Pre- and post-assessments demonstrate the impact of educational intervention to modify perceptions of opioid needs at the bedside of trauma inpatients in post-surgery pain management. Twenty- eight inpatients (20 women and 8 men), aged 18-65 years, admitted to the R Adams Cowley Shock Treatment Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center volunteered to participate in the proof-of-concept study to evaluate the impact of educational intervention. During the pre-assessment, inpatients rated their levels of agreement to eight statements by marking along a 10 cm horizontal scale. During the post-assessment, after intervention, the same survey was given again, with an additional two questions regarding their perceived utility of the educational intervention and how easy it was to understand the educational materials. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, including age, sex, race, educational status, and marital status, were collected at the baseline before the educational intervention. Data was collected from April 2019 to February 2020.

To address concerns about comprehension and adequacy of informed consent, qualitative data was collected to examine whether there are linguistic and cultural concepts used to communicate heritability of characters, traits, and diseases in an indigenous African population. Researchers conducted focus group discussions among 115 participants and key informant interviews among 25 stakeholders and key opinion leaders among Yoruba living in Ibadan, Nigeria. The resulting dataset was contributed to the INDIGENE study which uses qualitative research methods to elicit these words and use them to design “enhanced informed consent” forms that are compared with standard informed consent in a randomized trial.

A 20 question survey was administered to 422 participants to gather data on factors influencing pharmacogenomics (PGx). The surveying period was from April to May 2019. Participants included physicians, pharmacists, and researchers. The survey link online was conducted via WeChat. Data collection from the surveys was conducted via popular professional survey platform "Wenjuanxing."

This dataset is used to evaluate relationships between perceptions and perspectives on an entry-level Physician Associate/Assistant (PA) doctoral degree and the anticipated impact of it causing benefits or harm to the PA profession. The data benefits interprofessional stakeholders by providing standardized and tailored views of the PA profession. A cross-sectional survey and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The survey was distributed in June of 2020 to a national sample of 1368 PA clinicians and students and a total of 636 surveys were completed. The interviews recruited 38 participants and were conducted via Zoom or telephone in June and July of 2020.

This study aims to develop a tool to quantitatively measure treatment preferences and desired outcomes of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) through evaluation of patient experiences. 20 participants, aged 18 and older, diagnosed with MDD, who do not have bipolar disorder or post-partum depression, participated in a three-phase survey study to elicit attributes of treatment and desired outcomes that are most important. These attributes, after consultation with stakeholder advisors and patient advocates, were used to design a discrete choice experiment (DCE) instrument. Six attributes were included in the DCE: mode of treatment, time to treatment effect, days of hopefulness, effect on productivity, relations with others, and out-of-pocket costs.

Clinical decision support (CDS) is a method to streamline the complexity of genomic medicine. Researchers conducted an in-depth evaluation of implementation strategies across a network focused on implementing genomic medicine, called Implementing Genomics In Practice, to gather data on common strategies for applying provider-based CDS interventions. The first phase used a web-based, self-administered, 15 minute structured survey derived from a typology of implementation strategies, the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC). The structured survey was used to gather information on implementation strategies used at sites. Follow-up interviews, guided by both implementation strategy reporting criteria and a planning framework, RE-AIM, obtained more detail about implementation strategies and desired outcomes.

The purpose of this study is to explore how community organizations advocate for social change. This included exploration of coalition building as well as strategies and tactics used such as racial/ethnic composition, social capital, or socioeconomic status. This project also serves as a learning experience for MSW students in the co-PI's qualitative research in particular social and political contexts. We are particularly interested in how these efforts play out in communities that are diverse in various ways. These students were added to the protocol once they were provided proof of requisite HIPAA and CITI completion and had been provided with training in class. Data collection, completed in December 2019, included 43 interviews and 62 observations. Interviews include questions regarding their motivation for and experiences engaging in community advocacy and what factors facilitate and impede collaboration within their group and with other groups engaged in advocacy. Respondents were chosen specifically for their engagement in organizing efforts that explicitly seek to join diverse groups together in a shared cause, and questions are designed to elicit discussion about this. This is a qualitative study comprised of observations, interviews, and narrative analysis of publicly available media posts, flyers and news coverage.