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Karen R. Josephson
Researcher at Veterans Health Administration
Publications - 87
Citations - 8849
Karen R. Josephson is an academic researcher from Veterans Health Administration. The author has contributed to research in topics: Actigraphy & Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 81 publications receiving 8240 citations. Previous affiliations of Karen R. Josephson include Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior & University of California, San Diego.
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The epidemiology of falls and syncope.
TL;DR: The largest category of syncope is syncope of unknown etiology, which defies careful diagnostic evaluation but seems to be fairly benign, and the epidemiology of these syndromes can provide extremely helpful insights for developing falls-prevention strategies.
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Effectiveness of a geriatric evaluation unit. A randomized clinical trial.
Laurence Z. Rubenstein,Karen R. Josephson,G. D. Wieland,P. A. English,J. A. Sayre,Robert L. Kane +5 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that geriatric evaluation units can provide substantial benefits at minimal cost for appropriate groups of elderly patients, over and above the benefits of traditional hospital approaches.
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Falls in the Nursing Home
TL;DR: The problem of falls in the nursing home is reviewed, focusing on identifiable causes, risk factors, and preventive approaches, and the major reported immediate causes of falls and their relative frequencies are presented.
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Development and testing of a five-item version of the Geriatric Depression Scale.
M. Trinidad Hoyl,M. Trinidad Hoyl,Cathy A. Alessi,Cathy A. Alessi,Judith O. Harker,Karen R. Josephson,Fern M. Pietruszka,Maryanne Koelfgen,J. Randy Mervis,J. Randy Mervis,L. Jaime Fitten,L. Jaime Fitten,Laurence Z. Rubenstein,Laurence Z. Rubenstein +13 more
TL;DR: A 5‐item version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) in screening for depression in a frail community‐dwelling older population is developed and tested.
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Predictors of Falls Among Elderly People: Results of Two Population-Based Studies
Alan S. Robbins,Laurence Z. Rubenstein,Karen R. Josephson,Barbara L. Schulman,Dan Osterweil,Gilbert Fine +5 more
TL;DR: Data support the concept of performing focused fall risk assessments to identify elderly patients at high risk for falling and develop a fall prediction model from these findings.