Publications by authors named "Jeffrey T Boon"
Background: A key driver that leads to age-associated decline and chronic disease is mitochondrial dysfunction. Our previous work revealed strong community interest in the concept of mitochondrial fitness, which led to the development of a video-based science communication intervention to prompt behavior change in adults aged 50 years and older.
Objective: This study aimed to conduct formative and summative evaluations of MitoFit, an instructional, biologically based communication intervention aimed at improving physical activity in older adults aged 50 years and older.
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- The study aimed to create a survey that measures how family caregivers assess pain in people with dementia.
- The survey development involved three phases: creating questions, evaluating their content validity with experts, and testing for face validity with caregivers.
- Although the final survey includes quantitative and free-text questions validated by caregivers, more research is required before it can be widely used.
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- Untreated pain is a significant issue, but "unidentified pain" is a less understood concept that requires further exploration for a better understanding and risk assessment.
- A multi-phase process was used to develop a conceptual model for unidentified pain, including brainstorming sessions, peer review, and an integrative literature review, resulting in the identification of three main risk areas: cognition/communication problems, isolation, and existing painful conditions.
- The goal of this research is to create a future tool that can effectively assess the risk of unidentified pain, which impacts individuals and may lead to serious consequences if not addressed.
Like other older adults, people living with dementia (PLWD) experience pain, and the task of pain assessment often falls to family caregivers. In this study, we surveyed family caregivers of PLWD to determine the frequency with which they use different elements of pain assessment. We also determined correlations of family caregivers' characteristics (caregiving self-efficacy, relationship duration and type, mood, education level, and health literacy) with their use of the elements of pain assessment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeople living with dementia (PLWD) experience pain like other older adults, but with changes due to dementia, they rely more on family caregivers for pain assessment. Many different elements contribute to a pain assessment. Changes in characteristics of PLWD may be associated with changes in the use of these different pain assessment elements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDespite the frequent hospitalizations and readmissions of persons living with dementia (PLWD), no telehealth transitional care interventions focus on PLWDs' unpaid caregivers. Tele-Savvy Caregiver Program is a 43-day evidence-based online psychoeducational intervention for PLWDs' caregivers. The aim of this formative evaluation was to explore caregivers' acceptability of and experience with their participation in Tele-Savvy after their PLWDs' hospital discharge.
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