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Fehnel SE, Manjunath R, Ervin CM, French JA, Vanlandingham K, Sweeney CT. Developing a functional status diary for epilepsy. Poster presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society; December 1, 2010.

McKenna SP, Doward LC, Twiss J, Hagell P, Oprandi NC, Fisk J, Grand'Maison F, Bhan V, Arbizu T, Brassat D, Kohlmann T, Meads DM, Eckert BJ. International development of the Patient-Reported Outcome Indices for Multiple Sclerosis (PRIMUS). Value Health. 2010 Dec 1;13(8):946-51.

Dalal AA, Demuro-Mercon C, Lewis S, Nelson L, Gilligan T, McLeod L. Validation of alternate modes of administration of the lung function questionnaire (LFQ) in subjects with smoking history. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2010 Dec 1;5:425-34.

Chung RT, Poordad FF, Hassanein T, Zhou X, Lentz E, Prabhakar A, Di Bisceglie AM. Association of host pharmacodynamic effects with virologic response to pegylated interferon alfa-2a/ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C. Hepatology. 2010 Dec 1;52(6):1906-14. doi: 10.1002/hep.23947

Ribeiro-Oliveira Jr A, Mol SS, Twiss J, Alencar GA, Miranda PA, Naves LA, Azevedo MF, Basilio FM, Boguszewski CL, Nogueira KC, Vilar L, Koltowska-Haggstrom M, McKenna SP. The brazilian version of the Quality of Life Assessment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults (QoL-AGHDA): four-stage translation and validation. Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol. 2010 Dec;54(9):833-41.

Williams VSL, Carson RT, Nelson LM, MacDougall J, Fehnel SE, Lewis B, Johnston JM. Application of exploratory factor analysis to support the conceptual framework of PRO measures: results from a phase 2 study of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation. Poster presented at the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) 2010 Annual Meeting; November 18, 2010.

Norquist JM, Girman CJ, Fehnel S, DeMuro C, Santanello N. Choice of recall period for patient-reported outcome measures: criteria for consideration. Poster presented at the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) 2010 Annual Meeting; November 18, 2010.

Valdivieso E, Rey C, Barrera M, Arija V, Basora J, Marsal JR, TAB_ES Study Group. Factors associated with commencing smoking in 12-year-old students in Catalonia (Spain): a cross-sectional population-based study. BMC Public Health. 2010 Nov 2;10:665. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-665

Abu-Assi E, Ferreira-Gonzalez I, Ribera A, Marsal JR, Cascant P, Heras M, Bueno H, Sanchez PL, Aros F, Marrugat J, Garcia-Dorado D, Pena-Gil C, Gonzalez-Juanatey JR, Permanyer-Miralda G. Do GRACE (Global Registry of Acute Coronary events) risk scores still maintain their performance for predicting mortality in the era of contemporary management of acute coronary syndromes? Am Heart J. 2010 Nov;160(5):826-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.06.053

Twiss J, McKenna S, Doward LC, Hana V, Karbownik-Lewinksa M, Popovic V. Further developments of the Quality of Life Assessment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults (QOL-AGHDA). Poster presented at the 13th Annual European Congress; November 2010. Prague, Czech Republic. [abstract] Value Health. 2010 Nov; 13(7):A297.

Twiss J, McKenna S, Crawford SR, Doward LC. Scaling properties of two commonly used outcome measures in dermatology – the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and the Psoriasis Quality of Life Scale (PSORIQoL). Presented at the 13th Annual European Congress; November 2010. Prague, Czech Republic. [abstract] Value Health. 2010 Nov; 13(7):A244.

DeMuro-Mercon CJ, DiBenedetti DB, Lewis SA, Fehnel SE. Successful implementation of the cognitive interviews in special populations. Presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research; November 1, 2010. Previously presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research.

Coon CD, Price MA, Nelson LM. Advanced patient-reported outcomes assessment: psychometric methods. Presented at the 2010 ISPOR 13th Annual European Congress; November 2010. Prague, Czech Republic.

Fehnel S, Ervin CM, Lewis B, Carson RT, Johnston JM. Identifying endpoints for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) clinical trials: incorporating the patient's voice. Poster presented at the 2010 ISPOR 13th Annual European Congress; November 15, 2010. [abstract] Value Health. 2010 Nov; 13(7):A372.

Amonkar MM, Sherrill B, Zhou X. A review of the impact of lapatinib on health-related quality of life of patients with newly diagnosed and refractory metastatic breast cancer. Poster presented at the 2010 Breast Cancer Symposium; October 4, 2010. National Harbor, MD.

Pockros PJ, Hamzeh FM, Martin P, Lentz E, Zhou X, Govindarajan S, Lok AS. Histologic outcomes in hepatitis C–infected patients with varying degrees of virologic response to interferon-based treatments. Hepatology. 2010 Oct 1;52(4):1193-200.

Chirila C, Odom D, Devercelli G, Khan S, Sherif B, Kaye J, Molnar I, Sherrill B. Meta-analysis of the validity of progression-free survival as a surrogate endpoint for overall survival in metastatic colorectal cancer trials. Poster presented at the 35th European Society for Medical Oncology Congress; October 12, 2010. [abstract] Ann Oncol. 2010 Oct; 21(suppl 8):623P.

Twiss J, Doward LC, McKenna SP, Eckert B. Interpreting scores on multiple sclerosis-specific patient reported outcome measures (the PRIMUS and U-FIS). Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2010 Oct 1;8:117.

Sharp L, Foll P, Deady S, O'Ceilleachair A, Buicke C, Carsin AE. Where do people with lung cancer die and how is this changing? A population-based study. Irish Med J. 2010 Oct;103(9):262-6.

Henneberger PK, Mirabelli MC, Kogevinas M, Anto JM, Plana E, Dahlman-Hoglund A. The occupational contribution to severe exacerbation of asthma. Eur Respir J. 2010 Oct;36(4):743-50.

Carsin A. Is total IgE independantly associated with lung function decline or is this a surrogate of atopy? Presented at the 2010 European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress; September 18, 2010. Barcelona, Spain.

Ferreira-Gonzalez I, Marsal JR, Ribera A, Permanyer-Miralda G, Garcia-Del Blanco B, Marti G, Cascant P, Martin-Yuste V, Brugaletta S, Sabate M, Alfonso F, Capote ML, De La Torre JM, Ruiz-Lera M, Sanmiguel D, Cardenas M, Pujol B, Baz JA, Iniguez A, Trillo R, Gonzalez-Bejar O, Casanova J, Sanchez-Gila J, Garcia-Dorado D. Background, incidence, and predictors of antiplatelet therapy discontinuation during the first year after drug-eluting stent implantation. Circulation. 2010 Sep 7;122(10):1017-25. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.938290

Sherrill B, Amonkar MM, Sherif B, Maltzman J, O'Rourke L, Johnston S. Quality of life in hormone receptor–positive HER-2+ metastatic breast cancer patients during treatment with letrozole alone or in combination with lapatinib. Oncologist. 2010 Sep 1;15(9):944-53.

Nelson LM, McLeod LD, Mordin MM, Farr J, Cole BJ, Uddin S, Engelhart L. Psychometric evaluation of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) subscales for patients with articular cartilage lesions of the knee using pilot study data of the Cartilage Autograft Implantation System (CAIS). Poster presented at the 9th World Congress of the International Cartilage Repair Society; September 2010.

Carsin AE, Drummond FJ, Black A, van Leeuwen PJ, Sharp L, Murray LJ, Connolly D, Egevad L, Boniol M, Autier P, Comber H, Gavin A. Impact of PSA testing and prostatic biopsy on cancer incidence and mortality: comparative study between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Sep;21(9):1523-31. doi: 10.1007/s10552-010-9581-y

Novick D, Reed C, Haro JM, Gonzalez-Pinto A, Perrin E, Aguado J, Tohen M. Comparison of olanzapine and risperidone in the EMBLEM study: translation of randomized controlled trial findings into clinical practice. Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2010 Sep;25(5):257-63.

Lewis SA, DeMuro-Mercon CJ, Mordin MM, Farr J, Cole BJ, Mithoefer K, Engelhart L. Measuring pain and function in patients with articular cartilage repair. Poster presented at the 9th World Congress of the International Cartilage Repair Society; September 2010.

Voll-Aanerud M, Eagan TM, Plana E, Omenaas ER, Bakke PS, Svanes C. Respiratory symptoms in adults are related to impaired quality of life, regardless of asthma and COPD: results from the European community respiratory health survey. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2010 Sep;8:107.

Olivieri M, Mirabelli MC, Plana E, Radon K, Anto JM, Bakke P. Healthy hire effect, job selection and inhalation exposure among young adults with asthma. Eur Respir J. 2010 Sep;36(3):517-23.

Sunyer J, Garcia-Esteban R, Alvarez M, Guxens M, Goni F, Basterrechea M, Vrijheid M, Guerra S, Anto JM. DDE in mothers' blood during pregnancy and lower respiratory tract infections in their infants. Epidemiology. 2010 Sep;21(5):729-35. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181e5ea96

Fehnel SE, Coon CD, Davis KH, Runken MC, Cady RK. Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Migraine Completeness of Response Survey (CORS). Poster presented at the 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society; June 2010. [abstract] Headache. 2010 Aug; 50(s1):S49-50.

Anto JM, Sunyer J, Basagana X, Garcia‐Esteban R, Cerveri I, de Marco R, Heinrich J, Janson C, Jarvis D, Kogevinas M, Kuenzli N, Leynaert B, Svanes C, Wjst M, Gislason T, Burney P. Risk factors of new-onset asthma in adults: a population-based international cohort study. Allergy. 2010 Aug;65(8):1021-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02301.x

Deal LS, Williams VSL, DiBenedetti DB, Fehnel SE. Development and psychometric evaluation of the endometriosis treatment satisfaction questionnaire. Qual Life Res. 2010 Aug 1;19(6):899-905.

Lee LJ, Fahrbach JL, Nelson LM, McLeod LD, Martin SA, Sun P, Weinstock RS. Effects of insulin initiation on patient-reported outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes: results from the DURABLE trial. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2010 Aug 1;89(2):157-66.

Hegarty AC, Carsin AE, Comber H. Geographical analysis of cancer incidence in Ireland: comparison of two bayesian spatial models. Cancer Epidemiol. 2010 Aug;34(4):373-81. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.04.019

Geissbühler Y, Plana E, Tuvblad C. Methylphenidate treatment in children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a drug utilization study in an US database. Poster presented at the International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management; August 2010. Brighton, England.

Deal LS, DiBenedetti DB, Williams VSL, Fehnel SE. The development and validation of the daily electronic endometriosis pain and bleeding diary. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2010 Jul 2;8:64.

Lock EF, Ziemiecki RM, Marron J, Dittmer DP. Efficiency clustering for low-density microarrays and its application to QPCR. BMC Bioinformatics. 2010 Jul;11(386).

Soriano N, Ribera A, Marsal JR, Brotons C, Cascant P, Permanyer-Miralda G, IC-QoL study investigators. Improvements in health-related quality of life of patients admitted for heart failure. The HF-QoL study. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2010 Jun;63(6):668-76. doi: 10.1016/s1885-5857(10)70141-9

Nathan RA, Dalal AA, Stanford RH, Meltzer EO, Schatz M, Derebery J, Mintz M, Thompson MA, DiBenedetti DB. Qualitative development of the rhinitis control assessment test (RCAT), an instrument for evaluating rhinitis symptom control. Patient. 2010 Jun 1;3(2):91-9.

Pendergast K, Wolf A, Sherrill B, Zhou X, Aronne LJ, Caterson I, Finer N, Hauner H, Hill J, Van Gaal L, Coste F, Despres JP. Impact of waist circumference difference on health-care cost among overweight and obese subjects: the PROCEED cohort. Value Health. 2010 Jun 1;13(4):402-10.

Vardavas CI, Chatzi L, Patelarou E, Plana E, Sarri K, Kafatos A. Smoking and smoking cessation during early pregnancy and its effect on adverse pregnancy outcomes and fetal growth. Eur J Pediatr. 2010 Jun;169(6):741-8.

Coon CD, Williams VSL, Nelson LM, Price MA. Determining missing data rules for patient-reported outcomes: alpha-if-item-deleted. Poster presented at the 2010 ISPOR 15th Annual International Meeting; May 26, 2010.

Luciano JV, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Aguado J, Fernandez A, Serrano-Blanco A, Roca M, Haro JM. The 12-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II (WHO-DAS II): a nonparametric item response analysis. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2010 May 20;10(45). doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-45.

Capdevila Bert R, Marsal Mora JR, Pujol Salud J, Anguera Farran R. Prevalence study of iodine deficiency in a 6-year-old school population. An Pediatr (Barc). 2010 May;72(5):331-8. doi: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2009.12.023

Fehnel SE, Ervin CM, Shiff SJ, Johnston JM, Kurtz CB, Carson RT. Assessing treatment response in chronic constipation clinical trials: concepts elicited through qualitative interviews with patients. Poster presented at the 2010 Digestive Disease Week; May 1, 2010.

Chung RT, Bisceglie A, Poordad FF, Hassanein T, Zhou X, Lentz E, Prabhakar A, Hamzeh FM. Association of host pharmacodynamic effects and virologic response to peginterferon alfa-2a/ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis c. Poster presented at the 2010 Digestive Disease Week; May 1, 2010. New Orleans, LA. [abstract] Gastroenterology. 2010 May; 138(5_suppl_1):S-841.

Ervin CM, Fehnel S, Carson R, Kurtz C, Shiff S, Johnston J. Selecting chronic constipation (CC) clinical trial endpoints: incorporating the patient's voice. Poster presented at the 2010 ISPOR 15th Annual International Meeting; May 28, 2010. [abstract] Value Health. 2010 May; 13(3):A74.

Nelson L, Coon C, Williams V, Price M. Determining missing data rules for pros: alpha-if-item-deleted. Poster presented at the 2010 ISPOR 15th Annual International Meeting; May 2010. Atlanta, GA. [abstract] Value Health. 2010 May; 13(3):A21.

Johannes C, Le TK, Zhou X, Johnston J, Dworkin R. Treatment seeking behavior of adults with chronic lower back pain and chronic osteoarthritis pain: descriptive results from a population survey. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society; May 2010.