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Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
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Journal Article
Apr 17, 2024
In this paper, we assess how changes in depressive symptoms influence physical function over time among those with radiographic knee osteoarthritis.
Depressive symptoms are common in knee osteoarthritis, and may exacerbate pain severity or impact efficacy of analgesics. The aim was to assess whether oral analgesic effectiveness in knee osteoarthritis varies by fluctuations in depressive symptoms.
Jun 25, 2020
In summary, study findings indicate that greater structural disease severity and decreased physical performance increase the risk of depression onset among individuals with radiographic knee osteoarthritis.
Jun 14, 2019
Among persons with or at-risk for symptomatic knee OA, there is evidence of depression subtypes characterized by distinct clusters of depressive symptoms that have differential effects on reports of pain and disability overtime.
Feb 7, 2019
This study examined whether pain severity mediates the association between depressive symptoms and physical performance in persons with radiographic knee osteoarthritis.
Project
Jan 26, 2018
Researchers estimated the health and economic benefits of UK investment in medical research into musculoskeletal disease (MSD). Their best estimate of the internal rate of return from MSD-related research was 7%, which is similar to the 9% for cardiovascular disease and 10% for cancer research.
Report
Sep 5, 2017
RAND researchers developed a simulation model to assess the clinical outcomes and costs of microprocessor-controlled knees compared with more-traditional non-microprocessor-controlled knees.
طور باحثو مؤسسة RAND نموذج محاكاة لتقييم الفروقات في النتائج السريرية والكلفة بين الركب الاصطناعية العاملة بمشغّل دقيق وتلك غير العاملة بمشغّل دقيق.
Nov 28, 2016
A lack of standards for reporting and synthesizing adverse events associated with common treatments can lead to conflicting conclusions about the balance of their benefits and harms.
Jan 25, 2016
This study aims to develop system-level performance measures for evaluating the care of patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA), including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Commentary
Jan 22, 2016
Safety problems with artificial knees and hips, including product recalls, highlight the need for more patient-centered research. RAND has partnered with CreakyJoints in a project intended to train a group of patients to get involved in research on this topic.
Nov 30, 2015
The aim of this study was to develop key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate centralized intake systems for patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
