Richard M Allman
Biographic Data
| ID | 108063 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard M Allman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard M |
| FAMILY NAME | Allman |
| SIGNATURE | ALLMAN R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1850-6515 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Impact of Veteran Status on Life-Space Mobility among Older Black and White Men in the Deep South
Veterans had significantly higher baseline life-space mobility. There were significantly greater declines in life-space trajectories for White non-veterans in comparison to other race-veteran subgroups. Black veterans and non-veterans did not have significantly different trajectories
Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Older Adults: Results From the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging
Objectives. We evaluated the effect of neighborhood disadvantage (ND) on older adults’ prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension. Methods. Data were from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging, an observational study of 1000 community-dwelling Black and White Alabamians aged 65 years and older, in 1999 to 2001. We assessed hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control with blood pressure measuremen…
Religiosity and Function Among Community-Dwelling Older Adult Survivors of Cancer
Aspects of religiosity/spirituality are important to health and quality of life of cancer patients. The three components of religiosity of the Duke Religiosity Scale: organizational (religious affiliation and attendance); non-organizational (prayer, meditation, and private study); and intrinsic religiosity (identification with a higher power and integration of spiritual belief into daily life) are used to determine whether religiosity was associa…
Life-Space Mobility Predicts Nursing Home Admission Over 6 Years
The LSA may be a useful tool to identify older adults at risk of NH admission
Measuring Symptoms in Community-dwelling Older Adults: The Psychometric Properties of a Brief Symptom Screen
BACKGROUND: With aging, the probability of experiencing multiple chronic conditions has increased, along with symptoms associated with these conditions. Symptoms form a central component of illness burden, and distress. To date, most symptom measures have focused on a particular disease population. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to develop and evaluate a simple symptom screen using data obtained from a representative sample of community-dwelling older adult…
Wearing the Garment of Widowhood: Variations in Time Since Spousal Loss Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
We examine how the passage of time since spousal loss varies by social and demographic characteristics, using data from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging. In multivariate analyses, African American race, female sex, lower income, and higher risk of social isolation had significant and independent associations with variation in time since spousal loss. African American women were at highest risk for long-term widowhood. Accura…
Functional status, life-space mobility, and quality of life: A longitudinal mediation analysis
The Influence of Community and the Built Environment on Physical Activity
Recommendations include transferring the concept of community ownership to residents living in areas where rates of physical activity are low
Diabetes and Cognitive Decline: Investigating the Potential Influence of Factors Related to Health Disparities
Findings suggest that factors related to health disparities may influence cognitive outcomes among older adults with diabetes
Bereavement Among African American and White Older Adults
Future research should examine bereavement burden and identify health outcomes of multiple losses
The Feminization of Bereavement Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
We examined gender differences in frequency and sociodemographic predictors of spousal, non-spousal family, and friendship bereavement events among community-dwelling older adults using data from the UAB Study of Aging. Analysis involved a 30-month observation period of 893 subjects. There were significant differences between women and men for all types of loss. Significant differences were also found in the sociodemographic predictors of loss be…
Assessing Mobility in Older Adults: The UAB Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment
Background and Purpose. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment (LSA) is a relatively new instrument to measure mobility. The purpose of this report is to describe the relationships between LSA and traditional measures of physical function, sociodemographic characteristics, depression, and cognitive status. Subjects. Subjects were a stratified random sample of 998 Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥65 years. T…
Nonspousal Family Loss among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
We examined the prevalence and correlates of recent nonspousal family loss among older adults using data from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging, a stratified random sample of community-dwelling older adults living in central Alabama. Twenty-three percent of participants reported a recent nonspousal family loss. African American ethnicity, education <12th grade, functional difficulty, restricted life-space mobility, depressive…
Social isolation, support, and capital and nutritional risk in an older sample: Ethnic and Gender Differences
Depression and Religiosity in African American and White Community-Dwelling Older Adults
This research examined the extent to which religiosity was predictive of level of depression, even after controlling for race, gender, social support, income sufficiency, and physical health. Data were collected using in-home interviews conducted from 1999 to 2001 with 1,000 adults age 65 to 106. Subjects were recruited from a stratified, random sample of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older in five central Alabama counties (three rural and tw…
Measuring Life‐Space Mobility in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults
Objectives: To evaluate the validity and reliability of a standardized approach for assessing life‐space mobility (the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging Life‐Space Assessment (LSA)) and its ability to detect changes in life‐space over time in community‐dwelling older adults. Design: Prospective, observational cohort study. Setting: Five counties (three rural and two urban) in central Alabama. Participants: Community‐dwelling Medi…
Role-Taking Accuracy in Medical Encounters: A Test of two Theories
This paper tests five hypotheses derived from two contrasting theoretical perspectives on role-taking accuracy: a social contact theory and an institutional resource theory. We investigate how well doctors and patients perceive one another's perspectives in a medical encounter. The cumulative weight of the data supports the proposed social contact theory. Increased contact between residents and patients, as reflected in physician's year in reside…
Social isolation, support, and capital and nutritional risk in an older sample: Ethnic and Gender Differences
Diabetes and Cognitive Decline: Investigating the Potential Influence of Factors Related to Health Disparities
Findings suggest that factors related to health disparities may influence cognitive outcomes among older adults with diabetes
Role-Taking Accuracy in Medical Encounters: A Test of two Theories
This paper tests five hypotheses derived from two contrasting theoretical perspectives on role-taking accuracy: a social contact theory and an institutional resource theory. We investigate how well doctors and patients perceive one another's perspectives in a medical encounter. The cumulative weight of the data supports the proposed social contact theory. Increased contact between residents and patients, as reflected in physician's year in reside…
Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Older Adults: Results From the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging
Objectives. We evaluated the effect of neighborhood disadvantage (ND) on older adults’ prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension. Methods. Data were from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging, an observational study of 1000 community-dwelling Black and White Alabamians aged 65 years and older, in 1999 to 2001. We assessed hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control with blood pressure measuremen…
Life-Space Mobility Predicts Nursing Home Admission Over 6 Years
The LSA may be a useful tool to identify older adults at risk of NH admission
The Influence of Community and the Built Environment on Physical Activity
Recommendations include transferring the concept of community ownership to residents living in areas where rates of physical activity are low
Bereavement Among African American and White Older Adults
Future research should examine bereavement burden and identify health outcomes of multiple losses
Role-Taking Accuracy in Medical Encounters: A Test of two Theories
This paper tests five hypotheses derived from two contrasting theoretical perspectives on role-taking accuracy: a social contact theory and an institutional resource theory. We investigate how well doctors and patients perceive one another's perspectives in a medical encounter. The cumulative weight of the data supports the proposed social contact theory. Increased contact between residents and patients, as reflected in physician's year in reside…
Measuring Life‐Space Mobility in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults
Objectives: To evaluate the validity and reliability of a standardized approach for assessing life‐space mobility (the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging Life‐Space Assessment (LSA)) and its ability to detect changes in life‐space over time in community‐dwelling older adults. Design: Prospective, observational cohort study. Setting: Five counties (three rural and two urban) in central Alabama. Participants: Community‐dwelling Medi…
Depression and Religiosity in African American and White Community-Dwelling Older Adults
This research examined the extent to which religiosity was predictive of level of depression, even after controlling for race, gender, social support, income sufficiency, and physical health. Data were collected using in-home interviews conducted from 1999 to 2001 with 1,000 adults age 65 to 106. Subjects were recruited from a stratified, random sample of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older in five central Alabama counties (three rural and tw…
Assessing Mobility in Older Adults: The UAB Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment
Background and Purpose. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment (LSA) is a relatively new instrument to measure mobility. The purpose of this report is to describe the relationships between LSA and traditional measures of physical function, sociodemographic characteristics, depression, and cognitive status. Subjects. Subjects were a stratified random sample of 998 Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥65 years. T…
Nonspousal Family Loss among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
We examined the prevalence and correlates of recent nonspousal family loss among older adults using data from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging, a stratified random sample of community-dwelling older adults living in central Alabama. Twenty-three percent of participants reported a recent nonspousal family loss. African American ethnicity, education <12th grade, functional difficulty, restricted life-space mobility, depressive…
Social isolation, support, and capital and nutritional risk in an older sample: Ethnic and Gender Differences
The Feminization of Bereavement Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
We examined gender differences in frequency and sociodemographic predictors of spousal, non-spousal family, and friendship bereavement events among community-dwelling older adults using data from the UAB Study of Aging. Analysis involved a 30-month observation period of 893 subjects. There were significant differences between women and men for all types of loss. Significant differences were also found in the sociodemographic predictors of loss be…
Bereavement Among African American and White Older Adults
Future research should examine bereavement burden and identify health outcomes of multiple losses
Diabetes and Cognitive Decline: Investigating the Potential Influence of Factors Related to Health Disparities
Findings suggest that factors related to health disparities may influence cognitive outcomes among older adults with diabetes
The Influence of Community and the Built Environment on Physical Activity
Recommendations include transferring the concept of community ownership to residents living in areas where rates of physical activity are low
Wearing the Garment of Widowhood: Variations in Time Since Spousal Loss Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
We examine how the passage of time since spousal loss varies by social and demographic characteristics, using data from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging. In multivariate analyses, African American race, female sex, lower income, and higher risk of social isolation had significant and independent associations with variation in time since spousal loss. African American women were at highest risk for long-term widowhood. Accura…
Functional status, life-space mobility, and quality of life: A longitudinal mediation analysis
Religiosity and Function Among Community-Dwelling Older Adult Survivors of Cancer
Aspects of religiosity/spirituality are important to health and quality of life of cancer patients. The three components of religiosity of the Duke Religiosity Scale: organizational (religious affiliation and attendance); non-organizational (prayer, meditation, and private study); and intrinsic religiosity (identification with a higher power and integration of spiritual belief into daily life) are used to determine whether religiosity was associa…
Life-Space Mobility Predicts Nursing Home Admission Over 6 Years
The LSA may be a useful tool to identify older adults at risk of NH admission
Measuring Symptoms in Community-dwelling Older Adults: The Psychometric Properties of a Brief Symptom Screen
BACKGROUND: With aging, the probability of experiencing multiple chronic conditions has increased, along with symptoms associated with these conditions. Symptoms form a central component of illness burden, and distress. To date, most symptom measures have focused on a particular disease population. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to develop and evaluate a simple symptom screen using data obtained from a representative sample of community-dwelling older adult…
The Impact of Veteran Status on Life-Space Mobility among Older Black and White Men in the Deep South
Veterans had significantly higher baseline life-space mobility. There were significantly greater declines in life-space trajectories for White non-veterans in comparison to other race-veteran subgroups. Black veterans and non-veterans did not have significantly different trajectories
Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Older Adults: Results From the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging
Objectives. We evaluated the effect of neighborhood disadvantage (ND) on older adults’ prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension. Methods. Data were from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging, an observational study of 1000 community-dwelling Black and White Alabamians aged 65 years and older, in 1999 to 2001. We assessed hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control with blood pressure measuremen…
Medicine (16 works) · Gerontology (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Demography (10 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (8 works) · Demography (6 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (6 works) · Older Adults Driving Studies (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works)