Featured Publications
Contribution of Individual Diseases to Death in Older Adults with Multiple Diseases
Tinetti ME, McAvay GJ, Murphy TE, Gross CP, Lin H, Allore HG. Contribution of Individual Diseases to Death in Older Adults with Multiple Diseases. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2012, 60: 1448-1456. PMID: 22734792, PMCID: PMC3419332, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04077.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder adultsSingle underlying causeRespiratory diseaseMedicare Current Beneficiary Survey participantsChronic lower respiratory diseasesUnderlying causeAcute kidney injuryLower respiratory diseaseAverage attributable fractionKidney injuryHazard ratioHeart failureLiver diseaseAcute eventMyocardial infarctionUnintentional injuriesAcute diseaseAttributable fractionNational representative sampleMedicare beneficiariesOlder adults' experiencesDiseaseIndividual diseasesDeathConfidence intervals
2023
HEALTH PRIORITIES ALIGNED DECISION MAKING FOR DISCRETE DECISIONS
Banks J, Soni S, Madrid V, Samper-Ternent R, Arain S, Tinetti M, Naik A. HEALTH PRIORITIES ALIGNED DECISION MAKING FOR DISCRETE DECISIONS. Innovation In Aging 2023, 7: 923-923. PMCID: PMC10739269, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igad104.2965.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripheral arterial diseaseMultiple chronic conditionsOlder adultsDisease-specific markersOlder patientsRevascularization proceduresArterial diseaseChronic conditionsVascular surgeryPilot trialHealth professionalsPatient stakeholdersPatientsMean percentageRevascularizationCaregiversAdultsOutcomesParticipant feedbackComplicationsIntervention decisionsSurgeryDiscrete interventionsDiseaseCardiology
2018
PATIENT PRIORITIES CARE: MOVING FROM DISEASE-BASED TO PATIENT PRIORITIES-ALIGNED DECISION-MAKING
Tinetti M. PATIENT PRIORITIES CARE: MOVING FROM DISEASE-BASED TO PATIENT PRIORITIES-ALIGNED DECISION-MAKING. Innovation In Aging 2018, 2: 642-643. PMCID: PMC6227531, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igy023.2400.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Patient Priority–Directed Decision Making and Care for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Tinetti ME, Esterson J, Ferris R, Posner P, Blaum CS. Patient Priority–Directed Decision Making and Care for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions. Clinics In Geriatric Medicine 2016, 32: 261-275. PMID: 27113145, DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2016.01.012.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Falls
Thomas D, Edelberg H, Tinetti M. Falls. 2003, 979-994. DOI: 10.1007/0-387-22621-4_67.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFall prevention programMajority of fallsRisk of fallsNursing home residentsSingle disease processConsiderable morbiditySerious morbidityExercise programRisk factorsHome residentsParkinson's diseaseDisease processActivity restrictionPrevention programsOlder individualsCareful assessmentSerious injuriesCommon eventMorbidityFallersRiskInjuryDiseaseIntrinsic eventsRecent studies
1999
Goal-setting in clinical medicine
Bradley E, Bogardus S, Tinetti M, Inouye S. Goal-setting in clinical medicine. Social Science & Medicine 1999, 49: 267-278. PMID: 10414834, DOI: 10.1016/s0277-9536(99)00107-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1986
Use of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate in chronically III, elderly patients with a decline in health status
Tinetti M, Schmidt A, Baum J. Use of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate in chronically III, elderly patients with a decline in health status. The American Journal Of Medicine 1986, 80: 844-848. PMID: 3085493, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(86)90626-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsErythrocyte sedimentation rateHealth statusElderly patientsMusculoskeletal complaintsDiagnostic evaluationConnective tissue diseaseSedimentation rateChronic care hospitalNew diseasePost-test probabilitySubacute deteriorationTissue diseaseProbability of diseasePatientsAge 65DiseaseInexpensive testComplaintsNonspecificPercentStatusLong-term residentsHoursGroupMalignancy