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Wright CE, Sheeran P, Voils CI, Blalock DV. A review of implementation intentions as a tool to benefit high-need patients and healthcare systems: U.S. veterans affairs as an exemplar. Patient education and counseling. 2023 Nov 1; 116:107937.
Parmasad V, Keating J, McKinley L, Evans C, Rubin M, Voils C, Safdar N. Frontline perspectives of C. difficile infection prevention practice implementation within veterans affairs health care facilities: A qualitative study. American journal of infection control. 2023 Oct 1; 51(10):1124-1131.
Funk LM, Breuer CR, Venkatesh M, Muraveva A, Alagoz E, Hanlon BM, Raffa SD, Voils CI. Protocol and short-term results for a feasibility randomized controlled trial of a video intervention for Veterans with obesity: The TOTAL (Teaching Obesity Treatment Options to Adult Learners) pilot study. Contemporary clinical trials communications. 2021 Sep 1; 23:100816.
Gavin KL, Voils CI, Yancy WS, Olsen MK. Two-year weight trajectories following completion of a behavioral weight loss maintenance intervention. Obesity science & practice. 2021 Jun 1; 7(3):321-325.
Kronish IM, Thorpe CT, Voils CI. Measuring the multiple domains of medication nonadherence: findings from a Delphi survey of adherence experts. Translational behavioral medicine. 2021 Feb 11; 11(1):104-113.
Raghavan S, Xu K, Coffman CJ, Pabich S, Edelman D, Voils CI. Associations of Diabetes Genetic Risk Counseling with Incident Diabetes and Weight: 5-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of general internal medicine. 2020 Mar 1; 35(3):944-946.
Goldstein KM, Duan-Porter W, Alkon A, Olsen MK, Voils CI, Hastings SN. Enrollment and Retention of Men and Women in Health Services Research and Development Trials. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2019 Jun 25; 29 Suppl 1:S121-S130.
Jolles SA, Alagoz E, Liu N, Voils CI, Shea G, Funk LM. Motivations of Males with Severe Obesity, Who Pursue Medical Weight Management or Bariatric Surgery. Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A. 2019 Jun 1; 29(6):730-740.
Blalock DV, Bosworth HB, Reeve BB, Voils CI. Co-occurring reasons for medication nonadherence within subgroups of patients with hyperlipidemia. Journal of behavioral medicine. 2019 Apr 1; 42(2):291-299.
McVay MA, Yancy WS, Bennett GG, Jung SH, Voils CI. Perceived barriers and facilitators of initiation of behavioral weight loss interventions among adults with obesity: a qualitative study. BMC public health. 2018 Jul 11; 18(1):854.
Funk LM, Grubber JM, McVay MA, Olsen MK, Yancy WS, Voils CI. Patient predictors of weight loss following a behavioral weight management intervention among US Veterans with severe obesity. Eating and Weight Disorders : EWD. 2018 Oct 1; 23(5):587-595.
Funk LM, Shan Y, Voils CI, Kloke J, Hanrahan LP. Electronic Health Record Data Versus the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): A Comparison of Overweight and Obesity Rates. Medical care. 2017 Jun 1; 55(6):598-605.
Abbott DE, Voils CL, Fisher DA, Greenberg CC, Safdar N. Socioeconomic disparities, financial toxicity, and opportunities for enhanced system efficiencies for patients with cancer. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2017 Mar 1; 115(3):250-256.
Ulmer CS, Voils CI. Management of Insomnia in the Primary Care Setting. HSR&D Career Development Award Enhancement Initiative [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2016 Oct 11.
Funk LM, Jolles SA, Voils CI. Obesity as a disease: has the AMA resolution had an impact on how physicians view obesity? Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. 2016 Aug 1; 12(7):1431-1435.
Masheb R, Maguen S, Higgins D, Voils CI. High-Risk patient Groups with Obesity and Implications for Tailoring Weight Loss Treatments. Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2016 Apr 2; Washington, DC.
Masheb R, Maguen S, Higgins D, Voils CI. High-risk patient groups with obesity and implications for tailoring weight loss treatments. Presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2016 Apr 1; Washington, DC.
Fisher DA, Voils CI, Choudhry K. Physician attitudes about and adherence to guidelines for screening colonoscopy intervals. Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2016 Mar 31; Washington, DC.
Yancy WS, McVay MA, Voils CI. Effect of allowing choice of diet on weight loss--in response. Annals of internal medicine. 2015 Nov 17; 163(10):805-6.
Funk LM, Jolles S, Greenberg CC, Voils CI. Primary Care Physician Approaches to Severe Obesity Treatment and Bariatric Surgery: A Qualitative Study. Presented at: American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Conference; 2015 Nov 5; Los Angeles, CA.
Funk LM, McVay M, Olsen MK, Grubber J, Yancy WS, Voils CI. Psychosocial predictors of weight loss following a behavioral weight management intervention among Veterans with severe obesity. Poster session presented at: Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting; 2015 Nov 4; New Orleans, LA.
Voils CI, Grubber J, Olsen MK, McVay M. Predictors of Initiation of a behavioral weight loss program. Poster session presented at: Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting; 2015 Nov 2; Los Angeles, CA.
Funk LM, Jolles S, Fischer LE, Voils CI. Patient and Referring Practitioner Characteristics Associated With the Likelihood of Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review. JAMA surgery. 2015 Oct 1; 150(10):999-1005.
Steinhauser KE, Voils CI, Bosworth H, Tulsky JA. What constitutes quality of family experience at the end of life? Perspectives from family members of patients who died in the hospital. Palliative & supportive care. 2015 Aug 1; 13(4):945-52.
Knight SJ, Provenzale D, Voils CI, Scheuner MT, Venne VL. Veterans’ access to genomic innovations in clinical care: Lessons from VA genomic medicine collaboration. Presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 9; Philadelphia, PA.
Knight SJ, Provenzale DT, Voils CI, Scheuner MT, Venne VL. Access to genomic innovations in clinical care for Veterans: Learning from the VA genomic medicine collaboration. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 9; Philadelphia, PA.
Kiernan M, Leahey R, Tate D, Voils CI. Evidence-based strategies that improve recruitment, adherence and retention of randomized trials. Presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2015 Apr 25; San Antonio, TX.
King HA, Coffman CJ, McVay M, Jeffreys AL, Voils CI. Similarity in patient and spouse outcomes from a spouse-assisted lifestyle intervention. Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2015 Apr 25; San Antonio, TX.
Kiernan M, Leahey T, Tate D, Voils CI. Evidence-based strategies that improve recruitment, adherence and retention of randomized trials. Paper presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2015 Apr 22; San Antonio, TX.
McVay M, Yancy WS, Scott CN, Allen S, McSherry WC, Voils CI. Identifying factors to target to increase initiation of behavioral weight loss treatment. Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2015 Apr 22; San Antonio, TX.
Voils CI, Gierisch JM, McVay M, Maciejewski ML, Olsen MK, Yancy WS. Predictors of initiation and retention in a run-in phase to determine eligibility for a weight maintenance phase. Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2015 Apr 22; San Antonio, TX.
McVay MA, King HA, Jeffreys AS, Coffman CJ, Voils CI. Mechanisms of patient health behavior change in a randomized controlled trial of a spouse-assisted intervention. Psychology, health & medicine. 2015 Mar 16; 20(7):753-66.
Weidenbacher HJ, Beadles CA, Maciejewski ML, Reeve BB, Voils CI. Extent and reasons for nonadherence to antihypertensive, cholesterol, and diabetes medications: the association with depressive symptom burden in a sample of American veterans. Patient preference and adherence. 2015 Feb 20; 9:327-36.
McVay MA, Jeffreys AS, King HA, Olsen MK, Voils CI, Yancy WS. The relationship between pretreatment dietary composition and weight loss during a randomised trial of different diet approaches. Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association. 2015 Feb 1; 28 Suppl 2:16-23.
Orlando LA, Sperber N, Voils CI. Lessons learned from pre-implementation activities to integrate a web-based personalized health risk assessment program in diverse primary care settings. Paper presented at: National Institutes of Health / AcademyHealth Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation; 2014 Dec 8; Washington, DC.
King HA, Jeffreys AS, McVay MA, Coffman CJ, Voils CI. Spouse health behavior outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of a spouse-assisted lifestyle change intervention to improve patient low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Journal of behavioral medicine. 2014 Dec 1; 37(6):1102-7.
Steinhauser KE, Voils CI, Bosworth HB, Tulsky JA. Validation of a measure of family experience of patients with serious illness: the QUAL-E (Fam). Journal of pain and symptom management. 2014 Dec 1; 48(6):1168-81.
McVay M, Voils CI, Smith V, Geiselman P, Coffman CJ, Yancy WS. Can congruency between food preferences and weight loss dietary approach improve weight loss? Poster session presented at: Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting; 2014 Nov 2; Boston, MA.
Voils CI, Sleath B, Maciejewski ML. Patient perspectives on having multiple versus single prescribers of chronic disease medications: results of a qualitative study in a veteran population. BMC health services research. 2014 Oct 25; 14(1):490.
Maciejewski ML, Voils CI. Patient complexity, prescriber continuity and acute care. [Editorial]. Journal of general internal medicine. 2014 Sep 1; 29(9):1225.
Beadles CA, Voils CI, Crowley M, Maciejewski ML. Continuity of medication management and continuity of care: Conceptual and operational considerations. Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2014 Jun 8; San Diego, CA.
Sperber N, Morris S, Voils CI, Knight S, Provenzale D. Barriers and Facilitators to Diffusion of Genomic Services for Colorectal Care in the Veterans Health Administration. Paper presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2014 Jun 8; San Diego, CA.
McVay M, Beadles CA, Wu R, Grubber J, Coffman CJ, Voils CI. Effects of genetic risk counseling for diabetes on known predictors of health behavior: A randomized controlled trial. Poster session presented at: VA Durham VAMC Annual Research Week; 2014 May 13; Durham, NC.
Kronish I, Lin J, Cohen B, Voils CI, Olamiju B, Edmonson D. PTSD and Medication No Adherence in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension. Presented at: American Psychosomatic Society Annual Scientific Meeting; 2014 Mar 12; San Francisco, CA.
Gellad ZF, Voils CI, Lin L, Provenzale D. Physician perceptions on colonoscopy quality: results of a national survey of gastroenterologists. Gastroenterology research and practice. 2014 Mar 6; 2014:510494.
Gallagher P, Yancy WS, Denissen JJ, Kühnel A, Voils CI. Correlates of daily leisure-time physical activity in a community sample: Narrow personality traits and practical barriers. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association. 2013 Dec 1; 32(12):1227-35.
McVay M, Jeffreys AL, Olsen MK, Voils CI, King HA, Yancy WS. The relationship between pre-treatment macronutrient intake and weight loss during a randomized trial of different diet approaches. Poster session presented at: Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting; 2013 Nov 15; Atlanta, GA.
Sperber NR, Sandelowski M, Voils CI. Spousal support in a behavior change intervention for cholesterol management. Patient education and counseling. 2013 Jul 1; 92(1):121-6.
Gellad ZF, Voils CI, Lin L, Provenzale D. Clinical practice variation in the management of diminutive colorectal polyps: results of a national survey of gastroenterologists. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2013 Jun 1; 108(6):873-8.
King HA, Jeffreys AL, McVay M, Coffman CJ, Voils CI. Spouse Outcomes from a Spouse-Assisted Lifestyle Intervention to Lower Patient Cholesterol. Poster session presented at: VA Durham VAMC Annual Research Week; 2013 May 15; Durham, NC.
McVay M, Voils CI, Yancy WS. Effects of Pre-treatment Carbohydrate and Fat Intake on Weight Outcomes during Two Different Diet Approaches. Poster session presented at: VA Durham VAMC Annual Research Week; 2013 May 15; Durham, NC.
Han C, Voils CI, Williams JW. Uptake of Web-based clinical resources from the MacArthur Initiative on Depression and Primary Care. Community mental health journal. 2013 Apr 1; 49(2):166-71.
Voils CI, King HA, Neelon B, Hoyle RH, Maciejewski ML, Reeve BB, Yancy WS. Within-person variability in the extent of and reasons for antihypertensive medication nonadherence. Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2013 Mar 27; San Francisco, CA.
King HA, Coffman CJ, McVay M, Voils CI. Spouse outcomes from a spouse-assisted intervention to lower patient cholesterol. Paper presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2013 Mar 22; San Francisco, CA.
Shah TU, Voils CI, McNeil R, Wu R, Fisher DA. Understanding gastroenterologist adherence to polyp surveillance guidelines. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2012 Sep 1; 107(9):1283-7.
Sperber N, Sandelowski M, Voils CI. Process evaluation of a dyadic lifestyle change intervention to improve low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2012 Jul 18; National Harbor, MD.
Grubber J, Coffman CJ, Yancy WS, Voils CI. Personalized Risk Graphs for Intervention Trials – in Technicolor! Using PROC GKPI and CALL EXECUTE to Get the Job Done. Paper presented at: Pharmaceutical Industry SAS Users Group Annual Conference; 2012 May 1; San Francisco, CA.
Gallagher MP, Yancy WS, Denissen JJ, Kühnel A, Voils CI. Correlates of leisure time physical activity in a one-month daily diary study: Practical barriers and narrow personality traits. Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2012 Apr 12; New Orleans, LA.
Voils CI, Maciejewski ML, Hoyle RH, Reeve BB, Gallagher MP, Yancy WS. Developing a theoretically informed measure to better detect and address self-reported medication nonadherence. Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2012 Apr 12; New Orleans, LA.
Van Houtven CH, Voils CI, Weinberger M. An organizing framework for informal caregiver interventions: detailing caregiving activities and caregiver and care recipient outcomes to optimize evaluation efforts. BMC geriatrics. 2011 Nov 22; 11:77.
Gallagher MP, Voils CI. The percentage of people's behaviors that reflect trait standing. Poster session presented at: Association for Research in Personality Annual Conference; 2011 Jun 16; Riverside, CA.
Crandell JL, Voils CI, Chang Y, Sandelowski M. Bayesian data augmentation methods for the synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research findings. Quality & quantity. 2011 Apr 1; 45(3):653-669.
Straits-Troster K, Gierisch JM, Calhoun PS, Strauss JL, Voils CI, Kudler H. Living in Transition: Veterans’ perspectives on the post-deployment shift to civilian and family life. In: Treating Young Veterans: Promoting Resilience through Practice and Advocacy. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company; 2011. 384 p.
Voils CI, Yancy WS, Coffman CJ, Jeffreys AL, McKenzie JB, Bosworth HB. Outcomes from the Couples Partnering for Lipid Enhancing Strategies (CouPLES) trial. Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2011 Apr 1; Washington, DC.
Voils CI, Yancy WS. Comparison of two self-rating instruments for medication adherence assessment in hypertension revealed insufficient psychometric properties. Journal of clinical epidemiology. 2011 Mar 1; 64(3):340-1; discussion 341-2.
Voils CI, Maciejewski ML, Yancy WS. Psychometric overview for proper development, validation, and evaluation of self-report measures. Presented at: VA HSR&D National Meeting; 2011 Feb 16; National Harbor, MD.
Yancy WS, Voils CI. Improving Dietary Adherence. In: Improving Patient Treatment Adherence. New York, NY: Springer; 2010. Chapter 3. 39-68 p.
Voils CI, Yancy WS, Weinberger M, Coffman CJ, McKenzie JB, Jeffreys AL, Oddone EZ, Bosworth HB. The relationship between spousal support for exercise and diet behaviors: Baseline analyses from the Couples Partnering for Lipid-Enhancing Strategies (CouPLES) trial. Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2010 Apr 8; Seattle, WA.
Voils C, Hassselblad V, Crandell J, Chang Y, Lee E, Sandelowski M. A Bayesian method for the synthesis of evidence from qualitative and quantitative reports: the example of antiretroviral medication adherence. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 2009 Oct 1; 14(4):226-33.
Sandelowski M, Voils CI, Chang Y, Lee EJ. A systematic review comparing antiretroviral adherence descriptive and intervention studies conducted in the USA. AIDS Care. 2009 Aug 1; 21(8):953-66.
Sandelowski M, Barroso J, Voils CI. Gender, race/ethnicity, and social class in research reports on stigma in HIV-positive women. Health care for women international. 2009 Apr 1; 30(4):273-88.
Voils CI. Can Bayesian methods be used to synthesize qualitative and quantitative research findings? Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2009 Apr 1; Montréal, Canada.
Voils CI. Couples-based health intervention studies: Overcoming the challenges. Paper presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2009 Apr 1; Montréal, Canada.
Steinhauser KE, Voils CI, Bosworth HB, Tulsky JA. Measuring the quality of family experience of patients with serious illness. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D National Meeting; 2009 Feb 14; Baltimore, MD.
Sandelowski M, Voils CI, Barroso J, Lee EJ. "Distorted into clarity": a methodological case study illustrating the paradox of systematic review. Research in nursing & health. 2008 Oct 1; 31(5):454-65.
Bosworth HB, Voils CI, Potter GG, Steffens DC. The effects of antidepressant medication adherence as well as psychosocial and clinical factors on depression outcome among older adults. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 2008 Feb 1; 23(2):129-34.
Voils CI, Olsen MK, Williams JW, Impact Study Investigators. Identifying depressed older adults in primary care: a secondary analysis of a multisite randomized controlled trial. Primary care companion to the Journal of clinical psychiatry. 2008 Jan 1; 10(1):9-14.
Voils CI, Barroso J, Hasselblad V, Sandelowski M. In or out? Methodological considerations for including and excluding findings from a meta-analysis of predictors of antiretroviral adherence in HIV-positive women. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2007 Jul 1; 59(2):163-77.
Cho AH, Voils CI, Yancy WS, Oddone EZ, Bosworth HB. Does participatory decision making improve hypertension self-care behaviors and outcomes? Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.). 2007 May 1; 9(5):330-6.
Voils CI, Sandelowski M, Barroso J, Hasselblad V. Integrating qualitative and quantitative research findings. Poster session presented at: Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions; 2007 Mar 1; Washington, DC.
Sandelowski M, Barroso J, Voils CI. Using qualitative metasummary to synthesize qualitative and quantitative descriptive findings. Research in nursing & health. 2007 Feb 1; 30(1):99-111.
Sandelowski M, Voils CI, Barroso J. Comparability work and the management of difference in research synthesis studies. Social science & medicine. 2007 Jan 1; 64(1):236-47.
Barroso J, Sandelowski M, Voils CI. Research results have expiration dates: ensuring timely systematic reviews. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice. 2006 Aug 1; 12(4):454-62.
Barroso J, Voils CI, Sandelowski M. Enhancing HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care Through Nursing Research. Paper presented at: Nursing Science and HIV / AIDS International Annual Conference; 2006 Aug 1; Toronto, Canada.
Cho A, Voils CI, Bosworth HB, Yancy WS, Oddone EZ. The relative contribution of participatory decision-making on different aspects of hypertension care. Paper presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2005 May 1; New Orleans, LA.
Voils CI. Understanding adherence to blood-pressure lowering regimens: A qualitative study of facilitators and barriers. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D National Meeting; 2005 Feb 18; Baltimore, MD.
Voils CI, Steffens DC, Flint EP, Bosworth HB. Social support and locus of control as predictors of adherence to antidepressant medication in an elderly population. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2005 Feb 1; 13(2):157-65.
Bosworth HB, Voils CI. Theoretical models to understand adherence. In: Bosworth HB, Weinberger M, Oddone EZ, editors. Patient treatment adherence: Concepts, interventions, and measurement. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 2003.
Monteith MJ, Ashburn-Nardo L, Voils CI, Czopp AM. Putting the brakes on prejudice: on the development and operation of cues for control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2002 Nov 1; 83(5):1029-50.