2004
Who Can Stay at Home?: Assessing the Capacity to Choose to Live in the Community
Cooney LM, Kennedy GJ, Hawkins KA, Hurme SB. Who Can Stay at Home?: Assessing the Capacity to Choose to Live in the Community. JAMA Internal Medicine 2004, 164: 357-360. PMID: 14980985, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.4.357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExecutive functionUnsafe actionsDecision-making abilityProblem-solving abilityCognitive functionImpaired insightPerson's capacityChoices of individualsIndependent livingOlder individualsSocial agencyDeficitsIndividualsAbilityPlanning limitsDecisionsMedical decisionsImplicationsActionFinal responsibilityGlobal testChoiceResponsibility
1994
Predictors of mortality and institutionalization after hip fracture: the New Haven EPESE cohort. Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly.
Marottoli R, Berkman L, Leo-Summers L, Cooney L. Predictors of mortality and institutionalization after hip fracture: the New Haven EPESE cohort. Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly. American Journal Of Public Health 1994, 84: 1807-12. PMID: 7977922, PMCID: PMC1615208, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.84.11.1807.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPredictors of deathBaseline mental statusHip fractureMental statusFracture sitePredictors of mortalityMultiple logistic regressionOccurrence of deathFrequency of deathBaseline factorsComorbid conditionsEpidemiologic studiesHospital dataRepresentative cohortComorbid diagnosesLoss of functionDemographic featuresLogistic regressionOlder individualsMonthsDeathHigher numberComplicationsMental functionsPrimary predictor