2001
History and Mobility Exam Index to Identify Community-Dwelling Elderly Persons at Risk of Falling
Covinsky K, Kahana E, Kahana B, Kercher K, Schumacher J, Justice A. History and Mobility Exam Index to Identify Community-Dwelling Elderly Persons at Risk of Falling. The Journals Of Gerontology Series A 2001, 56: m253-m259. PMID: 11283200, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/56.4.m253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overAgingDiscriminant AnalysisFemaleForecastingHumansMaleMedical RecordsMovementRisk FactorsConceptsCommunity-dwelling elderly personsFall risk indexRisk factorsIndependent predictorsElderly personsOne-year periodIndependent risk factorRisk of FallingPrior yearHealth care practitionersFollow-up interview one yearInterviews one yearClinical historyPhysical examBaseline interviewHigh riskBalance difficultiesFall historyLower riskPrevious historyCare practitionersLogistic regressionOne-yearPrevious yearRisk index
1996
The role of functional status in predicting inpatient mortality with AIDS: A comparison with current predictors
Justice A, Aiken L, Smith H, Turner B. The role of functional status in predicting inpatient mortality with AIDS: A comparison with current predictors. Journal Of Clinical Epidemiology 1996, 49: 193-201. PMID: 8606320, DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00546-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeActivities of Daily LivingAdultCD4 Lymphocyte CountDiscriminant AnalysisFemaleHealth StatusHospital MortalityHumansLength of StayMalePredictive Value of TestsPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsReproducibility of ResultsSeverity of Illness IndexUnited StatesUnited States Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityConceptsCD4 cell countInpatient mortalityCD4 countFunctional statusCell countHighest AIDS incidenceIndependent prognostic rolePercent of patientsHazard of deathLength of staySeverity classification systemHospital stayOverall mortalityPrognostic roleMortality predictorsCox regressionPrognostic stagingAIDS hospitalizationsDaily livingSeverity systemsMortality ratePatientsNursing assistanceAIDS incidenceMortality