Jeanne A Teresi
Biographic Data
| ID | 242729 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeanne A Teresi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeanne A |
| FAMILY NAME | Teresi |
| SIGNATURE | TERESI J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew Home |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 169 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Designing Cluster Randomized Trials
BACKGROUND: An important consideration in the design stage of randomized controlled trials is whether individuals within each site should or can be randomized to study arms (an individually randomized controlled trial) or whether entire sites should be randomized (a cluster randomized trial) where the clusters are sites. Recently, cluster randomized trials have grown in popularity; however, investigators have expressed a need for guidelines relat…
Associations of Prenatal Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Working Memory
Prenatal socioeconomic status is a predictor of childhood working memory, but it may be a stronger predictor for girls compared with for boys
Guidelines for Designing and Evaluating Feasibility Pilot Studies
This commentary offers examples of indicators for evaluating feasibility, and of the limits of effect size estimation in pilot studies. As demonstrated, most pilot studies should not be used to estimate effect sizes, provide power calculations for statistical tests or perform exploratory analyses of efficacy. It is hoped that these guidelines will be useful to those planning pilot/feasibility studies before a larger-scale study
Analysis of self-efficacy for stroke recognition and action from a cluster randomised trial evaluating the effects of stroke education pamphlets versus a 12-minute culturally tailored stroke film amon…
Background: Because early recognition of symptoms and timely treatment of stroke can reduce mortality and the long-term effects of such events, efforts to make many people both aware of these symptoms and knowledgeable about what to do when recognising them are critical for reducing impacts from stroke. Objectives: To assess the impact of a stroke preparedness film (intervention) and stroke preparedness pamphlets (usual care) on self-efficacy for…
Guidelines for Evaluating the Feasibility of Recruitment in Pilot Studies of Diverse Populations
These guidelines provide a first step in thinking systematically about recruitment feasibility, to advance the field of measuring feasibility. Feasibility indicators also can be used to track the effectiveness of innovative recruitment strategies as part of building the science of recruitment, especially in disparities populations
Black/Hispanic Disparities in a Vulnerable Post-Stroke Home Care Population
Commentary
Data Sharing in the New Real-World
Columbia University Stroud Center at New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY †Research Division, Hebrew Home at Riverdale, Bronx, NY The author declares no conflict of interest. Reprints: Jeanne A. Teresi, EdD, PhD, Columbia University Stroud Center at New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, P.O. Box 42, Room 2714, New York, NY 10032-3702. E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]
Using Qualitative Methods to Assess the Conceptual Equivalence of the Spanish and English Stroke Action Test (STAT)
Members of racial/ethnic minorities, in contrast to majority groups, experience disparities in stroke risk factors, recognition, evaluation, and treatment. This article describes the use of qualitative methods to examine the cultural and lifestyle appropriateness, clarity of item-wording, comprehension of item intent, and conceptual equivalence of the developed Spanish and the revised English Stroke Action Test (which includes three additional at…
Glycemia, Diabetes Status, and Cognition in Hispanic Adults Aged 55–64 Years
OBJECTIVES: To examine the association of glycemia and diabetes status with cognition among 600 Hispanics aged 55 to 64 years from Northern Manhattan. METHODS: Diabetes was ascertained by history or hemoglobin A1c. Normal glucose tolerance and prediabetes were ascertained with hemoglobin A1c. Memory was assessed with the Selective Reminding Test. Executive abilities were assessed using the Color Trails 1 and 2 and verbal fluency test. The cross-s…
Social Impact Analysis of the Effects of a Telemedicine Intervention to Improve Diabetes Outcomes in an Ethnically Diverse, Medically Underserved Population
Objectives. We examined the social impact of the telemedicine intervention effects in lower– and higher–socioeconomic status (SES) participants in the Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine (IDEATel) study. Methods. We conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing telemedicine case management with usual care, with blinded outcome evaluation, in 1665 Medicare recipients with diabetes, aged 55 years or older, residing in federally …
Modifying Measures Based on Differential Item Functioning (DIF) Impact Analyses
OBJECTIVE: Measure modification can impact comparability of scores across groups and settings. Changes in items can affect the percent admitting to a symptom. METHODS: Using item response theory (IRT) methods, well-calibrated items can be used interchangeably, and the exact same item does not have to be administered to each respondent, theoretically permitting wider latitude in terms of modification. RESULTS: Recommendations regarding modificatio…
Fifteen Years of Progress in Measurement and Methods at the Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Health Disparities Strategic Plan (2009-2013) for reducing racial/ethnic health disparities in our aging population includes (a) efforts to explore aging as a web of genetic, biochemical, physiological, economic, social, and psychological factors; (b) provision of resources to promote high-quality research to reduce health disparities; and (c) training of a diverse investigator workforce to conduct aging and …
Adherence to diabetes self care for white, African-American and Hispanic American telemedicine participants
A unique, tailored telemedicine intervention was effective in achieving improved adherence to diabetes self care. However, African-American and Hispanic American participants were less adherent than white participants at all time points despite an individualized and accessible intervention. The finding that adherence did mediate glycemic control suggests that unique interventions for minority groups may be needed to overcome this disparity
Effects of Electronic Health Information Technology Implementation on Nursing Home Resident Outcomes
The absence of effects on most indicators is encouraging for the future development of HIT in nursing homes. The single negative finding suggests that further investigation is needed on possible impact on resident behavior
Primary Care Providers’ Perceptions of Home Diabetes Telemedicine Care in the Ideatel Project
Context: Few telemedicine projects have systematically examined provider satisfaction and attitudes. Purpose: To determine the acceptability and perceived impact on primary care providers’ (PCP) practices of a randomized clinical trial of the use of telemedicine to electronically deliver health care services to Medicare patients with diabetes in federally designated medically underserved areas of upstate New York, primarily those in rural areas a…
Evaluating measurement equivalence using the item response theory log-likelihood ratio (IRTLR) method to assess differential item functioning (DIF)
A comparison of three sets of criteria for determining the presence of differential item functioning using ordinal logistic regression
IRT health outcomes data analysis project
Differential item functioning and health assessment
Prevalence Estimates and Health-Related Correlates of Cognitive Impairment From a Probability Sample of Community-Residing Latino Elders
This study resulted in the identification of a cluster of socioeconomic, health, and mental health factors that may influence the functional ability of older Puerto Ricans
Psychometric Evaluation and Calibration of Health-Related Quality of Life Item Banks
BACKGROUND: The construction and evaluation of item banks to measure unidimensional constructs of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a fundamental objective of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) project. OBJECTIVES: Item banks will be used as the foundation for developing short-form instruments and enabling computerized adaptive testing. The PROMIS Steering Committee selected 5 HRQOL domains for initial f…
Measurement in a Multi-Ethnic Society
Overview of Quantitative Measurement Methods
BACKGROUND: Reviewed in this article are issues relating to the study of invariance and differential item functioning (DIF). The aim of factor analyses and DIF, in the context of invariance testing, is the examination of group differences in item response conditional on an estimate of disability. Discussed are parameters and statistics that are not invariant and cannot be compared validly in crosscultural studies with varying distributions of dis…
Item and Scale Differential Functioning of the Mini-Mental State Exam Assessed Using the Differential Item and Test Functioning (DFIT) Framework
OBJECTIVES: To illustrate the application of the Differential Item and Test Functioning (DFIT) method using English and Spanish versions of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). SUBJECTS: Study participants were 65 years of age or older and lived in North Manhattan, New York. Of the 1578 study participants who were administered the MMSE 665 completed it in Spanish. MEASURES: : The MMSE contains 20 items that measure the degree of cognitive im…
The daily spiritual experience scale
Spirituality and religiousness are gaining increasing attention as health research variables. However, the particular aspects examined vary from study to study, ranging from church attendance to religious coping to meaning in life. This frequently results in a lack of clarity regarding what is being measured, the meaning of the relationships between health variables and spirituality, and implications for action. This article describes the Daily S…
The Therapeutic Environment Screening Survey for Nursing Homes (Tess-NH)
The TESS-NH efficiently assesses discrete elements of the physical environment and has strong reliability and validity. The SCUEQS provides a quantitative measure of environmental quality in institutional settings
Depressive Symptoms and Psychiatric Distress in Low Income Asian and Latino Primary Care Patients
The role of caregiver social networks in Alzheimer's disease
Assessment of stress‐buffering effects of social networks on psychological symptoms in an inner‐city elderly population
Social network researchers have been divided into two camps: those who propose that social networks have a direct effect on subsequent psychological symptoms and those who posit a stress-buffering effect as well. Previous research has been limited by rudimentary measures of social interaction and the absence of longitudinal data as well as by different approaches to the assessment of possible buffering effects. In the present study, using 19 soci…
Fifteen Years of Progress in Measurement and Methods at the Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Health Disparities Strategic Plan (2009-2013) for reducing racial/ethnic health disparities in our aging population includes (a) efforts to explore aging as a web of genetic, biochemical, physiological, economic, social, and psychological factors; (b) provision of resources to promote high-quality research to reduce health disparities; and (c) training of a diverse investigator workforce to conduct aging and …
Reading ability, education, and cognitive status assessment among older adults in Harlem, New York City
OBJECTIVES: This study examined reported level of education and current reading ability as predictors of cognitive status among older African Americans in central Harlem, New York City. METHODS: A probability sample of 164 noninstitutionalized older African Americans was assessed. Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores were regressed on education and reading ability measures. RESULTS: Reading ability and educational attainment were significa…
Using Qualitative Methods to Assess the Conceptual Equivalence of the Spanish and English Stroke Action Test (STAT)
Members of racial/ethnic minorities, in contrast to majority groups, experience disparities in stroke risk factors, recognition, evaluation, and treatment. This article describes the use of qualitative methods to examine the cultural and lifestyle appropriateness, clarity of item-wording, comprehension of item intent, and conceptual equivalence of the developed Spanish and the revised English Stroke Action Test (which includes three additional at…
Effects of Electronic Health Information Technology Implementation on Nursing Home Resident Outcomes
The absence of effects on most indicators is encouraging for the future development of HIT in nursing homes. The single negative finding suggests that further investigation is needed on possible impact on resident behavior
Assessment of stress‐buffering effects of social networks on psychological symptoms in an inner‐city elderly population
Social network researchers have been divided into two camps: those who propose that social networks have a direct effect on subsequent psychological symptoms and those who posit a stress-buffering effect as well. Previous research has been limited by rudimentary measures of social interaction and the absence of longitudinal data as well as by different approaches to the assessment of possible buffering effects. In the present study, using 19 soci…
Gender, networks, and adaptation among an inner-city population
Care of the impaired elderly
The role of caregiver social networks in Alzheimer's disease
Reading ability, education, and cognitive status assessment among older adults in Harlem, New York City
OBJECTIVES: This study examined reported level of education and current reading ability as predictors of cognitive status among older African Americans in central Harlem, New York City. METHODS: A probability sample of 164 noninstitutionalized older African Americans was assessed. Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores were regressed on education and reading ability measures. RESULTS: Reading ability and educational attainment were significa…
Some Statistical Issues in the Analyses of Data From Longitudinal Studies of Elderly Chronic Care Populations
OBJECTIVE: This article discusses broad statistical issues common to much medical research: intent-to-treat analysis vs. completers analysis; clustered hierarchical and repeated-measures data; missing data and dropouts; and assessment of direct, indirect, and total effects. Traditional approaches and statistical techniques are reviewed and contrasted with modern methods for analysis of medical studies. METHOD: The concepts are introduced and disc…
The Therapeutic Environment Screening Survey for Nursing Homes (Tess-NH)
The TESS-NH efficiently assesses discrete elements of the physical environment and has strong reliability and validity. The SCUEQS provides a quantitative measure of environmental quality in institutional settings
The daily spiritual experience scale
Spirituality and religiousness are gaining increasing attention as health research variables. However, the particular aspects examined vary from study to study, ranging from church attendance to religious coping to meaning in life. This frequently results in a lack of clarity regarding what is being measured, the meaning of the relationships between health variables and spirituality, and implications for action. This article describes the Daily S…
Depressive Symptoms and Psychiatric Distress in Low Income Asian and Latino Primary Care Patients
Measurement in a Multi-Ethnic Society
Overview of Quantitative Measurement Methods
BACKGROUND: Reviewed in this article are issues relating to the study of invariance and differential item functioning (DIF). The aim of factor analyses and DIF, in the context of invariance testing, is the examination of group differences in item response conditional on an estimate of disability. Discussed are parameters and statistics that are not invariant and cannot be compared validly in crosscultural studies with varying distributions of dis…
Item and Scale Differential Functioning of the Mini-Mental State Exam Assessed Using the Differential Item and Test Functioning (DFIT) Framework
OBJECTIVES: To illustrate the application of the Differential Item and Test Functioning (DFIT) method using English and Spanish versions of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). SUBJECTS: Study participants were 65 years of age or older and lived in North Manhattan, New York. Of the 1578 study participants who were administered the MMSE 665 completed it in Spanish. MEASURES: : The MMSE contains 20 items that measure the degree of cognitive im…
Effect of Inpatient Quality of Care on Functional Outcomes in Patients With Hip Fracture
OBJECTIVES: We sought to examine the relationship between functional outcome and process of care for patients with hip fracture. RESEARCH DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: We undertook a prospective cohort study in 4 hospitals of 554 patients treated with surgery for hip fracture. MEASUREMENTS: Information on patient characteristics and processes of hospital care collected from the medical record, interviews, and bedside observations. Follow-up informatio…
Identification of Differential Item Functioning Using Item Response Theory and the Likelihood-Based Model Comparison Approach
Background: An important part of examining the adequacy of measures for use in ethnically diverse populations is the evaluation of differential item functioning (DIF) among subpopulations such as those administered the measure in different languages. A number of methods exist for this purpose. Objective: The objective of this study was to introduce and demonstrate the identification of DIF using item response theory (IRT) and the likelihood-based…
Differential Item Functioning (DIF) and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
BACKGROUND: Various forms of differential item functioning (DIF) in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) have been identified. Items have been found to perform differently for individuals of different educational levels, racial/ethnic groups, and/or of groups whose first language is not English. The articles in this section illustrate the use of different methods to examine DIF in relation to English and Spanish language administration of the…
An Essay on Measurement and Factorial Invariance
BACKGROUND: Analysis of subgroups such as different ethnic, language, or education groups selected from among a parent population is common in health disparities research. One goal of such analyses is to examine measurement equivalence, which includes both qualitative review of the meaning of items as well as quantitative examination of different levels of factorial invariance and differential item functioning. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this ess…
Different Approaches to Differential Item Functioning in Health Applications
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Reviewed in this article are topics related to the study of invariance and differential item functioning (DIF) that have received relatively little attention in the literature. Several factors influence DIF detection; these include (1) model fit, (2) model assumptions, (3) disability distributions, (4) purification, (5) cutoff values for magnitude measures, and (6) sample and scale size. METHODS: Approaches to DIF detec…
Primary Care Providers’ Perceptions of Home Diabetes Telemedicine Care in the Ideatel Project
Context: Few telemedicine projects have systematically examined provider satisfaction and attitudes. Purpose: To determine the acceptability and perceived impact on primary care providers’ (PCP) practices of a randomized clinical trial of the use of telemedicine to electronically deliver health care services to Medicare patients with diabetes in federally designated medically underserved areas of upstate New York, primarily those in rural areas a…
Evaluating measurement equivalence using the item response theory log-likelihood ratio (IRTLR) method to assess differential item functioning (DIF)
A comparison of three sets of criteria for determining the presence of differential item functioning using ordinal logistic regression
IRT health outcomes data analysis project
Differential item functioning and health assessment
Prevalence Estimates and Health-Related Correlates of Cognitive Impairment From a Probability Sample of Community-Residing Latino Elders
This study resulted in the identification of a cluster of socioeconomic, health, and mental health factors that may influence the functional ability of older Puerto Ricans
Psychometric Evaluation and Calibration of Health-Related Quality of Life Item Banks
BACKGROUND: The construction and evaluation of item banks to measure unidimensional constructs of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a fundamental objective of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) project. OBJECTIVES: Item banks will be used as the foundation for developing short-form instruments and enabling computerized adaptive testing. The PROMIS Steering Committee selected 5 HRQOL domains for initial f…
Effects of Electronic Health Information Technology Implementation on Nursing Home Resident Outcomes
The absence of effects on most indicators is encouraging for the future development of HIT in nursing homes. The single negative finding suggests that further investigation is needed on possible impact on resident behavior
Psychology (25 works) · Medicine (23 works) · Gerontology (15 works) · Differential item functioning (11 works) · Item response theory (11 works) · Psychometrics (11 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Mathematics (10 works) · Nursing (10 works) · Psychiatry (10 works)