Publications by authors named "R P Popovich"
Objectives: To evaluate the applicability of process-of-care quality indicators (QIs) to vulnerable elders and to measure the effect of excluding indicators based on patients' preferences and for advanced dementia and poor prognosis.
Design: The Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE) project employed 203 QIs for care of 22 conditions (including six geriatric syndromes and 11 age-associated diseases) for community-based persons aged 65 and older at increased risk of functional decline or death. Relevant QIs were excluded for persons deciding against hospitalization or surgery.
Background: It has been hypothesized that a period of rest from running in the early weeks of basic military training will prevent stress fractures among recruits.
Design: Modification of running schedules in companies of Army recruits undergoing basic military training was assigned.
Setting/participants: Six male training companies were enrolled and followed during their 8 weeks of basic military training at Fort Bliss, Texas, in summer/fall 1989.
Background: We evaluate whether a recent history of cigarette smoking is a risk factor for exercise-related injuries sustained during Army basic training, controlling for factors such as demographic, physical fitness, and health variables.
Methods: We conducted an observational cohort study in 1087 male and 915 female Army recruits undergoing 8-week basic military training. Data were collected from questionnaires, anthropometric measurements, physical fitness tests, company training logs, and medical records of all clinic visits.