2020
Probing the Effective Treatment Thresholds for Alteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke With Regression Discontinuity Designs
Naidech A, Lawlor P, Xu H, Fonarow G, Xian Y, Smith E, Schwamm L, Matsouaka R, Prabhakaran S, Marinescu I, Kording K. Probing the Effective Treatment Thresholds for Alteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke With Regression Discontinuity Designs. Frontiers In Neurology 2020, 11: 961. PMID: 32982952, PMCID: PMC7492202, DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00961.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTreatment thresholdOutcomes of patientsAcute ischemic strokeCohort of patientsPatient demographic characteristicsIschemic strokeControlled TrialsStroke interventionClinical outcomesClinical careEffective treatmentLarger sample sizeMedical interventionsPatientsDemographic characteristicsGold standardAlteplaseInterventionTreatmentContinuous variablesOutcomesLimited populationSample sizeTreatment timePotential reasons
2016
Feasibility of the collection of patient-reported outcomes in an ambulatory neurology clinic
Moura L, Schwamm E, Moura Junior V, Seitz M, Hsu J, Cole A, Schwamm L. Feasibility of the collection of patient-reported outcomes in an ambulatory neurology clinic. Neurology 2016, 87: 2435-2442. PMID: 27815405, PMCID: PMC5177682, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003409.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported outcome measuresT-scoreNeurology clinicAmbulatory neurology clinicMental health T-scoresGeneral neurology clinicPatient-reported outcomesMental health scoresUS general populationQuality of lifeMental health assessmentMean T-scoreQOLIE-10Rankin ScaleNeurology patientsEpilepsy scoresClinical dataOutcome measuresHealth scoresAdministrative claimsGeneral populationPatientsStudy periodVulnerable populationsDemographic characteristicsPatient-reported financial barriers to adherence to treatment in neurology
Moura L, Schwamm E, Moura V, Seitz M, Hoch D, Hsu J, Schwamm L. Patient-reported financial barriers to adherence to treatment in neurology. ClinicoEconomics And Outcomes Research 2016, Volume 8: 685-694. PMID: 27895506, PMCID: PMC5117903, DOI: 10.2147/ceor.s119971.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedication adherenceFinancial barriersPatient-reported failuresEffective medical therapyRoutine outpatient carePatient-reported dataCross-sectional surveyNeurology appointmentPatient characteristicsMedical therapyNeurology clinicMean agePrescription medicationsOutpatient careNeurological conditionsClinical informationNeurological diseasesNeurological disordersPatientsDemographic characteristicsAdherenceNonadherenceTherapyPreferred languageMedications