Qing Yang | Scholars@Duke

Qing Yang
Associate Research Professor in the School of Nursing

Dr. Qing Yang is Associate Professor and Biostatistician at Duke School of Nursing. She received her PhD in Biostatistics from University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Yang’s statistical expertise is longitudinal data analysis and time-to-event data analysis. As a biostatistician, she has extensive experience collaborating with researchers in different therapeutic areas, including diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and mental health. Her current research interests are advanced latent variable models that are widely used in symptom cluster research and intensive longitudinal data analysis that arise from mobile health research.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Research Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2021

Contact Information

307 Trent Dr., Pearson 4130, Durham, NC 27710
307 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710
qing.yang@duke.edu (919) 613-9768

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of California - Los Angeles 2014
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Research Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2017 - 2021
- Assistant Research Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2014 - 2017
- Instructor, Temporary in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2014
Expertise
Subject Headings
- Longitudinal method
- Survival analysis and censored data
Research
Selected Grants
- Integrating Risk Trajectories and Social Determinants to Enhance Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Older Adults awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2026
- EXpanding Technology-Enabled, Nurse-Delivered Chronic Disease Care (EXTEND) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2025
- Symptom Cluster of Midlife Menopausal Women with Metabolic Syndrome awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2024
- Targeting Glutaminase Isoforms for Therapy-Resistant Prostate Cancer awarded by Department of Defense 2019 - 2022
- Testing a Nurse-Led Evidence-Based Exercise Program to Improve Patient-Reported Outcomes in Adults with Acute Leukemia awarded by Oncology Nursing Society Foundation 2020 - 2022
- Enhancing the Transition from Hospital to Home for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury and Families awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2022
- Symptom Burden and Quality of Life in Multiple Myeloma Patients awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. 2019 - 2021
- Advanced symptom burden and quality of life in multiple myeloma patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2021
- Specific and Pervasive Symptoms in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis Using the MURDOCK-MS Dataset: A Secondary Analysis awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2020
- From Episodic to Real-Time Care in Diabetes Self-Management awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2019
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Intensive longitudinal data analysis awarded by Center for Nursing Research 2018 - 2019
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Knisely, M. R., Tanabe, P. J., Yang, Q., Masese, R., Jiang, M., & Shah, N. R. (2021). Severe Pain Profiles and Associated Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics in Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease. Clin J Pain, 37(9), 669–677. https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000000957
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  - Lewinski, A. A., Vaughn, J., Diane, A., Barnes, A., Crowley, M. J., Steinberg, D., … Shaw, R. J. (2021). Perceptions of Using Multiple Mobile Health Devices to Support Self-Management Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. J Nurs Scholarsh, 53(5), 643–652. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12667
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  - Miller, H. N., Berger, M. B., Askew, S., Kay, M. C., Hopkins, C. M., Iragavarapu, M. S., … Steinberg, D. M. (2021). The Nourish Protocol: A digital health randomized controlled trial to promote the DASH eating pattern among adults with hypertension. Contemp Clin Trials, 109, 106539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106539
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  - Lee, C., Cho, B., Yang, Q., Chang, S. J., Ko, H., Yi, Y. M., … Park, Y.-H. (2021). Psychosocial risk profiles among older adults living alone in South Korea: A latent profile analysis. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 95, 104429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2021.104429
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  - Lee, C., Yang, Q., Im, E. O., McConnell, E. S., Jung, S. H., & Kim, H. (2021). The Contribution of Material, Behavioral, Psychological, and Social-Relational Factors to Income-Related Disparities in Cardiovascular Risk among Older Adults. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 36(4), E38–E50. https://doi.org/10.1097/JCN.0000000000000808
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  - Vaughn, J., Shah, N., Docherty, S. L., Yang, Q., & Shaw, R. J. (2021). Symptom Monitoring in Children With Life-Threatening Illness: A Feasibility Study Using mHealth. Ans Adv Nurs Sci, 44(3), 268–278. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000359
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  - Knisely, M. R., Tanabe, P. J., Walker, J. K. L., Yang, Q., & Shah, N. R. (2021). Severe Persistent Pain and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Sickle Cell Disease: An Exploratory Study. Biological Research for Nursing, 10998004211027220. https://doi.org/10.1177/10998004211027220
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  - Bailey, D. E., Yao, J., & Yang, Q. (2021). Illness Uncertainty in Patients Awaiting Liver Transplant. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 43(6), 509–516. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945920952059
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  - Harris Walker, G., Gonzalez-Guarda, R., Yang, Q., Shah, S., & Prvu Bettger, J. (2021). Socio-ecological perspective on factors influencing acute recovery of younger stroke survivors: A mixed methods study. J Adv Nurs, 77(6), 2860–2874. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14778
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  - Min, S. H., Docherty, S. L., Im, E.-O., & Yang, Q. (2021). Identification of Symptom Clusters Among Midlife Menopausal Women with Metabolic Syndrome. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 1939459211018824. https://doi.org/10.1177/01939459211018824
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  - Cao, J., Yang, Q., Steinberg, D., Convoy, S., & Humphreys, J. (2021). Symptom Trajectory among Formerly Abused Women: An Exploratory Study. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2021.1919806
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  - Oyesanya, T. O., Harris, G., Yang, Q., Byom, L., Cary, M. P., Zhao, A. T., & Bettger, J. P. (2021). Inpatient rehabilitation facility discharge destination among younger adults with traumatic brain injury: differences by race and ethnicity. Brain Injury, 35(6), 661–674. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2021.1895317
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  - Reynolds, S. S., Woltz, P., Keating, E., Neff, J., Elliott, J., Hatch, D., … Granger, B. B. (2021). Results of the CHlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing implementation intervention to improve evidence-based nursing practices for prevention of central line associated bloodstream infections Study (CHanGing BathS): a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial. Implementation Science : Is, 16(1), 45. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-021-01112-4
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  - Lee, C., Yang, Q., Im, E.-O., McConnell, E. S., Jung, S.-H., & Kim, H. (2020). A 10-year trend in income disparity of cardiovascular health among older adults in South Korea. Ssm Popul Health, 12, 100682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100682
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  - Yang, Q., Hatch, D., Crowley, M. J., Lewinski, A. A., Vaughn, J., Steinberg, D., … Shaw, R. J. (2020). Digital Phenotyping Self-Monitoring Behaviors for Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Observational Study Using Latent Class Growth Analysis. Jmir Mhealth Uhealth, 8(6), e17730. https://doi.org/10.2196/17730
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  - Shaw, R. J., Yang, Q., Barnes, A., Hatch, D., Crowley, M. J., Vorderstrasse, A., … Steinberg, D. (2020). Self-monitoring diabetes with multiple mobile health devices. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 27(5), 667–676. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaa007
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  - Wang, J., Yang, Q., & Wu, B. (2020). Effects of Care Arrangement on the Age of Institutionalization among Community-dwelling Chinese Older Adults. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2020.1726720
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  - Gondwe, K. W., Brandon, D., Yang, Q., Malcolm, W. F., Small, M. J., & Holditch-Davis, D. (2020). An Observational Study on Early Dyadic Interactive Behaviors of Mothers With Early-Preterm, Late-Preterm, and Full-Term Infants in Malawi. Adv Neonatal Care, 20(1), 90–99. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANC.0000000000000673
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  - Gondwe, K. W., Brandon, D., Yang, Q., Malcom, W. F., Small, M. J., & Holditch-Davis, D. (2020). Emotional distress in mothers of early-preterm infants, late-preterm infants, and full-term infants in Malawi. Nurs Outlook, 68(1), 94–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2019.05.013
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  - Li, Y., He, Y., Butler, W., Xu, L., Chang, Y., Lei, K., … Huang, J. (2019). Targeting cellular heterogeneity with CXCR2 blockade for the treatment of therapy-resistant prostate cancer. Sci Transl Med, 11(521). https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aax0428
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  - Hayat, M. J., Staggs, V. S., Schwartz, T. A., Higgins, M., Azuero, A., Budhathoki, C., … Ye, S. (2019). Moving nursing beyond p < .05. Nursing Outlook, 67(5), 509–510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2019.06.010
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  - Moving Nursing Beyond p < .05. (2019). Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 33(3), 217–221. https://doi.org/10.1891/1541-6577.33.3.217
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  - Hayat, M. J., Staggs, V. S., Schwartz, T. A., Higgins, M., Azuero, A., Budhathoki, C., … Ye, S. (2019). Moving nursing beyond p < 0.05. Research in Nursing & Health, 42(4), 244–245. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21954
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  - Ni, Z., He, J., Wang, J.-G., Cao, J., Yang, Q., Wu, B., & Shaw, R. J. (2019). Chinese Physicians' Perspectives on the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Hypertension Guideline: A Mobile App-Based Survey. High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention : The Official Journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension, 26(3), 247–257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40292-019-00321-9
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  - Shaw, R. J., Barnes, A., Steinberg, D., Vaughn, J., Diane, A., Levine, E., … Yang, Q. (2019). Enhancing Diabetes Self-Management Through Collection and Visualization of Data From Multiple Mobile Health Technologies: Protocol for a Development and Feasibility Trial. Jmir Res Protoc, 8(6), e13517. https://doi.org/10.2196/13517
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  - Hayat, M. J., Staggs, V. S., Schwartz, T. A., Higgins, M., Azuero, A., Budhathoki, C., … Ye, S. (2019). Moving Nursing Beyond p < .05. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 33(3), 217–221. https://doi.org/10.1891/1541.6577.33.3.217
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  - Wood, E., Yang, Q., Steinberg, D., Barnes, A., Vaughn, J., Vorderstrasse, A., … Shaw, R. J. (2019). Diabetes Mobile Care: Aggregating and Visualizing Data from Multiple Mobile Health Technologies. Amia Jt Summits Transl Sci Proc, 2019, 202–211.
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  - Yang, Q., An, X., & Pan, W. (2019). Computing and graphing probability values of pearson distributions: a SAS/IML macro. Source Code for Biology and Medicine, 14, 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13029-019-0076-2
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  - Ni, Z., Liu, C., Wu, B., Yang, Q., Douglas, C., & Shaw, R. J. (2018). An mHealth intervention to improve medication adherence among patients with coronary heart disease in China: Development of an intervention. International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 5(4), 322–330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2018.09.003
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  - Zhang, X., Li, Z., Zhao, X., Xian, Y., Liu, L., Wang, C., … Wang, Y. (2018). Relationship between hospital performance measures and outcomes in patients with acute ischaemic stroke: a prospective cohort study. Bmj Open, 8(7), e020467. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020467
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  - Bettger, J. P., Nguyen, V. Q. C., Thomas, J. G., Guerrier, T., Yang, Q., Hirsch, M. A., … Niemeier, J. P. (2018). Turning Data Into Information: Opportunities to Advance Rehabilitation Quality, Research, and Policy. Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 99(6), 1226–1231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2017.12.029
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  - Yang, Q., Fung, W. K., & Li, G. (2018). Sample size determination for jointly testing a cause-specific hazard and the all-cause hazard in the presence of competing risks. Statistics in Medicine, 37(8), 1389–1401. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.7590
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  - Gondwe, K. W., Yang, Q., Brandon, D., Chirwa, E., & Holditch-Davis, D. (2018). Validation of the Chichewa Perinatal PTSD Questionnaire and Chichewa Child Health Worry Scale. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 9, 42–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2018.07.003
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  - Kaddoura, M. A., Flint, E. P., Van Dyke, O., Yang, Q., & Chiang, L.-C. (2017). Academic and Demographic Predictors of NCLEX-RN Pass Rates in First- and Second-Degree Accelerated BSN Programs. Journal of Professional Nursing : Official Journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 33(3), 229–240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2016.09.005
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  - Gondwe, K. W., Yang, Q., White-Traut, R., & Holditch-Davis, D. (2017). Maternal Psychological Distress and Mother-Infant Relationship: Multiple-Birth Versus Singleton Preterm Infants. Neonatal Network : Nn, 36(2), 77–88. https://doi.org/10.1891/0730-0832.36.2.77
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  - Harris, G. M., Collins-McNeil, J., Yang, Q., Nguyen, V. Q. C., Hirsch, M. A., Rhoads, C. F., … Prvu Bettger, J. (2017). Depression and Functional Status Among African American Stroke Survivors in Inpatient Rehabilitation. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, 26(1), 116–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2016.08.039
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  - Kaddoura, M. A., Van Dyke, O., & Yang, Q. (2017). Correlation Between Critical Thinking Skills and National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses Success in Accelerated Bachelor Nursing Students. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 12(1), 3–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2016.08.004
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  - Li, Z., Wang, C., Zhao, X., Liu, L., Li, H., Shen, H., … China National Stroke Registries, . (2016). Substantial Progress Yet Significant Opportunity for Improvement in Stroke Care in China. Stroke, 47(11), 2843–2849. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014143
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  - Kaddoura, M., Van-Dyke, O., & Yang, Q. (2016). Impact of a concept map teaching approach on nursing students' critical thinking skills. Nursing & Health Sciences, 18(3), 350–354. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12277
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  - Santos, H., Yang, Q., Docherty, S. L., White-Traut, R., & Holditch-Davis, D. (2016). Relationship of Maternal Psychological Distress Classes to Later Mother-Infant Interaction, Home Environment, and Infant Development in Preterm Infants. Research in Nursing & Health, 39(3), 175–186. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21719
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  - Li, G., & Yang, Q. (2016). Joint Inference for Competing Risks Survival Data. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 111(515), 1289–1300. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2015.1093942
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  - Fongwa, M. N., Nandy, K., Yang, Q., & Hays, R. D. (2015). The Facilitators of and Barriers to Adherence to Hypertension Treatment Scale. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 30(6), 484–490. https://doi.org/10.1097/jcn.0000000000000206
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  - Sarna, L., Bialous, S. A., Nandy, K., Antonio, A. L. M., & Yang, Q. (2014). Changes in smoking prevalences among health care professionals from 2003 to 2010-2011. Jama, 311(2), 197–199. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2013.284871
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  - An, X., Yang, Q., & Bentler, P. M. (2013). A latent factor linear mixed model for high-dimensional longitudinal data analysis. Statistics in Medicine, 32(24), 4229–4239. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.5825
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  - Sarna, L., Bialous, S. A., Nandy, K., & Yang, Q. (2012). Are quit attempts among U.S. female nurses who smoke different from female smokers in the general population? An analysis of the 2006/2007 tobacco use supplement to the current population survey. Bmc Women’S Health, 12, 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-12-4
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  - Heilemann, M. V., Pieters, H. C., Kehoe, P., & Yang, Q. (2011). Schema therapy, motivational interviewing, and collaborative-mapping as treatment for depression among low income, second generation Latinas. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 42(4), 473–480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.05.001
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  - Sarna, L., Bialous, S. A., Sinha, K., Yang, Q., & Wewers, M. E. (2010). Are health care providers still smoking? Data from the 2003 and 2006/2007 Tobacco Use Supplement-Current Population Surveys. Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 12(11), 1167–1171. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntq161
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  - Liu, J. M., Yang, Q., Pirrallo, R. G., Klein, J. P., & Aufderheide, T. P. (2008). Hospital variability of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival. Prehospital Emergency Care : Official Journal of the National Association of Ems Physicians and the National Association of State Ems Directors, 12(3), 339–346. https://doi.org/10.1080/10903120802101330
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  - Vaughn, J., Gollarahalli, S., Shaw, R. J., Docherty, S., Yang, Q., Malhotra, C., … Shah, N. (n.d.). Mobile Health Technology for Pediatric Symptom Monitoring: A Feasibility Study. Nurs Res, 69(2), 142–148. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000403
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  - Yang, Q., Hatch, D., Crowley, M. J., Lewinski, A. A., Vaughn, J., Steinberg, D., … Shaw, R. J. (n.d.). Digital Phenotyping Self-Monitoring Behaviors for Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Observational Study Using Latent Class Growth Analysis (Preprint). https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.17730
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- Conference Papers
  - Miller, H., Askew, S., Yang, Q., Christy, J., & Steinberg, D. (2021). UTILIZING LATENT CLASS GROWTH ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND DIETARY SELF-MONITORING ENGAGEMENT TRAJECTORIES IN A FEASIBILITY TRIAL. In Annals of Behavioral Medicine (Vol. 55, pp. S502–S502).
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  - Minga, J., Harris, G., Yang, Q., Hirsch, M. A., Nguyen, V. Q. C., & Bettger, J. P. (2019). Association of Right Versus Left Hemisphere Stroke on Rehabilitation Outcomes. In Journal of Womens Health (Vol. 28, pp. 1588–1589). MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.
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  - Pugh, T., Hirsch, M. A., Nguyen, V. Q. C., Rhoads, C. F., Harris, G. M., Yang, Q., … Bettger, J. A. P. (2019). Depression Characterization and Race Among Stroke Survivors Receiving Inpatient Rehabilitation. In Am J Phys Med Rehabil (Vol. 98, pp. 325–330). United States. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000001037
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  - Bettger, J. P., Yang, Q., Chang, J., Thomas, J. G., Guerrier, T., Hirsch, M. A., … Nguyen, V. Q. C. (2018). IS COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT A CONSIDERATION FOR DISCHARGE HOME AFTER STROKE REHABILITATION? In International Journal of Stroke (Vol. 13, pp. 9–9). SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
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  - Liu, C., Duan, W., Liu, L., Wang, Y., Pan, Y., Meng, X., … Bettger, J. P. (2018). Rehabilitation Provider Type Influences Functional Outcome and Survival of Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients With Severe Neurological Deficits: Findings From the China National Stroke Registry II. In Stroke (Vol. 49). Los Angeles, CA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
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  - Zixiao, L., Yilong, W., Ying, X., Linzi, L., Xingquan, Z., Xiaolei, B., … Yongjun, W. (2016). Relationship Between Hospital Process Performance and Mortality Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke. In Stroke (Vol. 47).
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  - Wang, H., Wan, L., Yang, Q., Hanshew, W. E., Davis, R. D., & Chen, D. (2015). Impact of Repeated Mismatch Human Leukocyte Antigen on the Outcome of Lung Retransplantation. In The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (Vol. 34, pp. S47–S47). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2015.01.114
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