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Medication adherence: a call for actionHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC, USA
Am Heart J 162:412-24. 2011..We then summarize proven effective approaches and conclude with a discussion of recommendations to address this growing and significant public health issue of medication nonadherence...
The impact of religious practice and religious coping on geriatric depressionHayden B Bosworth
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:905-14. 2003..We set out to determine the relationship of religiousness with depression outcome after considering clinical factors...
The implementation of a translational study involving a primary care based behavioral program to improve blood pressure control: The HTN-IMPROVE study protocol (01295)Hayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham NC, USA
Implement Sci 5:54. 2010..Despite the impact of hypertension and widely accepted target values for blood pressure (BP), interventions to improve BP control have had limited success...- Use of psychiatric and medical health care by veterans with severe mental illnessHayden B Bosworth
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, North Carolina 27705, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:708-10. 2004..These results highlight that veterans with severe mental illness receive more treatment in medical than psychiatric health clinics... - Two self-management interventions to improve hypertension control: a randomized trialHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Center for Aging and Human Development, Duke Hypertension Center, and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27703, USA
Ann Intern Med 151:687-95. 2009..Fewer than 40% of persons with hypertension in the United States have adequate blood pressure (BP) control... - Racial differences in blood pressure control: potential explanatory factorsHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 152, Durham, NC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:692-8. 2008..The objective of the study was to identify potential explanatory factors for racial differences in blood pressure (BP) control... - Hypertension Intervention Nurse Telemedicine Study (HINTS): testing a multifactorial tailored behavioral/educational and a medication management intervention for blood pressure controlHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am Heart J 153:918-24. 2007..Only 31% of Americans with hypertension have their blood pressure (BP) under effective control. We describe a study that tests 3 different interventions in a randomized controlled trial using home BP telemedicine monitoring... - Home blood pressure management and improved blood pressure control: results from a randomized controlled trialHayden B Bosworth
Health Services Research and Development, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Arch Intern Med 171:1173-80. 2011..To determine which of 3 interventions was most effective in improving blood pressure (BP) control, we performed a 4-arm randomized trial with 18-month follow-up at the primary care clinics at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center... - Project LIFE--Learning to Improve Fitness and Function in Elders: methods, design, and baseline characteristics of randomized trialMiriam C Morey
Durham Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center VAMC, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 45:31-42. 2008..A total of 400 veterans, aged 70 to 92, have enrolled and are currently receiving multicomponent physical activity counseling or usual care... - The Take Control of Your Blood pressure (TCYB) study: study design and methodologyHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham NC 27703, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 28:33-47. 2007..Despite the damaging impact of hypertension and the availability of evidence-based target values for blood pressure, interventions to improve blood pressure control have had limited success... - Perceived racial/ethnic bias in healthcare in Durham County, North Carolina: a comparison of community and national samplesJoelle Y Friedman
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA
N C Med J 66:267-75. 2005..We sought to compare findings of a national survey of perceptions of racial/ethnic discrimination in healthcare to those of a community survey, with emphasis on the perceptions of Latinos... - Hypertension Improvement Project (HIP) Latino: results of a pilot study of lifestyle intervention for lowering blood pressure in Latino adultsMaria Del Pilar Rocha-Goldberg
El Centro Hispano, Durham, NC, USA
Ethn Health 15:269-82. 2010..To assess the feasibility of a culturally tailored behavioral intervention for improving hypertension-related health behaviors in Hispanic/Latino adults... - Knowledge and risks of human immunodeficiency virus transmission among veterans with severe mental illnessJennifer L Strauss
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Mil Med 171:325-30. 2006..There is a need for more effective HIV prevention interventions for persons with SMI... - Telephone-based self-management of osteoarthritis: A randomized trialKelli D Allen
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Ann Intern Med 153:570-9. 2010..Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of pain and disability, and self-management behaviors for osteoarthritis are underutilized... - Lifetime sexual and physical victimization among male veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorderKathleen G Lapp
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Mil Med 170:787-90. 2005..Determining the lifetime history of trauma exposure may have implications for vulnerability to subsequent development of PTSD and the risk of future violence... - Interpersonal trauma, war zone exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans with schizophreniaPatrick S Calhoun
VA Mid Atlantic Region Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center 116B, 508 Fulton Street, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Schizophr Res 91:210-6. 2007..Results suggest that PTSD is highly prevalent and under-diagnosed among veterans with schizophrenia. Increased assessment of trauma and PTSD in this population is warranted... - A model of psychosocial and cultural antecedents of blood pressure controlHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC 27705, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 94:236-48. 2002..These interventions will require the involvement of clinicians and consideration of sociocultural factors to be successful... - Improving blood pressure control by tailored feedback to patients and cliniciansHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Am Heart J 149:795-803. 2005 - Intentional and unintentional nonadherence to antihypertensive medicationKathryn P Lowry
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Ann Pharmacother 39:1198-203. 2005..Furthermore, different interventions may be necessary to improve adherence in unintentionally and intentionally nonadherent patients... - Racial differences in blood pressure control: potential explanatory factorsHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am J Med 119:70.e9-15. 2006..We explored antihypertensive medication adherence and other factors that may explain racial differences in blood pressure control... - "Are you at peace?": one item to probe spiritual concerns at the end of lifeKaren E Steinhauser
Centers for Palliative Care, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, School of Nursing, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:101-5. 2006..A practical, evidence-based approach to discussing spiritual concerns in a scope suitable to a physician-patient relationship may improve the quality of the clinical encounter... - Economic evaluation of home blood pressure monitoring with or without telephonic behavioral self-management in patients with hypertensionShelby D Reed
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Am J Hypertens 23:142-8. 2010..The combined intervention led to a significant reduction in systolic blood pressure compared with usual care alone. We examined direct and patient time costs associated with each intervention... - Medication barriers and anti-hypertensive medication adherence: the moderating role of locus of controlTantina B Hong
Center for Health Sciences Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medial Center, North Carolina 27705, USA
Psychol Health Med 11:20-8. 2006..Future efforts to improve medication adherence should consider the patient's perceived level of medication barriers in conjunction with their locus of control... - Executive function deficits in acute strokeSandra Zinn
Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:173-80. 2007..To establish the frequency of executive dysfunction during acute hospitalization for stroke and to examine the relationship of that dysfunction to stroke severity and premorbid characteristics... - Does participatory decision making improve hypertension self-care behaviors and outcomes?Alex H Cho
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Vetterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 9:330-6. 2007..No relationship between PDM score and blood pressure control was observed... - Patient characteristics associated with receipt of lifestyle behavior adviceLeonor Corsino
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, USA
N C Med J 70:391-8. 2009..However the amount of lifestyle advice provided by clinicians has been declining over the last decade... - The Self-Management of OsteoArthritis in Veterans (SeMOA) Study: design and methodologyKelli D Allen
Health Services Research and Development Service, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705P, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 29:596-607. 2008..There is a need to implement effective self-management programs among the growing number of adults with OA... - Feasibility of blood pressure telemonitoring in patients with poor blood pressure controlFelicia McCant
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Duke University, Durham, NC 27703, USA
J Telemed Telecare 15:281-5. 2009..47%, P = 0.002) than those generating 2 or fewer alerts. Despite the potential for improving health care using home BP telemonitoring, certain patients will require more support to use the equipment successfully... - The effect of a hypertension self-management intervention on diabetes and cholesterol controlBenjamin J Powers
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am J Med 122:639-46. 2009..We evaluated the effect of a tailored hypertension self-management intervention on the unintended targets of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)... - The Veterans Learning to Improve Fitness and Function in Elders Study: a randomized trial of primary care-based physical activity counseling for older menMiriam C Morey
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1166-74. 2009..To determine the effects of primary care-based, multicomponent physical activity counseling (PAC) promoting physical activity (PA) guidelines on gait speed and related measures of PA and function in older veterans... - Racial differences in hypertension knowledge: effects of differential item functioningBrian J Ayotte
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, VA Medical Center 152, 508 Fulton St Durham, NC 27705, USA
Ethn Dis 19:23-7. 2009..These results are discussed in the context of the need for careful measurement of health-related constructs, and how measurement-related issues can result in an inaccurate estimation of racial differences in hypertension knowledge... - Patient education and provider decision support to control blood pressure in primary care: a cluster randomized trialHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, NC 27705, USA
Am Heart J 157:450-6. 2009..Less than one third of the 65 million Americans with hypertension have adequate blood pressure (BP) control. This study examined the effectiveness of 2 interventions for improving patient BP control... - Study protocol: Couples Partnering for Lipid Enhancing Strategies (CouPLES) - a randomized, controlled trialCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Trials 10:10. 2009.... - Literacy and blood pressure--do healthcare systems influence this relationship? A cross-sectional studyBenjamin J Powers
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham NC, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 8:219. 2008..We sought to determine the association between literacy and blood pressure in primary care patients with hypertension and to determine if this relationship was consistent across distinct systems of healthcare delivery... - Can this patient read and understand written health information?Benjamin J Powers
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705, USA
JAMA 304:76-84. 2010..Patients with limited literacy are at higher risk for poor health outcomes; however, physicians' perceptions are inaccurate for identifying these patients... - The association of emotional well-being and marital status with treatment adherence among patients with hypertensionRanak B Trivedi
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 2424 Erwin Rd, Hock Plaza Ste 1105, P O Box 2720, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Behav Med 31:489-97. 2008..34, p < .0001). Neither MCS scores nor being married were related to BP levels in adjusted analyses. Results emphasize the importance of assessing psychosocial factors to optimize hypertension treatment... - Economic analysis of a tailored behavioral intervention to improve blood pressure control for primary care patientsSantanu K Datta
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am Heart J 160:257-63. 2010..We report on the economic analysis of a nurse-administered intervention designed to improve blood pressure control among hypertensive veterans... - Patient self-management support: novel strategies in hypertension and heart diseaseHayden B Bosworth
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC 27701, USA
Cardiol Clin 28:655-63. 2010.... - Individual progress toward self-selected goals among older adults enrolled in a physical activity counseling interventionKatherine S Hall
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC
J Aging Phys Act 18:439-50. 2010..30, p < .05). Our results demonstrate that this physical activity counseling intervention had a positive impact on self-selected goals over the course of the intervention... - Strategies for analyzing multilevel cluster-randomized studies with binary outcomes collected at varying intervals of timeMaren K Olsen
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC, USA
Stat Med 27:6055-71. 2008..When analyzing data from this type of design, we recommend using either adaptive quadrature or Bayesian methods to fit a multilevel generalized linear mixed model including all available measurements... - Subjective and objective evaluations of health among middle-aged and older veterans with hypertensionTantina B Hong
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center, Building 16, Room 70, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Aging Health 17:592-608. 2005..The congruence between self-rated health and objective health was examined for associations with health factors related to hypertension (health behaviors, medication barriers, and perceived blood-pressure control)... - Subcortical white matter lesions and functional impairment in geriatric depressionDavid C Steffens
Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Depress Anxiety 15:23-8. 2002..We concluded that white matter lesions are independently associated with functional impairment. Further studies are needed to understand how these lesions affect function, e.g., through effects on cognition or motor skills... - The effect of poststroke cognitive impairment on rehabilitation process and functional outcomeSandra Zinn
Rehabilitation Research and Development, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 151, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85:1084-90. 2004..To determine whether cognitive impairment affects access to, or quality of, rehabilitation services, and to examine the effects of functional outcomes in stroke patients... - Patient risk perceptions for carotid endarterectomy: which patients are strongly averse to surgery?Hayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC 27705, USA
J Vasc Surg 40:86-91. 2004..Patient risk perception for surgery may be central to their willingness to undergo surgery. This study examined potential factors associated with patient aversion of surgery... - Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use among patients with GI bleedingKelli L Dominick
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Affairs Medical Center VAMC, Durham, NC 27705 3897, USA
Ann Pharmacother 38:1159-64. 2004.... - Racial differences in hepatitis B and hepatitis C and associated risk behaviors in veterans with severe mental illnessMarian I Butterfield
Health Services Research and Development, Durham VAMC, NC 27705, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 96:43-52. 2004..African-American veterans have significantly higher rates of HBV than do Caucasian veterans, which persist after controlling for prominent risk behaviors... - The Veterans Affairs Learners' Perceptions Survey: the foundation for educational quality improvementSheri A Keitz
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Acad Med 78:910-7. 2003..This study sought to establish a yearly quality indicator to identify and follow strengths and opportunities for improvement in VA clinical training programs... - Performance of recently detoxified patients with alcoholism on a neuropsychological screening testSandra Zinn
Health Services Research and Development, Building 16, Room 55, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 152, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Addict Behav 28:837-49. 2003..Cognitive impairment in a sample of newly detoxified inpatients with alcoholism was examined using the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (NCSE)... - Gender differences in hepatitis C infection and risks among persons with severe mental illnessMarian I Butterfield
Health Services Research and Development Service (152, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:848-53. 2003..CONCLUSION:S: Gender differences in the lifetime rates of drug risks explain the higher rates of hepatitis C infection among men with severe mental illness... - Initial assessment of a new instrument to measure quality of life at the end of lifeKaren E Steinhauser
Program on the Medical Encounter and Palliative Care, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
J Palliat Med 5:829-41. 2002..We conducted this study to pilot a new multidimensional instrument to assess the quality of life at the end of life... - Effects of race and poverty on the process and outcome of inpatient rehabilitation services among stroke patientsRonnie D Horner
Epidemiologic Research and Information Center, Durham, NC, USA
Stroke 34:1027-31. 2003..This report examines, within an equal-access healthcare system, racial differences in time to initiation of stroke rehabilitation services and in the trajectory of physical function recovery... - Medical service utilization by veterans seeking help for posttraumatic stress disorderPatrick S Calhoun
Health Services Research 152, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:2081-6. 2002..This study compared the health service use of veterans with PTSD to that of help-seeking veterans without PTSD. The relationship between severity of PTSD and service utilization was also examined... - Outpatient care use among female veterans: differences between mental health and non-mental health usersCatherine A Forneris
Health Services Research and Development, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Mil Med 167:10-3. 2002..We conclude that a history of somatoform symptoms might increase rates of health service use despite treatment for mental problems... - Relationship between obesity and health-related quality of life in menWilliam S Yancy
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Obes Res 10:1057-64. 2002..Furthermore, most studies have not adequately considered comorbid illness. The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and HRQOL in male outpatients while considering comorbid illness... - Time-to-remission from geriatric depression: psychosocial and clinical factorsHayden B Bosworth
Health Services Research and Development, Building 16, Room 70, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 152, 508 Fulton Street, Durham NC 27705, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 10:551-9. 2002..The authors examined psychosocial and clinical predictors of time-to-remission in a sample of initially clinically depressed elderly patients... - Caregiver burden and psychological distress in partners of veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorderPatrick S Calhoun
Health Services Research, VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
J Trauma Stress 15:205-12. 2002..Caregiver burden was strongly related to spouse psychological adjustment... - A tailored intervention to aid decision-making about hormone replacement therapyColleen M McBride
The Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710-2949, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1112-4. 2002 - Racial differences in analgesic/anti-inflammatory medication use and perceptions of efficacyKelli L Dominick
Health Services Research and Development Service, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 152, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 96:928-32. 2004..The purpose of this study was to compare perceptions of efficacy of pain medications among African-American and Caucasian veterans with OA... - Racial/ethnic variations in non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use among patients with osteoarthritisKelli L Dominick
Health Services Research and Development Service, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 13:683-94. 2004..While there are documented racial differences in the use of opioid analgesics, little is known about racial differences in the use of NSAIDs... - Behavioral medicine and agingIlene C Siegler
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 70:843-51. 2002..Also discussed are potential problems in age-related research, ways to improve the knowledge base in behavioral medicine and aging, and thoughts about future challenges to enhance work in behavioral medicine and aging... - Racial differences in analgesic/anti-inflammatory medication adherence among patients with osteoarthritisKelli L Dominick
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC 27705, USA
Ethn Dis 15:116-22. 2005..This study examined the prevalence of self-reported adherence to medications for osteoarthritis (OA) and racial differences in adherence... - Initiation and discontinuation of hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms: results from a community sampleHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Behav Med 28:105-14. 2005..These findings highlight the importance of physicians discussing HT with their patients, particularly because of recent clinical trial developments... - Biological and social predictors of long-term geriatric depression outcomeDavid C Steffens
Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3903, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Int Psychogeriatr 17:41-56. 2005..We hypothesized that both presence of vascular brain lesions seen on baseline magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and lower baseline social support measures would be related to worse depression outcome... - Who trusts healthcare institutions? Results from a community-based sampleCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC 27705, USA
Ethn Dis 15:97-103. 2005..The goal of this research was to examine racial differences in trust in various healthcare institutions... - Social support and locus of control as predictors of adherence to antidepressant medication in an elderly populationCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, and Health Services Research and Development, Building 16, Room 70, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 152, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:157-65. 2005..The authors examined whether social support and locus of control (LOC), either individually or jointly, would be associated with subsequent self-reported medication adherence and treatment barriers in a sample of depressed elderly patients... - The associations of patient demographic characteristics and health information recall: the mediating role of health literacyBrian J Ayotte
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 16:419-32. 2009..024), CFI = 1.00. The results suggest that health literacy might be one of the mechanisms underlying the relationships between participant demographic characteristics and poor health outcomes due to inaccurate recall of instructions... - Project LIFE: a partnership to increase physical activity in elders with multiple chronic illnessesMiriam C Morey
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
J Aging Phys Act 14:324-43. 2006..The intervention was well received by practitioners and patients. We conclude that partnering primary-care providers with specialized exercise counselors for age- and health-appropriate physical activity counseling is effective... - Quality of life in patients with Barrett's esophagus undergoing surveillanceDeborah Fisher
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Institute for Clinical and Epidemiological Research, North Carolina, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 97:2193-200. 2002..Quality of life using the utility measure was reduced. The utility measure did not correlate with the disease-specific instrument, suggesting that the concerns of patients undergoing surveillance are distinct from their reflux symptoms... - Religiosity/spirituality and pain in patients with sickle cell diseaseM Ojinga Harrison
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 193:250-7. 2005.... - Physician-diagnosed depression as a correlate of hospitalizations in patients receiving long-term hemodialysisS Susan Hedayati
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 46:642-9. 2005..We investigated whether a physician diagnosis of depression increases the risk for hospitalization or death in patients with ESRD receiving long-term hemodialysis (HD), independent of medical comorbidities... - Psychosocial and clinical predictors of unipolar depression outcome in older adultsHayden B Bosworth
Health Services Research and Development, Building 16 Rm 70, Durham VAMC, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:238-46. 2002..This study examined psychosocial and clinical predictors of depression non-remittance among a sample of initially clinically depressed elders... - Terminal change in cognitive function: an updated review of longitudinal studiesHayden B Bosworth
Health Services Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Exp Aging Res 28:299-315. 2002.... - Nurse administered telephone intervention for blood pressure control: a patient-tailored multifactorial interventionHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 152, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Patient Educ Couns 57:5-14. 2005..A randomized controlled trial involving a nurse administered patient-tailored intervention is being conducted to improve blood pressure (BP) control... - Perceived discrimination and reported delay of pharmacy prescriptions and medical testsCourtney Harold Van Houtven
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:578-83. 2005..Access to health care varies according to a person's race and ethnicity. Delaying treatment is one measure of access with important health consequences... - Five-year trajectories of social networks and social support in older adults with major depressionCorrine I Voils
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, North Carolina 27705, USA
Int Psychogeriatr 19:1110-24. 2007..This may not hold true for older adults with depression. We examined baseline status and trajectories of social networks and social support at the group and individual levels over five years... - Racial differences in health concernCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 98:36-42. 2006..Interventions to inform blacks and Latinos about their health risks must strike a balance between creating enough health concern to encourage health behavior but not so much that it interferes with health-promoting behaviors... - Coping styles and personality domains related to menopausal stressHayden B Bosworth
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Womens Health Issues 13:32-8. 2003.... - The effects of antidepressant medication adherence as well as psychosocial and clinical factors on depression outcome among older adultsHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, NC 27705, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 23:129-34. 2008..To examine the contribution of medication adherence to 12-month depression scores in the context of other psychosocial and clinical predictors of depression in a sample of older adults treated for depression... - Take Control of Your Blood Pressure (TCYB) study: a multifactorial tailored behavioral and educational intervention for achieving blood pressure controlHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, United States
Patient Educ Couns 70:338-47. 2008..Evaluating a randomized controlled trial involving a tailored behavioral intervention conducted to improve blood pressure control... - Clinician awareness of adherence to hypertension guidelinesMichael A Steinman
Division of Geriatrics, San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco 94121, USA
Am J Med 117:747-54. 2004..We compared clinicians' beliefs about their adherence to hypertension guidelines with data on their actual performance... - Patterns of opioid analgesic prescription among patients with osteoarthritisKelli L Dominick
Health Services Research and Development Service, Epidemiologic Research and Information Center, Durham VA Medical Center 152, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother 18:31-46. 2004..Additional research is needed to examine reasons for racial differences in opioid prescribing, as well as the prescription of these medications at fairly low doses... - Revisiting literacy and adherence: future clinical and research directionsBenjamin J Powers
J Gen Intern Med 21:1341-2. 2006 - Racial differences in health care utilization among patients with osteoarthritisKelli L Dominick
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC 152, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Rheumatol 30:2201-6. 2003..Research has identified racial variations in certain aspects of osteoarthritis (OA) related medical care. We compared health services utilization between African American and white veteran outpatients with OA... - The importance of spirituality/religion and health-related quality of life among individuals with HIV/AIDSHayden B Bosworth
J Gen Intern Med 21:S3-4. 2006 - The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on quality of life and health service utilization among veterans who have schizophreniaPatrick S Calhoun
VA Mid Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, USA
J Trauma Stress 19:393-7. 2006..Veterans who have schizophrenia should be screened carefully for exposure to trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder... - For the patient. Do patients use prescribed medicine for osteoarthritis?Kelli L Dominick
Ethn Dis 15:152. 2005 - Comparison of three comorbidity measures for predicting health service use in patients with osteoarthritisKelli L Dominick
Durham VAMC, Duke University Medical Center, NC 27705, USA
Arthritis Rheum 53:666-72. 2005..To compare the ability of 3 database-derived comorbidity scores, the Charlson Score, Elixhauser method, and RxRisk-V, in predicting health service use among individuals with osteoarthritis (OA)...
Research Grants
- Take Control of Your Blood Pressure (TCYB) StudyHayden Bosworth; Fiscal Year: 2003..Based upon preliminary data, this study is expected to improve patients' management of their hypertension, decrease health are utilization and subsequentlv improve BP control. ..
- Take Control of Your Blood Pressure (TCYB) StudyHayden Bosworth; Fiscal Year: 2007..Based upon preliminary data, this study is expected to improve patients' management of their hypertension, decrease health care utilization and subsequently improve BP control. ..