2021
Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pragmatic clinical trial participants
Coleman BC, Purcell N, Geda M, Luther SL, Peduzzi P, Kerns RD, Seal KH, Burgess DJ, Rosen MI, Sellinger J, Salsbury SA, Gelman H, Brandt CA, Edwards RR. Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pragmatic clinical trial participants. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2021, 111: 106619. PMID: 34775101, PMCID: PMC8585559, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCOVID-19HumansPandemicsPragmatic Clinical Trials as TopicQuarantineSocial SupportUnited StatesConceptsPain Management CollaboratoryCOVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 infection statusClinical researchInfection statusPragmatic clinical trialsIntegrated care modelClinical trial participantsMilitary Health SystemFuture public health emergenciesClinical research teamPublic health emergencyPain managementNonpharmacological approachesPragmatic trialClinical trialsCare modelTrial participantsPain researchHealth departmentsThree-point scaleStudy participantsHealth systemHealth emergencyPeriod of quarantine
2019
Personal Resource Profiles of Individuals With Chronic Pain: Sociodemographic and Pain Interference Differences
Mun CJ, Davis MC, Molton IR, Karoly P, Suk HW, Ehde DM, Tennen H, Kerns RD, Jensen MP. Personal Resource Profiles of Individuals With Chronic Pain: Sociodemographic and Pain Interference Differences. Rehabilitation Psychology 2019, 64: 245-262. PMID: 30688480, PMCID: PMC6737933, DOI: 10.1037/rep0000261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain interferenceChronic painChronic pain conditionsSubgroup of individualsPain conditionsPain intensityPain acceptanceBaseline differencesSleep qualityDepressive symptomsNeuromuscular diseasePainPersonal resource variablesAnnual income levelSociodemographic differencesDaily diariesImportant associationGroup differencesSubgroupsFibromyalgiaRobust associationSocial supportLatent profile analysisBaselinePresent study
2015
Trauma, Social Support, Family Conflict, and Chronic Pain in Recent Service Veterans: Does Gender Matter?
Driscoll MA, Higgins DM, Seng EK, Buta E, Goulet JL, Heapy AA, Kerns RD, Brandt CA, Haskell SG. Trauma, Social Support, Family Conflict, and Chronic Pain in Recent Service Veterans: Does Gender Matter? Pain Medicine 2015, 16: 1101-1111. PMID: 25930005, DOI: 10.1111/pme.12744.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic painDepressive symptom severityPain interferencePain severitySymptom severitySocial supportCombat exposurePerpetuation of painChildhood interpersonal traumaMilitary sexual traumaInterpersonal traumaHigh prevalencePainDepressive symptomsWomen veteransService veteransTraumatic life eventsTraumatic sexual experiencesTraumaBaseline surveyMarital statusSeverityFamily conflictVeteransSexual trauma
2003
Support and Coronary Heart Disease: The Importance of Significant Other Responses
Itkowitz NI, Kerns RD, Otis JD. Support and Coronary Heart Disease: The Importance of Significant Other Responses. Journal Of Behavioral Medicine 2003, 26: 19-30. PMID: 12690944, DOI: 10.1023/a:1021790921471.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCHD symptomsSymptom severityCoronary heart diseaseDegree of disabilityDepressive symptom severityHealth-related disordersLevel of symptomsSymptomatic CHDChronic painCoronary heartHeart diseaseRelated symptomsSelf-report questionnairesDepressive symptomsSymptom occurrenceSymptomsConcomitant disabilitiesEmotional distressRegression analysisCHDDisabilitySocial supportSeverityOperant conditioning modelExpression
2002
Self-appraised problem solving and pain-relevant social support as predictors of the experience of chronic pain
Kerns RD, Rosenberg R, Otis JD. Self-appraised problem solving and pain-relevant social support as predictors of the experience of chronic pain. Annals Of Behavioral Medicine 2002, 24: 100-105. PMID: 12054314, DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm2402_06.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic pain patientsPain patientsComprehensive pain management programSocial supportPain management programPrediction of painUtility of interventionsChronic painDepressive symptomsPainDepressionDisabilityPatientsMultiple regression analysisSelf-appraised problemSelf-report measuresHierarchical multiple regression analysisHigh levelsSymptomsManagement program
1989
Support, Stress, and Recovery From Coronary Heart Disease: A Longitudinal Causal Model
Fontana A, Kerns R, Rosenberg R, Colonese K. Support, Stress, and Recovery From Coronary Heart Disease: A Longitudinal Causal Model. Health Psychology 1989, 8: 175-193. PMID: 2786807, DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.8.2.175.Peer-Reviewed Original Research