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| Cynthia R GrossSummaryAffiliation: University of Minnesota Country: USA Publications
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction versus pharmacotherapy for chronic primary insomnia: a randomized controlled clinical trialCynthia R Gross
College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Explore (NY) 7:76-87. 2011..The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) as a treatment for chronic primary insomnia...- Mindfulness-based stress reduction for solid organ transplant recipients: a randomized controlled trialCynthia R Gross
College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 16:30-8. 2010..Beneficial nonpharmacologic therapies to address these symptoms have not been established in the transplant population... - Mindfulness meditation training to reduce symptom distress in transplant patients: rationale, design, and experience with a recycled waitlistCynthia R Gross
Dept of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Clin Trials 6:76-89. 2009..Mindfulness meditation has been shown to reduce these symptoms in other patient populations, and it is unlikely to interfere with the immune suppressive medication regimen... 
Longitudinal impact of mindfulness meditation on illness burden in solid-organ transplant recipientsMary Jo Kreitzer
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Prog Transplant 15:166-72. 2005....- Mindfulness meditation to reduce symptoms after organ transplant: a pilot studyCynthia R Gross
College of Pharmacy and School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, USA
Adv Mind Body Med 20:20-9. 2004..A randomized trial to overcome these shortcomings should be done, as symptom distress in transplant recipients appears responsive to MBSR... - The effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on sleep disturbance: a systematic reviewNicole Y Winbush
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Explore (NY) 3:585-91. 2007.... - The brief serenity scale: a psychometric analysis of a measure of spirituality and well-beingMary Jo Kreitzer
Center for Spirituality and Healing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Holist Nurs 27:7-16. 2009..This article describes a factor analysis of a 22-item version of the Serenity Scale, a tool that measures spirituality and well-being... - Mindfulness meditation to reduce symptoms after organ transplant: a pilot studyCynthia R Gross
College of Pharmacy and School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 10:58-66. 2004..A randomized trial to overcome these shortcomings should be done, as symptom distress in transplant recipients appears responsive to MBSR... 
Psychometric properties of the activities-specific balance confidence scale and the survey of activities and fear of falling in older womenKristine M C Talley
Center for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:328-33. 2008..To compare the psychometric properties of the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC) and the Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (SAFE)...- Long-term consequences of kidney donationHassan N Ibrahim
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55414, USA
N Engl J Med 360:459-69. 2009..Previous studies have included relatively small numbers of donors and a brief follow-up period... - False-positive cancer screens and health-related quality of lifePatricia M McGovern
Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Mayo Del Code 807, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Cancer Nurs 27:347-52. 2004..Implications for oncology nurses include the need to consider the emotional consequences of screening in association with screen reliability and validity... - Predictors of long-term exercise adherence in a community-based sample of older womenMary J Findorff
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:1769-76. 2009..Few studies have examined long-term exercise adherence in older women. The purpose of this study was to assess predictors of adherence to an intervention involving walking and balance exercises... - Tibetan medicine and integrative health: validity testing and refinement of the constitutional self-assessment tool and lifestyle guidelines toolMiriam E Cameron
Tibetan Healing Initiative, Center for Spirituality and Healing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Explore (NY) 8:158-71. 2012..Because few Tibetans practice Tibetan medicine in the United States, research-based tools with content and criterion validity are needed for self-assessment... - Association between copayment and adherence to statin treatment initiated after coronary heart disease hospitalization: a longitudinal, retrospective, cohort studyXin Ye
College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Clin Ther 29:2748-57. 2007..Despite substantial evidence supporting the effectiveness of statin treatment, when administered regularly for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD), many patients are not adherent... - Effectiveness of education and individualized counseling in reducing environmental hazards in the homes of community-dwelling older womenJean F Wyman
Center for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1548-56. 2007..To test the effectiveness of an education and counseling intervention on reducing environmental hazards in the homes of older women... - Impact of randomized trial results on acute lung injury ventilator therapy in teaching hospitalsCraig R Weinert
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Outcomes Research Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:1304-9. 2003..We conclude that clinicians practicing at these teaching hospitals have not rapidly adopted low tidal volume ventilation that may reduce mortality... - Antiepileptic drug use in nursing home admissionsJudith Garrard
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Ann Neurol 54:75-85. 2003..Results also show that the rate of AED use in nursing homes is not static... - Estimation and comparison of derived preference scores from the SF-36 in lung transplant patientsFrancis S Lobo
College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Qual Life Res 13:377-88. 2004..Researchers must be cognizant of the derivation method used, as absolute preference levels, hence quality adjusted life years (QALYs), will differ by method... - Postpartum health of employed mothers 5 weeks after childbirthPat McGovern
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn, USA
Ann Fam Med 4:159-67. 2006..A need exists to reexamine the definition of postpartum health and evaluate employed women's recovery from childbirth in association with such factors as delivery type and breastfeeding... - Clinically important drug-disease interactions and their prevalence in older adultsCatherine I Lindblad
Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 0353, USA
Clin Ther 28:1133-43. 2006..Older adults may have decreased homeostatic reserve, have multiple chronic diseases, and take multiple medications. Therefore, they are at risk for adverse outcomes after receiving a drug that exacerbates a chronic disease... - Impact of inappropriate drug use on mortality and functional status in representative community dwelling eldersJoseph T Hanlon
Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Med Care 40:166-76. 2002..The predictive validity of Drug Utilization Review (DUR) and drugs-to-avoid criteria in elders is unknown... - Does the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) explain exercise behavior in a community-based sample of older women?Mary J Findorff
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Aging Health 19:985-1003. 2007..To determine whether patterns of exercise adoption by older women would conform to the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) of behavior change... - Use of inappropriate prescription drugs by older peopleJoseph T Hanlon
Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:26-34. 2002..Longitudinal studies in older people are needed to examine the impact of inappropriate drug prescribing on health-related outcomes... - Fatigue and physical performance in children and adolescents receiving chemotherapyMary Catherine Hooke
School of Nursing, Children s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 38:649-57. 2011..To examine the relationship between physical performance and fatigue in child and adolescent cohorts during the first three cycles of chemotherapy... - The validity of epilepsy or seizure documentation in nursing homesNancy A Hardie
Division of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, United States
Epilepsy Res 74:171-5. 2007.... - Factors associated with sleep-wake disturbances in child and adult survivors of pediatric brain tumors: a reviewRoxanna Gapstur
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 36:723-31. 2009..To identify factors associated with sleep-wake disturbances in pediatric and adult survivors (aged older than 18 years) of pediatric brain tumors... - Design of control-group conditions in clinical trials of behavioral interventionsRuth Lindquist
Center for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Nurs Scholarsh 39:214-21. 2007..To review considerations in the design of placebo (attention) control conditions for community-based clinical trials of health behavior change interventions and to provide practical strategies for the design of control conditions...