Center for Enhancing Quality of Life in Chronic Illness
Funded Pilot Studies
The following is a list of all recently funded pilot studies:
- Dr. Tamilyn Bakas, Quality of life among caregivers of aphasic and cognitively impaired stroke survivors
- Dr. Janice Buelow, Quality of life and psychosocial care needs of children with both epilepsy and low IQ and of their parents
- Dr. Janie Canty-Mitchell, Quality of life in African American children with chronic conditions
- Dr. Patricia Ebright, Factors affecting pain management decision making by healthcare providers and adults with rheumatoid arthritis
- Dr. Marsha Ellett, Examination of enteral tube placement in children
- Dr. Janis Gerkensmeyer, Quality of life and life satisfaction among parents of children and adolescents with mental health problems
- Dr. Kathleen Hanna, Determination of psychometric properties of diabetes specific scales to measure parents’ and adolescents’ decision making and support related to diabetes management roles and responsibilities
- Dr. Sara Horton-Deutsch, Decision-making capacity and quality of life in community-dwelling older adults with cognitive impairment
- Dr. Angela McNelis, A pilot study of a family seizure management program, “Be Seizure Smart”
- Dr. Susan Pressler, Tailored Web patient education for heart failure care
- Dr. Susan Rawl, Predictors of quality of life after treatment with curative intent for colorectal cancer
- Dr. Kathleen Russell, Instrument development to measure sociocultural variations related to mammography screening among African American women
- Dr. Cheryl Shore, Bone mass, bone turnover, and homocysteine levels in young women on AEDs
- Dr. Rebecca Sloan, Readaption of spouses to end stage renal disease
- Dr. Janet Welch, Compliance in hemodialysis patients
- Dr. Janet Fulton, Measuring Oral Mucositis and Related Side Effects in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy
- Dr. Seongkum Heo, Improving Dietary Sodium Adherence, Symptom Burden, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Heart Failure
