Maria Orlando
Biographic Data
| ID | 4229595 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Orlando |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Orlando |
| SIGNATURE | ORLANDO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-5489-9714 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cigarette smoking from adolescence to young adulthood
Isolating the Nexus of Substance Use, Violence and Sexual Risk for HIV Infection Among Young Adults in the United States
Mental Health Status and Use of General Medical Services for Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
BACKGROUND: Serious medical illness often is accompanied by psychological distress. Individuals experiencing mental disorders or symptoms have higher rates of morbidity and mortality, worse social functioning, and use of general medical services. OBJECTIVES: We sought to examine the association between mental health and use of general medical services for persons in care for HIV. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: We used longitudinal data from the HIV Cos…
From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Objectives. We used data gathered from 6259 youths between the ages of 13 and 23 years to compare trends in smoking among 4 racial/ethnic groups. Methods. We weighted trend data to represent baseline respondent characteristics and evaluated these data with linear contrasts derived from multiple regression analyses. Results. Although African Americans exhibited higher initiation rates than Whites, they exhibited consistently lower rates of regular…
The Interview Mode Effect on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale
BACKGROUND: Evidence of a mode effect has raised concerns about the comparability and validity of self- versus interviewer-administered versions of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scale. Response anonymity has been proposed to explain this effect. However, the factors that contribute to this mode effect are not well understood. We used item response theory (IRT) to examine the nature of the CES-D mode effect. METHODS: A …
Further Investigation of the Performance of S - X2
This study presents new findings on the utility of S - X 2 as an item fit index for dichotomous item response theory models. Results are based on a simulation study in which item responses were generated and calibrated for 100 tests under each of 27 conditions. The item fit indices S - X 2 and Q 1 - X 2 were calculated for each item. ROC curves were constructed based on the hit and false alarm rates of the two indices. Examination of these curves…
Personal and psychosocial characteristics associated with psychiatric conditions among women with human immunodeficiency virus
Social Context and Adolescent Health Behavior
This paper examines the links between individual adolescent smoking behavior and actual and perceived smoking behavior in the individual's school cohort. We hypothesized that students enrolled in schools with higher smoking prevalence among students in their grade are more likely to smoke subsequently. We also expected perceived school-level prevalence of smoking to have a greater impact than actual prevalence because the former is a more direct …
The prevalence of alcohol consumption and heavy drinking among people with HIV in the United States
OBJECTIVE: To establish population-based estimates of the prevalence of any alcohol consumption and heavy drinking among individuals who tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to identify the factors associated with alcohol consumption and heavy drinking in this population. METHOD: Data from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study (HCSUS), a national probability survey of HIV-infected adults receiving medical care in the U…
Understanding the Causal Relationship Between Patient-Reported Interpersonal and Technical Quality of Care for Depression
OBJECTIVES: Patient ratings of their health care experience have become increasingly important as indicators of interpersonal quality of care. Currently the link between technical and interpersonal quality of care indicators is not well understood. The goal of this study was to examine the temporal relationship between technical quality of care for depression and interpersonal quality of care by examining their association over time. METHODS: A c…
Knowledge of Health Care Benefits Among Patients With Depression
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of patient self-reports of health care insurance coverage relative to actual health care benefits and to explore patient predictors of accuracy among patients with depression. METHODS: Data were analyzed from 767 patients with current depressive symptoms and disorder who completed a self-report mail survey that included questions about health insurance and for whom we also obtained actual health care benefits r…
Are Better Ratings of the Patient-Provider Relationship Associated With Higher Quality Care for Depression
BACKGROUND: The interpersonal patient-provider relationship (PPR) is an essential part of health care quality, particularly for patients with depression, yet little is known neither about how to measure this relationship nor about its association with quality of care. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate properties of patient rating measures, understand the relation between 2 types of ratings, and determine the association of ratings with quality depression c…
Likelihood-Based Item-Fit Indices for Dichotomous Item Response Theory Models
New goodness-of-fit indices are introduced for dichotomous item response theory (IRT) models. These indices are based on the likelihoods of number-correct scores derived from the IRT model, and they provide a direct comparison of the modeled and observed frequencies for correct and incorrect responses for each number-correct score. The behavior of Pearson’s X 2 ( S- X 2 ) and the likelihood ratio G 2 ( S- G 2 ) was assessed in a simulation study …
Social Context and Adolescent Health Behavior
This paper examines the links between individual adolescent smoking behavior and actual and perceived smoking behavior in the individual's school cohort. We hypothesized that students enrolled in schools with higher smoking prevalence among students in their grade are more likely to smoke subsequently. We also expected perceived school-level prevalence of smoking to have a greater impact than actual prevalence because the former is a more direct …
From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Objectives. We used data gathered from 6259 youths between the ages of 13 and 23 years to compare trends in smoking among 4 racial/ethnic groups. Methods. We weighted trend data to represent baseline respondent characteristics and evaluated these data with linear contrasts derived from multiple regression analyses. Results. Although African Americans exhibited higher initiation rates than Whites, they exhibited consistently lower rates of regular…
Likelihood-Based Item-Fit Indices for Dichotomous Item Response Theory Models
New goodness-of-fit indices are introduced for dichotomous item response theory (IRT) models. These indices are based on the likelihoods of number-correct scores derived from the IRT model, and they provide a direct comparison of the modeled and observed frequencies for correct and incorrect responses for each number-correct score. The behavior of Pearson’s X 2 ( S- X 2 ) and the likelihood ratio G 2 ( S- G 2 ) was assessed in a simulation study …
Are Better Ratings of the Patient-Provider Relationship Associated With Higher Quality Care for Depression
BACKGROUND: The interpersonal patient-provider relationship (PPR) is an essential part of health care quality, particularly for patients with depression, yet little is known neither about how to measure this relationship nor about its association with quality of care. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate properties of patient rating measures, understand the relation between 2 types of ratings, and determine the association of ratings with quality depression c…
The prevalence of alcohol consumption and heavy drinking among people with HIV in the United States
OBJECTIVE: To establish population-based estimates of the prevalence of any alcohol consumption and heavy drinking among individuals who tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to identify the factors associated with alcohol consumption and heavy drinking in this population. METHOD: Data from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study (HCSUS), a national probability survey of HIV-infected adults receiving medical care in the U…
Understanding the Causal Relationship Between Patient-Reported Interpersonal and Technical Quality of Care for Depression
OBJECTIVES: Patient ratings of their health care experience have become increasingly important as indicators of interpersonal quality of care. Currently the link between technical and interpersonal quality of care indicators is not well understood. The goal of this study was to examine the temporal relationship between technical quality of care for depression and interpersonal quality of care by examining their association over time. METHODS: A c…
Knowledge of Health Care Benefits Among Patients With Depression
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of patient self-reports of health care insurance coverage relative to actual health care benefits and to explore patient predictors of accuracy among patients with depression. METHODS: Data were analyzed from 767 patients with current depressive symptoms and disorder who completed a self-report mail survey that included questions about health insurance and for whom we also obtained actual health care benefits r…
Further Investigation of the Performance of S - X2
This study presents new findings on the utility of S - X 2 as an item fit index for dichotomous item response theory models. Results are based on a simulation study in which item responses were generated and calibrated for 100 tests under each of 27 conditions. The item fit indices S - X 2 and Q 1 - X 2 were calculated for each item. ROC curves were constructed based on the hit and false alarm rates of the two indices. Examination of these curves…
Personal and psychosocial characteristics associated with psychiatric conditions among women with human immunodeficiency virus
Social Context and Adolescent Health Behavior
This paper examines the links between individual adolescent smoking behavior and actual and perceived smoking behavior in the individual's school cohort. We hypothesized that students enrolled in schools with higher smoking prevalence among students in their grade are more likely to smoke subsequently. We also expected perceived school-level prevalence of smoking to have a greater impact than actual prevalence because the former is a more direct …
From Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Objectives. We used data gathered from 6259 youths between the ages of 13 and 23 years to compare trends in smoking among 4 racial/ethnic groups. Methods. We weighted trend data to represent baseline respondent characteristics and evaluated these data with linear contrasts derived from multiple regression analyses. Results. Although African Americans exhibited higher initiation rates than Whites, they exhibited consistently lower rates of regular…
The Interview Mode Effect on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale
BACKGROUND: Evidence of a mode effect has raised concerns about the comparability and validity of self- versus interviewer-administered versions of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scale. Response anonymity has been proposed to explain this effect. However, the factors that contribute to this mode effect are not well understood. We used item response theory (IRT) to examine the nature of the CES-D mode effect. METHODS: A …
Isolating the Nexus of Substance Use, Violence and Sexual Risk for HIV Infection Among Young Adults in the United States
Mental Health Status and Use of General Medical Services for Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
BACKGROUND: Serious medical illness often is accompanied by psychological distress. Individuals experiencing mental disorders or symptoms have higher rates of morbidity and mortality, worse social functioning, and use of general medical services. OBJECTIVES: We sought to examine the association between mental health and use of general medical services for persons in care for HIV. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: We used longitudinal data from the HIV Cos…
Cigarette smoking from adolescence to young adulthood
Medicine (11 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Depression (economics) (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (3 works)