Sheps Center

A valid PMV prognostic model will allow investigators to standardize illness severity in future studies of interventions for PMV patients, and a clinically useful prognostic score will enhance the confidence of clinicians in communicating prognosis to patients and families.

Decision support interventions (DESIs) that communicate CER results to patients have been shown to improve clinical decision making in clinical trials; however, additional work is needed to identify the most efficient ways of implementing DESIs so that CER results can inform routine clinical practice.

This project will use secondary analysis of existing data, retrospective analysis of SEER/Medicare data and prospective cohort data to comparative the effectiveness of management options for early prostate cancer.

Anemia is a highly prevalent condition among the approximately 500,000 people in the US with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs.

High quality cancer screening decision-making processes should incorporate patient values and preferences. Decision aids are effective for informing patients about the benefits and downsides of screening tests, but the best way of eliciting and incorporating patient values and preferences within decision aids is unclear.

The overall objectives of this project are to validate the PROMIS pediatric item banks in 4 pediatric chronic illnesses, and to link pediatric and adult item banks. We developed 9 pediatric item banks during the first PROMIS grant cycle and have performed cross-sectional testing in children with several chronic illnesses. The proposed work is the… Read more »

This study will enable researchers to have comparable scores between children and adults participating in the same study and enable longitudinal studies that follow children into adulthood.

Our overall objective is to develop an appropriate Spanish language decision aid for CRC screening that could be used in a future clinical trial to improve CRC screening and decision-making in LEP Latinos.

The overarching goal of the Patient Decision Quality Initiative is to improve the quality of care using decision support to promote shared decision making.

Provider-patient communication about glaucoma and its treatment can be a critical factor that impacts initial treatment adherence and persistence.

We propose to establish a community-based collaborative partnership between the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Southeastern Regional Medical Center (SRMC) to provide a telemedicine intervention that improves stroke recovery.

Release from prison is a time of serious dislocation and significant challenges to the well being of the HIV-infected former inmate as well as to their social networks and the communities to which they return.

A pressing need exists for timely, evidence-based information to guide cancer care delivery

High quality clinical decision making is necessary to realize the full benefits of emerging cancer prevention and treatment strategies.