Research Topics
| C SciamannaSummaryAffiliation: Rhode Island Hospital Country: USA Publications
| Collaborators
|
Detail Information
Publications
Who reports receiving advice to lose weight? Results from a multistate surveyC N Sciamanna
The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Arch Intern Med 160:2334-9. 2000..Overweight and obesity are increasingly prevalent in the United States. The prevalence of health care provider advice to lose weight is not clear...- Effects of a fingerprint reader on survey responses of primary care patientsChristopher N Sciamanna
Brown University Department of Community Health and the Miriam Hospital Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, USA
J Health Psychol 8:187-92. 2003..The fingerprint reader had a positive effect on reporting low fruit and vegetable intake and poorer health status, but no effect on reporting physical inactivity, smoking, excessive alcohol intake or being overweight... - Design and acceptability of patient-oriented computerized diabetes care reminders for use at the point of careC N Sciamanna
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Coro Building, Suite 500, One Hoppin Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Med Inform Internet Med 29:157-68. 2004.... - Visit satisfaction and tailored health behavior communications in primary careChristopher N Sciamanna
Department of Community Health, The Miriam Hospital, Centers for Behavioral and Prev Med, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Am J Prev Med 26:426-30. 2004..Although studies suggest that computer-tailored health communications can help patients improve health behaviors, their effect on patient satisfaction, when used in healthcare settings, has yet to be examined... - Feasibility of incorporating computer-tailored health behaviour communications in primary care settingsChristopher N Sciamanna
Brown Medical School, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Coro Building, Suite 500, One Hoppin Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Inform Prim Care 12:40-8. 2004..We set out to investigate the feasibility of incorporating a computer-tailored health behaviour program into routine care in a group of primary care practices in Rhode Island... 
Unmet needs of primary care patients in using the Internet for health-related activitiesChristopher N Sciamanna
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, The Miriam Hospital, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Med Internet Res 4:E19. 2002..Millions of people use the Internet as a source for health information yet little is understood about the use of the Internet for other health-related activities...- Nutrition counseling in the promoting cancer prevention in primary care studyC N Sciamanna
Department of Community Medicine, Brown Medical School, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Prev Med 35:437-46. 2002..Little is known about the influence of personal and practice-level factors on physicians' dietary counseling practices... - Patient attitudes toward using computers to improve health services deliveryChristopher N Sciamanna
Brown University School of Medicine Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at The Miriam Hospital, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 2:19. 2002..The aim of this study was to examine the acceptability of point of care computerized prompts to improve health services delivery among a sample of primary care patients... - Dissemination of the AHCPR clinical practice guideline in community health centresJ D DePue
The Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Tob Control 11:329-35. 2002..To evaluate dissemination of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Smoking cessation clinical practice guideline in community health centres... - User attitudes toward a physical activity promotion websiteChristopher N Sciamanna
Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Corro Building, Suite 500, One Hoppin Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Prev Med 35:612-5. 2002..CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the website was well accepted and few barriers were noted. Areas of the website that were used less frequently or found to be less helpful will become areas of focus for future iterations of the site... - Randomized controlled trial of physical activity counseling for older primary care patientsBernardine M Pinto
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:247-55. 2005..Regular physical activity reduces the risk for chronic diseases among older adults. Older adults are likely to be seen by primary care clinicians who can play a role in promoting physical activity among their patients... - Attitudes toward nurse practitioner-led chronic disease management to improve outpatient quality of careChristopher N Sciamanna
Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College, 1015 Walnut Street, Suite 115, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Am J Med Qual 21:375-81. 2006..Overall, the high level of support for the model and the presence of nurse practitioners in most physician offices suggests that future studies are warranted to understand how best to implement this... - A website to improve asthma care by suggesting patient questions for physicians: qualitative analysis of user experiencesChristine W Hartmann
Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
J Med Internet Res 9:e3. 2007..While there are many reasons for this, physician inertia with respect to treatment change is partly to blame. Research suggests that patients who ask for specific tests and treatments are more likely to receive them... - A comparison of Internet and print-based physical activity interventionsBess H Marcus
The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:944-9. 2007..Using the Internet to deliver a tailored physical activity intervention offers an alternative to print that might be available to larger populations at a lower cost... - Commit to Quit in the YMCAs: translating an evidence-based quit smoking program for women into a community settingJessica A Whiteley
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:1227-35. 2007..Preliminary feasibility and acceptability were demonstrated as we translated an evidence-based intervention into the YMCA setting... - Clinician-patient communication about physical activity in an underserved populationJennifer K Carroll
University of Rochester School of Medicine, Family Medicine Research Programs, 1381 South Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 21:118-27. 2008..Our goal was to assess primary care physicians' use of the 5A model in discussions with underserved populations about physical activity... - The effect of web-based, personalized, osteoarthritis quality improvement feedback on patient satisfaction with osteoarthritis careChristopher N Sciamanna
Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
Am J Med Qual 20:127-37. 2005..7%), and most would recommend it to others (94.3%). Overall, the Web site is well accepted and has no negative effect on patients' satisfaction with their osteo-arthritis care... - Accuracy of recall of exercise counseling among primary care patientsChristopher N Sciamanna
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School The Miriam Hospital, Brown University Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Prev Med 39:1063-7. 2004..In evaluating the efficacy of health care provider counseling to encourage patients to modify health behaviors such as physical activity, it is important to be able to accurately measure the extent of health care provider counseling... - Impact of interpretation method on clinic visit lengthMark J Fagan
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:634-8. 2003..To determine the impact of interpretation method on outpatient visit length... - Filling the gaps in physician communication. The role of the Internet among primary care patientsChristopher N Sciamanna
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, The Miriam Hospital, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Coro Building, One Hoppin Street, Suite 500, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Int J Med Inform 72:1-8. 2003..Millions of people use the Internet as a source for health information yet little is understood about how the use of the Internet for health information is related to the doctor-patient relationship... - Comparison of sun protection behaviors among physicians and patientsChristopher N Sciamanna
Department of Community Health, Brown University School of Medicine, Miriam Hospital, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Coro Building, Suite 500, One Hoppin Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Am J Health Promot 16:319-22, ii. 2002..There was no statistically significant difference in the frequency or number of sun protection behaviors utilized... - Assessing multiple risk behaviors in primary care. Screening issues and related conceptsThomas F Babor
Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:42-53. 2004.... - Ethnic/racial disparities in hospital procedure volume for lung resection for lung cancerCharles J Neighbors
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 633 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA
Med Care 45:655-63. 2007..Ethnic/racial minorities experience poorer outcomes from lung cancer than non-Hispanic whites. Higher hospital procedure volume is associated with better survival from lung resection for lung cancer... - Effects of using a computer in a doctor's office on patient attitudes toward using computerized prompts in routine careChristopher N Sciamanna
Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College, 1015 Walnut Street, Suite 115, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Int J Med Inform 74:357-65. 2005..We undertook this investigation to understand the effect of using a computer in a primary care setting on attitudes toward using computers to improve health services delivery... - Patient access to U.S. physicians who conduct internet or e-mail consultsChristopher N Sciamanna
Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:378-81. 2007..E-mail communication has the potential to improve communication between patients and doctors... - Effects of a Website designed to improve the management of migrainesChristopher N Sciamanna
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Headache 46:92-100. 2006..Background.-Despite the widespread availability of evidence-based migraine treatment guidelines, patients often do not receive optimal treatment to reduce migraine pain and disability... - Empowering patients to improve safetyKristy Alvarez
Am J Med Qual 21:5-6. 2006 - Will high-quality care be the norm by the time I need it?Christopher N Sciamanna
Am J Med Qual 20:5-6. 2005 - Cardiovascular comorbidities among public health clinic patients with diabetes: the Urban Diabetics StudyJessica M Robbins
Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 500 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
BMC Public Health 5:15. 2005..We sought to determine the frequency and distribution of cardiovascular comorbidities in a large cohort of low-income patients with diabetes who had received primary care for diabetes at municipal health clinics...