| Acute oral pain and mucositis in bone marrow transplant and leukemia patients: data from a pilot study. |
1998 |
1098 |
The purposes of this prospective, repeated-measures descriptive pilot study were to describe patterns of acute oral pain and mucositis in patients receiving a bone marrow transplant or high-dose chemotherapy for leukemia, and to test procedures and i... |
| Age differences in encoding specificity |
1988 |
421 |
In two experiments (one under full attention, the other under divided attention), old and young adults were presented with a cued recall task in an encoding specificity paradigm. Targets and associated cues were either pictures or matched words, and ... |
| Application of multilevel growth-curve analysis in cancer treatment toxicities: The exemplar of oral mucositis and pain |
2009 |
357 |
Purpose/Objectives: To introduce the use of a statistical technique known as multilevel growth-curve analysis and illustrate how the method can be advantageous in comparison with traditional repeated measures for the study of trajectories of signs an... |
| The body's response to health care provider communication: The impact of dominant versus facilitative styles. |
2008 |
13 |
Participant responses were compared for cancer genetic counselor provision of information provided in a dominant versus facilitative communication style. Participants watched two different segments of genetic counseling while heart rate (HR) and resp... |
| Cancer-related fatigue, depressive symptoms, and functional status: a mediation model. |
2006 |
1791 |
Background: Patients with cancer grapple with a confusing array of disease- and treatment-related symptoms while trying to maintain functioning in usual roles and daily activities. Research is needed to sort out and identify symptom clusters as a bas... |
| Characteristics of heart period variability in intubated very low birth weight infants with respiratory disease. |
2004 |
352 |
Background: Heart period variability provides a measure of balance between the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). Since the PNS develops during the final weeks of gestation, premature infants have an overriding... |
| Communication Analysis of BRCA1 Genetic Counseling. |
2005 |
684 |
In this study, we apply an existing medical communication coding system to BRCA1 genetic counseling sessions, describe the session dynamics, and explore variation in session commu-nication. The sample was comprised of 167 members of an identified BRC... |
| Communication with breast cancer survivors. |
2008 |
799 |
Breast cancer survivors must manage chronic side effects of original treatment. To manage these symptoms, communication must include both biomedical and contextual lifestyle factors. Sixty breast cancer survivors and 6 providers were recruited to tes... |
| Cue utilization and encoding specificity in picture recognition by older adults |
1987 |
467 |
According to the encoding specificity principle, memory is best when encoding and retrieval conditions are compatible. Some researchers have suggested that older adults encode information in a general fashion and are less sensitive to the specific co... |
| Detecting and explicating interactions in categorical data. |
1999 |
2441 |
Detecting and explicating interactions in categorical data analyses using cross tabulation and the [chi]2 statistic can provide salient tests of hypotheses concerning the relationship between two variables measured at the nominal or ordinal levels. F... |
| Determinants of functional performance in long-term survivors of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) |
2010 |
183 |
This study examined factors accounting for functional performance limitations in 100 long-term survivors of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD). Functional performance, measured by the SF-... |
| Dietary change through African American churches: baseline results and program description of the eat for life trial |
2000 |
948 |
Background. Eat for Life, a multicomponent intervention to increase fruit and vegetable (F & V) consumption among African Americans, is delivered through African American churches. Methods. Fourteen churches were randomly assigned to one of three tre... |
| Effectiveness of an intervention for colic. |
2006 |
752 |
Summary: An intervention for infant irritability or colic was evaluated in a randomized clinical trial. A total of 121 full-term irritable infants (2 to 6 weeks old) were randomized to routine care or the home-based intervention program. A third grou... |
| Effects of age and a divided attention task presented during encoding and retrieval on memory. |
1989 |
2240 |
Remembering frequently occurs in the context of other competing activities. When trying to encode or retrieve information in everyday situations, we often do so amidst ongoing relevant and irrelevant information and concurrent events. This array of c... |
| Effects of contextual integration on recall of pictures by older adults. |
1990 |
731 |
This study investigated age-related differences in the ability to utilize integrative relationships between target and context as a memory support by directly manipulating the relationship between a target picture and context. We hypothesized that as... |
| Efficacy of an Intervention for Fatigue and Sleep Disturbance during Cancer Chemotherapy |
2010 |
94 |
Context- Multiple complex symptoms from cancer treatment can interfere with functioning.
Objectives- To evaluate the efficacy of an “energy and sleep enhancement” (EASE) intervention to relieve fatigue and sleep disturbance and improve health-relate... |
| The experience of a sore mouth and associated symptoms in patients with cancer receiving outpatient chemotherapy |
2009 |
252 |
This study aimed to describe sore mouth (SM) severity and distress, associated symptoms, and consequences in cancer chemotherapy outpatients. Secondary analysis was used in this study. A total of 223 patients in 4 treatment centers participated in th... |
| Exploring genetic counseling communication patterns: the role of teaching and counseling approaches. |
2006 |
809 |
The educational and counseling models are often touted as the two primary professional approaches to genetic counseling practice. Yet, research has not been conducted to examine how these approaches are used in practice. In the present study, we cond... |
| Factors associated with outcomes 3 months after implantable cardioverter defibrillator insertion. |
1999 |
758 |
BACKGROUND: Adjustment to living with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a dynamic process that varies among individuals. The purpose of this study was to describe patterns of recovery and to examine the relationships among demographi... |
| Fatigue, Sleep-wake Disturbances, and Quality of Life in Adolescents Receiving Chemotherapy |
2011 |
342 |
Background: Adolescents with cancer experience distressing physical and psychosocial symptoms, especially during treatment. Fatigue and sleep disturbances commonly affect adolescents' quality of life, but little is known about how adolescents experie... |
| Forgetting of pictures and sentences over a long retention interval in young and older adults. |
1988 |
715 |
Although age-related declines are typically reported for memory of verbal material, it has recently been reported (Park, Puglisi, & Smith, 1986; Park, Puglisi, Smith, & Dudley, 1987; Park, Puglisi, & Sovacool, 1984; Rybarczyk, Hart, & Harkins, 1987) ... |
| Fox_Path: A microcomputer program for the computation of effects in path analytic models. |
1993 |
469 |
Path analysis was first proposed by Wright (1934) as a means for analyzing the path coefficients within noncausal models. More recent texts concerned with regression models (Cohen & Cohen, 1983; Pedhazur, 1982) have devoted considerable space to the ... |
| Gender differences in goal setting for HIV prevention among college students. |
2003 |
487 |
The purpose of this study was to identify HIV prevention goals of college students, to determine if there are differences in goal setting between males and females, and to determine if an association exists between goal setting and behavior. The data... |
| Genetic counseling communication with an African American BRCA1 kindred |
2007 |
699 |
We studied communication in genetic counseling sessions conducted with an African American, Breast Cancer 1, Early Onset (BRCA1) kindred in the USA. The Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS) was used to code and compare two sessions of 46 particip... |
| Genetic counseling communication with an African American BRCA1 kindred. |
2007 |
699 |
We studied communication in genetic counseling sessions conducted with an African American, Breast Cancer 1, Early Onset (BRCA1) kindred in the USA. The Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS) was used to code and compare two sessions of 46 particip... |
| Impact of Underlying Depression on Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Older Adults with Dementia |
2010 |
384 |
This article examines the moderating effect of depression on interdisciplinary treatment approaches for behaviors in dementia. A secondary analysis of data collected on tailored treatment of 105 long-term care residents with dementia found a signific... |
| Impaired parasympathetic response to feeding in ventilated preterm babies |
2005 |
184 |
HF power, representing primarily parasympathetic activity, did not increase with enteral feeding as anticipated. LF power, an indicator of sympathetic tone, decreased during and after feeding suggesting the anticipated effect of inhibition of the sym... |
| Keepin' it R.E.A.L.!: program description and results of baseline assessment. |
2002 |
523 |
In this article, the authors present the results of the analysis of the baseline data from Keepin’ it R.E.A.L.!, an HIV prevention project developed for mothers and their adolescents. Six hundred twelve mostly male (60.6%) and African American (98.2%... |
| Keepin' it R.E.A.L.!: results of a mother-adolescent HIV prevention program. |
2006 |
934 |
Background: The concern that adolescents may be placing themselves at risk for contracting HIV has led to widespread public and parental support for HIV prevention programs. Several programs on increasing communication between parents and teenagers h... |
| Knowledge, attitudes, and interest in breast-ovarian cancer gene testing: a survey of a large African-American kindred with a BRCA1 mutation. |
2001 |
704 |
Background. This study assessed counseling and testing needs from the perspective of adult members of a large African-American kindred with a BRCA1 mutation. Methods. Interviews were conducted with 95 male and female kindred members to elicit informa... |
| Level of dyspnoea experienced in mechanically ventilated adults with and without saline instillation prior to endotracheal suctioning. |
2001 |
1602 |
The purpose of this study was to compare the level of dyspnoea with and without the use of 5-cc saline instillation prior to endotracheal suctioning of mechanically ventilated adults. A crossover, quasi-experimental design was used. Seventeen alert, ... |
| Limited social support or religious involvement as risk factors for colon cancer. |
2002 |
255 |
Previous studies have established a relationship between lack of social ties and all-cause mortality, but few have examined cancer risk and or factors associated with disease-specific survival. This population-based case-control study examined the re... |
| Matching waveform audio files with toxicall data: Record linkage in a poison control center |
2006 |
320 |
Analysis of coded communications and electronic patient record data present a unique opportunity for nursing knowledge discovery, the integration of communication content with clinical data. However, joint analysis of coded communications and clinica... |
| Measurement of parenting self-efficacy and outcome expectancy related to discussions about sex. |
2001 |
2075 |
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of two scales—one to measure the self-efficacy of parents to discuss sexual health issues with their adolescents and the other to measure parents' outcome expectancy associated wit... |
| A needs assessment of persons with visual impairment: Implications for older adults and service providers. |
1991 |
1123 |
The present study was designed to document the demographic characteristics of a sample of persons with visual disabilities and provide an index of their self-reported needs. An additional purpose was to determine whether the needs of the geriatric bl... |
| Nonverbal sensitivity: Consequences for learning and satisfaction in genetic counseling. |
2008 |
13 |
Purpose - This study aims to explore the role of interactants' nonverbal sensitivity, anxiety and sociodemographic characteristics in learning and satisfaction within the genetic counseling context. Design/methodology/approach - This is a combined si... |
| Nurse responsiveness to cancer patient expressions of emotion |
2009 |
363 |
Objective
This theoretically based study examined nurse responses to cancer patient expressions of emotion using a videotaped, simulated cancer patient.
Methods
This study used an experimental crossover design with a videotaped patient expressing ... |
| Nursing structure, processes, and patient outcomes in army medical centers. |
2005 |
1488 |
The purpose of this study was to describe patient outcomes in Army Medical Centers, identify differences in outcomes between mixed medical-surgical bed and specialty intensive care units (ICUs), and explore predictive models for outcomes attributable... |
| Pain, sleep disturbance, and fatigue in patients with cancer: using a mediation model to test a symptom cluster |
2005 |
969 |
Purpose/Objectives: To test whether sleep disturbance mediates the effect of pain on fatigue.
Design: Cross-sectional
Setting: Radiation therapy clinic, oncology ambulatory clinic, and inpatient oncology unit in an urban teaching hospital.
Sample:... |
| Parenting style and adolescent's reaction to conflict: is there a relationship? |
2002 |
2464 |
Purpose: To determine if the reactions of adolescents toward hypothetical situations that can lead to conflict and violence varied by parenting style of their mothers.
Methods: This study was part of a larger research project involving adolescents a... |
| Patient-centered communication during oncology follow-up visits for breast cancer survivors: content and temporal structure |
2009 |
379 |
Purpose/Objectives: To understand the content and temporal structure of survivor-provider communication during breast cancer survivor follow-up visits.
Design: Descriptive correlational.
Setting: Private outpatient oncology practice.
Sample: 55 br... |
| Patterns of fatigue in adolescents receiving chemotherapy |
2010 |
340 |
Purpose/Objectives: To describe patterns of fatigue in adolescents and the impact of fatigue during one month of chemotherapy, to explore variables that affect fatigue, and to explore the feasibility of collecting daily self-report data in this popul... |
| Patterns of sore mouth in outpatients with cancer receiving chemotherapy. |
2009 |
8 |
Goals
The aims of this secondary data analysis were to (a) categorize patterns in the development, duration, intensity, and resolution of sore mouth (which can be considered a proxy for oral mucositis) severity and distress over two cycles of chemot... |
| Pilot Study of the Relationship Between Heart Rate and Ectopy and Unrestricted vs. Restricted Visiting Hours in the Coronary Care Unit. |
1993 |
469 |
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between cardiac performance, as measured by heart rate and ectopy —premature
ventricular contractions (PVCs) and premature atrial contractions (PACs)—and unrestricted vs restricted visiting... |
| Poison control center communication and impact on patient adherence |
2008 |
204 |
Objective. This project explored the communication processes associated with poison control center calls. Methods. In this preliminary study, we adapted the Roter Interaction Analysis System to capture staff-caller dialogue. This involved case select... |
| A program for computing the Box-Cox transformations and resulting residual sums of squares. |
1990 |
422 |
BOX _COX is an interactive microcomputer program that computes the Box-Cox transformations (Box & Cox, 1864; Neter, Wasserman, & Kutner, 1888), as well as the sum of squared residuals using these transformations. These transformations may be useful f... |
| Psychometric evaluation of the Pittsburgh sleep quality index in cancer patients. |
2004 |
2579 |
This report summarizes findings related to the psychometric properties (internal consistency and construct validity) of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and discusses issues related to its use based on data from two clinical studies with div... |
| Reducing parenting stress in families with irritable infants. |
2006 |
1572 |
Background: Caring for an infant with unexplained, persistent crying is one of the most stressful events for new parents. Infant irritability, also referred to as infantile colic, occurs in 10-25% of all infants and is the most common parental concer... |
| The relationship between parent-adolescent communication and safer sex behaviors in college students. |
2000 |
3604 |
An increased incidence of HIV infection in adolescents has led researchers to examine factors that influence young people’s sexual behaviors. One of these factors is parent-adolescent communication about sexuality. In this study, two measurements of ... |
| Risk factor distribution among sociodemographically diverse African American adults. |
2001 |
602 |
Because African Americans tend to have lower socioeconomic status (SES) than whites and numerous health indicators are related to SES variables, it is important when examining between-group differences in health indices to account for SES differences... |
| SAS macros for testing statistical mediation in data with binary mediators or outcomes. |
2008 |
2821 |
Background: Statistical mediation is an important tool in behavioral health sciences, but it has been confined primarily to continuous variables. As prevention studies become increasingly common, more often the mediator or outcome is binary. Recent w... |
| Screening behaviors among African American women at high risk for breast cancer: do beliefs about god matter? |
2002 |
487 |
Purpose/Objectives: To examine the relationship between beliefs about God as a controlling force in health and adherence to breast cancer screening among high-risk African American women.
Design: Cross-sectional cohort.
Setting: In-person interview... |
| Sleep quality after initial chemotherapy for breast cancer |
2010 |
251 |
Goals of work: The goal of this study is to characterize sleep quality and quantity prior to and in the first three nights after initial chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Materials and methods: This study makes use of secondary analysis of data from t... |
| Social cognitive correlates of sexual experience and condom use among 13- through 15-year-old adolescents. |
2001 |
1217 |
Purpose: To examine the role of self-efficacy, outcome expectancies, and perception of peer attitudes in the delay of onset of sexual activity among 13- through 15-year-old adolescents. We also explored the role of self-efficacy, outcome expectancies... |
| Social cognitive factors associated with mother-adolescent communication about sex. |
2000 |
1129 |
To better understand why some mothers talk to their children about sex and others do not, we examined the role of two social cognitive variables- self-efficacy and outcome expectancies- in explaining sex-based communication. The present study was par... |
| A social cognitive-based model for condom use among college students. |
2000 |
3091 |
Background: Social cognitive theory has been used extensively to explain health behaviors. Although the influence of one construct in this model—self-efficacy—has been well established, the role of other social cognitive constructs has not received a... |
| SPSS and SAS programming for the testing of mediation models. |
2004 |
3690 |
Background: Mediation modeling can explain the nature of the relation among three or more variables. In addition, it can be used to show how a variable mediates the relation between levels of intervention and outcome. The Sobel test, developed in 199... |
| Staffing Levels in Rural Nursing Homes. |
2011 |
9 |
This mixed methods study used multiple regression analyses to examine the impact of organizational and market characteristics on staffing hours and staffing mix, and qualitative interview to explore the challenges and facilitators of recruiting and r... |
| Symptom cluster research: conceptual, design, measurement, and analysis issues. |
2006 |
2252 |
Cancer patients may experience multiple concurrent symptoms caused by the cancer, cancer treatment, or their combination. The complex relationships between and among symptoms, as well as the clinical antecedents and consequences, have not been well d... |
| Symptom experiences and quality of life of rural and urban older adult cancer survivors |
2009 |
323 |
This study examined the symptom experience, health-related quality of life, and functional performance of elderly cancer survivors at 1 and 3 months after the completion of initial treatment. The study used a descriptive, comparative, repeated-measur... |
| Symptom management and adjustment of patients with multiple sclerosis: a 4-year longitudinal intervention study. |
2003 |
604 |
The researchers studied the effectiveness of a nursing intervention in promoting adjustment and symptom management in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). This was a 4-year longitudinal study to determine whether the 4-week intensive outpatient ... |
| Symptom trajectories during chemotherapy in outpatients with lung cancer colorectal cancer, or lymphoma. |
2011 |
8 |
Purpose
Pain, depression, distress, fatigue, and sleep disturbance are common symptoms in oncology patients, but little data are available that examine the trajectories of these symptoms during chemotherapy (CTX). The purposes of this study were to ... |
| Symptom trajectories in posttreatment cancer survivors. |
2011 |
9 |
Background: Cancer survivorship following cancer treatment is uncertain as physical and psychological sequelae related to the disease or its treatment may persist. However, little is known about the experience of symptoms after treatment.
Objectiv... |
| Test of a nursing intervention to promoting adjustment to fibromyalgia. |
2001 |
606 |
Purpose: This was a test to detect whether a 4-week cognitive behavioral nursing program was effective in increasing adjustment to fibromyalgia (FM) and if the treatment effect would last over time.
Design: This was a control and treatment group exp... |
| Validation of three food frequency questionnaires and 24-hour recalls with serum carotenoid levels in a sample of African-American adults. |
2000 |
824 |
The validity of self-reported fruit and vegetable intake in minority populations has not been adequately established. In this study, the authors examined the association of three food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) and 24-hour dietary recalls with s... |
| Women's self-reported condom use: intra and interpersonal factors. |
1998 |
888 |
In the past several years, the greatest proportionate increase in AIDS diagnoses has occurred among women. Yet, while the risk of HIV infection increases, female college students continue to report inconsistent HIV prevention behaviors. Past research... |