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Promoting Adherence And Retention To Clinical Trials In Special Populations: A Women's Health Initiative Workshop, Sara Wilcox, Sally Shumaker, Deborah Bowen, Michelle Naughton, Milagros Rosal, Shari Ludlam, Elizabeth Dugan, Julie Hunt, Stephanie Stevens
Promoting Adherence And Retention To Clinical Trials In Special Populations: A Women's Health Initiative Workshop, Sara Wilcox, Sally Shumaker, Deborah Bowen, Michelle Naughton, Milagros Rosal, Shari Ludlam, Elizabeth Dugan, Julie Hunt, Stephanie Stevens
Elizabeth Dugan
This paper describes a Women's Health Initiative workshop on promoting adherence and retention in randomized clinical trials among ethnic minority women, participants of lower socioeconomic status, and older women. Workshop objectives were: (1) to increase knowledge of demographic and cultural characteristics of diverse groups, (2) to increase awareness of how diversity can affect interactions in clinical research, (3) to explore how research staff behavior can influence adherence and retention, and (4) to increase knowledge of strategies to enhance adherence and retention in special populations. The workshop emphasized the importance of understanding beliefs, values, and experiences that are common in diverse …
Development Of Abbreviated Measures To Assess Patient Trust In A Physician, A Health Insurer, And The Medical Profession, Elizabeth Dugan, Felicia Trachtenberg, Mark Hall
Development Of Abbreviated Measures To Assess Patient Trust In A Physician, A Health Insurer, And The Medical Profession, Elizabeth Dugan, Felicia Trachtenberg, Mark Hall
Elizabeth Dugan
BACKGROUND: Despite the recent proliferation in research on patient trust, it is seldom a primary outcome, and is often a peripheral area of interest. The length of our original scales to measure trust may limit their use because of the practical needs to minimize both respondent burden and research cost. The objective of this study was to develop three abbreviated scales to measure trust in: (1) a physician, (2) a health insurer, and (3) the medical profession. METHODS: Data from two samples were used. The first was a telephone survey of English-speaking adults in the United States (N = 1117) …
Factors That Determine The Development And Progression Of Gastroesophageal Varices In Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C, Robert Fontana, Arun Sanyal, Marc Ghany, William Lee, Andrea Reid, Deepa Naishadham, Gregory Everson, Jeffrey Kahn, Adrian Di Bisceglie, Gyongyi Szabo, Timothy Morgan, James Everhart
Factors That Determine The Development And Progression Of Gastroesophageal Varices In Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C, Robert Fontana, Arun Sanyal, Marc Ghany, William Lee, Andrea Reid, Deepa Naishadham, Gregory Everson, Jeffrey Kahn, Adrian Di Bisceglie, Gyongyi Szabo, Timothy Morgan, James Everhart
Gyongyi Szabo
BACKGROUND and AIMS: We aimed to identify the incidence and predictors of de novo gastroesophageal variceal formation and progression in a large cohort of patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis. METHODS: All participants in the Hepatitis C Antiviral Long-Term Treatment against Cirrhosis Trial were offered an endoscopy before treatment and again after 4 years. Patients with varices at baseline also had an endoscopy at 2 years. Baseline laboratory and clinical parameters were analyzed as predictors of de novo variceal formation and variceal progression. RESULTS: De novo varices developed in 157 of the 598 (26.2%) patients. Most of the …
Alcohol Exposure As A Risk Factor For Adverse Outcomes In Elective Surgery, Bharath Nath, Youfu Li, James Carroll, Gyongyi Szabo, Jennifer Tseng, Shimul Shah
Alcohol Exposure As A Risk Factor For Adverse Outcomes In Elective Surgery, Bharath Nath, Youfu Li, James Carroll, Gyongyi Szabo, Jennifer Tseng, Shimul Shah
Gyongyi Szabo
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Alcohol consumption is a well-documented determinant of adverse perioperative outcome. We sought to determine the effect of active alcohol consumption following elective surgery. METHODS: We queried discharge records from the American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP, 2005-2007) for all elective adult admissions. The 7,631 (2.5%) patients with documented alcohol use (active alcohol use of at least two drinks per day within 2 weeks of surgery; ETOH use) underwent elective surgery; 301,994 (97.5%) patients denied ETOH use. Multivariate analysis was performed with adjustments for demographic and comorbid factors. Primary outcome measures included length of …