2021
Social Support for Self-Care: Patient Strategies for Managing Diabetes and Hypertension in Rural Uganda
Tusubira AK, Nalwadda CK, Akiteng AR, Hsieh E, Ngaruiya C, Rabin TL, Katahoire A, Hawley NL, Kalyesubula R, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz JI, Armstrong-Hough M. Social Support for Self-Care: Patient Strategies for Managing Diabetes and Hypertension in Rural Uganda. Annals Of Global Health 2021, 87: 86. PMID: 34458110, PMCID: PMC8378074, DOI: 10.5334/aogh.3308.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-communicable diseasesSelf-care practicesPrescribed medicinesConventional medicinePatient's social support networkRural UgandaSelf-care activitiesBlood sugar levelsCross-sectional qualitative studyResource-limited settingsSelf-care effortsSocial support networksSocial supportNCD clinicsNineteen patientsAdult patientsHealth facilitiesPatientsPatient strategiesManaging diabetesHypertensionSelf-CareDiabetesDiagnostic testsLow-income countries
2020
Chinese registry of rheumatoid arthritis (CREDIT): III. The transition of disease activity during follow‐ups and predictors of achieving treatment target
Xiang Y, Wang Q, Li H, Duan X, Fang Y, Yang P, Li Q, Wu R, Huo Y, Shi X, Wu Z, Wang Y, Jiang N, Hsieh E, Li M, Tian X, Zeng X, co‐authors C. Chinese registry of rheumatoid arthritis (CREDIT): III. The transition of disease activity during follow‐ups and predictors of achieving treatment target. International Journal Of Rheumatic Diseases 2020, 23: 1719-1727. PMID: 33034424, DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.13996.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugsDisease activityTreatment responseChinese RegistryRheumatoid arthritisDisease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugsBaseline Disease Activity ScoreConventional DMARD therapyLower baseline DAS28Baseline disease activityDisease Activity ScoreAnti-rheumatic drugsBaseline DAS28DMARD therapyLDA ratesPrednisolone usageSynthetic DMARDsEarly RADisease durationActivity scoreTreatment strategiesTreatment targetsYounger agePatientsBaseline
2018
Prospective plasma efavirenz concentration assessment in Chinese HIV‐infected adults enrolled in a large multicentre study
Guo F, Cheng X, Hsieh E, Du X, Fu Q, Peng W, Li Y, Song X, Routy J, Li T. Prospective plasma efavirenz concentration assessment in Chinese HIV‐infected adults enrolled in a large multicentre study. HIV Medicine 2018, 19: 440-451. PMID: 29761920, PMCID: PMC6538474, DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12607.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLower body weightEfavirenz concentrationsBody weightWeek 4Chinese HIVMedian efavirenz concentrationPlasma efavirenz concentrationsAntiretroviral therapy initiationProspective multicentre trialProportion of patientsLarge multicentre studyPlasma samplesMultivariable regression analysisHigh efavirenz concentrationsNon-Han ethnicityEfavirenz 600Therapy initiationMulticentre trialMulticentre studyDosage reductionOptimal dosingTherapeutic windowPatientsSubstantial proportionHIV
2006
Sexually transmitted infections and private physicians in Peru, 2003
Hsieh EJ, Blas MM, La Rosa Roca S, Garcia PJ. Sexually transmitted infections and private physicians in Peru, 2003. BULL PAN AM HEALTH ORGAN 2006, 20: 223-229. PMID: 17316480, DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892006000900002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrivate physiciansPrivate practiceCases of STIsPublic health problemInterventional trialsFemale patientsNumber of physiciansPhysician managementSTI casesHealth problemsMedical careDoor surveyPhysician densityMedical officesPhysiciansCities of PeruDemographic informationSTIsPatientsClinical positionsInfectionPhysician workforceMonthsConsultationPublic practice