Rory Sascha Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 176917 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rory Sascha Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rory Sascha |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Group Health Cooperative |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1593-0916 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A guild culture of ‘casual raiding’ enhances its members’ online gaming experiences: A cognitive anthropological and ethnographic approach to World of Warcraft
We document the norms and practices of a “casual raiding guild” pursuing a balanced approach to World of Warcraft gaming under the banner “offline life matters.” Confirming insights in the problematic online gaming literature, our ethnography reveals that some guild members experience gaming distress. However, this guild’s normative culture helps its members better self-regulate and thus protect themselves from, among other things, their own impu…
Culture and the Jitters: Guild Affiliation and Online Gaming Eustress/Distress
We examine how online sociocultural context influences play experience in the popular online role-playing game, World of Warcraft (WoW). We focus on how guilds, in-game associations of like-minded players, establish social relationships and cultural understandings that shape online play experience. Some guilds help their members regulate the stressful arousal emerging from challenging gaming activities-such as collaborative raids, where multiple …
Repeated Exposure to Conditioned Fear Stress Increases Anxiety and Delays Sleep Recovery Following Exposure to an Acute Traumatic Stressor
Repeated stressor exposure can sensitize physiological responses to novel stressors and facilitate the development of stress-related psychiatric disorders including anxiety. Disruptions in diurnal rhythms of sleep-wake behavior accompany stress-related psychiatric disorders and could contribute to their development. Complex stressors that include fear-eliciting stimuli can be a component of repeated stress experienced by human beings, but whether…
Health Care Utilization and Costs Associated with Physical and Nonphysical‐Only Intimate Partner Violence
Objective. To estimate health care utilization and costs associated with the type of intimate partner violence (IPV) women experience by the timing of their abuse. Methods. A total of 3,333 women (ages 18–64) were randomly sampled from the membership files of a large health plan located in a metropolitan area and participated in a telephone survey to assess IPV history, including the type of IPV (physical IPV or nonphysical abuse only) and the ti…
Correlates of Medical and Legal Help Seeking among Women Reporting Intimate Partner Violence
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) type, severity, and duration and abused women's use of medical and legal services. METHODS: Participants were 1509 randomly sampled women from a large health plan who were interviewed by telephone to assess (1) self-reported lifetime exposure to IPV type (physical, sexual, and psychological), severity, and duration and (2) women's use of medical and legal services (civ…
Healthcare Utilization and Costs for Women with a History of Intimate Partner Violence
Health Outcomes in Women with Physical and Sexual Intimate Partner Violence Exposure
OBJECTIVE: To examine health outcomes in women with exposure to physical intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual IPV or sexual and physical IPV and the added health burden of sexual IPV. METHODS: Randomly sampled insured women (2876) completed a telephone interview to assess lifetime exposure to physical IPV only, sexual IPV only, or physical and sexual IPV (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System) and mental, social, and physical health (Shor…
Intimate Partner Violence and Women’s Physical, Mental, and Social Functioning
Intimate Partner Violence
Cost-effectiveness of neonatal screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy-How does this compare to existing neonatal screening for metabolic disorders
Thompson and Colleagues Respond
Thompson and Colleagues Respond Diane C. Thompson, Robert S. Thompson, and Frederick P. Rivara CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.81.8.1079-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Incidence of bicycle-related injuries in a defined population
Population-based incidence rates for head injuries and total injuries resulting from bicycle crashes were calculated in a Seattle, Washington health maintenance organization population. Overall rates were 163 per 100,000 for all injuries and 42/100,000 for head injuries. Individuals between 5 and 14 years of age are at highest risk for bicycle-related injuries. The data are presented for their potential utility in program planning
Population-based study of unintentional injury incidence and impact during childhood
We report a prospective study of medically treated unintentional injuries ascertained in an HMO population of children and adolescents 19 years of age and younger over a one-year period. The overall rate of medically treated injuries was 247 per 1,000, 147/1,000 for those treated in the clinic, and 100/1,000 for those treated in the emergency room (ER). Overall, 2.5 percent of patients were hospitalized. The highest rates of injury were for falls…
Cost-Justification Analysis of Prenatal Maternal Serum Alpha-feto Protein Screening
The costs to an insurer of a 10-year maternal serum alpha-feto protein (MSAFP) screening program were subtracted from future medical care costs avoided by the insurer (benefits) to examine whether such a program would be cost-justified from the perspective of a managed health care system (i.e., result in net costs greater than or equal to 0). The analysis considered MSAFP screening for neural tube defects (NTDs) alone and then was repeated to con…
Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Interventions Integrated into Primary Care Practice
Using a complete factorial design, we tested three interventions for smoking cessation in routine primary care practice. The interventions tested were 1) physician counseling, 2) mailed letters and educational materials designed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and 3) referral to smoking cessation classes. Thirty-seven family practice physicians at three of Group Health's outpatient facilities participated. Patient participation rates were…
Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis immunization and sudden infant death syndrome
We compared the recency of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) immunization in healthy children with birthweights greater than 2500 gms who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) to that of age-matched reference children, using a modified case-control analysis. Focusing on very narrow time intervals following immunization, we found the SIDS mortality rate in the period zero to three days following DTP to be 7.3 times that in the period beginn…
Maximizing Compliance With Hemoccult Screening for Colon Cancer in Clinical Practice
A factorial design randomized controlled trial to test several clinically feasible strategies primary-care practitioners may use in routine practice to increase patient participation in occult blood testing for colorectal cancer is reported. Three compliance-enhancing intervention strategies (physician/nurse talk, and/or reminder postcard, and/or reminder phone call) were introduced. Patient health beliefs were examined as compliance predictors. …
Evaluation of Initial Implementation of an Organized Adult Health Program Employing Family Nurse Practitioners
An organized program for periodic health evaluation of adults was instituted at one Group Health Cooperative Clinic (A) using a fixed exam schedule and two family nurse practitioners (FNPs), working in a team with six family practitioners, to perform as many of the examinations as possible. We evaluated the effects of the FNP program at Clinic A in terms of six specific objectives, comparing it with the preexisting conventional pattern in another…
An epidemic of aseptic meningitis due to echo-virus type 30: Epidemiologic features and clinical and laboratory findings
An epidemic of aseptic meningitis due to echo-virus type 30: epidemiologic features and clinical and laboratory findings. D E Torphy, C G Ray, R S Thompson, and J P FoxCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.60.8.1447 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Culture and the Jitters: Guild Affiliation and Online Gaming Eustress/Distress
We examine how online sociocultural context influences play experience in the popular online role-playing game, World of Warcraft (WoW). We focus on how guilds, in-game associations of like-minded players, establish social relationships and cultural understandings that shape online play experience. Some guilds help their members regulate the stressful arousal emerging from challenging gaming activities-such as collaborative raids, where multiple …
A guild culture of ‘casual raiding’ enhances its members’ online gaming experiences: A cognitive anthropological and ethnographic approach to World of Warcraft
We document the norms and practices of a “casual raiding guild” pursuing a balanced approach to World of Warcraft gaming under the banner “offline life matters.” Confirming insights in the problematic online gaming literature, our ethnography reveals that some guild members experience gaming distress. However, this guild’s normative culture helps its members better self-regulate and thus protect themselves from, among other things, their own impu…
Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis immunization and sudden infant death syndrome
We compared the recency of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) immunization in healthy children with birthweights greater than 2500 gms who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) to that of age-matched reference children, using a modified case-control analysis. Focusing on very narrow time intervals following immunization, we found the SIDS mortality rate in the period zero to three days following DTP to be 7.3 times that in the period beginn…
Population-based study of unintentional injury incidence and impact during childhood
We report a prospective study of medically treated unintentional injuries ascertained in an HMO population of children and adolescents 19 years of age and younger over a one-year period. The overall rate of medically treated injuries was 247 per 1,000, 147/1,000 for those treated in the clinic, and 100/1,000 for those treated in the emergency room (ER). Overall, 2.5 percent of patients were hospitalized. The highest rates of injury were for falls…
Incidence of bicycle-related injuries in a defined population
Population-based incidence rates for head injuries and total injuries resulting from bicycle crashes were calculated in a Seattle, Washington health maintenance organization population. Overall rates were 163 per 100,000 for all injuries and 42/100,000 for head injuries. Individuals between 5 and 14 years of age are at highest risk for bicycle-related injuries. The data are presented for their potential utility in program planning
An epidemic of aseptic meningitis due to echo-virus type 30: Epidemiologic features and clinical and laboratory findings
An epidemic of aseptic meningitis due to echo-virus type 30: epidemiologic features and clinical and laboratory findings. D E Torphy, C G Ray, R S Thompson, and J P FoxCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.60.8.1447 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Evaluation of Initial Implementation of an Organized Adult Health Program Employing Family Nurse Practitioners
An organized program for periodic health evaluation of adults was instituted at one Group Health Cooperative Clinic (A) using a fixed exam schedule and two family nurse practitioners (FNPs), working in a team with six family practitioners, to perform as many of the examinations as possible. We evaluated the effects of the FNP program at Clinic A in terms of six specific objectives, comparing it with the preexisting conventional pattern in another…
Maximizing Compliance With Hemoccult Screening for Colon Cancer in Clinical Practice
A factorial design randomized controlled trial to test several clinically feasible strategies primary-care practitioners may use in routine practice to increase patient participation in occult blood testing for colorectal cancer is reported. Three compliance-enhancing intervention strategies (physician/nurse talk, and/or reminder postcard, and/or reminder phone call) were introduced. Patient health beliefs were examined as compliance predictors. …
Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis immunization and sudden infant death syndrome
We compared the recency of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) immunization in healthy children with birthweights greater than 2500 gms who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) to that of age-matched reference children, using a modified case-control analysis. Focusing on very narrow time intervals following immunization, we found the SIDS mortality rate in the period zero to three days following DTP to be 7.3 times that in the period beginn…
Cost-Justification Analysis of Prenatal Maternal Serum Alpha-feto Protein Screening
The costs to an insurer of a 10-year maternal serum alpha-feto protein (MSAFP) screening program were subtracted from future medical care costs avoided by the insurer (benefits) to examine whether such a program would be cost-justified from the perspective of a managed health care system (i.e., result in net costs greater than or equal to 0). The analysis considered MSAFP screening for neural tube defects (NTDs) alone and then was repeated to con…
Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Interventions Integrated into Primary Care Practice
Using a complete factorial design, we tested three interventions for smoking cessation in routine primary care practice. The interventions tested were 1) physician counseling, 2) mailed letters and educational materials designed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and 3) referral to smoking cessation classes. Thirty-seven family practice physicians at three of Group Health's outpatient facilities participated. Patient participation rates were…
Population-based study of unintentional injury incidence and impact during childhood
We report a prospective study of medically treated unintentional injuries ascertained in an HMO population of children and adolescents 19 years of age and younger over a one-year period. The overall rate of medically treated injuries was 247 per 1,000, 147/1,000 for those treated in the clinic, and 100/1,000 for those treated in the emergency room (ER). Overall, 2.5 percent of patients were hospitalized. The highest rates of injury were for falls…
Incidence of bicycle-related injuries in a defined population
Population-based incidence rates for head injuries and total injuries resulting from bicycle crashes were calculated in a Seattle, Washington health maintenance organization population. Overall rates were 163 per 100,000 for all injuries and 42/100,000 for head injuries. Individuals between 5 and 14 years of age are at highest risk for bicycle-related injuries. The data are presented for their potential utility in program planning
Thompson and Colleagues Respond
Thompson and Colleagues Respond Diane C. Thompson, Robert S. Thompson, and Frederick P. Rivara CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.81.8.1079-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Cost-effectiveness of neonatal screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy-How does this compare to existing neonatal screening for metabolic disorders
Intimate Partner Violence and Women’s Physical, Mental, and Social Functioning
Intimate Partner Violence
Healthcare Utilization and Costs for Women with a History of Intimate Partner Violence
Health Outcomes in Women with Physical and Sexual Intimate Partner Violence Exposure
OBJECTIVE: To examine health outcomes in women with exposure to physical intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual IPV or sexual and physical IPV and the added health burden of sexual IPV. METHODS: Randomly sampled insured women (2876) completed a telephone interview to assess lifetime exposure to physical IPV only, sexual IPV only, or physical and sexual IPV (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System) and mental, social, and physical health (Shor…
Correlates of Medical and Legal Help Seeking among Women Reporting Intimate Partner Violence
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) type, severity, and duration and abused women's use of medical and legal services. METHODS: Participants were 1509 randomly sampled women from a large health plan who were interviewed by telephone to assess (1) self-reported lifetime exposure to IPV type (physical, sexual, and psychological), severity, and duration and (2) women's use of medical and legal services (civ…
Health Care Utilization and Costs Associated with Physical and Nonphysical‐Only Intimate Partner Violence
Objective. To estimate health care utilization and costs associated with the type of intimate partner violence (IPV) women experience by the timing of their abuse. Methods. A total of 3,333 women (ages 18–64) were randomly sampled from the membership files of a large health plan located in a metropolitan area and participated in a telephone survey to assess IPV history, including the type of IPV (physical IPV or nonphysical abuse only) and the ti…
Repeated Exposure to Conditioned Fear Stress Increases Anxiety and Delays Sleep Recovery Following Exposure to an Acute Traumatic Stressor
Repeated stressor exposure can sensitize physiological responses to novel stressors and facilitate the development of stress-related psychiatric disorders including anxiety. Disruptions in diurnal rhythms of sleep-wake behavior accompany stress-related psychiatric disorders and could contribute to their development. Complex stressors that include fear-eliciting stimuli can be a component of repeated stress experienced by human beings, but whether…
A guild culture of ‘casual raiding’ enhances its members’ online gaming experiences: A cognitive anthropological and ethnographic approach to World of Warcraft
We document the norms and practices of a “casual raiding guild” pursuing a balanced approach to World of Warcraft gaming under the banner “offline life matters.” Confirming insights in the problematic online gaming literature, our ethnography reveals that some guild members experience gaming distress. However, this guild’s normative culture helps its members better self-regulate and thus protect themselves from, among other things, their own impu…
Culture and the Jitters: Guild Affiliation and Online Gaming Eustress/Distress
We examine how online sociocultural context influences play experience in the popular online role-playing game, World of Warcraft (WoW). We focus on how guilds, in-game associations of like-minded players, establish social relationships and cultural understandings that shape online play experience. Some guilds help their members regulate the stressful arousal emerging from challenging gaming activities-such as collaborative raids, where multiple …
Medicine (17 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Poison control (8 works) · Suicide prevention (8 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Domestic violence (6 works) · Elder Abuse and Neglect (6 works) · Family medicine (6 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (6 works) · Occupational safety and health (6 works)