Dr. Paula Riess Sherwood

University of Pittsburgh, USA

Email: prs11@pitt.edu

Qualifications

2004 Ph.D., Michigan State University, Nursing

1995 M.S.N., University of Iowa, Nursing

1990 B.S.N., James Madison University, Nursing

Publications (Selected)

1. Riess-Sherwood, P., Given, B., & Given, C. (2002). Who cares for the caregiver: Strategies to provide support. Home Health Care Management and Practice, 14(2)110-121.

2. Sherwood, P., Given, B., Scholnik, A., & Given, C. (2004). To refer or not refer: Factors that affect primary care provider referral of patients with cancer to clinical treatment trials. Journal of Cancer Education, 19(1), 58-65.

3. Sherwood, P., Given, B., Given, C., Schiffman, R., & Murman, D. (2004). Family care of persons with a brain tumor. Nursing Inquiry, 11(1), 43-53.

4. Sherwood, P., Given, B., Doorenbos, A., & Given, C. (2004). Forgotten voices: Lessons from bereaved caregivers. Journal of Palliative Care Nursing, 10(2), 67-75.

5. Sherwood, P., Stommel, M., Murman, D., Given, C., & Given, B. (2004). Primary malignant brain tumor incidence and medicaid enrollment. Neurology, 62(10), 1788-1793.

6. Given, B., Wyatt, G., Given, C., Gift, A., Sherwood, P., DeVoss, D., & Rahbar, M. (2004). Burden and depression among caregivers of patients with cancer at the end-of-life. Oncology Nursing Forum, 31(6), 1105-1117.

7. Sherwood, P., Given, C., Given, B., & von Eye, A. (2005). Caregiver burden and depressive symptoms: Analysis of common outcomes in caregivers of elderly patients. Journal of Aging and Health, 17(2), 125-147.

8. Sherwood, P., Given, B., Given, C., Champion, V., Doorenbos, A., Azzouz, F., Kozachik, S., Wagler-Ziner, K., & Monahan, P. (2005). A cognitive behavioral intervention for symptom management in patients with advanced cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum, 32(6), 1-9.

9. Sherwood, P., Given, B., Given, C., Schiffman, R., Murman, D., Lovely, M., von Eye, A., Rogers, L., & Remer, S. (2006). Predictors of distress in caregivers of persons with a primary malignant brain tumor. Research in Nursing and Health, 29(2), 105-120.

10. Given, B., Given, C.W., Sikorskii, A., Jeon, S., Sherwood, P., & Rahbar, M.  (2006).  The impact of providing symptom management assistance on caregiver reaction: Results of a randomized trial. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 32(5), 433-443.

11. Murman, D., Von Eye, A., Sherwood, P., Liang, J., & Colenda, C. (2007). Evaluated need, costs of care and payer perspective in degenerative dementia patients. Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, 21(1), 39-48.

12. Donovan, H., Ward, S., Sherwood, P., & Serlin, R. (2008). Evaluation of the Symptom Representation Questionnaire (SRQ) for assessing cancer-related symptoms. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 35(3), 242-257. PMCID: PMC2408721.

13. Sherwood, P., Given, B., Given, C., Schiffman, R., Murman, D., von Eye, A., Lovely, M., Rogers, L., & Remer, S. (2007).The influence of caregiver mastery on depressive symptoms. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 39(3), 249-255.

14. Bradley, S., Sherwood, P., Donovan, H., Hamilton, R., Rosenzweig, M., Hricik, A,. & Bender, C. (2007). I could lose everything: Understanding the cost of a brain tumor. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 85(3), 329-338.

15. Sherwood, P., Donovan, H., Given, C.W., Lu, X., Given, B., Hricik, A., & Bradley, S. (2007). Predictors of employment and lost hours from work in cancer caregivers. Psycho-Oncology, 17(6), 598-605.

16. Lingler, J., Sherwood, P., Crighton, M., Song, M., & Happ. M. (2008). Conceptual challenges in the study of caregiver-care recipient relationships. Nursing Research, 57(5), 367-372. PMCID: PMC2875992.

17. Sherwood, P., Given, B., Donovan, H., Given, C.W., Baum, A., Bender, C.M., & Schulz, R. (2008). Guiding research in family care: A new approach to oncology caregiving. Psycho-Oncology, 17(10), 986-996.

18. Sherwood, P., Donovan, H., Rosenzweig, M., Hamilton, R., & Bender, C. (2008). A house of cards: The impact of treatment costs on women with breast and ovarian cancer. Cancer Nursing, 31(6), 470-477.

19. Honea, N.J., Brintnall, R., Given, B., Sherwood, P., Colao, D.B., Somers, S.C., & Northouse, L.L.  (2008).  Putting evidence into practice:  Nursing assessment and interventions to reduce family caregiver strain and burden. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 12(3), 507-516.

20. Gallek, M., Conley, Y., Sherwood, P., Horowitz, M., Kassam, A., & Alexander, S. (2009). APOE Genotype and Functional Outcome Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Biological Research for Nursing, 10(3), 205-212. PMCID: PMC2744368.

21. Bradley, S., Sherwood, P., Kuo, J., Kammerer, C., Gettig, E., & Ren, D. (2009). Perceptions of economic hardship and the emotional health in a pilot sample of family caregivers. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 93(3), 333.

22. Newberry, A., Sherwood, P., Hricik, A., Bradley, S., Kuo, J., Crago, E., Hoffman, L., & Given, B. (2010). Understanding recruitment and retention in neurological research. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 42(1), 47-57. PMCID: PMC2831228.

23. Weber, S., Crago, E., Sherwood, P. & Smith, T. (2009). Practitioner centered approaches to the integration of clinical decision support system technology in care practice. Journal of Nursing Administration, 39(11), 465-469.

24. Hricik, A., Donovan, H., Bradley, S., Given, B., Bender, C., Newberry, A., Hamilton, R., & Sherwood, P. (Published). Transitioning into the caregiver role: Changes in caregiver perceptions over time in response to providing care for a loved one with a primary malignant brain tumor. Oncology Nursing Forum.

25. Saban, K.L., Sherwood, P., DeVon, H., & Hynes, D.M. (In press). Measures of psychological stress and physical health in family caregivers of stroke survivors: A literature review. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 42(3):128-38.

26. Chuang, P., Conley, Y., Poloyac, S., Okonkwo, D. Ren, D., Sherwood, P., Hravnak, M., & Alexander, S. (2010). Neuroglobin genetic polymorphisms and their relationship to functional outcomes after traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 27(6),999-1006.