2024
A Brief Report of Lung Cancer Screening Utilization Before, During, and in the Later Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
Poghosyan H, Sarkar S, Richman I, Pietrzak R, Carter-Bawa L, Cooley M. A Brief Report of Lung Cancer Screening Utilization Before, During, and in the Later Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States. JTO Clinical And Research Reports 2024, 5: 100705. PMID: 39282662, PMCID: PMC11402037, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtocrr.2024.100705.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLung cancer screeningLung cancer screening utilizationScreening utilizationBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemRates of lung cancer screeningRisk Factor Surveillance SystemScreening-eligible individualsCancer screening utilizationLung cancer burdenPopulation-based dataMultivariate logistic regressionCancer screeningCancer burdenImpact healthcareNational ratesIncreased oddsLogistic regressionNationwide effortSurveillance systemCOVID-19COVID-19 pandemicLung diseaseBrief reportNo sex differencesUnited StatesProblematic Alcohol Use Trajectories in U.S. Military Veterans during a Public Health Crisis: Results from a 3-year, Nationally Representative, Longitudinal Study
Na P, Fischer I, Petrakis I, Pietrzak R. Problematic Alcohol Use Trajectories in U.S. Military Veterans during a Public Health Crisis: Results from a 3-year, Nationally Representative, Longitudinal Study. Psychiatric Quarterly 2024, 95: 157-171. PMID: 38319532, PMCID: PMC11521206, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-024-10067-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug use disordersProblematic alcohol useAlcohol use trajectoriesLow social supportAdverse childhood experiencesAlcohol useGreater household incomeSocial supportUS veteransLongitudinal studyNational Health and ResilienceLatent growth mixture modelingU.S. military veteransHousehold incomeGrowth mixture modelingNon-household membersCOVID-19 pandemicVeterans StudyUse disorderMilitary veteransChildhood experiencesPublic health crisisPsychosocial characteristicsPrevention effortsVeterans
2023
A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Factors Impacting Healthcare Worker Burnout in New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Peccoralo L, Pietrzak R, Tong M, Kaplan S, Feingold J, Feder A, Chan C, Verity J, Charney D, Ripp J. A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Factors Impacting Healthcare Worker Burnout in New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal Of Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2023, 65: 362-369. PMID: 36727906, PMCID: PMC10171104, DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrontline healthcare workersCohort studyProspective cohort studyLongitudinal cohort studyMount Sinai HospitalMental health symptomsHealthcare workersHealthcare worker burnoutSinai HospitalHealth symptomsCorrelates of burnoutNew York CityCOVID surgeLow optimismCOVID-19COVID-19 pandemicYork CityWorkplace distressEarly burnoutPatientsHospitalSymptomsWorker burnoutPrevalenceBurnout
2022
Downstream consequences of moral distress in COVID-19 frontline healthcare workers: Longitudinal associations with moral injury-related guilt
Fischer I, Norman S, Feder A, Feingold J, Peccoralo L, Ripp J, Pietrzak R. Downstream consequences of moral distress in COVID-19 frontline healthcare workers: Longitudinal associations with moral injury-related guilt. General Hospital Psychiatry 2022, 79: 158-161. PMID: 36403350, PMCID: PMC9664834, DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.11.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthcare workersMoral distressLongitudinal associationsCOVID-19 healthcare workersFrontline healthcare workersCOVID-19 pandemicDevelopment of MIOccupational cohortEarly intervention effortsSocial supportIntervention effortsInitial peakMonthsAssociationMoral injuryMIDistressNew York CityPotential moderatorsHigh levelsPandemicDownstream consequencesGreater levelsInjuryCohort
2021
Research on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Methods and Implications in General Population Samples
Husky M, Pietrzak R, Marx B, Mazure C. Research on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Methods and Implications in General Population Samples. Chronic Stress 2021, 5: 24705470211051327. PMID: 34765850, PMCID: PMC8576091, DOI: 10.1177/24705470211051327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderStress disorderGeneral population sampleMental disordersCOVID-19 pandemicPre-existing mental disordersSevere posttraumatic symptomsPopulation samplePublic health planningDirect trauma exposurePosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsCross-sectional designGeneral populationSnowball sampling strategiesHealth planningTrauma exposureMental healthStatistical ManualDisordersDisorder symptomsInadequate assessmentCriterion ASymptomsPosttraumatic symptomsSelf-report measures