Amber Bush Amspoker, Ph.D.
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Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Health Services Research, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt)
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- Quantitative Methodologist and Data Scientist
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Michael E. DeBakery VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas US
Addresses
- John P. McGovern Campus (Office)
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Room: NABS-01Y
Houston, TX 77021
United States
Education
- PhD from University Of Houston
- 05/2010 - Houston, Texas United States
- Department of Psychology
- MS from University Of Florida
- 08/2004 - Gainesville, Florida United States
- Department of Psychology
- BS from Texas A&M University
- 05/2001 - College Station, Texas United States
- Department of Psychology
Professional Interests
- • Program development and evaluation
- • Methodological considerations for randomized controlled trials
- • Instrument development and evaluation
- • Group and interpersonal processes
- Survey development and psychometric evaluation
- Longitudinal data analysis
- Program evaluation
- Dyadic data analyses
- Clinical trial design and evaluation
Websites
Selected Publications
- Hysong, Amspoker, & Petersen "A novel method for assessing task complexity in outpatient clinical-performance measures." Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2016 Apr;31(1):28-35. Pubmed PMID: 26951275
- Amspoker, Hersch, Snow, Wilson, Morgan, Sansgiry, & Kunik "A psychometric evaluation of the Pleasant Events Schedule - Alzheimer's Disease (short version) among a Veteran Population." Journal of Applied Gerontology. 2017 Jan;(1):1-21. Pubmed PMID: 23939438
- Robertson SM, Amspoker AB, Cully JA, Ross EL, Naik AD "Affective symptoms and change in diabetes self-efficacy and glycaemic control.." Diabet. Med.. 2013 May;30(5):e189-96. Pubmed PMID: 23350920
- Bush, Jameson, Barrera, Phillips, Lachner, Evans, Jackson, & Stanley "An evaluation of the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religion and Spirituality in older adults with prior depression or anxiety." Mental Health, Religion, and Culture. 2012 Feb;15(2):191-203. Pubmed PMID: 21491218
- Qureshi SU, Amspoker AB, Calleo JS, Kunik ME, Marsh L "Anxiety disorders, physical illnesses, and health care utilization in older male veterans with Parkinson disease and comorbid depression.." J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2012 Dec;25(4):233-9. Pubmed PMID: 23197499
- Stanley, Wilson, Shrestha, Amspoker, Wagener, Bavineau, Turner, Fletcher, Freshour, Kraus-Schuman, & Kunik "Community-based outreach and treatment for underserved older adults with clinically significant worry: A randomized controlled trial.." American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2018 Aug; Pubmed PMID: 30224269
- Bradford A, Brenes GA, Robinson RA, Wilson N, Snow AL, Kunik ME, Calleo J, Petersen NJ, Stanley MA, Amspoker AB "Concordance of self- and proxy-rated worry and anxiety symptoms in older adults with dementia.." J Anxiety Disord. 2013 Jan;27(1):125-30. Pubmed PMID: 23270995
- Trautner BW, Bhimani RD, Amspoker AB, Hysong SJ, Garza A, Kelly PA, Payne VL, Naik AD "Development and validation of an algorithm to recalibrate mental models and reduce diagnostic errors associated with catheter-associated bacteriuria.." BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2013;13:48. Pubmed PMID: 23587259
- Bush, Patel, Allen, Teal, Latini, Ellis, Herrera, & Frueh "Factor structure and convergent validity of the inventory of interpersonal problems in an inpatient setting." Journal of Psychiatric Practice. 2012 May;18(3):145-158. Pubmed PMID: 22617080
- Arya M, Amspoker AB, Lalani N, Patuwo B, Kallen M, Street R, Viswanath K, Giordano TP "HIV Testing Beliefs in a Predominantly Hispanic Community Health Center During the Routine HIV Testing Era: Does English Language Ability Matter?." AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2013 Jan;27(1):38-44. Pubmed PMID: 23305261
- woodard, Adepoju, Amspoker, Virani, Ramsey, Petersen, Jonese, Kiefer, Mehta, & Naik "Impact of patient-centered medical home implementation on diabetes control in the veterans health administration." Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2018 Aug;33(8):1278-1282. Pubmed PMID: 25092966
- Hysong, Amspoker, Hughes, Woodard, Oswald, Petersen, & Lester "Impact of team configuration and team stability on primary care quality." Implementation Science. 2019 Mar;13(73):1-11.
- Thakur, Amspoker, Sansgiry, Snow, Stanley, Wilson, Freshour, & Kunik "Pain among community-dwelling older adults with dementia: Factors associated with undertreatment.." Pain Medicine. 2017 Aug;18(8):1476-1484. Pubmed PMID: 27694534
- O'Brien, Shrestha, Stanley, Pargament, Cummings, Kunik, Fletcher, Cortes, Ramsey, & Amspoker "Positive and negative religious coping as predictors of distress among minority older adults." International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2019 Jan;34(1):54-59. Pubmed PMID: 30375027
- Shrestha, Ramos, Fletcher, Kruaus-Schuman, Stanley, Ramsey, & Amspoker "Psychometric properties of worry and anxiety measures in a sample of African American and Caucasian older adults." Aging and Mental Health. 2019 Feb;27(1):1-7. Pubmed PMID: 30810345
- Kunik, Snow, Wilson, Amspoker, Sansgiry, Morgan, Ying, Hersch, & Stanley "Teaching caregivers of persons with dementia to address pain." American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2017 Feb;25(2):144-154. Pubmed PMID: 27743840
- Bush, Armento, weiss, Rhoades, Novy, Wilson, Kunik, & Stanley "The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in Older Primary Care Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Psychometrics and Outcomes Following Cognitive Behavioral Therapy." Psychiatry Research. 2012 Aug;199(1):24-30. Pubmed PMID: 22503380
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