automated inter-rater reliability assessment and electronic data collection in a multi-center breast cancer studySoe Soe Thwin
Geriatrics Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
BMC Med Res Methodol 7:23. 2007..There remains a need to examine potential benefits, efficiencies, and innovations associated with an EDC system in a multi-center medical record review study... - Multidimensional preventive home visit programs for community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trialsAnke Huss
Department of Geriatrics, Inselspital University of Bern Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:298-307. 2008..Our objective was to systematically review RCTs examining the effect of home visit programs on mortality, nursing home admissions, and functional status decline... - Improving quality of care for urban older people with diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseaseLisa B Caruso
Section of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1656-62. 2007..Using the CCM as a quality improvement framework can improve clinical measures for older urban minority populations with CVD and DM...