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| Kathleen W SaundersSummaryAffiliation: Group Health Cooperative Country: USA Publications
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Concurrent use of alcohol and sedatives among persons prescribed chronic opioid therapy: prevalence and risk factorsKathleen W Saunders
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Pain 13:266-75. 2012..And, the increased risk of concurrently using CNS depressants is not restricted to opioid users with a prior SUD history. COT requires close monitoring, regardless of substance use disorder history...
Impact of comorbidity on headache-related disabilityK Saunders
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Neurology 70:538-47. 2008..To assess and compare the extent to which comorbid conditions explain the role disability associated with migraine and other severe headaches...- Relationship of opioid use and dosage levels to fractures in older chronic pain patientsKathleen W Saunders
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:310-5. 2010..Opioids have been linked to increased risk of fractures, but little is known about how opioid dose affects fracture risk... 
Relationship of common pain conditions in mothers and childrenKathleen Saunders
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative Departments of Oral Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Clin J Pain 23:204-13. 2007..The goal of this study was to assess whether there is an association between: (1) site-specific pain conditions in mothers and children and (2) the presence of multiple pain conditions in mothers and children...- Predictors of participation in primary care group-format back pain self-care interventionsK W Saunders
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, 98101, USA
Clin J Pain 16:236-43. 2000..This is relevant to the generalizability of studies that rely on volunteers as well as the characteristics of patients who do not seek out self-care interventions... - Prediction of physician visits and prescription medicine use for back painK W Saunders
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle 98101, USA
Pain 83:369-77. 1999..These findings help clarify specific patient attitudes and beliefs that are related to healthcare utilization and suggest that a subset of these beliefs can be modified through a brief educational intervention... - Depression and ambivalence toward chronic opioid therapy for chronic noncancer painCatherine Q Howe
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, 98195, USA
Clin J Pain 28:561-6. 2012..This study examines predictors of the desire to cut down or stop opioid therapy among patients receiving COT who report that opioids are helpful for relieving pain... - Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and overdose: a cohort studyKate M Dunn
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Ann Intern Med 152:85-92. 2010..Concomitant with this change in practice, rates of fatal opioid overdose have increased. The extent to which overdose risks are elevated among patients receiving medically prescribed long-term opioid therapy is unknown... - Predictors of 1-year change in patient activation in older adults with diabetes mellitus and heart diseaseJessica Chubak
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:1316-21. 2012..To identify patterns and predictors of 1-year change in patient activation in chronically ill older adults... - Prescribed opioid difficulties, depression and opioid dose among chronic opioid therapy patientsJoseph O Merrill
University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Box 359780, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 34:581-7. 2012..Chronic opioid therapy has increased dramatically, as have complications related to prescription opioids. Little is known about the problems and concerns attributed to opioids by patients receiving different opioid doses... - Depression and prescription opioid misuse among chronic opioid therapy recipients with no history of substance abuseAlicia Grattan
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
Ann Fam Med 10:304-11. 2012..This study aims to examine whether there is an association between depression and opioid misuse in patients receiving COT who have no history of substance abuse... - Prevalence and characteristics of flare-ups of chronic nonspecific back pain in primary care: a telephone surveyPradeep Suri
VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
Clin J Pain 28:573-80. 2012..To describe the prevalence and characteristics of flare-ups of chronic nonspecific back pain (CNSBP) among primary care patients, and to examine associations with measures of pain severity and psychosocial factors... - Patient-reported care coordination: associations with primary care continuity and specialty care useDavid T Liss
Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Ann Fam Med 9:323-9. 2011..This study investigated (1) the association between care coordination and continuity of primary care, and (2) differences in this association by level of specialty care use... - A randomized trial of a lay person-led self-management group intervention for back pain patients in primary careM Von Korff
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 23:2608-15. 1998.... - The course of back pain in primary careM Von Korff
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 21:2833-7; discussion 2838-9. 1996..CONCLUSION: Results from existing studies suggest that back pain among primary care patients typically runs a recurrent course characterized by variation and change, rather than an acute, self-limiting course... - A randomized trial of a cognitive-behavioral program for enhancing back pain self care in a primary care settingJ E Moore
Section of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Pain 88:145-53. 2000..Modest, but statistically significant, effects on pain ratings and interference with activities were also observed... - Costs of care for irritable bowel syndrome patients in a health maintenance organizationR L Levy
University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 96:3122-9. 2001..However, the majority of the excess in health care costs resulted from medical care not directly related to lower GI problems... - Relationship of pain and symptoms to pubertal development in adolescentsLinda LeResche
Department of Oral Medicine, University of Washington, P O Box 356370, Seattle, WA 98195 6370, USA
Pain 118:201-9. 2005..For both sexes, pubertal development was a better predictor of pain than was age. Thus it appears that pain, other somatic symptoms and depression increase systematically with pubertal development in girls... - A trial of an activating intervention for chronic back pain in primary care and physical therapy settingsMichael Von Korff
Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Pain 113:323-30. 2005.... - De facto long-term opioid therapy for noncancer painMichael Von Korff
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Clin J Pain 24:521-7. 2008..This paper describes characteristics of opioid use episodes for noncancer pain and defines thresholds for de facto long-term opioid therapy... - Chronic spinal pain and physical-mental comorbidity in the United States: results from the national comorbidity survey replicationMichael Von Korff
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Avenue Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Pain 113:331-9. 2005..The societal burdens of chronic spinal pain need to be understood and managed within the context of comorbid conditions... - Frequency and priority of pain patients' health care useMichael Von Korff
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, 1730 Minor Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Clin J Pain 23:400-8. 2007..This study assesses reasons for health care visits of pain patients versus controls, and compares characteristics of pain patients who differ in frequency and priority of service use... - Association between obesity and psychiatric disorders in the US adult populationGregory E Simon
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:824-30. 2006..Epidemiologic data suggest an association between obesity and depression, but findings vary across studies and suggest a stronger relationship in women than men... - Musculoskeletal orofacial pain and other signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders during pregnancy: a prospective studyLinda LeResche
Department of Oral Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6370, USA
J Orofac Pain 19:193-201. 2005..To describe the course of reported musculoskeletal pain in the temporomandibular region and other signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) as well as psychological distress over the course of pregnancy and 1 year postpartum... - Cost-effectiveness of two self-care interventions to reduce disability associated with back painLarkin L Strong
Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 31:1639-45. 2006..Two randomized, controlled trials... - Primary care and urology patients with the male pelvic pain syndrome: symptoms and quality of lifeJudith A Turner
Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Center for Health Studies, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Urol 167:1768-73. 2002..The average symptom severity in men with pelvic pain in primary care and urology settings is lower than that in tertiary care samples...