Celia E. Wills

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First Name

Celia E.

Last Name

Wills

Credentials

PhD, RN

Faculty Emeritus

wills.120@osu.edu

Research Interests

Dr. Wills’ decision science research focuses on health-related decision processes, shared decision making of health care consumers/providers, and person-centered interventions for improving decision-making and health-related outcomes. Examples of recent projects with interdisciplinary teams at OSU and elsewhere include testing a decision support and individualized goal-setting intervention to improve self-management of type 2 diabetes mellitus, designing and testing a virtual simulation training for home healthcare workers to improve accuracy of worker risk perceptions and decision-making for managing hazards to worker health and safety in client homes, and various instrument development/validation projects.

Publications

Padamsee, T.J., Bijou, C., Swinehart-Hord, P., Hils, M., Muraveva, A., Meadows, R.J., Shane-Carson, K., Yee, L., Wills, C.E., & Paskett, E. (2024). Risk management decision-making from a community-based sample of racially diverse women at high risk of breast cancer: Rationale, methods, and sample characteristics of the Daughter Sister Mother Survey. Breast Cancer Research, 26(8). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-023-01753-x
Padamsee, T.J., Muraveva, A., Meadows, R., Hils, M., Yee, L., Wills, C.E., & Paskett, E. (2023).
Racial differences in prevention decision making among women at high risk of breast cancer: a qualitative study. PLoS ONE, 18(3): e0278742. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278742
Arthur, E.K., Menon, U., Barsky Reese, J., Browning, K., Overcash, J., Rose, K., & Wills, C.E. (2022). Profiles of women’s adjustment after cancer based on sexual and psychosocial wellbeing. BMC Cancer, 22:1003. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-10093-6
Hamad, A., Crossnohere, N., Ejaz, A., Tsung, A., Pawlik, T.M., Sarna, A., Santry, H., Wills, C.E., & Cloyd, J.M. (2022). Patient preferences for neoadjuvant therapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Pancreas, 51(6), 657-662. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000002083. PMID: 36099500
Langer, D.A., Holly, L.E., Wills, C.E., Tompson, M.C., & Chorpita, B.F. (2022). Shared decision-making for youth psychotherapy: a preliminary randomized clinical trial on facilitating personalized treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 90(1), 29-38.
Witteman, H.O., Ndjaboue, R., Vaisson, G., Dansokho, S.C., Arnold, B., Bridges, J.F.P., Comeau, S., Fagerlin, A., Gavaruzzi, T., Marcoux, M., Pieterse, A., Pignone, M., Provencher, T., Racine, C., Regier, D., Rochefort-Brihay, C., Thokala, P., Weernink, M., White, D.B., Wills, C.E., & Jansen, J. (2021). Clarifying values: an updated and expanded systematic review and meta-analysis. Medical Decision Making, 41(7), 801-820. DOI: 10.1177/0272989X2211037946
Padamsee, T.J., Wills, C.E., Yee, L.D., & Paskett, E.D. Decision making for breast cancer prevention among women at elevated risk. (2017). Breast Cancer Research, 19(1): 34. doi: 10.1186/s13058-017-0826-5
Trenaman, L., Jansen, J., Blumenthal-Barby, J., Körner, M., Lally, J., Matlock, D.D., Perestelo-Perez, L., Ropka, M., Stirling, C., Valentine, K., Vo, H., Wills, C.E., Thomson, R., & Sepucha, K. (2021). Are we improving? Update and critical appraisal of the reporting of decision process and quality measures in trials evaluating patient decision aids. Medical Decision Making, 41(7), 954-959. DOI: 10.1177/027298X211011120
Moss, K.O., Douglas, S.L., Lipson, A.R., Blackstone, E., Williams, D., Aaron, S., & Wills, C. E. (2021). Understanding of health-related decision-making terminology among cancer caregivers. Western Journal of Nursing Research. Doi: 10.1177/0193945920965238.
Arthur, E.K., Wills, C.E., Browning, K., Overcash, J., & Menon, U. (2019). The Self-Efficacy to Communicate about Sex and Intimacy (SECSI) scale: psychometric assessment in women treated for cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28(3), 1449-1457. DOI: 10.1007/s00520-019-04963-2.
Polivka, B.J., Anderson, S.E., Lavender, S., Sommerich, C., Stredney, D., Wills, C.E, & Darragh, A.
(2019). Efficacy and usability of a virtual simulation hazard training system for health and safety
hazards encountered healthcare workers. Games for Health Journal, 8(2). DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2018.0068
Hoffman, A.S., Sepucha, K.R., Abhyankar, P., Sheridan, S., Bekker, H., LeBlanc, A., Levin, C., Ropka, M., Schaffer, V., Stacey, D., Stalmeier, P., Vo, H., Wills, C., & Thomson, R. (2018). Explanation and elaboration of the Standards for Universal reporting of patient Decision Aid Evaluations (SUNDAE). BMJ Quality and Safety. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006985
Swoboda, C.M., Miller, C.K., & Wills, C.E. (2017). Impact of a goal-setting and decision support
telephone coaching intervention on goal achievement and dietary, decision, and clinical outcomes among people with type 2 diabetes. Patient Education and Counseling, 100, 1367-1373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2017.02.007
Wills, C.E., Polivka, B.J., Darragh, A., Lavender, S., Sommerich, C., & Stredney, D. (2016). “Making do” decision-making about home healthcare hazards among home healthcare personnel. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 38(4), 411-426. Recipient of the MNRS/WJNR Best Faculty Paper for 2015. DOI: 10.1177/0193945915618950 PMCID: PMC4835798. NIHMSID: NIHMS773578. Available online at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4835798/
Glass, K.E., Wills, C.E., Holloman, C., Olson, J., Hechmer, C., Miller, C.K., & Duchemin, A.M. (2012). Shared decision making and other variables as correlates of satisfaction with health care decisions in a United States national survey. Patient Education and Counseling, 88, 100-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2012.02.010

Recent Research Activities

“What’s the best way to handle situations that affect my health and safety while in a client’s home?” Developing an Interactive Video-based App that Coaches Home Healthcare Workers Through Health and Safety-related Situations (Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation)
Preventing Breast Cancer: Decisions and Effects Among Women at Elevated Risk (NIH/NCI)
Personalizing Treatment Through Shared Decision-Making for Youth Psychotherapy (NIH/NIMH)
Home Healthcare Hazard Training Through Virtual Simulation (CDC/NIOSH)

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