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| K O AndersonSummaryAffiliation: The University of Texas Country: USA Publications
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Cancer pain management among underserved minority outpatients: perceived needs and barriers to optimal controlKaren O Anderson
Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 94:2295-304. 2002..Structured interviews allowed the authors to probe for previously unidentified barriers to pain management in these populations...
Racial and ethnic disparities in pain: causes and consequences of unequal careKaren O Anderson
Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Pain 10:1187-204. 2009..Racial and ethnic disparities in acute pain, chronic cancer pain, and palliative pain care continue to persist. Rigorous research is needed to develop interventions, practices, and policies for eliminating disparities in pain...- Assessment tools for the evaluation of pain in the oncology patientKaren O Anderson
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Symptom Research, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Curr Pain Headache Rep 11:259-64. 2007..Developmental issues must be considered when assessing the pain of children and elderly individuals with cancer. Novel technologies may be used to improve accurate and timely pain measurement... - Symptom burden in patients undergoing autologous stem-cell transplantationK O Anderson
Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Bone Marrow Transplant 39:759-66. 2007..The patterns of fatigue, pain, sleep disturbance and lack of appetite were significantly different for patients with multiple myeloma as compared with patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma... - Pain education for underserved minority cancer patients: a randomized controlled trialKaren O Anderson
Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1100 Holcombe Blvd, Box 221, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Clin Oncol 22:4918-25. 2004..Previous studies found that African American and Hispanic cancer patients are at risk for undertreatment of pain. We evaluated the efficacy of a pain education intervention for underserved minority patients... - Ethnicity, control appraisal, coping, and adjustment to chronic pain among black and white AmericansGabriel Tan
Houston VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Pain Med 6:18-28. 2005..We also examined the association between these factors (i.e., appraisals, beliefs, coping) and patient perception or subjective experience of their functioning in each ethnic group... - Further validation of the chronic pain coping inventoryGabriel Tan
Pain Section, Anesthesiology and Mental Health Care Line, VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Pain 6:29-40. 2005..The CPCI provides an important clinical and research tool for the assessment of behavioral pain coping strategies that might have an impact on patient outcomes... 
Pain in aging community-dwelling adults in the United States: non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, and HispanicsCielito C Reyes-Gibby
Department of Epidemiology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030 4009, USA
J Pain 8:75-84. 2007..S. can be accounted for by differential vulnerability in terms of chronic disease, socioeconomic conditions, and access to care...- Pain, depression, and fatigue in community-dwelling adults with and without a history of cancerCielito C Reyes-Gibby
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77230 1439, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 32:118-28. 2006..21; 95%CI = 1.06,1.37), and pain (OR = 1.15; 95%CI = 1.03,1.28). Symptom clusters were also more prevalent among those with a history of cancer (P < 0.001), with the pain-depression-fatigue cluster as most prevalent... - Brief cognitive-behavioral audiotape interventions for cancer-related pain: Immediate but not long-term effectivenessKaren O Anderson
Department of Symptom Research, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 107:207-14. 2006..A randomized clinical trial was performed evaluating the efficacy of 3 brief cognitive-behavioral techniques: relaxation, distraction, and positive mood interventions... - Pain and fatigue in community-dwelling adultsCielito C Reyes-Gibby
Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Pain Med 4:231-7. 2003..We also assessed the prevalence of mild, moderate, and severe fatigue for this sample... - Caregiver symptom burden: the risk of caring for an underserved patient with advanced cancerGuadalupe R Palos
Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 117:1070-9. 2011..In this longitudinal study, the authors assessed changes in symptom severity in caregivers and underserved minority patients diagnosed with advanced solid tumors who were being treated at public hospitals... - Are patient ratings of chronic pain services related to treatment outcome?Gabriel Tan
Pain Section, Anesthesiology 145, Michael E DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 43:451-60. 2006..The findings suggest that pain intensity, pain interference, and disability are important outcome dimensions of pain-management programs... - Fatigue and sleep disturbance in patients with cancer, patients with clinical depression, and community-dwelling adultsKaren O Anderson
Department of Symptom Research, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1100 Holcombe Boulevard, Box 221, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 25:307-18. 2003..Although the majority of the psychiatric patients reported sleep disturbance, their sleep disturbance scores were not significantly associated with fatigue severity... - Symptom burden after autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myelomaErica Campagnaro
Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Cancer 112:1617-24. 2008..Thorough assessment and understanding of symptoms and risk factors for symptom development after ASCT are logical first steps toward developing strategies aimed at reducing the symptom burden associated with this procedure... - Role of cutpoints: why grade pain intensity?Karen O Anderson
Pain 113:5-6. 2005 - The unequal burden of pain: confronting racial and ethnic disparities in painCarmen R Green
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Pain Med 4:277-94. 2003..Racial- and ethnic-based differences in the pain care experience have been described. Racial and ethnic minorities tend to be undertreated for pain when compared with non-Hispanic Whites... - Anger management style and associations with self-efficacy and pain in male veteransElizabeth R Lombardo
Dallas Mind Body Medicine, Dallas, Texas 75205, USA
J Pain 6:765-70. 2005..PERSPECTIVE: Maladaptive anger management is associated with pain intensity and self-efficacy beliefs. Additional research is needed to explore the interaction of pain and self-efficacy and its impact on anger management...
Research Grants
- SYMPTOMS OF TRANSPLANT PATIENTS NEAR THE END OF LIFEKaren Anderson; Fiscal Year: 2003..It is predicted that patients in the experimental condition who die during the year will demonstrate better symptom management and quality of the end of life than patients in the control condition. ..