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Health Outcome Priorities Among Competing Cardiovascular, Fall Injury, and Medication‐Related Symptom Outcomes
Tinetti ME, McAvay GJ, Fried TR, Allore HG, Salmon JC, Foody JM, Bianco L, Ginter S, Fraenkel L. Health Outcome Priorities Among Competing Cardiovascular, Fall Injury, and Medication‐Related Symptom Outcomes. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2008, 56: 1409-1416. PMID: 18662210, PMCID: PMC3494099, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01815.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccidental FallsActivities of Daily LivingAgedAlzheimer DiseaseAntihypertensive AgentsAttitude to HealthCardiovascular DiseasesDecision MakingDepressive DisorderFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHealth PrioritiesHealth SurveysHumansIndividualityMaleMobility LimitationPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveWounds and InjuriesConceptsFall injuriesMedication symptomsAntihypertensive medicationsCardiovascular eventsCardiovascular outcomesChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseBlood pressure reductionObstructive pulmonary diseaseSerious fall injuriesSymptom-related outcomesPulmonary diseaseSymptom outcomesHigh riskDepressive symptomsLower riskHealth outcomesInterindividual variabilityInjuryIntact personsMedicationsPressure reductionSymptomsRisk estimatesOlder adultsLower cognition
2001
Validation of Dizziness as a Possible Geriatric Syndrome
Kao A, Nanda A, Williams C, Tinetti M. Validation of Dizziness as a Possible Geriatric Syndrome. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2001, 49: 72-75. PMID: 11207845, DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49012.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReports of dizzinessRisk factorsGeriatric syndromesOlder personsClinic-based cohortCharacteristics of patientsSeverity of dizzinessCommunity-based cohortPopulation-based studyClinic-based populationCross-sectional studyPhysical examination dataEligible patientsPostural hypotensionMore medicationsMultifactorial interventionOlder patientsMedical historyMyocardial infarctionDizzinessMultifactorial etiologyDepressive symptomsAbnormal balancePatientsDiscrete disease
2000
Health, Functional, and Psychological Outcomes Among Older Persons with Chronic Dizziness
Tinetti M, Williams C, Gill T. Health, Functional, and Psychological Outcomes Among Older Persons with Chronic Dizziness. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2000, 48: 417-421. PMID: 10798469, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04700.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-rated healthChronic dizzinessDepressive symptomsInstrumental activitiesDaily livingOlder personsProspective cohort studyGoals of carePotential confounding factorsCohort studyAdverse outcomesDizzinessAge 72Clinical strategiesBaseline levelsConfounding factorsSocial disabilityDiscrete diseaseSymptomsHealth conditionsMarginal significanceHospitalizationSyncopeOutcomesPsychological outcomesDizziness among older adults: a possible geriatric syndrome.
Tinetti M, Williams C, Gill T. Dizziness among older adults: a possible geriatric syndrome. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2000, 132: 337-44. PMID: 10691583, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-5-200003070-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAnxietyConnecticutCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionDizzinessDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsFemaleHearing DisordersHumansHypotension, OrthostaticMaleMyocardial InfarctionPostural BalancePrevalenceRisk FactorsSensation DisordersStatistics as TopicSyndromeConceptsAdjusted relative riskGeriatric syndromesRelative riskEpisodes of dizzinessCommunity-living personsPast myocardial infarctionCross-sectional studyYears of agePostural hypotensionMore medicationsMyocardial infarctionImpaired balanceDizzinessDepressive symptomsSyndromeImpaired hearingSpecific causesOlder adultsMultiple causesSymptomsProbability sampleRiskSensationCauseNew Haven
1997
Driving Cessation and Increased Depressive Symptoms: Prospective Evidence from the New Haven EPESE
Marottoli R, de Leon C, Glass T, Williams C, Cooney L, Berkman L, Tinetti M. Driving Cessation and Increased Depressive Symptoms: Prospective Evidence from the New Haven EPESE. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 1997, 45: 202-206. PMID: 9033520, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb04508.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth-related factorsDepressive symptomsEpidemiologic Studies Depression ScaleEffect of cessationCohort studyMultivariable analysisOlder driversProspective evidenceElderly cohortEpidemiologic studiesMedical conditionsPotential confoundingAlternative transportation strategiesSymptomsCessationStrongest predictorNew HavenUrban communitiesFactorsCohortEPESEActive drivers