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December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Individuals with higher physical functioning and who rated their primary care providers as less supportive were more likely to participate in CDSM.
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Patients with chronic disease often have comorbid illness that presents challenges to achieve optimal control.
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Methadone is not associated with excess risk of death in this retrospective VA study.
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Visits to the emergency department by children with sickle cell disease and diabetes are substantially more likely to be highly urgent than those by children with asthma.
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
When there is a positive relational climate in a clinic, patients are more likely to receive care that adheres to guidelines.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Despite understanding the importance of post-transplant nephrology visits, kidney recipients skipped appointments because they wanted independence from doctors believed they could manage their own bodies and faced numerous post-transplant physical and emotional challenges, according to this study.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A study of family and friend participation in physician visits of adults with chronic diseases found that both patients and physicians report positively on companions' presence, though most physicians perceive barriers to increasing companion participation.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A new tool measures interdisciplinary and nursing care quality of pain management from a patient's perspective.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Roughly half of the population that suffers from sickle cell disease (SCD) is unemployed. This study investigated psychosocial variables (demographic, illness perception, and psychological) associated with employment status among African-Americans with SCD.
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article studies the misuse of opioid analgesia for outpatients with chronic, noncancer pain.