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College of Nursing

Bernice Yates, RN, PhD

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ACADEMIC DEGREES:
Medical/Graduate School PhD at University of Washington, Seattle, in Nursing
Residency/Fellowship Training
Post-doctoral Training

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Contact name: Bernice Yates
Phone number: 559-5358
e-mail address: bcyates@unmc.edu

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"Innovative Methods for Smoking Cessation"
Principal Investigator: Lynne Buchanan, Bernice Yates, Consultant
Agency: Nebraska Health and Human Services
Type: Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund Period: September 1, 2000 to August 31, 2001
The purpose of this grant is to test a smoking cessation program in individuals with inadequate resources who may not want to attend group sessions.
9/98-8/99 Bernice Yates (PI and Faculty Advisor)

Title: Comparing Two Methods of Follow-Up to Increase Risk Factor Modification and Functioning After a Cardiac Event. Funding agency: American Heart Association Student Research Fellowship (awarded to Kelly Tomlinson, BSN student), Total dollars: $1,500
3/1/98-8/31/99 Bernice Yates (PI), Carol Ott (Co-Investigator)

Title: Comparing Two Methods of Follow-Up to Increase Risk Factor Modification and Functioning After a Cardiac Event. Funding agency: University of Nebraska Medical Center Outcomes Grant Program, Total dollars: $39,980
2/1/98-1/31/99 Jana Whitton (Principal Investigator), Bernice Yates (Co-Principal Investigator)

Title: Risk Factors and Health Status of Participants and Nonparticipants in Cardiac Rehabilitation. Funding agency: Good Samaritan Foundation. Total dollars: $2,000
9/97-8/98 Bernice Yates (PI), Carol Ott, (Co-Investigator)

Title: The Effects of Psychoeducational Interventions on Risk Factor Modification and Quality of Life After Cardiac Rehabilitation. Funding agency: Fraternal Order of Eagles. Total dollars: $3,000

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Yates, B. C. (1995). The relationships among social support and short- and long-term recovery outcomes in men with coronary heart disease. Research in Nursing & Health, 18, 193-203.

Harris, J. K., Yates, B. C., & Crosby, W. M. (1995). The effects of a perinatal continuing education program on the knowledge and health care practices of health professionals. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 24, 829-835.

Yates, B. C., Bensley, L., Lalonde, B., Lewis, F. M., & Woods, N. F. (1995). The roles of marital status and quality in family functioning in chronic illness. Health Care for Women International, 16, 437-449.

Yates, B.C., & Eggert, L.L. (1995). A LISREL model of stress, social support, and recovery outcomes in cardiac patients. Circulation, 92 (Suppl. I-491, Abstract No. 2344).

Skaggs, B. G., & Yates, B. C. (1999). Quality of life comparisons after coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, 28, 409-417.

Macken, L., Yates, B. C., & Blancher, S. (1999). Concordance of risk factors in female spouses of male patients with coronary heart disease. Circulation, 100 (Suppl. I, Abstract No. 3887).

Yates, B. C., Ott, C., Anderson, T., & Williams, J. (1999). The effects of adherence enhancing strategies in risk factor modification and quality of life after cardiac rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, 19, (5), 300.

Yates, B.C., Whitton, J., & Seams-Meyer, B. (2000). Functional status and risk factor modification of participants and nonparticipants of cardiac rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, 20 (5).

Macken, L., Yates, B. C., & Blancher, S. (2000). Concordance of risk factors in female spouses of male patients with coronary heart disease. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, 20, 361-368.

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  • PREVIOUS GRADUATE STUDENTS/POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS (present location):

None

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Traditional cardiac rehabilitation has been found to improve functional capacity and quality of life and to reduce mortality and morbidity in cardiac patients. However, only 11-20% of cardiac patients, nationally, enroll in Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs after their cardiac event. The primary objective of this randomized, controlled, community-based, equivalency clinical trial is to see whether or not home-based cardiac rehabilitation (Home-CR) is at least as effective as traditional cardiac rehabilitation (Trad-CR) for 40-80 year old, myocardial infarction or coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients in their functional capacity, quality of life, adherence to secondary prevention guidelines, self-efficacy, cost-effective use of resources, and morbidity and mortality. Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory was used to design the nursing interventions in Home-CR, and is targeted to fill gaps in our understanding of how patients achieve positive outcomes in response to cardiac rehabilitation. A consecutive sample of 214 subjects will be recruited from the inpatient cardiac population at two regional referral centers. The Home-CR consists of individualized counseling about secondary prevention guidelines and medications (RN provider), an exercise prescription (Exercise Specialist), and dietary counseling (Dietitian). In addition, they will receive periodic telephone calls. The key differences between these two programs are in the method of delivery and in the intensity of the intervention on self-efficacy strategies (role-modeling, overcoming barriers, self-regulation skills, verbal encouragement, relapse management, etc.). Adherence will be objectively verified by biological and activity markers. Data will be analyzed by computing point estimates, confidence intervals, and generalized estimating equations analysis. Theoretical knowledge about the influence of adherence to secondary prevention guidelines and self-efficacy behaviors and outcome expectations on functional capacity and quality of life in cardiac patients will be advanced. The innovation of this alternate method of CR is that the program is designed to be delivered in the same time frame as traditional cardiac rehabilitation (8 weeks), at the initial time in the recovery trajectory when patients are most receptive and most likely to change, and it is a home-based, practical, multidisciplinary intervention which is potentially cost-effective.

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Measurement of physical activity and physical functioning.

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