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Mashup Score: 1Quality of Life and Functioning Impairments Across Psychiatric Disorders in Adults Presenting for Outpatient Psychiatric Evaluation and Treatment - 11 hour(s) ago
Objective Psychiatric disorders are associated with impairments in quality of life (QOL) and functioning. What remained to be investigated was the comparison of these constructs across psychiatric disorders in treatment‐seeking adults. It was hypothesized that mood disorder patients would endorse worse QOL and functioning at entry into psychiatric outpatient treatment compared to patients with other disorders, and that regardless of diagnosis, severe impairments in QOL and functioning would be endorsed by the majority of the sample (>70%). Methods Data were collected for 2114 adults. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders diagnoses were obtained using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Patients completed measures of QOL (Q‐LES‐Q), functioning (Work and Social Adjustment Scale [WSAS], Sheehan Disability Scale, Endicott Work Productivity Scale), and depression (Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology‐Self Report). Results Overall, 70.6% of patients wit
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Kimberly Yonkers, M.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School/U Mass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Mass. Dr. Yonkers is Katz Family Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School/U Mass Memorial Medical Center. She brings to the task of editing APA’s newest journal a broad and deep experience in research and clinical work. Her research includes investigations into the clinical course, etiopathology, and treatment of psychiatric disorders as they occur in women. A
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Mashup Score: 3Bring It Up: An Adapted Collaborative Care Model for Depression in a Safety‐Net Primary Care Clinic - 3 month(s) ago
Objective Over 90 clinical trials demonstrate the efficacy of the collaborative care model (CoCM) to treat depression in primary care but there is significant variability in real‐world CoCM implementation and scalability. This study aimed to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of an adapted CoCM in a safety‐net primary care setting. Methods Bring It Up! (BIU) is a pilot trial comparing an adapted CoCM (intervention group) to usual care (historical controls) for primary care safety‐net clinic patients with depression. Inclusion criteria: (1) age ≥18; (2) Patient Health Questionnaire‐9 (PHQ‐9) score ≥10; and (3) major depressive disorder diagnosis. Patients who completed ≥6 months of treatment upon rolling enrollment (April 1, 2018–October 31, 2019) were included. Historical controls completed ≥6 months of usual care in 2017. BIU included all aspects of CoCM except accountable care and leveraged existing staff rather than a dedicated care manager. The primary outcome was depressi
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Mashup Score: 4Identifying Trends in Firearm Suicide Among American Indian and Alaska Native Young Men, 1999–2020 - 4 month(s) ago
American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) young men consistently have the highest suicide rates. In 2021, among AIAN men aged 20–29 years, the suicide rate was 92.36 per 100000 (1), a stark contrast to the national average of 31.27 per 100,000 (1) among all other men of the same age. Nationally, firearms are the most common and most lethal method of suicide. Among AIAN men aged 20–29 years, the firearm suicide rate was 34.38 per 100,000 (1) compared to 18.25 per 100,000 nationally in 2021 (1). Despite the
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Mashup Score: 3Addressing Challenges in Residential Facilities: Promoting Human Rights and Recovery While Pursuing Functional Autonomy - 5 month(s) ago
Objective Italian residential facilities (RFs) aim to promote human rights and recovery for individuals with severe mental disorders. Italian RFs can be distinguished into five main types: high‐intensity rehabilitation (RF1), medium‐intensity rehabilitation (RF2), medium‐level support (RF3.1), high‐level support (RF3.2), low‐level support (RF3.3). This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of Italian RFs in achieving functional autonomy while upholding human rights and recovery. Methods Data on socio‐demographics, clinical information, patient and staff assessments of functional autonomy, types of interventions, and RF performance in various domains were collected in a pilot study with a cross‐sectional design. Descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted. Results Twelve RFs and 113 patients participated, with varying proportions in each RF type. RF1 patients were the oldest (p < 0.001) with the lowest functional autonomy (p < 0.001), while RF2 patients were the youngest (p <
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Mashup Score: 44Review of Evaluation and Treatment of Knee Pain - 6 month(s) ago
This review summarizes current evidence regarding the diagnosis and treatment of knee osteoarthritis, patellofemoral pain, and meniscal tears.
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JAMA Review of Knee Pain: - 5% PCP visits for knee pain: - Knee #OA: 654 mill worldwide, mostly >45 yrs age - Patellofemoral OA: < 40 yrs age; Sx: ant knee pain w/ squat - Meniscal tears: 12% adults < 40 yrs; dx by McMurray test & joint line tenderness https://t.co/AKVFXjY0D8 https://t.co/GpBxA2rdLP
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Mashup Score: 59Review of Evaluation and Treatment of Knee Pain - 6 month(s) ago
This review summarizes current evidence regarding the diagnosis and treatment of knee osteoarthritis, patellofemoral pain, and meniscal tears.
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JAMA Review of Knee Pain: - 5% PCP visits for knee pain: - Knee #OA: 654 mill worldwide, mostly >45 yrs age - Patellofemoral OA: < 40 yrs age; Sx: ant knee pain w/ squat - Meniscal tears: 12% adults < 40 yrs; dx by McMurray test & joint line tenderness https://t.co/kf1OOiwIR4 https://t.co/e5hiodDZgn
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis and is among the top 10 conditions contributing to Years Lived with Disability—a measure reflecting the impact an illness has on quality of life before it resolves or leads to death. To date, no treatments are approved that slow disease progression. Treatment development has been frustrating in part because animal models of disease caused by joint trauma poorly reflect human disease which usually occurs over many years and without preceding trauma. Researchers from Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine now suggest studying persons after they sustain knee trauma such as anterior cruciate ligament tears (ACL).
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Mashup Score: 2Comparative effectiveness of pharmacological interventions for hand osteoarthritis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials - 7 month(s) ago
Objective To explore the comparative effectiveness of pharmacological interventions for hand osteoarthritis (OA). Methods We systematically searched Embase, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials from inception until 26 December 2021, for randomised trials of pharmacological interventions for people with hand OA. Two reviewers independently extracted study data and assessed the risk of bias. We calculated the effect sizes for pain (standardised mean differences) using Bayesian random effects models for network meta-analysis (NMA) and pairwise meta-analysis. Based on a pre-specified protocol, we prospectively registered the study at PROSPERO, CRD42021215393. Results We included 72 trials with 7609 participants. 65 trials (n=5957) were eligible for the quantitative synthesis, investigating 29 pharmacological interventions. Oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and oral glucocorticoids’ NMA effect sizes were −0.18 (95% credible interval −0.36 to 0.02
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Mashup Score: 4Perspectives of patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer during the COVID‐19 pandemic - 7 month(s) ago
Cancer Reports is an open access oncology journal for basic, translational and clinical research in cancer biology, diagnosis, treatment, outcome, and epidemiology.
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Data collected from over 200 adults over a 7-year period showed that patients with psychiatric conditions overwhelmingly reported severely impaired quality of life and functioning upon presentation to outpatient evaluation and treatment #OA https://t.co/hsL8VnaZEA https://t.co/p7nloffCdr