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The mediating role of pain in substance use and depressive symptoms among Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) participantsJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA
Pain 152:2757-64. 2011..The results underscore the need for adequate pain management, particularly among vulnerable subgroups of HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative men to reduce the risk of drug use and depression...- Experimental pain responses in children with chronic pain and in healthy children: how do they differ?Jennie C I Tsao
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1752, USA
Pain Res Manag 17:103-9. 2012..Few studies have included different pain modalities or assessment protocols... - Peer mentorship to promote effective pain management in adolescents: study protocol for a randomised controlled trialLaura B Allen
Pediatric Pain Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Trials 12:132. 2011..Qualitative interviews for mentors, mentored participants, and control subjects will also be administered. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01118988... - Protocol for a randomized controlled study of Iyengar yoga for youth with irritable bowel syndromeSubhadra Evans
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Trials 12:15. 2011..TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01107977... - A randomized controlled trial examining Iyengar yoga for young adults with rheumatoid arthritis: a study protocolSubhadra Evans
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Trials 12:19. 2011..In this project, we will compare a standardized Iyengar yoga program for young people with rheumatoid arthritis to a standard care wait-list control condition... 
Posttraumatic stress disorder in rural primary care: improving care for mental health following bioterrorismJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Rural Health 22:78-82. 2006....- Parent and child anxiety sensitivity: relationship to children's experimental pain responsivityJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Pain 7:319-26. 2006..Among girls, childhood learning history related to somatic symptoms may be a particularly salient factor in the development of anxiety sensitivity and pain responsivity... - A Review of CAM for Procedural Pain in Infancy: Part II. Other InterventionsJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10940 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1450, Los Angeles, California 90024
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 5:399-407. 2008..Such investigations will assist in the development of evidence-based guidelines on the use of CAM interventions either alone or in concert with conventional approaches to provide safe, reliable analgesia for infant procedural pain... - A Review of CAM for Procedural Pain in Infancy: Part I. Sucrose and Non-nutritive SuckingJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10940 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 5:371-81. 2008..Despite some methodological weaknesses, the literature to date supports the use of sucrose, NNS and other sweetened solutions for the management of procedural pain in infancy... - PTSD and substance use: unrecognized sequelae of bioterrorism in primary care providersJennie C I Tsao
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
South Med J 99:817-22. 2006..Psychological casualties following public health emergencies are likely to significantly outnumber physical casualties. However, postevent psychological disorders may be underrecognized by primary care providers (PCPs)... - Anxiety sensitivity and health-related quality of life in children with chronic painJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
J Pain 8:814-23. 2007..The links between AS and multiple HRQOL domains suggest that treatment components aimed at reducing AS may lead to enhanced psychosocial well-being in children with chronic pain... - Relationships among anxious symptomatology, anxiety sensitivity and laboratory pain responsivity in childrenJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Cogn Behav Ther 35:207-15. 2006..The present results support the potential benefit of assessing both AS and anxiety symptoms in children prior to undergoing painful stimulation... - Pain, problem drug use history, and aberrant analgesic use behaviors in persons living with HIVJennie C I Tsao
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pain 133:128-37. 2007..Among non-problem users, pain was not linked to aberrant use of opioids, but was linked to the use of such medications specifically for pain... - Illness burden mediates the relationship between pain and illicit drug use in persons living with HIVJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Pain 119:124-32. 2005..Our results indicate that HIV+persons who screened positive for current use of a range of illicit substances experienced greater HIV/AIDS illness burden which in turn predicted increased pain... - Anxiety sensitivity and catastrophizing: associations with pain and somatization in non-clinical childrenJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
J Health Psychol 14:1085-94. 2009..AS and catastrophizing represent related but partially distinct cognitive constructs that may be targeted by interventions aimed at alleviating pain and somatization in children... - Impact of cognitive-behavioral therapy for panic disorder on comorbidity: a controlled investigationJennie C I Tsao
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, 10940 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Behav Res Ther 43:959-70. 2005..Our findings suggest that targeted CBT for panic disorder has beneficial effects on comorbidity over the longer term and that some of its immediate effects exceed those due to the passage of time alone... - Sex differences in pain and misuse of prescription analgesics among persons with HIVJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024 1752, USA
Pain Med 11:815-24. 2010..Women represent the largest percentage of new HIV infections globally. Yet, no large-scale studies have examined the experience of pain and its treatment in women living with HIV... - Healthcare utilization for pain in children and adolescents: a prospective study of laboratory and non-laboratory predictors of care-seekingJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1752, USA
Int J Adolesc Med Health 23:287-92. 2011..Few studies have focused on identifying predictors of medical consultation for pain in healthy children and adolescents... - Role of anticipatory anxiety and anxiety sensitivity in children's and adolescents' laboratory pain responsesJennie C I Tsao
National Rural Behavioral Health Center, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, College of Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610 0165, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 29:379-88. 2004..To examine relationships among trait anxiety sensitivity, state task-specific anticipatory anxiety, and laboratory pain responses in healthy children and adolescents... - Pain in persons living with HIV and comorbid psychologic and substance use disordersJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Clin J Pain 25:307-12. 2009..This study examined the prevalence and correlates of pain in 162 HIV-positive persons diagnosed with mood and/or anxiety disorders and substance use disorders... - Heart rate mediation of sex differences in pain tolerance in childrenQian Lu
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Bldg. 115, Rm. 223, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
Pain 118:185-93. 2005..These results suggest that autonomic arousal may be a mediator of sex-related differences in pain responses in children... - Fear of loss of vigilance: development and preliminary validation of a self-report instrumentJennie C I Tsao
NIMH Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610 0165, USA
Depress Anxiety 18:177-86. 2003.... - Panic disorder and pain in a national sample of persons living with HIVJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10940 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Pain 109:172-80. 2004..Our findings suggest that panic disorder, as well as PTSD and major depression are associated with greater pain in HIV patients... - Sex differences in the association between cortisol concentrations and laboratory pain responses in healthy childrenLaura B Allen
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, The University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Gend Med 6:193-207. 2009..Yet, less is known about the relationship of cortisol concentrations to pain in children... - Laboratory pain reactivity and gender: relationship to school nurse visits and school absencesJennie C I Tsao
NIMH Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32610, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 23:217-24. 2002..Limitations and pathways for further study are discussed... - Diagnosed mental and physical health conditions in the United States nursing home population: differences between urban and rural facilitiesAram Dobalian
Department of Health Services Administration, University of Florida, PO Box 100195, Gainesville, FL 32610 0195, USA
J Rural Health 19:477-83. 2003..There has been limited examination of the differences in health characteristics of the rural long-term care population. Recognizing these differences will allow policymakers to improve access to long-term care services in rural communities... - Assessment and treatment of nocturnal panic attacksMichelle G Craske
Department of Psychology, University of California, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1563, USA
Sleep Med Rev 9:173-84. 2005..Research is needed to examine the effects of combined cognitive-behavioral therapy and medications, compared to medication alone in the treatment of NP... - Coping predictors of children's laboratory-induced pain tolerance, intensity, and unpleasantnessQian Lu
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
J Pain 8:708-17. 2007.... - Relationships among self-rated tanner staging, hormones, and psychosocial factors in healthy female adolescentsAndrea J Rapkin
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 19:181-7. 2006..The purpose of the present study was to examine the associations among hormone concentrations, self-rated Tanner staging and dysmenorrhea, and to determine whether various psychosocial factors modulate these relationships... - Psychological status in childhood cancer survivors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor StudyLonnie K Zeltzer
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1752, USA
J Clin Oncol 27:2396-404. 2009..These findings suggest targeting interventions for groups at highest risk for adverse outcomes and examining the positive growth that remains despite the trauma of childhood cancer... - Sex differences in the relationship between maternal negative life events and children's laboratory pain responsivitySubhadra Evans
Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pain Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 30:279-88. 2009..We predicted that maternal NLE would be moderately associated with girls' pain responses but would not be associated with boys' pain responses... 
Iyengar yoga for young adults with rheumatoid arthritis: results from a mixed-methods pilot studySubhadra Evans
Pediatric Pain Program, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 39:904-13. 2010..Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease that often impacts patient's quality of life. For young people with RA, there is a need for rehabilitative approaches that have been shown to be safe and to lead to improved functioning...- Preliminary validation of a self-efficacy scale for child functioning despite chronic pain (child and parent versions)Brenda Bursch
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Division of Child Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pain 125:35-42. 2006..Replication with a larger sample size, more complex modeling, and prospective studies are indicated... - Sex differences in pain-related symptoms and self-initiated school nurse visits among pre-adolescentsJennie C I Tsao
NIMH Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0165, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 25:472-80. 2003..Our findings suggest pain-focused symptom measures may be useful in studies of early predictors of adult pain-related healthcare utilization... - Psychosocial outcomes and health-related quality of life in adult childhood cancer survivors: a report from the childhood cancer survivor studyLonnie K Zeltzer
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1752, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:435-46. 2008.... - Improving rural community preparedness for the chronic health consequences of bioterrorism and other public health emergenciesAram Dobalian
HSR and D Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 91343, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 13:476-80. 2007 - Pain and the use of outpatient services among persons with HIV: results from a nationally representative surveyAram Dobalian
Department of Health Services Administration College of Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0195, USA
Med Care 42:129-38. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Improved pain management could reduce outpatient use for persons experiencing pain and lead to substantial cost savings. Inequalities in outpatient use related to insurance are evident... - Stability of anxiety and depression in a national sample of adults with human immunodeficiency virusJennie C I Tsao
National Rural Behavioral Health Center, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, College of Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610-0165, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 192:111-8. 2004..Our findings indicate that living with HIV does not necessarily lead to increased psychiatric distress but that palliation of HIV symptoms is paramount to patients' mental health... - Sex differences in the relationship between maternal fear of pain and children's conditioned pain modulationSubhadra Evans
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Pain Res 6:231-8. 2013..CPM refers to the reduction in perceived pain intensity for a test stimulus following application of a conditioning stimulus to a remote area of the body, and is thought to reflect the descending inhibition of nociceptive signals... - Reactivity to imagery and nocturnal panic attacksJennie C I Tsao
NIMH Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
Depress Anxiety 18:205-13. 2003..The findings are discussed with respect to the role of fear of loss of vigilance for nocturnal panic... - "I can't be what I want to be": children's narratives of chronic pain experiences and treatment outcomesMarcia L Meldrum
Departments of History, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
Pain Med 10:1018-34. 2009..Chronic or recurrent nonmalignant pain is a significant problem for many children and adolescents and often limits the child's participation in normal physical, academic, and social activities... - Pain and use of complementary and alternative medicine in a national sample of persons living with HIVJennie C I Tsao
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 30:418-32. 2005..These results highlight the importance of medical efforts to control pain in persons living with HIV... - Commentary on the use of acupuncture in chronic pediatric painMichael Waterhouse
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1752, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 30:69-71. 2009..Key areas for future research to advance the application of acupuncture to chronic pediatric pain problems are outlined... - Complementary and alternative medicine for acute procedural pain in childrenSubhadra Evans
Pediatric Pain Program, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 14:52-6. 2008.... - Efficacy of acupuncture for health conditions in children: a reviewJean Libonate
Emperor s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, Santa Monica, CA, USA
ScientificWorldJournal 8:670-82. 2008..To further address the safety, effectiveness, and acceptability of acupuncture in children, large-scale randomized controlled trials are needed... - Sex, gender, and age: contributions to laboratory pain responding in children and adolescentsCynthia D Myers
Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Pain 7:556-64. 2006.... - Long-term effects of a brief distraction intervention on children's laboratory pain reactivityJennie C I Tsao
University of Florida College of Health Professions, USA
Behav Modif 27:217-32. 2003..Our findings suggest that a brief distraction intervention has long-term effects on task-based coping and experimental pain reactivity... - What's in a face: can parents "read pain" in their children's faces?Lonnie K Zeltzer
Pain 126:1-2. 2006
Research Grants
- Pain and drug abuse in HIV: Impact on health servicesJENNIE TSAO; Fiscal Year: 2005..The proposed research agenda encompasses a set of analyses that will provide valuable insights into the health and well being of IDUs and drug dependent patients in care for HIV. ..