4 results match your criteria: "and Clinical Center and Mental Health[Affiliation]"
Physical Function Effects of Live Video Group Exercise Interventions for Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Veteran's Gerofit Group Case Study.
Telemed J E Health
June 2023
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center and Mental Health, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Literature on telehealth interventions for older adults has been primarily on asynchronous interventions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, older adult exercise programs transitioned to an online format. This systematic review and case study examines the effectiveness of older adult live video exercise group interventions on physical health with insights from a Los Angeles VA program, Gerofit.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPTSD Improvement Associated with Social Connectedness in Gerofit Veterans Exercise Program.
J Am Geriatr Soc
April 2021
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center and Mental Health, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Objective: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common in Veterans. Symptoms can perpetuate into late life, negatively impacting physical and mental health. Exercise and social support are beneficial in treating anxiety disorders such as PTSD in the general population, although less is known about the impact on Veterans who have lived with PTSD for decades.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComparability of iPad and Web-Based NIH Toolbox Cognitive Battery Administration in Veterans.
Arch Clin Neuropsychol
June 2019
Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center and Research & Academic Affairs Service Line, Salisbury VA Health Care System, Salisbury, NC, USA.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the comparability of National Institutes of Health Toolbox Cognitive Battery test scores across iPad application and web-based personal computer administration platforms. Original test norms were developed using a personal computer-based administration and no previous studies assessing platform comparability have been published.
Method: Participants (N = 62; final analyzed sample n = 49) were combat-exposed post-deployment veterans without neurologic disorder, severe mental illness, current substance use disorder, or a history of moderate or severe traumatic brain injury.
Word Memory Test Performance Across Cognitive Domains, Psychiatric Presentations, and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
Arch Clin Neuropsychol
May 2017
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Objective: The current study addressed two aims: (i) determine how Word Memory Test (WMT) performance relates to test performance across numerous cognitive domains and (ii) evaluate how current psychiatric disorders or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) history affects performance on the WMT after excluding participants with poor symptom validity.
Method: Participants were 235 Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans (Mage = 35.5) who completed a comprehensive neuropsychological battery.