2024
Association Between Restricting Symptoms and Disability After Critical Illness Among Older Adults.
Jain S, Han L, Gahbauer E, Leo-Summers L, Feder S, Ferrante L, Gill T. Association Between Restricting Symptoms and Disability After Critical Illness Among Older Adults. Critical Care Medicine 2024, 52: 1816-1827. PMID: 39298623, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000006427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActivities of daily livingAssociated with increased disabilityDaily livingOlder adultsRestricting symptomsInstrumental activities of daily livingCommunity-living older adultsICU hospitalizationMultivariable Poisson regression modelsCommunity-living adultsOlder ICU survivorsAge of participantsPoisson regression modelsSurvive critical illnessCritical illnessQuality of lifeInstrumental activitiesICU survivorsProspective longitudinal studyLength of stayPost-ICUIncreased disabilityMonthly interviewsICU length of stayPre-ICUFunctional disability and receipt of informal care among Chinese adults living alone with cognitive impairment
Liu X, Li C, Jin S, Cao X, Hoogendijk E, Han L, Xu X, Allore H, Feng Q, Zhang Q, Liu Z. Functional disability and receipt of informal care among Chinese adults living alone with cognitive impairment. Experimental Gerontology 2024, 194: 112490. PMID: 38876449, DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2024.112490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActivities of daily livingBurden of functional disabilityInformal careFunctional disabilityActivities of daily living disabilityCognitive impairmentChinese adultsInstrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLReceipt of informal careNormal cognitionLong-term care servicesIADL disabilityInstrumental activitiesMobility disabilityProvision of long-term care servicesChina HealthFunctional healthCare servicesDaily livingMatched comparatorsOdds ratioMonthly hoursVulnerable subpopulationsCareDisability
2018
Prognostic Effect of Changes in Physical Function Over Prior Year on Subsequent Mortality and Long‐Term Nursing Home Admission
Gill TM, Han L, Gahbauer EA, Leo‐Summers L, Allore HG. Prognostic Effect of Changes in Physical Function Over Prior Year on Subsequent Mortality and Long‐Term Nursing Home Admission. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2018, 66: 1587-1591. PMID: 29719039, PMCID: PMC6133765, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15399.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term nursing home admissionNursing home admissionHome admissionPhysical functionDisability scoresPrognostic effectDaily livingPrior yearCommunity-living personsRisk of deathUseful prognostic informationProspective longitudinal studyAdverse outcomesPrognostic informationMultivariable modelInstrumental activitiesSubsequent mortalityAdmissionBivariate predictorsSubsequent outcomesMonthsDifferent intervalsComprehensive assessmentDeathLongitudinal study
2017
Restricting Back Pain and Subsequent Disability in Activities of Daily Living Among Community-Living Older Adults
Makris UE, Weinreich MA, Fraenkel L, Han L, Leo-Summers L, Gill TM. Restricting Back Pain and Subsequent Disability in Activities of Daily Living Among Community-Living Older Adults. Journal Of Aging And Health 2017, 30: 1482-1494. PMID: 28863724, PMCID: PMC5832514, DOI: 10.1177/0898264317721555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-living older adultsBack painSubsequent disabilityIADL disabilityOlder adultsDaily livingProspective cohort studyCohort studyHazard ratioInstrumental activitiesPainCox modelSubsequent burdenTime-varying covariatesMonthly interviewsStrong associationDisabilityAdultsEADLAssociationIADLLivingActivityMonths