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Research Grant

◾ Dan Barry Research Program Pilot Grant (Chen, PI; Grant# G025678). 03/01/2021 - 02/28/2022. This project aims to examine how people with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) experience cognitive difficulties and how their cognition impacts daily life functioning.

Publications

◾ Su, Z. & Chen, Y. T. College students’ influenza vaccination adoption: Self-reported barriers and facilitators. Journal of American College Health (accepted). 

◾ Chen, Y. T., Lescoat, A., Devine, A., Khanna, D., & Murphy, S. L. Cognitive difficulties in people with systemic sclerosis: A qualitative study. Rheumatology (accepted). 

◾ Chen, M., Chen, L., Chen, Y.T., & Gardenhire, D.S. The association of health-related factors with leisure-time physical activity among adults with COPD: A cross-sectional analysis. Healthcare (accepted). 

◾ Lescoat, A., Sandler, R.D., Zimmermann, F., Roofeh, D., Hughes, M., Pauling, J.D., Murphy, S.L., Chen, Y. T., Townsend, W., Buch M.H., & Khanna, D. Domains and outcome measures for the assessment of limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis: An international collaborative scoping review. Rheumatology (accepted). 

◾ Lescoat, A., Murphy, S. L., Chen, Y. T., Vann, N., Del Galso F., Cella, D., Buch, M.H. & Khanna, D. Symptom experience of limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis from the patients’ perspective: A qualitative study. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism (accepted).

◾ Murphy, S. L., Poole, J. L., Chen, Y. T., Lescoat, A., Khanna, D. (2021) Rehabilitation interventions in systemic sclerosis: A systematic review and future directions. Arthritis Care & Research (in press).

◾ Chen, Y. T., & Murphy, S. L. (2021) Associations of coexisting pain and fatigue severity with physical performance and quality of life among middle-aged and older individuals with chronic knee pain: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. Pain Medicine (in press).

◾ Chen, Y. T., Holahan, C.K ., & Castelli, D. M. (2021) Sedentary behaviors, sleep quality, and health-related quality of life among middle-aged adults. American Journal of Health Behavior, 45(4): 785-797.

◾ Walker, L. O., Chen, Y. T., Kang, S., & Becker, H. (2020). Behavioral risks among reproductive-age women and men with and without mobility-related disabilities in Texas. Texas Public Health Journal, 72(4): 26-32. 

Poster Presentations

◾ Chen, Y.T., Holahan, C.K., & Castelli, D.M. (2021, November). Sedentary behavior, sleep quality, and subjective memory function in middle-aged adults. The Gerontological Society of America, 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting Online, November 10, 2021.

◾ Murphy, S. L., Chen, Y. T., Alore, M., Hicks, S., Khanna D. (2021, November). Symptom management in systemic sclerosis: A pilot study of a web-based intervention using peer-health coaches. The American College of Rheumatology, November 8, 2021.

◾ Lescoat, A., Murphy, S. L., Chen, Y. T., Vann, N., Cella, D., & Khanna, D. (2021, November). What is the patient’s perspective on symptoms experience in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis? The American College of Rheumatology, November 6, 2021.

◾ Chen, Y. T. & Murphy, S. L. (2021, May). Focus group study to understand cognition in patients with systemic sclerosis: A study protocol. Rheumatology Research Workshop Online, the American College of Rheumatology, May 14, 2021.

◾ Chen, Y. T., Holahan, C. K., & Holahan, C. J. (2020, November). Attitudes toward aging, physical activity, and functional limitations ten years later in middle and older adults. The Gerontological Society of America, 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting Online, November 6, 2020.  

◾ Holahan, C. K., Holahan, C. J., Lim, S., Chen, Y. T., & Powers, D. A. (2020, November). Sociodemographic disadvantage, living with a smoker, and health risk behaviors in middle-aged and older women. The Gerontological Society of America, 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting Online, November 6, 2020. 

Publications

◾ Kuzu D., Kallen M.A, Kalpakjian C.Z.,  Kratz, A. L. Psychometric Properties of the Spinal Cord Injury – Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) Resilience Item Bank in a Sample with Spinal Cord Injury and Chronic Pain, Quality of Life Research (Pre-print).

◾ Kuzu D., Troost J.P., Carlozzi, N., Ehde, D., Molton, I., Kratz, A.L. How do fluctuations in pain, fatigue, anxiety, depressed mood, and perceived cognitive function relate to same-day social participation in spinal cord injury?. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Pre-print).

◾ Kuzu D., Kim, S., Kratz, A. L. Active or passive pain coping: Which predicts daily physical and psychosocial functioning in people with chronic pain and spinal cord injury? Annals of Behavioral Medicine (Under review).

◾ Pugh, M., Perrin, P. B., Watson, J. D., Kuzu, D., Tyler, C., Villaseñor, T., ... & Moreno, O. A. Psychometric investigation of the affiliate stigma scale in Mexican Parkinson’s disease caregivers: Development of a short form. NeuroRehabilitation, (Preprint), 1-11.

Conferences

◾ Kuzu D., Kallen M.A, Kalpakjian C.Z.,  Kratz, A. L. Psychometric Properties of the Spinal Cord Injury – Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) Resilience Item Bank in a Sample with Spinal Cord Injury and Chronic Pain, 23rd Annual Rehabilitation Psychology Conference, February 2021.

Awards

◾ Division 22, Science Committee poster award (23rd Annual Rehabilitation Psychology Conference, February 2021)