Grants and Publications
Healthy Aging and Age-Related Conditions
The research focused on supporting quality of life among older adults living with a chronic illness or disability, such as Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias, as well as caregivers.
Examples include: Caregiving, ElderCare
Publications within the last 3 years
- Jiwani R, Wang J, Berndt A, Ramaswamy P, Mathew Joseph N, Du Y, Ko J, Espinoza S. Changes in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures With a Technology-Supported Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Pilot Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. JMIR Diabetes. 2020 Jul 24;5(3):e19268. doi: 10.2196/19268. PubMed PMID: 32706652; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7414397.
- Jiwani R, Wang C, Orsak B, MacCarthy D, Kellogg D, Powers B, Wang J, Padala P, Padala K, Espinoza S. A Geriatrics Walking Clinic Improves Hemoglobin A1c and Time Gait in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes. Geriatric Nursing. 2020 (Accepted)
- Jiwani R, Dennis B, Chandler B, Monk S, Meyer K, Wang J, Espinoza S. Assessing Acceptability and Patient Experience of a Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention Using Fitbit Technology in Older Adults to Manage Type 2 Diabetes Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: A Focus Group Study. Geriatric Nursing. 2020 (In-Review).
- Espinoza SE, Jiwani R, Wang J, Wang CP. Review of Interventions for the Frailty Syndrome and the Role of Metformin as a Potential Pharmacologic Agent for Frailty Prevention. Clin Ther. 2019 Mar;41(3):376-386. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2019.01.006. Epub 2019 Mar 7. Review. PubMed PMID: 30851950.
- Espinoza S, Musi N, Wang C, Michalek J, Orsak B, Romo T, Powers B, Conde A, Moris M, Bair-Kelps D, Li Y, Ganapathy V, Jergensen T, Kelly L, Jiwani R. Rationale and study design of a randomized clinical trial of metformin to prevent frailty in older adults with pre-diabetes. J Gerontology A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2020; 75(1):102-109.
- Du Y, Dennis B, Rhodes S, Sia M, Ko J, Jiwani R, Wang J. Technology Assisted Self-Monitoring of Lifestyle Behaviors and Health Indicators in Diabetes: A Qualitative Evaluation. JMIR diabetes. 2020 August; 5(3). doi: 10.2196/21183.