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| Erin E KrebsSummaryAffiliation: Indiana University Country: USA Publications
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The difficult doctor? Characteristics of physicians who report frustration with patients: an analysis of survey dataErin E Krebs
Center for Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Richard L Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 6:128. 2006..quot; Our objective was to determine physician and practice characteristics associated with greater physician-reported frustration with patients...
Comparative mortality among Department of Veterans Affairs patients prescribed methadone or long-acting morphine for chronic painErin E Krebs
Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Pain 152:1789-95. 2011..Randomized trials and prospective observational research are needed to better understand the relative safety of long-acting opioids...- Primary care monitoring of long-term opioid therapy among veterans with chronic painErin E Krebs
Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Richard L Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
Pain Med 12:740-6. 2011..To characterize long-term opioid prescribing and monitoring practices in primary care... - Comparative responsiveness of pain outcome measures among primary care patients with musculoskeletal painErin E Krebs
Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Med Care 48:1007-14. 2010..Comparative responsiveness data are needed to inform choices about pain outcome measures... - Documentation of pain care processes does not accurately reflect pain management delivered in primary careErin E Krebs
Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:194-9. 2010..Studies have found that primary care providers frequently fail to document pain assessment and management... - Predictors of long-term opioid use among patients with painful lumbar spine conditionsErin E Krebs
Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Roudebush VA Medical Center Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
J Pain 11:44-52. 2010..The greater risk of opioid continuation with nonsurgical therapy may be helpful in decision-making about treatment. The relationship between opioid use, smoking, and other substance use deserves further study... - Development and initial validation of the PEG, a three-item scale assessing pain intensity and interferenceErin E Krebs
Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:733-8. 2009..A brief and straightforward multidimensional pain measure could potentially improve initial assessment and follow-up of chronic pain in primary care... - Treating the physical symptoms of depression with second-generation antidepressants: a systematic review and metaanalysisErin E Krebs
Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Psychosomatics 49:191-8. 2008..Approximately two-thirds of patients with depression experience physical pain symptoms. Coexisting pain complicates the treatment of depression and is associated with worse depression outcomes... - Accuracy of the pain numeric rating scale as a screening test in primary careErin E Krebs
Center on Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1453-8. 2007..Universal pain screening with a 0-10 pain intensity numeric rating scale (NRS) has been widely implemented in primary care... - Reciprocal relationship between pain and depression: a 12-month longitudinal analysis in primary careKurt Kroenke
Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Pain 12:964-73. 2011..Thus, recognition and management of both conditions may be warranted, particularly when treatment focused on 1 condition is not leading to an optimal response... - Comparative responsiveness of pain measures in cancer patientsKurt Kroenke
Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence for Implementing Evidence Based Practice, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
J Pain 13:764-72. 2012..Ultra-brief measures offer a valid and efficient means of assessing and monitoring pain for the clinical management as well as research of cancer-related pain... - Pharmacotherapy of chronic pain: a synthesis of recommendations from systematic reviewsKurt Kroenke
Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 31:206-19. 2009..This article provides an evidence-based approach to the pharmacotherapy of chronic pain... - Longitudinal comparison of three depression measures in adult cancer patientsShelley A Johns
School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 45:71-82. 2013..Although a number of depression measures have been used with cancer patients, longitudinal comparisons of several measures in the same patient population have been infrequently reported... 
Advancing the science of primary care pain medicineErin E Krebs
Pain Med 9:490-2. 2008