Selected Publications

2014 Ritter P L, Ory MG, Smith ML, Jiang L, Alonis A, Laurent D, Lorig K. Linking evidence-based program participants’ data with Medicare data: The consenting process and correlates of retrospective participant consents. (2014 in press) Frontiers in Public Health Education and Promotion.

2014 Chen Z, Koh PW, Ritter PL, Lorig K, Bantum EO, Saria S.  Dissecting an Online Intervention for Cancer Survivors: Four Exploratory Analyses of Internet Engagement and Its Effects on Health Status and Health Behaviors.  (2014 in press).  Health Education & Behavior doi: 10.1177/1090198114550822

2014. Ritter P L, Lorig K. The English and Spanish Self-Efficacy to Manage Chronic Disease Scale measures were validated using multiple studies.  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.  [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.06.009.

2014 Ritter PL, Ory MG, Laurent D, Lorig K. Effects of chronic disease self-management programs for participants with higher depression scores: secondary analyses of an on-line and a small-group program.  Translational Behavioral Medicine.  (Published online 15 August 2014)  doi: 10.1007/s13142-014-0277-9

2014 Bantum EO, Albright CL, White KK, Berenberg JL, Layi G, Ritter PL, Laurent D, Plant K, Lorig K. Surviving and Thriving with cancer using a web-based health behavior change intervention: randomized controlled trail. Journal of Medical Internet research 2014 16(2): e54.

2014 Lorig K, Laurent DD, Plant K, Krishnan E, Ritter PL. The components of action planning and their associations with behavior and health outcomes. Chronic Illness 2014 10: 50-59. epub 2013 Jul 9.

2014 Lorig K, Ritter PL, Pifer C, Werner P. Effectiveness of a Generic Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for Persons with a Serious Mental Illness: A Translation Study. Community Mental Health Journal 2013 50: 96-103. First published online 8 Jun 2013 doi: 10.1007/s10597-013-9615-5.

2013 Lorig K, Ritter PL, Ory MG, Whitelaw N. Effectiveness of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for With Type 2 Diabetes: A Translation Study. Diabetes Educ. 2013 39(5): 655-663. Published online before print June 19, 2013, doi: 10.1177/0145721713492567

2013 Ory MG, Ahn S, Jiang L, Lorig K, Ritter P, Laurent DD, Whitelaw N, Smith ML. National Study of Chronic Disease Self-Management: Six-Month Outcome Findings. J Aging Health 2013 25: 1258. doi: 10.1177/0898264313502531

2013 Ory MG, Ahn S, Jiang L, Smith ML, Ritter PL, Whitelaw N, Lorig KL. Successes of a National Study of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program: Meeting the Triple Aim of Health Care Reform. Medical Care 2013 51(11): 992-8.

2013 Gits AA, Ritter PL, Plant K, Lorig K. Coding and Evaluating Facilitator Posts for an Online Cancer Survivor Workshop. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 2013 31(2): 219-34. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2012.761321

2013 Lorig K, Ritter PL, Plant K, Laurent DD, Kelley P, Rowe S. The South Australia Health Chronic Disease Self-Management Internet Trial. Health Education & Behavior 2013 40(1): 67-77. doi: 10.1177/1090198112436969

2012 Lorig K, Thompson-Gallagher D, Traylor L, Ritter PL, Laurent DD, Plant K, Thompson LW, Hahn TJ. Building Better Caregivers: A Pilot Online Support Workshop for Family Caregivers of Cognitively Impaired Adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology 2012 June; 31(3): 423 - 437, first published online on December 15, 2010, doi:10.1177/0733464810389806

2011 Layi G, Albright CA, Berenberg J, Plant K, Ritter P, Laurent D, Lorig K, Bantum EO. UH Cancer Center Hotline: Recruiting cancer survivors for an online health-behavior change intervention: are different strategies more beneficial? Hawaii Med J. 2011 Oct;70(10):222-3. PMCID: PMC3215984

2011 Ritter PL, Lee J, Lorig K.  Moderators of chronic disease self-management programs: who benefits? Chronic Illness, 2011 Jun;7(2):162-72.

2010 Lorig K, Ritter PL, Laurent DD, Plant K, Green M, Jernigan VB, Case S. Online diabetes self-management program: a randomized study. Diabetes Care. 2010 Jun;33(6):1275-81.

2009 Case S, Jernigan V, Gardner A, Ritter PL, Heaney CA, Lorig KR. Content and frequency of writing on diabetes bulletin boards: Does race make a difference? J Med Internet Res 2009; 11(2):e22 http://www.jmir.org/2009/2/e22/

2009 Goeppinger J, Lorig K, Ritter P, Mutatkar S, Villa F, Gizlice Z. The Mail Delivered Arthritis Self-Management Tool Kit: A Randomized Trial and Longitudinal Follow-up. Arthritis Care and Research 2009 July 15; 61(7): 867–875.

2009 Lorig K, Ritter PL, Villa FJ, Armas J. Community-Based Peer-Led Diabetes Self-Management:  A Randomized Trial. The Diabetes Educator 2009 Jul-Aug;35(4):641-51.

2008 Lorig KR, Ritter PL, Dost A, Plant K Laurent DD, McNeil I. The expert patients programme online, a 1-year study of an Internet-based self-management programme for people with long-term conditions.  Chronic Illness 2008; 4: 247-256.

2008 Lorig KR, Ritter PL, Laurent DD, Plant K. The internet-based arthritis self-management program: a one-year randomized trial for patients with arthritis or fibromyalgia. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Jul 15;59(7):1009-17.

2008 Bera-Miller N, Stewart AL, Kahn JG, Bortz WM, Ritter PL, Brown WB. Can a physical activity promotion program for older adults save health plans money? A cost-savings analysis of the Community Healthy Activities Model Program for Seniors (CHAMPS). In press, Managed Care Interface.

2008 Lorig K, Ritter PL, Villa F, Piette JD. Spanish diabetes self-management with and without automated telephone reinforcement: two randomized trials. Diabetes Care 31(3):408-14.[Medline]

2006 Ritter PL, Lorig KR, Gonzalez V. The measurement of pain using the Visual Numeric Scale. The Journal of Rheumatology 33(3):574-80.[Medline]

2006 Lorig KR, Ritter PL, Laurent DD, Plant K. Internet-Based chronic disease self-managment, a randomized trial. Medical Care. 44(11):964-71.[Medline]

2005 Lorig KR, Ritter PL, Plant Katy. A disease-specific self-management program (ASMP) compared to a generalized chronic disease self-management program (CDSMP) for Arthritis Patients. Arthritis Rheum. 53(6):950-7. [Medline]

2005 Lorig KR, Hurwicz ML, Sobel D, Hobbs M, Ritter PL. A national dissemination of an evidence-based self-management program: a process evaluation study.
Patient Educ Couns. 59(1):69-79. [Medline]

2005 Lorig KR, Ritter PL, Jacquez A. Outcomes of Border Health Spanish/English Chronic Disease Self-management Programs. The Diabetes Educator 31(3):401-409 [Medline]

2004 Ritter P, Lorig K, Laurent D, Matthews K. Internet versus mailed questionnaires: a randomized comparison. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2004;6(3):e29 url: http://www.jmir.org/2004/3/e29/

2004 Bruce B, Lorig K, Laurent D, Ritter P. The impact of moderated e-mail discussion group on use of complementary and alternative therapies in subjects with recurrent back pain. Patient Education and Counseling. 58: 305-311. [Medline]

2004 Lorig KR, Ritter PL, Laurent DD, Fries JF. Long-term randomized controlled trials of tailored-print and small-group arthritis self-management interventions. Med Care. 2004 Apr;42(4):346-54. [Medline]

2003 Lorig KR, Ritter PL, Gonzalez VM. Hispanic chronic disease self-management: a randomized community-based outcome trial. Nurs Res. 2003 Nov-Dec;52(6):361-9. [Medline]

2002 Lorig K, Laurent D, Deyo R, Marnell M, Minor M, Ritter P. Can a back pain e-mail discussion group improve health status and lower health care costs? Arch Intern Med 2002; 162:792-796. [Medline]

2001 Ritter PL, Stewart AL, Kaymaz H, Sobel DS, Bloch, DA, Lorig KR. Self-reports of health care utilization compared to provider records. J Clin Epidemiol. 54: 136-141.

2001 Stewart AL, Verboncoeur CJ, McLellan BY, Gillis DE, Rush S, Mills KM, King AC, Ritter, P, Brown BW and Bortz WM. Physical Activity Outcomes of CHAMPS II: A Physical Activity Promotion Program for Older Adults. Journal of Gerontology: MEDICAL SCIENCES 2001, 56a: M465-M470.

2001 Lorig, KR, Sobel DS, Ritter PL, Laurent D, Hobbs M. Effect of a self-management program on patients with chronic disease. Effective Clinical Practice 4: 256-262.

2001 Lorig, KR, Ritter PL, Stewart AL, Sobel DS, Brown BW, Bandura A, Gonzalex, VM, Laurent D, Holman HR. Chronic Disease Self-Management Program: 2-Year Health Status and Health Care Utilization Outcomes. Medical Care 39: 1217-1223.

2001 Stewart AL, Mills KM, King AC, Haskell WL, Gillis D, and Ritter PL. CHAMPS Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Adults: Outcomes for Interventions. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. In press.

1999 Lorig K, Gonzalez VM, Ritter P. Community-based Spanish language arthritis education program: a randomized trial. Med Care 37(9): 957-963.

1999 Lorig K, Sobel DS, Stewart AL, Brown BW, Bandura, A, Ritter P, Gonzalez VM, Laurent DD, Holman HR. Evidence suggesting that a chronic disease self-management program can improve health status while reducing hospitalization: a randomized trial. Med Care 37(1):5-14.

1999 Damush TM, Stewart AL, Mills K, King AC, & Ritter P. Prevalence correlates of physician recommendations to exercise among older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 54A:M423-M427

1997 Glasgow KL, Dornbusch SM, Troyer L, Steinberg L, Ritter PL. Parenting styles, adolescents' attributions, and educational outcomes in nine heterogeneous high schools. Child Dev. 68(3):507-29.

1997 Lorig K, V Gonzalez, P Ritter, V Nacif de Brey. Comparison of three methods of data collection in an urban spanish-speaking population. Nurs Res 46(4):230-234.

1997 Stewart, AL, Mills, KM, Sepsis, PG, King, AC, McLellan, B, Roitz, K, and Ritter, PL. Evaluation of CHAMPS, a physical activity promotion program for seniors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 19:353-361

1996 KM Mills, AL Stewart, AC King, K Roitz, PG Sepsis, PL Ritter and WM Bortz. Factors Associated with enrollment of older adults into a physical activity promotion program. In JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH 8 (1): 96-113

1996 Stewart, A.L., King, A.C., Killen, J.D., and Ritter, P.L. Does smoking cessation improve health-related quality of life? Annals of Behavioral Medicine 17:331-338

1996 Lorig K, Stewart A, Ritter PL, Gonzalez V, Laurent D, Lynch J. Outcome Measures for Health Education and other Health Care Interventions. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.

1995 Gonzalez V, Stewart A, Ritter P, Lorig K. Translation and validation of arthritis outcome measures into Spanish. Arthritis Rheum 38(10):1429-1446.

1992 Dornbusch SM and Ritter PL. Home-School Processes in Diverse Ethnic Groups, Social Classes, and Family Structures in HOME-SCHOOL COLLABORATION, edited by Sandra Christenson and Jane Close Conoley, National Association of School Psychologists

1992 Ritter PL, Dornbusch SM, and Mont-Reynaud R. Minority parents and their youth: concern, encouragement and support for school achievement. In N. Chavkin (ed.), EXPLODING THE MINORITY MYTH: PARENTS AND SCHOOLS. Teachers College Press.

1991 Dornbusch SM, Ritter PL, and Steinberg L. Community Influences on the Relation of Family Statuses to Adolescent School Performance: Differences Between African-Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, August 1991: 543-567.

1991 Dornbusch SM, Mont-Reynaud R, Ritter PL, Chen ZY and Steinberg L, Stressful Events and Their Correlates among Adolescents of Diverse Backgrounds, in ADOLESCENT STRESS: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES, edited by Mary Ellen Colten and Susan Gore, Chicago: Aldine Press.

1991 Hammer LD, Kraemer HC, Wilson DM, Ritter PL, and Dornbusch SM., Standardized Percentile Curves of Body-Mass Index for Children and Adolescents. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN 145: 259-263.

1990 R.W. Rumberger, R. Ghatak, G. Poulos, P.L. Ritter, and S.M. Dornbusch. Family Influences on Dropout Behavior in One California High School. SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION 63:283-299.

1990 S.M. Dornbusch, P.L. Ritter, R. Mon-Reynaud, and Z. Chen. Family Decision-Making and Academic Performance in a Diverse High School PopulationJOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT RESEARCH 5:143-160.

1988 S.M. Dornbusch and P.L. Ritter.Parents of High School Students: A Neglected Resource EDUCATIONAL HORIZONS 66: 75-77. (reprinted in the EDUCATION DIGEST 53).

1987 S.M. Dornbusch, P.L. Ritter, P.H. Leiderman, D.F. Roberts, and M.J. Fraleigh. The Relation of Parenting Style to Adolescent School Performance. CHILD DEVELOPMENT 58: 1244-1257.

1987 S.M. Dornbusch and P.L. Ritter. When Effort in School Does Not Produce Better Grades: A Family Environment Affects a School Process FAMILY PERSPECTIVE 21: 285-298.

1987 D.M. Wilson, H.C. Kraemer, P.L. Ritter, and L.D. Hammer Growth Curves and Adult Height Estimation for Adolescents. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN 141: 565-570.

1987 S.M. Dornbusch, R.T. Gross, P.D. Duncan, and P.L. Ritter. Stanford Studies of Adolescent Using the National Health Examination Survey in BIOLOGICAL-PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN EARLY ADOLESCENCE: A LIFE-SPAN PERSPECTIVE. R.M.Lerner and T.T.Foch, eds. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.

1986 Wilson, DM, LD Hammer, PM Duncan, SM Dornbusch, PL Ritter, RL Hintz, RT Gross, and RG Rosenfeld, Growth and Intellectual Development. PEDIATRICS 78: 646-650.

1985 P. Duncan, P.L. Ritter, S.D. Dornbusch, R. Gross, and J. Carlsmith, The Effects of Pubertal Timing on Body image, School Behavior, and Deviance. JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE 14: 227-235.

1985 Wilson, DM PM Duncan, SM Dornbusch, PL Ritter, and RG Rosenfeld, The Effects of Growth on Intellectual Function in Children and Adolescents. In Brian Stabler and Louis E. Underwood eds., SLOW GROWS THE CHILD: Psycholsocial Aspects of Growth Delay. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Erlbaum.

1985 S.M. Dornbusch, JM Carlsmith, SJ Bushwall, P.L. Ritter, H Leiderman, AH Hastorf and RT Gross, Single Parents, Extended Households, and the Control of Adolescents. CHILD DEVELOPMENT 56: 326-341.

1984 S.M. Dornbusch and P.L. Ritter, Sexual Maturation, Social Class, and the Desire to be Thin among Adolescent Females. JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS, Dec. 1984.

1984 S.M. Dornbusch, JM Carlsmith, H Leiderman, AH Hastorf, RT Gross, and P.L. Ritter, Black Control of Adolescent Dating. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 27:301-323.

1982 Ritter, LT and P.L. Ritter, THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF KOSRAE ISLAND; ACCOUNTS OF THE FIRST EUROPEAN VISITS TO KOSRAE. Micronesian Archaeology Survey Report #13. 218 p. Trust Territory Historic Preservation Office, Saipan.

1981 P.L. Ritter, Adoption on Kosrae Island: Solidarity and Sterility. ETHNOLOGY 20: 45-61.

1981 P.L. Ritter, The Population of Kosrae at Contact. MICRONESICA 17:11-34

1980 P.L. Ritter, Social Organization, Incest, and Fertility in a KosraeanVillage. AMERICAN ETHNOLOGIST 7:759-773.

1980 P.L. Ritter, Kosraean Mobility, Out-Marriage, and Migration. ANTHROPOLOGICAL FORUM 4: 352-374.