FALLS AFTER HOSPITAL DISCHARGE

出院后福尔斯的发生率非常高， 然而，关于急性疾病和住院治疗如何影响 福尔斯的风险，以及急性期后福尔斯如何影响 患者恢复功能和独立生活的能力。 期间 第一届NIA学术奖马奥尼医生将负责 一项前瞻性研究，调查相关的风险因素和结局 住院后福尔斯，利用一个独特的队列， 最近出院的老年患者。 她将努力 与她的赞助商Mark Sager博士和Mari Palta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 研究设计、数据收集和数据分析方面的实践技能，以及 将使她能够发展专业知识来进行未来的调查 独立地。 本研究也将提供背景和框架 用于临床试验的开发，发生在第二阶段， 建议NIA学术奖，以提高流动性和防止福尔斯在 住院后阶段。 这项干预研究， 通过与Jim Agre和埃弗雷特史密斯博士的密切合作， 会让马奥尼医生有机会获得康复技能 医学和运动生理学， 她未来在预防跌倒方面的研究。

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.