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Kasandra Scales
Researcher at State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Publications - 4
Citations - 143
Kasandra Scales is an academic researcher from State University of New York Upstate Medical University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychological intervention & Disease management (health). The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 134 citations.
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Promoting couples collaboration in type 2 diabetes: the diabetes support project pilot data.
Paula M. Trief,Jonathan G. Sandberg,Robert Ploutz-Snyder,Rebecca Brittain,Donald A. Cibula,Kasandra Scales,Ruth S. Weinstock +6 more
TL;DR: This pilot demonstrates the feasibility and potential efficacy of a telephone intervention for Type 2 diabetes patients and their partners and led to refinement and further development of the intervention, which is being assessed in a larger, more comprehensive trial.
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A Senior Center–Based Pilot Trial of the Effect of Lifestyle Intervention on Blood Pressure in Minority Elderly People with Hypertension
Senaida Fernandez,Kasandra Scales,Johanna M. Pineiro,Antoinette Schoenthaler,Gbenga Ogedegbe +4 more
TL;DR: A trial to test the feasibility, acceptability, and effect of a senior center–based behavioral counseling lifestyle intervention on systolic blood pressure in elderly patients with high blood pressure.
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Challenges and lessons learned in the development and implementation of a couples-focused telephone intervention for adults with type 2 diabetes: the Diabetes Support Project
Paula M. Trief,Jonathan G. Sandberg,Lawrence Fisher,Jacqueline A. Dimmock,Kasandra Scales,Danielle Hessler,Ruth S. Weinstock +6 more
TL;DR: The challenges faced and lessons learned in the implementation of a theoretically based, couples intervention are described, with suggestions about how to address them.
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"Miscarried helping" in adults with Type 2 diabetes: Helping for Health Inventory-Couples.
TL;DR: This study is the 1st known reporting of the psychometric properties of a measure of miscarried helping for adults with T2D, and could be useful in future studies evaluating novel, relationship-based approaches to assist adults withT2D in disease management.