6 results match your criteria: "Boston University School of Health[Affiliation]"

Background: The Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument (LLFDI) is a well-validated and frequently used patient-reported outcome for older adults. The aim of this study was to estimate the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of the LLFDI-Function Component (LLFDI-FC) and its subscales among community-dwelling older adults with mobility limitations.

Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of the Boston Rehabilitative Impairment Study of the Elderly, a longitudinal cohort study of older adults with mobility limitations residing in the community.

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Background: The World Health Organization recognizes participation in meaningful life roles as a key component of health. However, the evidence base for interventions to improve participation remains inconclusive. In particular, whether exercise interventions improve participation in life roles is unclear.

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Straight and Curved Path Walking Among Older Adults in Primary Care: Associations With Fall-Related Outcomes.

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August 2016

New England Geriatric, Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Administration Boston Health System, Boston, MA; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Department of PM&R, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA(††).

Background: Most falls among community-dwelling older adults occur while walking. Simple walking tests that require little resources and can be interpreted quickly are advocated as useful screening tools for fall prone patients.

Objective: To investigate 2 clinically feasible walking tests consisting of straight- and curved-path walking and examine their associations with history of previous falls and fall-related outcomes among community-living older adults.

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Leg and Trunk Impairments Predict Participation in Life Roles in Older Adults: Results From Boston RISE.

J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci

May 2016

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. New England GRECC, Boston VAHS, Massachusetts.

Background: The physical impairments that affect participation in life roles among older adults have not been identified. Using the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health as a conceptual framework, we aimed to determine the leg and trunk impairments that predict participation over 2 years, both directly and indirectly through mediation by changes in activities.

Methods: We analyzed 2 years of data from the Boston Rehabilitative Impairment Study of the Elderly, a cohort study of 430 primary care patients with self-reported mobility limitation (mean age 77 years; 68% female; average of four chronic conditions).

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Purpose: To assess the predictors of smoking cessation and intention to quit among the Chinese elderly smokers.

Design: A cross-sectional survey of elderly smokers.

Setting: Shamsuipo district, Hong Kong.

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