Hopp, F., Hogan, M., Woodbridge, P., & Lowry, J. (2007). The use of telehealth for diabetes management: A qualitative study of telehealth provider perceptions. Implementation Science, 2(14). Retrieved May 14, 2007 from http://www.implementationscience.com/content/2/1/14

Background: Monitoring and Measuring Devices (MMDs) are telehealth systems used by patients in their homes, and are designed to promote patient self-management, patient education, and clinical monitoring and follow-up activities. Although these systems have been widely promoted by health care systems, including the Veterans health Administration, very little information is available on factors that facilitate use of the MMD system, or on barriers to use.

Methods: We conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with clinicians using MMD-based telehealth programs at two Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in the Midwestern United States.

Hopp, F. P., Woodbridge, P., Subramanian, U., Copeland, L., Smith, D., & Lowery, J. (2006). Outcomes associated with a home care telehealth intervention. Telemedicine Journal & E-Health, 12(3), 297-307.

To determine whether adding telehealth technology to traditional home care services increases health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and home care satisfaction, and decreases resource utilization among home care patients. This trial included 37 home care patients receiving services in a Veterans Affairs medical center, randomized into intervention and control groups. Outcome measures included patient satisfaction and HRQOL at baseline and 6-month follow- up, and the use of inpatient and outpatient services before and during the 6-month study period.

Hopp, F. P. (2008). Impact of provider self-management education, patient self-efficacy, and health status on patient adherence in heart failure in a Veterans Administration population. Congestive Heart Failure, 1, 6-11.

To address the need for more information on predictors of adherence to heart failure (HF) self-management regimens, this study analyzed surveys completed by 259 HF patients receiving care at 2 Veterans Affairs hospitals in 2003. Linear multi-variable regression models were used to examine general health status, HF-specific health status (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire) self-management education, and self-efficacy as predictors of self-reported adherence to salt intake and exercise regimens.

Clinton-Sherrod, M., Sobeck, J., Abbey, A., Agius, E., & Terry, K. (2005). The role of psychosocial factors in the transition to substance use: Are they protective among urban minority adolescents? The Journal of Primary Prevention, 26(6), 511-528.

Changes in psychosocial risk and protective factors associated with the onset of substance use were examined in a sample of 556 urban public school sixth graders. General linear modeling analyses indicated that students who did not use substances by the end of sixth grade consistently had higher scores on protective factors than did students who were already using substances at the beginning of sixth grade.