2023
The emergence of influenza B as a major respiratory pathogen in the absence of COVID-19 during the 2021–2022 flu season in China
Chang D, Lin M, Song N, Zhu Z, Gao J, Li S, Liu H, Liu D, Zhang Y, Sun W, Zhou X, Yang B, Li Y, Wang L, Xiao Z, Li K, Xing L, Xie L, Sharma L. The emergence of influenza B as a major respiratory pathogen in the absence of COVID-19 during the 2021–2022 flu season in China. Virology Journal 2023, 20: 189. PMID: 37620959, PMCID: PMC10463403, DOI: 10.1186/s12985-023-02115-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza BAverage ageCOVID-19Influenza-like illnessNumber of patientsMajor respiratory pathogenCOVID-19 testCOVID-19-related restrictionsCell death markersClinical characteristicsFever clinicYounger patientsAppropriate vaccinationPatient characteristicsSubstantial morbidityRespiratory virusesSeasonal virusesLaboratory findingsPositivity rateInfluenza ARespiratory pathogensPreventive strategiesSecondary infectionSevere casesFlu seasonImprovement of Long COVID symptoms over one year
Oliveira C, Jason L, Unutmaz D, Bateman L, Vernon S. Improvement of Long COVID symptoms over one year. Frontiers In Medicine 2023, 9: 1065620. PMID: 36698810, PMCID: PMC9868805, DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1065620.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchME/CFS patientsDePaul Symptom QuestionnaireME/CFSPositive COVID-19 testPASC patientsCFS patientsPost-exertional malaiseSignificant symptom improvementCOVID-19 testSymptom improvementDiagnostic criteriaMyalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndromeCOVID-19CFS diagnostic criteriaObservational cohort studyFlu-like symptomsIrritable bowel symptomsPost-acute sequelaeLong COVID symptomsChronic fatigue syndromeClinical diagnostic criteriaSymptoms of fatigueSimilar symptom severityFixed-effects modelBowel symptoms
2022
Association of Initial SARS-CoV-2 Test Positivity With Patient-Reported Well-being 3 Months After a Symptomatic Illness
Wisk L, Gottlieb M, Spatz E, Yu H, Wang R, Slovis B, Saydah S, Plumb I, O’Laughlin K, Montoy J, McDonald S, Lin Z, Lin J, Koo K, Idris A, Huebinger R, Hill M, Gentile N, Chang A, Anderson J, Hota B, Venkatesh A, Weinstein R, Elmore J, Nichol G, Santangelo M, Ulrich A, Li S, Kinsman J, Krumholz H, Dorney J, Stephens K, Black K, Morse D, Morse S, Fernandes A, Sharma A, Stober T, Geyer R, Lyon V, Adams K, Willis M, Ruiz L, Park J, Malone K, Shughart H, Schaeffer K, Shughart L, Arab A, Grau D, Patel A, Watts P, Kelly M, Hunt A, Hannikainen P, Chalfin M, Cheng D, Miao J, Shutty C, Chavez S, Kane A, Marella P, Gallegos G, Martin K, L'Hommedieu M, Chandler C, Diaz Roldan K, Villegas N, Moreno R, Eguchi M, Rodriguez R, Kemball R, Chan V, Chavez C, Wong A, Hall A, Briggs-Hagen M. Association of Initial SARS-CoV-2 Test Positivity With Patient-Reported Well-being 3 Months After a Symptomatic Illness. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2244486. PMID: 36454572, PMCID: PMC9716377, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.44486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 positive groupCOVID-19-negative groupSARS-CoV-2 infectionCOVID-19 testCOVID-19 resultsSymptomatic illnessSymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infectionNegative COVID-19 resultsSARS-CoV-2 statusSARS-CoV-2 test positivityPositive COVID-19 testSARS-CoV-2 testNegative COVID-19 testLongitudinal registry studyOutcomes Measurement Information SystemPatient-reported outcomesHealth care usePositive COVID-19 resultMultivariable regression analysisMeasurement Information SystemCOVID-19 testingNegative test resultsCohort studyRegistry studyPROMIS scoresPatient Portal Messaging for Asynchronous Virtual Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Analysis
Huang M, Khurana A, Mastorakos G, Wen A, He H, Wang L, Liu S, Wang Y, Zong N, Prigge J, Costello B, Shah N, Ting H, Fan J, Patten C, Liu H. Patient Portal Messaging for Asynchronous Virtual Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Analysis. JMIR Human Factors 2022, 9: e35187. PMID: 35171108, PMCID: PMC9084445, DOI: 10.2196/35187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19 symptomsRetrospective analysisPortal messagesVirtual careCOVID-19Sociodemographic factorsCOVID-19-related carePatient portal messagingCOVID-19 test resultsPatient sociodemographic factorsPatient portal messagesCOVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 testHealth care issuesPatient messagingPortal messagingMayo ClinicPatient responseCare plansPatient portalsNew casesCare issuesAppointment cancellationsPatientsHealth issuesClinical and Demographic Differences in the Willingness to use Self-Administered At-Home COVID-19 Testing Measures among Persons with Opioid use Disorder
Mistler CB, Sullivan M, Wickersham JA, Copenhaver MM, Shrestha R. Clinical and Demographic Differences in the Willingness to use Self-Administered At-Home COVID-19 Testing Measures among Persons with Opioid use Disorder. Substance Abuse 2022, 43: 708-712. PMID: 35100084, PMCID: PMC9725184, DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2021.2007511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderCOVID-19 testPrick testUse disordersCOVID-19Older aged participantsTesting measuresSaliva-based testThroat swab samplesCOVID-19 transmissionGreater proportionGreater riskSwab samplesAdverse effectsAged participantsTesting optionsDisadvantaged populationsRacial-ethnic minoritiesWhite participantsDemographic differencesDisordersHome ordersGreater rateTreatmentParticipants
2021
Prospective association between receipt of the economic impact payment and mental health outcomes
Tsai J, Huang M, Rajan SS, Elbogen EB. Prospective association between receipt of the economic impact payment and mental health outcomes. Journal Of Epidemiology & Community Health 2021, 76: 285-292. PMID: 34389662, PMCID: PMC8366281, DOI: 10.1136/jech-2021-216661.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health outcomesHealth outcomesUS adultsProspective associationsSuicidal ideationLow-income US adultsPositive COVID-19 testAlcohol use disorderPost-traumatic stress disorderIllicit drug useRecent suicidal ideationCOVID-19 testAlcohol use problemsAnnual personal incomePositive mental health outcomesHigher oddsMedical conditionsUse disordersBaseline assessmentDrug useSociodemographic characteristicsPast monthStress disorderAnxiety disordersMental healthAs A Mother With COVID-19, I Faced Stigma And Shame
Edmond SN. As A Mother With COVID-19, I Faced Stigma And Shame. Health Affairs 2021, 40: 1006-1008. PMID: 34097515, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00378.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersDifferential impacts of COVID-19 across racial-ethnic identities in persons with opioid use disorder
Mistler CB, Sullivan MC, Copenhaver MM, Meyer JP, Roth AM, Shenoi SV, Edelman EJ, Wickersham JA, Shrestha R. Differential impacts of COVID-19 across racial-ethnic identities in persons with opioid use disorder. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2021, 129: 108387. PMID: 34080555, PMCID: PMC8380664, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderPublic health responseCOVID-19Use disordersHealth behaviorsNon-prescription drug useRacial-ethnic minoritiesCOVID-19-related impactsMental health statusHealth care accessSexual health behaviorsCOVID-19 testGreater financial burdenRace/ethnicitySample of peopleDirect adverse effectsDrug treatmentCare accessAlcohol consumptionDrug useHealth statusHealth responseHealth disparitiesRisk peopleCOVID-19 pandemic presentsUrgent care center wait times increase for COVID-19 results in August 2020, with rapid testing availability limited
Yousman LC, Khunte A, Hsiang W, Jain S, Forman H, Wiznia D. Urgent care center wait times increase for COVID-19 results in August 2020, with rapid testing availability limited. BMC Health Services Research 2021, 21: 318. PMID: 33832506, PMCID: PMC8027963, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06338-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent care centersCOVID-19 testingTesting availabilityPolymerase chain reactionCare centerRapid testingPCR test resultsCosts of visitsChi-square testCOVID-19 testCOVID-19 resultsCommon locationSignificant decreaseStandardized scriptChain reactionCare ActCenter classificationT-testOverall lackResultsOur resultsVisitsHigher proportionCritical roleTestingMajorityCommentary on 2 Cases of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Occurring in Association With COVID-19
Garakani A. Commentary on 2 Cases of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Occurring in Association With COVID-19. Journal Of Psychiatric Practice 2021, 27: 145-146. PMID: 33656822, DOI: 10.1097/pra.0000000000000527.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsPositive COVID-19 testCOVID-19 infectionNeuropsychiatric symptomsPsychotic symptomsSuicide attemptsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infectionCOVID-19Recent respiratory illnessDisease 2019 infectionAcute psychotic symptomsHistory of depressionInpatient psychiatric unitMiddle-age menSerious suicide attemptsCOVID-19 testPatient's symptomsNeuropsychiatric sequelaeRespiratory illnessAntipsychotic medicationPatient's psychosisPsychotic episodeMood symptomsNeurological etiologyPsychiatric historyPsychiatric unitDid people’s behavior after receiving negative COVID-19 tests contribute to the spread?
Robertson LS. Did people’s behavior after receiving negative COVID-19 tests contribute to the spread? Journal Of Public Health 2021, 43: 270-273. PMID: 33558889, PMCID: PMC7928719, DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental Health and Psychosocial Characteristics Associated With COVID-19 Among U.S. Adults
Tsai J, Huang M, Elbogen E. Mental Health and Psychosocial Characteristics Associated With COVID-19 Among U.S. Adults. Psychiatric Services 2021, 72: 444-447. PMID: 33530731, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000540.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 infectionMental healthCOVID-19Positive COVID-19 testCOVID-19 statusMental health characteristicsMiddle-income adultsCOVID-19 testSocial supportClinical riskHealth characteristicsPsychiatric historyNegative testHistory of homelessnessMedical needPsychosocial characteristicsU.S. adultsCurrent social supportInfectionHealthNational sampleAdultsVeteransThe aftermath of SARS-CoV-2 in NICU: saving or checking accounts? Projected cost-effectiveness analysis
Galderisi A, Lolli E, Cavicchiolo M, Bonadies L, Trevisanuto D, Baraldi E. The aftermath of SARS-CoV-2 in NICU: saving or checking accounts? Projected cost-effectiveness analysis. European Journal Of Pediatrics 2021, 180: 1631-1635. PMID: 33415468, PMCID: PMC7790311, DOI: 10.1007/s00431-020-03884-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal intensive care unitIntensive care unitCare unitNasopharyngeal swabsHospital environmentSARS-CoV-2 pandemicSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 testCost-effectiveness analysisNICU personnelScreening programNumber of casesNeonatesHospital managementHigher numberCOVID-19NICUSwabsFuture strategiesPandemicParentsEffective strategyPersonnel
2020
Patient factors associated with SARS‐CoV‐2 in an admitted emergency department population
Haimovich A, Warner F, Young HP, Ravindra NG, Sehanobish A, Gong G, Wilson FP, van Dijk D, Schulz W, Taylor R. Patient factors associated with SARS‐CoV‐2 in an admitted emergency department population. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2020, 1: 569-577. PMID: 32838371, PMCID: PMC7280703, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19 positive patientsPatient characteristicsPatient factorsCOVID-19Positive COVID-19 testMultivariable logistic regression modelLow pulse oximetryChronic lung diseaseRetrospective observational studyCOVID-19 test resultsEmergency department patientsPrimary outcome measureEmergency department populationLower leukocyte countsPositive COVID-19 resultHistory of alcoholPositive test resultsSARS-CoV-2 virusSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 testingLogistic regression modelsCOVID-19 testCOVID-19 resultsED cohortNegative patientsProtocol for a partially nested randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the scleroderma patient-centered intervention network COVID-19 home-isolation activities together (SPIN-CHAT) program to reduce anxiety among at-risk scleroderma patients
Thombs B, Kwakkenbos L, Carrier M, Bourgeault A, Tao L, Harb S, Gagarine M, Rice D, Bustamante L, Ellis K, Duchek D, Wu Y, Bhandari P, Neupane D, Carboni-Jiménez A, Henry R, Krishnan A, Sun Y, Levis B, He C, Turner K, Benedetti A, Culos-Reed N, El-Baalbaki G, Hebblethwaite S, Bartlett S, Dyas L, Patten S, Varga J, Team S, Fortuné C, Gietzen A, Guillot G, Lewis N, Nielsen K, Richard M, Sauvé M, Welling J, Investigators S, Baron M, Furst D, Gottesman K, Malcarne V, Mayes M, Mouthon L, Nielson W, Riggs R, Wigley F, Assassi S, Boutron I, Ells C, van den Ende C, Fligelstone K, Frech T, Godard D, Harel D, Hinchcliff M, Hudson M, Johnson S, Larche M, Leite C, Nguyen C, Pope J, Portales A, Rannou F, Reyna T, Schouffoer A, Suarez-Almazor M, Agard C, Albert A, André M, Arsenault G, Benzidia I, Bernstein E, Berthier S, Bissonnette L, Boire G, Bruns A, Carreira P, Casadevall M, Chaigne B, Chung L, Cohen P, Correia C, Dagenais P, Denton C, Domsic R, Dubois S, Dunne J, Dunogue B, Fare R, Farge-Bancel D, Fortin P, Gill A, Gordon J, Granel-Rey B, Gyger G, Hachulla E, Hatron P, Herrick A, Hij A, Hoa S, Ikic A, Jones N, de B. Fernandes A, Kafaja S, Khalidi N, Lambert M, Launay D, Liang P, Maillard H, Maltez N, Manning J, Marie I, Martin M, Martin T, Masetto A, Maurier F, Mekinian A, Melchor S, Nikpour M, Olagne L, Poindron V, Proudman S, Régent A, Rivière S, Robinson D, Rodriguez E, Roux S, Smets P, Smith D, Sobanski V, Spiera R, Steen V, Stevens W, Sutton E, Terrier B, Thorne C, Varga J, Wilcox P, Ayala M, Ostbo N. Protocol for a partially nested randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the scleroderma patient-centered intervention network COVID-19 home-isolation activities together (SPIN-CHAT) program to reduce anxiety among at-risk scleroderma patients. Journal Of Psychosomatic Research 2020, 135: 110132. PMID: 32521358, PMCID: PMC7224675, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContagious disease outbreaksWaitlist controlPositive COVID-19 testPre-existing medical conditionsSymptoms of depressionSymptoms of anxietyLeast mild anxietyDisease outbreaksCOVID-19 testMental health outcomesMental health consequencesPrimary outcomeEligible participantsPragmatic RCTCohort participantsIntervention groupScleroderma patientsIntervention participantsMedical conditionsPhysical activitySPIN CohortRisk individualsHealth outcomesRCT designSecondary objective
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