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An internet-based intervention to improve psychosocial outcomes in heart transplant recipients and family caregivers: development and evaluationMary Amanda Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 23:745-58. 2004..We therefore conducted the first empirical evaluation of an internet-based psychosocial intervention for heart recipients and their families...
Prevalence and risk of depression and anxiety-related disorders during the first three years after heart transplantationM A Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center, PA 15213, USA
Psychosomatics 42:300-13. 2001..Risk factors' effects were additive; the presence of an increasing number of risk factors bore a dose-response relationship to cumulative risk of disorder...
Quality of life outcomes after heart transplantation in individuals bridged to transplant with ventricular assist devicesM A Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 20:1199-212. 2001..Physical morbidity risks and benefits, and quality of life (QOL) during VAD support have been documented. Effects of pre-transplant VAD support on functional and QOL outcomes after transplantation have received no empirical attention...
Healthy older adults' sleep predicts all-cause mortality at 4 to 19 years of follow-upMary Amanda Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Psychosom Med 65:63-73. 2003..We examined whether electroencephalographic (EEG) sleep parameters predicted survival time independently of known predictors of all-cause mortality...
Initial recovery patterns may predict which maintenance therapies for depression will keep older adults wellM A Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Affect Disord 65:155-66. 2001..Patients' temporal patterns of acute treatment response may predict who requires which maintenance therapy to remain well...
Onset, timing and risk for depression and anxiety in family caregivers to heart transplant recipientsMary Amanda Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Psychol Med 34:1065-82. 2004..We examined prevalence and risk factors for depressive and anxiety-related disorders in caregivers throughout 3 years after their family member's heart transplant...
Temporal profiles of the course of depression during treatment. Predictors of pathways toward recovery in the elderlyM A Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, PA, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 54:1016-24. 1997..Whether patients vary in their pathways toward those outcomes--and the extent to which such variation can be anticipated by patient characteristics prior to treatment--has not been empirically examined...
Which elderly patients with remitted depression remain well with continued interpersonal psychotherapy after discontinuation of antidepressant medication?C F Reynolds
Mental Health Clinical Research Center for the Study of Mood Disorders, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA
Am J Psychiatry 154:958-62. 1997..This study was conducted to identify which elderly patients with remitted recurrent major depression remain well with maintenance interpersonal psychotherapy after discontinuation of active antidepressant medication (nortriptyline)...
High relapse rate after discontinuation of adjunctive medication for elderly patients with recurrent major depressionC F Reynolds
Mental Health Clinical Research Center for the Study of Late Life Mood Disorders, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15213, USA
Am J Psychiatry 153:1418-22. 1996..Twenty-eight patients (17.7%) received inpatient care at some point during acute-phase treatment...
Nortriptyline and interpersonal psychotherapy as maintenance therapies for recurrent major depression: a randomized controlled trial in patients older than 59 yearsC F Reynolds
The Mental Health Clinical Research Centers for Late and Mid Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15213, USA
JAMA 281:39-45. 1999..Elderly patients with major depression are at high risk for recurrence, increased mortality, and chronic disability...
Treatment of bereavement-related major depressive episodes in later life: a controlled study of acute and continuation treatment with nortriptyline and interpersonal psychotherapyC F Reynolds
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, PA 15213, USA
Am J Psychiatry 156:202-8. 1999..The authors tested the hypothesis that nortriptyline and interpersonal psychotherapy, alone and in combination, are superior to placebo in achieving remission of bereavement-related major depressive episodes...
Temporal profiles of physical health in family members of heart transplant recipients: predictors of health change during caregivingM A Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Health Psychol 17:138-51. 1998..These findings are relevant to the design of interventions to maximize not only caregivers' health, but the health of the family members for whom they provide care...
Early post-transplant medical compliance and mental health predict physical morbidity and mortality one to three years after heart transplantationM A Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 18:549-62. 1999..We prospectively examined whether a full range of compliance behaviors and psychiatric outcomes during the first year post-transplant predicted subsequent mortality and physical morbidity through 3 years post-transplant...
Avoidant coping with health problems is related to poorer quality of life among lung transplant candidatesLarissa Myaskovsky
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Prog Transplant 13:183-92. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Transplant team members are encouraged to be aware of and help patients refrain from using avoidant coping strategies...
Subjective health measures and acute treatment outcomes in geriatric depressionE J Lenze
The Intervention Research Center in Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:1149-55. 2001..However, successful treatment for depression has been associated with improvement in self-rated health and other health measures...
Marital quality in the context of mild cognitive impairmentLinda Garand
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
West J Nurs Res 29:976-92. 2007..Results of this study suggest the need for mental health interventions designed to preserve the quality of these marital relationships...
PTSD in heart transplant recipients and their primary family caregiversA A Stukas
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center, USA
Psychosomatics 40:212-21. 1999..0% were probable cases. Severity and duration of disorder were similar across the groups. Being female, having a history of psychiatric illness, and having lower friend support were increased risks for PTSD-T...
Longitudinal changes in diary- and laboratory-based sleep measures in healthy "old old" and "young old" subjects: a three-year follow-upC C Hoch
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Sleep 20:192-202. 1997..The current results are representative of healthy elderly; sleep would probably deteriorate earlier and more quickly in elderly with more serious health problems and heavier medication use...
Outcomes of late-life anxiety disorders during 32 weeks of citalopram treatmentStephen Blank
Intervention Research Center for Late-Life Mood Disorders, The Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 67:468-72. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: In this 32-week study of citalopram for elderly persons with anxiety disorders, 60% responded. Those who received a full course of treatment experience significant improvements in quality of life and sleep quality...
Three-year outcomes of maintenance nortriptyline treatment in late-life depression: a study of two fixed plasma levelsC F Reynolds
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
Am J Psychiatry 156:1177-81. 1999..This study compared the long-term efficacy of two fixed plasma levels of nortriptyline in preventing or delaying recurrence of major depression in elderly patients and in minimizing residual depressive symptoms and somatic complaints...
Prevalence of cognitive disorders differs as a function of age in HIV virus infectionJames T Becker
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
AIDS 18:S11-8. 2004..However, HIV viral load at study entry was significantly higher among those participants who had developed cognitive impairment one year later. CONCLUSION: Age is a significant risk modifier for prevalent neuropsychological disorder...
The nature and determinants of neuropsychological functioning in late-life depressionMeryl A Butters
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:587-95. 2004..Further studies of neuropsychological functioning in remitted LLD patients are needed to parse episode-related and persistent factors and to relate them to underlying neural dysfunction...
Individual and environmental correlates and predictors of early adherence and outcomes after liver transplantationCarol S Stilley
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Prog Transplant 20:58-66; quiz 67. 2010..Yet, in other transplant recipients, nonadherent behavior is directly related to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in liver transplant recipients...
Late-onset major depression: clinical and treatment-response variabilityHenry C Driscoll
Intervention Research Center for Late-Life Mood Disorders, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:661-7. 2005..Further study of biological, neuropsychologic, and psychosocial correlates of late-onset, recurrent depression is needed...
Cognitive impairment in late-life generalized anxiety disorderRose C Mantella
Advanced Center in Interventions and Services Research for Late Life Mood Disorders and the John A Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:673-9. 2007..This study sought to characterize cognitive functioning in elderly patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), as compared with normal comparison subjects and patients with major depression...
Anxiety impairs depression remission in partial responders during extended treatment in late-lifeAdam Greenlee
Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research for Late Life Mood Disorders, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Depress Anxiety 27:451-6. 2010..This study characterizes the effect of anxiety on remission during extended treatment for partial responders...
Motives and decision making of potential living liver donors: comparisons between gender, relationships and ambivalenceA DiMartini
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Transplant 12:136-51. 2012..We discuss the clinical relevance of these findings to donor evaluation and preparation...
Early trajectories of depressive symptoms after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease predicts long-term survivalA DiMartini
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA
Am J Transplant 11:1287-95. 2011..Whether treatment of depression will improve survival rates is an area for research...
Paroxetine versus nortriptyline in the continuation and maintenance treatment of depression in the elderlyG M Bump
Intervention Research Center for Late-Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Depress Anxiety 13:38-44. 2001..Paroxetine and nortriptyline demonstrated similar efficacy in relapse and recurrence prevention in elderly depressed patients over an 18-month period...
Cerebral glucose metabolic response to combined total sleep deprivation and antidepressant treatment in geriatric depressionG S Smith
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
Am J Psychiatry 156:683-9. 1999....
Caregiving burden and psychiatric morbidity in spouses of persons with mild cognitive impairmentLinda Garand
The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Health and Community Systems Department, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:512-22. 2005..We characterized the nature and level of caregiver burden and psychiatric morbidity in spouses of persons diagnosed with MCI...
Disability in late-life major depression: patterns of self-reported task abilities, task habits, and observed task performanceJoan C Rogers
Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Psychiatry Res 178:475-9. 2010..The findings led us to conclude that when performance testing is not feasible, self-reports of functional status that focus on habits may be more accurate than those that focus on abilities...
Predicting 6-week treatment response to escitalopram pharmacotherapy in late-life major depressive disorderRamin Saghafi
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:1141-6. 2007..This study aims to characterize sociodemographic, clinical, and neuropsychologic correlates of full, partial, and non-response to escitalopram monotherapy of unipolar MDD in later life...
Protecting sleep quality in later life: a pilot study of bed restriction and sleep hygieneC C Hoch
The Intervention Research Center for Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 56:P52-9. 2001..The use of sleep hygiene was associated with initial improvement in daytime well-being, whereas bed restriction led to sustained improvements in sleep continuity and sleep depth...
Psychological symptom levels and their correlates in lung and heart-lung transplant recipientsC S Stilley
Department of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center, PA, USA
Psychosomatics 40:503-9. 1999..Low sense of mastery and poorer physical functional status also showed some evidence of association with mental health...
Course and rate of antidepressant response in the very oldAriel G Gildengers
The Intervention Research Centers for Late-Life and Mid-Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Affect Disord 69:177-84. 2002..RESULTS: Older-old patients responded as quickly and successfully as the young- and middle-old. CONCLUSIONS: Major depression in the very old can be treated as successfully as in early old age...
Occurrence and course of suicidality during short-term treatment of late-life depressionKatalin Szanto
Department of Psychiatry, The Intervention Research Center for the Study of Late-Life Mood Disorders, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:610-7. 2003..Suicidal elderly persons with depression require special attention during depression treatment because they have a lower response rate and need a longer time to respond...
Combined pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy as maintenance treatment for late-life depression: effects on social adjustmentEric J Lenze
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:466-8. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Treatment of late-life depression with nortriptyline and psychotherapy is more likely to maintain social adjustment than treatment with either alone. Combination therapy improves not only duration but quality of wellness...
Posttraumatic stress disorder and service utilization among urban mental health center clientsG E Switzer
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Trauma Stress 12:25-39. 1999..Analyses comparing service use between PTSD and nonPTSD clients supported our expectation that clients with PTSD would use more mental health services, and would be less satisfied with services than their nonPTSD counterparts...
Does transplantation produce quality of life benefits? A quantitative analysis of the literatureM A Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Transplantation 64:1261-73. 1997..We performed an exhaustive, quantitative literature review to determine the nature and degree of any QOL benefits associated with transplantation in adults...
Carbohydrate deficient transferrin in abstaining patients with end-stage liver diseaseA DiMartini
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 25:1729-33. 2001..Because CDT is synthesized, glycosylated, and secreted by the liver, the use of CDT values in patients with liver disease has been an area of focused interest...
Pilot study of augmentation with aripiprazole for incomplete response in late-life depression: getting to remissionMeera Sheffrin
Advanced Center in Interventions and Services Research for Late Life Mood Disorders ACISR LLMD and the John A Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 70:208-13. 2009....
A controlled evaluation of monthly maintenance interpersonal psychotherapy in late-life depression with varying levels of cognitive functionKristen Carreira
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 23:1110-3. 2008..To evaluate the effect of maintenance Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) on recurrence rates and time to recurrence of major depression in elderly patients with varying levels of cognitive function...
Psychological distress and adherence to the medical regimen among adolescent renal transplant recipientsLili Penkower
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Transplant 3:1418-25. 2003..These findings suggest that while symptoms of depression and anxiety are observed among some adolescents with renal transplants, only anger is associated with elevated risk for nonadherence with medication...
Maintenance treatment for old-age depression preserves health-related quality of life: a randomized, controlled trial of paroxetine and interpersonal psychotherapyAlexandre Y Dombrovski
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1325-32. 2007..To determine whether maintenance antidepressant pharmacotherapy and interpersonal psychotherapy sustain gains in health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) achieved during short-term treatment in older patients with depression...
Psychosocial vulnerability, physical symptoms and physical impairment after lung and heart-lung transplantationAnnette De Vito Dabbs
Department of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 22:1268-75. 2003..To the extent that psychologic distress increases the likelihood of perceived physical limitations, timely identification and treatment of distress may help to maximize quality of life after lung and heart-lung transplantation...
Accounting for covariate measurement error in a Cox model analysis of recurrence of depressionK Liu
Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
J Psychiatr Res 35:177-85. 2001..In the depression data, these methods render comparable results that have less bias than the results when measurement error is ignored...
A longitudinal study of laboratory- and diary-based sleep measures in healthy "old old" and "young old" volunteersC C Hoch
Sleep and Chronobiology Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213
Sleep 17:489-96. 1994..To our knowledge, this is the first longitudinal data set on sleep in the healthy old old...
Trajectories of alcohol consumption following liver transplantationA DiMartini
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Transplant 10:2305-12. 2010..We discuss the relevance of these findings to clinical care and preliminarily to outcomes...
Apathy after hip fracture: a potential target for intervention to improve functional outcomesEric J Lenze
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 21:271-8. 2009..Interventions to prevent or improve apathy in elderly persons deserve further attention...
Clinically relevant behaviors in elderly hip fracture inpatientsHelen H Dorra
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 32:249-59. 2002..It is recommended that staff observations be routinely added to mental health evaluations. Additionally, routine mental health screening and required staff documentation of behaviors would improve case detection rate...
Diagnostic labels, stigma, and participation in research related to dementia and mild cognitive impairmentLinda Garand
Health and Community Systems Department, The University o Pittsburgh School of Nursing, 415 Victoria Building, 3500 Victoria Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Res Gerontol Nurs 2:112-21. 2009..We also discuss how stigma can affect numerous aspects of the nursing research process. Strategies are presented for addressing stigma-related barriers to participation in clinical research on dementia and MCI...
Maturity and adherence in adolescent and young adult heart recipientsCarol S Stilley
School of Nursing, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Pediatr Transplant 10:323-30. 2006..Clinicians and parents alike report symptoms of social immaturity and failure to appreciate consequences of risky behavior; relationships between the two have not been studied in this population...
Comorbid anxiety disorder in late life depression: association with memory decline over four yearsAlison K DeLuca
The Intervention Research Center for Late-Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:848-54. 2005..The data also suggest that anxiety disorders with an onset later in life may be associated with cognitive impairment, although further study is needed to confirm this finding...
The association of late-life depression and anxiety with physical disability: a review of the literature and prospectus for future researchE J Lenze
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 9:113-35. 2001..The authors discuss how these findings inform current concepts of physical disability and discuss the implications for future intervention studies of late-life depression and anxiety disorders...
Trajectories of change in quality of life in 12-month survivors of lung or heart transplantL Myaskovsky
V A Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Am J Transplant 6:1939-47. 2006..Thus, while clinical interventions designed to improve QOL posttransplant should be tailored to transplant recipients' initial psychosocial assets and liabilities, they need not be distinguished by transplant type...
Combined effects of HIV-infection status and psychosocial vulnerability on mental health in homosexual menW C Dickey
Department of Epidemiology and Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 34:4-11. 1999..Rather, any association of HIV status and mental health will depend largely on other psychosocial characteristics that foster vulnerability or resistance to distress in these men...
Psychotherapy in long-term care: A reviewAshok J Bharucha
Advanced Center in Interventions and Services Research for Late Life Mood Disorders and the John A Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 7:568-80. 2006....
Does depression, apathy or cognitive impairment reduce the benefit of inpatient rehabilitation facilities for elderly hip fracture patients?Eric J Lenze
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Advanced Center for Interventions and Services Research in Late Life Mood Disorders and John A Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry, PA 15213, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:141-6. 2007....
Preventing depression in medical illness: a new lead?Charles F Reynolds
Advanced Center for Interventions and Services Research for Late Life Mood Disorders, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:884-5. 2007
Rates and risk factors for nonadherence to the medical regimen after adult solid organ transplantationMary Amanda Dew
1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Transplantation 83:858-73. 2007..Clinicians require precise information on nonadherence rates in order to evaluate patients' risks for this problem...
Effect of comorbid anxiety on treatment response and relapse risk in late-life depression: controlled studyCarmen Andreescu
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O Hara Street, Room E 823, Pittsburgh, PA15213, USA
Br J Psychiatry 190:344-9. 2007..Comorbid anxiety is common in depressive disorders in both middle and late life, and it affects response to antidepressant treatment...
Adherence to the medical regimen during the first two years after lung transplantationMary Amanda Dew
1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Transplantation 85:193-202. 2008..Whether adherence levels differ in lung versus other types of transplant recipients is unknown...
Early adverse events as predictors of 1-year mortality during mechanical circulatory supportElizabeth A Genovese
Artificial Heart Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 29:981-8. 2010..Therefore, we sought to determine the impact on 1-year mortality of AEs occurring during the first 60 days of VAD support...
Numeracy skills in CKD: correlates and outcomesKhaled Abdel-Kader
University of Pittsburgh, Renal Electrolyte Division, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 5:1566-73. 2010..Healthcare providers communicate the risks and benefits of treatments using frequencies, percentages, or proportions. However, many patients lack the numerical skills needed to interpret this information accurately to make informed choices...
Cancer-related symptom clusters, eosinophils, and survival in hepatobiliary cancer: an exploratory studyJennifer L Steel
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 39:859-71. 2010..The study of symptom clusters is gaining increased attention in the field of oncology in an attempt to improve the quality of life of patients diagnosed with cancer...
Meta-analysis of medical regimen adherence outcomes in pediatric solid organ transplantationMary Amanda Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Transplantation 88:736-46. 2009..However, the literature provides inconsistent evidence regarding prevalence and risk factors for nonadherence posttransplant...
Use of the late-life function and disability instrument to assess disability in major depressionJordan F Karp
Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research for Late Life Mood Disorders, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O Hara Street, Courier Office 100 North Bellefield Avenue, Room 766, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1612-9. 2009....
Individual quality of life in chronic kidney disease: influence of age and dialysis modalityKhaled Abdel-Kader
Renal Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 4:711-8. 2009..We also examined the strength of association between (1) multidimensional health-related quality-of-life measures and IQOL and (2) psychosocial factors and IQOL...
Intelligent assistive technology applications to dementia care: current capabilities, limitations, and future challengesAshok J Bharucha
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Iroquois Building Suite 502, 3600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:88-104. 2009....
Depressed mood is not a risk factor for incident dementia in a community-based cohortJames T Becker
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:653-63. 2009..To determine the relationship between depressed mood and the development of Alzheimer disease in cognitively normal individuals...
Clusters of alcohol use disorders diagnostic criteria and predictors of alcohol use after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver diseaseAndrea DiMartini
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Starzl Transplant Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Psychosomatics 49:332-40. 2008..Numerous combinations of specific symptoms are possible to achieve diagnostic significance...
Age, model for end-stage liver disease score, and organ functioning predict posttransplant tacrolimus neurotoxicityAndrea DiMartini
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Liver Transpl 14:815-22. 2008..We discuss the implications of these findings and the relevance for future clinical care in these high-risk patients...
Meta-analysis of risk for relapse to substance use after transplantation of the liver or other solid organsMary Amanda Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Liver Transpl 14:159-72. 2008..17-0.21). Future research should focus on improving the prediction of risk for substance use relapse, and on testing interventions to promote continued abstinence posttransplantation...
The relationship between pain and mental flexibility in older adult pain clinic patientsJordan F Karp
Intervention Research Center and Advanced Center for Intervention and Services Research for Late Life Mood Disorders, University of Pittburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Pain Med 7:444-52. 2006..Mental flexibility, memory, and information-processing speed may be particularly vulnerable in the aging brain. We investigated the effects of persistent pain on these cognitive domains among community-dwelling, nondemented older adults...
Geriatric depression treatment in nonresponders to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitorsEllen M Whyte
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 65:1634-41. 2004....
The association of donor center characteristics with attrition from the national marrow donor registryLarissa Myaskovsky
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Transplantation 77:874-80. 2004....
Accelerating symptom-reduction in late-life depression: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of sleep deprivationCharles F Reynolds
Intervention Research Center for Late Life Mood Disorders IRC LLMD, Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O Hara Street, E 113521, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:353-8. 2005..Authors tested the hypothesis that one night of total sleep deprivation (TSD) would accelerate antidepressant response to paroxetine, as compared with TSD+placebo (PBO) and paroxetine-alone, in late-life major depression...
Adverse effects of depression and cognitive impairment on rehabilitation participation and recovery from hip fractureEric J Lenze
Intervention Research Center for the Study of Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:472-8. 2004..Our goal was to determine whether any association of depression and cognitive impairment with rehabilitation outcome is accounted for by more immediate effects of these variables on rehabilitation participation...
Attrition of potential bone marrow donors at two key decision points leading to donationGalen E Switzer
Department of Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Transplantation 77:1529-34. 2004..Its goal was to determine which characteristics from six psychosocial domains were associated with attrition at two key stages leading to donation...
Generalized anxiety disorder in late life: lifetime course and comorbidity with major depressive disorderEric J Lenze
Intervention Research Center in Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:77-80. 2005..The authors assessed the course and comorbidity of late-life GAD and MDD...
Executive functioning, illness course, and relapse/recurrence in continuation and maintenance treatment of late-life depression: is there a relationship?Meryl A Butters
Intervention Research Center for Late Life Mood Disorders, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 12:387-94. 2004..The authors tested the hypothesis that impaired executive functioning leads to high rates of relapse and recurrence in late-life depression...
Efficacy and tolerability of citalopram in the treatment of late-life anxiety disorders: results from an 8-week randomized, placebo-controlled trialEric J Lenze
Intervention Research Center for Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and VA Healthcare System, PA, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:146-50. 2005..Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent in elderly persons. However, to date, the efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for the treatment of anxiety disorders in this age group has not been established...
Effect of cerebrovascular risk factors on depression treatment outcome in later lifeMark D Miller
Intervention Research Center in Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 10:592-8. 2002..This study tested the relationship of cerebrovascular risk factors (CVRF) to clinical presentation and treatment outcome in 156 subjects enrolled in a long-term maintenance treatment study of late-life recurrent major depression...
Factors associated with ambivalence about bone marrow donation among newly recruited unrelated potential donorsGalen E Switzer
The Center for Research on Health Care, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Transplantation 75:1517-23. 2003..The current study examines the prevalence of ambivalence among newly recruited potential bone marrow donors and identifies factors associated with greater ambivalence...
Pretransplant psychiatric and medical comorbidity of alcoholic liver disease patients who received liver transplantAndrea DiMartini
Department of Psychiatry and Transplantation Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Starzl Transplant Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Psychosomatics 45:517-23. 2004..The findings suggest the need for pretransplant psychiatric evaluation of alcoholic liver disease patients to identify nonalcohol substance use disorders and other psychiatric disorders that may require treatment...
Profiles and predictors of the course of psychological distress across four years after heart transplantationMary Amanda Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Psychol Med 35:1215-27. 2005..However, this 'average' pattern may conceal subgroups with differing profiles of psychological response. We sought to identify unique temporal distress profiles, and their predictors, after heart transplantation...
Somatic symptoms of depression in elderly patients with medical comorbiditiesRebecca A Drayer
Center for Research on Health Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:973-82. 2005..Rating scales emphasizing somatic symptoms associated with depression may provide a more accurate measure of depression severity than those excluding such symptoms...
An Intent-to-Treat Method for Enhancing Analysis of Clinical Trials with Rescue Medication: A Mixed-Model ApproachPatricia R Houck
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Psychopharmacol Bull 37:79-89. 2003..This analytic approach illustrates the importance of collecting and incorporating data after rescue, including the timing of rescue...
Body pain and treatment response in late-life depressionJordan F Karp
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:188-94. 2005..They hypothesized that higher levels of body pain would predict a longer time to and lower likelihood of response, and increased levels of suicidal ideation...
Good treatment outcomes in late-life depression with comorbid anxietyEric J Lenze
The Intervention Research Center in Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Affect Disord 77:247-54. 2003..This study evaluated the impact of comorbid anxiety on response, dropouts, and side effects, in elderly subjects treated for depression...
Feasibility of a dyadic intervention for management of osteoarthritis: a pilot study with older patients and their spousal caregiversL M Martire
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and University Center for Social and Urban Research, 121 University Place, Room 508, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Aging Ment Health 7:53-60. 2003..The findings of this pilot study point to the utility of a dyadic intervention approach to management of OA in late life...
Risk modifiers for peripheral sensory neuropathy in HIV infection/AIDSO L Lopez
Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PA, USA
Eur J Neurol 11:97-102. 2004..The peripheral neurotoxic effect of anti-retroviral medication should be taken into account in the design of long-term therapies...
Cognitive and adaptive functioning after liver transplantation for maple syrup urine disease: a case seriesD A Shellmer
Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, The Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
Pediatr Transplant 15:58-64. 2011..In general, findings indicate that liver transplantation minimizes the likelihood of additional central nervous system damage, providing an opportunity for possible stabilization or improvement in neurocognitive functioning...
Guidelines for the psychosocial evaluation of living unrelated kidney donors in the United StatesM A Dew
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Transplant 7:1047-54. 2007..The meeting deliberations resulted in the recommendations made in this report...
Alcohol use following liver transplantation: a comparison of follow-up methodsA DiMartini
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA
Psychosomatics 42:55-62. 2001..With this type of accuracy, risk factors can be identified and alcohol use can be compared with alcohol-related morbidity posttransplant...
Donating stimulated peripheral blood stem cells vs bone marrow: do donors experience the procedures differently?G E Switzer
Center for Research on Health Care, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Bone Marrow Transplant 27:917-23. 2001..Finally, PBSC donors reported that marrow donation was more physically difficult, time-consuming, and inconvenient, and that they preferred PBSC to marrow donation...
The Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Participation Scale: reliability and validity of a clinician-rated measure of participation in acute rehabilitationEric J Lenze
Intervention Research Center in Late Life Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85:380-4. 2004..To demonstrate interrater reliability and predictive validity of the Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Participation Scale (PRPS), a clinician-rated 6-point Likert-type item measuring patient participation in inpatient rehabilitation sessions...
Paroxetine-induced hyponatremia in older adults: a 12-week prospective studyTanya J Fabian
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:327-32. 2004....
Emergence, persistence, and resolution of suicidal ideation during treatment of depression in old ageKatalin Szanto
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
J Affect Disord 98:153-61. 2007..To determine the rate and clinical correlates of emergent, persistent, and resolved suicidal ideation during treatment of major depression in the elderly...
Statistical analysis of longitudinal psychiatric data with dropoutsSati Mazumdar
Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
J Psychiatr Res 41:1032-41. 2007....
