Presentations

Lindsay Abraham, Jaya K. Rao, Lynda Anderson.  End of life surveys: Can they contribute to the development of a module for BRFSS?  Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Conference, 2007

Lisa McGuire, Jaya K. Rao, Lynda A. Anderson, Earl S. Ford.  Hospice utilization among people receiving home healthcare services near the end of life: Findings from the Second Longitudinal Study of Aging.  Gerontological Society of America Meeting, 2006.

Lisa McGuire, Jaya K. Rao, Lynda A. Anderson, Earl S. Ford.  Advance directive completion: what does cognition have to do with it?  Cognitive Aging Conference, 2006

Kristina Theis, Jaya K. Rao, Lynda A. Anderson, PerStephanie Thompson.  Are comprehensive cancer control plans addressing end-of-life issues?  American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, 2005.

Jeanne Alongi, Jaya K. Rao, Larry Jenkins, Lynda A. Anderson, George-Ann Stokes, Mary Kane.  Developing a public health plan of action for end-of-life issues: Results of a consensus-building project.  American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, 2005.

Jaya K. Rao, Lynda A. Anderson:  Enhancing patient-centered communication behaviors and other outcomes:  Do physician and patient interventions make a difference?  Academy Health Annual Meeting, 2005

Dierdre A. Caplin, Francis Filloux, James Bale, Colin Van Orman, Jaya K. Rao.  Evaluation and care in pediatric epilepsy.  Child Neurology Society, 2004.

Jaya K. Rao, Lynda A. Anderson, Amy Chadwick.  Enhancing patient communication in clinical settings.  Are we making progress?  American Academy on Physician and Patient Meeting, 2003.

Teresa M. Damush, Morris Weinberger, William M. Tierney, Jaya K. Rao, Daniel O. Clark, Susan M. Perkins.  A randomized trial of a self-management program for primary care patients with acute low back pain: long term outcomes (12 months).  American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, 2001 (Arthritis and Rheumatism 2001; 44 (Supplement): S206).

Diane C. Green, Jaya K. Rao.  Impact of different case definitions on measures of arthritis severity.  Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting, 2001.

Diane C. Green, Jaya K. Rao, Laura Schild.  Prevalence of arthritis in a managed care population. Society of General Internal Medicine Meeting, 2001.

Shannon S. Currey, Leigh F. Callahan, Jaya K. Rao.  The differential contribution of condition-specific measures to the behavioral risk factor surveillance system (BRFSS) health-related quality of life (HRQOL) items in rheumatic disease patients.  Society of Behavioral Medicine Meeting, 2001.

Shannon S. Currey, Jaya K. Rao, Leigh F. Callahan.  Quality of life in arthritis: comparing a rheumatology clinic sample to a state-level sample.  Chronic Disease Conference, 2000.

Teresa M. Damush, Morris Weinberger, William M. Tierney, Jaya K. Rao, Dan O. Clark, Susan M. Perkins.  A randomized trial of a self-management program for primary care patients with acute low back pain: 4-month outcomes.  American College of Rheumatology, National Meeting, 2000 (Arthritis and Rheumatism 2000; 43 (9, Supplement): S107).

Jaya K. Rao, Kurt Kroenke, Kimberly Mihaliak, Steven Grambow, Morris Weinberger.  Complementary therapy (CAM) use by rheumatology patients: results from a longitudinal study.  American College of Rheumatology, National Meeting, 2000 (Arthritis and Rheumatism 2000; 43 (9, Supplement): S131).

Shannon S. Currey, Jaya K. Rao, John B. Winfield, Leigh F. Callahan.  Variations in health status among rheumatology patients using the BRFSS health-related quality of life measure. Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, National Meeting, 2000 (Arthritis and Rheumatism 2000; 43 (9, Supplement): S177).

Ralph W. Swindle, Morris Weinberger, Ahdy Helmy, Jaya Rao, Laurie Adams, Andrew X.H. Zhou, George Eckert, Martha Fenzl-VonBank.  Integrating psychiatric clinical nurse specialists into VA primary care clinics to improve the 3-month outcomes of patients with depression:  Quality improvement gone astray?  VA HSR&D Annual Meeting, 2000.

Teresa M. Damush, Morris Weinberger, William M. Tierney, Jaya Rao, Daniel O. Clark, Kelly Adams, S. Perkins, C. Emsley.  A comparison between older and younger adults with acute low back pain on functional status and self-management.  Gerontological Society Association Annual Meeting 1999.

Jaya K. Rao, Kimberly A. Mihaliak, Morris Weinberger. Who uses unconventional therapies (UT) for arthritis and discusses this behavior with physicians?  Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals National Meeting, 1998.  (Arthritis and Rheumatism 1998; 41 (9, Supplement): S133).

Jaya K. Rao, Rhonda Arick, Kimberly Mihaliak, Morris Weinberger. Use of unconventional therapies (UT) for arthritis: results from focus groups.  Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, Annual meeting, 1997.  (Arthritis and Rheumatism 1997; 40 (9, Supplement): S230).

Jaya K. Rao, Theodore Pincus, Nancy B. Allen.  Analysis of the predictive value of American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Criteria in the diagnosis of vasculitis.  American College of Rheumatology, National Meeting, 1997 (Arthritis and Rheumatism 1997; 40 (9, Supplement): S168).

Jaya K. Rao, Rhonda Arick, Kimberly Mihaliak, Morris Weinberger. Using focus groups to understand arthritis patients’ perspectives regarding unconventional therapies (UT).  Association for Health Services Research Annual meeting, 1997.

Jaya K. Rao, Leigh F. Callahan, Charles G. Helmick.  Persons with self-reported arthritis and other rheumatic conditions who do not see a doctor: Are these missed opportunities?  Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, 1996 (Journal of General Internal Medicine 1996; 11 (Supplement 1): 83).

Jaya K. Rao, Nancy B. Allen, John R. Feussner, Morris Weinberger.  Does a positive antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (c-ANCA) mean that the patient has Wegener’s granulomatosis?  American College of Rheumatology National Meeting, 1994 (Arthritis and Rheumatism 1994; 37(9) Supplement: S267).

Jaya K. Rao, David B. Matchar Mary Rochelle Jacobs.  Should all male patients with Reiter’s Syndrome be given empiric antibiotic treatment?  A decision analysis.  American College of Rheumatology National Meeting, 1993 (Arthritis and Rheumatism 1993; 36 (9) Supplement: S224).