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Robert D. Kerns

Robert D. Kerns

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Psychology

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78
Citations
26608
World Ranking
1566
National Ranking
936

Medicine

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89
Citations
43502
World Ranking
12448
National Ranking
6375

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Robert D. Kerns is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has made contributions primarily within the field of Medicine. Their research spans various subfields, including Pharmacology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse aspects of pain, health systems, and treatment methods. Notable topics include:

  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research

Robert D. Kerns has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Diana J. Burgess
  • Alicia A. Heapy
  • Robert H. Dworkin
  • Dennis C. Turk
  • William C. Becker

The scientist's recent papers illustrate involvement in telehealth reporting, pain care innovations, trial methodologies, and chronic pain treatment development. Selected recent publications include:

  • "TIDieR-telehealth: precision in reporting of telehealth interventions used in clinical trials - unique considerations for the Template for the Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist," 2022, BMC Medical Research Methodology
  • "Patient-Centered Pain Care Using Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Health Tools," 2022, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • "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
  • "Optimizing and Accelerating the Development of Precision Pain Treatments for Chronic Pain: IMMPACT Review and Recommendations," 2022, Journal of Pain
  • "Adapting to disruption of research during the COVID-19 pandemic while testing nonpharmacological approaches to pain management," 2020, Translational Behavioral Medicine

Publications have appeared in multiple academic journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Journal of Pain
  • Pain
  • UNC Libraries
  • JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Translational Behavioral Medicine

In recognition of professional distinction, Robert D. Kerns was named Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Topical Review and RecommendationsCore outcome measures for chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations

    Robert H. Dworkin;Dennis C. Turk;John T. Farrar;Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite

  • Core outcome domains for chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations.

    Dennis C Turk;Robert H Dworkin;Robert R Allen;Nicholas Bellamy

  • Interpreting the Clinical Importance of Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials: IMMPACT Recommendations

    Robert H. Dworkin;Dennis C. Turk;Kathleen W. Wyrwich;Dorcas Beaton

  • The West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (WHYMPI)

    Robert D. Kerns;Dennis C. Turk;Thomas E. Rudy

  • Prevalence of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain Among Adults - United States, 2016.

    James Dahlhamer;Jacqueline Lucas;Carla Zelaya;Richard Nahin

  • Explaining high rates of depression in chronic pain: A diathesis-stress framework.

    Sara M. Banks;Robert D. Kerns

  • Meta-analysis of psychological interventions for chronic low back pain.

    Benson M. Hoffman;Rebecca K. Papas;David K. Chatkoff;Robert D. Kerns

  • Systematic review: opioid treatment for chronic back pain: prevalence, efficacy, and association with addiction.

    Bridget A. Martell;Patrick G. O'Connor;Robert D. Kerns;William C. Becker

  • Prevalence of chronic pain, posttraumatic stress disorder, and persistent postconcussive symptoms in OIF/OEF veterans: polytrauma clinical triad.

    Henry L. Lew;John D. Otis;Carlos Tun;Robert D. Kerns

  • Chronic pain and depression: toward a cognitive-behavioral mediation model

    Thomas E. Rudy;Robert D. Kerns;Dennis C. Turk

  • An examination of the relationship between chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder.

    John D Otis;Terence M Keane;Robert D Kerns

  • THE ROLE OF SPOUSE REINFORCEMENT, PERCEIVED PAIN, AND ACTIVITY LEVELS OF CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS

    Herta Flor;Herta Flor;Robert D. Kerns;Dennis C. Turk

  • Use of Opioid Medications for Chronic Noncancer Pain Syndromes in Primary Care

    M. Carrington Reid;Laura L. Engles-Horton;MaryAnn B. Weber;Robert D. Kerns

  • Research design considerations for confirmatory chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations.

    Robert H. Dworkin;Dennis C. Turk;Sarah Peirce-Sandner;Ralf Baron

  • Depression and the Chronic Pain Experience

    J. A. Haythornthwaite;W. J. Sieber;R. D. Kerns

  • Anger expression and chronic pain

    Robert D. Kerns;Robert D. Kerns;Roberta Rosenberg;Mary Casey Jacob

  • Readiness to adopt a self-management approach to chronic pain: the Pain Stages of Change Questionnaire (PSOCQ)

    Robert D Kerns;Roberta Rosenberg;Robert N Jamison;Robert N Jamison;Margaret A Caudill;Margaret A Caudill

  • The role of denial in recovery from coronary heart disease.

    Jacob Levine;Stephen Warrenburg;Robert Kerns;Gary Schwartz

  • Psychological treatment of chronic pain.

    Robert D. Kerns;John Sellinger;Burel R. Goodin

  • Hostility, Coping and Health: Edited by Howard S. Friedman Published by the American Psychological Association, Hyattsville, Maryland 1992, 263 pages, $40.00

    Robert D. Kerns;Robert D. Kerns

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis C. Turk
Dennis C. Turk University of Washington
David A. Fiellin
David A. Fiellin Yale University
Mark P. Jensen
Mark P. Jensen University of Washington
Amy C. Justice
Amy C. Justice Yale University
Stephen Crystal
Stephen Crystal Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Diana J. Burgess
Diana J. Burgess United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Robert H. Dworkin
Robert H. Dworkin University of Rochester Medical Center
Michael P. McDermott
Michael P. McDermott University of Rochester
Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite
Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
John T. Farrar
John T. Farrar University of Pennsylvania

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