4 results match your criteria: "1Center for Health Research[Affiliation]"
Recommended care and care adherence following a diagnosis of Lynch syndrome: a mixed-methods study.
Hered Cancer Clin Pract
December 2019
1Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, 3800 N. Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR 97227 USA.
Background: Lynch syndrome (LS) is the most common hereditary colorectal cancer (CRC) syndrome. This study assesses trends in diagnosis of LS and adherence to recommended LS-related care in a large integrated healthcare organization (~ 575,000 members).
Methods: Electronic medical record (EMR) data (1999-2015) were examined to identify patients with a diagnosis of LS.
Patient and provider perspectives on adherence to and care coordination of lynch syndrome surveillance recommendations: findings from qualitative interviews.
Hered Cancer Clin Pract
May 2018
1Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR USA.
Background: Patients with a genetic variant associated with Lynch syndrome (LS) are recommended to undergo frequent and repeated cancer surveillance activities to minimize cancer-related morbidity and mortality. Little is known about how patients and primary care providers (PCPs) track and manage these recommendations. We conducted a small exploratory study of patient and PCP experiences with recommended LS surveillance activities and communication with family members in an integrated health care system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVitamin D levels and menopause-related symptoms.
Menopause
November 2014
From the 1Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR; 2Quantitative Sciences Unit, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; 3University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; 4Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 5Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 6Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA; 7Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; 8University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN; 9Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; 10Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN; 11University of Miami, Miami, FL; 12Biobehavioral Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and 13Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
Objective: This study aims to determine whether vitamin D levels are associated with menopause-related symptoms in older women.
Methods: A randomly selected subset of 1,407 women, among 26,104 potentially eligible participants of the Women's Health Initiative Calcium and Vitamin D trial of postmenopausal women aged 51 to 80 years, had 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels measured at the Women's Health Initiative Calcium and Vitamin D trial baseline visit. Information about menopause-related symptoms at baseline was obtained by questionnaire and included overall number of symptoms and composite measures of sleep disturbance, emotional well-being, and energy/fatigue, as well as individual symptoms.
Weight change in diabetes and glycemic and blood pressure control.
Diabetes Care
October 2008
1Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Objective: Weight loss in type 2 diabetes is undisputedly important, and data from community settings are limited. We evaluated weight change and resulting glycemic and blood pressure control in type 2 diabetic patients at an HMO.
Research Design And Methods: Using electronic medical records, this retrospective cohort study identified 2,574 patients aged 21-75 years who received a new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes between 1997 and 2002.