Patricia Sawyer Baker

Biographic Data

ID3583677
NAMEPatricia Sawyer Baker
GIVEN NAMESPatricia Sawyer
FAMILY NAMEBaker
SIGNATUREBAKER P S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS52
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
H-INDEX2

  • Bereavement Among African American and White Older Adults

    Open AccessBeverly Rosa Williams, Patricia Sawyer Baker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2007Cited by: 2References: 11

    Future research should examine bereavement burden and identify health outcomes of multiple losses

  • The Feminization of Bereavement Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

    Beverly Rosa Williams, Patricia Sawyer Baker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women & Aging2006

    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

    Claire Peel, Patricia Sawyer Baker et al.ARTICLEPhysical Therapy2005

    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

    Open AccessBeverly Rosa Williams, Patricia Sawyer Baker et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying2005

    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

    Open AccessJ L Locher, Christine S Ritchie et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2005Cited by: 50References: 54

  • Depression and Religiosity in African American and White Community-Dwelling Older Adults

    Lucinda Lee Roff, David L Klemmack et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Behavior in the…2004References: 39

    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

    Open AccessPatricia Sawyer Baker, Eric V Bodner et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American…2003

    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…