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OLDER VETERANS’ PERSPECTIVES ON MEASURING FUNCTIONAL STATUS IN VA PRIMARY CARE CLINICS

Little is known about older adults’ perspectives on measuring functional status (i.e., ability to perform basic and instrumental activities of daily living). This study used a qualitative design to understand older Veterans’ perspectives on measuring function in primary care settings. Thematic analy...

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Autores principales: Nicosia, Francesca, Spar, Malena J, Neumann, Alicia, Silvestrini, Molly C, Barrientos, Maureen, Brown, Rebecca T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6845496/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2773
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author Nicosia, Francesca
Spar, Malena J
Neumann, Alicia
Silvestrini, Molly C
Barrientos, Maureen
Brown, Rebecca T
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description Little is known about older adults’ perspectives on measuring functional status (i.e., ability to perform basic and instrumental activities of daily living). This study used a qualitative design to understand older Veterans’ perspectives on measuring function in primary care settings. Thematic analysis of interviews conducted with 28 Veterans ≥65 years and 5 caregivers from one VA Medical Center identified several themes including: 1) importance and relevance of discussing function; 2) preferences for assessment method (e.g., provider- or self-assessment;) and 3) wording of questions (i.e., needing help vs. having difficultly). These findings suggest that effective approaches to measuring function must consider patient preferences on content and format and ensure that measurement is used to inform care. We applied these findings to develop an interprofessional intervention to improve functional status measurement for older Veterans in primary care.
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spelling pubmed-68454962019-11-18 OLDER VETERANS’ PERSPECTIVES ON MEASURING FUNCTIONAL STATUS IN VA PRIMARY CARE CLINICS Nicosia, Francesca Spar, Malena J Neumann, Alicia Silvestrini, Molly C Barrientos, Maureen Brown, Rebecca T Innov Aging Session 3485 (Symposium) Little is known about older adults’ perspectives on measuring functional status (i.e., ability to perform basic and instrumental activities of daily living). This study used a qualitative design to understand older Veterans’ perspectives on measuring function in primary care settings. Thematic analysis of interviews conducted with 28 Veterans ≥65 years and 5 caregivers from one VA Medical Center identified several themes including: 1) importance and relevance of discussing function; 2) preferences for assessment method (e.g., provider- or self-assessment;) and 3) wording of questions (i.e., needing help vs. having difficultly). These findings suggest that effective approaches to measuring function must consider patient preferences on content and format and ensure that measurement is used to inform care. We applied these findings to develop an interprofessional intervention to improve functional status measurement for older Veterans in primary care. Oxford University Press 2019-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6845496/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2773 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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OLDER VETERANS’ PERSPECTIVES ON MEASURING FUNCTIONAL STATUS IN VA PRIMARY CARE CLINICS
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