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| Christine S RitchieSummaryAffiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Country: USA Publications
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The E-coach transition support computer telephony implementation study: protocol of a randomized trialChristine Ritchie
University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Birmingham, AL 35294 2041, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 33:1172-9. 2012..Trial Registration: CT.gov#: NCT01135381...
Ethical and medicolegal issues related to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placementChristine S Ritchie
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center at the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, UAB Center for Palliative CareBirmingham, AL 35294, USA
Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am 17:805-15. 2007....- Living with an aging parent: "It was a beautiful invitation"Christine S Ritchie
Birmingham Atlanta Geriatrics Research, Education and Clinical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
JAMA 306:746-53. 2011..We describe the physician's ongoing role in caring for and advising both the older parent and the adult children during common stages of multigenerational living: before the move and during coresidency and subsequent care transitions... - Unintentional weight loss predicts decline in activities of daily living function and life-space mobility over 4 years among community-dwelling older adultsChristine S Ritchie
Department of Medicine Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:67-75. 2008..We sought to study the relationship between BMI and weight loss on the rate of decline in ADL function and life-space mobility over a 4-year period among older African Americans and whites... - Association between aspects of oral health-related quality of life and body mass index in community-dwelling older adultsSonia K Makhija
Department of Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1808-16. 2007..To investigate whether underweight, normal-weight, overweight, and obese older adults differ in aspects of their oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL)... 
Undernutrition at baseline and health services utilization and mortality over a 1-year period in older adults receiving Medicare home health servicesYongbin Yang
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 2041, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 12:287-94. 2011..We sought to identify the association between baseline nutritional status and subsequent health service utilization and mortality over a 1-year period in older adults receiving Medicare home health services...- Reliability and predictive validity of energy intake measures from the 24-hour dietary recalls of homebound older adultsYanhui Sun
Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 110:773-8. 2010.... - Gastrostomy tube placement and use in patients with head and neck cancerJulie L Locher
Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Head Neck 34:422-8. 2012..This study describes the frequency and timing of gastrostomy tube placement and corresponding Medicare nutritional support claims in patients with head and neck cancer... - Disruptions in the organization of meal preparation and consumption among older cancer patients and their family caregiversJulie L Locher
University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB, Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, Birmingham, AL 35294 2041, USA
Psychooncology 19:967-74. 2010..The purpose of this paper is to analyze the social organization of caring as gendered work as it relates to meal preparation and consumption activities surrounding older adult cancer patients and their caregivers... - Prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in treatment of head and neck cancer: a comprehensive review and call for evidence-based medicineJulie L Locher
Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 35:365-74. 2011..PEG tube placement, however, is not without risks... - A multidimensional approach to understanding under-eating in homebound older adults: the importance of social factorsJulie L Locher
Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 2041, USA
Gerontologist 48:223-34. 2008..The focus of the study was on identifying potentially modifiable factors amenable to social and behavioral interventions... - A theoretically based Behavioral Nutrition Intervention for Community Elders at high risk: the B-NICE randomized controlled clinical trialJulie L Locher
Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
J Nutr Gerontol Geriatr 30:384-402. 2011.... - The contribution of social factors to undereating in older adults with cancerJulie L Locher
University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Palliative Care, Department of Healthcare Organization and Policy, Birmingham, AL 35294 2041, USA
J Support Oncol 7:168-73. 2009..Many of these behaviors are potentially modifiable with appropriate education, communication, and intervention... - Body mass index, weight loss, and mortality in community-dwelling older adultsJulie L Locher
Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 2041, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:1389-92. 2007.... - The relationship between sociodemographic factors and oral health-related quality of life in dentate and edentulous community-dwelling older adultsSonia K Makhija
Department of Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1701-12. 2006..To quantify the associations between sociodemographic factors and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in dentate and edentulous community-dwelling older adults... - Pain and pain medication use in community-dwelling older adultsPatricia Sawyer
Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 2041, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 4:316-24. 2006..Pain is a common symptom and significant problem for older adults; up to one half of community-dwelling older adults have pain that interferes with normal function... - Trajectories of life-space mobility after hospitalizationCynthia J Brown
Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 11G, 700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Ann Intern Med 150:372-8. 2009..It may be a more accurate measure of mobility in older adults because it reflects participation in society as well as physical ability... - Increased likelihood of long-term gastrostomy tube dependence in head and neck cancer survivors without partnersJ Scott Magnuson
Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Head Neck 35:420-5. 2013..We evaluated factors associated with long-term dependence on percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes... - Predictors of in-hospital mortality among hospitalized nursing home residents: an analysis of the National Hospital Discharge Surveys 2005-2006Amiya A Ahmed
Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 11:52-8. 2010..To determine the demographic and clinical predictors of in-hospital mortality among hospitalized nursing home (NH) residents... - The effects of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 on home health and hospice in older adult cancer patientsMeredith L Kilgore
University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB, Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, Lister Hill Center for Health Policy, Center for Aging, USA
Med Care 47:279-85. 2009..Home health and hospice services can constitute important elements in the continuum of care for older adults diagnosed with cancer. The Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 included provisions affecting those services... - Ethical issues involving research conducted with homebound older adultsJulie L Locher
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CH19 219, 1530 3 Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Gerontologist 46:160-4. 2006..This may be accomplished especially through clear communication during the informed consent process with participants and in scientific communication with colleagues... - Social isolation, support, and capital and nutritional risk in an older sample: ethnic and gender differencesJulie L Locher
Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 219 Community Health Services Building, 933 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294 2041, USA
Soc Sci Med 60:747-61. 2005..This research has implications for nutritional policies directed towards older adults... - The effect of the presence of others on caloric intake in homebound older adultsJulie L Locher
219N Community Health Services Building, 933 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294 2041, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:1475-8. 2005..Undernutrition in homebound older adults is a significant problem. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the presence of others, both within the household and during meals, on caloric intake in homebound older adults... - Pain, mood, and substance abuse in HIV: implications for clinic visit utilization, antiretroviral therapy adherence, and virologic failureJessica S Merlin
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 61:164-70. 2012..Our objective was to investigate the relationship between pain, alone and in the context of mood disorders and substance abuse, on clinic utilization, antiretroviral therapy adherence, and virologic suppression... - Patterns and predictors of home health and hospice use by older adults with cancerJulie L Locher
Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1206-11. 2006..To describe patterns of home health and hospice use by older cancer patients and a comparison group of older persons without cancer. To identify predictors of home care and hospice utilization... - Surgeons' attitudes and practices in the utilization of palliative and supportive care services for patients with a sudden advanced illnessLauren B Tilden
Birmingham Atlanta VA Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
J Palliat Med 12:1037-42. 2009.... - Sarcopenia, weight loss, and nutritional frailty in the elderlyConnie W Bales
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Durham VA Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Annu Rev Nutr 22:309-23. 2002..Whereas the multiple causes of nutritional frailty are not completely understood, clinical interventions for weight loss, sarcopenia, and cytokine alterations have been used with modest success... - Oral health, taste, and olfactionChristine S Ritchie
Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Health Policy, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
Clin Geriatr Med 18:709-17. 2002..Multidisciplinary studies will be required to understand how to improve nutrition through manipulation of oral characteristics, taste, and smell... - The role of endoscopically placed feeding or decompression tubesStephen A McClave
Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 550 South Jackson Street, KY 40202, USA
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 35:83-100. 2006..Only minor modifications of the basic technique used for PEG placement for nutritional purposes are required to adapt the technique to a variety of other applications in palliative care... - Nutrition as a mediator in the relation between oral and systemic disease: associations between specific measures of adult oral health and nutrition outcomesChristine S Ritchie
Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Health Policy, University of Louisville, and Louisville VA Medical Center, KY 40202, USA
Crit Rev Oral Biol Med 13:291-300. 2002.... - Part II. Common nutritional issues in older adultsChristine S Ritchie
Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky, USA
Dis Mon 48:713-24. 2002 - An examination of the moderating effect of treatment with anti-depressants on the association of heart disease with depression in males with type 2 diabetes attending a Veterans Affairs Medical CenterThomas S Higgins
School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 75:220-8. 2007..To examine the association of heart disease with depression and the impact of treatment with anti-depressants on this association in older males with type 2 diabetes... - Does use of CAM for specific health problems increase with reduced access to care?Christine S Ritchie
Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Health Policy Research, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
J Med Syst 29:143-53. 2005..74). Perceptions of inadequate access to health care may contribute to utilization of CAM therapies; such therapies in this instance appear to be used as an alternative to mainstream medicine... - Nutrition, inflammation, and periodontal diseaseChristine S Ritchie
Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Health Policy, University of Louisville, and the Louisville VA Medical Center, Kentucky 40202, USA
Nutrition 19:475-6. 2003 - Kentucky's palliative care report cardBarbara Head
University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, Louisville, KY, USA
J Ky Med Assoc 102:57-65. 2004..This manuscript explores Kentucky's deficiencies and accomplishments related to the Last Acts evaluation and addresses opportunities for improving end-of-life care across the Commonwealth... - From Bedside to Bench: summary from the American Geriatrics Society/National Institute on Aging Research Conference on Comorbidity and Multiple Morbidity in Older AdultsCynthia M Boyd
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Aging Clin Exp Res 20:181-8. 2008..Next steps recommended include continuing clarification of terms and conceptual approaches, consideration of developing and improving measures, as well as developing new research directions... - Prognostication in hospice care: can the palliative performance scale help?Barbara Head
Program for Advanced Chronic Illness and End of Life Care, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA
J Palliat Med 8:492-502. 2005..Prognostic information facilitates more realistic decision making regarding ongoing treatment, fosters risk-benefit considerations of specific interventions, and contributes to appropriate utilization of health care services...