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An Introduction to Item Response Theory for Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement by Nguyen, Tam H., Han, Hae-Ra, Kim, Miyong T., Chan, Kitty S.

“…The growing emphasis on patient-centered care has accelerated the demand for high-quality data from patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures. Traditionally, the…”
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Evaluating Muscle Mass in Survivors of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A 1-Year Multicenter Longitudinal Study by Chan, Kitty S., Mourtzakis, Marina, Aronson Friedman, Lisa, Dinglas, Victor D., Hough, Catherine L., Ely, E. Wesley, Morris, Peter E., Hopkins, Ramona O., Needham, Dale M.

“…OBJECTIVES:Rapid muscle wasting occurs during acute respiratory failure, resulting in muscle weakness and functional impairments. This study examines…”
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Functional Status Score for the ICU: An International Clinimetric Analysis of Validity, Responsiveness, and Minimal Important Difference by Huang, Minxuan, Chan, Kitty S., Zanni, Jennifer M., Parry, Selina M., Neto, Saint-Clair G. B., Neto, Jose A. A., da Silva, Vinicius Z. M., Kho, Michelle E., Needham, Dale M.

“…OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the internal consistency, validity, responsiveness, and minimal important difference of the Functional Status Score for the ICU, a…”
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Construct Validity and Minimal Important Difference of 6-Minute Walk Distance in Survivors of Acute Respiratory Failure by Chan, Kitty S., PhD, Pfoh, Elizabeth R., PhD, Denehy, Linda, PhD, Elliott, Doug, PhD, Holland, Anne E., PhD, Dinglas, Victor D., MPH, Needham, Dale M., MD, PhD

“…OBJECTIVE The 6-min walk distance (6MWD), a widely used test of functional capacity, has limited evidence of construct validity among patients surviving acute…”
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The Longitudinal Association Between Early Childhood Obesity and Fathers’ Involvement in Caregiving and Decision‐Making by Wong, Michelle S., Jones‐Smith, Jessica C., Colantuoni, Elizabeth, Thorpe, Roland J., Bleich, Sara N., Chan, Kitty S.

“…Objective Fathers have increased their involvement in child caregiving; however, their changing role in childhood obesity is understudied. This study assessed…”
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Measuring young adolescent perceptions of relationships: A vignette-based approach to exploring gender equality by Blum, Robert W, Sheehy, Grace, Li, Mengmeng, Basu, Sharmistha, El Gibaly, Omaima, Kayembe, Patrick, Zuo, Xiayun, Ortiz, Jose, Chan, Kitty S, Moreau, Caroline

“…This paper reports the development and baseline data of a vignettes-based measure of gender equality. Vignettes were developed through 3-day long focus groups…”
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State of the science of health literacy measures: Validity implications for minority populations by Nguyen, Tam H, Park, Hyunjeong, Han, Hae-Ra, Chan, Kitty S, Paasche-Orlow, Michael K, Haun, Jolie, Kim, Miyong T

“…Highlights • 109 unique health literacy measures were identified. • 37 were non-English HL language measures and 72 were English language measures. • Many…”
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Distribution-Based Estimates of Minimal Important Difference for Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Impact of Event Scale-Revised in Survivors of Acute Respiratory Failure by Chan, Kitty S., PhD, Friedman, Lisa Aronson, ScM, Bienvenu, O. Joseph, MD, PhD, Dinglas, Victor D., MPH, Cuthbertson, Brian H., MB ChB, MD, FRCA, Porter, Richard, MB ChB, FRCA, FFICM, EDIC, Jones, Christina, PhD, Hopkins, Ramona O., PhD, Needham, Dale M., FCPA, MD, PhD

“…Abstract Objective This study will estimate distribution-based minimal important difference (MID) for the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale anxiety…”
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Development and validation of the Medical Student Scholar-Ideal Mentor Scale (MSS-IMS) by Sozio, Stephen M, Chan, Kitty S, Beach, Mary Catherine

“…Programs encouraging medical student research such as Scholarly Concentrations (SC) are increasing nationally. However, there are few validated measures of…”
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Community Characteristics and Mortality: The Relative Strength of Association of Different Community Characteristics by CHAN, Kitty S, ROBERTS, Eric, MCCLEARY, Rachael, BUTTORFF, Christine, GASKIN, Darrell J

“…We compared the strength of association between average 5-year county-level mortality rates and area-level measures, including air quality, sociodemographic…”
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Upper arm anthropometrics versus DXA scan in survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome by Chan, Kitty S., Mourtzakis, Marina, Aronson Friedman, Lisa, Dinglas, Victor D., Hough, Catherine L., Ely, E. Wesley, Morris, Peter E., Hopkins, Ramona O., Needham, Dale M.

“…Survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) experience severe muscle wasting. Upper arm anthropometrics can provide a quick, non-invasive estimate…”
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What is the role of community capabilities for maternal health? An exploration of community capabilities as determinants to institutional deliveries in Bangladesh, India, and Uganda by Paina, Ligia, Vadrevu, Lalitha, Hanifi, S M Manzoor Ahmed, Akuze, Joseph, Rieder, Rachel, Chan, Kitty S, Peters, David H

“…While community capabilities are recognized as important factors in developing resilient health systems and communities, appropriate metrics for these have not…”
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E-cigarette and hookah adoption patterns: Is the harm reduction theory just so much smoke? by Ford, Eric W., Chan, Kitty S., Parikh, Megha, Lowe, Kevin B., Huerta, Timothy R.

“…•Smoking initiation and progression patterns are changing with due to new products.•E-cigarettes are potentially drawing new populations to nicotine addictive…”
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Identifying the Minimum Volume Threshold for Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma Resection: Merging National Data with Consensus Expert Opinion by Villano, Anthony M., Zeymo, Alexander, Chan, Kitty S., Shara, Nawar, Al-Refaie, Waddah B.

“…The complexity of retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma (RPS) surgery has prompted international recommendations to regionalize it to high-volume hospitals…”
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Residential Segregation and Disparities in Health Care Services Utilization by Gaskin, Darrell J., Dinwiddie, Gniesha Y., Chan, Kitty S., McCleary, Rachael

“…Using data from the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and the 2000 Census, the authors explored whether race/ethnic disparities in health care use were…”
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Barriers to Early Mobility of Hospitalized General Medicine Patients: Survey Development and Results by Hoyer, Erik H, Brotman, Daniel J, Chan, Kitty S, Needham, Dale M

“…OBJECTIVEFunctional status decline commonly accompanies hospitalization making patients vulnerable to complications. Such decline can be mitigated through…”
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Validity and usefulness of members reports of implementation progress in a quality improvement initiative: findings from the Team Check-up Tool (TCT) by Chan, Kitty S, Hsu, Yea-Jen, Lubomski, Lisa H, Marsteller, Jill A

“…Team-based interventions are effective for improving safety and quality of healthcare. However, contextual factors, such as team functioning, leadership, and…”
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Residential Segregation and the Availability of Primary Care Physicians by Gaskin, Darrell J., Dinwiddie, Gniesha Y., Chan, Kitty S., McCleary, Rachael R.

“…Objective To examine the association between residential segregation and geographic access to primary care physicians (PCPs) in metropolitan statistical areas…”
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Residential segregation, geographic proximity and type of services used: Evidence for racial/ethnic disparities in mental health by Dinwiddie, Gniesha Y., Gaskin, Darrell J., Chan, Kitty S., Norrington, Janette, McCleary, Rachel

“…Residential characteristics influence opportunities, life chances and access to health services in the United States but what role does residential segregation…”
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The neighborhood environment and obesity: Understanding variation by race/ethnicity by Wong, Michelle S., Chan, Kitty S., Jones-Smith, Jessica C., Colantuoni, Elizabeth, Thorpe, Roland J., Bleich, Sara N.

“…Neighborhood characteristics have been associated with obesity, but less is known whether relationships vary by race/ethnicity. This study examined the…”
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