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| CARMEN LYNN LEWISSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Should a colon cancer screening decision aid include the option of no testing? A comparative trial of two decision aidsJennifer M Griffith
Center for Decision Making Research, Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 8:10. 2008....
Development and initial testing of a computer-based patient decision aid to promote colorectal cancer screening for primary care practiceJane Kim
Preventive Medicine Residency Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 5:36. 2005..Our aim was to develop a patient-directed, computer-based decision aid about colorectal cancer screening and investigate whether it could increase patient interest in screening...- The effect of offering different numbers of colorectal cancer screening test options in a decision aid: a pilot randomized trialJennifer M Griffith
Center for Decision Making Research, Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 8:4. 2008..We sought to compare, in a pilot randomized trial, two colorectal cancer (CRC) screening decision aids that differed in the number of screening options presented... - Older adults' beliefs about physician-estimated life expectancy: a cross-sectional surveyChristine E Kistler
Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ypsilanti, MI 48198, USA
BMC Fam Pract 7:9. 2006..The purpose of this study is to assess older adults' beliefs about physician-estimated life expectancy... - Plans to stop cancer screening tests among adults who recently considered screeningCarmen L Lewis
Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:859-64. 2010..We sought to estimate what proportion of adults plan to stop cancer screening tests among adults who recently considered screening and to explore factors associated with these screening plans... - Effectiveness of a patient- and practice-level colorectal cancer screening intervention in health plan members: design and baseline findings of the CHOICE trialCarmen Lewis
Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Cancer 116:1664-73. 2010..Evidence-based interventions have been found effective in increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Translating these successful interventions into real world settings, such as health plans, can be challenging... - Physicians' decisions about continuing or stopping colon cancer screening in the elderly: a qualitative studyCarmen L Lewis
Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:816-21. 2009..However, little is known about how physicians make decisions about colon cancer screening in adults age 75 and older... - A randomized trial of three videos that differ in the framing of information about mammography in women 40 to 49 years oldCarmen L Lewis
Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7110, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:875-83. 2003..To assess the effect of providing structured information about the benefits and harms of mammography in differing frames on women's perceptions of screening... - Older adults' attitudes about continuing cancer screening later in life: a pilot study interviewing residents of two continuing care communitiesCarmen L Lewis
Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA
BMC Geriatr 6:10. 2006..Because older adults' preferences are central to individualized decisions, we assessed older adults' perspectives about continuing cancer screening later in life... 
Surrogates' perceptions about feeding tube placement decisionsCarmen L Lewis
Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 5039 Old Clinic Building 229, CB 7110, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7110, USA
Patient Educ Couns 61:246-52. 2006..2) To determine surrogates' perceptions of the information they received to make this decision...- A targeted decision aid for the elderly to decide whether to undergo colorectal cancer screening: development and results of an uncontrolled trialCarmen L Lewis
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 10:54. 2010..The objective is to develop and test a decision aid designed to promote individualized colorectal cancer screening decision making for adults age 75 and over... - Breast cancer risk in primary care: implications for chemopreventionCarmen L Lewis
Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7110, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:1897-903. 2004.... - Trends in the use of feeding tubes in North Carolina hospitalsCarmen L Lewis
Department of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:1034-8. 2004..The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of feeding tubes has continued to increase through the 1990s despite these widely publicized concerns... 
Using quality improvement techniques to increase colon cancer screeningMichael P Pignone
Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Am J Med 122:419-20. 2009..The use of decision aids in clinical practice can increase screening rates by up to 14 percentage points. Mailing the decision aids to patients in advance of office visits appears to be a cost-effective means of implementation...- Resident physicians' life expectancy estimates and colon cancer screening recommendations in elderly patientsCarmen L Lewis
Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Med Decis Making 28:254-61. 2008..Colon cancer screening recommendations for patients aged 75 years and older should account for variation in older adults' health states, life expectancies, and potential to benefit from screening... - Information needs of men regarding prostate cancer screening and the effect of a brief decision aidStacey L Sheridan
Division of General Medicine and Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 5039 Old Clinic Building, CB 7110, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Patient Educ Couns 54:345-51. 2004..Little is known about what information affects men's decisions about prostate cancer screening... - A randomized comparison of patients' understanding of number needed to treat and other common risk reduction formatsStacey L Sheridan
Division of General Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:884-92. 2003..Commentators have suggested that patients may understand quantitative information about treatment benefits better when they are presented as numbers needed to treat (NNT) rather than as absolute or relative risk reductions... - Perceptions of informed decision making about cancer screening in a diverse primary care populationMargaret L Gourlay
Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7595, USA
Fam Med 42:421-7. 2010..Our objective was to describe primary care patients' perceptions of informed and shared decision making about cancer screening tests in a diverse sample... - Perceptions of depression among dementia caregivers: findings from the CATIE-AD trialLea C Watson
Department of Psychiatry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 26:397-402. 2011..For patients with Alzheimer's disease complicated by behavioral disturbances, to use single questions about perceived depression and assess patient and caregiver accuracy in recognizing patient depression... - Methodology of a pilot study to improve the quality of medication use in older adults: Enhancing Quality in Psychiatry Using Pharmacists (EQUIPP)Mary T Roth
Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7573, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 7:362-72. 2009.... - Randomized trial of presenting absolute v. relative risk reduction in the elicitation of patient values for heart disease prevention with conjoint analysisJennifer M Griffith
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Med Decis Making 29:167-74. 2009..The authors performed a randomized controlled trial to test the effect of 2 different formats of risk reduction information when using conjoint analysis to elicit values about heart disease prevention...
Research Grants
- Colon Cancer Screening Decisions in Late LifeCarmen Lewis; Fiscal Year: 2007..With this award Dr Lewis will be prepared to make significant contributions to cancer prevention and control in the aging U.S. population. ..