Publications by authors named "Trever J Ball"
Background: Postpartum care is crucial for addressing conditions associated with severe maternal morbidity and mortality. Examination of programs that affect these outcomes for women at high risk, including disparate populations, is needed.
Objective: This study aimed to examine whether a postpartum navigation program decreases all-cause 30-day postpartum hospitalizations and hospitalizations because of severe maternal morbidity identified using the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
Background: Physical inactivity is a risk factor for many chronic conditions. This retrospective cohort study examined associations between physical activity (PA) with health care utilization (HU).
Methods: A PA vital sign was recorded in clinics from January 2018 to December 2020.
Introduction: No tool currently used by primary health care providers to assess physical activity has been evaluated for its ability to determine whether or not patients achieve recommended levels of activity. The purpose of this study was to assess concurrent validity of physical activity self-reported to the brief (<30 sec) Physical Activity "Vital Sign" questionnaire (PAVS) compared with responses to the lengthier (3-5 min), validated Modifiable Activity Questionnaire (MAQ).
Methods: Agreement between activity reported to the PAVS and MAQ by primary care patients at 2 clinics in 2014 was assessed by using percentages and κ coefficients.
Background: Few have examined predictive relationships between physical activity (PA) and health using electronic health records (EHRs) of patient-reported PA.
Objective: Assess initial predictive validity of the Physical Activity "Vital Sign" (PAVS) recorded in EHRs with BMI and disease burden.
Methods: EHRs were from November 2011 to November 2013 (n = 34,712).
Validity of two brief primary care physical activity questionnaires with accelerometry in clinic staff.
Prim Health Care Res Dev
January 2015
Background: To date, no physical activity (PA) questionnaires intended for primary care have been compared against a criterion measure of PA and current (2008) aerobic PA recommendations of the American College of Sports Medicine/American Heart Association (ACSM/AHA).
Aim: This study evaluated preliminary evidence for criterion validity of two brief (<1 min) PA questionnaires with accelerometry, and their ability to identify if individuals meet ACSM/AHA PA recommendations.
Methods: 45 health clinic staff wore an accelerometer for seven consecutive days and afterwards completed two brief PA questionnaires, the Physical Activity Vital Sign (PAVS), and the Speedy Nutrition and Physical Activity Assessment (SNAP).