6016.0: Thursday, November 16, 2000: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | ||||
| ||||
| Learning Objectives: 1) To become familiar with clinical issues facing older adults. 2) To understand the ramifications of disease in older adults. 3) To become knwoledgable about the management of several important clinical problems in the elderly | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Chad Boult, MD | ||||
| Findings from the 1st Decade of the Clearwater Osteoarthritis Study William B. Ward, MA, MPH, DrPH, Jae Eun Lee, MPH, DrPH, John Barrett, MD, Betty J. Hall, RN, Jung Hye Lee, MPH | ||||
| Symptom assessment as a component of routine clinical care in elderly patients with advanced prostate cancer Monica McGrath, MHS, William K. Oh, MD, Helen Waldron, Jane C. Weeks, MD, MSc | ||||
| Tubal Sterilization, Earlier Menopause and Increased Risk of Chronic Diseases of Aging Grace Wyshak, PhD, MS, Nalini Visvanathan, PhD, MPH | ||||
| Prevalence and impact of pain on perceived health status among America's oldest old Cielito C. Reyes-Gibby, DrPH, Charles S. Cleeland, PhD | ||||
| Psychosocial factors related to disparities in glycemic control among older adults in the US Elizabeth M Bertera, PhD | ||||
| The following abstracts have been withdrawn by the authors: | ||||
| Depression, vision loss, co-morbidity and disability in elderly with macular degeneration Barbara L. Brody, MPH, Anthony C. Gamst, PhD, Rebecca A. Williams, PhD, Amanda R. Smith, Philip W. Lau, MA, Douglas Dolnak, MD, Robert M. Kaplan, PhD, Stuart I. Brown, MD | ||||
| Sponsor: | Gerontological Health | |||
| Cosponsors: | Chiropractic Health Care; Disability Forum | |||