2024
Associations of Social Support With Physical and Mental Health Symptom Burden After COVID-19 Hospitalization Among Older Adults
Lee S, McAvay G, Geda M, Chattopadhyay S, Acampora D, Araujo K, Charpentier P, Gill T, Hajduk A, Cohen A, Ferrante L. Associations of Social Support With Physical and Mental Health Symptom Burden After COVID-19 Hospitalization Among Older Adults. The Journals Of Gerontology Series A 2024, 79: glae092. PMID: 38558166, PMCID: PMC11059296, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glae092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow social supportMental health symptomsSocial supportSymptom burdenHealth symptomsFollow-up assessmentCOVID-19 hospitalizationMedical Outcomes Study Social Support SurveyPhysical symptomsAssociation of social supportEdmonton Symptom Assessment SystemPatient Health Questionnaire-4Burden of physical symptomsMental health symptom burdenModified Edmonton Symptom Assessment SystemSocial Support SurveyParticipants' mean ageAssociated with higher burdenSupport SurveyOlder survivorsSymptom managementOlder AdultsMental healthHispanic ethnicityLongitudinal associations
2021
Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Functional Well-being in Community-Living Older Persons
Gill TM, Zang EX, Murphy TE, Leo-Summers L, Gahbauer EA, Festa N, Falvey JR, Han L. Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Functional Well-being in Community-Living Older Persons. JAMA Internal Medicine 2021, 181: 1297-1304. PMID: 34424276, PMCID: PMC8383163, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.4260.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAgedFemaleFunctional StatusHealthy Life ExpectancyHousing QualityHumansIndependent LivingLongitudinal StudiesMaleMental HealthNeighborhood CharacteristicsPrognosisPsychosocial FunctioningQuality of LifeSocial Determinants of HealthSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesConceptsProspective longitudinal cohort studyCommunity-living older personsAge 70 yearsActive life expectancyLongitudinal cohort studyOlder personsCohort studyPrognostic factorsLife expectancyArea deprivation index scoreCommunity-living personsPrecipitating Events ProjectDeprivation index scoreDisabled life expectancyAge 90 yearsArea Deprivation IndexPublic health initiativesPublic health interventionsNeighborhood disadvantageGreater percentageResource-poor environmentsIndividual-level socioeconomic characteristicsMean ageMAIN OUTCOMEDaily living