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Rating neighborhoods for older adult health: results from the African American Health studyElena M Andresen
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida Health Sciences Center, PO Box 100231 Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
BMC Public Health 8:35. 2008..Social theories suggest that neighborhood quality affects health. Observer ratings of neighborhoods should be subjected to psychometric tests...- Neighborhood conditions, diabetes, and risk of lower-body functional limitations among middle-aged African Americans: a cohort studyMario Schootman
Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
BMC Public Health 10:283. 2010.... - Supportive-affective group experience for persons with life-threatening illness: reducing spiritual, psychological, and death-related distress in dying patientsDouglas K Miller
Center for Aging Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1050 Wishard Boulevard RG 6, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Palliat Med 8:333-43. 2005..Attention to psycho-socio-spiritual needs is considered critical by patients with life-threatening illnesses and their caregivers. Palliative care interventions that address these needs--particularly spirituality--are lacking... - Test-retest reliability of subclinical status for functional limitation and disabilityDouglas K Miller
Indiana University Center for Aging Research, 1050 Wishard Blvd, RG 6, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 61:S52-6. 2006..We evaluated the reproducibility of measuring subclinical status in a random subset of 92 community-dwelling St. Louis African Americans aged 49 to 65 years old... - Development and validation of a short portable sarcopenia measure in the African American health projectDouglas K Miller
Center for Aging Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:388-94. 2009..Poor muscle size and function (sarcopenia) have an important role in the age-associated disability process. However, no commonly accepted index of sarcopenia exists for use in epidemiological studies... - Inner city, middle-aged African Americans have excess frank and subclinical disabilityDouglas K Miller
School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:207-12. 2005..Healthy People 2010 seeks to decrease or eliminate the health disparities experienced by disadvantaged minority groups... - Adverse outcomes and correlates of change in the Short Physical Performance Battery over 36 months in the African American health projectDouglas K Miller
Center for Aging Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202 3012, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:487-94. 2008..Moreover, factors associated with changes in SPPB over time have not been reported... - Clinically relevant levels of depressive symptoms in community-dwelling middle-aged African AmericansDouglas K Miller
Division of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:741-8. 2004.... - Predictors of change in grip strength over 3 years in the African American health projectDouglas K Miller
Indiana University Center for Aging Research and Regenstrief Institute, Inc, Indianapolis 46202, USA
J Aging Health 22:183-96. 2010..To examine factors associated with change in grip strength... - Fear of falling and related activity restriction among middle-aged African AmericansMargaret Mary G Wilson
Division of Geriatric Medicine, St Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S Grand Blvd, M238, St Louis, Missouri 53104, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:355-60. 2005..The prevalence of fear of falling and related activity restriction, and their joint distribution with falls and falls efficacy, have been inadequately addressed in population-based studies of middle-aged and African-American groups... - Lower serum DHEAS levels are associated with a higher degree of physical disability and depressive symptoms in middle-aged to older African American womenMatthew T Haren
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Maturitas 57:347-60. 2007.... - Mortality risk in older inner-city African AmericansTheodore K Malmstrom
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1049-55. 2007..To investigate mortality risks in a sample of poor, inner-city-dwelling, older African Americans... - Computerized decision support to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing to older emergency department patients: a randomized, controlled trialKevin M Terrell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1388-94. 2009..To evaluate the effectiveness of computer-assisted decision support in reducing potentially inappropriate prescribing to older adults... - Higher C-reactive protein and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor levels are associated with poor physical function and disability: a cross-sectional analysis of a cohort of late middle-aged African AmericansMatthew T Haren
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 65:274-81. 2010..We aimed to determine associations of circulating cytokine receptors (sTNFR1, sTNFR2, and sIL-6R) and C-reactive protein (CRP) with disability, physical function, and body composition... - Cognitive ability and physical performance in middle-aged African AmericansTheodore K Malmstrom
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:997-1001. 2005..To investigate the association between cognitive ability and physical performance in a population-based sample of middle-aged African Americans... - Educational disparities in the prevalence and consequence of physical vulnerabilityDaniel O Clark
Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 62:S193-7. 2007..The purpose of this study was to estimate educational differences in the prevalence and mortality consequence of physical vulnerability among older adults in the United States... - The effect of adverse housing and neighborhood conditions on the development of diabetes mellitus among middle-aged African AmericansMario Schootman
Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:379-87. 2007..Poor housing conditions appear to be an independent contributor to the risk of incident diabetes in urban, middle-aged African Americans... - Challenges in transitional care between nursing homes and emergency departmentsKevin M Terrell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 7:499-505. 2006..To obtain opinions of knowledgeable professionals involved in the emergency care of nursing home (NH) residents... - Prescribing to older ED patientsKevin M Terrell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute, Inc, School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Am J Emerg Med 24:468-78. 2006..Two areas in need of research are identifying the proper dosing and safety of medications in seniors and prescribing with electronic decision support to assist in prescribing decisions... - Neighbourhood environment and the incidence of depressive symptoms among middle-aged African AmericansMario Schootman
Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 61:527-32. 2007.... - Quality indicators for geriatric emergency careKevin M Terrell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 16:441-9. 2009..The project objective was to develop ED-specific quality indicators for older patients to help practitioners identify quality gaps and focus quality improvement efforts... - Predictors of serum testosterone and DHEAS in African-American menMatthew T Haren
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
Int J Androl 31:50-9. 2008..Higher total T levels were associated with serum metabolic markers, particularly lower triglycerides, whereas higher BT was associated with better cognitive and muscle function and DHEAS with lower adiponectin and higher MMSE scores... - Urinary and fecal incontinence and quality of life in African AmericansTheodore K Malmstrom
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:1941-5. 2010..To investigate associations between quality of life (QoL) and incontinence in a population-based African-American sample... - Informant-based dementia screening in a population-based sample of African AmericansTheodore K Malmstrom
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, St Louis University, 1438 South Grand Boulevard, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 23:117-23. 2009..An informant-based screening tool for dementia may be useful in population-based studies of minority populations... - Adverse housing and neighborhood conditions and inflammatory markers among middle-aged African AmericansMario Schootman
Division of Health Behavior Research, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, USA
J Urban Health 87:199-210. 2010..05, Bonferroni-adjusted p > 0.0034). Inflammation does not appear to be a mediator of the association between poor housing/neighborhood conditions and adverse health outcomes in middle-aged African Americans... - Neighborhood conditions and risk of incident lower-body functional limitations among middle-aged African AmericansMario Schootman
Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Am J Epidemiol 163:450-8. 2006..01 (fair/poor noise level). Sensitivity analyses showed the robustness of the findings. Poor neighborhood conditions appear to be an independent contributor to the risk of incident LBFLs in middle-aged African Americans... - The future (history) of socioeconomic measurement and implications for improving health outcomes among African AmericansElena M Andresen
Department of Community Health, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Missouri, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:1345-50. 2005.... - Analgesic prescribing for patients who are discharged from an emergency departmentKevin M Terrell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Pain Med 11:1072-7. 2010..Our objectives were to identify ED physicians' prescribing patterns when discharging patients with common musculoskeletal conditions and to determine if disparities in opioid prescribing exist... - Computerized decision support for medication dosing in renal insufficiency: a randomized, controlled trialKevin M Terrell
Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Ann Emerg Med 56:623-9. 2010..The hypothesis for this research was that decision support in a computerized physician order entry system would reduce the rate of excessive medication dosing for patients with renal impairment... - Identifying barriers to psychosocial spiritual care at the end of life: a physician group studyJohn T Chibnall
Department of Psychiatry, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 21:419-26. 2004..Suggestions for interventions at various levels are offered... - High yield research opportunities in geriatric emergency medicine: prehospital care, delirium, adverse drug events, and fallsChristopher R Carpenter
Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 66:775-83. 2011.... - Health-related quality of life in middle-aged African AmericansFredric D Wolinsky
College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 59:S118-23. 2004.... - Retest reliability of self-reported function, self-care, and disease historyElena M Andresen
Department of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Gainesville, FL 32610 0195, USA
Med Care 43:93-7. 2005..However, compared with objective data based on physiologic or laboratory tests, self-reports may suffer from lower accuracy and reliability. In addition, few reports examine reliability in population subgroups, such as black adults... - Further evidence for the importance of subclinical functional limitation and subclinical disability assessment in gerontology and geriatricsFredric D Wolinsky
University of Iowa, and Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center, IA, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 60:S146-51. 2005.... - Psychosocial-spiritual correlates of death distress in patients with life-threatening medical conditionsJohn T Chibnall
Department of Psychiatry, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri 63104, USA
Palliat Med 16:331-8. 2002..Attention to these dimensions may buffer the negative affects of death distress... - Reliability and validity of observer ratings of neighborhoodsElena M Andresen
Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center RORC, North Florida South Georgia VHS, Gainesville, FL, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, P O Box 10082, Gainesville, Florida 32610 0182, USA
J Aging Health 18:28-36. 2006..The objectives were to examine the validity and reliability of a five-item neighborhood measurement scale... - Effect of subclinical status in functional limitation and disability on adverse health outcomes 3 years laterFredric D Wolinsky
Iowa City VAMC, Iowa, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:101-6. 2007..This article examines the effect of self-reported, baseline subclinical status (i.e., independent but adaptive performance) for functional limitation and disability on adverse health outcomes... - Cross-sectional and longitudinal risk factors for falls, fear of falling, and falls efficacy in a cohort of middle-aged African AmericansElena M Andresen
Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center, Research Services, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL, USA
Gerontologist 46:249-57. 2006..The purpose of this study is to cross-sectionally and longitudinally identify risk factors for falls, fear of falling, and falls efficacy in late-middle-aged African Americans... - Four-year lower extremity disability trajectories among African American men and womenFredric D Wolinsky
Iowa City Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:525-30. 2007..We examined 4-year lower extremity disability trajectories... - Self-rated health: changes, trajectories, and their antecedents among African AmericansFredric D Wolinsky
Iowa City VA Medical Center and College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, E 205 General Hospital, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Aging Health 20:143-58. 2008..Little is known about changes in self-rated health (SRH) among African Americans... - Strategies for recruiting patients into randomized trials of palliative careDouglas K Miller
Palliat Med 17:556-7. 2003 - Editorial: Something about frailtyJohn E Morley
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M698-704. 2002
Research Grants
- PHYSICAL FRAILTY IN URBAN AFRICAN-AMERICANSDouglas Miller; Fiscal Year: 2009..Louis, Missouri with an emphasis on understanding how genetic factors interact with depression symptoms to exert such a strong negative impact on coronary artery disease. ..
- PHYSICAL FRAILTY IN URBAN AFRICAN-AMERICANSDouglas Miller; Fiscal Year: 2009..Multiple secondary studies (e.g., fear of falling, life space mobility) will also be pursued. ..
- PHYSICAL FRAILTY IN URBAN AFRICAN-AMERICANSDouglas Miller; Fiscal Year: 2007..Multiple secondary studies (e.g., fear of falling, life space mobility) will also be pursued. ..
- PHYSICAL FRAILTY IN URBAN AFRICAN AMERICANSDouglas Miller; Fiscal Year: 2004..Secondary analyses (e.g., studies involving fear of falling, bone mineral metabolism, adverse effects of dehydration and renal insufficiency, and supine-to-stand transfers) will also be pursued. ..
- PHYSICAL FRAILTY IN URBAN AFRICAN-AMERICANSDouglas Miller; Fiscal Year: 1993..MLR on multiple linear regression will be used to evaluate the impact of frailty or decline in self care functioning (depending on the measure)...
- PHYSICAL FRAILTY IN URBAN AFRICAN-AMERICANSDouglas K Miller; Fiscal Year: 2010..Multiple secondary studies (e.g., fear of falling, life space mobility) will also be pursued. ..