2020
Serious Falls in Middle‐Aged Veterans: Development and Validation of a Predictive Risk Model
Womack JA, Murphy TE, Bathulapalli H, Smith A, Bates J, Jarad S, Redeker NS, Luther SL, Gill TM, Brandt CA, Justice AC. Serious Falls in Middle‐Aged Veterans: Development and Validation of a Predictive Risk Model. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2020, 68: 2847-2854. PMID: 32860222, PMCID: PMC7744431, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16773.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiddle-aged veteransVeterans Health AdministrationOpioid useSerious fallsAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption scoresCategory-free net reclassification improvementIllicit substance use disordersMental health comorbiditiesPrescription opioid useMultivariable logistic regressionNet reclassification improvementSubstance use disordersQuality of lifeHazardous alcohol usePredictive risk modelChronic medicationsCohort studyHealth comorbiditiesNinth RevisionReclassification improvementGeriatric healthInjury codesHazardous alcoholInternational ClassificationUse disorders
2018
The Association Between HIV Infection and the Use of Palliative Care in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
Feder SL, Tate JP, Akgün KM, Womack JA, Jeon S, Funk M, Bedimo RJ, Budoff MJ, Butt AA, Crothers K, Redeker NS. The Association Between HIV Infection and the Use of Palliative Care in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2018, 36: 228-234. PMID: 30304939, PMCID: PMC7457998, DOI: 10.1177/1049909118804465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedCase-Control StudiesCD4 Lymphocyte CountComorbidityFemaleHeart FailureHIV InfectionsHospitalizationHumansLength of StayLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedPalliative CarePatient DischargeRespiration, ArtificialRisk FactorsSex FactorsUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsHeart failureHIV infectionHIV-1 RNAPalliative careVeterans Health AdministrationHospitalized patientsHIV characteristicsPrimary diagnosisVeterans Aging Cohort StudyPalliative care useVentricular ejection fractionAging Cohort StudyCells/Case-control studyConditional logistic regressionDiseases NinthCohort studyEjection fractionPrimary outcomeVHA patientsDischarge dateMean ageCare useSevere diseaseAdjusted modelDiscrepancy between wrist‐actigraph and polysomnographic measures of sleep in patients with stable heart failure and a novel approach to evaluating discrepancy
Jeon S, Conley S, Redeker NS. Discrepancy between wrist‐actigraph and polysomnographic measures of sleep in patients with stable heart failure and a novel approach to evaluating discrepancy. Journal Of Sleep Research 2018, 28: e12717. PMID: 29943403, PMCID: PMC6309769, DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12717.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoor sleep qualityTotal sleep timeHeart failurePolysomnographic measuresSleep qualitySleep measuresSleep timeHeart failure disease management programsMotor activityDaytime motor activityStable heart failureShorter total sleep timeCross-sectional studyPoor sleep efficiencyImportance of agingDisease management programsOlder patientsBland-Altman plotsSevere insomniaRisk factorsClinical dataIntra-class correlationSleep characteristicsSleep efficiencyWrist actigraphySleep Duration and Hypertension: Analysis of > 700,000 Adults by Age and Sex.
Grandner M, Mullington JM, Hashmi SD, Redeker NS, Watson NF, Morgenthaler TI. Sleep Duration and Hypertension: Analysis of > 700,000 Adults by Age and Sex. Journal Of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2018, 14: 1031-1039. PMID: 29852916, PMCID: PMC5991947, DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.7176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort sleepSleep durationRace/ethnicityLong sleepAge groupsBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemNational Health Interview SurveyRisk Factor Surveillance SystemRisk of hypertensionHealth Interview SurveyLong sleep durationHours of sleepSelf-reported historyRace/ethnicity groupsMost age groupsCross-sectional relationshipAge × sex interactionHypertension riskSignificant sleepHypertensionInfluence of covariatesSleep relationshipSleep decreasesDisease controlSleep
2010
Sleep Disordered Breathing, Daytime Symptoms, and Functional Performance in Stable Heart Failure
Redeker NS, Muench U, Zucker MJ, Walsleben J, Gilbert M, Freudenberger R, Chen M, Campbell D, Blank L, Berkowitz R, Adams L, Rapoport DM. Sleep Disordered Breathing, Daytime Symptoms, and Functional Performance in Stable Heart Failure. Sleep 2010, 33: 551-560. PMID: 20394325, PMCID: PMC2849795, DOI: 10.1093/sleep/33.4.551.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure patientsPoorer objective sleep qualityObjective sleep qualityDaytime symptomsDisease management programsSelf-reported sleepFailure patientsSevere SDBPhysical functionSleep qualityStable chronic heart failure patientsHeart failure disease management programsHF disease management programStable heart failure patientsChronic heart failure patientsSelf-reported physical functionPittsburgh Sleep Quality IndexStable heart failureCentral sleep apneaPoor physical functionEpworth Sleepiness ScaleSleep Disordered BreathingSleep Quality IndexMOS SF-36Days of actigraphy
2006
Somatic Symptoms Explain Differences in Psychological Distress in Heart Failure Patients vs a Comparison Group
Redeker NS. Somatic Symptoms Explain Differences in Psychological Distress in Heart Failure Patients vs a Comparison Group. Progress In Cardiovascular Nursing 2006, 21: 182-189. PMID: 17170593, DOI: 10.1111/j.0889-7204.2006.05643.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnxietyAttitude to HealthCase-Control StudiesComorbidityCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionDyspneaFatigueFemaleHealth StatusHeart FailureHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNew EnglandPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesRegression AnalysisRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersStress, PsychologicalStroke VolumeSurveys and QuestionnairesConceptsHeart failureDepression ScaleSomatic symptomsPsychological distressHF patientsComparison groupEpidemiological studiesPittsburgh Sleep Quality IndexSystolic HF outpatientsHeart failure patientsExcessive daytime sleepinessEpworth Sleepiness ScaleSleep Quality IndexMood States-Short FormCross-sectional studyCommon somatic symptomsAssociation of anxietyContribution of symptomsMultidimensional assessmentHF outpatientsDyspnea scaleEffect of ageFailure patientsHF diagnosisPhysical function
2002
Sleep During Hospitalization and Recovery after Cardiac Surgery
Redeker NS, Hedges C. Sleep During Hospitalization and Recovery after Cardiac Surgery. The Journal Of Cardiovascular Nursing 2002, 17: 56-68. PMID: 12358093, DOI: 10.1097/00005082-200210000-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research