2024
Association Between Restricting Symptoms and Disability After Critical Illness Among Older Adults.
Jain S, Han L, Gahbauer E, Leo-Summers L, Feder S, Ferrante L, Gill T. Association Between Restricting Symptoms and Disability After Critical Illness Among Older Adults. Critical Care Medicine 2024, 52: 1816-1827. PMID: 39298623, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000006427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActivities of daily livingAssociated with increased disabilityDaily livingOlder adultsRestricting symptomsInstrumental activities of daily livingCommunity-living older adultsICU hospitalizationMultivariable Poisson regression modelsCommunity-living adultsOlder ICU survivorsAge of participantsPoisson regression modelsSurvive critical illnessCritical illnessQuality of lifeInstrumental activitiesICU survivorsProspective longitudinal studyLength of stayPost-ICUIncreased disabilityMonthly interviewsICU length of stayPre-ICU
2010
Trajectories of Disability in the Last Year of Life
Gill TM, Gahbauer EA, Han L, Allore HG. Trajectories of Disability in the Last Year of Life. New England Journal Of Medicine 2010, 362: 1173-1180. PMID: 20357280, PMCID: PMC2877372, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0909087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCourse of disabilityDisability trajectoriesOrgan failureAdvanced dementiaSudden deathOlder personsSevere disabilityCommunity-dwelling older personsTrajectories of disabilityLevel of disabilityCatastrophic disabilityEnd of lifeProgressive disabilityFunctional statusDeath certificatesCommon conditionBaseline assessmentPredominant trajectoriesMonthly interviewsDeathDisabilityLongitudinal studyDementiaFrailtyDecedents