Margaret Wallhagen, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
Physiological Nursing
School of Nursing

Education & Training

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• PhD Nursing University of Washington 1988
• M.S. Nursing (Gerontology Nurse Practitioner) University of California, San Francisco 1971
• B.S. Nursing University of California, San Francisco 1970

Grants and Projects

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• Primary Care Intervention Promoting Hearing Health Care Service Access and Use, NIH, 2011-2017
• Primary Care Intervention Promoting Hearing Health Care Service Access and Use, NIH, 2011-2013
• The Experience of Hearing Impairment, NIH, 2003-2008
• Diabetes Education Control and Older Afican-americans, NIH, 1996-1999
• Psychophysiological Correlates of Concordant Control, NIH, 1985-1900

Publications (98)

Top publication keywords:
HearingGrandparentsDeafnessPalliative CareSocial StigmaCaregiversVision DisordersHealth Services for the AgedGrounded TheoryPatient AdvocacyHealth StatusHearing LossHearing AidsIntergenerational RelationsCommunication Methods, Total

• Risk and protective factors associated with depressive symptoms in older adults with visual impairment: a systematic review.
  The Gerontologist 2026 Suzuki H, Leutwyler H, Torres JM, Covinsky K, Wallhagen M
• Sharing the load: Can we minimize the need to self-advocate for hearing loss consideration?
  Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) 2026 Wallhagen MI, Smith AK
• Multifactorial conceptual model of cancer-related accelerated aging.
  npj aging 2026 Morse L, Weiss S, Ritchie CS, Wong ML, Hoffmann T, Wallhagen M, Miaskowski C
• What Defines an Age-Friendly Health System? Comment on "Developing a Conceptual Framework for an Age-Friendly Health System: A Scoping Review".
  International journal of health policy and management 2025 Wallhagen M
• Determining Nursing Home Staffing Based on Resident Acuity: A New Evidence-Based Methodology.
  Journal of gerontological nursing 2025 Wallhagen MI, Mueller C

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• A Data-Driven Epigenetic Characterization of Morning Fatigue Severity in Oncology Patients Receiving Chemotherapy: Associations With Epigenetic Age Acceleration, Blood Cell Types, and Expression-Associated Methylation.
  Cancer medicine 2025 Le C, Lewis M, Harris CS, Berger L, Chavez-Iglesias E, Morse L, Sucher A, Roy R, Olshen A, Hammer MJ, Paul S, Wallhagen M, Chan R, Sayer M, Yom S, Cho NW, Chan A, Levine J, Dhruva A, Miaskowski C, …
• Advancing Hearing Health: A Gerontological Nurses Guide to Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids.
  Journal of gerontological nursing 2025 Wallace L, Cacchione P, Wallhagen M
• Age-Related Hearing Loss: Evidence-Based Strategies for Early Detection and Management.
  ORL-head and neck nursing : official journal of the Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses 2025 Hughes SE, Brenner CR, Pandian AT, Ross EJ, Nieman CL, McKee MM, McCaslin DL, Tunkel DE, Manojlovich M, Wallhagen MI, Brenner MJ
• Expanding Access to Hearing Healthcare for Adults: How Interprofessional Collaboration Can Promote Care Equity From Clinics to Communities.
  ORL-head and neck nursing : official journal of the Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses 2025 Hughes SE, Brenner CR, Facione B, Ross EJ, Nieman CL, McKee MM, McCaslin DL, Manojlovich M, Wallhagen MI, Brenner MJ
• Development and Preliminary Validation of Scales to Measure Enacted, Perceived, and Experienced Hearing Loss Stigma in Health Care Settings.
  Ear and hearing 2024 Adams ET, Nyblade L, Madson G, Wallhagen M, Smith SL, Stelmach RD, Francis HW
• Development and Preliminary Validation of Stigma Measures for Care Partners of Persons Who Are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
  Ear and hearing 2024 Wallhagen MI, Kraemer JD, Saalim K, Adams ET, Stelmach RD, West JS, Chung JJW, Nyblade L
• Development of Measures for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Stigma: Introduction to the Special Supplement on Stigma Measurement Tools.
  Ear and hearing 2024 Stockton MA, Francis HW, West JS, Stelmach RD, Troutman Adams E, Kraemer JD, Saalim K, Wallhagen MI, Nyarko M, Madson G, Boafo N, Owusu NAV, Musa LG, Alberg J, Chung JJW, Preston A, Gyamera E, Chadha …
• Research Agenda and Applications for Preliminarily Validated Measures of d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Stigma.
  Ear and hearing 2024 Stelmach RD, Musa LG, West JS, Wallhagen MI, Kraemer JD, Francis HW, Stockton MA, McMahon C, Smith SL, Nyblade L
• Communication Technology Improves Staff, Resident, and Family Interactions in Skilled Nursing Homes Post COVID-19 Restrictions.
  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2024 Vu T, Frye N, Wallhagen M, Marottoli RA, Monin JK
• Single-Item Hearing Screening in a Group Care Health Clinic for Older Adults.
  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2024 Mamo SK, Krysko AN, Garrity K, Wallhagen MI
• The Whole Package: A Multi-Component Smoking Cessation Intervention for Adults With Serious Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study.
  Tobacco use insights 2024 Leutwyler H, Hubbard E, Humfleet G, Souza R, Balestra D, Wallhagen M
• Positive Impact of an Educational Brochure on Follow-Up for a Formal Hearing Evaluation.
  Innovation in aging 2024 Wallhagen MI, Strawbridge WJ
• New horizons in holistic, person-centred health promotion for hearing healthcare.
  Age and ageing 2023 Maidment DW, Wallhagen MI, Dowd K, Mick P, Piker E, Spankovich C, Urry E
• Associations among hearing loss, multiple co-occurring symptoms, and quality of life outcomes in cancer survivors.
  Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice 2022 Miaskowski C, Mastick J, Paul S, Wallhagen M, Abrams G, Levine JD
• Cancer survivors and neurotoxic chemotherapy: hearing loss and tinnitus.
  BMJ supportive & palliative care 2022 Cheung S, Henderson-Sabes J, Mastick J, Abrams G, Snowberg K, Alfaro E, Quinn M, Paul S, Cooper B, Wallhagen M, Conley Y, Levine J, Miaskowski C
• Communication Technology Improved Staff, Resident, and Family Interactions in a Skilled Nursing Home During COVID-19.
  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2022 Vu T, Frye N, Valeika S, Monin JK, Wallhagen M, Marottoli RA
• COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021 Deardorff WJ, Binford SS, Cole I, James T, Rathfon M, Rennke S, Wallhagen M
• Does Hearing Impairment Affect Physical Function?: Current Evidence, Potential Mechanisms, and Future Research Directions for Healthy Aging.
  JAMA network open 2021 Brenowitz WD, Wallhagen MI
• Leveraging the age friendly healthcare system initiative to achieve comprehensive, hearing healthcare across the spectrum of healthcare settings: an interprofessional perspective.
  International journal of audiology 2021 Wallhagen MI, Strawbridge WJ, Tremblay K
• Developing Leaders and Scholars in Health Care Improvement: The VA Quality Scholars Program Competencies.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2021 Horstman MJ, Miltner RS, Wallhagen MI, Patrician PA, Oliver BJ, Roumie CL, Dolansky MA, Perez F, Naik AD, Godwin KM
• Perceived Caregiver Stress, Coping, and Quality of Life of Older Ugandan Grandparent-Caregivers.
  Journal of cross-cultural gerontology 2020 Matovu SN, Wallhagen MI
• "I'm going to stay young":  Belief in anti-aging efficacy of menopausal hormone therapy drives prolonged use despite medical risks.
  PloS one 2020 Hunter MM, Huang AJ, Wallhagen MI
• Ugandan Jajjas: Antecedents and rewards of caring for grandchildren in the context of HIV.
  International journal of older people nursing 2020 Matovu S, Rankin S, Wallhagen M
• The Contribution of Ototoxic Medications to Hearing Loss Among Older Adults.
  The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2020 Joo Y, Cruickshanks KJ, Klein BEK, Klein R, Hong O, Wallhagen MI
• "Thoughts Can Kill You": Characterization of Mental Health Symptoms by Ugandan Grandparent-Caregivers in the HIV/AIDS Era.
  Issues in mental health nursing 2019 Matovu S, Dawson-Rose C, Weiss S, Wallhagen M
• Hearing Loss: Effect on Hospice and Palliative Care Through the Eyes of Practitioners.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2019 Wallhagen MI, Ritchie CS, Smith AK
• Trends in Health Care Costs and Utilization Associated With Untreated Hearing Loss Over 10 Years.
  JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2019 Reed NS, Altan A, Deal JA, Yeh C, Kravetz AD, Wallhagen M, Lin FR
• Facilitators and Barriers to Interdisciplinary Communication between Providers in Primary Care and Palliative Care.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2018 Dudley N, Ritchie CS, Rehm RS, Chapman SA, Wallhagen MI
• Loss as Experienced by Ugandan Grandparent-Caregivers of Children Affected by HIV/AIDS.
  Journal of loss & trauma 2018 Matovu S, Wallhagen M
• Hearing Aid Use and Health Care Costs Among Older Adults.
  JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2018 Wallhagen MI
• Response to Research Brief Vol. 20(12):1313: Models of Palliative Care Team Composition.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2018 Pairé S, Broglio K, Wallhagen MI, a Collective of Palliative Care Advance Practice Nurses
• Communication and Healthcare: Self-Reports of People with Hearing Loss in Primary Care Settings.
  Clinical gerontologist 2018 Stevens MN, Dubno JR, Wallhagen MI, Tucci DL
• Associations Between Perceived Stress and Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy and Otoxicity in Adult Cancer Survivors.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2018 Miaskowski C, Paul SM, Mastick J, Abrams G, Topp K, Smoot B, Kober KM, Chesney M, Mazor M, Mausisa G, Schumacher M, Conley YP, Sabes JH, Cheung S, Wallhagen M, Levine JD
• Prevalence of ototoxic medication use among older adults in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
  Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2018 Joo Y, Cruickshanks KJ, Klein BEK, Klein R, Hong O, Wallhagen M
• Characteristics and Predictors of Occupational Injury Among Career Firefighters.
  Workplace health & safety 2017 Phelps SM, Drew-Nord DC, Neitzel RL, Wallhagen MI, Bates MN, Hong OS
• Impact of chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicities on adult cancer survivors' symptom burden and quality of life.
  Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice 2017 Miaskowski C, Mastick J, Paul SM, Abrams G, Cheung S, Sabes JH, Kober KM, Schumacher M, Conley YP, Topp K, Smoot B, Mausisa G, Mazor M, Wallhagen M, Levine JD
• Hearing loss and tinnitus in survivors with chemotherapy-induced neuropathy.
  European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society 2017 Miaskowski C, Paul SM, Mastick J, Schumacher M, Conley YP, Smoot B, Abrams G, Kober KM, Cheung S, Henderson-Sabes J, Chesney M, Mazor M, Wallhagen M, Levine JD
• Characteristics of Older Adults in Primary Care Who May Benefit From Primary Palliative Care in the U.S.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2017 Dudley N, Ritchie CS, Wallhagen MI, Covinsky KE, Cooper BA, Patel K, Stijacic Cenzer I, Chapman SA
• Simple Tests Compare Well with a Hand-held Audiometer for Hearing Loss Screening in Primary Care.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017 Strawbridge WJ, Wallhagen MI
• Patient Characteristics Associated With a Successful Response to Nurse-Led Care Programs Targeting the Oldest-Old: A Comparison of Two RCTs.
  Worldviews on evidence-based nursing 2017 Bleijenberg N, Imhof L, Mahrer-Imhof R, Wallhagen MI, de Wit NJ, Schuurmans MJ
• Hearing loss education for older adults in primary care clinics: Benefits of a concise educational brochure.
  Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) 2017 Wallhagen MI, Strawbridge WJ
• Sense of Control in End-of-Life Decision-Making.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016 Romo RD, Allison TA, Smith AK, Wallhagen MI
• Building Inclusion: Toward an Aging- and Disability-Friendly City.
  American journal of public health 2016 Yeh JC, Walsh J, Spensley C, Wallhagen M
• Decision Making Among Older Adults at the End of Life: A Theoretical Perspective.
  ANS. Advances in nursing science 2016 Romo RD, Dawson-Rose CS, Mayo AM, Wallhagen MI
• Rates of Recovery to Pre-Fracture Function in Older Persons with Hip Fracture: an Observational Study.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2016 Tang VL, Sudore R, Cenzer IS, Boscardin WJ, Smith A, Ritchie C, Wallhagen M, Finlayson E, Petrillo L, Covinsky K
• One-Year Mortality After Hip Fracture: Development and Validation of a Prognostic Index.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016 Cenzer IS, Tang V, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK, Ritchie C, Wallhagen MI, Espaldon R, Covinsky KE
• Association Between Hearing Aid Use and Cognitive Decline.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016 Wallhagen MI, Strawbridge WJ
• Hearing Loss Health Care for Older Adults.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2016 Contrera KJ, Wallhagen MI, Mamo SK, Oh ES, Lin FR
• Viewing Hospice Decision Making as a Process.
  The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2015 Romo RD, Wallhagen MI, Smith AK
• Access to care for hearing loss: policies and stakeholders.
  Journal of gerontological nursing 2014 Wallhagen MI
• The synergistic effect of growing older with hoarding behaviors.
  Clinical nursing research 2013 Eckfield MB, Wallhagen MI
• Transitional care challenges of rehospitalized veterans: listening to patients and providers.
  Population health management 2013 Stephens C, Sackett N, Pierce R, Schopfer D, Schmajuk G, Moy N, Bachhuber M, Wallhagen MI, Lee SJ
• Medication adherence among older adults with schizophrenia.
  Journal of gerontological nursing 2013 Leutwyler HC, Fox PJ, Wallhagen M
• Perceptions of successful aging among diverse elders with late-life disability.
  The Gerontologist 2012 Romo RD, Wallhagen MI, Yourman L, Yeung CC, Eng C, Micco G, Pérez-Stable EJ, Smith AK
• Frontotemporal dementia: the impact of patient behavioral symptoms on the physical and mental health of family caregivers.
  Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra 2012 Wong CC, Wallhagen MI
• The relationship between functional status and judgment/problem solving among individuals with dementia.
  International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2012 Mayo AM, Wallhagen M, Cooper BA, Mehta K, Ross L, Miller B
• Gerontologist
  Perceptions of successful aging among diverse elders with late-life disability 2012 Romo, RD, Wallhagen, MI, Yourman, L, Yeung, CC, Eng, C, Micco, G, Perez-Stable, EJ, Smith, AK
• The impact of symptomatology on response to a health promoting intervention among older adults with schizophrenia.
  The Diabetes educator 2010 Leutwyler HC, Wallhagen M, McKibbin C
• Factors predicting blood pressure control in older Chinese immigrants to the United States of America.
  Journal of advanced nursing 2010 Li WW, Wallhagen MI, Froelicher ES
• Older adults with schizophrenia finding a place to belong.
  Issues in mental health nursing 2010 Leutwyler HC, Chafetz L, Wallhagen M
• Sleep in older adults with Alzheimer's disease.
  The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses 2010 Song Y, Dowling GA, Wallhagen MI, Lee KA, Strawbridge WJ
• Spousal interrelations in self-reports of cognition in the context of marital problems.
  Gerontology 2010 Strawbridge WJ, Wallhagen MI, Shema SJ
• The social determinants of substance abuse in African American baby boomers: effects of family, media images, and environment.
  Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society 2010 Pope RC, Wallhagen M, Davis H
• Understanding physical health of older adults with schizophrenia: building and eroding trust.
  Journal of gerontological nursing 2010 Leutwyler HC, Wallhagen MI
• Rest-activity patterns in institutionalized Korean older adults with dementia: a pilot study.
  Journal of gerontological nursing 2009 Song Y, Dowling GA, Wallhagen MI, Lee KA, Strawbridge WJ, Hubbard EM
• The stigma of hearing loss.
  The Gerontologist 2009 Wallhagen MI
• The influence of spouse lower cognitive function on partner health and well-being among community-dwelling older couples: moderating roles of gender and marital problems.
  Aging & mental health 2009 Strawbridge WJ, Wallhagen MI, Thai JN, Shema S
• Considerations of informed consent and decision-making competence in older adults with cognitive impairment.
  Research in gerontological nursing 2009 Mayo AM, Wallhagen MI
• Day-to-day care: the interplay of CNAs' views of residents & nursing home environments.
  Journal of gerontological nursing 2008 Fisher LT, Wallhagen MI
• The relationship between hearing impairment and cognitive function: a 5-year longitudinal study.
  Research in gerontological nursing 2008 Wallhagen MI, Strawbridge WJ, Shema SJ
• Hearing impairment: significant but underassessed in primary care settings.
  Journal of gerontological nursing 2008 Wallhagen MI, Pettengill E
• Hypertension control, predictors for medication adherence and gender differences in older Chinese immigrants.
  Journal of advanced nursing 2008 Li WW, Wallhagen MI, Froelicher ES
• Impact of spouse vision impairment on partner health and well-being: a longitudinal analysis of couples.
  The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 2007 Strawbridge WJ, Wallhagen MI, Shema SJ
• Sensory impairment in older adults: Part 1: Hearing loss.
  The American journal of nursing 2006 Wallhagen MI, Pettengill E, Whiteside M
• Impact of self-assessed hearing loss on a spouse: a longitudinal analysis of couples.
  The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 2004 Wallhagen MI, Strawbridge WJ, Shema SJ, Kaplan GA
• Successful aging and well-being: self-rated compared with Rowe and Kahn.
  The Gerontologist 2002 Strawbridge WJ, Wallhagen MI, Cohen RD
• Hearing impairment.
  Annual review of nursing research 2002 Wallhagen MI
• Comparative impact of hearing and vision impairment on subsequent functioning.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2001 Wallhagen MI, Strawbridge WJ, Shema SJ, Kurata J, Kaplan GA
• Negative consequences of hearing impairment in old age: a longitudinal analysis.
  The Gerontologist 2000 Strawbridge WJ, Wallhagen MI, Shema SJ, Kaplan GA
• Recent developments in understanding the immune response to human papilloma virus infection and cervical neoplasia.
  Oncology nursing forum 2000 Kobayashi A, Miaskowski C, Wallhagen M, Smith-McCune K
• New NHLBI clinical guidelines for obesity and overweight: will they promote health?
  American journal of public health 2000 Strawbridge WJ, Wallhagen MI, Shema SJ
• Perceived control and psychosocial/physiological functioning in African American elders with type 2 diabetes.
  The Diabetes educator 1999 Wallhagen MI, Lacson M
• Differences in patients' and family caregivers' perceptions of the pain experience influence patient and caregiver outcomes.
  Pain 1997 Miaskowski C, Zimmer EF, Barrett KM, Dibble SL, Wallhagen M
• New burdens or more of the same? Comparing grandparent, spouse, and adult-child caregivers.
  The Gerontologist 1997 Strawbridge WJ, Wallhagen MI, Shema SJ, Kaplan GA
• An increasing prevalence of hearing impairment and associated risk factors over three decades of the Alameda County Study.
  American journal of public health 1997 Wallhagen MI, Strawbridge WJ, Cohen RD, Kaplan GA
• Differences in mood states, health status, and caregiver strain between family caregivers of oncology outpatients with and without cancer-related pain.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 1997 Miaskowski C, Kragness L, Dibble S, Wallhagen M
• Perceived control and well-being in Parkinson's disease.
  Western journal of nursing research 1997 Wallhagen MI, Brod M
• 6-year impact of hearing impairment on psychosocial and physiologic functioning.
  The Nurse practitioner 1996 Wallhagen MI, Strawbridge WJ, Kaplan GA
• My parent--not myself. Contrasting themes in family care.
  Journal of aging and health 1995 Wallhagen MI, Strawbridge WJ
• Impact of internal health locus of control on health outcomes for older men and women: a longitudinal perspective.
  The Gerontologist 1994 Wallhagen MI, Strawbridge WJ, Kaplan GA, Cohen RD
• Perceived control and adaptation in elder caregivers: development of an explanatory model.
  International journal of aging & human development 1992 Wallhagen MI
• Impact of family conflict on adult child caregivers.
  The Gerontologist 1991 Strawbridge WJ, Wallhagen MI
• Alzheimer's disease and family caregiving: critical synthesis of the literature and research agenda.
  Nursing research 1991 Kuhlman GJ, Wilson HS, Hutchinson SA, Wallhagen M