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Age Effects of Frames of Reference in Self-Reports of Health, Well-Being, Fatigue and Pain
Self-reports of health and well-being are central for population monitoring, so it is paramount that they are measured accurately. The goal of this study was to examine the impact of age on the use of the comp...
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Open AccessPatient reported outcomes can improve performance status assessment: a pilot study
Patient performance status is routinely used in oncology to estimate physical functioning, an important factor in clinical treatment decisions and eligibility for clinical trials. However, validity and reliabi...
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Frames of Reference in Self-Reports of Health, Well-Being, Fatigue, and Pain: a Qualitative Examination
Self-reports in survey research can be affected by internal comparison standards, or Frames of Reference (FoRs), that people apply when making their ratings. The goal of this study was to determine which FoRs ...
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Identification of distinct fatigue trajectories in patients with breast cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy
The goal of this study was to characterize changes in daily fatigue in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. We examined whether there are subgroups of patients with distinct fatigue trajectories an...
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Measuring daily fatigue using a brief scale adapted from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®)
Daily assessments can provide insight into the temporal characteristics of fatigue. They can demonstrate consistency or reveal variability, as when fatigue changes with the underlying medical condition, improv...
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A comparison of inspiratory airflow dynamics during sleep between upper airway resistance syndrome patients and healthy controls
A test of the hypothesis that upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) patients have an increased prevalence of inspiratory airflow limitation (IFL) during sleep compared to healthy controls.
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Inspiratory airflow dynamics during sleep in veterans with Gulf War illness: a controlled study
To determine whether veterans with Gulf War Illness (GWI) are distinguished by sleep-disordered breathing, we compared inspiratory airflow dynamics during sleep between veterans with GWI and asymptomatic veter...
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The effect of nasal continuous positive airway pressure on the symptoms of Gulf War illness
We performed a pilot study to determine whether nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) alleviates the symptoms of veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) and sleep disordered breathing (SDB).
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Interference with activities due to pain and fatigue: accuracy of ratings across different reporting periods
This study examined the impact of different reporting period lengths on the accuracy of items measuring interference due to pain and fatigue with work, walking, and relations with others.
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Inspiratory airflow dynamics during sleep in irritable bowel syndrome: a pilot study
This study is a preliminary test of the hypothesis that the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) derives from pharyngeal collapse during sleep.
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Frequent Assessment of Negative Symptoms Does Not Induce Depressed Mood
Use of real-time data collection is rapidly expanding in the medical sciences and questions have been raised as to whether frequent ratings of disease symptoms could evoke depressed mood. This study investigat...
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Neil Schneiderman, PhD, was born February 24, 1937. He is James L. Knight Professor of Health Psychology, Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Miami. Sc...