Publications

Selected Publications From the Past Five Years

For a full list of publications, please visit Dr. Politi’s PubMed webpage.

  1. Tellor Pennington, B., Politi, M.C., Ben Abdallah, A. Janda, A.M., Eshun-Wilsonova, I., deBourbon, N.G., Siderowf, L., Klosterman, H., Kheterpal, S. & Avidan, M.S. (2023). A survey of surgical patients’ perspectives and preferences towards general anesthesia techniques and shared-decision making. BMC Anesthesiology, 23, 277.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-023-02219-5 . https://bmcanesthesiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12871-023-02219-5
  2. Politi, M.C., Forcino, R.C., Parrish, K., Durand, M-A., O’Malley, A.J., Moses, R., Cooksey, K. & Elwyn, G. (2023).  The impact of adding cost information to a conversation aid to support shared decision making about low-risk prostate cancer treatment: Results of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. Health Expectations. 26: 2023-2039. doi: 10.1111/hex.13810. PMID: 37394739
  3. Housten, A.J., Rice, H.E., Chang, S-H., L’Hotta, A., Kim, E.H., Drake, B.F., Wright-Jones, R., & Politi, M.C. (2023). Financial Burden of Men with Localized Prostate Cancer: A Process Paper. Frontiers in Psychology, section Psycho-Oncology, 14:1176843. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1176843 
  4. Foraker, R., Phommasathitb, C, Clevenger, K, Lee, C., Boateng, J., Shareef, N., & Politi, M.C. (2023). Using the sociotechnical model to conduct a focused usability assessment of a breast reconstruction decision tool. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 23(1):140. PMC10375746, doi: 10.1186/s12911-023-02236-x
  5. Politi, M.C., Housten, A., Forcino, R., Jansen, J. & Elywn, G. (2023). Discussing Cost and Value in Patient Decision Aids and Shared Decision Making: A Call to Action. Medical Decision Making Policy and Practice, 8(1):23814683221148651. PMCID: PMC9834940
  6. Lyons, P., Chen, V., Sekhar, T.C., McEvoy, C.A., Kollef, M.H., Govindan, R., Westervelt, P., Vranas, K.C., Maddox, T.M., Geng, E.H., Payne, P.R.O., Politi, M.C. (2023). Clinician Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to Implementing an Inpatient Oncology Early Warning System: A Mixed Methods Study. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, 7, e2200104. PMID: 36706345
  7. Politi, M.C. & Neuman, M.D. (2023). Understanding when, why and how shared decision making is used in routine care. Patient Education and Counseling, 106, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2022.10.352
  8. Housten, A., Kozower, B.D., Engelhardt, K.E., Robinson, C., Puri, V., Samson, P., Cooksey, K., & Politi, M.C. (2023). Developing an Educational and Decision Support Tool for Stage I Lung Cancer Using Decision Science. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 115(2), 299-308. https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(22)01008-6/pdf  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.07.019
  9. Simonovic, N., Taber, J.M., Scherr, C.L., Dean, M., Hua, J., Howell, J.L., Chaudhry, B.M., Wain, K.E., & Politi, M.C. (2023). Uncertainty in healthcare and health decision making: Five methodological and conceptual research recommendations from an interdisciplinary team. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. doi: 10.1007/s10865-022-00384-5. 
  10. Lee, C.N., Sullivan, J., Foraker, R., Myckatyn, T.M., Olsen, M.A., Phommasathit, C., Boateng, J., Parrish, K.L., Rizer, M., Huerta, T., & Politi, M.C. (2022). Interactive, Personalized Electronic Health Record-integrated Decision Support: Lessons Learned from a Breast Reconstruction Decision Aid Project. Medical Decision Making Policy and Practice, 7(2). doi:10.1177/23814683221131317
  11. Cooksey, K.E., Mozersky, J., DuBois, J., *Kuroki, L., Marx, C.M. and Politi, M.C. (2022), Challenges and Possible Solutions to Adapting to Virtual Recruitment: Lessons Learned from a Survey Study during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Ethics & Human Research, 44: 23-31. https://doi.org/10.1002/eahr.500148.
  12. Charles, M.E., Kuroki, L.M., Baumann, A.A., Tabak, R.G., James, A., Cooksey, K., & Politi, M.C. (2022). A case study of adapting a health insurance decision intervention from trial into routine cancer care.BMC Research Notes. 15: 298. PMCID: PMC9463661
  13. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0260704. PMCID: PMC34914705
  14. Barker, A., Joynt Maddox, K.E., Peters, E., Huang, K. & Politi, M.C. (2021). Predicting Future Utilization Using Self-Reported Health Status and Detailed Health Information: Implications for Individual Health Insurance Decision Support. Inquiry, 58.  PMCID: PMC8695746
  15. Soltys, F.C., Spilo, K. & Politi, M.C. (2021). The Content and Quality of Publicly-Available Information About Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Descriptive Study. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 4(4):e30695) doi: 10.2196/30695. PMCID: PMC8564656
  16. Oman, K. Durand, M-A., Elwyn, G., Marx, C. & Politi, M.C. (2021). Unexpected Outcomes of Measuring Decision Regret: Using a Breast Cancer Decision-Making Case Example. The Patient. doi: 10.1007/s40271-021-00543-x 
  17. Boateng, J., Lee, C.N., Foraker, R.E., Myckatyn, T.M., Spilo, K., Goodwin, C. & Politi, M.C. (2021). Implementing an Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool into Routine Care: A Qualitative Study of Stakeholders’ Perceptions of a Post-mastectomy Breast Reconstruction Tool. Medical Decision Making Policy & Practice, 1 (10). PMCID: PMC8450551
  18. Abraham, J., Meng, A., Holzer, K.J., Brawer, L., Casarella, A., Avidan, M. & Politi, M.C. (2021).  Exploring patient perspectives on telemedicine monitoring within the operating room. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 156, 104595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104595. PMCID: PMC34627112.
  19. Coughlin, C.C. & Politi, M.C. (2021). Shared decision-making in dermatologic care: A call for more training and resources. JAMA Dermatology, 157(3): 271-272.
  20. Aronson, P.L., Politi, M.C., Schaeffer, P., Fleischer, E., Shapiro, E.D., Niccolai, L.M., Alpern, E.R., Bernstein, S.L., Fraenkel, F. (2021). Development of an App to Facilitate Communication and Shared Decision-Making with Parents of Febrile Infants ≤60 Days Old. Acad Emerg Med, 28 (1), 46-59. DOI: 10.1111/acem.14082. PMCID: PMC7794092.
  21. Politi, M.C., Yen, R.W., Elwyn, G., O’Malley, A.J., Saunders, C.H., Schubbe, D., Forcino, F., & Durand, M-A. (2021). Women who are young, non-white, and with lower socioeconomic status report higher financial toxicity up to one year after breast cancer surgery: a mixed-effects regression analysis. The Oncologist, 26(1), e142-e152. https://theoncologist.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/onco.13544 .PMCID: PMC7794185
  22. Butler, A.M., Grabinski, V.F., Boloker, G.D., Newland, J.D., & Politi, M.C. (2020). A Qualitative Study Examining Pediatric Clinicians’ Perceptions of Delayed Vaccine Schedules. Vaccine. 38(30):4740-4746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.05.015  PMCID: PMC7282958
  23. Politi, M.C., Goodwin, C., Kaphingst, K., Wang, X., Fagerlin, A., Fuzzell, L.* & Philpott-Streiff, S.E. (2020). How Do Subjective Health Literacy Measures Work in Young Adults? Specifying ‘Online’ or ‘Paper-Based’ Forms Impacts Results.  Medical Decision Making Policy and Practice, 5(1).https://doi.org/10.1177/2381468320924672 . PMCID: PMC7263163
  24. Fuzzell, L. N., Fraenkel, L., Stark, S. L., Seehra, S. S., Nelson, C., Keleman, A., & Politi, M. C. (2020). A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Older Women’s Attitudes Toward Osteoporosis Medications: Adapting a Health Communication Framework. Women’s Health Reports, 1(1), 102-113. PMCID: PMC7325487
  25. Madden, T., Holttum, J., Maddipati, R., Secura, G.M., Nease, R.F., Peipert, J.F., & Politi, M.C. (2020). Evaluation of a computerized contraceptive decision aid: a randomized controlled trial. Contraception, 102, 339-345. DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2020.08.002, PMCID: PMC7821473.
  26. Myckatyn, TM, Parikh, R, Lee, C & Politi, MC (2020). Challenges and Solutions for the Implementation of Shared Decision-Making in Breast Reconstruction. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, 8(2):e2645. PMCID: PMC7159965
  27. Politi, MC, Grant, RL, George, NP, Barker, AR, James, AS, Kuroki, LM, McBride, TD, Liu, J, & Goodwin, CM (2020). Improving Cancer Patients’ Insurance Choices (I Can PIC): A randomized trial of a personalized health insurance decision aid. The Oncologist; 25:609–619. PMCID: PMC7356712
  28. Phelan, PS, Politi, MC, & Dy, CJ (2020). How Should The Recovery Process Be Shared Between Patients and Clinicians? AMA Journal of Ethics, 22(5):E380-387. doi:10.1001/amajethics.2020.380  
  29. Soltys, F, Philpott-Streiff, S, Fuzzell, N & Politi, MC. (2019). The Importance of Shared Decision-Making in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Journal of Perinatology. 40(3):504-509.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0507-6
  30. Politi MC, Yen RW, Elwyn G, Kurien, N., Czerwinski, S.G., Schubbe, D., Saunders, C.H., Durand, M-A (2020). Encounter decision aids can prompt breast cancer surgery cost discussions: Analysis of recorded consultations. Medical Decision Making, 40(1):62-71. doi: 10.1177/0272989X19893308
  31. Politi, M.C., Lee, C.N., Philpott-Streiff, S.E., Foraker, R. Olsen, M.A., Merrill, C., Tao, Y. & Myckatyn, T.M. (2020). A randomized controlled trial evaluating the BREASTChoice tool for personalized decision support about breast reconstruction after mastectomy.  Annals of Surgery, 271(2):230-237. DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003444.
  32. Grant, RL, Paul, R, Zeal, C, Madden, T & Politi, MC (2020). Decisional conflict associated with clinicians discouraging particular contraceptive methods. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13364.
  33.  Myckatyn, T & Politi, M.C. (2019). Discussion: Decline in Racial Disparities in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Analysis from 1998 to 2014. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 143(6):1571-1572. PMID: 31136469. DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005612
  34. Murray-Torres, T.M., Casarella, A., Bollini, M., Wallace, F., Avidan, M. & Politi, M.C.* (2019). Anesthesiology Control Tower: Feasibility Assessment to Support Translation (ACT-FAST)- a mixed methods study of a novel telemedicine-based support system for the operating room. JMIR Human Factors, 6(2):e12155.
  35. Santosa, K.B., Keane, A.M., Politi, M.C. & Snyder-Warwick, A.K. (2018). Facial animation surgery for longstanding facial palsy: Opportunities for shared decision making. JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery. DOI: 10.1001/jamafacial.2018.0930
  36. Chi, J.J., Rosenberg, A., Hahn, S., Piccirillo, J., Politi, M.C., Kallogjeri, D. & Kukuljan, S. (2018). Patient Concerns About Nasal Reconstruction After Mohs Surgery and Implications for Shared Decision Making. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 144(12), 1180-1181. PMID: 30267057 doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2018.2368
  37. Grabinski, V., Myckatyn, T., M., Lee, C.N., Philpott-Streiff, S., & Politi, M.C. (2018). Importance of Shared Decision-Making for Vulnerable Populations: Examples from Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction. Health Equity, 2(1), 1-5. PMC6167005
  38. Tipirneni, R., Politi, M.C., Kullgren, J.T., Kieffer, E., Goold, S.D. & Scherer, A.M. (2018). Association of health insurance literacy and avoidance of health care services due to cost. JAMA Network Open, 1(7):e184796. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.4796 PMCID: PMC6324372
  39. George, N., Grant, R., James, A., Mir, N. & Politi, M.C. (2018). Burden Associated with Selecting and Using Health Insurance to Manage Care Costs: Results of a Qualitative Study of Non-Elderly Cancer Survivors. Medical Care Research and Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558718820232
  40. Politi MC, Barker AR, O’Leary C, Webb D, Barker MR. Facilitating Health Insurance Enrollment and Decisions Support: Lessons Learned from Five Years of Open Enrollment in Missouri. NEJM Catalyst. Aug. 22, 2018.
  41. Zhao J, Mir N, Ackermann N, Kaphingst KA, & Politi MC. Dissemination of a Web-Based Tool for Supporting Health Insurance Plan Decisions (Show Me Health Plans): Cross-Sectional Observational Study. J Med Internet Res 2018;20(6):e209. DOI: 10.2196/jmir.9829.
  42. Politi MC, Shacham E, Barker AR, George N, Mir N, Philpott S, Liu J, & Peters E. A Comparison Between Subjective and Objective Methods of Predicting Health Care Expenses to Support Consumers’ Health Insurance Plan Choice. MDM Policy & Practice; 2018 Jun 18: 1-8.
  43. Smith KT, Monti D, Mir N, Peters E, Tipirneni R & Politi MC. (2018). Access is Necessary but Not Sufficient: Factors Influencing Delay and Avoidance of Healthcare Services. Medical Decision Making Policy and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1177/2381468318760298.