2020
Adapting to disruption of research during the COVID-19 pandemic while testing nonpharmacological approaches to pain management
Coleman BC, Kean J, Brandt CA, Peduzzi P, Kerns RD, . Adapting to disruption of research during the COVID-19 pandemic while testing nonpharmacological approaches to pain management. Translational Behavioral Medicine 2020, 10: 827-834. PMID: 32885815, PMCID: PMC7499692, DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibaa074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBetacoronavirusChronic PainCommunicable Disease ControlCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansMental HealthNational Institutes of Health (U.S.)Pain ManagementPandemicsPatient SelectionPneumonia, ViralResearchSARS-CoV-2Socioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsPain Management CollaboratoryPragmatic clinical trialsChronic painCOVID-19 pandemicUrgent public health challengePain management interventionsClinical care teamPatient-reported measuresPublic health challengeVeterans Health SystemCOVID-19Pain managementNonpharmacological approachesStudy protocolClinical trialsCare teamIntervention deliveryHealth departmentsHealth outcomesHealth challengesHealth systemStudy designMental healthDisruption of researchParticipant recruitment
2013
Access to the US Department of Veterans Affairs health system: self-reported barriers to care among returnees of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
Elnitsky CA, Andresen EM, Clark ME, McGarity S, Hall CG, Kerns RD. Access to the US Department of Veterans Affairs health system: self-reported barriers to care among returnees of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13: 498. PMID: 24289747, PMCID: PMC3893594, DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-498.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVA healthcare servicesVeterans AffairsAccess barriersHealthcare servicesPerspective of veteransVeterans Affairs Health SystemPolytrauma Rehabilitation CentersDelivery system factorsHealth care needsSelf-reported barriersComplex health outcomesReturneesCombat operationsElectronic health recordsPolytrauma SystemAfghanistanMultiple injuriesPrimary exposureVA carePolytrauma rehabilitationOperation Enduring FreedomCare needsClinical InterviewHealth outcomesIraq