Browsing by Author "Bosworth, Hayden B"
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A Comparison of the effect of patient-specific vs. weight-based protocols to treat vaso-occlusive episodes (VOE) in the emergency department.
(Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2023-09)<h4>Background</h4>Vaso-occlusive episodes (VOC) cause debilitating pain and are a common cause of emergency department (ED) visits, for people with sickle cell disease (SCD). Strategies for achieving optimal pain control ... -
A Tailored SMS Text Message-Based Intervention to Facilitate Patient Access to Referred Community-Based Social Needs Resources: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study.
(JMIR research protocols, 2022-10)<h4>Background</h4>Health care providers are increasingly screening patients for unmet social needs (eg, food, housing, transportation, and social isolation) and referring patients to relevant community-based resources and ... -
A telehealth-delivered intervention to extend the veteran HIV treatment cascade for cardiovascular disease prevention: V-EXTRA-CVD study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
(HIV research & clinical practice, 2023-12)Background: Veterans living with HIV have up to twice the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) compared to those without HIV.Objective: Our study seeks to test a non-physician led virtual self-management ... -
Adaptive intervention design in mobile health: Intervention design and development in the Cell Phone Intervention for You trial.
(Clin Trials, 2015-12)BACKGROUND/AIMS: The obesity epidemic has spread to young adults, and obesity is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The prominence and increasing functionality of mobile phones may provide an opportunity ... -
Addressing Diabetes and Poorly Controlled Hypertension: Pragmatic mHealth Self-Management Intervention.
(Journal of medical Internet research, 2019-04)<h4>Background</h4>Patients with diabetes and poorly controlled hypertension are at increased risk for adverse renal and cardiovascular outcomes. Identifying these patients early and addressing modifiable risk factors is ... -
Adoption of direct-acting antiviral medications for hepatitis C: a retrospective observational study.
(BMC health services research, 2019-07-25)<h4>Background</h4>Approximately 3.5 million Americans are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Although many patients with HCV are asymptomatic, HCV is the leading cause of infection-related death in the U.S. With ... -
Association of Perceived Health Competence With Cardiac Rehabilitation Initiation.
(Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention, 2023-03)<h4>Purpose</h4>Cardiac rehabilitation (CR), a program of supervised exercise and cardiovascular risk management, is widely underutilized. Psychological factors such as perceived health competence, or belief in one's ability ... -
Association of Unmet Social Needs With Metformin Use Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.
(Diabetes care, 2023-11)<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the relationship between social needs and metformin use among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D).<h4>Research design and methods</h4>In a prospective cohort study of adults with T2D (n = 722), ... -
Barriers and facilitators to implementation of epilepsy self-management programs: a systematic review using qualitative evidence synthesis methods.
(Systematic reviews, 2020-04-25)<h4>Background</h4>Epilepsy affects nearly 50 million people worldwide. Self-management is critical for individuals with epilepsy in order to maintain optimal physical, cognitive, and emotional health. Implementing and adopting ... -
Barriers to Taking Medications for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Qualitative Study of Racial Minority Patients, Lupus Providers, and Clinic Staff.
(Arthritis care & research, 2022-09)<h4>Objective</h4>Underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Racial and ethnic minorities also have more severe SLE manifestations that require use ... -
Can Right-Sizing the Use of Virtual Care Improve Access to Equitable, Patient-Centered Care for Women Veterans?
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Can this patient read and understand written health information?
(JAMA, 2010-07)<h4>Context</h4>Patients with limited literacy are at higher risk for poor health outcomes; however, physicians' perceptions are inaccurate for identifying these patients.<h4>Objective</h4>To systematically review the accuracy ... -
Cardiometabolic Comorbidities in Cancer Survivors: JACC: CardioOncology State-of-the-Art Review.
(JACC. CardioOncology, 2022-06-21)There are nearly 17 million cancer survivors in the United States, including those who are currently receiving cancer therapy with curative intent and expected to be long-term survivors, as well as those with chronic cancers ... -
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management in Persons With HIV: Does Clinician Specialty Matter?
(Open forum infectious diseases, 2020-09)<h4>Background</h4>The impact of clinician specialty on cardiovascular disease risk factor outcomes among persons with HIV (PWH) is unclear.<h4>Methods</h4>PWH receiving care at 3 Southeastern US academic HIV clinics between ... -
Diet quality and exercise in older veterans with PTSD: a pilot study.
(Translational behavioral medicine, 2021-09-06)Older veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at increased risk of obesity and cardiometabolic disease. Physical activity and healthy eating are two behaviors that impact health, functional independence, and ... -
Differences between completely physically inactive and low active older men and their response to an exercise intervention: the Veterans LIFE study.
(Healthy aging research, 2015-01)Physical activity interventions typically do not report behavioral changes in activity sub-groups. The aim of this study was to compare baseline differences and changes in physical activity between truly physically inactive ... -
Digital Medicine System in Veterans With Severe Mental Illness: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.
(JMIR formative research, 2022-12)<h4>Background</h4>Suboptimal medication adherence is a significant problem for patients with serious mental illness. Measuring medication adherence through subjective and objective measures can be challenging, time-consuming, ... -
Dissemination of Evidence-Based Recommendations for Sickle Cell Disease to Primary Care and Emergency Department Providers in North Carolina: A Cost Benefit Analysis.
(Journal of health economics and outcomes research, 2021-04)Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic condition affecting primarily individuals of African descent, who happen to be disproportionately impacted by poverty and who lack access to health care. Individuals with ... -
Does Antiretroviral Therapy Packaging Matter? Perceptions and Preferences of Antiretroviral Therapy Packaging for People Living with HIV in Northern Tanzania.
(Patient preference and adherence, 2020-01-23)<h4>Introduction</h4>Despite improvements in treatment (eg, reduction in pill intake), antiretroviral therapy (ART) is dispensed in socially inefficient and uneconomical packaging. To make pills less conspicuous and decrease ... -
eConsults' Impact on Care Access and Wait Times in Rheumatology.
(Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases, 2022-04)<h4>Background/objective</h4>A growing number of health systems have implemented eConsults to improve access to specialty advice, but few studies have described their use in rheumatology or impact on visit wait times. We ...
