Objectives: The use of technology to provide chronic pain self-management interventions
has increased in the recent years. Individual studies have primarily focused on a single …

Despite substantial evidence that patients with cancer commonly have significant
psychosocial problems, for which we have evidence-based treatments, many patients still do …

Scores of tools to measure outcomes that matter to patients have been developed over the
past 30 years but few are used routinely at the point of care. Nelson and colleagues …

PURPOSE We wanted to review and synthesize published criteria for good qualitative
research and develop a cogent set of evaluative criteria. METHODS We identified published …

Background Precisely defining the different applications of patient-reported outcome
measures (PROs) in clinical practice can be difficult. This is because the intervention is …

Context Chronic pain is common in primary care patients and is associated with distress,
disability, and increased health care use. Objective To assess whether a collaborative …

Objective To examine adolescent and young adults' experiences of sexuality communication
with physicians, and gain advice for improving interactions. Methods Semi-structured …

Objective. Chronic pain is one of the most frequent complaints of patients in primary care, yet
both patients and providers report low satisfaction with chronic pain care. This study was …

This chapter provides an overview of the literature on tailored health communication
messages, an innovative area of health communication research that has broad applicability …

BACKGROUND. The current study evaluated the efficacy of incorporating standardized
health‐related quality of life (HRQL) assessments as a routine part of the outpatient …