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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
2009
Clinical Features to Identify Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents: A Cohort Study
Juthani‐Mehta M, Quagliarello V, Perrelli E, Towle V, Van Ness PH, Tinetti M. Clinical Features to Identify Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents: A Cohort Study. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2009, 57: 963-970. PMID: 19490243, PMCID: PMC2692075, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02227.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary tract infectionNursing home residentsClinical featuresHome residentsCohort studyTract infectionsMental statusPresence of dysuriaObservational cohort studyArea nursing homesUrine culturePyuriaClinical definitionBacteriuriaHigh riskLower riskDiagnostic uncertaintyNursing homesCombined outcomeDysuriaInfectionUrineOutcomesEpisodesRisk
1995
Assessing Risk for the Onset of Functional Dependence Among Older Adults: The Role of Physical Performance
Gill T, Williams C, Tinetti M. Assessing Risk for the Onset of Functional Dependence Among Older Adults: The Role of Physical Performance. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 1995, 43: 603-609. PMID: 7775716, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1995.tb07192.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-dwelling adultsBasic ADLPhysical performanceOlder adultsMain outcome eventTimed testsPhysical performance testsChair standNew disabilityBaseline interviewOutcome eventsCohort membersDaily livingHigh riskRepresentative cohortRate of dependenceOlder personsRisk assessment strategiesADLRapid gaitBasic activitiesComplete dataAdultsRiskOnsetThe Effects of Exercise on Falls in Elderly Patients: A Preplanned Meta-analysis of the FICSIT Trials
Province M, Hadley E, Hornbrook M, Lipsitz L, Miller J, Mulrow C, Ory M, Sattin R, Tinetti M, Wolf S, Schechtman K, Arfken C, Rossiter-Fornoff J, Stevens V, Wingfield D, Greenlick M, Baker D, Claus E, Horwitz R, Buchner D, Wagner E, de Lateur B, Cress M, Price R, Abrass I, Esselman P, Marguerita T, . C, Mulrow, Gerety M, Cornell J, DeNino L, Kanten D, Kutner N, Green R, McNeely E, Coogler C, Fiatarone M, O'Neill E, Ryan N, Diet T, Clements K, Kehayias J, Roberts S, Evans W, Wallace R, Ross J, Huston J, Kundel C, Sellberg M, Wolfson L, Whipple R, Amerman P, Judge J, Derby C, King M, Tamboli A, Weiss S. The Effects of Exercise on Falls in Elderly Patients: A Preplanned Meta-analysis of the FICSIT Trials. JAMA 1995, 273: 1341-1347. DOI: 10.1001/jama.1995.03520410035023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElderly patientsTreatment armsExercise componentLower extremity weaknessAndersen-Gill extensionEffects of exerciseFall-related injuriesRisk of fallsShort-term exerciseFall outcomesFICSIT TrialsExtremity weaknessMedication changesInjurious fallsIncidence ratiosGeneral exerciseMedical recordsClinical trialsTai ChiDaily livingHigh riskCox modelNursing homesElderly adultsMeta-Analysis