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Overview

David L. Roth is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research spans a variety of topics within the broad field of Medicine, with specific focus on subfields such as General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Health.

The primary topics of research addressed in Roth's work include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Physical Activity and Health

Roth contributes frequently to the following academic journals:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • The Gerontologist
  • BMC Geriatrics
  • Journal of Applied Gerontology

Recent publications highlight Roth's engagement with issues related to caregiving, racial disparities, vitamin supplementation, and social isolation among older adults. Select papers include:

  • Evaluation of Racial Disparities in Hospice Use and End-of-Life Treatment Intensity in the REGARDS Cohort (2020, JAMA Network Open)
  • Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Dementia Caregivers' Well-Being (2020, The Gerontologist)
  • Stress, Burden, and Well-Being in Dementia and Nondementia Caregivers: Insights From the Caregiving Transitions Study (2020, The Gerontologist)
  • The Effects of Four Doses of Vitamin D Supplements on Falls in Older Adults (2020, Annals of Internal Medicine)
  • Social isolation and 9-year dementia risk in community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries in the United States (2023, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Orla C. Sheehan
  • William E. Haley
  • Jennifer L. Wolff
  • Jennifer A. Schrack
  • Cynthia M. Boyd

Best Publications

  • Informal Caregiving and Its Impact on Health: A Reappraisal From Population-Based Studies

    David L. Roth;Lisa Fredman;William E. Haley

  • Improving caregiver well-being delays nursing home placement of patients with Alzheimer disease

    Mary S. Mittelman;William E. Haley;Olivio J. Clay;David L. Roth

  • Assessing Mobility in Older Adults: The UAB Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment

    Claire Peel;Patricia Sawyer Baker;David L Roth;Cynthia J Brown

  • Appraisal, Coping, and Social Support as Mediators of Well-Being in Black and White Family Caregivers of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease

    William E. Haley;David L. Roth;Marci I. Coleton;Greg R. Ford

  • The Epidemiology of Social Isolation: National Health and Aging Trends Study.

    Thomas K.M. Cudjoe;David L. Roth;Sarah L. Szanton;Jennifer L. Wolff

  • Sustained Benefit of Supportive Intervention for Depressive Symptoms in Caregivers of Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease

    Mary S. Mittelman;David L. Roth;David W. Coon;William E. Haley

  • Can High-Risk Older Drivers Be Identified Through Performance-Based Measures in a Department of Motor Vehicles Setting?

    Karlene K. Ball;Daniel L. Roenker;Virginia G. Wadley;Jerri D. Edwards

  • Social isolation, support, and capital and nutritional risk in an older sample: ethnic and gender differences.

    Julie L. Locher;Christine S. Ritchie;Christine S. Ritchie;Christine S. Ritchie;David L. Roth;Patricia Sawyer Baker

  • Predicting Longitudinal Changes in Caregiver Physical and Mental Health: A Stress Process Model

    Kathryn T. Goode;William E. Haley;David L. Roth;Greg R. Ford

  • Psychological, social, and health impact of caregiving: A comparison of Black and White dementia family caregivers and noncaregivers.

    William E. Haley;Constance A. C. West;Virginia G. Wadley;Greg R. Ford

  • Behavioral Training With and Without Biofeedback in the Treatment of Urge Incontinence in Older Women A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Kathryn L. Burgio;Patricia S. Goode;Patricia S. Goode;Julie L. Locher;Mary G. Umlauf

  • Underdiagnosis of Dementia: an Observational Study of Patterns in Diagnosis and Awareness in US Older Adults

    Halima Amjad;Halima Amjad;David L. Roth;David L. Roth;Orla C. Sheehan;Orla C. Sheehan;Constantine G. Lyketsos

  • Effects of a caregiver intervention on negative caregiver appraisals of behavior problems in patients with Alzheimer's disease: results of a randomized trial

    Mary S. Mittelman;David L. Roth;William E. Haley;Steven H. Zarit

  • Driving Cessation and Health Trajectories in Older Adults

    Jerri D. Edwards;Melissa Lunsman;Martinique Perkins;George W. Rebok

  • Family caregiving and emotional strain: associations with quality of life in a large national sample of middle-aged and older adults

    David L. Roth;Martinique Perkins;Virginia G. Wadley;Ella M. Temple

  • Come Talk With Me Improving Communication Between Nursing Assistants and Nursing Home Residents During Care Routines

    Louis D. Burgio;Rebecca Allen-Burge;David L. Roth;Michelle S. Bourgeois

  • Effect of behavioral training with or without pelvic floor electrical stimulation on stress incontinence in women: a randomized controlled trial.

    Patricia S. Goode;Kathryn L. Burgio;Kathryn L. Burgio;Julie L. Locher;David L. Roth

  • Life events, fitness, hardiness, and health: a simultaneous analysis of proposed stress-resistance effects.

    David L. Roth;Deborah J. Wiebe;Roger B. Fillingim;Kathleen A. Shay

  • Changes in social support as mediators of the impact of a psychosocial intervention for spouse caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease.

    David L. Roth;Mary S. Mittelman;Olivio J. Clay;Alok Madan

  • Preserving health of Alzheimer caregivers: impact of a spouse caregiver intervention.

    Mary S. Mittelman;David L. Roth;Olivio J. Clay;William E. Haley

Frequent Co-Authors

William E. Haley
William E. Haley University of South Florida
Richard M. Allman
Richard M. Allman George Washington University
Kathryn L. Burgio
Kathryn L. Burgio University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cheryl L. Holt
Cheryl L. Holt University of Maryland, College Park
Eddie M. Clark
Eddie M. Clark Saint Louis University
Virginia J. Howard
Virginia J. Howard University of Alabama at Birmingham
Monika M. Safford
Monika M. Safford Cornell University
Laura N. Gitlin
Laura N. Gitlin Drexel University
Karlene Ball
Karlene Ball University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joseph E. Gaugler
Joseph E. Gaugler University of Minnesota

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