3040.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM |
Poster |
Quality of Life in the Later Years |
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| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives |
| Board 1 | | Definition of "sedentary" as a confounding factor in exercise adherence research Seung-youn Hong, MEd, Susan L. Hughes, DSW, Thomas R. Prohaska, PhD |
| Board 2 | | Differences in effectiveness of an osteoporosis screening and prevention program between ethnic minority and non-minority postmenopausal women Wendy M. Whitner, MPH |
| Board 3 | | Demographic and health factors as predictors of quality of life among older African-American women Josephine M. Gathura, BSN, C. Unson, PhD |
| Board 4 | | Quality of life and physical complaints in elderly patients with multiple sclerosis Joerg Klewer, MD PhD, Dieter Pöhlau, MD PhD, Joachim Kugler, MD PhD |
| Board 5 | | Factors influencing medication delivery in nursing homes: Implications for how quality of medication use can be improved Denys Tsz-Wai Lau, PhD, Jane Banaszak-Holl, PhD |
| Board 6 | | Urinary incontinence in older adults: Prevalence, severity, quality of life issues, and treatment seeking behavior among Medicare beneficiaries Shaheen Halim, MA, Russell Mardon, PhD |
| Board 7 | | A model for assisting older cancer patients reduce gaps in accessing care and improving quality of life Mary Grace Pagaduan, MPH, Hildy Dillon, MPH, Kimberly Frederick, LCSW |
| Board 8 | | Health Enhancement of the Rural Elderly (HERE): Empowerment through improved health literacy Marilyn M. Gardner, PhD, M. Susan Jones, MSN, Jan Peeler, MSW |
| Board 9 | | Subthreshold depression as a predictor of functional decline in community dwelling older adults Celia F Hybels, PhD, Carl F Pieper, DrPH, Dan G Blazer, MD, PhD, MPH |
| Board 10 | | Factors associated with ADL decline in Pennsylvania nursing homes Amy B. Jessop, PhD, MPH, Jocelyn Andrel, MSPH, Naomi Hauser, RN, MPA, CLNC, David Wenner, DO |
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. |
| Organized by: | Gerontological Health |
| Endorsed by: | Public Health Education and Health Promotion |