• What women say about their dysmenorrhea: a qualitative thematic analysis 

  Chen, Chen X.; Draucker, Claire B.; Carpenter, Janet S. (BioMed Central, 2018-03-02)

  Background Dysmenorrhea is highly prevalent and is the leading cause of absence from school and work among women of reproductive age. Evidence suggests that dysmenorrhea may also be a risk factor for other chronic pain ...
• Understanding lung cancer screening behavior: Racial, gender, and geographic differences among Indiana long-term smokers 

  Carter-Harris, Lisa; Slaven, James E.; Monahan, Patrick O.; Shedd-Steele, Rivienne; Hanna, Nasser; Rawl, Susan M. (Elsevier, 2018-02-03)

  Lung cancer screening is a relatively new screening option. Inequalities related to screening behavior have been documented in other types of cancer screening. Because stage at presentation drives mortality in lung cancer, ...
• Intervention strategies for preventing excessive gestational weight gain: systematic review and meta‐analysis 

  Shieh, Carol; Cullen, Deborah L.; Pike, Caitlin; Pressler, Susan J. (Wiley, 2018)

  Background Interventions relevant to energy intake to prevent excessive gestational weight gain in pregnant overweight and obese women are important but scarce. This review synthesized healthy eating and physical activity ...
• Understanding Treatment Burden and Quality of Life Impact of Participating in an Early-Phase Pediatric Oncology Clinical Trial: A Pilot Study 

  Crane, Stacey; Backus, Lori; Stockman, Beth; Carpenter, Janet S.; Lin, Li; Haase, Joan (Sage, 2018-01)

  PURPOSE: Early-phase clinical trials (EPTs) have led to new, more effective treatment options for children with cancer. Despite the extensive use of EPTs in pediatric oncology, little is known about parent and child ...
• Perceptions of communication, family adaptability and cohesion: a comparison of adolescents newly diagnosed with cancer and their parents 

  Phillips-Salimi, Celeste R.; Robb, Sheri L.; Monahan, Patrick O.; Dossey, Amy; Haase, Joan E. (Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2014)

  PURPOSE: To describe and compare adolescent and parent perspectives on communication, family adaptability and cohesion, as well as relationships among these variables, during the first month of an adolescent's cancer ...
• Bedside Interprofessional Rounding: The View From the Patient's Side of the Bed 

  Burdick, Kailee; Kara, Areeba; Ebright, Patricia; Meek, Julie (Sage, 2017-03)

  BACKGROUND: Bedside interprofessional rounding is gaining ground as a means to improve collaboration and patient outcomes, yet little is known regarding patients' perceptions of the practice. METHODS: This descriptive ...
• Burden of Seizure Clusters on Patients With Epilepsy and Caregivers: Survey of Patient, Caregiver, and Clinician Perspectives 

  Penovich, Patricia E.; Buelow, Janice; Steinberg, Kathy; Sirven, Joseph; Wheless, James (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017-11)

  Objectives: To characterize the burden of seizure clusters (SC) on patients and caregivers, a large internet-based survey was conducted. Methods: The Seizure Cluster Burden of Illness US Survey was conducted online ...
• Critical Care Follow-up Clinics: A Scoping Review of Interventions and Outcomes 

  Lasiter, Sue; Oles, Sylwia K.; Mundell, James; London, Susan; Khan, Babar (Wolters Kluwer, 2016-07)

  OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this scoping review is to identify evidence describing benefits of interventions provided in intensive care unit (ICU) survivor follow-up clinics. BACKGROUND: Advances in ICU treatments ...
• Female Sexual Function Index Short Version: A MsFLASH Item Response Analysis 

  Carpenter, Janet S.; Jones, Salene M. W.; Studts, Christina R.; Heiman, Julia R.; Reed, Susan D.; Newton, Katherine M.; Guthrie, Katherine A.; Larson, Joseph C.; Cohen, Lee S.; Freeman, Ellen W.; Lau, R. Jane; Learman, Lee A.; Shifren, Jan L. (Springer, 2016-11)

  The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) is a psychometrically sound and popular 19-item self-report measure, but its length may preclude its use in studies with multiple outcome measures, especially when sexual function ...
• Identification of subgroups with differential treatment effects for longitudinal and multiresponse variables 

  Loh, Wei-Yin; Man, Michael; Fu, Haoda; Champion, Victoria L.; Yu, Menggang (Wiley, 2016-11-20)

  We describe and evaluate a regression tree algorithm for finding subgroups with differential treatments effects in randomized trials with multivariate outcomes. The data may contain missing values in the outcomes and ...
• A Research Agenda for Communication Between Health Care Professionals and Patients Living With Serious Illness 

  Tulsky, James A.; Beach, Mary Catherine; Butow, Phyllis N.; Hickman, Susan E.; Mack, Jennifer W.; Morrison, R. Sean; Street, Richard L., Jr.; Sudore, Rebecca L.; White, Douglas B.; Pollak, Kathryn I. (AMA, 2017-09)

  Importance Poor communication by health care professionals contributes to physical and psychological suffering in patients living with serious illness. Patients may not fully understand their illness, prognosis, and ...
• Comparing treatment fidelity between study arms of a randomized controlled clinical trial for stroke family caregivers 

  McLennon, Susan M.; Hancock, Rebecca D.; Redelman, Kathleen; Scarton, Lisa L.; Riley, Elizabeth; Sweeney, Bobbie; Habermann, Barbara; Jessup, Nenette M.; Bakas, Tamilyn (Sage, 2016-05)

  OBJECTIVE: To compare treatment fidelity among treatment arms in the Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit study for stroke caregivers (TASK II) with respect to: 1) protocol adherence; 2) intervention dosage and ...
• The SPADE Symptom Cluster in Primary Care Patients with Chronic Pain 

  Davis, Lorie L.; Kroenke, Kurt; Monahan, Patrick; Kean, Jacob; Stump, Timothy E. (Wolters Kluwer, 2016-05)

  OBJECTIVES: Sleep disturbance, pain, anxiety, depression, and low energy/fatigue, the SPADE pentad, are the most prevalent and co-occurring symptoms in the general population and clinical practice. Co-occurrence of SPADE ...
• Content Validity and Satisfaction With a Stroke Caregiver Intervention Program 

  Bakas, Tamilyn; Farran, Carol J.; Austin, Joan K.; Given, Barbara A.; Johnson, Elizabeth A.; Williams, Linda S. (Wiley, 2009)

  Background and Purpose Establishing evidence of content validity and satisfaction is an integral part of intervention research. The purpose of this article is to describe content validity and satisfaction relative to the ...
• Effects of a Community-based Lifestyle Intervention on Change in Physical Activity Among Economically Disadvantaged Adults With Prediabetes 

  Hays, Laura M.; Hoen, Helena M.; Slaven, James E.; Finch, Emily A.; Marrero, David G.; Saha, Chandan; Ackermann, Ronald T. (Taylor and Francis, 2016)
• Crafting Stories in Hermeneutic Phenomenology Research: A Methodological Device 

  Crowther, Susan; Ironside, Pam; Spence, Deb; Smythe, Liz (Sage, 2017)

  Hermeneutic phenomenology, as a methodology, is not fixed. Inherent in its enactment are contested areas of practice such as how interview data are used and reported. Using philosophical notions drawn from hermeneutic ...
• Implications for Training on Smartphone Medication Reminder App Use by Adults With Chronic Conditions: Pilot Study Applying the Technology Acceptance Model 

  Park, Daniel Y.; Goering, Elizabeth M.; Head, Katharine J.; Ellis, Rebecca J. Bartlett (JMIR, 2017)

  Background: The majority of middle-aged to older patients with chronic conditions report forgetting to take medications as prescribed. The promotion of patients’ smartphone medication reminder app (SMRA) use shows promise ...
• Randomized trial of DVD, telephone, and usual care for increasing mammography adherence 

  Champion, Victoria L.; Rawl, Susan M.; Bourff, Sara A.; Champion, Kristen M.; Smith, Lisa G.; Buchanan, Adam H.; Fish, Laura J.; Monahan, Patrick O.; Stump, Timothy E.; Springston, Jeffery K.; Gathirua-Mwang, Wambui G.; Skinne, Celette S. (SAGE Journals, 2016-06)

  The purpose of this study was to test an intervention to increase mammography screening in women 51-75 years of age who had not received a mammogram in the last 15 months. A total of 1681 women were randomized to (1) a ...
• Lung Cancer Screening Participation: Developing a Conceptual Model to Guide Research 

  Carter-Harris, Lisa; Davis, Lorie L.; Rawl, Susan M. (Springer, 2016-11-01)

  Purpose: To describe the development of a conceptual model to guide research focused on lung cancer screening participation from the perspective of the individual in the decision-making process. Methods: Based on a ...
• Development and Usability Testing of a Computer-Tailored Decision Support Tool for Lung Cancer Screening: Study Protocol 

  Carter-Harris, Lisa; Comer, Robert Skipworth; Goyal, Anurag; Vode, Emilee Christine; Hanna, Nasser; Ceppa, DuyKhanh; Rawl, Susan M. (JMIR, 2017)

  Background: Awareness of lung cancer screening remains low in the screening-eligible population, and when patients visit their clinician never having heard of lung cancer screening, engaging in shared decision making to ...

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