6 results match your criteria: "Boston University School of Health[Affiliation]"
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
March 2019
New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Administration Boston Health System, Massachusetts.
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.
Phys Ther
October 2017
Health and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Health, Boston, Massachusetts; American Physical Therapy Association.
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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPM R
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.
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).
Evid Based Med
June 2015
Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
J Aging Health
August 2006
Boston University School of Health, USA and The University of Hong Kong.
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.