Publications

A selection of published papers from HDSC faculty and staff in the following areas:

Sepucha, K., Han, P.K.J., Chang, Y., Atlas, S.J., Korsen, N., Leavitt, L., Lee, V., Percac-Lima, S., Mancini, B., Richter, J., Scharnetzki, L., Siegel, L.C., Valentine, K.D., Fairfield, F.M., Simmons, L.H., 2022. Promoting Informed Decisions about Colorectal Cancer Screening in Older Adults (PRIMED Study): a Physician Cluster Randomized Trial. J Gen Intern Med, p. 1-8.

Fowler Jr, F.J., Barry, M.J., Sepucha, K.R. and Moulton, B.W., 2021. Let’s Require Patients to Review a High-quality Decision Aid Before Receiving Important Tests and TreatmentsMedical Care59(1), p.1.

Brodney, S., Valentine, K.D. and Sepucha, K., 2021. Psychometric evaluation of a decision quality instrument for medication decisions for treatment of depression symptomsBMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making21(1), pp.1-10.

Sepucha, K.R., Vo, H., Chang, Y., Dorrwachter, J.M., Dwyer, M., Freiberg, A.A., Talmo, C.T. and Bedair, H., 2021. Shared decision-making is associated with better outcomes in patients with knee but not hip osteoarthritis: The DECIDE-OA randomized studyJBJS, pp.10-2106.

Brodney, S., Valentine, K.D., Sepucha, K., Fowler, F.J. and Barry, M.J., 2021. Patient Preference Distribution for Use of Statin TherapyJAMA Network Open4(3), pp.e210661-e210661.

Valentine, K.D., Brodney, S., Vo, H., Sepucha, K.R., Fowler, F.J. and Barry, M.J., 2021. Validation of the Impact Index: can we measure disease effects on quality of life in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis? Quality of Life Research, pp.1-8.

Brodney, S., Fowler, F.J., Stringfellow, V., Valentine, K.D. and Barry, M.J., 2020. National survey of decision-making for antidepressants and educational levelThe Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine33(1), pp.80-90.

Valentine, K.D., Vo, H., Fowler, F.J., Brodney, S., Barry, M.J. and Sepucha, K.R., 2020. Development and Evaluation of the Shared Decision Making Process Scale: A Short Patient-Reported Measure. Medical Decision Making, p.0272989X20977878.

Brodney, S., Valentine, K.D., Fowler, F.J. and Barry, M.J., 2020. Validation of the 3-item What Engagement Looks Like (WELL) scale in patients with diabetesJournal of Patient-Reported Outcomes4(1), pp.1-7.

Brodney, S., Sepucha, K.R., Fowler, F.J., Valentine, K.D. and Barry, M.J., 2020. Validation of the Trust in the Surgical Decision Scale. Annals of Surgery.

Giardina, J.C., Cha, T., Atlas, S.J., Barry, M.J., Freiberg, A.A., Leavitt, L., Marques, F. and Sepucha, K.R., 2020. Validation of an electronic coding algorithm to identify the primary indication of orthopedic surgeries from administrative dataBMC medical informatics and decision making20(1), pp.1-10.

Brodney, S., Fowler, F.J., Barry, M.J., Chang, Y. and Sepucha, K.R., 2019. Comparison of Three Measures of Shared Decision Making: SDM Process_4, CollaboRATE, and SURE ScalesMedical Decision Making39(6), pp.673-680.

Sepucha, K.R., Langford, A.T., Belkora, J.K., Chang, Y., Moy, B., Partridge, A.H. and Lee, C.N., 2019. Impact of timing on measurement of decision quality and shared decision making: longitudinal cohort study of breast cancer patientsMedical Decision Making39(6), pp.642-650.

Sepucha, K.R., Atlas, S.J., Chang, Y., Freiberg, A., Malchau, H., Mangla, M., Rubash, H., Simmons, L.H. and Cha, T., 2018. Informed, patient-centered decisions associated with better health outcomes in orthopedics: prospective cohort studyMedical Decision Making38(8), pp.1018-1026.

Mangla, M., Cha, T.D., Dorrwachter, J.M., Freiberg, A.A., Leavitt, L.J., Rubash, H.E., Simmons, L.H., Wendell, E.L. and Sepucha, K.R., 2018. Increasing the use of patient decision aids in orthopaedic care: results of a quality improvement projectBMJ Quality & Safety27(5), pp.347-354.

Hinsberg, L., Marques, F., Leavitt, L., Skubisz, C., Sepucha, K.R. and Wasfy, J.H., 2018. Comparing the effectiveness of two different decision aids for stable chest discomfortCoronary Artery Disease29(3), pp.230-236.

Brodney, S., Wescott, P.H., Moulton, B.W., Hartmann, K., Chang Y. and Barry, M.J., 2018 A Decision Aid May Offer Liability Protection for a Bad Obsterical Outcome: Results of Mock Trials. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 46(4), pp.967-974.

Sepucha, K.R., Abhyankar, P., Hoffman, A.S., Bekker, H.L., LeBlanc, A., Levin, C.A., Ropka, M., Shaffer, V.A., Sheridan, S.L., Stacey, D. and Stalmeier, P., 2018. Standards for UNiversal reporting of patient Decision Aid Evaluation studies: the development of SUNDAE ChecklistBMJ Quality & Safety27(5), pp.380-388.

Sepucha, K.R., Atlas, S.J., Chang, Y., Dorrwachter, J., Freiberg, A., Mangla, M., Rubash, H.E., Simmons, L.H. and Cha, T., 2017. Patient decision aids improve decision quality and patient experience and reduce surgical rates in routine orthopaedic care: a prospective cohort studyJBJS99(15), pp.1253-1260.

Simmons, L.H., Leavitt, L., Ray, A., Fosburgh, B. and Sepucha, K.R., 2016. Shared decision making in common chronic conditions: impact of a resident training workshop. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 28(2), pp.202-209.

Sepucha, K.R., Simmons, L.H., Barry, M.J., Edgman-Levitan, S., Licurse, A.M. and Chaguturu, S.K., 2016. Ten years, forty decision aids, and thousands of patient uses: shared decision making at Massachusetts General HospitalHealth Affairs35(4), pp.630-636.

Brodney, S., Fowler, F.J., Wexler, R. and Bowen, M., 2016. Shared decision-making in clinical practice: examples of successful implementationEuropean Journal for Person Centered Healthcare4(4), pp.656-659.

Barry, M.J., Wexler, R.M., Brackett, C.D., Sepucha, K.R., Simmons, L.H., Gerstein, B.S., Stringfellow, V.L. and Fowler, F.J., 2015. Responses to a decision aid on prostate cancer screening in primary care practicesAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine49(4), pp.520-525.

Winn, K., Ozanne, E. and Sepucha, K.R., 2015. Measuring patient-centered care: an updated systematic review of how studies define and report concordance between patients’ preferences and medical treatmentsPatient education and counseling98(7), pp.811-821.

Sepucha, K.R., Feibelmann, S., Cosenza, C., Levin, C.A. and Pignone, M., 2014. Development and evaluation of a new survey instrument to measure the quality of colorectal cancer screening decisionsBMC medical informatics and decision making14(1), p.72.

Fowler, F.J., Gallagher, P.M., Drake, K.M. and Sepucha, K.R., 2013. Decision dissonance: evaluating an approach to measuring the quality of surgical decision makingThe Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety39(3), pp.136-AP1.

Sepucha, K.R., Borkhoff, C.M., Lally, J., Levin, C.A., Matlock, D.D., Ng, C.J., Ropka, M.E., Stacey, D., Joseph-Williams, N., Wills, C.E. and Thomson, R., 2013. Establishing the effectiveness of patient decision aids: key constructs and measurement instrumentsBMC medical informatics and decision making13(2), p.S12.

Fowler, F.J., Gerstein, B.S. and Barry, M.J., 2013. How patient centered are medical decisions?: Results of a national survey. JAMA Internal Medicine173(13), pp.1215-1221.

Sepucha, K.R., Belkora, J.K., Chang, Y., Cosenza, C., Levin, C.A., Moy, B., Partridge, A. and Lee, C.N., 2012. Measuring decision quality: psychometric evaluation of a new instrument for breast cancer surgeryBMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making12(1), p.51.

Fowler, F.J., Levin, C.A. and Sepucha, K.R., 2011. Informing and involving patients to improve the quality of medical decisionsHealth Affairs30(4), pp.699-706.

Sepucha, K.R., Stacey, D., Clay, C.F., Chang, Y., Cosenza, C., Dervin, G., Dorrwachter, J., Feibelmann, S., Katz, J.N., Kearing, S.A. and Malchau, H., 2011. Decision quality instrument for treatment of hip and knee osteoarthritis: a psychometric evaluationBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders12(1), p.149.

Sepucha, K.R., Fagerlin, A., Couper, M.P., Levin, C.A., Singer, E. and Zikmund-Fisher, B.J., 2010. How does feeling informed relate to being informed? The DECISIONS surveyMedical Decision Making30(5_suppl), pp.77-84.

Hoffman, R.M., Lewis, C.L., Pignone, M.P., Couper, M.P., Barry, M.J., Elmore, J.G., Levin, C.A., Van Hoewyk, J. and Zikmund-Fisher, B.J., 2010. Decision-making processes for breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer screening: the DECISIONS surveyMedical Decision Making30(5_suppl), pp.53-64.

Lee, C.N., Dominik, R., Levin, C.A., Barry, M.J., Cosenza, C., O’Connor, A.M., Mulley Jr, A.G. and Sepucha, K.R., 2010. Development of instruments to measure the quality of breast cancer treatment decisionsHealth Expectations13(3), pp.258-272.

Sepucha, K.R., Levin, C.A., Uzogara, E.E., Barry, M.J., O’Connor, A.M. and Mulley, A.G., 2008. Developing instruments to measure the quality of decisions: early results for a set of symptom-driven decisionsPatient Education and Counseling73(3), pp.504-510.

Sepucha, K.R., Ozanne, E., Silvia, K., Partridge, A. and Mulley Jr, A.G., 2007. An approach to measuring the quality of breast cancer decisionsPatient Education and Counseling65(2), pp.261-269.

Elwyn, G., O’Connor, A., Stacey, D., Volk, R., Edwards, A., Coulter, A., Thomson, R., Barratt, A., Barry, M.J., Bernstein, S. and Butow, P., 2006. Developing a quality criteria framework for patient decision aids: online international Delphi consensus processBMJ333(7565), p.417.

Sepucha, K.R., Fowler, F.J. and Mulley Jr, A.G., 2004. Policy Support For Patient-Centered Care: The Need For Measurable Improvements In Decision Quality. Health Affairs23(Suppl2), pp.VAR-54.

Barry, M.J., Mulley, A.G., Fowler, F.J. and Wennberg, J.W., 1988. Watchful waiting vs immediate transurethral resection for symptomatic prostatism: the importance of patients’ preferencesJAMA259(20), pp.3010-3017.