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523 The Development of an Institutional Study Start-up Tracker for Industry Sponsored Clinical Trials

Conference Journal of Clinical and Translational Science · April 19, 2022 OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Duke University developed a Project Tracker system to provide transparency into the complex study start-up process for Industry sponsored clinical trials. Partnering with process owners, investigators, research teams, and IT developers, w ... Full text Link to item Cite

518 myRESEARCHpath: an interactive roadmap for navigating research process, resources, and policies at Duke University

Conference Journal of Clinical and Translational Science · April 19, 2022 OBJECTIVES/GOALS: In 2021, Duke University expanded the myRESEARCHsuite (MRS) of research support services with the launch of myRESEARCHpath (MRP), an interactive roadmap for navigating the project lifecycle. MRP integrates with the existing MRS services, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of a Personalized Web-Based Decision Aid for Surrogate Decision Makers of Patients With Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal Article Ann Intern Med · March 5, 2019 BACKGROUND: Treatment decisions commonly have to be made in intensive care units (ICUs). These decisions are difficult for surrogate decision makers and often lead to decisional conflict, psychological distress, and treatments misaligned with patient prefe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of mindfulness training programmes delivered by a self-directed mobile app and by telephone compared with an education programme for survivors of critical illness: a pilot randomised clinical trial.

Journal Article Thorax · January 2019 BACKGROUND: Patients who are sick enough to be admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) commonly experience symptoms of psychological distress after discharge, yet few effective therapies have been applied to meet their needs. METHODS: Pilot randomised cli ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Financial Stress in Survivors of Critical Illness.

Journal Article Crit Care Med · June 2018 OBJECTIVES: Little is known about the experience of financial stress for patients who survive critical illness or their families. Our objective was to describe the prevalence of financial stress among critically ill patients and their families, identify cl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of a Telephone- and Web-based Coping Skills Training Program Compared with an Education Program for Survivors of Critical Illness and Their Family Members. A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal Article Am J Respir Crit Care Med · January 1, 2018 RATIONALE: Many survivors of critical illness and their family members experience significant psychological distress after patient discharge. OBJECTIVES: To compare the effects of a coping skills training (CST) program with an education program on patient ... Full text Link to item Cite

Palliative Care Planner: A Pilot Study to Evaluate Acceptability and Usability of an Electronic Health Records System-integrated, Needs-targeted App Platform.

Journal Article Ann Am Thorac Soc · January 2018 RATIONALE: The quality and patient-centeredness of intensive care unit (ICU)-based palliative care delivery is highly variable. OBJECTIVE: To develop and pilot an app platform for clinicians and ICU patients and their family members that enhances the deliv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence, Risk-Factors, and Outcomes of Financial Stress in Survivors of Critical Illness

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · January 1, 2018 Link to item Cite

Effect of a Self-Directed Mobile App Mindfulness Program for ICU Survivors: A Pilot RCT

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · January 1, 2018 Link to item Cite

Improving ICU-Based Palliative Care Delivery: A Multicenter, Multidisciplinary Survey of Critical Care Clinician Attitudes and Beliefs.

Journal Article Crit Care Med · April 2017 OBJECTIVE: Addressing the quality gap in ICU-based palliative care is limited by uncertainty about acceptable models of collaborative specialist and generalist care. Therefore, we characterized the attitudes of physicians and nurses about palliative care d ... Full text Link to item Cite

Usability Testing of an Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome System for Survivors of Critical Illness.

Journal Article Am J Crit Care · July 2016 BACKGROUND: Web-based electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO) measures are increasingly used to facilitate patient-centered health assessments. However, it is unknown if ePRO completion is feasible for recently ill intensive care unit (ICU) survivors a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mentoring Adolescent Boys

Chapter · May 7, 2015 These volumes covers a vast range of topics from Christian education: History spanning from the church’s founding through the Middle Ages to the modern day Denominational and institutional profiles Intellectual traditions in Christian ... ... Cite

Development and usability testing of a Web-based decision aid for families of patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation.

Journal Article Ann Intensive Care · 2015 BACKGROUND: Web-based decision aids are increasingly important in medical research and clinical care. However, few have been studied in an intensive care unit setting. The objectives of this study were to develop a Web-based decision aid for family members ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

User Testing Of A Web-Based Decision Aid For Families Receiving Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · January 1, 2015 Link to item Cite

Development and preliminary evaluation of a telephone-based mindfulness training intervention for survivors of critical illness.

Journal Article Ann Am Thorac Soc · February 2014 RATIONALE: Persistent symptoms of psychological distress represent an unmet need among intensive care unit (ICU) survivors. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to develop and pilot test a simple telephone-based mindfulness training intervention to address this population ... Full text Link to item Cite