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| Robert F DevellisSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Psychometric properties of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health-Related Quality of Life (CDC HRQOL) items in adults with arthritisThelma Mielenz
Thurston Arthritis Research Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:66. 2006..This study's purpose is to assess the psychometric properties of the 9-item CDC HRQOL (4-item Healthy Days Core Module and 5-item Healthy Days Symptoms Module) in an arthritis sample using the SF-36v2 as a comparison...- Classical test theoryRobert F Devellis
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7330, USA
Med Care 44:S50-9. 2006..The advantages and disadvantages of CTT, its use across populations, and its continued use in the face of more recent measurement models are also discussed... - Use and perceived credibility of medication information sources for patients with a rare illness: differences by genderDelesha M Carpenter
Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Health Commun 16:629-42. 2011..Because male patients view their spouse/partner as a credible information source, providers may want to involve the spouse/partner in prescription decision making... - Arthritis patients' perceptions of rheumatologists' participatory decision-making style and communication about complementary and alternative medicineBetsy Sleath
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
Arthritis Rheum 59:416-21. 2008.... - Effect of couple illness perception congruence on psychological adjustment in women with rheumatoid arthritisKatherine Regan Sterba
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Health Psychol 27:221-9. 2008..To characterize similarities and differences in illness perceptions between women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and their husbands, and examine whether illness perception congruence predicted wives' subsequent psychological adjustment... - The effect of conflicting medication information and physician support on medication adherence for chronically ill patientsDelesha M Carpenter
Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Patient Educ Couns 81:169-76. 2010..We specifically investigate whether conflicting information and physician support directly affect medication adherence or whether the effect is mediated by adherence self-efficacy and outcome expectations for medications... - Use of complementary and alternative medicine among patients with arthritisLeigh F Callahan
Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7280, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A44. 2009..This study was designed to provide detailed information about use of CAM for symptoms associated with arthritis in patients followed in primary care and specialty clinics in North Carolina... - The effect of medication-related support on the quality of life of patients with vasculitis in relapse and remissionDelesha M Carpenter
University of North Carolina UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Rheumatol 38:709-15. 2011..Our goal was to determine whether disease status (relapse vs remission) moderates the effect of medication-related support from physicians and partners on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with vasculitis... - Identifying supports and barriers to physical activity in patients at risk for diabetesKatrina E Donahue
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Family Medicine, Campus Box 7595 Manning Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 3:A119. 2006.... - Encouraging patient adherence: primary care physicians' use of verbal compliance-gaining strategies in medical interviewsValerie A Smith
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Patient Educ Couns 57:62-76. 2005..This method provides a reliable and promising new technique for observing naturally occurring physician compliance-gaining speech... - Health-related quality of life for patients with vasculitis and their spousesDelesha M Carpenter
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Arthritis Rheum 61:259-65. 2009..We also determined whether the impact of AAV on HRQOL differs by sex for patients or their spouses... - Developing and testing a measure of dyadic efficacy for married women with rheumatoid arthritis and their spousesKatherine Regan Sterba
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Arthritis Rheum 57:294-302. 2007..We assessed both partners' perceptions of confidence about working together as a team to manage women's illness-related challenges... - Healthy coping, negative emotions, and diabetes management: a systematic review and appraisalEdwin B Fisher
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rosenau Hall, CB 7440, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7440, USA
Diabetes Educ 33:1080-103; discussion 1104-6. 2007..The purpose of this systematic review is to assess the literature pertinent to healthy coping in diabetes management and to identify effective or promising interventions and areas needing further investigation... - Content validity in the PROMIS social-health domain: a qualitative analysis of focus-group dataLiana D Castel
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 725 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, CB 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Qual Life Res 17:737-49. 2008..These data will inform the process of improving health-related quality-of-life measures... - Factors associated with potentially inappropriate drug utilization in a sample of rural community-dwelling older adultsSusan J Blalock
School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7360, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 3:168-79. 2005..The Beers criteria are often used to identify such medications. Past research has documented that use of Beers drugs is common among older adults... - The discipline survey: a new measure of parental disciplineRebecca Socolar
Division of Community Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7225, USA
Ambul Pediatr 4:166-73. 2004..To develop a new measure of parental discipline of children encompassing a broad array of types of discipline and modes of administration... - Four methods of estimating the minimal important difference score were compared to establish a clinically significant change in Headache Impact TestRemy R Coeytaux
Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Campus Box 7595, Chapel Hill, 27599 7595, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 59:374-80. 2006..To estimate the smallest decrease in Headache Impact Test (HIT) scores that reflects meaningful clinical change among patients with chronic daily headache (CDH)... - Psychometric properties of the HIT-6 among patients in a headache-specialty practiceAriane K Kawata
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Headache 45:638-43. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that the HIT-6 is useful for assessing headache-related disability among patients who seek headache-specialty care... - Patients' perceptions of primary care physicians' participatory decision-making style and communication about complementary and alternative medicine for arthritisBetsy Sleath
University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
J Altern Complement Med 11:449-53. 2005.... - Interpersonal processes and vasculitis managementMegan A Lewis
Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7440, USA
Arthritis Rheum 55:670-5. 2006 - Reliability and validity of a measure of perceived diabetes and dietary competence in African American women with type 2 diabetesCarmen D Samuel-Hodge
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1700 Airport Road, CB 8140, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8140, USA
Diabetes Educ 28:979-88. 2002..Internal structure, reliability, and construct validity were evaluated... - Adult circumcision outcomes study: effect on erectile function, penile sensitivity, sexual activity and satisfactionKenneth S Fink
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and Division of Urology, School of Medicine, and the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
J Urol 167:2113-6. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Our findings may help urologists better counsel men undergoing circumcision as adults. Prospective studies are needed to better understand the relationship between circumcision and sexual function... - Consumption of sugar- and fat-modified foods among rural older adults: the Rural Nutrition and Health (RUN) StudyRonny A Bell
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
J Nutr Elder 25:23-40. 2006..Diabetes status was associated with higher use of sugar-modified foods. This study shows high level of acceptance of sugar- and fat-modified foods among rural older adults across variety of demographic and health characteristics... - Development and initial evaluation of a measure of self-management for adults with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated small-vessel vasculitisCarolyn T Thorpe
Veteran s Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Arthritis Rheum 57:1296-302. 2007..To develop a measure of illness self-management for adults living with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated small-vessel vasculitis (ANCA-SVV) and to gather evidence of its reliability and validity... - The relationship between spirituality and depressive symptoms: testing psychosocial mechanismsMahyar Mofidi
US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:681-8. 2007..The link between spirituality and depressive symptoms is indirect. The relationship is mediated by optimism, volunteering, and social support. Findings present research and practice implications... - High levels of low energy reporting on 24-hour recalls and three questionnaires in an elderly low-socioeconomic status populationJanet A Tooze
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
J Nutr 137:1286-93. 2007..Underreporting seemed to be due to omitting foods from major food groups as well as from omitting discretionary energy foods. There was a high degree of low energy reporting in this population, particularly by men, even with six 24HR... - Critical review of arthritis self-management strategy useJulie J Keysor
Department of Physical Therapy, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Arthritis Rheum 49:724-31. 2003 - Health care preferences and priorities of adolescents with chronic illnessesMaria T Britto
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229 3039, USA
Pediatrics 114:1272-80. 2004..Efforts to make health care for adolescents with chronic illnesses more patient-centered must be grounded in an understanding and clear measures of adolescents' preferences and priorities... - Development and testing of a self-report instrument to measure actions: outpatient physical therapy improvement in movement assessment log (OPTIMAL)Andrew A Guccione
Practice and Research Division, American Physical Therapy Association, 1111 N Fairfax St, Alexandria, VA 22314 1488, USA
Phys Ther 85:515-30. 2005.... - Spirituality and depressive symptoms in a racially diverse US sample of community-dwelling adultsMahyar Mofidi
Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:975-7. 2006..Spirituality appears to be a psychosocial resource against depressive symptoms, although the results must be confirmed in longitudinal investigations... - Older adults in the rural South are not meeting healthful eating guidelinesMara Z Vitolins
Department of Biostatistical Science, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:265-272. 2007..To evaluate diet quality of rural older adults using national dietary guidelines and the Healthy Eating Index (HEI)... - Specialists understanding of the health care preferences of chronically ill adolescentsMaria T Britto
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229 3039, USA
J Adolesc Health 40:334-41. 2007..Doctors must understand patients' priorities to create an effective treatment partnership. Little is known about whether subspecialist pediatricians understand chronically ill adolescents' preferences... - Comparative validation of standard, picture-sort and meal-based food-frequency questionnaires adapted for an elderly population of low socio-economic statusSara A Quandt
Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Public Health Nutr 10:524-32. 2007..To compare the validity of a modified Block food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ), a picture-sort administration of the FFQ (PSFFQ) and a meal pattern-based questionnaire (MPQ) in a multi-ethnic population of low socio-economic status (SES)... - Depression and arthritisBrenda M DeVellis
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
N C Med J 68:434-5. 2007 - Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the short musculoskeletal function assessment questionnaire: the SMFA-BRMarcus K Taylor
Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3119, Box 3094, Box 3389, Box 3615 D P and L D H, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 87:788-94. 2005..This study was designed to translate, culturally adapt, and validate a Brazilian Portuguese version of the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment Questionnaire (SMFA-BR)... - The relationship between STD locus of control and STD acquisition among adolescent girlsSusan L Rosenthal
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch-Children's Hospital, Galveston 77555, USA
Adolescence 37:83-92. 2002..However, understanding an individual's locus of control may be helpful in providing appropriate counseling. Future research could examine how adolescent girls form their perceptions of control over STD acquisition... - Measurement adequacy of the CES-D among a sample of older African-AmericansKristie Long Foley
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Piedmont Plaza II, Suite 512, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Psychiatry Res 109:61-9. 2002..These findings contribute to the growing body of evidence on the unique measurement properties of the CES-D across diverse populations...