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Amy P. Abernethy
Researcher at Duke University
Publications - 586
Citations - 29463
Amy P. Abernethy is an academic researcher from Duke University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Palliative care & Population. The author has an hindex of 76, co-authored 586 publications receiving 25420 citations. Previous affiliations of Amy P. Abernethy include University of Technology, Sydney & Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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A systematic review of strategies used to increase recruitment of people with cancer or organ failure into clinical trials: implications for palliative care research
Jason W Boland,David C. Currow,Andrew Wilcock,Jennifer Tieman,Jamilla A Hussain,Constantine Pitsillides,Amy P. Abernethy,Amy P. Abernethy,Miriam J. Johnson +8 more
TL;DR: Successful strategies from other disciplines could be considered by palliative care researchers, acknowledging that strategies with face validity are not necessarily the most effective.
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A new index of priority symptoms in advanced ovarian cancer.
Sally E. Jensen,Sarah Rosenbloom,Jennifer L. Beaumont,Amy P. Abernethy,Paul B. Jacobsen,Karen L. Syrjala,David Cella +6 more
TL;DR: The NFOSI-18 shows preliminary evidence for reliability and validity as a brief assessment of the most important symptoms associated with treatment for advanced ovarian cancer.
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Centralized patient-reported outcome data collection in transplantation is feasible and clinically meaningful
Bronwen E. Shaw,Ruta Brazauskas,Heather R. Millard,Rachel Fonstad,Kathryn E. Flynn,Amy P. Abernethy,Jenny Vogel,Charney Petroske,Deborah Mattila,Rebecca J. Drexler,Stephanie J. Lee,Mary M. Horowitz,J. Douglas Rizzo +12 more
TL;DR: This study evaluated the feasibility of prospective PRO collection by an outcome registry at multiple time points from unselected HCT patients undergoing transplantation at centers contributing clinical data to the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), and then it correlated the PRO data with clinical and demographic data.
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A Small Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Comparing Mobile and Traditional Pain Coping Skills Training Protocols for Cancer Patients with Pain.
Tamara J. Somers,Sarah A. Kelleher,Kelly Westbrook,Gretchen Kimmick,Rebecca A. Shelby,Amy P. Abernethy,Francis J. Keefe +6 more
TL;DR: This pilot trial suggests that mPCST is feasible, presents low burden to patients, may lead to high patient engagement, and appears to be acceptable to patients and shows promise for being feasible, acceptable, and engaging to cancer patients with pain.
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Sexual concerns in lung cancer patients: an examination of predictors and moderating effects of age and gender.
TL;DR: Self-reported sexual concerns are common in people with lung cancer, are stable, and are related significantly to physical and emotional symptoms; age and gender influence the distress associated with sexual symptoms in this population.