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Alexandra B Zagaria
Researcher at Dartmouth College
Publications - 12
Citations - 308
Alexandra B Zagaria is an academic researcher from Dartmouth College. The author has contributed to research in topics: mHealth & Population. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 11 publications receiving 190 citations. Previous affiliations of Alexandra B Zagaria include The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
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Addressing Obesity in Aging Patients
TL;DR: The insufficient evidence related to pharmacotherapy as well as providing an overview of using physiologic rather than chronologic age for identifying suitable candidates for bariatric surgery are discussed.
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Pilot comparative effectiveness study of surface perturbation treadmill training to prevent falls in older adults
Jon D. Lurie,Jon D. Lurie,Jon D. Lurie,Alexandra B Zagaria,Dawna Pidgeon,Judith L Forman,Kevin F. Spratt +6 more
TL;DR: Physical therapy inclusive of surface perturbation treadmill training appears clinically feasible, and randomization between these two PT interventions is acceptable to the majority of patients, and results appear to merit longer-term study in an adequately powered trial.
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Application of Community-Engaged Research to Inform the Development and Implementation of a Peer-Delivered Mobile Health Intervention for Adults With Serious Mental Illness
Karen L. Fortuna,Paul Barr,Carly M. Goldstein,Robert Walker,La Princess C. Brewer,Alexandra B Zagaria,Stephen J. Bartels +6 more
TL;DR: This study delineates a process by which academic researchers and certified peer specialists participated in community-engaged research to develop and implement peer-delivered mHealth interventions in community settings.
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Surface Perturbation Training to Prevent Falls in Older Adults: A Highly Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial.
Jon D. Lurie,Alexandra B Zagaria,Lisa Ellis,Dawna Pidgeon,Kathleen M Gill-Body,Christina Burke,Kurt Armbrust,Sharil Cass,Kevin F. Spratt,Christine M. McDonough +9 more
TL;DR: The addition of some surface perturbation training to usual physical therapy significantly reduced injurious falls up to 3 months post-treatment.
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Hospitalization Risk and Potentially Inappropriate Medications among Medicare Home Health Nursing Patients
Matthew C. Lohman,Brandi P. Cotton,Alexandra B Zagaria,Yuhua Bao,Rebecca L. Greenberg,Karen L. Fortuna,Martha L. Bruce +6 more
TL;DR: Home health episodes represent opportunities to substantially reduce PIM use among older adults and prevent adverse outcomes, and efforts to address medication use during home health episodes, hospitalizations, and care transitions are justified.