METAR Lab

Publications

Selected Representative Publications

* = Peer-Reviewed/Refereed
# = Data-Based Research
^ Corresponding Author
Trainee/Student Mentoring
  1. *#Omuya, H., Kunkul, F., Grekov, P., Heitman, C., Kuo, W.C., Miller, M., Brown, R., ^Oakley, L. (2026). A Health Equity Study of Heart Health Promotion in Black Adults: Cultural Strengths and Heart Health Behaviors. Journal of Transcultural Nursing (JTN). https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596251403542
  2. *#^Kuo, W.C., Luo, D., Brown, R.L., Hruska, C., & Wang, C.J. (2026). Where we work correlates with whether we receive cardiorespiratory preventive care services: Health and Retirement Study 2003–2018. BMC Public Health 26, 69. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24748-z
  3. *#^Luo, D, ^Cao, Y, Ouayogodé, M.H., Kuo, W.C., Mullahy, L., & Burns, M. (2026). Length of Stay of Post-Acute Care: Determinants and Differences Between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Health Affairs Scholar, 3(11). https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxaf195
  4. *#Chen, S.Y., Zhou, Y. K., Kuo, W.C., ^Chang, J.H. (2025). Early Classification of Time Series Based on Reliable Labels. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSS.2025.3587429
  5. *#^Kuo, W.C., Hawn, R., Brown, R. L. (2025). Response Shift and Measurement Invariance of Chronic Stressor Scale. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596251377079
  6. *#Omuya H., Kuo W.C., & Chewning B. (2025). Provider Communication Behavior and Innate Psychological Needs as Determinants of Patient Satisfaction and Self-rated Health. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzaf036
  7. *#Kuo, W. C., Hummel, K.P., Brown, R.L., Mead, K. &, Liebzeit, D.J. (2025). Behavioral and functional adaptation to chronic stress in older adults. Nursing Research. DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000823
  8. *#Luo D. & Kuo W. C. (2024). Great Leap Forward Famine Exposure and Urbanization Convolute Modern Prevalence of Diabetes in China. Journal of Health, Population, Nutrition. 43 (1), 109. DOI: 1186/s41043-024-00596-2
  9. *#Kuo W. C., Bratzke L. C., Hagen E. W., Hale L., Brown R. L., Barnet J. H. & Peppard P. E. (2023). Metabolic health disparities driven by financial stress: Behavioral adaptation or modification? Stress and Health, 39(3), 614–626. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3210
  10. *#Jin, Y., Brown, R., Bhattarai, M., Kuo, W. C., & Chen, Y. (2023). Psychometric properties of the self-care of chronic illness inventory in Chinese older adults with multiple chronic conditions. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 18(3), e12536. https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12536
  11. *#Kuo W. C., Ersig A. L., Kunkul F., Brown R. L., & Oakley L. D. (2023). Linking chronic stress to insomnia symptoms in older adults: The role of stress co-occurrence during the pandemic. Research in Nursing & Health, 46(1), 68–79. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22278
  12. *Kuo W. C., Stevens J. M. & Tebbe E. A. (2022). Comment on Du et al. gender differences in the relationships between perceived stress, eating behaviors, sleep, dietary risk, and body mass index. Nutrients, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14193881
  13. *#Kuo W. C., Ersig A. L., Johnson H. M., Oakley L. D., Hagen E. W., Brown R. L. & Peppard P. E. (2022). Association between stressful life events and lipid non-optimization among women with hyperlipidemia. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 22(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvac032
  14. *#Liebzeit D., Kuo W. C., Carlson B., Mueller K., Koscik R., Smith M., Johnson S. & Bratzke L. C. (2022). Cognitive and social engagement to health and psychological outcomes in community-dwelling older adults. Nursing Research, 71(4), 295-302. https://doi.org/10.1097/nnr.0000000000000589
  15. *Strayer A. L., Kuo W. C., & King B. (2022). In-hospital medical complication in older people after spine surgery: A scoping review. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 17(4), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12456
  16. *#Jin Y., Bharttari M., Kuo W. C., & Bratzke L. C. (2022). Relationship between resilience and self-care in people with chronic conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 32(9-10), 2041–2055. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16258
  17. *#Kuo W. C., Oakley L. D., Brown R. L., Hagan E. W., Barnet J. H., Peppard P. E. & Bratzke L. C. (2021). Gender differences in the relationship between financial stress and metabolic abnormalities. Nursing Research, 70(2), 123–131. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000489
  18. *Oakley L. D., Kuo W. C., Kowalkowski J. & Park W. (2021). Meta-analysis of cultural influences in trauma exposure and PTSD prevalence rates. Journal of Transcultural Nursing (32), 412-424. https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596219939
  19. *Kuo W. C., Stevens J. M., Ersig A. L., Johnson H. M., Tung T. & Bratzke L. C. (2020). Does 24-h activity cycle influence plasma PCSK9 concentration? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 22(7), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11883-020-00843-x
  20. *Kuo W. C., Bratzke L. C., Oakley L. D., Kuo F., Wang H. & Brown R. L. (2019). The association between psychological stress and metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews, 20(11), 1651–1664. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12915