Eleanor M Simonsick
Biographic Data
| ID | 111765 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eleanor M Simonsick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eleanor M |
| FAMILY NAME | Simonsick |
| SIGNATURE | SIMONSICK E M |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute on Aging |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5460-3494 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Sleep Duration Polygenic Risk and Phenotype: Associations with Biomarkers of Accelerated Aging in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
We sought to explore whether genetic risk for, and self-reported, short sleep are associated with biological aging and whether age and sex moderate these associations. Participants were a subset of individuals from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging who had complete data on self-reported sleep ( n = 567) or genotype ( n = 367). Outcomes included: Intrinsic Horvath age, Hannum age, PhenoAge, GrimAge, and DNAm-based estimates of plasminogen …
The association of previous and current non-chronic low back pain with daily physical activity in middle- and older-aged adults
The presence of current non-chronic LBP seems to be negatively associated with PA levels driven mainly by lower engagement in vigorous PA. No association was observed for pain intensity
Narrow Walk, Condition II, Semi-Tandem, Tandem, and Single Leg Stance Test Failure Could Predict Falls in Older Adults
Current fall prevention guidelines are largely reactive to a history of falls and are thus an ineffective approach to primary fall prevention. This work aims to identify objective measures that predict fall risk to facilitate broader implementation in primary care settings. Longitudinal data were available from 952 men (48%) and women aged 60 to 97 enrolled in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging who had an index and subsequent visit approxi…
Pet Attachment and Maintenance of Physical and Cognitive Function in Community-Residing Older Adults: Evidence From the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA)
Leveraging naturally occurring variation in financial stress to examine associations with inflammatory burden among older adults
Background Financial strain is associated with earlier disability and mortality, but causal links are underexplored, partly because it is unethical to randomise people to financial stress. This study leverages naturally occurring random variation in days since monthly Social Security payment arrival among older adults to test associations with inflammatory biomarkers. Methods Biomarker data, including tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (…
Association between Race, Poverty Status and Grip Strength in Middle to Old Age Adults
The relationship between grip strength, race and SES as assessed by household income varied in this cohort. Efforts to develop grip strength norms and cut points that indicate frailty and sarcopenia may need to be race- and income-specific
Association of Hearing Impairment and Anxiety in Older Adults
Hearing impairment is independently associated with greater odds of anxiety symptoms in older adults
Association of Hearing Impairment and Emotional Vitality in Older Adults
HI is associated with lower odds of emotional vitality in older adults. Further studies are needed to examine the longitudinal impact of HI on mental health and well-being
Association of Hearing Impairment With Incident Frailty and Falls in Older Adults
HI is independently associated with the risk of frailty in older adults and with greater odds of falling over time
Racial Disparities in Disability Among Older Adults: Finding From the Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities Study
These findings within an integrated, low-income urban sample support efforts to ameliorate health disparities by focusing on the social context in which people live
Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
BACKGROUND Whether hearing loss is independently associated with accelerated cognitive decline in older adults is unknown. METHODS We studied 1984 older adults (mean age, 77.4 years) enrolled in the Health ABC Study, a prospective observational study begun in 1997-1998. Our baseline cohort consisted of participants without prevalent cognitive impairment (Modified Mini-Mental State Examination [3MS] score, ≥80) who underwent audiometric testing in…
Personality and Reduced Incidence of Walking Limitation in Late Life: Findings From the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study
Findings suggest that personality dimensions, specifically higher openness to experience, may contribute to functional resilience in late life
Associations of Openness and Conscientiousness With Walking Speed Decline: Findings From the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study
These findings extend the body of evidence suggesting a protective association between conscientiousness and physical function to performance-based assessment of gait speed. Future studies are needed to confirm these associations and to explore mechanisms that underlie the conscientiousness mobility connection in aging adults
Associations between personality traits, physical activity level, and muscle strength
Sex-Specific Correlates of Walking Speed in a Wide Age-Ranged Population
The goals of this cross-sectional study were to explore correlates of walking speed in a large wide age-ranged population and to identify factors affecting lower walking speed at older ages. Participants were 3,872 community-dwelling adults in the first follow-up of the SardiNIA study who completed a 4-m walking test. Sex-specific correlates of walking speed included marital status, height, waist circumference, pulse wave velocity, comorbidity, s…
Racial Disparities in Health Care Access and Cardiovascular Disease Indicators in Black and White Older Adults in the Health ABC Study
Research on health care quality may contribute to our understanding of these disparities
Relationship of race and poverty to lower extremity function and decline: Findings from the women's health and aging study
Limited Literacy in Older People and Disparities in Health and Healthcare Access
OBJECTIVES: To determine the relationship between health literacy, demographics, and access to health care. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional study, Health, Aging and Body Composition data (1999/2000). SETTING: Memphis, Tennessee, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PARTICIPANTS: Two thousand five hundred twelve black and white community‐dwelling older people who were well functioning at baseline (without functional difficulties or dementia). MEASUREMENTS: Parti…
Satisfaction With Support Given and Its Association With Subsequent Health Status
Our results demonstrate that level of satisfaction with support given to family or friends or the community is associated with future health of the older person
Severity of Upper and Lower Extremity Functional Limitation: Scale Development and Validation With Self-Report and Performance-Based Measures of Physical Function
These scales, constructed from commonly used self-report measures of function, provide discrete measures of upper and lower functional limitation. Because these scales are distinct from measures of disability and impairment, their use should facilitate increased understanding of the disablement process
Physical Disability and Social Interaction: Factors Associated with Low Social Contact and Home Confinement in Disabled Older Women (The Women's Health and Aging Study)
Physical disability is not necessarily socially disabling, as many of the most severely disabled in our study had at least daily social interaction. Improvements in social interaction appear possible through more effective management of certain health conditions and attention to potential sociocultural barriers
Response: Letter to the Editor
Lower-Extremity Function in Persons over the Age of 70 Years as a Predictor of Subsequent Disability
BACKGROUND: Functional assessment is an important part of the evaluation of elderly persons. We conducted this study to determine whether objective measures of physical function can predict subsequent disability in older persons. METHODS: This prospective cohort study included men and women 71 years of age or older who were living in the community, who reported no disability in the activities of daily living, and who reported that they were able …
Depressive Symptomatology and Hypertension-Associated Morbidity and Mortality in Older Adults
This study determines, in a population of older adults with diagnosed hypertension, the concurrent association between depressive symptomatology and blood pressure control and the longitudinal association between depressive symptomatology and blood pressure control, stroke, and cardiovascular-related mortality. Data are from the East Boston, Massachusetts; New Haven, Connecticut; and Iowa sites of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Stu…
Relationship between Husband's Health Status and the Mental Health of Older Women
This study examines the association between husband's health and the mental health of community-dwelling White women 65 to 75 years of age and how the wife's health, socioeconomic and social resources, and marital quality affect this relationship. Husband's health strongly predicts wife's mental health; the negative impact of which is more pronounced when the wife has poor or declining health as well. Marital quality is a strong predictor of the …
Severity of Upper and Lower Extremity Functional Limitation: Scale Development and Validation With Self-Report and Performance-Based Measures of Physical Function
These scales, constructed from commonly used self-report measures of function, provide discrete measures of upper and lower functional limitation. Because these scales are distinct from measures of disability and impairment, their use should facilitate increased understanding of the disablement process
Survival experience of aged hip fracture patients
Hip fracture has long been considered a major threat to survival in aged populations. This report describes the survival experience of 814 aged, community dwelling hip fracture patients treated in seven Baltimore hospitals between 1984 and 1986: 4.3 per cent died during hospitalization; 8.2, 12.6, and 17.4 per cent died within three, six, and 12 months after fracture, respectively. The mortality rate for the entire population approaches expected …
Relationship of race and poverty to lower extremity function and decline: Findings from the women's health and aging study
Physical Disability and Social Interaction: Factors Associated with Low Social Contact and Home Confinement in Disabled Older Women (The Women's Health and Aging Study)
Physical disability is not necessarily socially disabling, as many of the most severely disabled in our study had at least daily social interaction. Improvements in social interaction appear possible through more effective management of certain health conditions and attention to potential sociocultural barriers
Risk due to inactivity in physically capable older adults
OBJECTIVES. This study examined the association between recreational physical activity among physically capable older adults and functional status, incidence of selected chronic conditions, and mortality over 3 and 6 years. METHODS. Data are from three sites of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly. RESULTS. A high level of recreational physical activity reduced the likelihood of mortality over both 3 and 6 years. M…
Sex-Specific Correlates of Walking Speed in a Wide Age-Ranged Population
The goals of this cross-sectional study were to explore correlates of walking speed in a large wide age-ranged population and to identify factors affecting lower walking speed at older ages. Participants were 3,872 community-dwelling adults in the first follow-up of the SardiNIA study who completed a 4-m walking test. Sex-specific correlates of walking speed included marital status, height, waist circumference, pulse wave velocity, comorbidity, s…
Association of Hearing Impairment With Incident Frailty and Falls in Older Adults
HI is independently associated with the risk of frailty in older adults and with greater odds of falling over time
Personality and Reduced Incidence of Walking Limitation in Late Life: Findings From the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study
Findings suggest that personality dimensions, specifically higher openness to experience, may contribute to functional resilience in late life
Associations of Openness and Conscientiousness With Walking Speed Decline: Findings From the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study
These findings extend the body of evidence suggesting a protective association between conscientiousness and physical function to performance-based assessment of gait speed. Future studies are needed to confirm these associations and to explore mechanisms that underlie the conscientiousness mobility connection in aging adults
Relationship between Husband's Health Status and the Mental Health of Older Women
This study examines the association between husband's health and the mental health of community-dwelling White women 65 to 75 years of age and how the wife's health, socioeconomic and social resources, and marital quality affect this relationship. Husband's health strongly predicts wife's mental health; the negative impact of which is more pronounced when the wife has poor or declining health as well. Marital quality is a strong predictor of the …
Racial Disparities in Disability Among Older Adults: Finding From the Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities Study
These findings within an integrated, low-income urban sample support efforts to ameliorate health disparities by focusing on the social context in which people live
Associations between personality traits, physical activity level, and muscle strength
Racial Disparities in Health Care Access and Cardiovascular Disease Indicators in Black and White Older Adults in the Health ABC Study
Research on health care quality may contribute to our understanding of these disparities
Association of Hearing Impairment and Anxiety in Older Adults
Hearing impairment is independently associated with greater odds of anxiety symptoms in older adults
Association of Hearing Impairment and Emotional Vitality in Older Adults
HI is associated with lower odds of emotional vitality in older adults. Further studies are needed to examine the longitudinal impact of HI on mental health and well-being
Satisfaction With Support Given and Its Association With Subsequent Health Status
Our results demonstrate that level of satisfaction with support given to family or friends or the community is associated with future health of the older person
Survival experience of aged hip fracture patients
Hip fracture has long been considered a major threat to survival in aged populations. This report describes the survival experience of 814 aged, community dwelling hip fracture patients treated in seven Baltimore hospitals between 1984 and 1986: 4.3 per cent died during hospitalization; 8.2, 12.6, and 17.4 per cent died within three, six, and 12 months after fracture, respectively. The mortality rate for the entire population approaches expected …
Relationship between Husband's Health Status and the Mental Health of Older Women
This study examines the association between husband's health and the mental health of community-dwelling White women 65 to 75 years of age and how the wife's health, socioeconomic and social resources, and marital quality affect this relationship. Husband's health strongly predicts wife's mental health; the negative impact of which is more pronounced when the wife has poor or declining health as well. Marital quality is a strong predictor of the …
Risk due to inactivity in physically capable older adults
OBJECTIVES. This study examined the association between recreational physical activity among physically capable older adults and functional status, incidence of selected chronic conditions, and mortality over 3 and 6 years. METHODS. Data are from three sites of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly. RESULTS. A high level of recreational physical activity reduced the likelihood of mortality over both 3 and 6 years. M…
Lower-Extremity Function in Persons over the Age of 70 Years as a Predictor of Subsequent Disability
BACKGROUND: Functional assessment is an important part of the evaluation of elderly persons. We conducted this study to determine whether objective measures of physical function can predict subsequent disability in older persons. METHODS: This prospective cohort study included men and women 71 years of age or older who were living in the community, who reported no disability in the activities of daily living, and who reported that they were able …
Depressive Symptomatology and Hypertension-Associated Morbidity and Mortality in Older Adults
This study determines, in a population of older adults with diagnosed hypertension, the concurrent association between depressive symptomatology and blood pressure control and the longitudinal association between depressive symptomatology and blood pressure control, stroke, and cardiovascular-related mortality. Data are from the East Boston, Massachusetts; New Haven, Connecticut; and Iowa sites of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Stu…
Response: Letter to the Editor
Physical Disability and Social Interaction: Factors Associated with Low Social Contact and Home Confinement in Disabled Older Women (The Women's Health and Aging Study)
Physical disability is not necessarily socially disabling, as many of the most severely disabled in our study had at least daily social interaction. Improvements in social interaction appear possible through more effective management of certain health conditions and attention to potential sociocultural barriers
Severity of Upper and Lower Extremity Functional Limitation: Scale Development and Validation With Self-Report and Performance-Based Measures of Physical Function
These scales, constructed from commonly used self-report measures of function, provide discrete measures of upper and lower functional limitation. Because these scales are distinct from measures of disability and impairment, their use should facilitate increased understanding of the disablement process
Satisfaction With Support Given and Its Association With Subsequent Health Status
Our results demonstrate that level of satisfaction with support given to family or friends or the community is associated with future health of the older person
Limited Literacy in Older People and Disparities in Health and Healthcare Access
OBJECTIVES: To determine the relationship between health literacy, demographics, and access to health care. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional study, Health, Aging and Body Composition data (1999/2000). SETTING: Memphis, Tennessee, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PARTICIPANTS: Two thousand five hundred twelve black and white community‐dwelling older people who were well functioning at baseline (without functional difficulties or dementia). MEASUREMENTS: Parti…
Racial Disparities in Health Care Access and Cardiovascular Disease Indicators in Black and White Older Adults in the Health ABC Study
Research on health care quality may contribute to our understanding of these disparities
Relationship of race and poverty to lower extremity function and decline: Findings from the women's health and aging study
Sex-Specific Correlates of Walking Speed in a Wide Age-Ranged Population
The goals of this cross-sectional study were to explore correlates of walking speed in a large wide age-ranged population and to identify factors affecting lower walking speed at older ages. Participants were 3,872 community-dwelling adults in the first follow-up of the SardiNIA study who completed a 4-m walking test. Sex-specific correlates of walking speed included marital status, height, waist circumference, pulse wave velocity, comorbidity, s…
Personality and Reduced Incidence of Walking Limitation in Late Life: Findings From the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study
Findings suggest that personality dimensions, specifically higher openness to experience, may contribute to functional resilience in late life
Associations of Openness and Conscientiousness With Walking Speed Decline: Findings From the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study
These findings extend the body of evidence suggesting a protective association between conscientiousness and physical function to performance-based assessment of gait speed. Future studies are needed to confirm these associations and to explore mechanisms that underlie the conscientiousness mobility connection in aging adults
Associations between personality traits, physical activity level, and muscle strength
Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
BACKGROUND Whether hearing loss is independently associated with accelerated cognitive decline in older adults is unknown. METHODS We studied 1984 older adults (mean age, 77.4 years) enrolled in the Health ABC Study, a prospective observational study begun in 1997-1998. Our baseline cohort consisted of participants without prevalent cognitive impairment (Modified Mini-Mental State Examination [3MS] score, ≥80) who underwent audiometric testing in…
Racial Disparities in Disability Among Older Adults: Finding From the Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities Study
These findings within an integrated, low-income urban sample support efforts to ameliorate health disparities by focusing on the social context in which people live
Association of Hearing Impairment With Incident Frailty and Falls in Older Adults
HI is independently associated with the risk of frailty in older adults and with greater odds of falling over time
Association between Race, Poverty Status and Grip Strength in Middle to Old Age Adults
The relationship between grip strength, race and SES as assessed by household income varied in this cohort. Efforts to develop grip strength norms and cut points that indicate frailty and sarcopenia may need to be race- and income-specific
Association of Hearing Impairment and Anxiety in Older Adults
Hearing impairment is independently associated with greater odds of anxiety symptoms in older adults
Association of Hearing Impairment and Emotional Vitality in Older Adults
HI is associated with lower odds of emotional vitality in older adults. Further studies are needed to examine the longitudinal impact of HI on mental health and well-being
Leveraging naturally occurring variation in financial stress to examine associations with inflammatory burden among older adults
Background Financial strain is associated with earlier disability and mortality, but causal links are underexplored, partly because it is unethical to randomise people to financial stress. This study leverages naturally occurring random variation in days since monthly Social Security payment arrival among older adults to test associations with inflammatory biomarkers. Methods Biomarker data, including tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (…
Sleep Duration Polygenic Risk and Phenotype: Associations with Biomarkers of Accelerated Aging in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
We sought to explore whether genetic risk for, and self-reported, short sleep are associated with biological aging and whether age and sex moderate these associations. Participants were a subset of individuals from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging who had complete data on self-reported sleep ( n = 567) or genotype ( n = 367). Outcomes included: Intrinsic Horvath age, Hannum age, PhenoAge, GrimAge, and DNAm-based estimates of plasminogen …
The association of previous and current non-chronic low back pain with daily physical activity in middle- and older-aged adults
The presence of current non-chronic LBP seems to be negatively associated with PA levels driven mainly by lower engagement in vigorous PA. No association was observed for pain intensity
Medicine (27 works) · Gerontology (17 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Internal Medicine (12 works) · Demography (10 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (9 works) · Population (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Physical therapy (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works)