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Francis J. Keefe

Francis J. Keefe

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Medicine

D-Index
131
Citations
71132
World Ranking
2378
National Ranking
1341

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Francis J. Keefe is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine, with particular expertise in Pharmacology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Oncology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Keefe's work extensively covers several research topics, including:

  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers published in leading journals. Some of the recent publications include:

  • The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises (2020), Pain
  • Managing patients with chronic pain during the COVID-19 outbreak: considerations for the rapid introduction of remotely supported (eHealth) pain management services (2020), Pain
  • What Is the Relationship between Pain and Emotion? Bridging Constructs and Communities (2020), Neuron
  • Recommendations for the development, implementation, and reporting of control interventions in efficacy and mechanistic trials of physical, psychological, and self-management therapies: the CoPPS Statement (2023), BMJ
  • Using smartphone technology to improve prospective memory functioning: A randomized controlled trial (2021), Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Keefe frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Tamara J. Somers
  • Laura S. Porter
  • Joseph G. Winger
  • Sarah A. Kelleher
  • Hannah M. Fisher

Key publication venues associated with Keefe's research output are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Pain
  • Journal of Pain
  • Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Keefe was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1992.

Best Publications

  • The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises.

    Srinivasa N. Raja;Daniel B. Carr;Milton Cohen;Nanna B. Finnerup;Nanna B. Finnerup

  • Grading the severity of chronic pain.

    Michael Von Korff;Johan Ormel;Francis J. Keefe;Samuel F. Dworkin

  • The use of coping strategies in chronic low back pain patients: Relationship to patient characteristics and current adjustment

    Anne K. Rosenstiel;Francis J. Keefe

  • Theoretical perspectives on the relation between catastrophizing and pain.

    Michael J. L. Sullivan;Beverly Thorn;Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite;Francis Keefe

  • Mood disorders in the medically ill: scientific review and recommendations.

    Dwight L. Evans;Dennis S. Charney;Dennis S. Charney;Lydia Lewis;Robert N. Golden

  • Development of a PROMIS item bank to measure pain interference

    Dagmar Amtmann;Karon F. Cook;Mark P. Jensen;Wen Hung Chen

  • Psychological aspects of persistent pain: current state of the science ☆

    Francis J Keefe;Meredith E Rumble;Cindy D Scipio;Louis A Giordano

  • The symptoms of osteoarthritis and the genesis of pain.

    David J. Hunter;Jason J. McDougall;Francis J. Keefe

  • Pain and emotion: a biopsychosocial review of recent research.

    Mark A. Lumley;Jay L. Cohen;Jay L. Cohen;George S. Borszcz;Annmarie Cano

  • The management of persistent pain in older persons.

    B. Ferrell;D. Casarett;J. Epplin;P. Fine

  • Coping with rheumatoid arthritis pain: catastrophizing as a maladaptive strategy

    Francis J. Keefe;Gregory K. Brown;Kenneth A. Wallston;David S. Caldwell

  • The relationship of gender to pain, pain behavior, and disability in osteoarthritis patients: the role of catastrophizing.

    Francis J Keefe;John C Lefebvre;Jennifer R Egert;Glenn Affleck

  • An interdisciplinary expert consensus statement on assessment of pain in older persons

    Thomas Hadjistavropoulos;Keela Herr;Dennis C. Turk;Perry G. Fine

  • Race, ethnicity and pain

    Christopher L Edwards;Roger B Fillingim;Francis Keefe

  • Development of an observation method for assessing pain behavior in chronic low back pain patients.

    Francis J. Keefe;Andrew R. Block

  • Fluoxetine, comprehensive cognitive behavioral therapy, and placebo in generalized social phobia.

    Jonathan R. T. Davidson;Edna B. Foa;Jonathan D. Huppert;Francis J. Keefe

  • Persistent pain and depression: a biopsychosocial perspective

    Lisa C Campbell;Daniel J Clauw;Daniel J Clauw;Francis J Keefe;Francis J Keefe

  • Loving-kindness meditation for chronic low back pain: results from a pilot trial.

    James W. Carson;Francis J. Keefe;Thomas R. Lynch;Kimberly M. Carson

  • Acceptance and change in the context of chronic pain

    Lance M McCracken;James W Carson;Christopher Eccleston;Francis J Keefe

  • Pain coping strategies in osteoarthritis patients.

    Francis J. Keefe;David S. Caldwell;Kate T. Queen;Karen M. Gil

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura S. Porter
Laura S. Porter Duke University
James A. Blumenthal
James A. Blumenthal Duke University
Donald H. Baucom
Donald H. Baucom University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Karen M. Gil
Karen M. Gil University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kim L. Bennell
Kim L. Bennell University of Melbourne
David A. Williams
David A. Williams Boston Children's Hospital
Mark P. Jensen
Mark P. Jensen University of Washington
Amy P. Abernethy
Amy P. Abernethy Duke University
Laurence A. Bradley
Laurence A. Bradley University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mark A. Lumley
Mark A. Lumley Wayne State University

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