CAROL M. MUSIL

Completed Research Support

Principal Investigators, Intergenerational Caregiving to At-Risk Youth,  NIH/NINR R01 NR005067  8/1/01 – 10/31/06

Mentor, Resiliency in Army Reservist Families Tri-Service Nursing Research MDA-905-03-2 TS09, J. Russek, PI, 9/1/03 – 12/07

Principal Investigator, Family Stress and Family Functioning in Caregivers to Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairments: A pilot project. AG-08012-16 (sub-project PI; C. Herrup, PI NIH/NIA Alzheimers Center, P Award) 6/1/04 – 5/31/07

Principal Investigator, Grandmothers Caring for Grandchildren in Uganda and Other Sub-Saharan African Countries: An International Collaborative Pilot, Ohio Board of Regents. 2003.

Principal Investigator, Grandmothers as caregivers: A comparison by caregiver status. NIH/NIA  R15 AG 15438-011998-2001

Co-Investigator, Teaching Resourcefulness to Chronically Ill Older Adults, J. Zauszniewski, PI,
NINR/NIH, RO1-NR04428.

Principal Investigator, Psychosocial and self-assessed health of grandmothers giving care to grandchildren: A follow-up study. American Nurses Foundation, 1996-1997

Principal Investigator, Psychosocial and self-assessed health of grandmothers giving care to grandchildren: A descriptive study, RIG. Ohio Board of Regents/ CWRU 1996.

Co-Investigator, Continuation of Stresses,Strains and Elderly Physical Health. (M. Haug, PI). NIH/NIA RO1- AGO8557, 1996-2001

Completed Training Support

Co-Program Director, Childbearing, Childrearing, Caregiving Research Training NIH/NINR T32 NR07108, M. Wykle, Program Director). 5/1/00-2/28/06

Core Faculty, Enhancing the Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Program John A. Hartford Foundation, B.Roberts, PI. 2002-2004

Selected Publications

Haug, M., Morris, D., Musil, C., & Warner, C. (1997). Older adults’ bodily changes and physician contact. Health, 1(1), 81-105.

Haug, M. Musil, C. Warner, C., & Morris, D. (1997). Elderly persons’ interpretation of a bodily change as an illness symptom. Aging and Health, 9(4), 529-552.

Musil, C.  (1998). Gender differences in health and health actions of community dwelling older adults. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 24(2), 30-38.

Musil, C. (1998). Health, stress, coping and social support of grandmother caregivers. Health Care for Women International, 19(5), 441-453.

Musil, C., Jones, S., & Warner, C. (1998). Structural equation modeling and its relationship to multiple regression and factor analysis. Research in Nursing and Health, 21, 271-281.

Musil, C., Haug, M., & Warner, C. (1998). Patterns of depressive symptoms in older adults over the course of 18 months. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 19(3), 207-224.

Musil, C., Ahn, S., Haug, M., Warner, C., Morris, D., & Duffy, E. (1998). Health and illness among community dwelling older adults: Results of a health diary study. Applied Nursing Research, 11(3), 138-147.

Haug, M., Musil, C., Warner, C., & Morris, D. (1998). Interpreting bodily changes as illness: A longitudinal study of older adults. Social Science and Medicine, 46(12), 1553-1567.

Campbell, C., Musil, C., & Zauszniewski, J. (1998). Practice patterns of advanced practice psychiatric nurses. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses’ Association, 4, 111-120.

Wonghongkul, T., Moore, S., Musil, C., Schneider, S., & Deimling, G. (1999). Relationships among uncertainly in illness, stress, appraisal, hope and coping in breast cancer survivors. Thai Journal of Nursing Research, 3(3), 200-213.

Musil, C. (2000). Health of grandmothers as caregivers: A 10-Month Follow-up. Journal of Women and Aging, 12(1), 129-145.

Musil, C., Morris, D., Haug, M., Warner, C., & Whalen, A. (2001). Recurrent symptoms, well-being and management. Social Science and Medicine, 52(11), 1729-1740.

Musil C., & Ahmad, M. (2002). Health of grandmothers: A comparison by caregiver status. Journal of Aging and Health, 14(1), 96-121.

Musil, C., Youngblut, J. M., Ahn, S., & Curry, V. (2002). Parenting stress: A comparison of grandmother caretakers and mothers. Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 8(3), 197-210.

Musil, C., Warner, C., Yobas, P. K., & Jones, S. (2002).  A comparison of imputation techniques for handling missing data. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 24(5), 815-829.

Musil, C., Morris, D., Warner, C., & Saied, H. (2003). Issues in caregivers’ stress and providers’ support. Research on Aging, 25(5), 505-526.

Sousa, V. D., Zauszniewski, J. A., Musil, C. M., McDonald, P., & Milligan, S. (2004). Testing a conceptual framework for diabetes self-care management. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: An International Journal, 18(4), 293-316.

Weber, B. A., Roberts, B. L., Resnick, M., Deimling, G., Zauszniewski, J. A., Musil, C., & Yarandi, H. N. (2004). The effect of dyadic intervention on self-efficacy, social support, and depression for men with prostate cancer. Psycho-oncolog, 13, 47-60.

Musil, C. M., Mutabaazi, J., Walusimbi, M., Okonsky, J. G., Biribonwa, Y., Eagan, S., Dimarco, M. A., Mbaballi, S., & Fitzpatrick, J. J. (2004). Considerations for preparing collaborative international research: A Ugandan experience. Applied Nursing Research, 17(3), 195-200.

Sousa, V. D., Zauszniewski, J. A., & Musil, C. M. (2004). How to determine whether a convenience sample represents the population. Applied Nursing Research, 17(2), 130-133.

Musil, C., & Standing, T. (2005). Grandmothers’ diaries: A glimpse at daily lives. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 60(1), 317-329.

Maloni, J., Park, S., Anthony, M., & Musil, C., (2005). Measurement of antepartum depressive symptoms during high risk pregnancy. Research in Nursing and Health, 28, 16-26.

Ahmad, M., Musil, C., Zauszniewski, J., Morris, D., & Resnik, M. (2005). Stress, appraisal, coping and health in prostate cancer patients. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 31(10), 34-43.

Huang C. , Musil C. Zauszniewski, J. & Wykle, M. (2006). Effects of social support and coping of family caregivers of older adults with dementia in Taiwan International Journal of Aging and Human Development 63 (1): 1-25 2006

Musil, C., Warner, C., Jeanblanc, A., Zauszniewski, J., Kercher, K. (2006). Grandmothers, caregiving and family functioning, Journal of Gerontology, Social Sciences, 61B,2, S89-98.

Sousa, V. D., Zauszniewski, J. A., & Musil, C. M. (2006).  Demographic Differences of Adults with Diabetes Mellitus- a cross-sectional study. Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing.

Preechawong S, Zauszniewski JA, Heinzer MM, Musil CM, Kercsmar C, Aswinanonh R. (2007). Relationships of family functioning, self-esteem, and resourceful coping of thai adolescents with asthma. Issues in  Mental Health Nursing, 28(1):21-36.

Standing, T., Musil, C., & Warner, C. (2007). Grandmothers’ Transitions in Caregiving to Grandchildren. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 29(5):613-31.

Zauszniewski JA, Bekhet AK, Lai CY, McDonald PE, Musil CM (2007). Effects of teaching resourcefulness and acceptance on affect, behavior, and cognition of chronically ill elders. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 28(6):575-92.

Chang HJ, Zauszniewski JA, Heinzer MM, Musil CM, Tsai, W.C. (2007). Adaptive functioning and depressive symptoms in school-aged children. J Adv Nurs. 60(5):502-12.

Musil, C. M. (2007). Commentary on Measuring elders' symptoms with daily diaries and retrospective reports. Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 29, No. 3, 338-340.