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Karon F. Cook is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with notable work in several subfields including Pharmacology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Economics and Econometrics, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's work spans multiple main topics of interest, prominently including:

  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research

Among frequently publishing venues, Cook has contributed extensively to:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • Physical Therapy
  • Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
  • PAIN Reports

Highlighted recent papers by Karon F. Cook include:

  • "Development and validation of an interpretive guide for PROMIS scores" (2020), published in Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
  • "Comparison of a Single-Session Pain Management Skills Intervention With a Single-Session Health Education Intervention and 8 Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain" (2021), published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Patients and clinicians define symptom levels and meaningful change for PROMIS pain interference and fatigue in RA using bookmarking" (2021), published in Lara D. Veeken
  • "Standardizing fatigue measurement in multiple sclerosis: the validity, responsiveness and score interpretation of the PROMIS SF v1.0 - Fatigue (MS) 8a" (2021), published in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • "Patient Responses to the Term Pain Catastrophizing: Thematic Analysis of Cross-sectional International Data" (2022), published in Journal of Pain

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cook include:

  • Dagmar Amtmann, with 12 coauthored works
  • Sean Mackey, with 9 coauthored works
  • Beth D. Darnall, with 8 coauthored works
  • Dokyoung S. You, with 8 coauthored works
  • Maisa S. Ziadni, with 7 coauthored works

Best Publications

  • The patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) developed and tested its first wave of adult self-reported health outcome item banks: 2005-2008

    David Cella;William Riley;Arthur Stone;Nan Rothrock

  • The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS): progress of an NIH Roadmap cooperative group during its first two years.

    David Cella;Susan Yount;Susan Yount;Nan Rothrock;Richard Gershon;Richard Gershon

  • Psychometric evaluation and calibration of health-related quality of life item banks: plans for the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS).

    Bryce B. Reeve;Ron D. Hays;Jakob B. Bjorner;Karon F. Cook

  • Measuring diagnoses: ICD code accuracy.

    Kimberly J. O'Malley;Karon F. Cook;Matt D. Price;Kimberly Raiford Wildes

  • The John Insall Award: Patient expectations affect satisfaction with total knee arthroplasty.

    Philip C. Noble;Michael A. Conditt;Karon F. Cook;Kenneth B. Mathis

  • Development of a PROMIS item bank to measure pain interference

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

  • Report of the NIH task force on research standards for chronic low back pain

    Richard A. Deyo;Samuel F. Dworkin;Dagmar Amtmann;Gunnar Andersson

  • NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function

    Richard C. Gershon;Molly V. Wagster;Hugh C. Hendrie;Nathan A. Fox

  • PROMIS® Adult Health Profiles: Efficient Short-Form Measures of Seven Health Domains.

    David Cella;Seung W. Choi;David M. Condon;Benjamin David Schalet

  • Establishing a common metric for depressive symptoms: linking the BDI-II, CES-D, and PHQ-9 to PROMIS depression.

    Seung W. Choi;Benjamin Schalet;Karon F. Cook;David Cella

  • What functional activities are important to patients with knee replacements

    Jennifer M. Weiss;Philip C. Noble;Michael A. Conditt;Harold Willis Kohl

  • PROMIS measures of pain, fatigue, negative affect, physical function, and social function demonstrated clinical validity across a range of chronic conditions

    Karon F. Cook;Sally E. Jensen;Benjamin D. Schalet;Jennifer L. Beaumont

  • Having a Fit: Impact of Number of Items and Distribution of Data on Traditional Criteria for Assessing IRT’s Unidimensionality Assumption

    Karon F. Cook;Michael A. Kallen;Dagmar Amtmann

  • Establishing a common metric for self-reported anxiety: linking the MASQ, PANAS, and GAD-7 to PROMIS Anxiety.

    Benjamin D. Schalet;Karon F. Cook;Seung W. Choi;David Cella

  • Comparing CESD-10, PHQ-9, and PROMIS Depression Instruments in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis

    Dagmar Amtmann;Jiseon Kim;Hyewon Chung;Alyssa M. Bamer

  • Development and psychometric analysis of the PROMIS pain behavior item bank

    Dennis A. Revicki;Wen Hung Chen;Neesha Harnam;Karon F. Cook

  • Development and Validation of a Daily Pain Catastrophizing Scale

    Beth D. Darnall;John A. Sturgeon;Karon F. Cook;Chloe J. Taub

  • Comparison of the University of California–Los Angeles Shoulder Scale and the Simple Shoulder Test With the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index: Single-Administration Reliability and Validity

    Toni S Roddey;Sharon L Olson;Karon F Cook;Gary M Gartsman

  • Patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) domain names and definitions revisions: Further evaluation of content validity in IRT-derived item banks

    William T. Riley;Nan Rothrock;Bonnie Bruce;Christopher Christodolou

  • Prevalence and Treatment of Depression in Parkinson’s Disease

    Connie Veazey;Sahinde Ozlem Erden Aki;Karon F. Cook;Eugene C. Lai

  • Comparison of the psychometric properties of two fatigue scales in multiple sclerosis.

    Dagmar Amtmann;Alyssa M. Bamer;Vanessa Noonan;Nina Lang

Frequent Co-Authors

Dagmar Amtmann
Dagmar Amtmann University of Washington
Richard Gershon
Richard Gershon Northwestern University
Seung W. Choi
Seung W. Choi The University of Texas at Austin
Sean Mackey
Sean Mackey Stanford University
Jin Shei Lai
Jin Shei Lai Northwestern University
Mark P. Jensen
Mark P. Jensen University of Washington
Adam C. Carle
Adam C. Carle Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Arthur A. Stone
Arthur A. Stone University of Southern California
Jennifer J. Manly
Jennifer J. Manly Columbia University
Sandra Weintraub
Sandra Weintraub Northwestern University

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