Presentations made by members of the HRA team
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Instrument Development Presentations

Patrick D, Martin M, Bushnell D, Pesa, J. Measuring Satisfaction with Treatment: Application to Migraine Headaches, AHS, Chicago, IL, June 2003.

Bushnell D, Patrick D, Zhang M, Rothman M.  The OWLQOL and WRSM in European Community Studies.  ISOQOL, Orlando, Florida, October 30- November 2, 2002

Martin ML, Goodman J, Bushnell D, Patrick D. A More Specific Meaning for Global Severity Anchors in an Incontinence Population. ISOQOL, Orlando, Florida, October 30-November 2, 2002.

Garvart S, Bowman L, Buesching D, Patrick D, MARTIN ML. Development of the Symptom Frequency and Bothersomeness Scale for Stress Urinary Incontinence (SFB-SUI). ISPOR Seventh Annual International Meeting, Arlington VA, May 2002.

Hareendran AV, Martin ML, Bushnell DM, Goodman JE. Conceptualization and Design of an Individualized Measure of BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) Impact. 8th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 7-10, 2001.

Martin ML, Hareendran AV, Bushnell DM, Goodman JE. Initial Psychometric Performance of an individualized measure of BPH Patient Impact (BPH-PIM). 8th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 7-10, 2001.

Bushnell DM, Martin ML, Svihra J. Evaluating the performance of a new Slovak version of the Incontinence-specific Quality of Life measure (I-QOL). 8th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 7-10, 2001.

Patrick DL, Bushnell DM, Glauda LA, Gagnon DD, Rothman M. Psychometric evaluation of two obesity and weight-loss quality of life instruments: the OWLQOL and WRSM. The North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) Annual Scientific Meeting, Québec City, Canada, October 7-10, 2001.

Patrick DL, Bushnell DM, Glauda LA, Gagnon DD, Rothman M. Quality of life of enrollees and non-enrollees in formal weight-loss programs. The North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) Annual Scientific Meeting, QuQuébec City, Canada, October 7-10, 2001.

Martin ML, Bushnell DM, Gore M  A Tool for Subject Assessment of Incontinence Symptoms and Episodes, ISOQOL Barcelona 1999

Niero M, Martin ML, Glauda L, Finger T, Lucas R, Mear I, Wild D, Patrick D  A Newly Designed Cross-Cultural Questionnaire on QOL in obesity, ISOQOL Barcelona 1999

Bushnell DM, Martin ML, Patrick DL, Andrejasich C, Gore M. Development of an "Individually-Defined" Activities Limitation Scale For Urinary Incontinence,Hilton Head 1999.

Bushnell DM, Budhiarso I, Martin ML, Patrick D, Andrejasich C Psychometric Properties of a QOL Measure for Painful-Irritable Bladder Syndrome, Baltimore 1998

Grove A, Martin ML, Budhiarso I, Patrick DL. Usefulness of the Symptom Frequency and Bothersomeness (SFB) Scale in Clinical Practice, Baltimore 1998

Hogan T, Grimaldi R, Dingemanse J, Martin ML, Lyons K, Koller W. Parkinson's Disease Symptom Inventory (PDSI): Comprehensive and Sensitive Instrument to Measure Disease Treatment and Symptom Side Effects, Baltimore 1998

Budhiarso I, Bushnell DM, Martin ML, Hogan T. Impact of Patient Diary Format on Quality of Life Outcomes in People with Parkinson's Disease, Baltimore 1998

 

Cross-Cultural and Qualitative Research Presentations

Wild DJ, Ford S,Martin M, Eremenco S, Verjee-lorenz A, Description of the principles of good practice for translation and cultural adaptation of Pro Measures:  ISPOR QOLSIG Group. International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, (ISPOR) Barcelona, Spain, Nov 9-11, 2003.
 
Martin ML, Bushnell DM, Das Gupta RJ, Assassa P, Shaw C, Treatments received for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) symptoms by patients seeking help within a UK primary care setting. International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, (ISPOR) Barcelona, Spain, Nov 9-11, 2003.
  
Martin ML, Bushnell DM, Hareendran AV, Psychometric Performance of 10 Language versions of the Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Patient Impact Measure (BPH-PIM). International Society for Quality of Life Research, (ISOQOL), Prague, Czech Republic, Nov. 12-15, 2003.

Wild DJ, Grove A, Martin ML, Eremenco S; ISPOR Quality of life special interest group – Translation and cultural adaptation: Development of principles of best practice. ISPOR, Arlington, VA, May 2003.

Svihra J, Baska T, Martin ML, Bushnell DM, Kliment J, Luptak J, Sopilko I, Dusenka M. Prevalence of female overactive bladder with urinary incontinence in Slovakia. Congress of The European Association of Urology (EAU), Birmingham, England, 2002.

Ting BL, Martin ML, Cross Culture Adaptation and Validation of QOL instruments: Methods and Asian Experiences; Workshop presented at QOL Symposium 2003 Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, January 10, 2003.

Wild DJ, Grove A, Martin ML, Vance M, Eremenco S. ISPOR Quality of Life Special Interest Group Translation and Cultural Adaptation: Progress on the Development of Principles of Best Practice. ISPOR 5th European Congress, Rotterdam, Netherlands, November 3-5, 2002

Bailey A, Martin ML, Wirkala K, Bitiukova A, Mear I. US Spanish Translation Guidelines: A Five Year Update. ISOQOL, Orlando, Florida, October 30-November 2, 2002

Svihra J, Baska T, Martin ML, Bushnell DM, Kliment J, Luptak J, Sopilko I, Dusenka M. Prevalence of female overactive bladder with urinary incontinence in Slovakia. Congress of The European Association of Urology (EAU), Birmingham, England, 2002.

Martin ML, Bailey AS, Derbyshire WW, Koenig D, Skripenova, Parasuraman TV, Impact of Modern Geo-Political Change on Language Used - Cross-Cultural Quality of Life Research, Vancouver 2000

Bushnell DM, Amir M. Evaluation of the WHOQOL-Bref in Six Countries: A Cross-Cultural Evaluation using Rasch Item Response Theory (IRT) Analysis, Vancouver 2000

Bailey AS, Martin ML In Quality of Life Questionnaires, What do Patients Understand "Past Month" to Mean?, Vancouver 2000

 

Study Management Presentations

ter Smitten M, Simon G, Bushnell DM, van den Brink W. Tailoring to Fit: CIDI-depression in the LIDO Study, Barcelona 1999  

Martin ML, Jones-Palm DH, Patrick DL, Buesching D. Meeting Scientific Challenges in International Quality of Life Studies, Baltimore 1998.  

 

Economics Presentations

Budhiarson I, Gonzalez-Vizoso R, Martin ML, Bushnell DM, Mingliang Z,  The Cost-Effectiveness of treatment for Type I Diabetes, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, (ISPOR) Barcelona, Spain, Nov 9-11, 2003.

Budhiarso I, Martin ML, Bushnell DM.  Elasticity of Willingness to Pay in Patients with Urinary Incontinence,   Crystal City 1999

Ramsey SD, Budhiarso I, Martin ML, Bushnell DM, Patrick DL. Willingness to Pay in Patients with Urinary Incontinence   Baltimore 1998

Budhiarso I, Bushnell DM, Ramsey SD. Willingness to Pay in Patients with Painful-Irritable Bladder Syndromes,   Cologne 1998

 

Validation and Other Analyses Presentations

Bushnell DM, Martin ML, Ricci JF, Performance of the EQ-5D in patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, (ISPOR), Barcelona, Spain, Nov 9-11, 2003.
 
Martin ML, Bushnell DMPsychometric Validation of the Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Patient Impact Measure (BPH-PIM). International Society for Quality of Life Research, (ISOQOL), Prague, Czech Republic, Nov. 12-15, 2003.
 
Abraham L, Hareendran A, Mills I,Martin M, Abrams PH, MacDonagh RP, Drake MJ, Noble JG, Psychometric Validation of the Nocturia Quality of Life Questionnaire
(N-QOL)
. International Society for Quality of Life Research, (ISOQOL), Prague, Czech Republic, Nov. 12-15, 2003.
 
Bushnell DM, Martin ML, Hareendran A, Abraham L, Comparison of the Performance and Data Quality of electronic and paper diaries for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, (ISPOR) Barcelona, Spain, Nov 9-11, 2003.

Robinson RL, Bushnell DM. Impact of Pain Interference on Depression. 61st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Phoenix, AZ Mar 5-8,2003

Bushnell DM, Martin ML, Patrick DL, Comparison of weight-related symptoms and quality of life impacts by body mass index. ISPOR, Arlington VA May 2003.

Martin ML, Bushnell DM, Budhiarso I; Quality of life differences in older adults with varied comorbid condtions. ISPOR, Arlington, VA, May 2003.

Bushnell DM, Martin M; Comparing sensitivity to change between I-QOL and SF-36 in a population with urinary incontinence. ISPOR, Arlington, VA, May 2003.

Martin ML, Bushnell DM, Patrick DL; Comparison of weight-related quality of life impacts by age and gender. ISPOR, Arlington, VA, May 2003.

Bushnell D; How to distinguish good from bad QOL measures in reading reports of psychometric properties?Presented at QOL Symposium 2003 Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, January 12, 2003.

Bushnell DM, Martin ML, Parasuraman B. Electronic versus paper questionnaires: A Further Comparison in Persons with Asthma. 8th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 7-10, 2001.

Patrick D, Bushnell DM, Glauda L, Gagnon D, Rothman R.  Psychometric Evaluation of the Obesity and Weight Loss QOL Measurements 8th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 7-10, 2001.

Svihra J, Baska T, Martin ML, Bushnell DM, Lachvac L, Valansky L, Luptak J, Sopilko I, Dusenka M. Epidemiology of female urinary incontinence in Slovakia. 2nd International Consultation on Incontinence, Paris, France, July 1-3, 2001.

Bushnell DM, Patrick DL, Martin ML, Kody MC, Buesching, Breier The Quality of Life Scale (QLS) for Schizophrenia: Assessment of Responsiveness to Clinical Change   Vancouver 2000

Amir M, Fleck M, Herrman H, Lomachenkov A, Lucas R, Patrick D Reliability, Validity, and Reproducibility of the WHOQOL-BREF in Six Countries   Vancouver 2000  

Bushnell DM, Whalley D. Evaluation of the CES-D in Six Countries Using Rasch Item Response Theory (IRT) Analysis   Antwerp 2000  

Bonomi AE, Patrick DL, Bushnell DM, Martin DT  Quality of Life Following the Birth of a Child, Barcelona 1999

 

LIDO Presentations   

Bushnell DM, Martin ML. Depression and quality of life and their effect on health care utilization. 4th Annual European Conference of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Cannes, France, November 11-13, 2001.

Shaw J, Treglia M, Motheral B, Coons S. Resource utilization and absenteeism in primary care patients with symptomatic depression: Relationship with the three measures of psychological distress. 128th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA) Boston, MA November 12-16, 2000. (Oral)

Bushnell DM, Whalley D. Evaluation of the CES-D in Six Countries Using Rasch Item Response Theory (IRT) Analysis Antwerp 2000

Amir M, Becker G, Buskila D, Lewin-Epstein N. Psychometric Properties of the SF-12 (Hebrew Version) in a Primary Care Population in Israel. 7th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Vancouver, B.C. Canada October 29-31, 2000.

Amir M, Fleck M, Herrman H, Lomachenkov A, Lucas R, Patrick D and the LIDO Group. Reliability, Validity, and Reproducibility of the WHOQOL-BREF in Six Countries   7th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Vancouver, BC Canada October 29-31, 2000.

Lomachenkov A, Bushnell DM. Unrecognized Depression in Medical Health Care and Resource Utilization. XIIIth Congress of the Russian Psychiatric Association, Moscow, Russia, October 10-13, 2000.

Herrman H, Diehr P, Fleck M, Simon G, Patrick D, The LIDO Group. Longitudinal investigation of depression outcomes in primary care in six countries: Functional status, health service use and treatment of people with depressive symptoms. 13th ECNP Congress, Munich, Germany, September 9-13, 2000.

Herrman H, Diehr P, Fleck M, Simon G, Patrick D, The LIDO Group. Longitudinal investigation of depression outcomes in primary care in six countries: Functional status, health service use and treatment of people with depressive symptoms. Sixth Annual National Health Outcomes Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia. August 2-3, 2000.

Shaw J, Treglia M, Motheral B, Coons S. A comparison of the depression screening characteristics of the CES-D, MHI-5, and MCS-12 in primary care. 2000 AHSR Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA June 25-27, 2000 (Poster)

Lomachenkov A, Kabanov M, Bushnell DM. Quality of Life of Patients with Unrecognized Depression in Medical Health Care. All-Russian Scientific Conference with International Participation "Quality of Life Investigations in Medicine", June 4-5, 2000.

Shaw J, Treglia M, Motheral B, Coons S. Methods for comparing areas under Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves: Application in screening accuracy for depression. ISPOR 5th International Meeting, Arlington, VA May 20-24, 2000. (Oral).

Lomachenkov A, Kabanov M, Bushnell DM. Depression in Primary Health Care in St. Petersburg. VII World Congress-World Psychiatric Association, Paris, France, May 7-10, 2000.

Chisholm D, Knapp M, Simon G, Treglia M. Economic Aspects of an International Study of Major Depressive Disorder in Primary Care Patients (The LIDO Study). ISPOR, Edinburgh, Scotland, November 11-13, 1999.

Amir M, Cohen K, Bushila D. Reliability, validity and internal structure of the CES-D in an adult population in Israel. 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Barcelona, Spain November 3-6 1999.

Amir M, Shani L, Buskila D. Gender, functioning, and depressive systems. 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Barcelona, Spain November 3-6 1999.

ter Smitten M, Simon G, Bushnell DM, van den Brink W. Tailoring to Fit: CIDI-depression in the LIDO Study. 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Barcelona, Spain November 3-6 1999.

Lucas R, Bushnell DM Quality of Life and Depression among Primary care patients in Barecelona, Spain. 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), Barcelona, Spain November 3-6 1999.

Lomachenkov A. International Project: Longitudinal investigation of Depressive Outcomes. New Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment of Affective Disorders Conference. Moscow, Russian Federation, October 1998. (Informal Presentation)

Martin ML, Jones-Palm DH, Patrick DL, Buesching D. Meeting Scientific Challenges in International Quality of Life Studies. Baltimore 1998.

 

General Presentations

Martin ML, Introduction to Quality of Life: Concepts and Measurement; Workshop presented at QOL Symposium 2003 Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, January 10, 2003.

Zimmerman KM, Martin ML, Andrejasich C, Patrick DL. What is the Role of Urinary Incontinence Quality of Life Measure in Clinical settings? DIA Hilton Head 1999.

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