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Mary E Ropka

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Marziliano A, Miller S, Fleisher L, Ropka M, Stanton A, Wen K, et al.
Transl Behav Med . 2023 Jun; 13(10):727-735. PMID: 37379519
We conducted a nationwide, randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of Healing Choices, a novel interactive education and treatment decision program rooted in the self-regulation theory framework, on decisional...
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Diefenbach M, Benedict C, Miller S, Stanton A, Ropka M, Wen K, et al.
Transl Behav Med . 2018 Jul; 8(6):876-886. PMID: 29982747
Men diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer face multiple treatment options, each with distinctive side effects that have significant implications for post-treatment quality of life. Healing Choices for Men with...
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Sepucha K, Borkhoff C, Lally J, Levin C, Matlock D, Jenn Ng C, et al.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak . 2014 Mar; 13 Suppl 2:S12. PMID: 24625035
Background: Establishing the effectiveness of patient decision aids (PtDA) requires evidence that PtDAs improve the quality of the decision-making process and the quality of the choice made, or decision quality....
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Calzone K, Jenkins J, Bakos A, Cashion A, Donaldson N, Gregory Feero W, et al.
J Nurs Scholarsh . 2013 Feb; 45(1):96-104. PMID: 23368636
Purpose: This article reports on recommendations arising from an invitational workshop series held at the National Institutes of Health for the purposes of identifying critical genomics problems important to the...
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Jones R, Steeves R, Ropka M, Hollen P
Oncol Nurs Forum . 2012 Dec; 40(1):E24-31. PMID: 23269778
Purpose/objectives: To examine the feasibility and acceptability of using a decision aid with an interactive decision-making process in patients with solid tumors and their caregivers during cancer-related treatment. Research Approach:...
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Wen K, Miller S, Stanton A, Fleisher L, Morra M, Jorge A, et al.
Patient Educ Couns . 2012 Jul; 88(2):344-9. PMID: 22770812
Objective: This paper describes the development of a theory-guided and evidence-based multimedia training module to facilitate breast cancer survivors' preparedness for effective communication with their health care providers after active...
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Keim-Malpass J, Baernholdt M, Erickson J, Ropka M, Schroen A, Steeves R
Cancer Nurs . 2012 Apr; 36(2):163-72. PMID: 22495504
Background: Many young women have turned to illness blogs to describe their lived experience with cancer. Blogs represent an untapped source of knowledge for researchers and clinicians. Objective: The purpose...
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Ropka M, Keim J, Philbrick J
J Clin Oncol . 2010 May; 28(18):3090-5. PMID: 20458026
Purpose: Women at high risk of breast cancer face the complex decision of whether to take tamoxifen or raloxifene for breast cancer chemoprevention. We investigated what is known about decisions...
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Sprangers M, Bartels M, Veenhoven R, Baas F, Martin N, Mosing M, et al.
Qual Life Res . 2010 Apr; 19(10):1429-37. PMID: 20419396
Purpose: In quality-of-life (QL) research, the genetic susceptibility of negative and positive emotions is frequently ignored, taken for granted, or treated as noise. The objectives are to describe: (1) the...
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Sprangers M, Sloan J, Veenhoven R, Cleeland C, Halyard M, Abertnethy A, et al.
Twin Res Hum Genet . 2009 May; 12(3):301-11. PMID: 19456223
To our knowledge, no comprehensive, interdisciplinary initiatives have been taken to examine the role of genetic variants on patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes. The overall objective of this paper is to describe...