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Development of the NIH PROMIS ® Sexual Function and Satisfaction measures in patients with cancerKathryn E Flynn
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Sex Med 10:43-52. 2013..We describe the development and validation of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System(®) Sexual Function and Satisfaction (PROMIS(®) SexFS; National Institutes of Health) measures, version 1.0, for cancer populations...
Patient experiences with communication about sex during and after treatment for cancerKathryn E Flynn
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27715, USA
Psychooncology 21:594-601. 2012..We studied patients' experiences with oncology providers regarding communication about sexual issues during and after treatment for cancer...- Sleep-wake functioning along the cancer continuum: focus group results from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS(®))Kathryn E Flynn
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27715, USA
Psychooncology 19:1086-93. 2010..As part of an effort to improve measurement of sleep-wake functioning, we explored the scope of difficulties with sleep in a diverse group of patients diagnosed with cancer... - Outcomes, health policy, and managed care: relationships between patient-reported outcome measures and clinical measures in outpatients with heart failureKathryn E Flynn
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27715, USA
Am Heart J 158:S64-71. 2009..We examined associations between patient-reported measures of health-related quality of life and clinical indicators of disease severity in a large, heterogeneous sample of patients with heart failure... - Effects of exercise training on health status in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomized controlled trialKathryn E Flynn
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27715, USA
JAMA 301:1451-9. 2009..Findings from previous studies of the effects of exercise training on patient-reported health status have been inconsistent... - Using item banks to construct measures of patient reported outcomes in clinical trials: investigator perceptionsKathryn E Flynn
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27715, USA
Clin Trials 5:575-86. 2008.... - Relationships between changes in patient-reported health status and functional capacity in outpatients with heart failureKathryn E Flynn
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
Am Heart J 163:88-94.e3. 2012..Lack of formal assessments of the relationships between changes in multiple aspects of patient-reported health status and measures of functional capacity over time limits the ability to compare results across studies... - Personality and health care decision-making styleKathryn E Flynn
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 62:P261-7. 2007..A better understanding of how personality traits relate to patient decision-making styles may help clinicians tailor treatment discussions to the needs and preferences of individual patients... - When do older adults turn to the internet for health information? Findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal StudyKathryn E Flynn
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27715, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:1295-301. 2006..However, little is known about which older adults seek health information on the internet or when... - A typology of preferences for participation in healthcare decision makingKathryn E Flynn
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Soc Sci Med 63:1158-69. 2006.... - Sexual functioning along the cancer continuum: focus group results from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®)Kathryn E Flynn
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27715, USA
Psychooncology 20:378-86. 2011..As part of an effort to improve measurement of self-reported sexual functioning, we explored the scope and importance of sexual functioning and intimacy to patients across cancer sites and along the continuum of care... - Using cognitive interviews to evaluate items for measuring sexual functioning across cancer populations: improvements and remaining challengesAlice K Fortune-Greeley
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715, USA
Qual Life Res 18:1085-93. 2009..We describe how cognitive interviews improved the quality of the items and discuss remaining challenges to assessing sexual functioning in research with cancer populations... - Efficacy and safety of exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomized controlled trialCHRISTOPHER M O'CONNOR
Duke Clinical Research Institute, PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715, USA
JAMA 301:1439-50. 2009..Guidelines recommend that exercise training be considered for medically stable outpatients with heart failure. Previous studies have not had adequate statistical power to measure the effects of exercise training on clinical outcomes... - Myocardial perfusion, function, and dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure: baseline results from the single-photon emission computed tomography imaging ancillary study of the Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TrAllen E Atchley
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am Heart J 158:S53-63. 2009..This article addresses the Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION) gated SPECT imaging (gSPECT) substudy baseline results... - N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and exercise capacity in chronic heart failure: data from the Heart Failure and a Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) studyG Michael Felker
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am Heart J 158:S37-44. 2009..To examine the relationship between N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and exercise capacity in a large contemporary cohort of patients with chronic heart failure... - National survey of hospital strategies to reduce heart failure readmissions: findings from the Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure registryRobb D Kociol
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
Circ Heart Fail 5:680-7. 2012..Reducing 30-day heart failure readmission rates is a national priority. Yet, little is known about how hospitals address the problem and whether hospital-based processes of care are associated with reductions in readmission rates... - Using central IRBs for multicenter clinical trials in the United StatesKathryn E Flynn
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
PLoS ONE 8:e54999. 2013..The ultimate goal is to increase the nation's capacity to efficiently conduct the large number of high-quality trials... 
Standardizing patient-reported outcomes assessment in cancer clinical trials: a patient-reported outcomes measurement information system initiativeSofia F Garcia
Center on Outcomes, Research and Education, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Institute for Healthcare Studies, and Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60201, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:5106-12. 2007..We also present our work in the fatigue domain, including a short-form measure, as a sample of PROMIS methodology and work to date. Plans for future validation and application of PROMIS measures are discussed...- From physician to consumer: the effectiveness of strategies to manage health care utilizationKathryn E Flynn
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Med Care Res Rev 59:455-81. 2002..If patients become the new locus of decision making in health care, provider-focused mechanisms to influence physician behavior will not disappear but are likely to decline in importance...