Carol Cosenza
Biographic Data
| ID | 5038578 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carol Cosenza |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carol |
| FAMILY NAME | Cosenza |
| SIGNATURE | COSENZA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Boston |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2948-024X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Measuring Access to Mental Health Services Among Primary Care Patients
BACKGROUND: The lifetime risk of mental health disorders is almost 50% and, in any year, about 25% of the population have a psychiatric disorder. Many of those people are cared for in primary care settings. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: Measure access to mental health services, such as getting counselling or prescription mental health medications, using new patient survey questions that can be added to Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and System…
Which Subject Lines and Messages Improve Response to E-mail Invitations to Web Surveys
What subject lines and messages in an e-mailed invitation maximize cooperation for a web survey? Answering this question is ever more important as survey researchers increasingly turn to web surveys to reduce costs. We test respondents’ preferences for subject lines and messages in an e-mailed invitation to participate in a Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey. Findings suggest that respondents prefer informative and str…
Coding Cognitive Interviews
Cognitive testing has become routine for well-designed surveys. However, the protocols for cognitive testing vary widely, and observers have been concerned that analysis of the results is not systematic, that results are not replicable, and that the bases for conclusions are not transparent. To address some of those concerns, in this study the cognitive interviews were structured so that interviewers gathered information specifically about whethe…
Writing Effective Questions
The purpose of this chapter is to lay out the principles for designing survey questions that will provide reliable and valid estimates of what they are designed to measure. The chapter is organized around the four essential steps that respondents must take in order to provide an answer to a question: 1) understand what is being asked; 2) recall or otherwise obtain the information needed to answer the question; 3) put the information into the form…
Cognitive and Field Testing of a New Set of Medication Adherence Self-Report Items for HIV Care
We conducted four rounds of cognitive testing of self-report items that included 66 sociodemographically diverse participants, then field tested the three best items from the cognitive testing in a clinic waiting room (N = 351) and in an online social networking site for men who have sex with men (N = 6,485). As part of the online survey we conducted a randomized assessment of two versions of the adherence questionnaire-one which asked about adhe…
Preparing to Measure Health Coverage in Federal Surveys Post-Reform
In preparation for health reform in 2014, qualitative research was conducted with Massachusetts residents to explore how to adapt surveys to accommodate reporting information about health exchanges. Questions about exchange participation were effective when state-specific exchange program names were offered, but generic terms such as “marketplace” and “exchange” did not resonate with respondents. However, respondents were able to understand new q…
Giving Voice to the Vulnerable
Background: To complement a nursing home resident survey, the team developed a survey asking family members about their experiences with nursing homes. Although a family member does not receive care directly from a nursing home, their experiences at the nursing home and with staff can contribute to understanding nursing home quality. Objectives: To describe how the nursing home family member instrument was developed, refined, tested, and finalize…
Development and Evaluation of CAHPS Questions to Assess the Impact of Health Information Technology on Patient Experiences With Ambulatory Care
BACKGROUND: Little is known about whether health information technology (HIT) affects patient experiences with health care. OBJECTIVE: To develop HIT questions that assess patients care experiences not evaluated by existing ambulatory Consumer Assessment of Health Plans and Systems (CAHPS) measures. RESEARCH DESIGN: We reviewed published articles and conducted focus groups and cognitive testing to develop survey questions. We collected data, usin…
Development of instruments to measure the quality of breast cancer treatment decisions
Background Women with early‐stage breast cancer face a multitude of decisions. The quality of a decision can be measured by the extent to which the treatment reflects what is most important to an informed patient. Reliable and valid measures of patients’ knowledge and their goals and concerns related to breast cancer treatments are needed to assess the decision quality. Objective To identify a set of key facts and goals relevant to each of three …
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Development of instruments to measure the quality of breast cancer treatment decisions
Background Women with early‐stage breast cancer face a multitude of decisions. The quality of a decision can be measured by the extent to which the treatment reflects what is most important to an informed patient. Reliable and valid measures of patients’ knowledge and their goals and concerns related to breast cancer treatments are needed to assess the decision quality. Objective To identify a set of key facts and goals relevant to each of three …
Giving Voice to the Vulnerable
Background: To complement a nursing home resident survey, the team developed a survey asking family members about their experiences with nursing homes. Although a family member does not receive care directly from a nursing home, their experiences at the nursing home and with staff can contribute to understanding nursing home quality. Objectives: To describe how the nursing home family member instrument was developed, refined, tested, and finalize…
Development and Evaluation of CAHPS Questions to Assess the Impact of Health Information Technology on Patient Experiences With Ambulatory Care
BACKGROUND: Little is known about whether health information technology (HIT) affects patient experiences with health care. OBJECTIVE: To develop HIT questions that assess patients care experiences not evaluated by existing ambulatory Consumer Assessment of Health Plans and Systems (CAHPS) measures. RESEARCH DESIGN: We reviewed published articles and conducted focus groups and cognitive testing to develop survey questions. We collected data, usin…
Cognitive and Field Testing of a New Set of Medication Adherence Self-Report Items for HIV Care
We conducted four rounds of cognitive testing of self-report items that included 66 sociodemographically diverse participants, then field tested the three best items from the cognitive testing in a clinic waiting room (N = 351) and in an online social networking site for men who have sex with men (N = 6,485). As part of the online survey we conducted a randomized assessment of two versions of the adherence questionnaire-one which asked about adhe…
Preparing to Measure Health Coverage in Federal Surveys Post-Reform
In preparation for health reform in 2014, qualitative research was conducted with Massachusetts residents to explore how to adapt surveys to accommodate reporting information about health exchanges. Questions about exchange participation were effective when state-specific exchange program names were offered, but generic terms such as “marketplace” and “exchange” did not resonate with respondents. However, respondents were able to understand new q…
Writing Effective Questions
The purpose of this chapter is to lay out the principles for designing survey questions that will provide reliable and valid estimates of what they are designed to measure. The chapter is organized around the four essential steps that respondents must take in order to provide an answer to a question: 1) understand what is being asked; 2) recall or otherwise obtain the information needed to answer the question; 3) put the information into the form…
Coding Cognitive Interviews
Cognitive testing has become routine for well-designed surveys. However, the protocols for cognitive testing vary widely, and observers have been concerned that analysis of the results is not systematic, that results are not replicable, and that the bases for conclusions are not transparent. To address some of those concerns, in this study the cognitive interviews were structured so that interviewers gathered information specifically about whethe…
Which Subject Lines and Messages Improve Response to E-mail Invitations to Web Surveys
What subject lines and messages in an e-mailed invitation maximize cooperation for a web survey? Answering this question is ever more important as survey researchers increasingly turn to web surveys to reduce costs. We test respondents’ preferences for subject lines and messages in an e-mailed invitation to participate in a Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey. Findings suggest that respondents prefer informative and str…
Measuring Access to Mental Health Services Among Primary Care Patients
BACKGROUND: The lifetime risk of mental health disorders is almost 50% and, in any year, about 25% of the population have a psychiatric disorder. Many of those people are cared for in primary care settings. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: Measure access to mental health services, such as getting counselling or prescription mental health medications, using new patient survey questions that can be added to Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and System…
Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse (3 works) · Ambulatory care (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (2 works)