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| Magdalena SzaflarskiSummaryAffiliation: University of Cincinnati Country: USA Publications
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Multidimensional assessment of spirituality/religion in patients with HIV: conceptual framework and empirical refinementMagdalena Szaflarski
Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0840, USA
J Relig Health 51:1239-60. 2012..This study corroborates parts of the factor structure underlying the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality and some recent refinements of the original framework...- Epidemiology of alcohol abuse among US immigrant populationsMagdalena Szaflarski
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, PO Box 670840, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0840, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 13:647-58. 2011.... - Modeling the effects of spirituality/religion on patients' perceptions of living with HIV/AIDSMagdalena Szaflarski
Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0840, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:S28-38. 2006..Spirituality/religion is an important factor in health and illness, but more work is needed to determine its link to quality of life in patients with HIV/AIDS... 
Racial/ethnic disparities in the treatment of epilepsy: what do we know? What do we need to know?Magdalena Szaflarski
Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Epilepsy Behav 9:243-64. 2006..We propose a framework to identify the array of disparities, points of intervention, and interventions...- Self-reported health in Poland and the United States: a comparative analysis of demographic, family and socioeconomic influencesMagdalena Szaflarski
Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, OH 45267 0840, USA
Health (London) 8:5-31. 2004..g. varying living standards and styles, health care systems and cultural attitudes) between the West and the former Eastern Europe... - Change in quality of life after being diagnosed with HIV: a multicenter longitudinal studyJoel Tsevat
Veterans Healthcare System of Ohio VISN 10, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 23:931-7. 2009..We conclude that many patients with HIV feel that their life is better than it was before their diagnosis, although results of such comparisons often change over time... - Quality of life in medication-resistant epilepsy: the effects of patient's age, age at seizure onset, and disease durationMagdalena Szaflarski
Institute for the Study of Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Epilepsy Behav 8:547-51. 2006..Interventions to improve HRQOL in patients with medication-resistant epilepsy should, therefore, focus on treating mood disturbances and minimizing medication side effects... - Changes in religiousness and spirituality attributed to HIV/AIDS: are there sex and race differences?Sian Cotton
Health Services Research and Development, VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:S14-20. 2006..The objective of this study was (1) to describe changes in religiousness and spirituality of people with HIV/AIDS, and (2) to determine if these changes differed by sex and race... - Psychopathology and quality of life: psychogenic non-epileptic seizures versus epilepsyJerzy P Szaflarski
Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Med Sci Monit 9:CR113-8. 2003..Future studies should examine causal linkages between psychopathology and PNES and other explanations in seizure-related QOL... - Seizure disorders, depression, and health-related quality of lifeJerzy P Szaflarski
Department of Neurology and Cincinnati Epilepsy Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0525, USA
Epilepsy Behav 5:50-7. 2004..We conclude that evaluating and treating mood states is as important as treating PNES itself when caring for patients with PNES, and it might be the first step toward improving their QOL... - Levetiracetam use in critically ill patientsJerzy P Szaflarski
Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, MSB Rm 4506, ML 0525, 231 Albert B Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0525, USA
Neurocrit Care 7:140-7. 2007..Levetiracetam (LEV) is used in the setting of acute brain injury for seizure treatment or prophylaxis but its safety and efficacy in this setting is unknown... - Seizure control in patients with epilepsy: the physician vs. medication factorsJerzy P Szaflarski
Department of Neurology and the Cincinnati Epilepsy Center, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 8:264. 2008..This study compares the relative effects of provider type (epileptologist vs. other neurologist) and pharmacologic treatment (newer vs. older antiepileptic drugs) on seizure control in patients with epilepsy... - Measuring depressive symptoms among treatment-resistant seizure disorder patients: POMS Depression scale as an alternative to the BDI-IINathan M Griffith
Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Epilepsy Behav 7:266-72. 2005..These results suggest that the POMS-D may be effective in measuring reported depressive symptoms among seizure disorder patients... - Comprehensive presurgical functional MRI language evaluation in adult patients with epilepsyJerzy P Szaflarski
Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0525, USA
Epilepsy Behav 12:74-83. 2008.... - Quality of life in psychogenic nonepileptic seizuresJerzy P Szaflarski
Department of Neurology and Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, U S A
Epilepsia 44:236-42. 2003..The relation between these factors and PNESs is not well established. In this study, we compared HRQOL in patients with PNESs with that of patients with ESs... - The effect of offering international health training opportunities on family medicine residency recruitingAndrew W Bazemore
Robert Graham Center, American Academy of Family Physicians, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Fam Med 39:255-60. 2007..We studied the influence of offering an international health track (IHT) on residency recruitment...
Research Grants
- Religious Organizations' Responses to HIV/AIDSMagdalena Szaflarski; Fiscal Year: 2007..Our study might also provide information to public health officials as to what kinds of religious organizations they should reach out to in order to sponsor HIV-related work. ..