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| CATHERINE SARKISIANSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Development, reliability, and validity of the expectations regarding aging (ERA-38) surveyCatherine A Sarkisian
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Gerontologist 42:534-42. 2002..To develop a reliable and valid instrument to measure older adults' expectations regarding aging...- Expectations regarding aging among older adults and physicians who care for older adultsC A Sarkisian
Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90095 1687, USA
Med Care 39:1025-36. 2001..Understanding older adults' expectations regarding aging is important for both clinicians and policy-makers... 
Preliminary evidence for subdimensions of geriatric frailty: the MacArthur study of successful agingCatherine A Sarkisian
Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Los Angeles, California 90073, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:2292-7. 2008..To identify frailty subdimensions...- Pilot test of an attribution retraining intervention to raise walking levels in sedentary older adultsCatherine A Sarkisian
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1842-6. 2007..To pilot test a new behavioral intervention to increase walking in sedentary older adults... - Ethnic differences in expectations for aging among older adultsCatherine A Sarkisian
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 90095, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1277-82. 2006.... - The relationship between expectations for aging and physical activity among older adultsCatherine A Sarkisian
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif 90095 1687, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:911-5. 2005..New strategies to increase physical activity among sedentary older adults are urgently needed... - Using focus groups of older African Americans and Latinos with diabetes to modify a self-care empowerment interventionCatherine A Sarkisian
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095 1687, USA
Ethn Dis 15:283-91. 2005..To make cultural and age-specific modifications to a self-care empowerment intervention... - Development of the 12-item Expectations Regarding Aging SurveyCatherine A Sarkisian
Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1687, USA
Gerontologist 45:240-8. 2005..This study describes the development of a short version of the Expectations Regarding Aging Survey (ERA-38), a 38-item survey measuring expectations regarding aging... - Do older adults expect to age successfully? The association between expectations regarding aging and beliefs regarding healthcare seeking among older adultsCatherine A Sarkisian
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:1837-43. 2002.... - A systematic review of diabetes self-care interventions for older, African American, or Latino adultsCatherine A Sarkisian
Division of Geriatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095 1687, USA
Diabetes Educ 29:467-79. 2003..This study systematically identified and examined published self-care interventions designed to improve glycemic control or quality of life (QoL) among older, African American, or Latino adults... - Do depressed older adults who attribute depression to "old age" believe it is important to seek care?Catherine A Sarkisian
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1687, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:1001-5. 2003..To determine whether depressed older adults who attribute becoming depressed to "old age" rather than illness are more likely to believe it is not important to seek treatment for depression... - Light to moderate alcohol consumption and disability: variable benefits by health statusArun S Karlamangla
Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Am J Epidemiol 169:96-104. 2009..Alcohol consumption in moderation might reduce the risk of developing physical disability in older adults in good health but not in those in poor health... - Sisters in motion: a randomized controlled trial of a faith-based physical activity interventionO Kenrik Duru
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:1863-9. 2010..To evaluate a faith-based intervention (Sisters in Motion) intended to increase walking in older, sedentary African-American women... 
Allostatic load and frailty in older adultsTara L Gruenewald
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 10945 LeConte Ave, Suite 2339, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1525-31. 2009..To examine the association between allostatic load (AL), an index of multisystem physiological dysregulation, and frailty development over a 3-year follow-up in a sample of older adults...- Experiences of social stigma and implications for healthcare among a diverse population of HIV positive adultsJennifer N Sayles
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Urban Health 84:814-28. 2007..We discuss implications of HIV-related stigma for the mental and physical health of HIV-positive women and men and suggestions for possible interventions to address stigma in the healthcare setting... - Development and psychometric assessment of a multidimensional measure of internalized HIV stigma in a sample of HIV-positive adultsJennifer N Sayles
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA, 911 Broxton Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
AIDS Behav 12:748-58. 2008..This measure should prove useful to investigators examining in the role of stigma in HIV treatment and health outcomes, and evaluating interventions designed to mitigate the impacts of stigma on PLHA... - The association between life chaos, health care use, and health status among HIV-infected personsMitchell D Wong
UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California, 911 Broxton Avenue, Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1286-91. 2007..Whether having a stable and predictable lifestyle is associated with health care use and health status among HIV patients is unknown... - Women's experience with severe overactive bladder symptoms and treatment: insight revealed from patient focus groupsJennifer T Anger
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90211, USA
Neurourol Urodyn 30:1295-9. 2011..The objective of this study was to assess women's perceptions of their OAB symptoms, treatment experience, and outcomes by conducting patient focus groups... - Productive activities and development of frailty in older adultsYunkyung Jung
UCLA Department of Social Welfare, School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 65:256-61. 2010..Our aim was to examine whether engagement in productive activities, including volunteering, paid work, and childcare, protects older adults against the development of geriatric frailty... - Guidelines for improving the care of the older person with diabetes mellitusArlene F Brown
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:S265-80. 2003 - For the patient. Managing diabetes with cultural sensitivity and self-empowermentCatherine A Sarkisian
Ethn Dis 15:351. 2005 - Vision impairment and combined vision and hearing impairment predict cognitive and functional decline in older womenMichael Y Lin
Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:1996-2002. 2004..Studies are needed to determine whether treatment of vision and hearing impairment can decrease the risk for cognitive and functional decline...
Research Grants
- Trial to Increase Walking Among Sedentary Older LatinosCATHERINE SARKISIAN; Fiscal Year: 2007..The goal of this project is to demonstrate success of a feasible intervention that raises and sustains walking levels among older Latinos. ..
- Testing the Validity of a Construct of Geriatric FrailtyCATHERINE SARKISIAN; Fiscal Year: 2007..In summary, this exploratory investigation offers a unique and cost-effective means to break new ground in our understanding of the geriatric syndrome of frailty. ..
- Intervention to Raise Octogenarians' Walking LevelsCATHERINE SARKISIAN; Fiscal Year: 2006..In Phase II, Dr. Sarkisian will conduct a small RCT of the modified intervention with 60 octogenarians recruited from senior residential facilities to obtain preliminary data that would guide the design of a larger RCT. ..