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Effects of maternal sensitivity and cognitive and linguistic stimulation on cochlear implant users' language development over four yearsAlexandra L Quittner
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
J Pediatr 162:343-8.e3. 2013..Previous studies of cochlear implants have not considered the effects of parental behaviors on language outcomes...- Erratum to: Psychometric evaluation of the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised in a national, US sampleAlexandra L Quittner
University of Miami, 5665 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
Qual Life Res 21:1279-90. 2012..This is the first psychometric evaluation of the revised version of this instrument... - Psychometric evaluation of the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised in a national sampleAlexandra L Quittner
University of Miami, 5665 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, Miami, FL 33146, USA
Qual Life Res 21:1267-78. 2012..The psychometric properties of a health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instrument, the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised (CFQ-R), were evaluated in a national sample of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF)... 
Children with disorders of sex development: A qualitative study of early parental experienceHalley P Crissman
Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases Division of Child Behavioral Health University of Michigan Medical School 1500 East Medical Center Drive, SPC 5318 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 5318 USA
Int J Pediatr Endocrinol 2011:10. 2011..abstract:..- Adherence with tobramycin inhaled solution and health care utilizationBecky A Briesacher
University of Massachusetts Medical School and Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, MA, USA
BMC Pulm Med 11:5. 2011..Adherence with tobramycin inhalation solution (TIS) during routine cystic fibrosis (CF) care may differ from recommended guidelines and affect health care utilization... - Assessing disease disclosure in adults with cystic fibrosis: the Adult Data for Understanding Lifestyle and Transitions (ADULT) survey Disclosure of disease in adults with cystic fibrosisAvani C Modi
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Center for the Promotion of the Treatment Adherence and Self Management, 3333 Burnet Ave, MLC 7039, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
BMC Pulm Med 10:46. 2010..This study assessed rates of disclosure and its perceived impact on relationships using the Adult Data for Understanding Lifestyle and Transitions (ADULT) online survey... - Evidence-based assessment of adherence to medical treatments in pediatric psychologyAlexandra L Quittner
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, 5665 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 33:916-36; discussion 937-8. 2008..As the prevalence of chronic illnesses in pediatric populations increases and awareness of the negative consequences of poor adherence become clearer, the need for reliable and valid measures of adherence has grown... - Systematic review of health-related quality of life measures for children with respiratory conditionsAlexandra L Quittner
University of Miami, 5665 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
Paediatr Respir Rev 9:220-32. 2008..In summary, this review indicated that although significant progress has been made, there are still a number of pulmonary conditions for which there is no disease-specific HRQOL measure... - Impact of socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity on quality of life in patients with cystic fibrosis in the United StatesAlexandra L Quittner
Department of Psychology and Pediatrics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 0751, USA
Chest 137:642-50. 2010.... - Determination of the minimal clinically important difference scores for the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised respiratory symptom scale in two populations of patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa airway infectionAlexandra L Quittner
University of Miami, 5665 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
Chest 135:1610-8. 2009.... - Prevalence and impact of depression in cystic fibrosisAlexandra L Quittner
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33146, USA
Curr Opin Pulm Med 14:582-8. 2008.... 
Development and validation of The Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire in the United States: a health-related quality-of-life measure for cystic fibrosisAlexandra L Quittner
Department of Psychology, 5665 Ponce de Leon Blvd, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146 2070, USA
Chest 128:2347-54. 2005..Versions of the CFQ are also available for children with CF and their parents. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the CFQ in a national study at 18 CF centers in the United States...- The impact of cochlear implants on young deaf children: new methods to assess cognitive and behavioral developmentAlexandra L Quittner
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 8439, USA
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 130:547-54. 2004..As auditory input is restored via a cochlear implant, we predict that significant improvements in these variables will be observed... - Predicting behavior problems in deaf and hearing children: the influences of language, attention, and parent-child communicationDavid H Barker
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, 5665 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, Coral Gables, FL 33146 0751, USA
Dev Psychopathol 21:373-92. 2009..Language was associated with behavior problems both directly and indirectly through effects on attention. Amount of parent-child communication was not related to behavior problems... - Anxiety and depression in cystic fibrosisIvette Cruz
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33146, USA
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 30:569-78. 2009..A large-scale epidemiological study of anxiety and depression in CF is under way and should provide better prevalence estimates and more information on the effects of these psychological symptoms... - Language and behavioral outcomes in children with developmental disabilities using cochlear implantsIvette Cruz
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
Otol Neurotol 33:751-60. 2012..The current study evaluated oral language and behavioral outcomes over 3 years after implantation in a sample of typically developing deaf children and children with developmental disabilities... - Cell phone intervention to improve adherence: cystic fibrosis care team, patient, and parent perspectivesKristen K Marciel
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33146, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 45:157-64. 2010..This study aimed to develop and assess a web-enabled cell phone, CFFONE, designed to provide CF information and social support to improve adherence in adolescents with CF... - Identification of effective strategies to promote language in deaf children with cochlear implantsIvette Cruz
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Child Dev 84:543-59. 2013..These effective, higher level strategies could be used in early intervention programs... - Controlled evaluation of the STARBRIGHT CD-ROM program for children and adolescents with Cystic FibrosisMelissa A Davis
Psychological Assessment Resources, University of Miami, Gables, FL 33146, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 29:259-67. 2004..These positive results are enhanced by the brief, inexpensive, and portable nature of this educational program... - Assessing joint attention and symbolic play in children with cochlear implants and multiple disabilities: two case studiesKaren C Johnson
House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, California 90057, USA
Otol Neurotol 29:246-50. 2008..We describe two cases in which measures of joint attention and symbolic play contributed to our understanding of progress in language acquisition following implantation for children with additional developmental disabilities... - Tracking development of speech recognition: longitudinal data from hierarchical assessments in the Childhood Development after Cochlear Implantation StudyNae Yuh Wang
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Otol Neurotol 29:240-5. 2008..To develop a speech recognition index that summarizes data collected through an array of age-appropriate hierarchical speech recognition tests in a longitudinal study... - Behavioral inhibition, self-regulation of motivation, and working memory in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorderJack Stevens
Division of Psychology, Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229 3039, USA
Dev Neuropsychol 21:117-39. 2002..Future directions for specifying childhood difficulties in inhibitory control and memory processes are discussed... - Azithromycin in patients with cystic fibrosis chronically infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a randomized controlled trialLisa Saiman
Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032 3784, USA
JAMA 290:1749-56. 2003..Treatment strategies for cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease include antibiotics, mucolytics, and anti-inflammatory therapies. Increasing evidence suggests that macrolide antibiotics might be beneficial in patients with CF... - Validation of a disease-specific measure of health-related quality of life for children with cystic fibrosisAvani C Modi
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Florida 32610, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 28:535-45. 2003..44). Results also suggested strong convergence between child and parent-proxy reports on several scales of the CFQ. CONCLUSION: Results demonstrated that the CFQ-Child is a reliable and valid measure of HRQOL for children with CF... - Association of observed family relationship quality and problem-solving skills with treatment adherence in older children and adolescents with cystic fibrosisKirsten E DeLambo
Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 29:343-53. 2004.... - Validation of the Dutch cystic fibrosis questionnaire (CFQ) in adolescents and adultsPeter H Klijn
Department of Pediatric Physical Therapy, Wilhelmina Children s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
J Cyst Fibros 3:29-36. 2004..The 47-item CFQ-14+ covers nine domains, three symptom scales and one health perception scale... - Barriers to treatment adherence for children with cystic fibrosis and asthma: what gets in the way?Avani C Modi
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio 45229, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 31:846-58. 2006..The purpose of this study was to systematically identify barriers to treatment adherence for children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and asthma, as well as to examine the relationship between the number of barriers and adherence... - Linguistic validation of cystic fibrosis quality of life questionnairesTatiana Rozov
Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, , , SP, Brazil
J Pediatr (Rio J) 82:151-6. 2006..19 ). CONCLUSION: The translation and cultural adaptation for Brazil resulted in four CFQ versions that are easy to understand and offer good reproducibility... - A multi-method assessment of treatment adherence for children with cystic fibrosisAvani C Modi
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 3015, Cincinnati, OH 45229, United States
J Cyst Fibros 5:177-85. 2006..Adherence rates for chronic pediatric conditions are approximately 50%. The primary objective of the study was to assess rates of adherence using four different measurement methods for children with cystic fibrosis (CF)... - Speech recognition at 1-year follow-up in the childhood development after cochlear implantation study: Methods and preliminary findingsLaurie S Eisenberg
House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90057, USA
Audiol Neurootol 11:259-68. 2006..These results demonstrate the responsiveness of the speech recognition hierarchy in tracking emergent skills from a sample of the CDaCI cohort... - Study of a novel pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy in pancreatic insufficient subjects with cystic fibrosisDrucy Borowitz
Women and Children s Hospital of Buffalo, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14222, USA
J Pediatr 149:658-662. 2006.... - Patient-reported outcomes in cystic fibrosisChristopher H Goss
Department of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Proc Am Thorac Soc 4:378-86. 2007.... - Effects of tobramycin solution for inhalation on global ratings of quality of life in patients with cystic fibrosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infectionAlexandra L Quittner
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, College of Health Professions, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Room DG 136, Gainesville, FL 32610 0165, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 33:269-76. 2002..Although these results are promising, they are limited by the use of a single-item rating of health. Future studies of the effects of TSI should utilize a well-validated, disease-specific measure of HRQOL...