FALLS AFTER HOSPITAL DISCHARGE

出院后立即摔倒的发生率非常高， 然而，人们对急性疾病和住院治疗的影响知之甚少。 跌倒的风险，以及在急性后时期跌倒如何影响 患者恢复功能和独立生活的能力。在.期间 建议的NIA学术奖的前半部分。马奥尼博士将进行 一项调查危险因素和相关结果的前瞻性研究 住院后摔倒，利用一个独特的虚弱队列 最近出院的老年病人。她会工作的 与她的赞助商马克·塞格博士和玛丽·帕尔塔博士密切合作 进行这项研究。这项研究将为马奥尼博士提供 具备研究设计、数据收集和数据分析的实际技能，以及 将使她能够发展专业知识来进行未来的调查 独立的。这项研究还将提供背景和框架 用于临床试验的开发，在第二阶段进行 建议的NIA学术奖，以提高机动性和防止摔倒 住院后阶段。这项干预研究，将是 通过与吉姆·阿格雷博士和埃弗雷特·史密斯博士的密切合作， 将使马奥尼博士有机会获得康复技能 医学和运动生理学，这对 她未来在预防跌倒领域的调查。

The incidence of falls is very high immediately after hospital discharge, yet little is known about how acute illness and hospitalization affect the risk for falls, and how falls during the post-acute period affect patient's ability to recover function and live independently. During the first half of the proposed NIA Academic Award. Dr. Mahoney will conduct a prospective study to investigate risk factors and outcomes associated with falls after hospitalization, utilizing a unique cohort of frail elderly patients recently discharged from the hospital. She will work closely with her sponsors, Dr. Mark Sager and Dr. Mari Palta in conducting this study. This research will provide Dr. Mahoney with hands-on skills in study design, data collection and data analysis, and will allow her to develop the expertise to conduct future investigations independently. This study will also provide the background and framework for development of a clinical trial, occurring in the second phase of the proposed NIA Academic Award, to improve mobility and prevent falls in the post-hospitalization period. This intervention study, which will be enhanced by close collaboration with Drs. Jim Agre and Everett Smith, will give Dr. Mahoney the opportunity to acquire skills in rehabilitation medicine and exercise physiology which will be critically important for her future investigations in the area of fall prevention.