The Cheryl Spencer Institute for Nursing Research
Tel: 04-6647904 | email: nurs_res@univ.haifa.ac.il
Prof. Anna Zisberg
Research Interests
Higher Education
Recent Publications
Research Interests
- Understanding mechanisms that account for changes in functional and cognitive status in older adults during times of health challenges such as hospitalization.
- Exploring the effects of organizational structure and quality of care on hospitalization outcomes.
Higher Education
Degree | Name of Institution and Department | Period of Study |
B.A. in Nursing, registered nurse (RN) | University of Tel-Aviv “Sheba” School of Nursing, Medical Center in Tel-HaShomer | 1992-1995 |
M.A. in Nursing, | University of Tel-Aviv Department of nursing, Sackler School of Medicine | 1995-1998 |
Ph.D. | University of Washington, Seattle, WA, School of Nursing | 2001-2005 |
Recent Publications
- Zisberg, A., Kaabiya, W. & Siegel, E.O. (2015). Trait of routinization and adaptation to life in continuing care communities among older adults in Israel. Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 15(4), 501-507. DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12289.
- Zaslavsky, O., Zisberg, A. & Shadmi, E. (2015). Impact of functional change before and during hospitalization on functional recovery 1 month following hospitalization. The Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sci. and Medical Sci., 70(3), 381-386.
- Zisberg, A., Shadmi, E., Gur-Yaish, N., Tonkikh, O. & Sinoff, G. (2015). Hospital Associated Functional decline: the role of hospitalization processes beyond individual risk factors. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 63(1), 55-62.
- Admi H., Shadmi E., Baruch H. & Zisberg A. (2015). From research to reality: minimizing the effects of hospitalization on older adults. Rambam Maimonides Med. Journal, 6(2), 1-14. DOI: 10.5041/RMMJ.10201, E-collection. N/A
- Zisberg, A. & .# Syn-Hershko, A (2016). Factors related to the mobility of hospitalized older adults: A prospective cohort study.Geriatric Nursing, 37(2), 96-100. DOI:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2015.10.012.
- Zaslavsky, O., Rillamas-Sun, E., LaCroix, A.Z., Woods, N.F., Tinker, L.S., Zisberg, A., Shadmi, E., Cochrane, B., Edward, B.J., Kritchevsky, S., Stefanick, M.L., Vitolins, M.Z., Wactawski-Wende, J. & Zelber-Sagi, S. (2016). Association between anthropometric measures and long-term survival in frail older women: observations from the women’s health initiative study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 64(2), 277-284.
- Agmon, M., Zisberg, A., Tonkikh, O., Sinoff, G. & Shadmi, E. (2016). Anxiety symptoms during hospitalization of elderly are associated with increased risk of post-discharge falls. International Psychogeriatrics, 28(6):951-8.
- Zisberg, A., Sinoff, G., Agmon, M., Shadmi, E., Gur-Yaish, N. (2016). Even a Small Change Can Make a Big Difference: The Case of In-Hospital Cognitive Decline and New IADL Dependency. Age & Aging, 45(4):500-4, DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw063.
- Siegel, E.O., Zisberg A, Bakerjian, D. & Zysberg, L. (2016). Nursing Home Administrator Quality Improvement Self-Efficacy Scale. Health Care Manage Review, 42(4), 328-340. DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000111.
- Tonkikh, O., Shadmi, E., Flaks-Manov, N., Hoshen, M., Balicer R.D. & Zisberg A. (2016) functional status before and during acute hospitalization and readmission risk identification. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 11(9), 636-41 DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2595
- Zisberg, A. & Gur-Yaish, N. (2016). Older Adults’ Personal Routine at Time of Hospitalization Geriatric Nursing. Geriatric Nursing. 38(1), 27-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2016.07.002. [Epub ahead of print].
- Levine, H., Gur-Yaish, N., Agmon, M., Gil, E., Rand, D., King, B. & Zisberg, A. (2016). Development and psychometric testing of a measure of older adult patients: attitudes towards mobility during hospitalization (ATM-H). Geriatric Nursing. 38 (2), 119-123. DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2016.08.015.
- Topaz, M., Lai, K., Dowding, D., Lei, V., Zisberg, A., Bowles, K. & Zhou, L. (2016). Automated identification of wound information in clinical notes of patients with heart diseases: Developing and validating a natural language processing application. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 64, 25-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.09.013.
- Shochat, T., Shefer, G. & Zisberg, A. (2016). Relationships between body mass index and sleep quality and duration in adults 70 years and olde. Sleep Health.2 (4), 266-271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2016.09.001
- Agmon, M., Zisberg, , Gil, E., Rand, D., Gur-Yaish, N. & Azriel, M. (2016). The association between 900 steps a day and functional decline in older hospitalized patients. JAMA Internal Medicine. 177(2), 272-274. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7266
- Boogaard, J. A., Werner, P., Zisberg, A. & van der Steen, J.T. (2017).Trust of family caregivers of nursing home residents with advanced dementia in health professionals. Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 17(12), 2466-2471. doi: 10.1111/ggi.
- Gil, E., Agmon, M., M., Hearsh, E., Zisberg, A. “Not doing anything, it’s like a death sentence” on the dilemmas around the feeding tube in the guardians of advanced dementia patients. Age & Aging. (2018). 47(1), 138-143.
- Zisberg, A. (2017). Anxiety and Depression in Older Patients: The Role of Culture and acculturation. International Journal for Equity in Health. 16(1):177. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-70.
- Zisberg, A., Tonkikh, O., Sinoff, G. Gur-Yaish, N., Admi., H, Shapira, H., & Shadmi, E. (2018). Changes in functional status in aged 70 and older in the period of acute hospitalization: HoPE-For Study. Harefuah, 157 (1) 5-10. [Hebrew]
- Zisberg, A., Agmon, M., Gur-Yaish, N., Rand, D., Hayat, Y., Gil, E., WALK-FOR team. (2018). No one size fits all—the development of a theory-driven intervention to increase in-hospital mobility: the ‘WALK-FOR’ study. BMC Geriatrics. 18(1), 91. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-0778-3.
- Band‐Winterstein, T., Doron, I., Zisberg, L., Shulyaev, K., & Zisberg, A. (2019). The meanings of the unlicensed assistive personnel role in nursing homes: A triadic job analysis perspective. Journal of nursing management, 27(3), 575-583.
- Gur-Yaish, N., Tonkikh, O., Shadmi, E., & Zisberg, A. (2018). Informal support for older adults is negatively associated with walking and eating during hospitalization. Geriatric Nursing. 40(3):264-268.doi: 1016/j.gerinurse.2018.11.003.
- Saad, O., Zysberg, L., Heinik, J., Ben-Itzhak, R. & Zisberg, A. (2019). The Right Kind of Smart: Emotional Intelligence’s Relationship to Cognitive Status in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. 30:1-7. doi: 10.1017/S1041610218002284 International Psychogeriatrics
- Cohen, Y., Zisberg, A., Chayat, Y., Gur-Yaish, N., Gil, E., Levin, C., Rand D., & Agmon, M. (2019). Walking for better outcomes and recovery: The effect of WALK-FOR in preventing hospital-associated functional decline among older. Journal of Gerontology: Aeries A-biological sciences and Medical Sciences. doi:10.1093/gerona/glz025
- Zysberg, L., Band-Winterstein, T., Doron, I., Shulyaev. K, Siegel, E.O., Zisberg, A. (2019). The Health Care Aide Position in Nursing Homes: A Comparative Survey of Nurses’ and Aides’ perceptions. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 94, 98-106. org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.03.007
- Tonkikh, O., Shadmi, E., Zisberg, A. (2019). Food-intake assessment in acutely ill older internal medicine patients. Geriatrics & Gerontology International. doi: 10.1111/ggi.13744
- Ravid, C., Shahaf, S., Grossman, Y., Dadush, A., Zisberg, A. (2019). Are you ready to talk about death? Gerontology [Hebrew]. 3, 91-110.
- Ayalon, L., Zisberg, A., Cohn-Schwartz, E., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Perel-Levin, S., Bar Asher-Sigal, E. (2020). Long term care settings in the times of the COVID-19: Challenges and future directions. International Psychogeriatrics, 32(10):1239-1243. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610220001416
- Zisberg, A., Shulyaev, K., Gur-Yaish, N., Agmon, M., Pud, D. (2020). Symptom clusters in hospitalized older adults: Characteristics and outcomes. Geriatric Nursing, S0197-4572(20)30251-2. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2020.08.007.
- Tonkikh, O., Zisberg, A., Shadmi, E. (2020). Association between continuity of nursing care and older adults’ hospitalization outcomes: retrospective observational study. J Nurs Manag. 28(5):1062-1069. doi: 10.1111/jonm.13031.
- Gur-Yaish, N., Shulyaev, K., Zisberg, A. (2020). Moderating Role of Attachment Orientation in the Association between the Level of Depressive Symptoms and Informal Support among Hospitalized Older Adults. Clin Gerontol. 18. 1-9. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2020.1725702.
- J., Gil, E., Zisberg A. (2020). Relationship between Changes in Sedative Hypnotic Medications Burden and Cognitive Outcomes in Hospitalized Older Adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 75(9):1699-1705. pii: glaa015. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaa015.
- Shulyaev, K., Gur-Yaish, N., Shadmi, E., Zisberg, A. (2020). Patterns of informal family care during acute hospitalization of older adults from different ethno-cultural groups in Israel. Int J Equity Health. 19(1):208. doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01314-0.
- Zysberg, L. & Zisberg, A. (2020). Days of worry: Emotional intelligence and social support play intricate roles in accounting for worry levels regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Health Psychology. doi.org/10.1177/1359105320949935
- Zisberg, A., Shulyaev, K., Van-Son, K. (2021). Assessing Attitudes and Intention to Work with Older Adults by American and Israeli Nursing Students: Adapting and Testing a Measure. Nurse Education Today. 98, 10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104735