2022
Brief Educational Video plus Telecare to Enhance Recovery for Older Emergency Department Patients with Acute Musculoskeletal Pain: an update to the study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Hurka-Richardson K, Platts-Mills TF, McLean SA, Weinberger M, Stearns SC, Bush M, Quackenbush E, Chari S, Aylward A, Kroenke K, Kerns RD, Weaver MA, Keefe FJ, Berkoff D, Meyer ML. Brief Educational Video plus Telecare to Enhance Recovery for Older Emergency Department Patients with Acute Musculoskeletal Pain: an update to the study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2022, 23: 400. PMID: 35550175, PMCID: PMC9096747, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06310-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent care clinicMusculoskeletal painCare clinicsOlder emergency department (ED) patientsAcute care visitsAcute musculoskeletal painEmergency department patientsWeeks of enrollmentCOVID-19 pandemicBrief educational videoCare visitsOpioid useDepartment patientsChronic painEmergency departmentStudy protocolFavorable outcomeInclusion criteriaRecruitment sitesEligibility criteriaMedical treatmentBETTER trialRemote recruitmentPainParticipant enrollmentLong-term Opioid Therapy and Overdose in Patients with and without Cancer
Merlin J, Black A, Midboe A, Troszak L, Asch S, Bohnert A, Fenton B, Giannitrapani K, Glassman P, Kerns R, Silveira M, Lorenz K, Becker W. Long-term Opioid Therapy and Overdose in Patients with and without Cancer. Journal Of Pain 2022, 23: 60. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.03.225.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong-term opioid therapyOpioid therapyCox proportional hazard modelingElectronic health record databaseCancer pain managementRetrospective cohort studyProportional hazard modelingOpioid overdose riskHealth record databasePresence of cancerRole of cancerOpioid receiptCohort entryCohort studyHazard ratioMost patientsPain managementOpioid risksDose/Inclusion criteriaOpioid overdoseOverdose riskLatent growth mixture modelingLower riskPatients
2017
Cost-effectiveness of a chronic pain intervention for people living with HIV (PLWH)
Merlin JS, Westfall AO, Johnson MO, Kerns RD, Bair MJ, Kertesz S, Turan JM, Clay OJ, Starrels JL, Kilgore M. Cost-effectiveness of a chronic pain intervention for people living with HIV (PLWH). Journal Of Medical Economics 2017, 21: 122-126. PMID: 28880698, PMCID: PMC6028014, DOI: 10.1080/13696998.2017.1377719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioCost/QALYChronic painPilot trialPreliminary efficacyPain self-management interventionChronic pain interventionsModerate chronic painHIV clinical settingsSelf-management interventionsCost-effectiveness ratioStandard gamble methodCostly comorbiditiesSTOMP interventionUsual carePain interventionsMean ageInclusion criteriaClinic perspectivePainClinical settingPilot studyTrialsPLWHHIV
2013
Instruments to assess patient‐reported safety, efficacy, or misuse of current opioid therapy for chronic pain: A systematic review
Becker WC, Fraenkel L, Edelman J, Holt SR, Glover J, Kerns RD, Fiellin DA. Instruments to assess patient‐reported safety, efficacy, or misuse of current opioid therapy for chronic pain: A systematic review. Pain 2013, 154: 905-916. PMID: 23601625, PMCID: PMC3683236, DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.02.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported safetyOpioid therapyChronic painInclusion criteriaSystematic reviewOngoing opioid therapyPsychometric testsLack of testingEligible studiesClinical practiceInitial searchStatistical significanceDiagnostic accuracy testingPainEfficacyTherapyEfficacy itemsContent expertsSafetyLimited assessmentReviewLiterature reviewGeneralizability limitationsFurther researchIndividual items
2007
Meta-Analysis of Psychological Interventions for Chronic Low Back Pain
Hoffman BM, Papas RK, Chatkoff DK, Kerns RD. Meta-Analysis of Psychological Interventions for Chronic Low Back Pain. Health Psychology 2007, 26: 1-9. PMID: 17209691, DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.26.1.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic low back painLow back painPain intensityBack painD effect sizesPsychological interventionsInclusion criteriaHealth care provider visitsComputer-aided literature searchHealth-related qualityPain-related interferenceHealth care utilizationRandom-effects modelCohen's d effect sizesMinimal publication biasEffect sizeSelf-regulatory treatmentPain medicationProvider visitsActive control conditionCare utilizationPain interferenceCompensation statusClinical trialsPositive short-term effects
2004
On the Reliability and Validity of Physician Ratings for Vulvodynia and the Discriminant Validity of its Subtypes
Masheb RM, Lozano C, Richman S, Minkin MJ, Kerns RD. On the Reliability and Validity of Physician Ratings for Vulvodynia and the Discriminant Validity of its Subtypes. Pain Medicine 2004, 5: 349-358. PMID: 15563320, DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2004.04060.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVulvar vestibulitisPhysician ratingsDysesthetic vulvodyniaQuality of lifeSexual functionDistribution of patientsChronic vulvar painMeasures of painDiscriminant validitySample of womenPremenopausal stateVulvodynia subtypeVulvar painTest-retest reliabilityClinical significanceInclusion criteriaOutcome measuresVulvodyniaFriedrich's criteriaPsychological functionsPainSubtypesDistinct entityAbsence of differencesParticipants' diagnosis