Locations

• Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Research Interests

Trudy R. Mallinson, PhD is currently researching include both clinical and health policy research. Her recent clinical research has included examining the relationship between fatigue and functional status in patients receiving chemotherapy treatment. She is currently involved in research to facilitate participation in lifestyle physical activity in persons with arthritis. Her health policy research involves examining changes in health provider organization in response to the new post-acute care prospective payment systems and the subsequent impact on service utilization, costs, and patient outcomes. Her research has compared access and outcomes of stroke patients discharged to inpatient rehabilitation and skilled nursing settings and examined the impact of ownership of single versus multiple post-acute care settings on rehabilitation access and outcomes.

Education & Training

Education

School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Ph.D., 2000

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

MS, Occupational Therapy, 1994

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

BSc, Psychology & Education, 1989

Central Institute of Technolgy

Diploma, Occupational Therapy, 1983

Fellowships

Institute for Health Services Research & Policy Studeis, Northwestern University

Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2002

Recent or Important Publications

Bode RK, Heinemann AW, Semik P, Mallinson T. (2004). Patterns of therapy activities across lengths of stay and impairment levels: Peering inside the “Black Box” of inpatient rehabilitation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 85(12), 1901-1908.

Bode, RK, Heinemann AW, Semik P, Mallinson T. (2004). Relative importance of rehabilitation therapy characteristics on functional outcomes for persons with stroke. Stroke, 35, 2537-42.

Mallinson, T., Cella D, Cashy, J. & Holzner, B. (Submitted). Giving meaning to measure: Linking self-reported fatigue and function to performance of everyday activities. Submitted

Finlayson, M., Mallinson, T., & Barbossa, V. (Accepted). Investigating the stability of ADL & IADL items across time. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.

Mallinson, T. & Heinemann, AW. (2004). What evidence supports Medicare’s draft local medical review policy for inpatient rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Outlook, Winter, 4-6.

Chen, C. C., Heinemann, A.W., Bode, R.K., Granger, C.V, & Mallinson, T. (2004). Impact of pediatric rehabilitation services on children’s functional outcomes. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 58, 44-53.

Mallinson, T., Stelmack, J., & Velozo, C. (2004). A comparison of the separation ratio and coefficient alpha in the creation of minimum item sets. Medical Care, 42(1 Suppl), I17-24.

Mallinson, T. & Stelmack, J. (2001). Going beyond unreliable reliabilities. Rasch Measurement Transactions, 14 (4), 787-788.

Velozo, C., Lai, J-S., Mallinson, T., & Hauselman, E. (2000). Maintaining instrument quality while reducing items: Application of Rasch analysis to a self-report of visual function. Journal of Outcome Measurement, 4, 667-680.

Kielhofner, G., Mallinson, T., Forsyth, K., & Lai, J-S. (2001). Psychometric properties of the second version of the Occupational Performance History Interview (OPHI-II). American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 55, 260-267.

Curriculum Vitae

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