We are looking at nasal markers in patients undergoing treatment of allergies to see if these markers can help predict who will respond successfully to treatment.
The purpose of this study is to better understand the experiences of individuals who have been diagnosed with certain bleeding disorders.
Compare the use of ACL reconstruction and physical therapy in Black and White people and people with different socioeconomic status after ACL injury. Black people and people with lower socioeconomic status are at higher risk of long-term disability related to arthritis that is common after ACL injury. The above treatments may reduce long-term disability, but use of these treatments may be different across racial and socioeconomic groups. The project will also look at factors related to treatment use in Black people with ACL injury. Identifying these factors will help us figure out how to improve treatment use in Black people, who are often underrepresented in clinical research. *This study is a collaboration with the UNC Sports Medicine Institute*
To learn if one kind of treatment approach, either (1) endoscopic surveillance or (2) endoscopic eradication therapy, is better, the same, or worse for treating patients with Barrett's esophagus and low-grade dysplasia.
Hypothesis: The development of patient-focused tools and care processes will enable a transition from predominantly office-based CF care to a more convenient, co-produced model. The increased utilization of remote care will be associated with improved adherence to disease monitoring and complication screening guidelines and will increase patient satisfaction. Specific Aims: 1. Customize a patient-facing smartphone application (Nudge) designed to "coach" each patient toward a co-produced goal of convenient and effective health monitoring within the context of enhanced remote care. 2. Develop care processes that facilitate monitoring of respiratory status at home, using home spirometry and remote sputum collection, that include education, electronic reminders, and specimen collection/shipping supplies 3. Implement care processes that allow convenient access to necessary screening procedures, using the Nudge application to provide well-timed electronic reminders and track performance of screening tests.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how people make decisions.
We are determining whether upper extremity function improves after surgery for patients presenting with upper extremity lymphedema.
The purpose of this study is to develop a natural language processing (NLP)-based software tool to identify information related to rigor and transparency from RCT reports. These tools will assist stakeholders of clinical research in maintaining high reporting standards, synthesizing information on methodological quality, and fostering open science practices.
We are conducting this study to better understand the relationship between access to care, financial stress and health related quality of life among cancer patients in NC who live in rural areas. We will be interviewing 30 rural cancer patients to learn about their cancer experience and we will be reviewing previously completed surveys about their distress and coping behaviors.
We are wanting to investigate the impact that collaborative online international learning (COIL) involving nursing students from UNC and the University of Sao Paulo Brazil. Specifically, we want to know the impact of COIL on student knowledge, understanding and skill related to family experiences with pediatric chronic health conditions in both countries and other key nursing concepts.