2022
Pairing regression and configurational analysis in health services research: modelling outcomes in an observational cohort using a split-sample design
Miech EJ, Perkins AJ, Zhang Y, Myers LJ, Sico JJ, Daggy J, Bravata DM. Pairing regression and configurational analysis in health services research: modelling outcomes in an observational cohort using a split-sample design. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e061469. PMID: 35672067, PMCID: PMC9174826, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061469.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackLogistic regression modelsHealth services researchSet of patientsOverall sample prevalenceObservational cohortLogistic regressionSample prevalenceRecurrent ischemic strokeVeterans Affairs hospitalRegression modelsServices researchIschemic attackRecurrent strokeCause mortalityCombined endpointIschemic strokePatient outcomesDeath outcomesCare outcomesPatientsSecondary analysisPrevalenceOutcomesCohort
2021
“You will eat shoe polish if you think it would help”—Familiar and lesser‐known themes identified from mixed‐methods analysis of a cluster headache survey
Schindler EAD, Cooper V, Quine DB, Fenton BT, Wright DA, Weil MJ, Sico JJ. “You will eat shoe polish if you think it would help”—Familiar and lesser‐known themes identified from mixed‐methods analysis of a cluster headache survey. Headache The Journal Of Head And Face Pain 2021, 61: 318-328. PMID: 33502769, DOI: 10.1111/head.14063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCluster headache patientsCluster headacheHeadache patientsExercise/physical activityVitamins/supplementsSevere painInterventional investigationDisease management approachTreatment optionsSubgroup analysisPhysical activitySide effectsPatients' thoughtsMixed-methods analysisSecondary analysisFree-text responsesHeadachePatientsIllicit substancesDisease managementAdult participantsHeadache medicine
2018
Survey Analysis of the Use, Effectiveness, and Patient‐Reported Tolerability of Inhaled Oxygen Compared With Injectable Sumatriptan for the Acute Treatment of Cluster Headache
Schindler EAD, Wright DA, Weil MJ, Gottschalk CH, Pittman BP, Sico JJ. Survey Analysis of the Use, Effectiveness, and Patient‐Reported Tolerability of Inhaled Oxygen Compared With Injectable Sumatriptan for the Acute Treatment of Cluster Headache. Headache The Journal Of Head And Face Pain 2018, 58: 1568-1578. PMID: 30221765, DOI: 10.1111/head.13405.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjectable sumatriptanCluster headacheAcute treatmentMedication responseOxygen deliverySide effectsPatient-reported side effectsSecondary analysisTherapeutic response rateCigarette smoking historyOptimization of therapyOptimal oxygen deliveryPositive predictorSmoking historyOxygen therapyCigarette smokingHeadache clinicTherapeutic optionsPatient populationPharmacologic interventionsTriptan medicationsComparable efficacyDaily attacksMale genderTherapeutic response