2019
Association Between Life Purpose and Mortality Among US Adults Older Than 50 Years
Alimujiang A, Wiensch A, Boss J, Fleischer N, Mondul A, McLean K, Mukherjee B, Pearce C. Association Between Life Purpose and Mortality Among US Adults Older Than 50 Years. JAMA Network Open 2019, 2: e194270. PMID: 31125099, PMCID: PMC6632139, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.4270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth and Retirement StudyCause-specific mortalityAll-causeHealth outcomesUS adultsHealth and Retirement Study participantsCohort study of US adultsCause-specific mortality analysesInterview periodStudy of US adultsInfluence health outcomesAssociated with all-cause mortalityLife purposeCohort study sampleWeighted Cox proportional hazards modelsNational cohort studyPurpose in lifeQuality of lifeAll-cause mortalityCox proportional hazards modelsEnhance overall qualityAssociated with decreased mortalityProportional hazards modelRetirement StudyMortality associations
2010
A new comorbidity index: the health-related quality of life comorbidity index
Mukherjee B, Ou H, Wang F, Erickson S. A new comorbidity index: the health-related quality of life comorbidity index. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 2010, 64: 309-319. PMID: 21147517, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.01.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultComorbidityHealth StatusHumansQuality of LifeRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesConceptsClinical classification codesPhysical component summaryMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyMental component summaryHealth-related qualityComponent summaryAssociated with physical component summaryHealth-related quality of life comorbidity indexShort Form-12 Physical Component SummaryMEPS databaseMeasures of HRQLComorbidity indexRisk adjustment indexChronic conditionsPanel SurveyRegression modelsInternal validityPatient populationAdjustment indicesClassification codesHRQLSummaryValidation testsIndexModel R2