Comparative effectiveness research and policy: experiences conducting a coverage with evidence development study of a therapeutic deviceJudith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
Med Care 48:S129-36. 2010
..Between the end of subject enrollment and availability of final study results, a second SCS cohort (n = 30) was followed for 12 months...
Early predictors of chronic work disability associated with carpal tunnel syndrome: a longitudinal workers' compensation cohort studyJudith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Am J Ind Med 50:489-500. 2007
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Study protocol: the Back Pain Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) registryJeffrey G Jarvik
Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 13:64. 2012
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- ISSLS prize winner: early predictors of chronic work disability: a prospective, population-based study of workers with back injuries
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:2809-18. 2008
..Prospective population-based cohort study...
- Study protocol- Lumbar Epidural steroid injections for Spinal Stenosis (LESS): a double-blind randomized controlled trial of epidural steroid injections for lumbar spinal stenosis among older adults
Janna L Friedly
Comparative Effectiveness, Cost and Outcomes Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 13:48. 2012
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- Factors associated with early opioid prescription among workers with low back injuries
Bert D Stover
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, 98103, USA
J Pain 7:718-25. 2006
..Not surprisingly, workers with more severe back injuries are more likely to be prescribed opioids, but reasons for prescription disparities based on ethnicity and tobacco use warrant further study...
- Early opioid prescription and subsequent disability among workers with back injuries: the Disability Risk Identification Study Cohort
Gary M Franklin
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98103, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:199-204. 2008
..Prospective, population-based cohort study...
- Development of an index to characterize the "invasiveness" of spine surgery: validation by comparison to blood loss and operative time
Sohail K Mirza
Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Center for Cost and Outcomes Research, and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:2651-61; discussion 2662. 2008
..Prospective cohort study...
- Worker recovery expectations and fear-avoidance predict work disability in a population-based workers' compensation back pain sample
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 31:682-9. 2006
..Prospective, population-based cohort study...
- Spinal cord stimulation for failed back surgery syndrome: outcomes in a workers' compensation setting
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Room BB1517a, Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
Pain 148:14-25. 2010
..Both trial and permanent SCS were associated with adverse events. In sum, we found no evidence for greater effectiveness of SCS versus alternative treatments in this patient population after 6 months...
- Men with pelvic pain: perceived helpfulness of medical and self-management strategies
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Clin J Pain 22:19-24. 2006
..To assess the frequency of use of different treatments and pain management strategies and their perceived helpfulness in male patients with pelvic pain...
- The relationship between electrodiagnostic findings and patient symptoms and function in carpal tunnel syndrome
Leighton Chan
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:19-24. 2007
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- Short- and long-term efficacy of brief cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with chronic temporomandibular disorder pain: a randomized, controlled trial
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
Pain 121:181-94. 2006
..The two groups improved equivalently on a measure of TMD knowledge. A brief CBT intervention improves one-year clinical outcomes of TMD clinic patients and these effects appear to result from specific ingredients of the CBT...
- Catastrophizing is associated with clinical examination findings, activity interference, and health care use among patients with temporomandibular disorders
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 356560, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Orofac Pain 19:291-300. 2005
..Cognitive-behavioral interventions may help reduce pain, disability, and health care use of patients who catastrophize...
- Opioid use for chronic low back pain: A prospective, population-based study among injured workers in Washington state, 2002-2005
Gary M Franklin
Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Clin J Pain 25:743-51. 2009
..To determine (1) the natural history of prescription opioid use, (2) the predictors of long-term opioid use, and (3) the association between opioid dose and pain and function in a large cohort of workers with recent back injuries...
- Expenditures and health status among adults with back and neck problems
Brook I Martin
Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
JAMA 299:656-64. 2008
..Back and neck problems are among the symptoms most commonly encountered in clinical practice. However, few studies have examined national trends in expenditures for back and neck problems or related these trends to health status measures...
- Development of a brief questionnaire to predict long-term disability
Deborah Fulton-Kehoe
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98103, USA
J Occup Environ Med 50:1042-52. 2008
..To develop a brief worker-completed questionnaire for use soon after a work-related back injury to assess risk of long-term work disability...
- Surgery versus non-surgical therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomised parallel-group trial
Jeffrey G Jarvik
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Lancet 374:1074-81. 2009
..Our aim was to compare surgical versus multi-modality, non-surgical treatment for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome without denervation. We hypothesised that surgery would result in improved functional and symptom outcomes...
- Trends in health care expenditures, utilization, and health status among US adults with spine problems, 1997-2006
Brook I Martin
Departments of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:2077-84. 2009
..Analysis of nationally representative survey data for spine-related health care expenditures, utilization and self-reported health status...
- Changes after multidisciplinary pain treatment in patient pain beliefs and coping are associated with concurrent changes in patient functioning
Mark P Jensen
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Box 356490, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 6490, USA
Pain 131:38-47. 2007
..Research is needed to determine whether booster interventions after the end of intensive multidisciplinary treatment that target these beliefs and coping responses improve long-term outcomes...
- Brief cognitive-behavioral therapy for temporomandibular disorder pain: effects on daily electronic outcome and process measures
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Pain 117:377-87. 2005
..Longer-term follow-ups are ongoing to determine if there is an impact on outcomes over time...
- Use of the chronic pain coping inventory to assess older adults' pain coping strategies
Mary Ersek
Pain and Palliative Care Research Department, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Pain 7:833-42. 2006
..Investigators can use study findings to design trials of interventions to help older adults cope more effectively with pain...
- Stress is associated with subsequent pain and disability among men with nonbacterial prostatitis/pelvic pain
Philip M Ullrich
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
Ann Behav Med 30:112-8. 2005
..Although psychological stress has been proposed as an etiological factor, the literature lacks prospective studies using standardized measures to examine associations between stress and male pelvic pain problems over time...
- Pain interference in persons with spinal cord injury: classification of mild, moderate, and severe pain
Marisol A Hanley
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Pain 7:129-33. 2006
..This study sought to develop an empirically based classification system for mild, moderate, and severe pain that could be useful for applying clinical treatment guidelines and for interpreting the results of much-needed clinical trials...
- Results of a randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of a chronic pain self-management group for older adults [ISRCTN11899548]
Mary Ersek
Pain and Palliative Care Research Department, Swedish Medical Center, Cherry Hill Campus, 500 17th Avenue, Professional Building, Suite 405, Seattle, WA 98122 5711, USA
Pain 138:29-40. 2008
..Study findings indicate that additional research is needed to determine the most effective content and delivery methods for self-management therapies targeted at older adults with chronic pain...
- Self-efficacy for managing pain is associated with disability, depression, and pain coping among retirement community residents with chronic pain
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195 6560, USA
J Pain 6:471-9. 2005
..This suggests the potential value of interventions to increase self-efficacy in this population...
- Electronic diary assessment of pain-related variables: is reactivity a problem?
Leslie A Aaron
Department of Oral Medicine, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Pain 6:107-15. 2005
..This study provides evidence that electronic diary assessment of pain-related variables is nonreactive...
- Pre-surgery disability compensation predicts long-term disability among workers with carpal tunnel syndrome
June T Spector
Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
Am J Ind Med 55:816-32. 2012
..We sought to identify early risk factors for work disability compensation prior to and after carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) surgery, and to determine whether pre-surgery disability compensation is associated with long-term disability...
- Costs and cost-effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for failed back surgery syndrome: an observational study in a workers' compensation population
William Hollingworth
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, England
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 36:2076-83. 2011
..Prospective cohort study...
- Opioid dosing trends and mortality in Washington State workers' compensation, 1996-2002
Gary M Franklin
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Occupational Epidemiology and Health Outcomes Program, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98103, USA
Am J Ind Med 48:91-9. 2005
..These policy changes occurred despite scanty scientific evidence that chronic use of opioids was safe and effective...
- Mediators, moderators, and predictors of therapeutic change in cognitive-behavioral therapy for chronic pain
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Pain 127:276-86. 2007
..The results provide further support for cognitive-behavioral models of chronic pain and point to the potential benefits of interventions to modify specific pain-related beliefs in CBT and in other health care encounters...
- Towards standardized measurement of adverse events in spine surgery: conceptual model and pilot evaluation
Sohail K Mirza
Center for Cost and Outcomes Research, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 7:53. 2006
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- Targeting temporomandibular disorder pain treatment to hormonal fluctuations: a randomized clinical trial
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Pain 152:2074-84. 2011
..The study provides further support for long-term benefits of a safe, low-intensity (2 in-person sessions and 6 brief telephone contacts), dental hygienist-delivered self-management treatment for TMD pain...
- Clinically significant change in pain intensity ratings in persons with spinal cord injury or amputation
Marisol A Hanley
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
Clin J Pain 22:25-31. 2006
..To examine the clinical significance of changes in chronic pain in 2 disability groups: spinal cord injury and lower limb amputation...
- A trial of an activating intervention for chronic back pain in primary care and physical therapy settings
Michael Von Korff
Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Pain 113:323-30. 2005
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- Pain-related catastrophizing: a daily process study
Judith A Turner
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA, USA
Pain 110:103-11. 2004
..The data indicate that catastrophizing is stable over short periods of time in the absence of substantial change in pain, and that within patients, times of greater catastrophizing are associated with worse pain, disability, and mood...
- A prospective cohort study of surgical treatment for back pain with degenerated discs; study protocol
Richard A Deyo
Department of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 6:24. 2005
..Little is known about how patients undergoing lumbar fusion compare in preoperative physical and psychological function to patients who have degenerative discs, but receive only non-surgical care...
- Pelvic tenderness is not limited to the prostate in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) type IIIA and IIIB: comparison of men with and without CP/CPPS
Richard E Berger
Department of Urology, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
BMC Urol 7:17. 2007
..We wished to determine if there were differences in pelvic and non-pelvic tenderness between men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) Type III and men without pelvic pain...
- Changes in readiness to self-manage pain are associated with improvement in multidisciplinary pain treatment and pain coping
Mark P Jensen
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 356490, Seattle, WA 98195 6490, USA
Pain 111:84-95. 2004
..The findings supported all three hypotheses. We discuss the implications of the findings for understanding motivational issues in the self-management of pain...
- Programmable intrathecal opioid delivery systems for chronic noncancer pain: a systematic review of effectiveness and complications
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Clin J Pain 23:180-95. 2007
..We conducted a systematic review of the literature on the effectiveness and complications of programmable intrathecal opioid and ziconotide drug delivery systems (IDDS) for patients with chronic noncancer pain...
- Policy-relevant research: when does it matter?
Gary M Franklin
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, 98103, USA
NeuroRx 1:356-62. 2004
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- The association between pain and disability
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
Pain 112:307-14. 2004
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- A descriptive study of older adults with persistent pain: use and perceived effectiveness of pain management strategies [ISRCTN11899548]
Carol A Kemp
Pain and Palliative Care Research Department, Swedish Medical Center, 500 17th Ave, Providence Professional Building Suite 405, Seattle, WA 98122 5711, USA
BMC Geriatr 5:12. 2005
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- Spinal cord stimulation for patients with failed back surgery syndrome or complex regional pain syndrome: a systematic review of effectiveness and complications
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Pain 108:137-47. 2004
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- Health concerns of patients with nonbacterial prostatitis/pelvic pain
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:1054-9. 2005
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- Screening for psychosocial risk factors in patients with chronic orofacial pain: recent advances
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 135:1119-25; quiz 1164-5. 2004
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- Reasons for missing interviews in the daily electronic assessment of pain, mood, and stress
Leslie A Aaron
Department of Oral Medicine, University of Washington School of Dentistry, 1959 NE Pacific Street, B316, Box 356370, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Pain 109:389-98. 2004
..The results provide further support for the use of electronic diary methodology in pain research...
- Efficacy of a self-management group intervention for elderly persons with chronic pain
Mary Ersek
Pain Research Department, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Clin J Pain 19:156-67. 2003
..To assess the efficacy of a self-management group intervention in improving physical functioning, mood, and pain among elderly persons with chronic pain, and to identify factors that may be associated with improvement...
- Social environment moderates the association between catastrophizing and pain among persons with a spinal cord injury
Nicholas D Giardino
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Box 356490, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 6490, USA
Pain 106:19-25. 2003
..The results provide partial support for the communal coping model of catastrophizing...
- Readiness to self-manage pain is associated with coping and with psychological and physical functioning among patients with chronic pain
Mark P Jensen
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, P O Box 356490, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 6490, USA
Pain 104:529-37. 2003
..The implications of the findings for understanding the readiness to self-manage pain construct and the validity of the PSOCQ for assessing this construct are discussed...
- Catastrophizing is associated with pain intensity, psychological distress, and pain-related disability among individuals with chronic pain after spinal cord injury
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 356560, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
Pain 98:127-34. 2002
..Potentially, the assessment and treatment of catastrophizing may reduce psychological distress and pain-related disability among individuals with chronic pain and SCI...
- Blinding effectiveness and association of pretreatment expectations with pain improvement in a double-blind randomized controlled trial
Judith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 356560, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
Pain 99:91-9. 2002
..Fully double-blind conditions are very difficult to achieve, and it is informative to assess patient and research clinician expectations and guesses regarding medication assignment...
- One- and two-item measures of pain beliefs and coping strategies
Mark P Jensen
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, P O Box 356490, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 6490, USA
Pain 104:453-69. 2003
..The findings support the validity of these brief subscales. The appropriate use and limitations of these measures are discussed...
- Chronic pain secondary to disability: a review
Dawn M Ehde
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98104, USA
Clin J Pain 19:3-17. 2003
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- The Chronic Pain Coping Inventory-42: reliability and validity
Joan M Romano
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Pain 104:65-73. 2003
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- Efficacy of amitriptyline for relief of pain in spinal cord injury: results of a randomized controlled trial
Diana D Cardenas
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Box 356490, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Pain 96:365-73. 2002
..These findings do not support the use of amitriptyline in the treatment of chronic pain in this population, but we cannot rule out the possibility that certain subgroups may benefit...
- Classification of chronic pain associated with spinal cord injuries
Diana D Cardenas
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 83:1708-14. 2002
..To determine interrater reliability of a classification system for chronic pain in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to determine the frequency and characteristics of various pain types as categorized by this system...
- Treatments for chronic pain associated with spinal cord injuries: many are tried, few are helpful
Catherine A Warms
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA
Clin J Pain 18:154-63. 2002
..The objective was to investigate, in two community samples of people with spinal cord injuries, the frequency of use of different pain treatments and the perceived helpfulness of these treatments...
