2019
NIH-DoD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory
Kerns RD, Brandt CA, Peduzzi P. NIH-DoD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory. Pain Medicine 2019, 20: 2336-2345. PMID: 31807788, PMCID: PMC6895460, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnz186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCore Outcome Measures for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Research: Recommendations from a Veterans Health Administration Work Group
Kroenke K, Krebs EE, Turk D, Von Korff M, Bair MJ, Allen KD, Sandbrink F, Cheville AL, DeBar L, Lorenz KA, Kerns RD. Core Outcome Measures for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Research: Recommendations from a Veterans Health Administration Work Group. Pain Medicine 2019, 20: 1500-1508. PMID: 30615172, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pny279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnxietyBiomedical ResearchChronic PainDelphi TechniqueDepressionHumansMusculoskeletal PainOutcome Assessment, Health CarePain ManagementPain MeasurementPatient Health QuestionnairePatient Reported Outcome MeasuresPhysical Functional PerformancePsychometricsSleepUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsCore Outcome MeasuresOutcome measuresPain intensityPatient-reported global impressionBrief Pain Inventory Interference ScaleChronic musculoskeletal pain disordersMusculoskeletal pain disordersChronic musculoskeletal painPatient Health QuestionnaireNumerical rating scaleVeterans Health AdministrationCommon outcome measuresGeneralized anxiety disorderMusculoskeletal painPain disordersChronic painGlobal ImpressionPhysical functionHealth QuestionnairePhysical functioningSleep ScaleDepression ScaleOutcomes Information SystemPain researchHealth Administration
2018
Understanding Pain and Pain Treatment for Veterans: Responding to the Federal Pain Research Strategy
Bastian LA, Heapy A, Becker WC, Sandbrink F, Atkins D, Kerns RD. Understanding Pain and Pain Treatment for Veterans: Responding to the Federal Pain Research Strategy. Pain Medicine 2018, 19: s1-s4. PMID: 30203012, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pny143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaking Integrated Multimodal Pain Care a Reality: A Path Forward
Kerns RD, Krebs EE, Atkins D. Making Integrated Multimodal Pain Care a Reality: A Path Forward. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2018, 33: 1-3. PMID: 29633131, PMCID: PMC5902350, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4361-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Advances in pain management for Veterans: Current status of research and future directions
Kerns RD, Heapy A, Kerns RD, Heapy AA. Advances in pain management for Veterans: Current status of research and future directions. The Journal Of Rehabilitation Research And Development 2016, 53: vii-x. PMID: 27004523, DOI: 10.1682/jrrd.2015.10.0196.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2013
A Research Agenda for Enhancing Appropriate Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care
Becker WC, Fraenkel L, Kerns RD, Fiellin DA. A Research Agenda for Enhancing Appropriate Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2013, 28: 1364-1367. PMID: 23568187, PMCID: PMC3785661, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2422-4.Peer-Reviewed Educational MaterialsConceptsOpioid prescribingLong-term opioid therapyMulti-modal treatment planAppropriate opioid prescribingOpioid analgesic therapyPatient-reported safetyEvidence-based algorithmOpioid therapyOptimize therapyAnalgesic therapyChronic painPotent medicationsInadequate efficacyPrimary careQuality improvement workPatient sufferingMild toxicityTreatment planScant dataTherapyPrescribingEfficacyPatientsOutcomesToxicityTransforming Pain Care in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Kerns RD. Transforming Pain Care in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The Clinical Journal Of Pain 2013, 29: 93-94. PMID: 23183266, DOI: 10.1097/ajp.0b013e31826b6ce8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpportunities in rehabilitation research
Ommaya AK, Adams KM, Allman RM, Collins EG, Cooper RA, Dixon CE, Fishman PS, Henry JA, Kardon R, Kerns RD, Kupersmith J, Lo A, Macko R, McArdle R, McGlinchey RE, McNeil MR, O'Toole TP, Peckham PH, Tuszynski MH, Waxman SG, Wittenberg GF. Opportunities in rehabilitation research. The Journal Of Rehabilitation Research And Development 2013, 50: vii-xxxii. PMID: 24203548, PMCID: PMC4599704, DOI: 10.1682/jrrd.2012.09.0167.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2009
Pain among Veterans Returning from Deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan: Update on the Veterans Health Administration Pain Research Program
Kerns RD, Dobscha SK. Pain among Veterans Returning from Deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan: Update on the Veterans Health Administration Pain Research Program. Pain Medicine 2009, 10: 1161-1164. PMID: 19818026, DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00722.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain