Abstract

The objective of the Demonstration and Information Dissemination Core (DIDC) of the Wake Forest University Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC) is to translate the findings of the OAIC studies into health cae practice.
The specific aim of the Wake Forest DIDC is to translate and package the findings from those OAIC projects which have developed and tested physical activity and nutrition interventions for older adults with chronic diseases. Two audiences will be targeted: 1) directors of activities for older adults in a variety of facilities, for example, YMCA, YWCA, Recreation Centers, Senior Centers, and retirement communities; and 2) primary care physicians. The studies to be utilized include: """"""""Fitness and Arthritis in Seniors Trial"""""""" (FAST), """"""""Trial of Non- pharmacologic Hypertensive Intervention in the Elderly"""""""" (TONE), """"""""Prospective Aerobic Reconditioning Intervention Study"""""""" (PARIS), and as they become available: """"""""Rehabilitative Exercise and COPD Trial"""""""" (REACT), """"""""Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Trial in the Elderly"""""""" (ELITE) and """"""""Lifestyle Intervention in Seniors with Arthritis"""""""" (LISA).

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Comprehensive Center (P60)
Project #
3P60AG010484-10S2
Application #
6616306
Study Section
Project Start
2002-08-01
Project End
2002-09-30
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
10
Fiscal Year
2002
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Department
Type
DUNS #
041418799
City
Winston-Salem
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27106

  Publications

Li, Yanhong; Levy, Wayne C; Neilson, Matthew P et al. (2014) Associations between seattle heart failure model scores and medical resource use and costs: findings from HF-ACTION. J Card Fail 20:541-7
Li, Yanhong; Neilson, Matthew P; Whellan, David J et al. (2013) Associations between Seattle Heart Failure Model scores and health utilities: findings from HF-ACTION. J Card Fail 19:311-6
Flynn, Kathryn E; Lin, Li; Moe, Gordon W et al. (2012) Relationships between changes in patient-reported health status and functional capacity in outpatients with heart failure. Am Heart J 163:88-94.e3
Swank, Ann M; Horton, John; Fleg, Jerome L et al. (2012) Modest increase in peak VO2 is related to better clinical outcomes in chronic heart failure patients: results from heart failure and a controlled trial to investigate outcomes of exercise training. Circ Heart Fail 5:579-85
Miller, G D; Nicklas, B J; Davis, C C et al. (2012) Basal growth hormone concentration increased following a weight loss focused dietary intervention in older overweight and obese women. J Nutr Health Aging 16:169-74
Reed, Shelby D; Li, Yanhong; Dunlap, Mark E et al. (2012) In-hospital resource use and medical costs in the last year of life by mode of death (from the HF-ACTION randomized controlled trial). Am J Cardiol 110:1150-5
Reed, Shelby D; Li, Yanhong; Ellis, Stephen J et al. (2012) Associations between hemoglobin level, resource use, and medical costs in patients with heart failure: findings from HF-ACTION. J Card Fail 18:784-91
Morris, Peter E; Griffin, Leah; Berry, Michael et al. (2011) Receiving early mobility during an intensive care unit admission is a predictor of improved outcomes in acute respiratory failure. Am J Med Sci 341:373-7
Messier, S P; Legault, C; Loeser, R F et al. (2011) Does high weight loss in older adults with knee osteoarthritis affect bone-on-bone joint loads and muscle forces during walking? Osteoarthritis Cartilage 19:272-80
Arena, Ross; Myers, Jonathan; Abella, Joshua et al. (2011) Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is equally prognostic in young, middle-aged and older individuals diagnosed with heart failure. Int J Cardiol 151:278-83

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