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Darren A DeWalt

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1 Quick assessment of literacy in primary care: the newest vital sign. Ann Fam Med 2005 9.43
2 Association of numeracy and diabetes control. Ann Intern Med 2008 5.08
3 Influence of patient literacy on the effectiveness of a primary care-based diabetes disease management program. JAMA 2004 4.16
4 Is this child dehydrated? JAMA 2004 4.13
5 Predictors of opioid misuse in patients with chronic pain: a prospective cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res 2006 3.28
6 Cognitive interviewing methodology in the development of a pediatric item bank: a patient reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) study. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2009 2.59
7 Interventions to improve health outcomes for patients with low literacy. A systematic review. J Gen Intern Med 2005 2.54
8 An item response analysis of the pediatric PROMIS anxiety and depressive symptoms scales. Qual Life Res 2010 2.25
9 Impact of caregiver literacy on children's oral health outcomes. Pediatrics 2010 2.19
10 The use of focus groups in the development of the PROMIS pediatrics item bank. Qual Life Res 2008 2.07
11 The Spoken Knowledge in Low Literacy in Diabetes scale: a diabetes knowledge scale for vulnerable patients. Diabetes Educ 2005 1.97
12 Sampling plan and patient characteristics of the PROMIS pediatrics large-scale survey. Qual Life Res 2010 1.96
13 Content validity in the PROMIS social-health domain: a qualitative analysis of focus-group data. Qual Life Res 2008 1.87
14 Construction of the Pediatric Asthma Impact Scale (PAIS) for the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). J Asthma 2010 1.82
15 Cognitive interviewing in the evaluation of fatigue items: results from the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS). Qual Life Res 2008 1.65
16 Relationship between literacy, knowledge, self-care behaviors, and heart failure-related quality of life among patients with heart failure. J Gen Intern Med 2011 1.64
17 Reading is fundamental: the relationship between literacy and health. Arch Intern Med 2005 1.60
18 A primary care, multi-disciplinary disease management program for opioid-treated patients with chronic non-cancer pain and a high burden of psychiatric comorbidity. BMC Health Serv Res 2005 1.58
19 Facilitating behavior change with low-literacy patient education materials. Am J Health Behav 2007 1.52
20 A single-item self-report medication adherence question predicts hospitalisation and death in patients with heart failure. J Clin Nurs 2013 1.48
21 PROMIS Pediatric Anger Scale: an item response theory analysis. Qual Life Res 2011 1.39
22 Literacy-appropriate educational materials and brief counseling improve diabetes self-management. Patient Educ Couns 2009 1.33
23 Transitional care cut hospital readmissions for North Carolina Medicaid patients with complex chronic conditions. Health Aff (Millwood) 2013 1.30
24 Development of six PROMIS pediatrics proxy-report item banks. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2012 1.29
25 Development and psychometric properties of the PROMIS(®) pediatric fatigue item banks. Qual Life Res 2013 1.27
26 A failure to communicate: a qualitative exploration of care coordination between hospitalists and primary care providers around patient hospitalizations. J Gen Intern Med 2014 1.22
27 Low literacy is associated with increased risk of hospitalization and death among individuals with heart failure. J Gen Intern Med 2013 1.19
28 Item response theory detected differential item functioning between healthy and ill children in quality-of-life measures. J Clin Epidemiol 2007 1.17
29 PROMIS pediatric measures in pediatric oncology: valid and clinically feasible indicators of patient-reported outcomes. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2012 1.13
30 Use of patient flow analysis to improve patient visit efficiency by decreasing wait time in a primary care-based disease management programs for anticoagulation and chronic pain: a quality improvement study. BMC Health Serv Res 2007 1.12
31 PROMIS® Parent Proxy Report Scales: an item response theory analysis of the parent proxy report item banks. Qual Life Res 2011 1.10
32 Who needs inpatient detox? Development and implementation of a hospitalist protocol for the evaluation of patients for alcohol detoxification. J Gen Intern Med 2014 1.05
33 A randomized controlled trial of a literacy-sensitive self-management intervention for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. J Gen Intern Med 2011 1.05
34 Psychometric properties of the PROMIS ® pediatric scales: precision, stability, and comparison of different scoring and administration options. Qual Life Res 2013 1.03
35 Promising insights into the health related quality of life for children with severe obesity. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2013 1.02
36 Implementation Science Workshop: primary care-based multidisciplinary readmission prevention program. J Gen Intern Med 2014 0.97
37 Gaining the PROMIS perspective from children with nephrotic syndrome: a Midwest pediatric nephrology consortium study. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2013 0.96
38 "Teach to goal": theory and design principles of an intervention to improve heart failure self-management skills of patients with low health literacy. J Health Commun 2011 0.95
39 The role of helplessness, outcome expectation for exercise and literacy in predicting disability and symptoms in older adults with arthritis. Patient Educ Couns 2010 0.95
40 Exploring factors influencing asthma control and asthma-specific health-related quality of life among children. Respir Res 2013 0.95
41 Gaining the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) perspective in chronic kidney disease: a Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium study. Pediatr Nephrol 2014 0.94
42 Designing a large-scale multilevel improvement initiative: the improving performance in practice program. J Contin Educ Health Prof 2010 0.92
43 Item-level informant discrepancies between children and their parents on the PROMIS(®) pediatric scales. Qual Life Res 2015 0.89
44 A cross sectional study examining social desirability bias in caregiver reporting of children's oral health behaviors. BMC Oral Health 2013 0.88
45 Ensuring safe and effective use of medication and health care: perfecting the dismount. JAMA 2010 0.87
46 Collaboration in Pennsylvania: rapidly spreading improved chronic care for patients to practices. J Contin Educ Health Prof 2010 0.87
47 Associations between low literacy and health status measures: cross-sectional analyses of two physical activity trials. J Health Commun 2011 0.87
48 Functional health literacy, chemotherapy decisions, and outcomes among a colorectal cancer cohort. Cancer Control 2015 0.86
49 More extensive implementation of the chronic care model is associated with better lipid control in diabetes. J Am Board Fam Med 2014 0.85
50 Literacy and health outcomes: is adherence the missing link? J Gen Intern Med 2006 0.84
51 Parents with low literacy report higher quality of parent-provider relationships in a residency clinic. Ambul Pediatr 2007 0.84
52 Self-reported recall and daily diary-recorded measures of weight monitoring adherence: associations with heart failure-related hospitalization. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2014 0.83
53 PROMIS® Parent Proxy Report Scales for children ages 5-7 years: an item response theory analysis of differential item functioning across age groups. Qual Life Res 2013 0.83
54 Health literacy and heart failure care in minority communities. Ann Intern Med 2007 0.83
55 Patterns of symptoms and functional impairments in children with cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2014 0.83
56 Feasibility and acceptability of the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system measures in children and adolescents in active cancer treatment and survivorship. Cancer Nurs 2013 0.82
57 A comparison of lipid and lipoprotein measurements in the fasting and nonfasting states in patients with type 2 diabetes. Curr Med Res Opin 2007 0.82
58 Leveling the field: addressing health disparities through diabetes disease management. Am J Manag Care 2010 0.81
59 Assessing literacy in clinical and community settings: the patient perspective. J Health Commun 2011 0.80
60 The association between health literacy and indicators of cognitive impairment in a diverse sample of primary care patients. Patient Educ Couns 2013 0.80
61 Comparison of brief health literacy screens in the emergency department. J Health Commun 2015 0.80
62 The impact of disease duration on quality of life in children with nephrotic syndrome: a Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium study. Pediatr Nephrol 2015 0.79
63 Development of a proxy-reported pulmonary outcome scale for preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2011 0.76
64 Is the tolerability of long-term thiazolidinedione therapy overstated? J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 0.75
65 Use of serum electrolyte panels in gastroenteritis. Pediatrics 2005 0.75
66 Correlation of PROMIS scales and clinical measures among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with and without exacerbations. Qual Life Res 2014 0.75
67 Lost in translation: are we reaching the target audience with internet-based education materials? J Vasc Interv Radiol 2013 0.75
68 Getting hip to vitamin D: a hospitalist project for improving the assessment and treatment of vitamin D deficiency in elderly patients with hip fracture. J Hosp Med 2014 0.75
69 Seleted data related to health literacy in North Carolina. N C Med J 2008 0.75