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| Joshua M ThorpeSummaryAffiliation: Duke University Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Effects of sex, age, and visits on receipt of preventive healthcare services: a secondary analysis of national dataAnthony J Viera
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 6:15. 2006..Sex and age may exert a combined influence on receipt of preventive services with differences due to number of ambulatory care visits...
Psychological distress as a barrier to preventive care in community-dwelling elderly in the United StatesJoshua M Thorpe
Department of Pharmaceutical Policy and Evaluative Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy, USA
Med Care 44:187-91. 2006..This analysis aimed to measure the association between psychologic distress and adherence to United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)-recommended preventive-care services among older adults in the United States...
Caregiver psychological distress as a barrier to influenza vaccination among community-dwelling elderly with dementiaJoshua M Thorpe
Duke University School of Nursing, Trent Drive, DUMC 3322, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Med Care 44:713-21. 2006..A secondary aim was to determine whether psychologic distress mediates the relationship between other predisposing, enabling, and medical need variables and vaccination...
Difficulties experienced by the ostomate after hospital dischargeLeanne Richbourg
Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC, USA
J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs 34:70-9. 2007..This descriptive study used a mailed survey to identify difficulties related to the stoma that ostomates experience after discharge from the hospital, who they sought help from, and if the advice was perceived as helpful...
Community-based service use by elders with dementia and their caregivers: a latent class analysisAnna S Beeber
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Nurs Res 57:312-21. 2008..However, the research on factors that may explain CBSS use has been focused on individual characteristics, and how the care recipient and caregiver as a pair influence CBSS use has not been accounted for...
Trends in emergency department antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infectionsJoshua M Thorpe
Division of Pharmaceutical Policy and Evaluative Sciences, School of Pharmacy, CB 7360, University of North Carolina, Beard Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7360, USA
Ann Pharmacother 38:928-35. 2004..With an estimated 26 million antibiotics being prescribed annually in the emergency department (ED), the ED represents an important setting for targeting interventions...
