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A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of CouPLES: a spouse-assisted lifestyle change intervention to improve low-density lipoprotein cholesterolCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Prev Med 56:46-52. 2013..This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of a telephone-delivered, spouse-assisted lifestyle intervention to reduce patient LDL-C...
Initial validation of a self-report measure of the extent of and reasons for medication nonadherenceCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Med Care 50:1013-9. 2012..Each construct is assessed with a different type of psychometric model, which dictates how to establish reliability and validity...- Informing the dosing of interventions in randomized trialsCorrine I Voils
Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 33:1225-30. 2012.... - An organizing framework for informal caregiver interventions: detailing caregiving activities and caregiver and care recipient outcomes to optimize evaluation effortsCourtney Harold Van Houtven
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC, USA
BMC Geriatr 11:77. 2011..In so doing, we characterize what has been measured in the published literature to date and what should be measured in future studies to enable comparisons across interventions and across time... - In or out? Methodological considerations for including and excluding findings from a meta-analysis of predictors of antiretroviral adherence in HIV-positive womenCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Adv Nurs 59:163-77. 2007..This paper is a discussion detailing the decisions concerning whether to include or exclude findings from a meta-analysis of report of quantitative studies of antiretroviral adherence in HIV-positive women... 
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...- 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.... - A Bayesian method for the synthesis of evidence from qualitative and quantitative reports: the example of antiretroviral medication adherenceCorrine Voils
Health Services Research and Development Service, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Health Serv Res Policy 14:226-33. 2009..We developed a method to incorporate both qualitative and quantitative evidence in the likelihood in a Bayesian synthesis of evidence about the relationship between regimen complexity and medication adherence... - Identifying depressed older adults in primary care: a secondary analysis of a multisite randomized controlled trialCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry 10:9-14. 2008..To determine whether a subset of depressive symptoms could be identified to facilitate diagnosis of depression in older adults in primary care... - The trials and tribulations of enrolling couples in a randomized, controlled trial: a self-management program for hyperlipidemia as a modelCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Patient Educ Couns 84:33-40. 2011..However, couples-based interventions present logistical challenges. We describe our experience and lessons learned while recruiting couples into the Couples Partnering for Lipid-Enhancing Strategies (CouPLES) trial... - Combining adjusted and unadjusted findings in mixed research synthesisCorrine I Voils
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Eval Clin Pract 17:429-34. 2011..Yet conducting such mixed research synthesis studies is challenging. Researchers have to determine whether and how to use adjusted and unadjusted quantitative findings in combination with each other and with qualitative findings... - Improving the measurement of self-reported medication nonadherenceCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 64:250-4. 2011..We demonstrate how two fundamental measurement issues have limited the usefulness of self-reported medication nonadherence measures and offer recommendations for improving measurement... - 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... - Gender, race/ethnicity, and social class in research reports on stigma in HIV-positive womenMargarete Sandelowski
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Health Care Women Int 30:273-88. 2009.... - Fertility patients' views about frozen embryo disposition: results of a multi-institutional U.S. surveyAnne Drapkin Lyerly
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University, Box 3040, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Fertil Steril 93:499-509. 2010..To describe fertility patients' preferences for disposition of cryopreserved embryos and determine factors important to these preferences... - Validation of a questionnaire to assess self-reported colorectal cancer screening status using face-to-face administrationDeborah A Fisher
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Dig Dis Sci 54:1297-306. 2009..The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-developed colorectal cancer screening questionnaire... - Comparison of pain measures among patients with osteoarthritisKelli D Allen
Health Services Research and Development Service, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
J Pain 11:522-7. 2010..Results of this study indicate that end-of-day recall is a practical and valid method for assessing patients' average pain during a day... - 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... - Impact of functional support on health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancerShahnaz Sultan
Institute for Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Cancer 101:2737-43. 2004..In the current study, the authors examined the effects of social network size, as well as emotional and instrumental support, on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with colorectal cancer... - 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... - 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... - "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... - Research results have expiration dates: ensuring timely systematic reviewsJulie Barroso
Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Eval Clin Pract 12:454-62. 2006.... - Measuring quality of life at the end of life: validation of the QUAL-EKaren E Steinhauser
Program on the Medical Encounter and Palliative Care, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
Palliat Support Care 2:3-14. 2004..To validate the QUAL-E, a new measure of quality of life at the end of life... - 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... - 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... - 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... - How well do clinic-based blood pressure measurements agree with the mercury standard?Jennifer W Kim
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:647-9. 2005..Clinical trials implement strict protocols, whereas clinical practices and studies that assess quality of care utilize a less rigorous protocol for BP measurement... - Using qualitative metasummary to synthesize qualitative and quantitative descriptive findingsMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Res Nurs Health 30:99-111. 2007.... - For the patient. Who trusts healthcare institutions? Results from a community-based sampleCorrine I Voils
Ethn Dis 15:150. 2005 - "Distorted into clarity": a methodological case study illustrating the paradox of systematic reviewMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Res Nurs Health 31:454-65. 2008..Our encounter with findings resistant to synthesis heightened our awareness of the extent to which all systematic reviews are accomplished by practices that paradoxically "distort [research findings] into clarity.".. - Comparability work and the management of difference in research synthesis studiesMargarete Sandelowski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, USA
Soc Sci Med 64:236-47. 2007..These issues are explored by reference to the synthesis of empirical studies of antiretroviral adherence in HIV-positive women in the US... - Putting the brakes on prejudice: on the development and operation of cues for controlMargo J Monteith
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506 0044, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 83:1029-50. 2002..In Experiment 4, participants were provided with an experience in which cues could be established. Later presentation of those cues in a different task resulted in behavioral inhibition and less racially biased responses...