2023
ASSOCIATION OF RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE, RELIGIOSITY/SPIRITUALITY, AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN MIDDLE TO OLDER ADULTS IN THE U.S
Britt K, Boateng A, Sebu J, Oh H, Lekwauwa R, Massimo L, Doolittle B. ASSOCIATION OF RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE, RELIGIOSITY/SPIRITUALITY, AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN MIDDLE TO OLDER ADULTS IN THE U.S. Innovation In Aging 2023, 7: 457-457. PMCID: PMC10737976, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igad104.1503.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchC-reactive proteinBody mass indexCRP levelsSystemic inflammationReligiosity/spiritualityCognitive declineCognitive healthReligious service attendanceAverage CRP levelsService attendanceBetter cognitive healthRace/ethnicityMass indexMean ageHigh riskSignificant negative associationReligious attendanceU.S. adultsHealth conditionsElevated levelsMarital statusUnderlying physiological mechanismsInflammationAdultsAfrican Americans
2018
Barriers to Advance Care Planning in End-Stage Renal Disease: Who is to Blame, and What Can be Done?
Kelley AT, Turner J, Doolittle B. Barriers to Advance Care Planning in End-Stage Renal Disease: Who is to Blame, and What Can be Done? The New Bioethics 2018, 24: 150-157. PMID: 29513084, DOI: 10.1080/20502877.2018.1438772.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsAdvance care planningCare planningEnd-stage renal diseaseChronic kidney diseaseCourse of diseaseRenal diseaseKidney diseaseIntensive treatmentAdvance carePatient valuesCognitive declinePatientsSignificant mortalityClinical literatureDecision-making capacityDaily practiceDiseaseYears of supportPhysiciansConvincing evidenceMore trainingMorbidityHospitalClinicMortality