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Patient safety-focused medication therapy management: challenges affecting future implementationRowena J Dolor
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am J Manag Care 18:e238-44. 2012..We sought to describe the variations and challenges of patient recruitment, enrollment, MTM pharmacist visits, and telephone follow-up in a 3-arm randomized trial of MTM interventions conducted at 3 health centers...
Partnership-driven Resources to Improve and Enhance Research (PRIMER): a survey of community-engaged researchers and creation of an online toolkitRowena J Dolor
Duke Clinical Research Institute and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Clin Transl Sci 4:259-65. 2011..Then, existing research resources were evaluated for relevance to multisite research, adaptability to other projects, and source credibility...
Hypertension Improvement Project (HIP): study protocol and implementation challengesRowena J Dolor
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Trials 10:13. 2009..The chronic care model suggests that blood pressure control can be achieved by improving how patients and physicians address patient self-care...- An evaluation of patient self-testing competency of prothrombin time for managing anticoagulation: pre-randomization results of VA Cooperative Study #481--The Home INR Study (THINRS)Rowena J Dolor
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
J Thromb Thrombolysis 30:263-75. 2010..Successful home monitoring of PT with a PST device required adequate levels of cognition and manual dexterity. Training a caregiver modestly increased the proportion of patients who can perform PST... - Institutional review board training for community practices: advice from the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Practice-Based Research Network listservRowena J Dolor
Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 21:345-52. 2008..Ultimately, a discussion by the PBRN researcher with his or her governing Institutional Review Board is recommended for finding acceptable strategies within a PBRN... - Effects of counseling techniques on patients' weight-related attitudes and behaviors in a primary care clinicMary E Cox
Dept of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA
Patient Educ Couns 85:363-8. 2011..Examine primary care physicians' use of counseling techniques when treating overweight and obese patients and the association with mediators of behavior change as well as change in nutrition, exercise, and weight loss attempts... - Predictors of weight loss communication in primary care encountersKathryn I Pollak
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Patient Educ Couns 85:e175-82. 2011..We assessed patient, physician, relationship, and systems predictors of length of weight-loss discussions and whether physicians' used MI techniques... - Can physicians accurately predict which patients will lose weight, improve nutrition and increase physical activity?Kathryn I Pollak
Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Fam Pract 29:553-60. 2012..The relationships between physician outcome expectations and patient motivation and confidence also are assessed... - 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... - Physician empathy and listening: associations with patient satisfaction and autonomyKathryn I Pollak
Cancer Prevention, Detection, and Control Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 24:665-72. 2011..Motivational Interviewing (MI) is used to help patients change their behaviors. We sought to determine if physician use of specific MI techniques increases patient satisfaction with the physician and perceived autonomy... - Hypertension improvement project: randomized trial of quality improvement for physicians and lifestyle modification for patientsLaura P Svetkey
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Hypertension 54:1226-33. 2009..Differences between treatment groups did not persist at 18 months. Combined physician and patient interventions lowers blood pressure; future research should focus on enhancing effectiveness and sustainability of these interventions... - Physician communication techniques and weight loss in adults: Project CHATKathryn I Pollak
Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:321-8. 2010..Physicians are encouraged to counsel overweight and obese patients to lose weight... - Do the five A's work when physicians counsel about weight loss?Stewart C Alexander
Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Fam Med 43:179-84. 2011..An effective and efficient tool for smoking cessation is the Five A's (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange). We studied the effectiveness of the Five A's in weight-loss counseling... - Physician characteristics as predictors of blood pressure control in patients enrolled in the hypertension improvement project (HIP)Leonor Corsino
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 13:106-11. 2011..Given the increasing time demands on physicians, future research should examine how physicians with a busy practice are able to successfully address BP in their patients... - Patient and provider interventions for managing osteoarthritis in primary care: protocols for two randomized controlled trialsKelli D Allen
Health Services Research and Development Service, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 13:60. 2012..Cost effectiveness of the interventions will also be assessed... - 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... - Transitional care after hospitalization for acute stroke or myocardial infarction: a systematic reviewJanet Prvu Bettger
Duke University School of Nursing, Duke Evidence Based Practice Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Ann Intern Med 157:407-16. 2012..Transitional care is a time-limited service to prevent discontinuous care and adverse outcomes, including rehospitalization... - Updated report on comparative effectiveness of ACE inhibitors, ARBs, and direct renin inhibitors for patients with essential hypertension: much more data, little new informationBenjamin J Powers
Durham VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:716-29. 2012..Direct renin inhibitors (DRIs) have since been introduced, and significant new research has been published. We sought to update and expand the 2007 review... - Quality of clinical documentation and anticoagulation control in patients with chronic nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in routine medical careJack Ansell
Department of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Am J Med Qual 22:327-33. 2007..Anticoagulation quality and record documentation were retrospectively assessed in patients with chronic nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (CNVAF) managed in a routine care setting... - Representation of women in randomized clinical trials of cardiovascular disease preventionChiara Melloni
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 3:135-42. 2010.... - Closing the gap: treating hypertension in womenZainab Samad
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27715, USA
Cardiol Rev 16:305-13. 2008..This review will focus on sex-specific factors that contribute to hypertension in women, and current patterns and efficacy of treatment. In addition, we will highlight evidence-based options for antihypertensive treatment in women... - 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... - Influenza vaccination of household contacts of newborns: a hospital-based strategy to increase vaccination ratesEmmanuel B Walter
Duke Clinical Vaccine Unit and Primary Care Research Consortium, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27704, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:1070-3. 2010..7% were vaccinated through the program, as were 25.7% of fathers. A hospital-based program provided opportunities for vaccination of household contacts of newborns, thereby facilitating better adherence to national vaccination guidelines... - Cocooning infants: Tdap immunization for new parents in the pediatric officeEmmanuel B Walter
Primary Care Research Consortium, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Acad Pediatr 9:344-7. 2009..This study assessed the acceptance of Tdap vaccination among parents bringing their newborn to a pediatric office during the first month of life... - A new instrument for measuring anticoagulation-related quality of life: development and preliminary validationGreg Samsa
Department of Biometry and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Wachovia Plaza, Suite 220, 2200 West Main Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 2:22. 2004..We describe the development and preliminary validation of such an instrument - the Duke Anticoagulation Satisfaction Scale (DASS)... - Management of skin abscesses by primary care pediatriciansAlex R Kemper
Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 50:525-8. 2011..A comprehensive training program of skin infections could not only improve abscess management but also decrease barriers related to such care... - Primary care physicians' discussions of weight-related topics with overweight and obese adolescents: results from the Teen CHAT Pilot studyKathryn I Pollak
Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
J Adolesc Health 45:205-7. 2009..When physicians used MI skills, patients increased exercise, lost weight, and reduced screen time. Physicians should use MI techniques to help adolescents change... - Quality of life of patients with otitis media and caregivers: a multicenter studyJeanne Lee
Duke University Medical Center, the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Laryngoscope 116:1798-804. 2006..Physical suffering and caregiver concerns are associated with frequent OM or effusion duration. Hopefully, these results will direct the focus of future outcomes studies...