Robert M. Kaplan

Qualitative assessment of innovations in healthcare provision (2009)

Porzsolt, Franz, Ghosh, Amit K, Kaplan, Robert M

Abstract Background The triad of quality, innovation and economic restraint is as important in health care as it is in the business world. There are many proposals for the assessment of quality and...

Health Psychology: Where Are We And Where Do We Go From Here? (2009)

Robert M. Kaplan

Human behaviour plays a significant role in most of the leading causes of death. Psychological science has the potential to enhance health outcomes through a better understanding of health promoting...

Health Psychology: Where Are We And Where Do We Go From Here? (2009)

Robert M. Kaplan

Human behaviour plays a significant role in most of the leading causes of death. Psychological science has the potential to enhance health outcomes through a better understanding of health promoting...

Did Hitler have syphilis? A reply to Retief and Wessels (2006)

Kaplan, Robert M

No Abstract. South African Medical Journal Vol. 96(9) 2006: 782-786

Dispositional Optimism as a Predictor of Men's Decision-Related Distress After Localized Prostate Cancer (2006)

Steginga, Suzanne Kathleen, Occhipinti, Stefano, Robert M. Kaplan

This study investigated prospectively the relationship between optimism, threat appraisal, seeking support and information, cognitive avoidance, physical treatment side effects, and decision-related...

The impact of a second breast cancer diagnosis on health related quality of life (2005)

Thornton, Andrea A, Madlensky, Lisa, Flatt, Shirley W, Kaplan, Robert M, Pierce, John P

A growing of research documents the negative impact of recurrent breast cancer on quality of life (QOL), however few prospective investigations are available that compare QOL outcomes across...

The role of curiosity in smoking initiation (2005)

Pierce, John P, Distefan, Janet M, Kaplan, Robert M, Gilpin, Elizabeth A

Context: Although advertising theories have long viewed curiosity as an intermediate goal to encouraging consumption of a product among previous nonusers, this variable is rarely discussed in...

A primer on current evidence-based review systems and their implications for behavioral medicine (2004)

Davidson, Karina W., Trudeau, Kimberlee J., Ockene, Judith K., Orleans, C. Tracy, Kaplan, Robert M.

BACKGROUND: Multiple review systems have been established within medicine and psychology to evaluate and disseminate research findings to clinical practice. PURPOSE: Within this article, five...

1993 California Tobacco Survey (CTS) (1993)

John P. Pierce, Robert M. Kaplan

The California Department of Health Services conducts surveys of attitudes, behaviors, and media exposure regarding smoking and tobacco use as components of the smoking cessation evaluation effort...

What is the experience of discovering one's path ? / (1990)

Kaplan, Robert M.

[Abstract] The purpose of this heuristic research study was to describe the experience and investigate the question: What is the experience of discovering one's path? The experience included the...

Familial Similarities of Changes in Cognitive, Behavioral, and Physiological Variables in a Cardiovascular Health Promotion Program (1989)

Patterson, Thomas L., Sallis, James F., Nader, Philip R., Kaplan, Robert M., Rupp, Joan W., Atkins, Catherine J., ...

A number of studies have demonstrated that physiological and behavioral cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors aggregate within families. This fact, and the potential mediating role that the...

New health promotion indicators: the general health policy model (1988)

KAPLAN, ROBERT M.

This article provides an overview of a general health policy model and associated measures of health status. It describes some pervasive issues in health measurement, the applications of the model in...

The cost-utility of diet and exercise interventions in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (1987)

KAPLAN, ROBERT M., ATKINS, CATHERINE J., WILSON, DAWN K.

Substantial evidence suggests that obesity is associated with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and that weight reduction precedes improvements in glucose intolerance. However,...

Institutional Care Utilization by the Elderly: A Critical Review (1987)

Wingard, Deborah L., Jones, Denise Williams, Kaplan, Robert M.

Estimates of institutional care utilization by the elderly range from 4 to 63%, depending on which definition of institutional care is used, the sample selected, and the study design. Reviewed were...

Cost-Effectiveness of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

Ramsey, Scott D., Sullivan, Sean D., Kaplan, Robert M.

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a costly procedure that can improve quality and quantity of life. Given the prevalence of emphysema, the costs involved with its management, and resource...

Cognitive and Psychological Issues in Emphysema

Kozora, Elizabeth, Emery, Charles, Kaplan, Robert M., Wamboldt, Fredrick S., Zhang, Lening, Make, Barry J.

Various psychological and cognitive difficulties have been documented in patients with emphysema. The aim of this article is to review prior literature on the prevalence of these difficulties in...

Health-related Quality of Life in Emphysema

Kaplan, Robert M., Ries, Andrew L.

Patients with emphysema may experience reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL). HRQOL measures have evolved from two different measurement traditions: psychometric theory and decision theory....