Levent Dumenci

College of Public Health
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Professor

Office Location

1301 Cecil B Moore Avenue

Phone

Biography

Levent Dumenci joined Temple University College of Public Health as a professor in July 2015. His NIH-funded (NIMH, NCI) research focuses on test development and discrete latent variable modeling of behavioral data. He is the author of Latent Kappa. His primary interests include structural equation modeling specification of multitrait-multimethod matrix, statistical modeling of observed and unobserved heterogeneity, estimation of situational specificity of behavioral ratings, modeling of latent agreement, and health literacy. He provides consultation to students and research faculty on statistical modeling of data originating from quasi-experimental and non-experimental designs. He has served in NIH and NSF study sections and currently serves on editorial boards of two international journals. He has extensive experience in collaborating with researchers applying for externally funded projects.

Education

PhD, Psychometrics (Major) and Statistics (Minor), Iowa State University
MS, Psychometrics, Iowa State University
BS, Psychology, Hacettepe University

Curriculum Vitae

Google Scholar: Levent Dumenci's Google Scholar profile

Labs: Biostatistics Core

Courses Taught

Level
Number	EPBI 5001
Name	Biostatistics for Health Professions
Level	Graduate
Number	EPBI 8201
Name	Structural Equation Modeling
Level	Graduate
Number	EPBI 9083
Name	Behavioral Measurement
Level	Graduate

Number	Name	Level
EPBI 5001	Biostatistics for Health Professions	Graduate
EPBI 8201	Structural Equation Modeling	Graduate
EPBI 9083	Behavioral Measurement	Graduate

Selected Publications

Riddle, D.L. & Dumenci, L. (2025). Comment on the paper by George and colleagues and entitled "Prevalence and factors associated with high impact chronic pain in knee osteoarthritis: The Johnston County Health Study." J Pain, 27, p. 104717. United States. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104717
Riddle, D.L. & Dumenci, L. (2024). Limitations of Minimal Clinically Important Difference Estimates and Potential Alternatives. J Bone Joint Surg Am, 106(10), pp. 931-937. United States. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.00467
Riddle, D.L. & Dumenci, L. (2024). Perioperative Opioid Use and Dosage Trajectories Vary Depending on Pain Outcome Classification and Bodily Pain in Patients who Catastrophize About Their Pain: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial in Knee Arthroplasty. J Pain, 25(5), p. 104434. United States. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.11.017
Riddle, D.L. & Dumenci, L. (2023). Letter to the editor commenting on "Prognostic factors of knee pain and function 12 months after total knee arthroplasty: A prospective cohort study of 798 patients." Knee. Netherlands. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2023.10.008
Riddle, D.L. & Dumenci, L. (2023). A Latent Change Score Approach to Understanding Chronic Bodily Pain Outcomes Following Knee Arthroplasty: A Secondary Analysis of Longitudinal Data. J Bone Joint Surg Am, 105(20), pp. 1574-1582. United States. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.00214
Riddle, D.L. & Dumenci, L. (2023). Patient Acceptable Symptom State Versus Latent Class Analysis Outcome Classification: A Comparative Longitudinal Study of Knee Arthroplasty. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 75(7), pp. 1519-1526. United States. doi: 10.1002/acr.24962
Chin, S.M., Lepore, S.J., Collins, B.N., Dumenci, L., & Rincon, M.A. (2023). Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Tobacco Urge Management Scale (TUMS). Int J Environ Res Public Health, 20(8). Switzerland. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20085453
Riddle, D.L. & Dumenci, L. (2023). Letter to the Editor: There are Considerable Inconsistencies Among Minimum Clinically Important Differences in TKA: A Systematic Review. Clin Orthop Relat Res, 481(4), pp. 841-842. United States. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002591
Riddle, D.L. & Dumenci, L. (2022). Utilization of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Knee Arthroplasty: A Response to the Article by Goh and Colleagues. J Arthroplasty, 37(10), p. e9. United States. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2022.05.032
Schuler, B.R., Vazquez, C.E., Kobulsky, J.M., & Dumenci, L. (2022). Adversity and child body mass index in Fragile Families over 15 years: Do type and timing matter? SSM Popul Health, 19, p. 101197. England. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101197
Snead, R., Dumenci, L., & Jones, R.M. (2022). A latent class analysis of cognitive decline in US adults, BRFSS 2015-2020. BMC Public Health, 22(1), p. 1560. England. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14001-2
Schroeder, K., Dumenci, L., Sarwer, D.B., Noll, J.G., Henry, K.A., Suglia, S.F., Forke, C.M., & Wheeler, D.C. (2022). The Intersection of Neighborhood Environment and Adverse Childhood Experiences: Methods for Creation of a Neighborhood ACEs Index. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19(13). Switzerland. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19137819
Chan, W., Pun, J., Dong, D., Siminoff, L., & Dumenci, L. (2022). Reliability and validity of the Cancer Health Literacy Test - Chinese versions: CHLT-30-Chinese and CHLT-6-Chinese. Asia Pac J Clin Oncol, 18(3), pp. 279-286. Australia. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13621
Riddle, D.L. & Dumenci, L. (2022). Commentary on finding meaning in patient-reported outcome change scores: a seemingly unquenchable thirst for understanding. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 30(6), pp. 768-771. England. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2022.03.006
Schroeder, K., Dumenci, L., Sarwer, D.B., Wheeler, D.C., & Hayat, M.J. (2022). Increasing quantitative literacy in nursing: A joint nursing-statistician perspective. J Adv Nurs, 78(4), pp. e66-e68. England. doi: 10.1111/jan.15150
Riddle, D.L., Hamilton, D.F., Dumenci, L., & Beard, D.J. (2022). Author Response to Oatis Et al. Phys Ther. United States. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzab277
Riddle, D.L., Macfarlane, G.J., Hamilton, D.F., Beasley, M., & Dumenci, L. (2022). Cross-validation of good versus poor self-reported outcome trajectory types following knee arthroplasty. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 30(1), pp. 61-68. England. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2021.09.004
Rosenbaum, A.M., Ojo, M., Dumenci, L., Palumbo, A.J., Reed, L., Crans, S., Williams, G.M., Gruener, J., Indelicato, N., & Cervantes, K. (2021). Development of an Index to Measure West Nile Virus Transmission Risk in New Jersey Counties. J Am Mosq Control Assoc, 37(4), pp. 216-223. United States. doi: 10.2987/21-7029
Riddle, D.L. & Dumenci, L. (2021). Trajectories of structural disease progression in knee osteoarthritis: comment on the article by Collins et al. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 73(12), p. 1858. United States. doi: 10.1002/acr.24389
Riddle, D.L., Hamilton, D.F., Dumenci, L., & Beard, D.J. (2021). Phase 3 Trials of Enhanced Versus Usual Care Physical Therapy for Patients at Risk of Poor Outcome Following Knee Arthroplasty: A Perspective on Meaning and a Way Forward. Phys Ther, 101(11). United States. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzab186
Rogers, H.L., Dumenci, L., & Siminoff, L.A. (2021). PHYSICIAN-PATIENT GENDER CONCORDANCE MAY UNDERLIE SOME HEALTH DISPARITIES: FINDINGS FROM A LARGE UNANNOUNCED STANDARDIZED PATIENT STUDY OF US PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, 83(7), pp. A15-A15. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Orndahl, C.M., Perera, R.A., Hung, A., Dumenci, L., & Riddle, D.L. (2021). Physical Therapy Use, Costs, and Value for Latent Classes of Good vs Poor Outcome in Patients Who Catastrophize About Their Pain Prior to Knee Arthroplasty. Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 102(7), pp. 1347-1351. United States. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2021.02.004
Rogers, H., Dumenci, L., & Siminoff, L.A. (2021). Might physician-patient gender concordance influence clinical outcomes in primary care? Findings from a large unannounced standardized patient study. JOURNAL of PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH, 145. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110460
Riddle, D.L., Slover, J., Keefe, F.J., Ang, D.C., Dumenci, L., & Perera, R.A. (2021). Racial Differences in Pain and Function Following Knee Arthroplasty: A Secondary Analysis From a Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 73(6), pp. 810-817. United States. doi: 10.1002/acr.24177
Riddle, D.L. & Dumenci, L. (2021). Comments on 'preoperative risk factors associated with chronic pain profiles following total knee arthroplasty' by Lindberg and colleagues. Eur J Pain, 25(3), pp. 725-726. England. doi: 10.1002/ejp.1720
Al-Sharif, D.S., Roehm, P., Lindemann, T.L., Dumenci, L., & Keshner, E.A. (2021). Visual-vestibular mismatch correlates with headache. J Vestib Res, 31(3), pp. 173-180. United States. doi: 10.3233/VES-201539
Schroeder, K., Day, S., Konty, K., Dumenci, L., & Lipman, T. (2020). The impact of change in neighborhood poverty on BMI trajectory of 37,544 New York City youth: a longitudinal study. BMC Public Health, 20(1), p. 1676. England. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09772-5
Schuler, B.R., Daundasekara, S.S., Hernandez, D.C., Dumenci, L., Clark, M., Fisher, J.O., & Miller, A.L. (2020). Economic hardship and child intake of foods high in saturated fats and added sugars: the mediating role of parenting stress among high-risk families. Public Health Nutr, 23(15), pp. 2781-2792. England. doi: 10.1017/S1368980020001366
Riddle, D.L. & Dumenci, L. (2020). Classifications of good versus poor outcome following knee arthroplasty should not be defined using arbitrary criteria. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 21(1), p. 604. England. doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-03583-w
Dumenci, L., Kroenke, K., Keefe, F.J., Ang, D.C., Slover, J., Perera, R.A., & Riddle, D.L. (2020). Disentangling trait versus state characteristics of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale and the PHQ-8 Depression Scale. Eur J Pain, 24(8), pp. 1624-1634. England. doi: 10.1002/ejp.1619
Dumenci, L., Kroenke, K., Keefe, F.J., Ang, D.C., Slover, J., Perera, R.A., & Riddle, D.L. (2020). Trait-state distinction of pain and function measurements among knee arthroplasty patients. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 28, pp. s380-s381. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2020.02.594
Riddle, D.L., Slover, J., Keefe, F.J., Ang, D., Dumenci, L., & Perera, R.A. (2020). Racial differences in pain and function following knee arthroplasty: a secondary analysis from a multicenter randomized clinical trial. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 28, pp. s431-s432. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2020.02.670
Urbanski, M., Dumenci, L., Gadegbeku, C., Siminoff, L., Waterman, A., & Gardiner, H. (2020). "By the Time They Get to Me, I'll Be Dead Anyway" - A Mixed-Methods Examination of Treatment Education & Decision-Making among Patients with Varying Amounts of Pre-End-Stage Renal Disease Nephrology Care. AMERICAN JOURNAL of TRANSPLANTATION, 20, pp. 976-976. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/

College of Public Health

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Professor

Biography

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Selected Publications