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Arlene Eunhee Chung

MMCi Instructor in the Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
MMCi Program
Duke Box 2734, Durham, NC 27710
2424 Erwin Road Ste G06, Hock Plaza Ste G06, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Publications


A chatbot for hypertension self-management support: user-centered design, development, and usability testing.

Journal Article JAMIA Open · October 2023 OBJECTIVES: Health-related chatbots have demonstrated early promise for improving self-management behaviors but have seldomly been utilized for hypertension. This research focused on the design, development, and usability evaluation of a chatbot for hypert ... Full text Link to item Cite

Electronic Health Record Use and Perceptions among Urologic Surgeons.

Journal Article Appl Clin Inform · March 2023 OBJECTIVE: Electronic health records (EHRs) have become widely adopted with increasing emphasis on improving care delivery. Improvements in surgery may be limited by specialty-specific issues that impact EHR usability and engagement. Accordingly, we examin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Incidental Radiology Findings on Computed Tomography Studies in Emergency Department Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Journal Article Ann Emerg Med · September 2022 STUDY OBJECTIVE: An incidental finding is defined as a newly discovered mass or lesion detected on imaging performed for an unrelated reason. The identification of an incidental finding may be an opportunity for the early detection of a serious medical con ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evidence-Based Health Care

Chapter · January 1, 2022 Evidence-based health care is the foundation of clinical practice. Clinical informaticians must understand the benefits and limitations of study design, assess and grade the quality of the evidence base, and how research results are incorporated into guide ... Full text Cite

Racial differences in user experiences and perceived value of electronic symptom monitoring in a cohort of black and white bladder and prostate cancer patients.

Journal Article Qual Life Res · November 2021 PURPOSE: Electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) are increasingly being used for symptom monitoring during routine cancer care, but have rarely been evaluated in diverse patient populations. We assessed ePRO user experiences and perceived value among ... Full text Link to item Cite

Gender representation in U.S. biomedical informatics leadership and recognition.

Journal Article J Am Med Inform Assoc · June 12, 2021 OBJECTIVE: This study sought to describe gender representation in leadership and recognition within the U.S. biomedical informatics community. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data were collected from public websites or provided by American Medical Informatics Assoc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Feasibility and delivery of patient-reported outcomes in clinical practice among racially diverse bladder and prostate cancer patients.

Journal Article Urol Oncol · January 2021 OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of enrollment and collecting patient-reported outcome (PRO) data as part of routine clinical urologic care for bladder and prostate cancer patients and examine overall patterns and racial variations in PRO use and sympt ... Full text Link to item Cite

Abstract C007: Racial differences in feasibility and perceived value of electronic symptom monitoring in a cohort of Black and White bladder and prostate cancer patients

Conference Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention · June 1, 2020 AbstractBackground Racial differences in cancer-related symptom burden are well-documented, and partly linked to inequities in symptom monitoring. Electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) are useful for ... Full text Cite

Performance Measures Based on How Adults With Cancer Feel and Function: Stakeholder Recommendations and Feasibility Testing in Six Cancer Centers.

Journal Article JCO Oncol Pract · March 2020 PURPOSE: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) that assess how patients feel and function have potential for evaluating quality of care. Stakeholder recommendations for PRO-based performance measures (PMs) were elicited, and feasibility testing was con ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patient free text reporting of symptomatic adverse events in cancer clinical research using the National Cancer Institute's Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE).

Journal Article J Am Med Inform Assoc · April 1, 2019 OBJECTIVE: The study sought to describe patient-entered supplemental information on symptomatic adverse events (AEs) in cancer clinical research reported via a National Cancer Institute software system and examine the feasibility of mapping these entries t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Software for Administering the National Cancer Institute's Patient-Reported Outcomes Version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events: Usability Study.

Journal Article JMIR Hum Factors · July 16, 2018 BACKGROUND: The US National Cancer Institute (NCI) developed software to gather symptomatic adverse events directly from patients participating in clinical trials. The software administers surveys to patients using items from the Patient-Reported Outcomes ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sex differences in adult outcomes by changes in weight status from adolescence to adulthood: results from Add Health.

Journal Article Acad Pediatr · 2014 OBJECTIVE: Changes in weight status from adolescence to adulthood may be associated with varying social, vocational, economic, and educational outcomes, which may differ by sex. We studied whether there are differences in adult outcomes by sex for differen ... Full text Link to item Cite

Differential prescribing of opioid analgesics according to physician specialty for Medicaid patients with chronic noncancer pain diagnoses.

Journal Article Pain Res Manag · 2014 BACKGROUND: Despite >20 years of studies investigating the characteristics of patients seeking or receiving opioid analgesics, research characterizing factors associated with physicians' opioid prescribing practices has been inconclusive, and the role of p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cholesterol curves to identify population norms by age and sex in healthy weight children.

Journal Article Clin Pediatr (Phila) · March 2012 OBJECTIVE: Develop clinically applicable charts of lipid values illustrating fluctuations throughout childhood and by sex among healthy weight children. METHODS: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2008) was used to estimate total ch ... Full text Link to item Cite

Physical activity and BMI in a nationally representative sample of children and adolescents.

Journal Article Clin Pediatr (Phila) · February 2012 OBJECTIVE: To examine objectively measured physical activity levels by age, sex, and BMI for children and adolescents in a nationally representative sample. METHODS: Data were from the 2003-2004 and 2005-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surve ... Full text Link to item Cite

SOCIAL, VOCATIONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF OBESITY IN ADULTHOOD

Conference JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE · May 1, 2011 Link to item Cite