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The impact of a problem-solving intervention on increasing caregiver assistance and improving caregiver healthPaula R Sherwood
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Support Care Cancer 20:1937-47. 2012....- Treatment disparities following the diagnosis of an astrocytomaPaula R Sherwood
School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
J Neurooncol 101:67-74. 2011..Data suggest disparities in race and insurance status may exist in receiving standard of care for astrocytomas. Further research is warranted to replicate the data and determine potential sources for these disparities... - A house of cards: the impact of treatment costs on women with breast and ovarian cancerPaula R Sherwood
School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Cancer Nurs 31:470-7. 2008.... - Guiding research in family care: a new approach to oncology caregivingPaula R Sherwood
School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Psychooncology 17:986-96. 2008..The purpose of this article is to describe how a mind-body (biobehavioral) model can be adapted to study family caregivers of persons with a brain tumor... 
Predictors of employment and lost hours from work in cancer caregiversPaula R Sherwood
School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 336 Victoria Building, 3500 Victoria Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Psychooncology 17:598-605. 2008..Data suggest that interventions to assist caregivers in maintaining employment should target caregivers of persons with limitations in physical function and should include strategies to coordinate care to assist with IADLs...- The influence of caregiver mastery on depressive symptomsPaula R Sherwood
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
J Nurs Scholarsh 39:249-55. 2007.... 
A cognitive behavioral intervention for symptom management in patients with advanced cancerPaula Sherwood
School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 32:1190-8. 2005..To evaluate the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral intervention in decreasing symptom severity in patients with advanced cancer undergoing chemotherapy...- Predictors of distress in caregivers of persons with a primary malignant brain tumorPaula R Sherwood
School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Res Nurs Health 29:105-20. 2006..Results may help identify caregivers at risk for negative outcomes, and suggest interventions to improve caregivers' emotional health... - To refer or not to refer: Factors that affect primary care provider referral of patients with cancer to clinical treatment trialsPaula R Sherwood
College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA
J Cancer Educ 19:58-65. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Findings support allocating funds to provide CCTT education to PCPs to increase numbers of patients willing to participate in CCTTs... - Caregiver burden and depressive symptoms: analysis of common outcomes in caregivers of elderly patientsPaula R Sherwood
Michigan State University, USA
J Aging Health 17:125-47. 2005.... - What knowledge and skills do caregivers need?Barbara Given
College of Nursing and University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University in East Lansing, USA
Am J Nurs 108:28-34; quiz 34. 2008..Caregivers need certain knowledge and skills both to provide the best possible care and to protect their own well-being... - Physical and mental health effects of family caregivingRichard Schulz
University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh, USA
Am J Nurs 108:23-7; quiz 27. 2008..Adverse-and even positive-outcomes in a chronic stress experience... - Conceptual challenges in the study of caregiver-care recipient relationshipsJennifer Hagerty Lingler
Department of Health and Community Systems, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Nurs Res 57:367-72. 2008..Yet, informal care dynamics are fundamentally relational and often reciprocal, and caregiving roles can be complex and overlapping... - Family care for the older person with cancerBarbara Given
College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Semin Oncol Nurs 22:43-50. 2006..To describe the needs of family members of older persons undergoing cancer treatment and to examine the interventions designed to alleviate caregiver distress... - I could lose everything: understanding the cost of a brain tumorSarah Bradley
School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, 336 Victoria Building, 3500 Victoria Street, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Neurooncol 85:329-38. 2007.... - Forgotten voices: lessons from bereaved caregivers of persons with a brain tumourPaula R Sherwood
College of Nursing, Michigan State University, B424 West Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Int J Palliat Nurs 10:67-75; discussion 75. 2004.... - Nursing sensitive patient outcomes--a white paperBarbara A Given
College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 32:773-84. 2005 - Evaluated need, costs of care, and payer perspective in degenerative dementia patients cared for in the United StatesDaniel L Murman
Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 982045 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 21:39-48. 2007..The relationship between evaluated need variables and direct costs depends on the perspective of the payer and provide insights into which need variables could be targeted with interventions to control costs and improve patient outcomes...
Research Grants
- Mind-Body Interactions in Neuro-Oncology Family CaregiversPaula Sherwood; Fiscal Year: 2007..Improving caregivers' emotional and physical health may improve the delivery of care and quality of life for the care recipient. ..
- Patient and Health Care System Outcomes Following EEAPaula Sherwood; Fiscal Year: 2009..These efforts have the potential to make a major impact on the lives of persons with a brain tumor and those that care for them. ..
- Mind-Body Interactions in Neuro-Oncology Family CaregiversPaula Sherwood; Fiscal Year: 2009..Improving caregivers' emotional and physical health may improve the delivery of care and quality of life for the care recipient. ..
- Determining Genetic and Biomarker Predictors of DCI and Long Term Outcomes afterPaula Sherwood; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Patient and Health Care System Outcomes Following EEAPAULA R contact SHERWOOD; Fiscal Year: 2010..These efforts have the potential to make a major impact on the lives of persons with a brain tumor and those that care for them. ..
- Mind-Body Interactions in Neuro-Oncology Family CaregiversPaula R Sherwood; Fiscal Year: 2010..Improving caregivers'emotional and physical health may improve the delivery of care and quality of life for the care recipient. ..
- Determining Genetic and Biomarker Predictors of DCI and Long Term Outcomes afterPAULA R contact SHERWOOD; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Patient and Health Care System Outcomes Following EEAPaul A Gardner; Fiscal Year: 2011..These efforts have the potential to make a major impact on the lives of persons with a brain tumor and those that care for them. ..