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Yaffa Lerman
Researcher at Tel Aviv University
Publications - 23
Citations - 793
Yaffa Lerman is an academic researcher from Tel Aviv University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Functional Independence Measure & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 23 publications receiving 561 citations. Previous affiliations of Yaffa Lerman include Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center & Weizmann Institute of Science.
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Correlates and predictors of loneliness in older-adults: a review of quantitative results informed by qualitative insights.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed predictors of loneliness in the older population as described in the current literature and a small qualitative study and conducted two focus groups were conducted asking older participants about the causes of loneliness.
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Intervention with the Screening Tool of Older Persons Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions/Screening Tool to Alert Doctors to Right Treatment Criteria in Elderly Residents of a Chronic Geriatric Facility: A Randomized Clinical Trial
TL;DR: To assess the effect of a Screening Tool of Older Persons potentially inappropriate Prescriptions/Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment (STOPP/START) medication intervention on clinical and economic outcomes.
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The impact of hospitalization on potentially inappropriate prescribing in an acute medical geriatric division.
TL;DR: Hospitalization in a geriatric division resulted in an increase in PIPs and a decrease in PPOs, and strategies to reduce PIPS need to be implemented, especially for patients with longer hospital stay and a history of falls.
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Efficacy of the I-SOCIAL intervention for loneliness in old age: Lessons from a randomized controlled trial.
Jiska Cohen-Mansfield,Haim Hazan,Yaffa Lerman,Yaffa Lerman,Vera Shalom,Shlomo Birkenfeld,Shlomo Birkenfeld,Rinat Cohen +7 more
TL;DR: An innovative combination of analysis of personal barriers, support provided by the counselors, group activities, and individualized suggestions for social activities in the participant's neighborhood, may account for the success of the intervention in decreasing participants' loneliness levels.
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing among older residents in a geriatric hospital in Israel
TL;DR: A high prevalence of PIP/PPO was found among geriatric patients and was associated with number of medications, falls, hospitalizations and Charlson Comorbidity Index score.