K J Ottenbacher

..We conclude that renewed efforts by consumers, clinicians, educators, researchers, administrators, and policy makers are needed to achieve the promise of rehabilitation and disability science identified 20 years ago...

..To examine the association between routine physical activity and risk of 3-year mortality in Mexican Americans aged 75 and older...

..Readmission is an important quality indicator following acute care hospitalization. We examined factors associated with hospital readmission in persons with stroke following postacute inpatient rehabilitation...

..S. is growing at a tremendous rate. While ethnic-related risk and complications of diabetes are widely-acknowledged for older Hispanics, less is known about how health related quality of life is affected in this population...

..The purpose of this study was to elicit the relationship between being non-frail, pre-frail, or frail and health related quality of life in a representative sample of older Mexican Americans surveyed in 2005-2006...

..Examine disparity in health services and outcomes for adults with a hip fracture or lower extremity joint replacement...

..Little information is available regarding differences in postacute care outcomes for racial and ethnic groups after a stroke...

..To review published, randomized trials examining the effect of androgen treatment on muscle strength in older men...

..These variables should be considered in developing intervention programs to reduce the risk of hospital readmission...

..The PSROP is an important study that will advance our understanding of effective treatment for persons with stroke...

..To identify sociodemographic characteristics and health performance variables associated with frailty in older Mexican Americans...

..The authors studied diabetes and other potential risk factors for stroke in a sample of community-dwelling older Mexican Americans...

..To examine if commonly recommended assumptions for multivariable logistic regression are addressed in two major epidemiological journals...

..Describe and compare the characteristics of artificial neural networks and logistic regression to develop prediction models in epidemiological research...

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..The objective of this study was to examine diabetes and other potential risk factors for hip fracture in a sample of community-dwelling, older, Mexican American adults...

..To examine the utility of the WeeFIM instrument ("WeeFIM") in detecting changes in the functional status of children with disability...

..Length of stay (LOS) and hospital readmission for persons receiving medical rehabilitation were examined...

..To develop classification models for risk of hospital readmission 80 to 180 days after discharge based the demographic and functional characteristics of persons discharged from acute inpatient rehabilitation after stroke...

..Changes in reimbursement have reduced length of stay (LOS) for patients receiving inpatient medical rehabilitation. The impact of decreased LOS on functional status, living setting, and mortality is not known...

..Rehospitalization following inpatient medical rehabilitation has important health and economic implications for patients who have experienced a stroke...

..We examined the prevalence of frailty among Mexican American older adults and explored the correlates associated with becoming frail to determine their affect on disability and morbidity in this population...

..To examine gender and ethnic differences in functional status and living setting for patients after hip arthroplasty...

..Satisfaction with community participation provides information useful to evaluate patient recovery after discharge from inpatient medical rehabilitation...

..The ability to objectively assess patient satisfaction is important as consumer-based outcome measures are integrated in accreditation and healthcare evaluation...

..New methods for operationally defining intellectual, emergent, and anticipatory self-awareness are necessary to examine the relationship between self-awareness and performance...

..By contrast, participants in the highest handgrip strength quartile maintained a higher level of cognitive function...

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..To compare the prevalence of discharge home to self-care after hip fracture hospitalization among the elderly in 3 racial groups: whites, Hispanics, and blacks...

..Nearly half of subjects with heart attack had died of heart attack as underlying cause of death by 7-year follow-up. Prevention and control for this disease would be especially important in this population to avoid early mortality...

..Interest in exploring the positive emotional health of adults has increased. The current study investigated the positive emotion of adults with stroke at discharge from in-patient medical rehabilitation and 3 months post-discharge...

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..To examine recent trends in discharge disposition after hospitalization for hip fracture...

..The instrument shows promise as a broad measure of home and community involvement for persons with disabilities. Further work is needed to support its application for people without disability...

..To identify and summarize potential factors that influence access to postacute care (PAC) rehabilitation services...

..To determine the effect of neighborhood ethnic composition on power wheelchair prescriptions...

..To provide a systematic review and describe how assessments of walking speed are reported in the health care literature...

..This study examined the association between positive emotion at discharge from inpatient medical rehabilitation and functional status 3 months later in persons with stroke...

..To examine the association between frailty status and incidence of disability among non-disabled older Mexican Americans...

..The main pathway in the Disablement Process model receives preliminary support among older Mexican Americans. We discuss implications of this model for future research...

..Ethnic differences in discharge destination among older patients with traumatic brain injury...

..We hypothesized that rehabilitation may take longer for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) versus osteoarthritis (OA) because joint pain, swelling, and deformities are generally worse among persons with RA...

..Presence of clinically relevant depressive symptoms was associated with subsequent decline in cognitive function over 7 years in older Mexican Americans, independent of demographic and health factors...

..The purpose of this study is to describe the prevalence of Papanicolaou (Pap) smear use for cervical cancer screening and to estimate its association with type of health care insurance...

..To examine the stability (test-retest reliability) of strength measures in older adults obtained by nontherapist lay examiners by using a hand-held portable muscle testing device (Nicholas Manual Muscle Tester)...

..To determine the effect of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) on the relationship between frailty status and survival in older Mexican-American adults...

..Because cognitive impairment and frailty share common risk factors (eg, high proinflammatory cytokines), we examined whether poor cognition predicts subsequent risk of frailty in initially nonfrail Mexican Americans aged 67 years and older...

..To investigate change in positive emotion over a 3-month follow-up period and determine whether this change is associated with recovery of functional status in persons with stroke...

..CONCLUSION: unctional and demographic variables were identified as predictors of satisfaction in patients with orthopedic impairments...

..To examine the association between frailty and 10-year mortality among older men and women of Mexican American origin...

..Hispanic older adults have relatively high-risk profiles for increased morbidity and disability, yet little is known about how the construct of frailty is related to health trajectories in this population...

..The aim of this study is to determine whether premorbid emotional health is predictive of recovery in functional ability 1 year after reporting a stroke, heart attack, or hip fracture (event)...

..To examine the extent to which diabetes codes that increase reimbursement (tier comorbidities) under the prospective payment system are related to length of stay and functional outcomes in stroke rehabilitation...

..To examine an association between pain severity and functional disability in older Mexican Americans...

..To examine the association between frailty status and change in cognitive function over time in older Mexican Americans...

..As the U.S. population grows older and more diverse, there is an increasing need to assess and improve outcomes across racial/ethnic cohorts of older hip fracture patients...

..To compare outcomes following stroke rehabilitation among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) versus patients with neither RA nor SLE (non-RA/SLE)...

..In conclusion, about a third of persons aged 75 and older reported difficulty in at least one IADL or ADL. There was a wide variation on disability rates and correlates across cities...

..Because walking speed is a quick and easy-to-administer test, findings have implications for clinical use, especially among underserved minority groups where cultural and language barriers may exist...

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..To examine the relation between pain on weight bearing, lower-extremity muscle strength, and physical function among older Mexican Americans...

..This measure of health-related quality of life, however, has not yet been examined among older Mexican Americans, a rapidly growing subset of the older population...

..We sought to examine the preoperative time for hip stabilization procedure among Hispanics, non-Hispanic blacks (blacks) and non-Hispanic whites (whites)...

..To examine the association between 2-year weight change and onset of lower body disability over time in older Mexican Americans...

..To examine the reliability of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) in patients 90 and 100 days after discharge from inpatient medical rehabilitation...

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..To examine the association between pain and satisfaction with medical rehabilitation in patients with hip or knee replacement approximately 90 days after discharge from inpatient medical rehabilitation...

..Findings add to a growing positive psychology literature by showing that positive affect is protective against the functional and physical decline associated with frailty...

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..Our aim was to test the hypothesis that high positive emotion would be associated with lower blood pressure in older adults...

..To determine the impact of osteoarthritis (OA) on length of rehabilitation stay, Functional Independence Measure (FIM Instrument) ratings at discharge and followup, functional gain, and percentage of patients discharged home...

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..To describe the amount and patterns of ambulatory activity in hospitalized older adults over consecutive hospital days...

..To provide estimates of change in depressive symptoms and determine how changes in depressive symptom influence recovery of functional status...

..The assumption that the median always falls between the mode and mean in the calculation of coefficients of skewness has implications for the interpretation of exploratory and confirmatory data analysis in rehabilitation research...

..The advantages and limitations of single-system methods are described, and examples relevant to the documentation of clinical outcomes in medical rehabilitation are presented...

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..To examine the influence of diabetes on length of stay (LOS), functional status, and discharge setting in individuals with hip fracture...

..Correct interpretation of the kappa statistic depends on meeting the required assumptions and accurate reporting...

..The aim of this study was to examine the association between hand grip strength and 7-year incidence of ADL disability in older Mexican American men and women...

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..To determine if functional gain for patients following stroke rehabilitation is adversely affected by osteoarthritis (OA)...

..There is limited information related to the effects of education and literacy on cancer screening practices among older adults in Latin American and Caribbean countries...

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..To assess whether poststroke rehabilitation outcomes and reimbursement for Medicare beneficiaries differ across inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) and skilled nursing facility (SNF) subacute rehabilitation programs...

..CONCLUSIONS: Ratings of satisfaction with rehabilitation services were affected by change in functional status and whether the information was collected from patient rating or proxy response...

..To examine the association between pain and satisfaction with community participation for patients with stroke approximately 4 months after discharge from inpatient medical rehabilitation...

..Functional variables can be used to help predict follow-up living setting. These variables change based on patient severity level...

..The relationship between information processing demands and postural skill appears more complex than a simple linear association. Predictable and unpredictable conditions may be used concurrently, not sequentially, in TBI rehabilitation...

..Slightly different results were found for whether satisfaction was rated by the patient or family/other. The complex relationships among satisfaction, patient demographics, and functional status require continued examination...

..To examine the association between 8-foot time walk and change in cognitive function over time in older Mexican Americans...

..We conducted a cross-sectional study examining potentially modifiable factors associated with cognitive impairments (mild or severe) in older whites, African Americans and Hispanics attending an outpatient eye clinic...

..To assess the degree to which test methodology affects outcomes in clinical evaluations of walking speed...

..The long-term goal of the proposed RRCD program is to improve the health and quality of life of individuals with disability and chronic diseases through translational research in rehabilitation science. ..

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..More than thirty percent of previous students and fellows receiving federal stipends have been members of underrepresented groups. ..

..The findings will extend our understanding of how frailty impacts independence and quality of life in the rapidly expanding Mexican American older adult population. ..

..The findings will extend our current understanding of the process of becoming disabled in older adults and how this process influences important quality of life issues for a distinct ethnic group. ..

..The findings will extend our understanding of how frailty impacts independence and quality of life in the rapidly expanding Mexican American older adult population. ..