2024
Insomnia severity and daytime sleepiness in caregivers of advanced age
Webster L, Ali T, Sharninghausen J, Hajduk A, Gill T, Miner B. Insomnia severity and daytime sleepiness in caregivers of advanced age. Frontiers In Sleep 2024, 3: 1404684. PMID: 39544482, PMCID: PMC11563192, DOI: 10.3389/frsle.2024.1404684.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInsomnia Severity IndexNon-caregiversCaregiver statusOlder caregiversPoor self-rated healthSelf-rated healthLow physical activityClinically significant insomnia symptomsSleep disturbanceMultivariable-adjusted modelsRates of depressionRisk of sleep disturbancesInsomnia severityPrevalence of insomniaLevel of insomniaAdvanced ageCaregiver burdenPhysical activityFunctional disabilityCaregiversStandardized questionnaireMultivariate regression analysisInsomnia symptomsPhysical profileCognitive impairmentApplying Machine Learning Approach to Explore Childhood Circumstances and Self-Rated Health in Old Age — China and the US, 2020–2021
Huo S, Feng D, Gill T, Chen X. Applying Machine Learning Approach to Explore Childhood Circumstances and Self-Rated Health in Old Age — China and the US, 2020–2021. China CDC Weekly 2024, 6: 213-218. PMID: 38532746, PMCID: PMC10961215, DOI: 10.46234/ccdcw2024.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-rated healthSenior healthChildhood circumstancesPromote health equityEarly-life interventionsHealth equityChina HealthChildhood healthRetirement StudyHealthSelf-ratingsAging populationFinancial statusChinese participantsAge ChinaConditional inference treesChildhoodOut-of-sample mean squared errorsInterventionParticipantsRegional differencesUSStatusInference treesRetirement
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 outcomes