Randomized in error in pragmatic clinical trials January 1, 2025 IMPACT Design and Statistics Core member Fan Li, PhD and Faculty Scholar Guangyu Tong, PhD are among the investigators addressing the potential impact of randomization error that leads to selection bias in pragmatic trials by testing the feasibility of using Bayesian methods to jointly identify randomized-in-error status ...

“What Matters” in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Analysis of Older Adults’ Concerns and Desired Outcomes December 1, 2024 IMPACT members Jasmine Travers, PhD, MHS, Scott Dresden, MD, MS and Cameron Gettel, MD are among the researchers who explored the concerns and desired outcomes of patients 65 and older during emergency visits. The research team performed a secondary ...

Developing a prediction model for cognitive impairment in older adults following critical illness November 29, 2024 IMPACT member, Nicholas M. Pajewski, PhD, is among the researchers who developed and tested a machine-learning model for identifying new cognitive impairment or dementia in older adults after critical illness. The researchers addressed the need for a prediction model of post-ICU cognitive ...

Jennifer Gabbard, MD, an IMPACT member and director of the Palliative Medicine Research Program at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, shares important perspectives regarding end-of-life care goals and planning in a recent New York Times article. The article provides a roadmap to starting this important dialogue, including key elements of an advance directive such as ...

Variation in the time to complete the primary COVID-19 vaccine series by race, ethnicity, and geography among older US adults November 7, 2024 The researcher team, including IMPACT Principal Investigator Vincent Mor, PhD conducted an observational study using the COVVAXAGE database examining whether racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccine access are modified by other factors including geographical location ...

Technology that CARES: Enhancing dementia care through everyday technologies November 7, 2024 A new article by IMPACT Career Development Awardee, Andrew Kiselica, PhD, and team describes how digital technologies can improve life for and enhance care of people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD).  They describe potential benefits and drawbacks to the increased reliance on technology ...

A mixed-methods examination of the acceptability of, CareMOBI, a dementia-focused mhealth app, among primary care providers November 5, 2024 IMPACT Career Development Awardee, Tina Sadarangani,  PhD, RN, and team examine the acceptability of CareMOBI in the primary care setting and identify factors contributing to the likelihood of adoption among primary care providers.  CareMOBI (mhealth for Organization to ...

Reactions of clinical neuropsychologists to the Alzheimer’s Association workgroup’s draft diagnostic and staging criteria for Alzheimer’s disease October 29, 2024 A new publication by a research team including IMPACT Career Development Awardee, Andrew Kiselica, PhD, reveals findings from a survey conducted among clinical neuropsychologist with expertise in dementia care about the recently released diagnostic and staging criteria ...

A recent article in the New York Times, “When Dementia Changes a Loved One’s Personality” by Louisa Kamps, describes the challenge of understanding and managing behavioral changes in people living with dementia. Research efforts from IMPACT Pilot Grant Awardee Helen Kales, MD are highlighted in the article including her Describe, Investigate, Create, and Evaluate (DICE) Approach which ...

Emergency Department Visits Among Patients with Dementia Before and After Diagnosis October 14, 2024 IMPACT Career Development Awardee, Cameron Gettel, MD, MHS, and IMPACT member, Ab Brody, PhD, RN, among the authors of the recent publication, Emergency Department Visits Among Patients With Dementia Before and After Diagnosis, which investigates patterns of ED use among people diagnosed with ...