Methods Core

方法核心将为推进认知/情感变化科学提供基础设施 并改善与这些变化相关的症状 使用适应性方法和提供者指导的疗法（技术工作）。认知/情感 在慢性病中如此普遍的症状是复杂的、多原因的、非线性的，其特点是 相当大的可变性。因此，研究这些症状的方法必须能够表征 这些方面的症状经验的团体和个人。轨道科学在 护理正在扩大。结合定量和定性数据的纵向方法 和创新的数据可视化技术，轨迹方法可以用来探索各种数据， 如何创建不同的现象图片，并增强可以从 慢性病症状的研究。 方法核心将与行政核心和奖学金/指导核心密切合作，以： 目标1：促进和扩大生物行为研究和轨迹方法（纵向和 纵向混合方法设计、轨迹分析和可视化技术）， 了解和改善症状，症状困扰，和症状后遗症的人， 慢性疾病的认知/情感变化。 目标2：为轨迹方法提供咨询和支持。 目标3：支持中心研究者的数据库开发和管理。 目标4：与奖学金和指导核心合作，促进学习和合作 通过研讨会和期刊俱乐部在中心研究人员中进行测量， 认知/情感症状和轨迹分析。

The Methods Core will provide infrastructure for advancing the science on cognitive/affective changes that accompany chronic illness and for ameliorating the symptoms associated with these changes using adaptive approaches and provider directed therapies (technical work). Cognitive/affective symptoms, so prevalent in chronic illness, are complex, multi-causal, non-linear and characterized by considerable variability. Thus, the methods for studying these symptoms must be able to characterize these aspects of the symptom experience for both groups and individuals. Trajectory science in nursing is expanding. Combined with longitudinal methods for both quantitative and qualitative data and innovative data visualization techniques, trajectory methods can be used to explore data in various ways to create different pictures of the phenomena and enhance insights that can be gained from studies of symptoms in chronic illness. The Methods Core will work closely with the Administrative Core and Scholarship/Mentoring Core to: Aim 1: Promote and expand bio-behavioral research and trajectory methods (longitudinal and longitudinal mixed methods designs, trajectory analyses, and visualization techniques) in studies to understand and ameliorate symptoms, symptom distress, and symptom sequelae for people with cognitive/affective changes in chronic illness. Aim 2: Provide consultation and support for trajectory methods. Aim 3: Support database development and management for Center Investigators. Aim 4: Collaborate with the Scholarship and Mentoring Core to promote learning and collaboration among center investigators through seminars and a journal club focused en measuring cognitive/affective symptoms and trajectory analyses.