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Heidi Donovan

University of Pittsburgh
Verified email at pitt.edu
Cited by 4443

Guiding research in family care: a new approach to oncology caregiving

PR Sherwood, BA Given, H Donovan… - … Oncology: Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Much research has documented both negative emotional and physical health
conditions that may result from providing care to a family member with an illness. However …

Self‐advocacy and cancer: a concept analysis

TL Hagan, HS Donovan - Journal of advanced nursing, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To report an analysis of the concept of self‐advocacy among individuals with cancer to
clarify its meaning, to differentiate this meaning with related concepts, and to unify …

Patient-related barriers to pain management: the Barriers Questionnaire II (BQ-II)

S Gunnarsdottir, HS Donovan, RC Serlin, C Voge… - Pain, 2002 - Elsevier
Patients' beliefs can act as barriers to optimal management of cancer pain. The Barriers
Questionnaire (BQ) is a tool used to evaluate such barriers. Here, the BQ has been revised …

Recommended patient-reported core set of symptoms and quality-of-life domains to measure in ovarian cancer treatment trials

KA Donovan, HS Donovan, D Cella… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
There is no consensus as to what symptoms or quality-of-life (QOL) domains should be
measured as patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in ovarian cancer clinical trials. A panel of …

Family caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic

SR Beach, R Schulz, H Donovan… - The gerontologist, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
has negatively affected persons with existing chronic health conditions. The pandemic also …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of patient and treatment factors on adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy in breast cancer

CM Bender, AL Gentry, AM Brufsky… - Oncology nursing …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Influence of Patient and Treatment Factors on Adherence to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in
Breast Cancer - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content NIH NLM Logo Access keys NCBI …

Randomized controlled trial of SPIRIT: An effective approach to preparing African‐American dialysis patients and families for end of life

MK Song, SE Ward, MB Happ, B Piraino… - Research in nursing …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This randomized controlled trial tested an intervention, Sharing Patients' Illness
Representations to Increase Trust (SPIRIT), designed to enhance communication regarding …

A representational approach to patient education

HS Donovan, S Ward - Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To describe the theoretical basis for a representational approach to patient
education and the application of this approach to the development, implementation, and …

An update on the representational approach to patient education

HS Donovan, SE Ward, MK Song… - Journal of Nursing …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To provide an update on the representational approach to patient education.
Organizing Construct: The representational approach to patient education to guide a wide …

Patient–provider communication and perceived control for women experiencing multiple symptoms associated with ovarian cancer

HS Donovan, EM Hartenbach, MW Method - Gynecologic oncology, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES.: Optimal cancer symptom management requires effective patient–health care
provider (HCP) communication. The goals of this study were to 1) describe symptom …