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Greg Samsa
Researcher at Duke University
Publications - 65
Citations - 4275
Greg Samsa is an academic researcher from Duke University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Palliative care & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 62 publications receiving 3840 citations. Previous affiliations of Greg Samsa include Durham University & University of South Florida.
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General performance on a numeracy scale among highly educated samples.
TL;DR: The results suggest that even highly educated participants have difficulty with relatively simple numeracy questions, thus replicating in part earlier studies that usual strategies for communicating numerical risk may be flawed.
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Safety and benefit of discontinuing statin therapy in the setting of advanced, life-limiting illness a randomized clinical trial
Jean S. Kutner,Patrick J. Blatchford,Donald H. Taylor,Christine S. Ritchie,Christine S. Ritchie,Janet Bull,Diane L. Fairclough,Laura C. Hanson,Thomas W. LeBlanc,Greg Samsa,Steven Wolf,Noreen M. Aziz,David C. Currow,Betty Ferrell,Nina D. Wagner-Johnston,S. Yousuf Zafar,James F. Cleary,Sandesh Dev,Patricia S. Goode,Patricia S. Goode,Arif H. Kamal,Cordt T. Kassner,Elizabeth Kvale,Elizabeth Kvale,Janelle G. McCallum,Adeboye Ogunseitan,Steven Z. Pantilat,Russell K. Portenoy,Maryjo Prince-Paul,Jeff A. Sloan,Keith M. Swetz,Charles F. von Gunten,Amy P. Abernethy +32 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that stopping statin medication therapy is safe and may be associated with benefits including improved QOL, use of fewer nonstatin medications, and a corresponding reduction in medication costs.
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Physician Attitudes About Anticoagulation for Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly
TL;DR: Anticoagulant therapy may be less often and less intensively used for elderly patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
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Predicting Falls: The Role of Mobility and Nonphysical Factors
Stephanie A. Studenski,Pamela W. Duncan,Julie Chandler,Greg Samsa,Barbara Prescott,Carol J. R. Hogue,Lucille B. Bearon +6 more
TL;DR: A four‐domain predictive model of recurrent falls developed for this study, in which limited mobility is considered a necessary but not sufficient element in risk of recurrent fells, is tested.
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The relative importance of strength and balance in chair rise by functionally impaired older individuals
TL;DR: This investigation determined the relative contributions of measures of lower extremity strength and measures of balance control in explaining the performance characteristics of sitting‐to‐standing.