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| Susan E HardySummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Ability to walk 1/4 mile predicts subsequent disability, mortality, and health care costsSusan E Hardy
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3471 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:130-5. 2011..For mobility to be successfully integrated into clinical practice and health policy, an easily assessed marker that predicts subsequent health outcomes is required...
Improvement in usual gait speed predicts better survival in older adultsSusan E Hardy
Division of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1727-34. 2007..To estimate the relationship between 1-year improvement in measures of health and physical function and 8-year survival...
Fatigue predicts mortality in older adultsSusan E Hardy
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1910-4. 2008..To determine the association between fatigue and survival over 10 years in a population of older community-dwelling primary care patients...
Explaining the effect of gender on functional transitions in older personsSusan E Hardy
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Gerontology 54:79-86. 2008..Women live longer but experience greater disability than men. The reasons for this gender difference in disability are not well understood...
Qualities of fatigue and associated chronic conditions among older adultsSusan E Hardy
Division of Geriatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 39:1033-42. 2010..Although fatigue is a common and distressing symptom, a well-specified definition of fatigue is lacking. One of the least well-defined aspects of fatigue is its quality, which might reflect the underlying pathophysiology...
Fatigue and function over 3 years among older adultsSusan E Hardy
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:1389-92. 2008..Fatigue is a common complaint among older adults, but the association of fatigue with subsequent function is not well known...
Biopsychosocial characteristics of community-dwelling older adults with limited ability to walk one-quarter of a mileSusan E Hardy
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3471 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:539-44. 2010....
Arterial stiffness and cognitive decline in well-functioning older adultsNora L Watson
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 3545, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 66:1336-42. 2011..Few studies of older adults have evaluated the association of central arterial stiffness with longitudinal cognitive decline...
The effect of prior disability history on subsequent functional transitionsSusan E Hardy
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:272-7. 2006..Our objective was to determine the effect of prior disability on subsequent transitions between no disability, mild disability, severe disability, and death...
Missing data: a special challenge in aging researchSusan E Hardy
Division of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:722-9. 2009....
Methylphenidate for the treatment of depressive symptoms, including fatigue and apathy, in medically ill older adults and terminally ill adultsSusan E Hardy
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA hardysdom pitt edu
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 7:34-59. 2009..Despite the long history of methylphenidate use for the treatment of depressive symptoms, fatigue, and apathy, there is little definitive evidence to support its use...
