Kathryn Eve Flynn

Journal article Psychooncology · June 2012 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: We studied patients' experiences with oncology providers regarding communication about sexual issues during and after treatment for cancer. METHODS: During development of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS(®)) S ... Full text Link to item Cite

Relationships between changes in patient-reported health status and functional capacity in outpatients with heart failure.

Journal article Am Heart J · January 2012 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Heart failure trials use a variety of measures of functional capacity and quality of life. Lack of formal assessments of the relationships between changes in multiple aspects of patient-reported health status and measures of functional capacity ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sexual functioning along the cancer continuum: focus group results from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®).

Journal article Psychooncology · April 2011 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: Cancer and treatments for cancer affect specific aspects of sexual functioning and intimacy; however, limited qualitative work has been done in diverse cancer populations. As part of an effort to improve measurement of self-reported sexual funct ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sleep-wake functioning along the cancer continuum: focus group results from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS(®)).

Journal article Psychooncology · October 2010 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: Cancer and its treatments disturb sleep-wake functioning; however, there is little information available on the characteristics and consequences of sleep problems associated with cancer. As part of an effort to improve measurement of sleep-wake ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes, health policy, and managed care: relationships between patient-reported outcome measures and clinical measures in outpatients with heart failure.

Journal article Am Heart J · October 2009 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Patient-reported outcomes are increasingly used to assess the efficacy of new treatments. Understanding relationships between these and clinical measures can facilitate their interpretation. We examined associations between patient-reported mea ... Full text Link to item Cite

Using cognitive interviews to evaluate items for measuring sexual functioning across cancer populations: improvements and remaining challenges.

Journal article Qual Life Res · October 2009 Featured Publication PURPOSE: One goal of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) is to develop a measure of sexual functioning that broadens the definition of sexual activity and incorporates items that reflect constructs identified as important ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of exercise training on health status in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomized controlled trial.

Journal article JAMA · April 8, 2009 Featured Publication CONTEXT: Findings from previous studies of the effects of exercise training on patient-reported health status have been inconsistent. OBJECTIVE: To test the effects of exercise training on health status among patients with heart failure. DESIGN, SETTING, A ... Full text Link to item Cite

Initial report of the cancer Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) sexual function committee: review of sexual function measures and domains used in oncology.

Journal article Cancer · March 15, 2009 Featured Publication For this report, the authors described the initial activities of the Cancer Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-Sexual Function domain group, which is part of the National Institutes of Health Roadmap Initiative to develop bri ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patients' perceptions of safety if interpersonal continuity of care were to be disrupted.

Journal article Health Expect · December 2008 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To determine if patients vary in perceptions of safety if interpersonal continuity were to be disrupted. If so, which characteristics are associated with feeling unsafe? BACKGROUND: The extent to which patients' preference for continuity with a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Decisional conflict among patients who accept or decline participation in phase I oncology studies.

Journal article J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics · September 2008 Featured Publication WE COMPARED DECISIONAL CONFLICT among adults with advanced cancer who had accepted or declined participation in phase I cancer clinical trials. Respondents completed a 121-item questionnaire that included the Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS), which was desi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Using item banks to construct measures of patient reported outcomes in clinical trials: investigator perceptions.

Journal article Clin Trials · 2008 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Item response theory (IRT) promises more sensitive and efficient measurement of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) than traditional approaches; however, the selection and use of PRO measures from IRT-based item banks differ from current methods o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Standardizing patient-reported outcomes assessment in cancer clinical trials: a patient-reported outcomes measurement information system initiative.

Journal article J Clin Oncol · November 10, 2007 Featured Publication Patient-reported outcomes (PROs), such as symptom scales or more broad-based health-related quality-of-life measures, play an important role in oncology clinical trials. They frequently are used to help evaluate cancer treatments, as well as for supportive ... Full text Link to item Cite

Personality and health care decision-making style.

Journal article J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci · September 2007 Featured Publication Using the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Graduate Survey (N = 5,830), a population-based cohort of older adults (most aged 63-66 years), we explored relationships between five factors of personality and four preference types that account for multiple compone ... Full text Link to item Cite

When do older adults turn to the internet for health information? Findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study.

Journal article J Gen Intern Med · December 2006 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Understanding how and when patients use nonphysician sources of health information is important to facilitate shared decision making within provider outpatient visits. However, little is known about which older adults seek health information on ... Full text Link to item Cite

A typology of preferences for participation in healthcare decision making.

Journal article Soc Sci Med · September 2006 Featured Publication Classifying patients as "active" or "passive" with regard to healthcare decision making is misleading, since patients have different desires for different components of the decision-making process. Distinguishing patients' desired roles is an essential ste ... Full text Link to item Cite

From physician to consumer: the effectiveness of strategies to manage health care utilization.

Journal article Med Care Res Rev · December 2002 Featured Publication Many strategies are commonly used to influence physician behavior in managed care organizations. This review examines the effectiveness of three mechanisms to influence physician behavior: financial incentives directed at providers or patients, policies/pr ... Full text Link to item Cite