3268.0 Topics in Chronic Disease

Monday, October 27, 2008: 2:30 PM
Poster

Board 1
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding eye health and disease among older adults: Results of a national telephone survey
Neyal J. Ammary-Risch, MPH, CHES, William Scarbrough, PhD and Harry T. Kwon, PhD, MPH, CHES
Board 2
Aging and Cancer: A Cancer 101 Adaptation to Meet the Needs of Elders
Marie J. Lavigne, LMSW and Katherine J. Briant, MPH, CHES
Board 3
Age-Related Differences in Clinical Predictors of 1 Year Death Rates: The Worcester Heart Failure Study
Michael Gerardo, DO, MPH and Robert Goldberg, PhD
Board 4
Positive and Negative Affect, Symptom Distress, Depression, Functional Status, and Health-Related Quality of Life among Older Adults with Chronic Illnesses
Kenneth Gruber, PhD and Jie Hu, PhD, RN
Board 5
Health-related quality of life across the decades: Age patterns among women and men with and without functional limitations
Gloria L. Krahn, PhD, MPH, Willi Horner-Johnson, PhD and R.R.T.C. Expert Panel on Health Status Measurement
Board 6
Pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations in elderly patients with comorbidities
Sara M. Parisi, MS/MPH and Elena Naumova, PhD
Board 7
Home health care utilization and costs for patients with Parkinson's disease
Katherine Anderson, PhD
Board 8
Incremental Burden of Congestive Heart Failure among Elderly with Alzheimer's
Ravi Jayadevappa, PhD, Sumedha Chhatre, PhD, Mark Weiner, MD and Jerry C. Johnson, MD

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Organized by: Gerontological Health
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

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