TRIPLL Pilot Research Accomplishments

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TRIPLL Pilot Research Accomplishments2023-09-19T10:33:47-04:00

Recent and In-progress Publications from Recent and Current Pilots:

Ong AD, Wilcox KT, Moskowitz JT, Wethington E, Sanni M, Kim P, Reid MC. Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a positive affect skills intervention for adults with Fibromyalgia. Innov Aging. 2023 (In Press)

Riffin C, Brody L, Henderson CR, Pillemer K, Herr K, Rogers M, Reid MC. Establishing the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a caregiver targeted intervention to improve pain assessment among persons with dementia. Innovation in Aging. 2023 (In Press)

Urganci B, Ong AD, Burrow AL, DeHart T. Linking mean level and variability in affect to changes in perceived regard: A dyadic longitudinal burst study of African American couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 2023 (In Press)

Singh N, Grivas P, Makris UE, Suarez-Almazor ME, O’Hare AM, Barton JL. Use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis: Supporting shared decision-making between patients with cancer and clinicians. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2023 May 11. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37166652.

Adogwa O, Reid MC, Chilakapati S, Makris UE. Clin-STAR corner: 2021 update in musculoskeletal pain in older adults with a focus on osteoarthritis-related pain. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Apr 25. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37186060.

Vaughan CP, Brown RT, Hastings SN, Makris UE, Forman DE. Veterans Health Administration research in aging: Opportunities for high impact across the academic career. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Apr 24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37093614.

Janevic MR, Murnane E, Fillingim RB, Kerns RD, Reid MC. Mapping the design space of technology-based solutions for better chronic pain care: Introducing the pain tech landscape. Psychosom Med. 2023 Apr 3. PMID: 37010232

Joshi S, Park T, Brody L, Cruz K, Mukhi P, Reid MC, Herr K, Pillemer K, Riffin C. Recruitment of family caregivers of persons with dementia: Lessons learned from a pilot randomized controlled trial. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2023 Mar 27;4:1125914. PMID: 37051457; PMCID: PMC10083411.

Hobbs WR, Ong AD. For living well, behaviors and circumstances matter just as much as psychological traits. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2023 Mar 21;120(12):e2212867120. PMID: 36913594; PMCID: PMC10041077.

Ong AD, Liu Z, Cintron DW. Five challenges for hope and resilience research. Curr Opin Psychol. 2023 Feb;49:101538. PMID: 36580823.

Hood AM, Morais CA, Aroke EN, Booker SQ, Campbell LC, Campbell CM, Goodin BR, Janevic MR, Kapos FP, Mathur VA, Merriwether EN, Letzen JE. Antiracism CoaliTION in Pain Research (ACTION-PR): Guiding principles for equity in reporting. J Pain. 2023 Jan;24(1):19-21.PMID: 36460609.

Camacho D, Pacheco K, Becker T, Reid C, Wethington E. Loneliness in community-dwelling US Older LatinX Adults. Innov Aging. 2022 Dec 20;6(Suppl 1):432. PMCID: PMC9770715.

Janevic M, Robinson-Lane SG, Murphy SL, Courser R, Piette JD. A pilot study of a chronic pain self-management program delivered by community health workers to underserved African American older adults. Pain Med. 2022 Dec 1;23(12):1965-1978. PMID: 33779759; PMCID: PMC9714529.

Ong AD, Leger KA. Advancing the study of resilience to daily stressors. Perspect Psychol Sci. 2022 Nov;17(6):1591-1603. PMID: 35748196; PMCID: PMC10122438.

Janevic M, Robinson-Lane SG, Courser R, Brines E, Hassett AL. A community health worker-led positive psychology intervention for African American older adults with chronic pain. Gerontologist. 2022 Oct 19;62(9):1369-1380. PMID: 35394525; PMCID: PMC9579460.

Fuller-Rowell TE, Nichols OI, El-Sheikh M, Burrow AL, Ong AD, Ryff CD. The pandemic and social experience: For whom did discrimination and social isolation increase? Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2022 Sep 12;10.1037/cdp0000561. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36095238; PMCID: PMC10008438.

Ong AD, Moskowitz JT, Wethington E, Addington EL, Sanni M, Goktas S, Sluys E, Swong S, Kim P, Reid MC. Lessons in Affect Regulation to Keep Stress and Pain UndeR control (LARKSPUR): Design of a randomized controlled trial to increase positive affect in middle-aged and older adults with fibromyalgia. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Sep;120:106880. PMID: 35964867; PMCID: PMC9752979.

Ong AD, Urganci B, Burrow AL, DeHart T. The relational wear and rear of everyday racism among African American couples. Psychol Sci. 2022 Aug;33(8):1187-1198. PMID: 35772020.

Wahl E, Makris UE, Suter LG. Taxonomy of quality of care indicators: Tracing the path from clinical practice guidelines to quality measurement and beyond. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2022 Aug;48(3):601-615. PMID: 35953226.

Ernst M, Niederer D, Werner AM, Czaja SJ, Mikton C, Ong AD, Rosen T, Brähler E, Beutel ME. Loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Am Psychol. 2022 Jul-Aug;77(5):660-677. PMID: 35533109; PMCID: PMC9768682.

Hood AM, Booker SQ, Morais CA, Goodin BR, Letzen JE, Campbell LC, Merriwether EN, Aroke EN, Campbell CM, Mathur VA, Janevic MR. Confronting racism in all forms of pain research: A shared commitment for engagement, diversity, and dissemination. J Pain. 2022 Jun;23(6):913-928. PMID: 35288029; PMCID: PMC9415432.

Letzen JE, Mathur VA, Janevic MR, Burton MD, Hood AM, Morais CA, Booker SQ, Campbell CM, Aroke EN, Goodin BR, Campbell LC, Merriwether EN. Confronting racism in all Forms of pain research: Reframing study designs. J Pain. 2022 Jun;23(6):893-912. PMID: 35296390; PMCID: PMC9472383.

Janevic MR, Mathur VA, Booker SQ, Morais C, Meints SM, Yeager KA, Meghani SH. Making pain research more inclusive: Why and how. J Pain. 2022 May;23(5):707-728. PMID: 34678471; PMCID: PMC9018873.

Riffin C, Patrick K, Lin SL, Carrington Reid M, Herr K, Pillemer KA. Caregiver-provider communication about pain in persons with dementia. Dementia (London). 2022 Jan;21(1):270-286. PMID: 34340587; PMCID: PMC9158475.

Camacho D, Pacheco K, Henderson C, Reid M, Wethington E. Loneliness and changes in cognitive functioning among racially diverse older adults in the United States. Innovation in Aging. 2021 Dec 17;5(Suppl 1):586-587. PMCID: PMC8680546.

Ong AD, Goktas S, Reid MC. More than hurt feelings: The wear and tear of day-to-day discrimination in adults with chronic pain. Pain Med. 2021 Dec 11;22(12):2925-2930. PMID:33830245; PMCID: PMC8665997.

Booth MJ, Kobayashi LC, Janevic MR, Clauw D, Piette JD. No increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease among people with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: Findings from a longitudinal cohort study of U.S. older adults. BMC Rheumatol. 2021 Nov 12;5(1):48. PMID: 34763722; PMCID: PMC8588609.

Booth MJ, Janevic MR, Kobayashi LC, Clauw DJ, Piette JD. No association between rheumatoid arthritis and cognitive impairment in a cross-sectional national sample of older U.S. adults. BMC Rheumatol. 2021 Aug 18;5(1):24. PMID: 34404491; PMCID: PMC8371766.

Puccetti NA, Schaefer SM, van Reekum CM, Ong AD, Almeida DM, Ryff CD, Davidson RJ, Heller AS. Linking amygdala persistence to real-world emotional experience and psychological well-being. J Neurosci. 2021 Apr 21;41(16):3721-3730. PMID: 33753544; PMCID: PMC8055079.

Booth MJ, Clauw D, Janevic MR, Kobayashi LC, Piette JD. Validation of self-reported rheumatoid arthritis using medicare claims: A nationally representative longitudinal study of older adults. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2021 Apr;3(4):239-249. PMID: 33621434; PMCID: PMC8063145.

Fennell G, Yip APW, Reid MC, Enguídanos S, Zelinski E, Löckenhoff C. Is chronic pain temporal pattern associated with middle-aged and older adults’ perceptions of their futures? Health Psychol Bull. 2021;5(1):136-144. PMID: 35425865; PMCID: PMC9007559.

Chatty T, Qu Y, Ba-Sabaa HH, Murnane EL. Examining the user experience of life cycle assessment tools and their ability to cater to ecodesign in early-stage product development practice. Proceedings of the Design Society. 2021;1:1441–50.

Shen MJ, Manna R, Banerjee SC, Nelson CJ, Alexander K, Alici Y, Gangai N, Parker PA, Korc-Grodzicki B. Incorporating shared decision making into communication with older adults with cancer and their caregivers: Development and evaluation of a geriatric shared decision-making communication skills training module. Patient Educ Couns. 2020 Nov;103(11):2328-2334. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32475710; PMCID: PMC7572605.

Seguin-Fowler R, Graham M, Ward J, Eldridge G, Sriram U, Fine D. Feasibility of a yoga intervention to decrease pain in older women: a randomized controlled pilot study. BMC Geriatr. 2020 Oct 12;20(1):400. PMID: 33046009; PMCID: PMC7552447.

Welsh TP, Yang AE, Makris UE. Musculoskeletal pain in older adults: A clinical review. Med Clin North Am. 2020 Sep;104(5):855-872. PMID: 32773050; PMCID: PMC8034863.

Nayfe R, Chansard M, Hynan LS, Mortensen EM, Annaswamy T, Fraenkel L, Makris UE. Comparison of patient-reported outcomes measurement information system and legacy instruments in multiple domains among older veterans with chronic back pain. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2020 Sep 8;21(1):598. PMID: 32900386; PMCID: PMC7487821.

Weiner DK, Gentili A, Fang MA, Garay E, Annaswamy T, Castle S, Joseph L, Lawson L, Lee CC, Makris UE, Rossi MI, Thorn B, Clemens K, Newman D, Perera S. Caring for older veterans with chronic low back pain using a geriatric syndrome approach: Rationale and methods for the aging back clinics (ABC) trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2020 Aug;95:106077. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32593717.

Harrison J, Maslow K, Tambor E, Phillips L, Frank L, Herndon L, Epstein-Lubow G. Engaging stakeholders in the design and conduct of embedded pragmatic clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Jul;68(Suppl 2):S62-S67. PMID: 32589275; PMCID: PMC7375262.

Ong AD, Thoemmes F, Ratner K, Ghezzi-Kopel K, Reid MC. Positive affect and chronic pain: a preregistered systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain. 2020 Jun;161(6):1140-1149. PMID: 32049895; PMCID: PMC7230030.

George LS, Maciejewski PK, Epstein AS, Shen M, Prigerson HG. Advanced Cancer Patients’ Changes in Accurate Prognostic Understanding and Their Psychological Well-Being. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 May;59(5):983-989. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 31887399; PMCID: PMC7186137.

Murnane EL, Jiang X, Kong A, Park M, Shi W, Soohoo C, Vink L, Xia I, Xin Y, Yang-Sammataro J, Young G, Zhi J, Moya P, Landay JA. Designing Ambient Narrative-Based Interfaces to Reflect and Motivate Physical Activity. Proc SIGCHI Conf Hum Factor Comput Syst. 2020 Apr;2020:10.1145/3313831.3376478. PMID: 33880463; PMCID: PMC8055101.

Murnane E. Inbodied interaction design example: chronobiology-friendly technology. Interactions (N Y). 2020 Feb;27(2):54-55. PMID: 33879986; PMCID: PMC8055060.

Janevic MR, Shute V, Murphy SL, Piette JD. Acceptability and Effects of Commercially Available Activity Trackers for Chronic Pain Management Among Older African American Adults. Pain Med. 2020 Feb 1;21(2):e68-e78. PMID: 31509196; PMCID: PMC7049259.

Abtahi P, Ding V, Yang AC, Bruzzese T, Romanos AB, Murnane EL, Follmer S, Landay, JA. Understanding Physical Practices and the Role of Technology in Manual Self-Tracking. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies. 2020; 4(4):1-24.

Murnane, EL, Choudhury T. Mobile and Sensor Technology as a Tool for Health Measurement, Management, and Research with Aging Populations. Mobile Technology for Adaptive Aging. 2020;41-65.

Shen MJ, Wellman JD. Evidence of palliative care stigma: The role of negative stereotypes in preventing willingness to use palliative care. Palliat Support Care. 2019 Aug;17(4):374-380. PMID: 30520405; PMCID: PMC6551309.

Ong AD, Uchino BN, Wethington E. Loneliness and Health in Older Adults: A Mini-Review and Synthesis. Gerontology. 2016;62(4):443-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 26539997; PMCID: PMC6162046.

Recently Awarded/Submitted Grants: During this funding period 7 R or R equivalents were awarded in part through support provided by our Center:

  1. Mary Janevic 1R01AG071511: An Efficacy Trial of Community Health Worker-Delivered Chronic Pain Self-Management Support for Vulnerable Older Adults
  2. Una Makris HX003350-01A2 (Veterans Affairs): MOTIVATE to Improve Outcomes for Older Veterans with Musculoskeletal Pain and Depression
  3. Dimitris Kiosses 1R01AG070055: A Primary Care-based Psychosocial Intervention to Improve Cognitive and Depression Outcomes in Older Adults with MCI and Early-Stage AD
  4. Cary Reid 1R01DK131050: Delivery of an At-Home Nonpharmacologic Intervention (Transcranial Neurostimulation) to Mitigate Pain in Patients with End Stage Kidney Disease Receiving Hemodialysis
  5. Riffin 1R01AG079932: The Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit: A Training Program to Support Family Caregivers of Persons with ADRD
  6. Kelly McConnell R21CA277833: Reducing the chasm in behavioral health care for older adults with cancer: Development of the Center for Implementation Research in Cancer in Later Life (CIRCL)
  7. Andrea Stevenson Won: 1R03AG080413 – Social Virtual Reality Experiences for Hospitalized Older Adult Trauma Patients to Reduce Pain

We have supported 8 mentees to K awards during this funding period, 2 of which were also awarded supplements to these awards and an additional 4 pending:

  1. Catherine Riffin 1K01AG061275: Developing a Screening Protocol for Family Caregivers of Older Persons with and without Dementia seen in Primary Care; 3K01AG061275-02S1 – Promoting Research Continuity and Progress Toward the Development of a Novel Screening Intervention for Family Caregivers in Primary Care
  2. Veerawat Phongtankuel 1K76AG059997: Developing and Piloting a Multi-Component Technology-Based Care Intervention to Address Patient Symptoms and Caregiver Burden in Home Hospice; 3K76AG059997-03S1 – Developing and Pilot Testing Culturally Based Educational Videos for Puerto Rican and African American Home Hospice Caregivers
  3. Gunisha Kaur 1K23NS116114: Chronic Pain Diagnosis and Treatment in Torture Survivors
  4. Elizabeth Luth 4R00AG065624: Enhanced Dementia Instruction and Tool in Home Hospice Care (EDITH-HC)
  5. Heather Derry 5K99CA245488: Leveraging Behavioral Science to Improve Patient Understanding of Advanced Cancer
  6. Francesca Falzarano 1K99AG073509: The Caregiver Resource Room: Enhancing Support for Caregivers of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)
  7. Elissa Kozlov 1K76AG068508: Piloting an mHealth-delivered Mindfulness Therapy with Patients with Serious Illness and their Caregivers to Alleviate Symptoms of Anxiety
  8. E-Shien (Iggy) Chang 1K01AG081540: Improving Health Equity in Long-Term Care Residents with Dementia: The Role of Race and Ethnicity in Resident-to-Resident Aggression
  9. David Hancock – Pending K01 submission
  10. Daniel Shalev – Pending K76 submission
  11. Shelbie Turner – Pending K99 submission
  12. Sarah Lieber – Pending K23 submission

We have supported 4 mentees to pre-K awards and 2 mentees to diversity supplements:

  1. Maile Karris: 1R03AG060183 – Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Address the Psychosocial Co-Morbidities of Chronic Pain in Aging People Living with HIV
  2. Sarah Lieber: Weill Cornell Medicine CTSC KL2 Award – Aging in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  3. Richard Boyer: 1R03AG074070 – Evaluation of Wearables for Preoperative Cardiorespiratory Fitness Screening and Risk Stratification in Geriatric Surgery
  4. Sarah Lieber: 1R03AG082927 – Physical Activity Behaviors and Readiness for a Digital Health Physical Activity Intervention in Older Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  5. Atami De Main: 3P01AG073090-02S1 – Adapting a Virtual Reality Environment to Support Social Engagement Needs and Preferences of Homebound Minority Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions (Diversity Supplement)
  6. David Camacho 3P30AG022845-19S1: Adaptation of Path-Pain for Older Hispanics Living with Chronic Pain and Depression (Diversity Supplement)

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