2024
Use of Hospice and End-of-Life Care Quality Among Medical Centers with High Versus Lower Specialist Palliative Care Reach Among People with Heart Failure: An Observational Study
Feder S, Han L, Zhan Y, Abel E, Akgün K, Fried T, Ersek M, Redeker N. Use of Hospice and End-of-Life Care Quality Among Medical Centers with High Versus Lower Specialist Palliative Care Reach Among People with Heart Failure: An Observational Study. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2024 PMID: 39515377, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2024.0182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecialist palliative careVeterans Affairs Medical CenterEnd of lifeCare qualityInpatient hospiceEnd of life outcomesUse of hospiceInpatient hospice careMedical CenterMultilevel logistic regressionFamilies of patientsAffairs Medical CenterHospice carePalliative careRetrospective cohort studyAdvanced heart failureBlack adultsHospiceCohort studyFacility rateLogistic regressionStudy outcomesObservational studyCareHeart failureVariation in Uptake of Specialist Palliative Care Among People with Advanced Heart Failure Across VA Medical Centers
Zhan Y, Han L, Abel E, Akgun K, Redeker N, Feder S. Variation in Uptake of Specialist Palliative Care Among People with Advanced Heart Failure Across VA Medical Centers. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2024, 67: e551-e552. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.02.339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecialist palliative careVA Medical CenterDepartment of Veterans AffairsPalliative careVeterans AffairsRandom intercept multilevel logistic regressionPalliative care deliveryDelivery characteristicsMedical CenterMultilevel logistic regressionCare deliveryICD-9/10 codesAdvanced heart failureRetrospective cohort studyHealth careModifiable factorsCareTeam staffingCohort studyHeart failureLogistic regressionImplementation effortsIdentified factorsICD-9/10Study findingsVariation in Specialist Palliative Care Reach and Associated Factors Among People With Advanced Heart Failure in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Feder S, Han L, Zhan Y, Abel E, Akgün K, Fried T, Ersek M, Redeker N. Variation in Specialist Palliative Care Reach and Associated Factors Among People With Advanced Heart Failure in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2024, 68: 22-31.e1. PMID: 38561132, PMCID: PMC11168897, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.03.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOutpatient specialist palliative careSpecialist palliative careVeterans Affairs Medical CenterPalliative careSpecialist palliative care consultationRandom intercept multilevel logistic regressionDepartment of Veterans AffairsMultilevel logistic regressionAffairs Medical CenterClinical practice guidelinesICD-9/10 codesAdvanced heart failureRetrospective cohort studyVeterans AffairsOutpatient palliativeOutpatient deliveryPractice guidelinesCohort studyLogistic regressionCardiology involvementDelivery characteristicsAssociated factorsMedical CenterIdentified factorsICD-9/10
2020
Day-to-day Relationships between Physical Activity and Sleep Characteristics among People with Heart Failure and Insomnia
Ash G, Jeon S, Conley S, Knies AK, Yaggi HK, Jacoby D, Hollenbeak CS, Linsky S, O’Connell M, Redeker NS. Day-to-day Relationships between Physical Activity and Sleep Characteristics among People with Heart Failure and Insomnia. Behavioral Sleep Medicine 2020, 19: 602-614. PMID: 33048589, PMCID: PMC8496686, DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2020.1824918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNext-day physical activityHeart failureTotal sleep timePhysical activityCounts/minuteSleep characteristicsSleep timeSleep variablesNYHA class IIAdvanced heart failureStable heart failureDaytime physical activityBody mass indexCommunity-dwelling adultsWrist actigraphy recordingsCognitive behavioral therapyNYHA classHF classMass indexSleep improvementActigraphy recordingsLong sleepBehavioral therapyClass IIInsomnia