Publications by authors named "Barbara Brody"
Background: School-based physical activity (PA) programs are an equitable, evidence-based approach to combat health and PA disparities. This study examined factors associated with implementation of BE Physically Active 2Day (BEPA 2.0), a K-5 school-based PA program, and examined how support from Cooperative Extension via Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) partners influenced implementation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of incurable vision loss in older adults in industrialized countries and is on a trajectory to disable a growing number of persons as societies age. To assess the potential of using telemedicine for expansion of an in-person AMD self-management program, we examined the extent of computer use in a sample of older adults with AMD.
Methods: 160 older adult volunteers (mean age = 76 years; female = 51%) with AMD (mean visual acuity in better eye: 20/40; worse eye: 20/90) were randomly selected from members of the San Diego County AMD Registry.
Background: Depression is frequently found in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of escitalopram in treating major and minor depression in AMD patients.
Methods: We conducted a crossover, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 16-week study comparing escitalopram with placebo.
Objectives: To examine cognitive abilities of low-income preschoolers with uncorrected ametropia and effects of spectacle correction.
Methods: Baseline and 6-week data from a longitudinal controlled study were analyzed. Subjects were 70 preschoolers (mean age, 4.
Purpose: To estimate the overall prevalence of refractive errors in a study population of low-income preschoolers in San Diego County.
Methods: The study sample included 507 preschool children selected from a study population of all 3-5 year-old children in Head Start and San Diego Unified School District preschools (74% Latino). The sample was examined by optometrists in the mobile clinic of the University of California, San Diego, Department of Ophthalmology with retinoscopy under cycloplegia to assess the presence of refractive errors defined as myopia >or=2D in 3-4 year-olds and >or=1D in > 4 year-olds; hyperopia >or=4D in 3-4 year-olds and >or=3D in > 4 year-olds; and astigmatism >or=1.
Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of a self-management program for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in reducing depressive symptoms.
Design: Analysis of 6-month follow-up for a subset of participants in a randomized, controlled trial who were clinically depressed at baseline.
Setting: University ophthalmology clinic.
Objective: To study mood disturbance in Graves ophthalmopathy.
Methods: Forty-eight patients (mean age, 55 years; 40 women and 8 men) with Graves ophthalmopathy from a university-based referral center were classified into two groups, 24 with moderate/severe disease (study group) and 24 with negligible/mild disease (control group). The groups were matched with regard to demographic and medical characteristics.
Objective: To assess the effectiveness at the 6-month follow-up of an age-related macular degeneration (AMD) self-management program consisting of health education and enhancement of problem-solving skills in improving quality of life as shown by measures of mood and function.
Methods: Six-month follow-up data were analyzed from 214 of 252 older adult volunteers (mean age, 80.8 years) with advanced AMD who had been randomly assigned to a 12-hour self-management program (n = 82), a series of 12 hours of tape-recorded health lectures (n = 66), or a waiting list (n = 66).
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of an age-related macular degeneration (AMD) self-management program, consisting of health education and enhancement of problem-solving skills, to improve quality of life as shown by measures of mood and function.
Methods: Two hundred thirty-one community-dwelling cognitively intact volunteers (mean age, 80.6 years) with advanced macular degeneration were randomly assigned to a 12-hour self-management program (n = 86), a series of 12 hours of tape-recorded health lectures (n = 74), or to a waiting list (n = 72).