Judith C. Hays | Scholars@Duke

Judith C. Hays
Associate Professor Emerita in the School of Nursing

Dr. Hays' research is in the area of psychosocial and chronic disease epidemiology with primary interests in (1) living arrangements and residential moves in late life, (2) terminal illness, bereavement and widowhood, (3) depression, (4) religion and health, (5) subjective ratings of health, (6) stress and coping, and (7) racial differences in risk and outcome factors.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor Emerita in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2009

Contact Information

Box 3322 Trent Dr., Durham, NC 27710
School of Nursing Rm 2059, 307 Trent Dr., Durham, NC 27710
judith.hays@duke.edu (919) 684-9389

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Yale University 1991
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2005 - 2009
- Associate Research Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2000 - 2004
- Associate Research Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2000 - 2004
- Assistant Research Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 1994 - 2000
Research
Selected Grants
- Preventing Pressure Ulcers with Repositioning Frequency and Precipitating Factors (PECASE) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2022
- Trajectories of Serious Illness: Patients and Caregivers awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2010
- Duke SON Accelerated BSN Basic Education Grant 2003 - 2006
- Living Arrangements and Health Status in Late Life awarded by National Institutes of Health 1999 - 2003
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Hays, J. C., D. T. Gold, and C. F. Pieper. “Sibling bereavement in late life,” January 1, 2019, 25–42.
  - Hays, Judith C. “The Ethics of International Studies.” Public Health Nursing 28, no. 5 (September 2011): 387–88. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00980.x.
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  - Hays, Judith C., Laura Wood, Karen Steinhauser, Maren K. Olson, Jennifer H. Lindquist, and James A. Tulsky. “Clergy-laity support and patients' mood during serious illness: a cross-sectional epidemiologic study.” Palliat Support Care 9, no. 3 (September 2011): 273–80. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951511000228.
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  - Hays, J. C. “Megacities.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 28, no. 3 (August 2011): 201–2. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00957.x.
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  - Johnson, Kimberly S., James A. Tulsky, Judith C. Hays, Robert M. Arnold, Maren K. Olsen, Jennifer H. Lindquist, and Karen E. Steinhauser. “Which domains of spirituality are associated with anxiety and depression in patients with advanced illness?” J Gen Intern Med 26, no. 7 (July 2011): 751–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-011-1656-2.
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  - Hays, J. C. “Public health nursing initiates publication of Cochrane nursing care field review summaries.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 28, no. 1 (April 2011): 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00934.x.
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  - Hays, J. C. “A primer on the responsibilities and abuses of scientific authorship.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 27, no. 6 (March 2011): 471–73. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00903.x.
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  - Hays, J. C. “Eight recommendations for writing titles of scientific manuscripts.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 27, no. 2 (August 2010): 101–3. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00832.x.
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  - Hays, J. C. “The DNP and PHN.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 26, no. 5 (November 2009): 383–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00794.x.
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  - Hays, J. C. “Publication ethics.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 26, no. 3 (July 2009): 205–6. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00772.x.
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  - Hays, J. C. “The quality and influence of the journal.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 26, no. 1 (March 2009): 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00749.x.
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  - Hays, J. C. “Surge capacity of public health nurses.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 25, no. 4 (September 2008): 293–94. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00708.x.
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  - Hays, J. C. “The daunting complexity of a data point.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 25, no. 3 (June 2008): 201–2. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00696.x.
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  - Hays, J. C. “Lost in translation.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 24, no. 6 (January 2008): 489–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00660.x.
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  - Hays, Judith C. “Drusilla Rageu Poole 1921-1981.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 25, no. 1 (January 2008): 98–100. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00684.x.
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  - Hays, Judith C. “Invitation for simulations.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 24, no. 2 (March 2007): 99–100. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00613.x.
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  - Steinhauser, Karen E., Elizabeth C. Clipp, Judith C. Hays, Maren Olsen, Robert Arnold, Nicholas A. Christakis, Jennifer Hoff Lindquist, and James A. Tulsky. “Identifying, recruiting, and retaining seriously-ill patients and their caregivers in longitudinal research.” Palliat Med 20, no. 8 (December 2006): 745–54. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216306073112.
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  - Hays, Judith C., Jeffrey A. Davis, and Marie Lynn Miranda. “Incorporating a built environment module into an accelerated second-degree community health nursing course.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 23, no. 5 (September 2006): 442–52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.00582.x.
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  - Hybels, Celia F., Dan G. Blazer, Carl F. Pieper, Bruce M. Burchett, Judith C. Hays, Gerda G. Fillenbaum, Laura D. Kubzansky, and Lisa F. Berkman. “Sociodemographic characteristics of the neighborhood and depressive symptoms in older adults: using multilevel modeling in geriatric psychiatry.” Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14, no. 6 (June 2006): 498–506. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.JGP.0000194649.49784.29.
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  - Hays, Judith C. “Elementary, my dear readers.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 23, no. 3 (May 2006): 203–4. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.230301.x.
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  - Hays, Judith C. “Teaching with an eye on the storm.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 23, no. 1 (January 2006): 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0737-1209.2006.230101.x.
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  - Jeste, Neelum D., Judith C. Hays, and David C. Steffens. “Clinical correlates of anxious depression among elderly patients with depression.” J Affect Disord 90, no. 1 (January 2006): 37–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2005.10.007.
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  - Hays, Judith C. “From narrow to novice in environmental health nursing.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 22, no. 4 (July 2005): 269–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.220401.x.
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  - Hays, Judith C., Heather H. Keller, and Truls Ostbye. “The effects of nutrition-related factors on four-year mortality among a biracial sample of community-dwelling elders in the North Carolina piedmont.” J Nutr Elder 25, no. 2 (2005): 41–67. https://doi.org/10.1300/j052v25n02_04.
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  - Kilpatrick, Shelley Dean, Andrew J. Weaver, Michael E. McCullough, Christina Puchalski, David B. Larson, Judith C. Hays, Carol J. Farran, and Kevin J. Flannelly. “A review of spiritual and religious measures in nursing research journals: 1995-1999.” Journal of Religion and Health 44, no. 1 (January 2005): 55–66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-004-1145-6.
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  - Hays, J. C., B. M. Burchett, G. G. Fillenbaum, and D. G. Blazer. “Is the APOE ε4 allele a risk to person-environment fit?” Journal of Applied Gerontology 23, no. 3 (September 1, 2004): 247–65. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464804267565.
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  - Galanos, Anthony N., Judith C. Hays, Jennifer D. Moore, and Angela Poppe. “Where do continuing care retirement community residents die?” J Am Geriatr Soc 52, no. 8 (August 2004): 1401–2. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52379_1.x.
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  - Hays, Judith C. “The nurse stump.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 21, no. 3 (May 2004): 199. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0737-1209.2004.21301.x.
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  - Fiori, Katherine L., Judith C. Hays, and Keith G. Meador. “Spiritual turning points and perceived control over the life course.” Int J Aging Hum Dev 59, no. 4 (2004): 391–420. https://doi.org/10.2190/KBXL-18W0-FPJ4-F1GY.
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  - Blazer, Dan G., Gerda G. Fillenbaum, Deborah T. Gold, Bruce M. Burchett, and Judith C. Hays. “APOE epsilon4 as a predictor of subjective quality of life in a biracial older person community sample.” J Aging Health 15, no. 4 (November 2003): 645–60. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264303256216.
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  - Bosworth, Hayden B., Kwang-Soo Park, Douglas R. McQuoid, Judith C. Hays, and David C. Steffens. “The impact of religious practice and religious coping on geriatric depression.” Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18, no. 10 (October 2003): 905–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.945.
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  - Hays, Judith C. “Busy/dying.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 20, no. 3 (May 2003): 165–66. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0737-1209.2003.editorial.doc.x.
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  - Hays, Judith C., Carl F. Pieper, and Jama L. Purser. “Competing risk of household expansion or institutionalization in late life.” J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 58, no. 1 (January 2003): S11–20. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/58.1.s11.
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  - Bosworth, Hayden B., Judith C. Hays, Linda K. George, and David C. Steffens. “Psychosocial and clinical predictors of unipolar depression outcome in older adults.” Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 17, no. 3 (March 2002): 238–46. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.590.
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  - Hays, Judith C. “Living arrangements and health status in later life: a review of recent literature.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 19, no. 2 (March 2002): 136–51. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.00209.x.
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  - Steffens, David C., Ingrid Svenson, Douglas A. Marchuk, Robert M. Levy, Judith C. Hays, Elizabeth P. Flint, K Ranga Rama Krishnan, and Ilene C. Siegler. “Allelic differences in the serotonin transporter-linked polymorphic region in geriatric depression.” Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 10, no. 2 (March 2002): 185–91.
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  - Blazer, D. G., J. C. Hays, and M. A. Musick. “Abstinence versus alcohol use among elderly rural Baptists: a test of reference group theory and health outcomes.” Aging Ment Health 6, no. 1 (February 2002): 47–54. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607860120101086.
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  - Hays, J. C., D. C. Steffens, E. P. Flint, H. B. Bosworth, and L. K. George. “Does social support buffer functional decline in elderly patients with unipolar depression?” Am J Psychiatry 158, no. 11 (November 2001): 1850–55. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.158.11.1850.
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  - Idler, E. L., S. V. Kasl, and J. C. Hays. “Patterns of religious practice and belief in the last year of life.” The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 56, no. 6 (November 2001): S326–34. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/56.6.s326.
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  - Blazer, D. G., L. R. Landerman, J. C. Hays, T. A. Grady, R. Havlik, and M. C. Corti. “Blood pressure and mortality risk in older people: comparison between African Americans and whites.” J Am Geriatr Soc 49, no. 4 (April 2001): 375–81. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49079.x.
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  - Hays, J. C., K. G. Meador, P. S. Branch, and L. K. George. “The Spiritual History Scale in four dimensions (SHS-4): validity and reliability.” Gerontologist 41, no. 2 (April 2001): 239–49. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/41.2.239.
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  - Hays, J. C., A. N. Galanos, T. A. Palmer, D. R. McQuoid, and E. P. Flint. “Preference for place of death in a continuing care retirement community.” Gerontologist 41, no. 1 (February 2001): 123–28. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/41.1.123.
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  - Goins, R. T., J. C. Hays, L. R. Landerman, and G. Hobbs. “Access to health care and self-rated health among community-dwelling older adults.” Journal of Applied Gerontology 20, no. 3 (January 1, 2001): 307–21. https://doi.org/10.1177/073346480102000304.
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  - Harrison, M. O., H. G. Koenig, J. C. Hays, A. G. Eme-Akwari, and K. I. Pargament. “The epidemiology of religious coping: A review of recent literature.” International Review of Psychiatry 13, no. 2 (January 1, 2001): 86–93. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540260120037317.
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  - Huang, B. Y., J. Cornoni-Huntley, J. C. Hays, R. R. Huntley, A. N. Galanos, and D. G. Blazer. “Impact of depressive symptoms on hospitalization risk in community-dwelling older persons.” J Am Geriatr Soc 48, no. 10 (October 2000): 1279–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb02602.x.
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  - Helm, H. M., J. C. Hays, E. P. Flint, H. G. Koenig, and D. G. Blazer. “Does private religious activity prolong survival? A six-year follow-up study of 3,851 older adults.” J Gerontol a Biol Sci Med Sci 55, no. 7 (July 2000): M400–405. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/55.7.m400.
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  - Musick, M. A., D. G. Blazer, and J. C. Hays. “Religious activity, alcohol use, and depression in a sample of elderly baptists.” Research on Aging 22, no. 2 (January 1, 2000): 91–116. https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027500222001.
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  - Schwartz, S., W. McDowell Anderson, S. R. Cole, J. Cornoni-Huntley, J. C. Hays, and D. Blazer. “Insomnia and heart disease: a review of epidemiologic studies.” J Psychosom Res 47, no. 4 (October 1999): 313–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3999(99)00029-x.
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  - Koenig, H. G., J. C. Hays, D. B. Larson, L. K. George, H. J. Cohen, M. E. McCullough, K. G. Meador, and D. G. Blazer. “Does religious attendance prolong survival? A six-year follow-up study of 3,968 older adults.” J Gerontol a Biol Sci Med Sci 54, no. 7 (July 1999): M370–76. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/54.7.m370.
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  - Thakur, M., J. Hays, and K. R. Krishnan. “Clinical, demographic and social characteristics of psychotic depression.” Psychiatry Res 86, no. 2 (May 31, 1999): 99–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-1781(99)00030-x.
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  - Foley, D. J., A. A. Monjan, G. Izmirlian, J. C. Hays, and D. G. Blazer. “Incidence and remission of insomnia among elderly adults in a biracial cohort.” Sleep 22 Suppl 2 (May 1, 1999): S373–78.
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  - Koenig, H. G., E. Idler, S. Kasl, J. C. Hays, L. K. George, M. Musick, D. B. Larson, T. R. Collins, and H. Benson. “Religion, spirituality, and medicine: a rebuttal to skeptics.” Int J Psychiatry Med 29, no. 2 (1999): 123–31. https://doi.org/10.2190/C2FB-95VW-FKYD-C8RV.
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  - Steffens, D. C., J. C. Hays, and K. R. Krishnan. “Disability in geriatric depression.” Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 7, no. 1 (1999): 34–40.
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  - Blazer, D. G., L. R. Landerman, J. C. Hays, E. M. Simonsick, and W. B. Saunders. “Symptoms of depression among community-dwelling elderly African-American and white older adults.” Psychol Med 28, no. 6 (November 1998): 1311–20. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291798007648.
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  - Hays, J. C., L. R. Landerman, D. G. Blazer, H. G. Koenig, J. W. Carroll, and M. A. Musick. “Aging, health, and the "electronic church".” J Aging Health 10, no. 4 (November 1998): 458–82. https://doi.org/10.1177/089826439801000404.
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  - Koenig, H. G., L. K. George, H. J. Cohen, J. C. Hays, D. B. Larson, and D. G. Blazer. “The relationship between religious activities and cigarette smoking in older adults.” J Gerontol a Biol Sci Med Sci 53, no. 6 (November 1998): M426–34. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/53a.6.m426.
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  - Schwartz, S. W., J. Cornoni-Huntley, S. R. Cole, J. C. Hays, D. G. Blazer, and D. D. Schocken. “Are sleep complaints an independent risk factor for myocardial infarction?” Ann Epidemiol 8, no. 6 (August 1998): 384–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1047-2797(97)00238-x.
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  - Musick, M. A., H. G. Koenig, J. C. Hays, and H. J. Cohen. “Religious activity and depression among community-dwelling elderly persons with cancer: the moderating effect of race.” J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 53, no. 4 (July 1998): S218–27. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/53b.4.s218.
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  - Flint, E. P., J. C. Hays, K. R. R. Krishnan, K. G. Meador, and D. G. Blazer. “Suicidal behaviors in depressed men with a family history of suicide: Effects of psychosocial factors and age.” Aging and Mental Health 2, no. 4 (January 1, 1998): 286–99. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607869856533.
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  - Hays, J. C., K. R. Krishnan, L. K. George, and D. G. Blazer. “Age of first onset of bipolar disorder: demographic, family history, and psychosocial correlates.” Depress Anxiety 7, no. 2 (1998): 76–82.
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  - Hays, J. C., L. R. Landerman, L. K. George, E. P. Flint, H. G. Koenig, K. C. Land, and D. G. Blazer. “Social correlates of the dimensions of depression in the elderly.” J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 53, no. 1 (January 1998): P31–39. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/53b.1.p31.
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  - Koenig, H. G., D. B. Larson, J. C. Hays, M. E. McCullough, L. K. George, P. S. Branch, K. G. Meador, and M. Kuchibhatla. “(1998). Religion and the Survival of 1010 Hospitalized Veterans.” Journal of Religion and Health 37 (1998): 15–29.
  - Koenig, H. G., L. K. George, J. C. Hays, D. B. Larson, H. J. Cohen, and D. G. Blazer. “The relationship between religious activities and blood pressure in older adults.” Int J Psychiatry Med 28, no. 2 (1998): 189–213. https://doi.org/10.2190/75JM-J234-5JKN-4DQD.
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  - Krishnan, K. R., J. C. Hays, L. K. George, and D. G. Blazer. “Six-month outcomes for MRI-related vascular depression.” Depress Anxiety 8, no. 4 (1998): 142–46. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1520-6394(1998)8:4<142::aid-da2>3.0.co;2-n.
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  - Hays, J. C., K. R. Krishnan, L. K. George, C. F. Pieper, E. P. Flint, and D. G. Blazer. “Psychosocial and physical correlates of chronic depression.” Psychiatry Res 72, no. 3 (October 10, 1997): 149–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-1781(97)00105-4.
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  - Blazer, D. G., J. C. Hays, G. G. Fillenbaum, and D. T. Gold. “Memory complaint as a predictor of cognitive decline: a comparison of African American and White elders.” J Aging Health 9, no. 2 (May 1997): 171–84. https://doi.org/10.1177/089826439700900202.
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  - Krishnan, K. R., J. C. Hays, and D. G. Blazer. “MRI-defined vascular depression.” Am J Psychiatry 154, no. 4 (April 1997): 497–501. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.154.4.497.
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  - Hays, J. C., W. B. Saunders, E. P. Flint, B. H. Kaplan, and D. G. Blazer. “Social support and depression as risk factors for loss of physical function in late life.” Aging and Mental Health 1, no. 3 (January 1, 1997): 209–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607869757092.
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  - Koenig, H. G., H. J. Cohen, L. K. George, J. C. Hays, D. B. Larson, and D. G. Blazer. “Attendance at religious services, interleukin-6, and other biological parameters of immune function in older adults.” Int J Psychiatry Med 27, no. 3 (1997): 233–50. https://doi.org/10.2190/40NF-Q9Y2-0GG7-4WH6.
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  - Koenig, H. G., J. C. Hays, L. K. George, D. G. Blazer, D. B. Larson, and L. R. Landerman. “Modeling the cross-sectional relationships between religion, physical health, social support, and depressive symptoms.” Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 5, no. 2 (1997): 131–44.
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  - Slotkin, T. A., J. C. Hays, C. B. Nemeroff, and B. J. Carroll. “Dexamethasone suppression test identifies a subset of elderly depressed patients with reduced platelet serotonin transport and resistance to imipramine inhibition of transport.” Depress Anxiety 6, no. 1 (1997): 19–25. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1520-6394(1997)6:1<19::aid-da3>3.0.co;2-0.
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  - Hays, J. C., D. Schoenfeld, D. G. Blazer, and D. T. Gold. “Global self-ratings of health and mortality: hazard in the North Carolina Piedmont.” J Clin Epidemiol 49, no. 9 (September 1996): 969–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-4356(96)00138-2.
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  - Steffens, D. C., J. C. Hays, L. K. George, K. R. Krishnan, and D. G. Blazer. “Sociodemographic and clinical correlates of number of previous depressive episodes in the depressed elderly.” J Affect Disord 39, no. 2 (July 8, 1996): 99–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-0327(96)00019-5.
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  - Hays, J. C., D. G. Blazer, and D. J. Foley. “Risk of napping: excessive daytime sleepiness and mortality in an older community population.” J Am Geriatr Soc 44, no. 6 (June 1996): 693–98. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01834.x.
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  - Blazer, D. G., J. C. Hays, and M. E. Salive. “Factors associated with paranoid symptoms in a community sample of older adults.” Gerontologist 36, no. 1 (February 1996): 70–75. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/36.1.70.
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  - Blazer, D. G., J. C. Hays, and D. J. Foley. “Sleep complaints in older adults: a racial comparison.” J Gerontol a Biol Sci Med Sci 50, no. 5 (September 1995): M280–84. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/50a.5.m280.
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  - Hays, J. C., G. G. Fillenbaum, D. T. Gold, M. C. Shanley, and D. G. Blazer. “Black-white and urban-rural differences in stability of household composition among elderly persons.” J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 50, no. 5 (September 1995): S301–11. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/50b.5.s301.
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  - Krishnan, K. R., J. C. Hays, L. A. Tupler, L. K. George, and D. G. Blazer. “Clinical and phenomenological comparisons of late-onset and early-onset depression.” Am J Psychiatry 152, no. 5 (May 1995): 785–88. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.5.785.
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  - Hays, J. C., S. V. Kasl, and S. C. Jacobs. “The course of psychological distress following threatened and actual conjugal bereavement.” Psychological Medicine 24, no. 4 (November 1994): 917–27. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700029019.
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  - Hays, J. C., S. Kasl, and S. Jacobs. “Past personal history of dysphoria, social support, and psychological distress following conjugal bereavement.” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 42, no. 7 (July 1994): 712–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1994.tb06529.x.
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  - Hays, J. C., D. G. Blazer, and D. T. Gold. “CES-D: cutpoint or change score?” J Am Geriatr Soc 41, no. 3 (March 1993): 344–45. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1993.tb06718.x.
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  - Hays, J. C. “Florence Nightingale and the India sanitary reforms.” Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 6, no. 3 (September 1989): 152–54. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.1989.tb00589.x.
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  - Hays, J. C. “Beyond the windshield: scavenging community data.” Nurse Educator 14, no. 3 (May 1989): 12–16. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006223-198905000-00015.
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  - Hays, J. C. “Voices in the record.” Image the Journal of Nursing Scholarship 21, no. 4 (January 1989): 200–204. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1989.tb00143.x.
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  - Hays, J. C. “High-technology and hospice home care. Strange bedfellows.” The Nursing Clinics of North America 23, no. 2 (June 1988): 329–40.
  - Hays, J. C. “Patient symptoms and family coping. Predictors of hospice utilization patterns.” Cancer Nursing 9, no. 6 (December 1986): 317–25.
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  - Wallace, K. G., and J. C. Hays. “Nursing management of chronic pain.” Journal of Neurosurgical Nursing 14 (1982): 185–91.
  - Hays, Judith C., David E. Schoenfeld, and Dan G. Blazer. “Determinants of Poor Self-Rated Health in Late Life.” Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 4, no. 3 (n.d.): 188–96. https://doi.org/10.1097/00019442-199622430-00002.
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