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Overview

Lewis E. Kazis is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on epidemiology, public health, rehabilitation, and mental health. Their research encompasses a variety of topics primarily related to injury and health outcomes.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Within medicine, key subfields include:

  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Rehabilitation
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

Lewis E. Kazis' research concentrates on several major topics such as:

  • Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes

The scientist has frequently published in several key journals, including:

  • Journal of Burn Care & Research
  • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Burns
  • Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
  • PLoS ONE

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Lewis E. Kazis include:

  • Describing the emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment symptoms associated with Maslach Burnout Inventory subscale scores in US physicians: an item response theory analysis (2020), Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
  • The History and Applications of the Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12) (2022), Journal of Ambulatory Care Management
  • Physical, Psychological, and Social Outcomes in Pediatric Burn Survivors Ages 5 to 18 Years: A Systematic Review (2021), Journal of Burn Care & Research
  • Translation and adaptation of the German version of the Veterans Rand-36/12 Item Health Survey (2021), Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
  • Longitudinal analysis of antibody decay in convalescent COVID-19 patients (2021), Scientific Reports

Lewis E. Kazis has collaborated repeatedly with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Colleen M. Ryan
  • Jeffrey C Schneider
  • Mary D. Slavin
  • Pengsheng Ni
  • Lauren J Shepler

Best Publications

  • Effect sizes for interpreting changes in health status.

    Lewis E. Kazis;Jennifer J. Anderson;Robert F. Meenan

  • The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in the elderly. The Framingham Osteoarthritis Study.

    David T. Felson;David T. Felson;Allan Naimark;Jennifer Anderson;Lewis Kazis

  • Measuring patients' desire for autonomy: decision making and information-seeking preferences among medical patients.

    Jack Ende;Lewis Kazis;Arlene S. Ash;Mark A. Moskowitz

  • AIMS2. The content and properties of a revised and expanded Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales Health Status Questionnaire.

    Robert F. Meenan;John H. Mason;Jennifer J. Anderson;Andrew A. Guccione

  • The Association of Bone Marrow Lesions with Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis

    David T. Felson;Christine E. Chaisson;Catherine L. Hill;Saara M.S. Totterman

  • Standards for epidemiologic studies and surveillance of epilepsy

    David J. Thurman;Ettore Beghi;Charles E. Begley;Anne T. Berg;Anne T. Berg

  • A Telecommunications System for Monitoring and Counseling Patients with Hypertension: Impact on Medication Adherence and Blood Pressure Control

    Robert H. Friedman;Lewis E. Kazis;Alan Jette;Mary Beth Smith

  • Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Served by the Department of Veterans Affairs Results From the Veterans Health Study

    Lewis E. Kazis;Donald R. Miller;Jack Clark;Katherine Skinner

  • Updated U.S. population standard for the Veterans RAND 12-item Health Survey (VR-12).

    Alfredo J. Selim;William Rogers;William Rogers;John A. Fleishman;Shirley X. Qian

  • Use of angiotensin receptor blockers and risk of dementia in a predominantly male population: prospective cohort analysis

    Nien-Chen Li;Austin Lee;Austin Lee;Rachel A Whitmer;Miia Kivipelto

  • Knee effusions, popliteal cysts, and synovial thickening: association with knee pain in osteoarthritis.

    C L Hill;D G Gale;C E Chaisson;K Skinner

  • Simvastatin is associated with a reduced incidence of dementia and Parkinson's disease

    Benjamin Wolozin;Stanley W. Wang;Stanley W. Wang;Nien Chen Li;Nien Chen Li;Austin Lee;Austin Lee

  • Mental disorders and mental health treatment among U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs outpatients: the Veterans Health Study.

    Cheryl S. Hankin;Avron Spiro;Donald R. Miller;Lewis Kazis

  • Health status in VA patients: results from the Veterans Health Study.

    Lewis E. Kazis;Xinhua S. Ren;Austin Lee;Katherine Skinner

  • Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life in Rural and Urban Veterans

    William B. Weeks;Lewis E. Kazis;Yujing Shen;Zhongxiao Cong

  • Outcome assessment in clinical trials. Evidence for the sensitivity of a health status measure.

    Robert F. Meenan;Jennifer J. Anderson;Lewis E. Kazis;Lewis E. Kazis;Marlene J. Egger

  • Pain in the rheumatic diseases

    Lewis E. Kazis;Robert F. Meenan;Jennifer J. Anderson

  • Improving the response choices on the veterans SF-36 health survey role functioning scales: results from the Veterans Health Study

    Lewis E. Kazis;Donald R. Miller;Jack A. Clark;Katherine M. Skinner

  • Agreement between administrative data and patients' self-reports of race/ethnicity.

    Nancy R. Kressin;Bei-Hung Chang;Ann Hendricks;Lewis E. Kazis

  • Psychosocial Status in Chronic Illness

    P. Leif Bergsagel;Thomas E. Finucane;Robert F. Meenan;John H. Mason

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald R. Miller
Donald R. Miller University of Louisville
Avron Spiro
Avron Spiro Boston University
Robert L. Sheridan
Robert L. Sheridan Harvard University
Dan R. Berlowitz
Dan R. Berlowitz University of Massachusetts Lowell
Howard Cabral
Howard Cabral Boston University
Ronald G. Tompkins
Ronald G. Tompkins Harvard University
Alan M. Jette
Alan M. Jette MGH Institute of Health Professions
David N. Herndon
David N. Herndon The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
William H. Rogers
William H. Rogers Tufts Medical Center
Nicole S. Gibran
Nicole S. Gibran University of Washington

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