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Effects of Smoking Reduction and Cessation on Birth Outcomes in a Scheduled Gradual Reduction Cessation Trial
Smoking during pregnancy can affect infant birthweight. We tested whether an intervention that promoted scheduled gradual reduction improved birth outcomes among pregnant women who smoked. We also examined rac...
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A web-based personalized decision support tool for patients diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ: development, content evaluation, and usability testing
Patients diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) face trade-offs when deciding among different treatments, including surgery, radiation, and endocrine therapy. A less chosen option is active monitoring....
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Trajectories of Situational Temptations in Pregnant Smokers participating in a Scheduled Gradual Reduction Cessation Trial
The purpose of this paper was to examine changes in situational temptations to smoke among women in early to late pregnancy enrolled in a texting trial to help them quit smoking. We compared changes between (1...
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Increasing physical activity in Cancer Survivors through a Text-messaging Exercise motivation Program (ICanSTEP)
Cancer survivors are often sedentary. Self-monitoring may promote physical activity through self-activation. We conducted a pilot trial to evaluate whether wearable activity tracker with personalized text mess...
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A novel decision aid for acute myeloid leukemia: a feasibility and preliminary efficacy trial
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematologic malignancy characterized by a poor prognosis but also a paradoxical possibility of cure. This renders decision-making complex and imminent. Unfortunately, many pat...
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“Cure” Versus “Clinical Remission”: The Impact of a Medication Description on the Willingness of People Living with HIV to Take a Medication
Many people living with HIV (PLWHIV) state that they would be willing to take significant risks to be “cured” of the virus. However, how they interpret the word “cure” in this context is not clear. We used a r...
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The Co-occurrence of Daily Smoking, Binge Drinking and IPV Among Latino Expectant Fathers
Many Latino men have multiple risk factors that predispose them to chronic disease morbidity and mortality, yet few have examined patterns in this population. We describe the co-occurrence of daily smoking, bi...
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Pilot Test of Connecting Pregnant Women who Smoke to Short Message Service (SMS) Support Texts for Cessation
Most pregnant women know that smoking poses serious risks to baby and mother, yet many still smoke. We conducted a large randomized controlled trial and found that an SMS text-delivered program helped about 10...
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Knowledge and Preferences of Primary Care Providers in Delivering Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Care
Long-term care for head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors is complex and requires coordination among multiple providers. Clinical practice guidelines highlight the role of primary care providers (PCPs) in screen...
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A smoking cessation and pain management program for cancer survivors
Many cancer survivors continue to smoke. Further, most survivors also report high levels of persistent pain and smoke in response to pain. The investigators tested the feasibility, acceptability, and prelimina...
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Triadic treatment decision-making in advanced cancer: a pilot study of the roles and perceptions of patients, caregivers, and oncologists
The research on cancer treatment decision-making focuses on dyads; the full “triad” of patients, oncologists, and caregivers remains largely unstudied. We investigated how all members of this triad perceive an...
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Oncologists’ responses to patient and caregiver negative emotions and patient perception of quality of communication: results from a multi-ethnic Asian setting
Patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers experience many negative emotions. Empathic responses from oncologists can help alleviate their distress. We aimed to assess expressions of negative emotions ...
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Development and implementation of an online program to improve how patients communicate emotional concerns to their oncology providers
Patients often struggle to express their emotional concerns to their oncology providers and may therefore experience unmet needs. This paper describes the development and implementation of an online program th...
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Open AccessDevelo** patient-friendly genetic and genomic test reports: formats to promote patient engagement and understanding
With the emergence of electronic medical records and patient portals, patients are increasingly able to access their health records, including laboratory reports. However, laboratory reports are usually writte...
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How do non-physician clinicians respond to advanced cancer patients’ negative expressions of emotions?
Patients with advanced cancer often experience negative emotion; clinicians’ empathic responses can alleviate patient distress. Much is known about how physicians respond to patient emotion; less is known abou...
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Do patient attributes predict oncologist empathic responses and patient perceptions of empathy?
Most patients with advanced cancer experience negative emotion. When patients express emotions, oncologists rarely respond empathically. Oncologists may respond more empathically to some patients, and patients...
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Open AccessHypertension Improvement Project (HIP): study protocol and implementation challenges
Hypertension affects 29% of the adult U.S. population and is a leading cause of heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure. Despite numerous effective treatments, only 53% of people with hypertension are at goa...
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Open AccessEstimated time spent on preventive services by primary care physicians
Delivery of preventive health services in primary care is lacking. One of the main barriers is lack of time. We estimated the amount of time primary care physicians spend on important preventive health services.
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Patient–oncologist communication in advanced cancer: predictors of patient perception of prognosis
Advanced cancer patients’ perceptions of prognosis, which are often overly optimistic compared to oncologist estimates, influence treatment preferences. The predictors of patients’ perceptions and the effect o...
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“What concerns me is…” Expression of emotion by advanced cancer patients during outpatient visits
Cancer patients have high levels of distress, yet oncologists often do not recognize patients’ concerns. We sought to describe how patients with advanced cancer verbally express negative emotion to their oncol...
