Browsing by Author "Chang, Yuchiao"
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Comparative effectiveness of post-discharge interventions for hospitalized smokers: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Japuntich, Sandra J; Regan, Susan; Viana, Joseph; Tymoszczuk, Justyna; Reyen, Michele; Levy, Douglas Edward; Singer, Daniel Edwin; Park, Elyse Richelle; Chang, Yuchiao; Rigotti, Nancy Ann (BioMed Central, 2012)Background: A hospital admission offers smokers an opportunity to quit. Smoking cessation counseling provided in the hospital is effective, but only if it continues for more than one month after discharge. Providing smoking ... -
Comparative effectiveness of post-discharge strategies for hospitalized smokers: study protocol for the Helping HAND 2 randomized controlled trial
Reid, Zachary Z; Regan, Susan; Kelley, Jennifer HK; Streck, Joanna M; Ylioja, Thomas; Tindle, Hilary A; Chang, Yuchiao; Levy, Douglas E; Park, Elyse R; Singer, Daniel E; Carpenter, Kelly M; Reyen, Michele; Rigotti, Nancy A (BioMed Central, 2015)Background: Smoking cessation interventions for hospitalized smokers are effective in promoting smoking cessation, but only if the tobacco dependence treatment continues after the patient leaves the hospital. Sustaining ... -
Decision Quality Instrument for Treatment of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis: A Psychometric Evaluation
Sepucha, Karen R.; Stacey, Dawn; Clay, Catharine F; Chang, Yu Chiao; Cosenza, Carol; Dervin, Geoffrey; Dorrwachter, Janet; Feibelmann, Sandra; Katz, Jeffrey Neil; Kearing, Stephen A; Malchau, Henrik; Taljaard, Monica; Tomek, Ivan; Tugwell, Peter; Levin, Carrie A (Springer Nature, 2011)Background: A high quality decision requires that patients who meet clinical criteria for surgery are informed about the options (including non-surgical alternatives) and receive treatments that match their goals. The aim ... -
The effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy on the prognostic value of lymph nodes after rectal cancer surgery
Klos, Coen L.; Shellito, Paul Clarke; Rattner, David William; Hodin, Richard; Cusack, James C.; Bordeianou, Liliana Grigorievna; Sylla, Patricia; Hong, Theodore Sunki; Blaszkowsky, Lawrence Scott; Ryan, Davis P.; Lauwers, Gregory Y.; Chang, Yu Chiao; Berger, David Lawrence (Elsevier BV, 2010)Background: Neoadjuvant therapy may affect the prognostic impact of total lymph node harvests and lymph node positivity after surgery for rectal cancer. Methods: We performed a retrospective review of 390 consecutive ... -
Effects of Removing Gatekeeping on Specialist Utilization by Children in a Health Maintenance Organization
Ferris, Timothy Gregg; Chang, Yu Chiao; Perrin, James Marc; Blumenthal, David; Pearson, Steven Donnell (American Medical Association (AMA), 2002)Background: The "gatekeeping" model of access to specialty care has been an essential managed care tool, intended to control costs of care and promote coordination between generalists and specialists. Objective: To ... -
Food Assistance is Associated with Improved Body Mass Index, Food Security and Attendance at Clinic in an HIV Program in Central Haiti: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Ivers, Louise C; Chang, Yuchiao; Gregory Jerome, J; Freedberg, Kenneth Alan (BioMed Central, 2010)Background: Few data are available to guide programmatic solutions to the overlapping problems of undernutrition and HIV infection. We evaluated the impact of food assistance on patient outcomes in a comprehensive HIV ... -
Limited English Proficient Patients and Time Spent in Therapeutic Range in a Warfarin Anticoagulation Clinic
Rodriguez, Fátima; Hong, Clemens; Chang, Yuchiao; Oertel, Lynn B.; Singer, Daniel E.; Green, Alexander R.; López, Lenny (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2013)Background: While anticoagulation clinics have been shown to deliver tailored, high‐quality care to patients receiving warfarin therapy, communication barriers with limited English proficient (LEP) patients may lead to ... -
Measuring decision quality: psychometric evaluation of a new instrument for breast cancer chemotherapy
Lee, Clara N; Wetschler, Matthew H; Chang, Yuchiao; Belkora, Jeffrey K; Moy, Beverly; Partridge, Ann; Sepucha, Karen R (BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Women diagnosed with early stage (I or II) breast cancer face a highly challenging decision – whether or not to undergo adjuvant chemotherapy. We developed a decision quality instrument for chemotherapy for ... -
Measuring Decision Quality: Psychometric Evaluation of a New Instrument for Breast Cancer Surgery
Sepucha, Karen R.; Belkora, Jeffrey K; Chang, Yuchiao; Cosenza, Carol; Levin, Carrie A; Moy, Beverly; Partridge, Ann Hart; Lee, Clara N (BioMed Central, 2012)Background: The purpose of this paper is to examine the acceptability, feasibility, reliability and validity of a new decision quality instrument that assesses the extent to which patients are informed and receive treatments ... -
Non-Communicable Disease Preventive Screening by HIV Care Model
Rhodes, Corinne M.; Chang, Yuchiao; Regan, Susan; Triant, Virginia A. (Public Library of Science, 2017)Importance The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic has evolved, with an increasing non-communicable disease (NCD) burden emerging and need for long-term management, yet there are limited data to help delineate the ... -
Predicting post-trauma stress symptoms from pre-trauma psychophysiologic reactivity, personality traits and measures of psychopathology
Orr, Scott P.; Lasko, Natasha B.; Macklin, Michael L; Pineles, Suzanne L; Chang, Yuchiao; Pitman, roger k (BioMed Central, 2012)Background: Most individuals exposed to a traumatic event do not develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), although many individuals may experience sub-clinical levels of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). There ... -
Proactive enrollment of parents to tobacco quitlines in pediatric practices is associated with greater quitline use: a cross-sectional study
Drehmer, Jeremy E.; Hipple, Bethany; Nabi-Burza, Emara; Ossip, Deborah J.; Chang, Yuchiao; Rigotti, Nancy A.; Winickoff, Jonathan P. (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Every U.S. state has a free telephone quitline that tobacco users can access to receive cessation assistance, yet referral rates for parents in the pediatric setting remain low. This study evaluates, within ... -
Stability of High‐Quality Warfarin Anticoagulation in a Community‐Based Atrial Fibrillation Cohort: The Anticoagulation and Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation (ATRIA) Study
Dallalzadeh, Liane O.; Go, Alan S.; Chang, Yuchiao; Borowsky, Leila H.; Fang, Margaret C.; Singer, Daniel E. (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2016)Background: Warfarin reduces ischemic stroke risk in atrial fibrillation (AF) but increases bleeding risk. Novel anticoagulants challenge warfarin as stroke‐preventive therapy for AF. They are available at fixed doses but ... -
Use of Video to Facilitate End-of-Life Discussions With Patients With Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
El-Jawahri, Areej Raed; Podgurski, Lisa M.; Eichler, April Fitzsimmons; Plotkin, Scott Randall; Temel, Jennifer Sue; Mitchell, Susan Lisa; Chang, Yu Chiao; Barry, Michael John; Volandes, Angelo (American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2010)Purpose To determine whether the use of a goals-of-care video to supplement a verbal description can improve end-of-life decision making for patients with cancer. Methods Fifty participants with malignant glioma ... -
Video Decision Support Tool for Advance Care Planning in Dementia: Randomised Controlled Trial
Abbo, Elmer D; Volandes, Angelo; Paasche-Orlow, Michael K; Barry, Michael John; Gillick, Muriel Ruth; Minaker, Kenneth L.; Chang, Yuchiao; Cook, Earl F.; El-Jawahri, Areej Raed; Mitchell, Susan Lisa (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2009)Objective: To evaluate the effect of a video decision support tool on the preferences for future medical care in older people if they develop advanced dementia, and the stability of those preferences after six weeks. Design: ...