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Changing health behaviors to improve health outcomes after angioplasty: a randomized trial of net present value versus future value risk communicationM E Charlson
Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
Health Educ Res 23:826-39. 2008..Our results show that a net present risk communication intervention did not result in significant differences in health outcomes...
Outcomes of community-based social service interventions in homebound eldersMary E Charlson
Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 23:427-32. 2008..To document within-client change in function and quality of life over 6 months, and determine whether social service interventions, comorbidity, depressive symptoms, social support and stress are predictors of within-patient change...- Clinical practice. Care after coronary-artery bypass surgeryMary E Charlson
Division of General Internal Medicine, Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York 10021, USA
N Engl J Med 348:1456-63. 2003 - Randomized controlled trials of positive affect and self-affirmation to facilitate healthy behaviors in patients with cardiopulmonary diseases: rationale, trial design, and methodsMary E Charlson
Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine and Division of General Internal Medicine, Joan and Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 28:748-62. 2007.... 
The Charlson comorbidity index is adapted to predict costs of chronic disease in primary care patientsMary E Charlson
Division of General Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 61:1234-40. 2008..1) To determine chronic illness costs for large cohort of primary care patients, (2) to develop prospective model predicting total costs over one year, using demographic and clinical information including widely used comorbidity index...- Does experience matter? A comparison of the practice of attendings and residentsMary E Charlson
Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:497-503. 2005..To compare the utilization of health care resources and patterns of chronic disease care by patients of medical residents and patients of their attending physicians... - Can disease management target patients most likely to generate high costs? The impact of comorbidityMary Charlson
Division of General Internal Medicine, Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:464-9. 2007..Disease management programs are increasingly used to manage costs of patients with chronic disease... - Improvement of outcomes after coronary artery bypass II: a randomized trial comparing intraoperative high versus customized mean arterial pressureMary E Charlson
Cornell Coronary Artery Bypass Outcomes Trial Group, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA
J Card Surg 22:465-72. 2007..The objective of this randomized trial was to compare the efficacy of two strategies of hemodynamic management during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on morbidity, mortality, cognitive complications and deterioration in functional status... - Dietary indiscretion and statin useDevin M Mann
Division of General Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1470 Madison Avenue, Box 1087, New York, NY 10029, USA
Mayo Clin Proc 82:951-7. 2007..After 6 months of statin use, no significant change in saturated fat intake was noted... - Predictors of adherence to statins for primary preventionDevin M Mann
Division of General Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1470 Madison Ave, Box 1087, New York, NY 10029, USA
Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 21:311-6. 2007..This prospective study was designed to identify potentially modifiable patient factors including medication, disease, and diet beliefs related to statin adherence... - The Trial Using Motivational Interviewing and Positive Affect and Self-Affirmation in African-Americans with Hypertension (TRIUMPH): From theory to clinical trial implementationCarla Boutin-Foster
Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Medicine, USA Electronic address
Contemp Clin Trials 35:8-14. 2013..Lessons learned through interactions with our community partners reinforce the value of community engagement in research... - A program in contemplative self-healing: stress, allostasis, and learning in the Indo-Tibetan traditionJoseph Loizzo
Weill Cornell Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Columbia University Center for Buddhist Studies, New York, New York, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1172:123-47. 2009.... - Medical comorbidity and late life depression: what is known and what are the unmet needs?Mary Charlson
Division of General Internal Medicine and The Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA
Biol Psychiatry 52:226-35. 2002..From a methodological perspective, new studies will need to control for comorbid disease, as many previous studies suggesting depression as a risk factor for mortality in cardiovascular patients have not consistently done so... - Multiple health-risk behavior in a chronic disease population: what behaviors do people choose to change?John P Allegrante
Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Prev Med 46:247-51. 2008..To determine what health behaviors patients choose to change in response to medical advice when they are given the potential net-present value (reduction in biological age) of modifying a behavior... - Predictors of postoperative complications in the patient with diabetes mellitusLaurent S Tao
The New York Hospital, New York, NY, USA
J Diabetes Complications 22:24-8. 2008..In this study, we attempted to identify predictors of postoperative cardiac and noncardiac complications in diabetic patients undergoing elective general surgery... - Patient-reported and physician-reported depressive conditions in relation to asthma severity and controlCarol A Mancuso
Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East Seventieth St, New York, NY 10021, USA
Chest 133:1142-8. 2008..Our objectives were to identify associations between patient- and physician-reported depressive conditions and asthma severity and control... - Psychological and somatic symptoms in screening for depression in asthma patientsCarol A Mancuso
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
J Asthma 45:221-5. 2008..Thus, more patients had a positive CESD-SF screen, which was attributable mostly to a somatic sleep symptom that overlaps with asthma symptoms, and the GDS was more consistent with physicians' reports of depressive disorders... - Measuring physical activity in asthma patients: two-minute walk test, repeated chair rise test, and self-reported energy expenditureCarol A Mancuso
Joan and Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
J Asthma 44:333-40. 2007..38. Performance-based and self-reported measures provide information about various aspects of exercise capacity and can be used during routine clinical practice to assess physical activity in asthma patients... - Beliefs about asthma medications: patients perceive both benefits and drawbacksTiffany N Choi
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
J Asthma 45:409-14. 2008..9 +/- 1.3 vs 0.9 +/- 0.9; p = .02). Providers should be aware of patients' beliefs about medications in order to reinforce perceived benefits and address perceived drawbacks... - Do recent life events and social support explain gender differences in depressive symptoms in patients who had percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty?Carla Boutin-Foster
Weil Medical College, Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, Room F1421, Box 46, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:114-23. 2007..The objective of this study was to determine if this disparity was explained by gender differences in stressful life events and in perceived social support... - Ascribing meaning to hypertension: a qualitative study among African Americans with uncontrolled hypertensionCarla Boutin-Foster
Weill Medical College, New York, New York, USA
Ethn Dis 17:29-34. 2007..The objective was to elicit patients' perceptions regarding the meaning of hypertension and to identify the personal, social, and environmental factors that might influence their perceptions... - New postoperative depressive symptoms and long-term cardiac outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgeryJaney C Peterson
Department of Medicine, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 10:192-8. 2002..In this small sample of patients, increased depressive symptoms at 6 months after surgery appear to be associated with the occurrence of subsequent major cardiac morbidity/ mortality... - Racial differences in social network experience and perceptions of benefit of arthritis treatments among New York City Medicare beneficiaries with self-reported hip and knee painValerie A Blake
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, New York, USA
Arthritis Rheum 47:366-71. 2002..CONCLUSION: Blacks know fewer people who have had surgical treatment of hip and knee pain than whites and appear to be less likely to perceive that such treatment is beneficial... - Improving health behaviors and outcomes after angioplasty: using economic theory to inform interventionMary E Charlson
Division of General Internal Medicine, Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
Health Educ Res 17:606-18. 2002..We hope to demonstrate that economic theory is a plausible perspective from which to design interventions aimed at communicating risk and facilitating change in health behaviors... - The neutropenic diet: what's the evidence?Karen Moody
Hospital and Medical Center, New York University, New York, NY, USA
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 24:717-21. 2002..More research about the neutropenic diet is needed to establish its effectiveness in clinical practice... - Assessment of decline in health-related quality of life among angina-free patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgeryPaul A Pirraglia
General Medicine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA
Cardiology 99:115-20. 2003..Given the substantial risk of decreased physical functioning, employing interventions to maintain HRQOL in this population should be considered... - Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance consensus statement on the unmet needs in diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders in late lifeDennis S Charney
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:664-72. 2003.... - Development and evaluation of a medication adherence self-efficacy scale in hypertensive African-American patientsGbenga Ogedegbe
Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, Box 46, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 56:520-9. 2003..5, kappa >0.4, and clinical relevance of individual items. Clinicians and researchers can use this scale to identify situations in which patients have low self-efficacy in adhering to prescribed medications... - Adverse work outcomes and events attributed to asthmaCarol A Mancuso
Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
Am J Ind Med 44:236-45. 2003..The objectives of this study were to assess the impact of asthma on work function, workplace events, and career... - The Cornell Psychiatric Screen: a brief psychiatric scale for hospitalized medical patientsCarla Boutin-Foster
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
Psychosomatics 44:382-7. 2003..On the basis of preliminary validation, the Cornell Psychiatric Screen appears to be a useful tool for identifying patients who require a psychiatric evaluation... - Patients' expectations of asthma treatmentCarol A Mancuso
Joan and Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
J Asthma 40:873-81. 2003..These findings indicate that clinicians can intervene in diverse areas to foster realistic expectations of treatment outcomes among asthma patients... - Prospective study of new participants in a community-based mind-body training programSung W Lee
Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:760-5. 2004..Mind-body practices such as yoga are widely popular, but little is known about how such exercises impact health-related quality of life... - The development and validation of a screening instrument to identify hospitalized medical patients in need of early functional rehabilitation assessmentCarla Boutin Foster
Division of General Internal Medicine, Joan and Sanford I Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
Qual Life Res 13:1099-108. 2004..05). In summary, this scale provides a mechanism for targeting patients for early PT and OT assessment and provides a basis for testing the effectiveness of early PT and OT interventions... - How do cancer patients choose their coping strategies? A qualitative studyLilli B Link
Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, 630 W 168th Street, Box 43, New York, NY 10032, USA
Patient Educ Couns 58:96-103. 2005 - Social Work Admission Assessment Tool for identifying patients in need of comprehensive social work evaluationCarla Boutin-Foster
Division of General Internal Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
Health Soc Work 30:117-25. 2005..0001). The SWAAT is a comprehensive needs assessment tool that may facilitate discharge planning and improve quality of care... - Barriers and facilitators to healthy physical activity in asthma patientsCarol A Mancuso
Joan and Stanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
J Asthma 43:137-43. 2006..Developing interventions to foster prudent lifestyle activities and exercise among asthma patients should be a priority to decrease long-term health risks... - An RCT of the effect of motivational interviewing on medication adherence in hypertensive African Americans: rationale and designGbenga Ogedegbe
Columbia University Medical Center, United States
Contemp Clin Trials 28:169-81. 2007.... - A comparison of self-reported hip symptomatology in hip replacement patients and a population-based sample of medicare beneficiariesMargaret G E Peterson
Research Division, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY 10021, USA
Med Sci Monit 10:CR275-81. 2004..The objective was to compare the severity of hip symptoms between a population-based sample of community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries and a hospital-based sample of patients undergoing total hip replacement surgery... - Is there a role for decision aids in cancer-related decisions?Heather B Neuman
Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, United States
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 62:240-50. 2007..Some studies suggest less decisional conflict and improved satisfaction with decision-making as a result. Whether use of a decision aid impacts the actual decisions made by patients, however, is less evident...
Research Grants
- Complementary and Integrative Medicine Training ProgramMary Charlson; Fiscal Year: 2007..The overall goal of our post-doctoral program is to develop physician-scientist experts in research methodology, who will go on to conduct their own CAM research. ..
- Cornell Training Program in Health Services ResearchMary Charlson; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- IMPROVING HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND OUTCOMES AFTER ANGIOPLASTYMary Charlson; Fiscal Year: 2002..abstract_text> ..