2024
The impact of digitalized community-based square-stepping exercise program on cognitive and balance functions among older adults living in senior facilities: a pilot study
Lee K, Boham M, Zhao M, Ro Y, Cong X, Huang Y. The impact of digitalized community-based square-stepping exercise program on cognitive and balance functions among older adults living in senior facilities: a pilot study. Interdisciplinary Nursing Research 2024, 3: 9-16. DOI: 10.1097/nr9.0000000000000053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSquare-stepping exercise programExercise programOlder adultsSenior facilitiesBalance functionPreliminary effectivenessPilot studyNon-Hispanic white womenHealth promotion modelBerg Balance ScaleHomogeneity of participantsMontreal Cognitive AssessmentCognitive functionBalance ScaleFunctional mobilitySocial cognitive theoryFall riskActive lifestylePhysical functionIntervention groupQuasi-experiment designPromotion modelImprove cognitive functionWhite womenCognitive Assessment
2021
Back pain and heart failure in community-dwelling older adults: Findings from the Health ABC study
Chen J, Zhang Y, Simonsick E, Starkweather A, Chen M, McCauley P, Chyun D, Cong X. Back pain and heart failure in community-dwelling older adults: Findings from the Health ABC study. Geriatric Nursing 2021, 42: 643-649. PMID: 33823422, PMCID: PMC8197735, DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.03.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-dwelling older adultsBack painOlder adultsImpact of back painAssociation of back painHealth ABC StudyDecreased physical functionHeart failureHealth ABCABC StudyPhysical functionHealth outcomesPhysical performanceFatigue levelsDepressive symptomsPain managementBody compositionHealthPainAdultsRegression analysisFollow-upBackAgeHeart