Wayne C McCormick

Biographic Data

ID6082919
NAMEWayne C McCormick
GIVEN NAMESWayne C
FAMILY NAMEMcCormick
SIGNATUREMCCORMICK W C
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Washington
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • Adaptation of a social vulnerability index for measuring social frailty among East African women

    Open AccessSandeep Prabhu, George Wanje et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    The SVI-Kenya is a holistic index to measure social frailty among older women in Kenya, incorporating questions in multiple domains. Further research is needed to validate this adapted instrument

  • Characterization of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease in an Older Population

    Sarah E Tom, Rebecca A Hubbard et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2015Cited by: 4References: 26

    Objectives. We estimated dementia incidence rates, life expectancies with and without dementia, and percentage of total life expectancy without dementia. Methods. We studied 3605 members of Group Health (Seattle, WA) aged 65 years or older who did not have dementia at enrollment to the Adult Changes in Thought study between 1994 and 2008. We estimated incidence rates of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, as well as life expectancies with and witho…

  • Alcohol, Gender, and Cognitive Performance

    Open AccessGail E Bond, Robert Burr et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2004Cited by: 1References: 3

    This study provides support regarding the potential beneficial outcomes associated with alcohol consumption and cognition and that these benefits were not modified by gender or ethnicity

  • Alcohol, Aging, and Cognitive Performance

    Open AccessGail E Bond, Robert Burr et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2003References: 2

    This study investigated the relationship between alcohol consumption and cognitive performance in two culturally diverse community-based populations. METHODS. A cross-sectional analysis was used including Japanese Americans (n = 1,836) and Caucasians (n = 2,581) aged 65 and older. Cognitive performance was measured using the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI) (0 to 100 point scale) and reaction time. RESULTS. Multivariate analysis re…

  • Cognitive Decline and Japanese Culture in a Cohort of Older Japanese Americans in King County, WA

    Amy Borenstein Graves, Lakshminarayan Rajaram et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…1999Cited by: 2References: 2

    These results show that a Japanese lifestyle may decrease the risk of expressing cognitive decline over a 2-year follow-up period. Lower cardiovascular disease rates among Japanese may also predispose them to lower rates of cognitive decline. The greater social support characteristic of Japanese culture as well as the role that Japanese language and culture may play in neural connectivity during brain development and/or in mental stimulation in a…

  • The seattle appropriate level of care survey

    Wayne C McCormick, Sharon G Hopkins et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care1993

    We surveyed 77 persons with AIDS, their physicians and their social workers during the autumn of 1987 to ascertain health status and to quantify use of health services in Seattle, Washington. Participants included the majority (59%) of persons living with AIDS in the area. Information was gathered regarding demography, health status, functional status, medical history and the use of health services. The validity of self-assessed general health wa…