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2003
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Discharge Patterns of Fallers Who Present to the Emergency Room:
PI: M. Marenberg
Period: February 1, 2003 to May 31, 2003
Project Summary:
The project is an ancillary study to Exercise & Training Model research (RO1,Strumpf) to compare the demographic and fall characteristics of those who entered the study, and those who did not using an intervention trial to determine if exercise can reduce risk factors for frail elderly who presented to the emergency room for a fall. |
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A Strategic Plan for Dissemination of Gerontologic Nursing Research through a Consultation Service Modelî
PI: E. Sullivan-Marx
Period: March 1, 2003 to June 15, 2003
Project Summary:
The purpose of this proposal is to develop a strategic plan to expand the research and enhance the impact of the Penn Nursing Networkís Gerontological Nursing Consultation Service (PNN Consulting/GNCS). This strategic plan will provide an evaluation of the current status of business growth and resource efficiency, identify operational and organizational requirements to sustain and improve the consultation service, create a brand identify and strategy to expand the impact of the GNCS, and determine opportunities to integrate scholarship and education within the scope of the School of Nursingís and Pennís HCGNE mission. |
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Effectiveness of Ambulatory Outpatient Rehabilitation for Cognitively Impaired Elders
PI: Fang Yu (Doctoral Candidate)
Period: March 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003
Project Summary:
The purpose of this retrospective cohort study is to explore differences in rehabilitation interventions and outcomes between elders with cognitive impairment and those with normal cognitive function in a sample of elders admitted to a Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF). An electronic descriptive database will be constructed of key patient variables from the CARE program clinical records for analysis to determine rehabilitation outcomes (functional gain, rehabilitation efficiency, number of days of service and discharge destination) to determine statistical significance of rehabilitative intervention. |
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Post-Fall Assessment: Development and Validation of a Tool for Use with Older Adults in Nursing Homesî
PI: Deanna-Gray-Miceli (post-doctoral fellow)
Period: March 20, 2003 to September 15, 2003
Project Summary:
The project study supports Phase I of a research study to validate a post-fall assessment tool using expert review by a panel of geriatric clinicians (physicians and gerontological nurse practitioners) to determine content validity (i.e., the extent to which the post-fall assessment tool covers the relevant information needed to identify the underlying etiology of the fall). |
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Relationships Among Sleepiness, Cognition, Mood, and Self-Care in Persons with Heart Failureî
PI: Barbara Riegel
Period: June 1, 2003 to May 31, 2004
Project Summary:
Poor self-care is common in elders with heart failure. The project study exams the relationship between sleepiness as a contributor to poor self-care through its effects on cognition and mood. The study is to generate pilot data testing the relationships among these variables using sleepiness as a significant predictor of cognitive deficits, distressed mood and poor self-care. |
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A comparison of Idiopathic and Secondary Diagnosis of Elder Persons with Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)î
PI: Norma Cuellar
Period: November 1, 2003 to August 31, 2004
Project Summary:
The descriptive comparative project study will examine if differences exist between primary and idiopathic diagnosis of older adults with Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) and the effects of this diagnosis on sleep, symptom severity, fatigue, depression and quality of life. A variety of measurement instruments will be used to generate data necessary for further examination of conventional and non-conventional RLS treatment interventions. |
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