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Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: 412-624-6172
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Daily Assessment in Arthritis Study |
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Principal Investigator: |
Lynn Martire, Gerontology, UCSUR
Mary Ann Parris Stephens, PhD
Jennifer Brach, PT, PhD
Francis J. Keefe, PhD
Richard Schulz, Gerontology, UCSUR |
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Funder: |
National Institute on Aging |
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Period: |
September 2007 to August 2012 |
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Overview: |
This dyadic study will focus on 150 older adults with knee OA (75 male and 75 female), and their spouses. We will combine two 21-day electronic diary assessments and actigraphy (an objective measure of patients' physical activity) with in-person interviews at baseline, 6 months, and 18 months after diary assessment and actigraphy. Our specific aims are: 1) to examine daily patient-spouse concordance and its effects on the quality of spousal support; 2) to examine patients' daily illness cognitions as mechanisms that link spousal support with patients' functioning; and 3) to examine the influence of gender on individual and dyadic processes. The study design will enable us to examine variability within and between persons, and the effects of both types of variability on short- and long-term change in OA severity. Findings will have direct implications for strengthening the effectiveness of dyadic psychosocial interventions for OA. |
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