Maryam Kazemitabar
Associate Research Scientist (General Medicine)Cards
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2026
Appropriate Clinical Response Following Opioid Overdose: A Retrospective Analysis Within the Veterans Health Administration System.
Kazemitabar M, Reisman J, Sung M, Kerns R, Druhl E, Yu H, Li W, Becker W, Gordon K. Appropriate Clinical Response Following Opioid Overdose: A Retrospective Analysis Within the Veterans Health Administration System. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2026 PMID: 41521434, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000001644.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpioid use disorderSubstance use disordersUse disorderVeterans Health Administration systemHealth Administration systemClinical responseCare accessSocial determinantsOpioid overdoseDose reductionSocial determinants of healthBipolar disorderAdjusted modelsDeterminants of healthMorphine equivalent daily doseElectronic health recordsInitiation of medicationOpioid dose reductionNonfatal opioid overdoseInitiation of MOUDEquivalent daily doseRetrospective cohort studyBinary logistic regression modelWhite veteransLogistic regression models
2025
Use of Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies and Chiropractic Care Among Patients Receiving Long-Term Opioid Therapy in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Black A, Zeliadt S, Kerns R, Douglas J, Abel E, Rajeevan H, Heapy A, Kazemitabar M, Taylor S, Becker W. Use of Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies and Chiropractic Care Among Patients Receiving Long-Term Opioid Therapy in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Journal Of Alternative And Complementary Medicine 2025 PMID: 41269081, DOI: 10.1177/27683605251396445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong-term opioid therapyCIH therapiesVeterans AffairsNational retrospective cohortTherapy useChiropractic careCohort entryOpioid therapyYears prior to cohort entryDepartment of Veterans AffairsChronic painCohort entry yearMusculoskeletal pain conditionsHealth care encountersVA Medical CenterConsistent with national trendsResults:Clinical characteristic variablesEvidence-based therapiesCare encountersIntegrated healthHealth outcomesPost-traumatic stress disorderLower oddsOpioid use disorderPsychometric validation of the school health assessment tool for primary schools in Southeast Nigeria
Garcia D, Chukwuorji J, Kazemitabar M, Iwuagwu T, Chibuko C, Sanmartin R, Chiarolanza C, Seçer İ, Cloninger K. Psychometric validation of the school health assessment tool for primary schools in Southeast Nigeria. BMC Public Health 2025, 25: 3017. PMID: 40898086, PMCID: PMC12403245, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-24279-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth assessment toolNigerian primary schoolsPrimary schoolsInternal consistencySchool healthConfirmatory factor analysisExploratory factor analysisSocial well-beingEducational settingsSchool health assessmentAssessment toolSchool Health PoliciesStaff well-beingOfficial language of instructionSocial well-being of studentsSoutheast NigeriaMiddle-resource settingsWell-beingWell-being of studentsPrimary school teachersCross-sectional designMiddle-income countriesLanguage of instructionDimensions of school healthStudent well-being249 Patterns of Complementary and Integrative Health Therapy Utilization Among Veterans on Long-Term Opioid Therapy: A Latent Class Analysis
Kazemitabar M, Becker W, Zeliadt S, Abel E, Rajeevan H, Kerns R, Black A. 249 Patterns of Complementary and Integrative Health Therapy Utilization Among Veterans on Long-Term Opioid Therapy: A Latent Class Analysis. Journal Of Pain 2025, 29: 105047. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105047.Peer-Reviewed Original Research250 Barriers and Facilitators to Providers’ Use of a Patient Value Identification and Goal-Setting Tool for Chronic Pain Care
Wesolowicz D, Kazemitabar M, Black A. 250 Barriers and Facilitators to Providers’ Use of a Patient Value Identification and Goal-Setting Tool for Chronic Pain Care. Journal Of Pain 2025, 29: 105048. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105048.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Evaluation of an integration community project for asylum seekers in Sweden: physical activity adherence and changes in character traits and life satisfaction
Guerra M, Berglind D, Kazemitabar M, Lindskär E, Schütz E, Dias C, Garcia D. Evaluation of an integration community project for asylum seekers in Sweden: physical activity adherence and changes in character traits and life satisfaction. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 21438. PMID: 39271733, PMCID: PMC11399335, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-72413-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental illnessPhysical healthWell-beingLife satisfactionPhysical activity per seLow level of physical healthPhysical activity sessionsPhysical activity adherencePhysical activity initiativesLack of well-beingLevel of physical healthPresence of mental illnessPhysiological healthSatisfaction with Life ScaleActivity adherencePhysical inactivityDeterminants of well-beingCommunity projectsHigher life satisfactionHealth careActivity sessionsSedentary lifeLife ScaleLow adherenceSocial isolationPrescription Opioid Dose Change Before Fatal Opioid-Detected Overdose.
Kazemitabar M, Howell B, Becker W, Lin H, Grau L, Heimer R, D'Onofrio G, Hawk K, Fiellin D, Black A. Prescription Opioid Dose Change Before Fatal Opioid-Detected Overdose. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs 2024, 85: 815-819. PMID: 38775307, DOI: 10.15288/jsad.24-00026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrescribed opioidsOpioid dose changesRapid dose increaseNon-HispanicOverdose deathsToxicological resultsNon-prescription opioidsBlack non-HispanicMorphine equivalentsOpioid therapyWhite non-HispanicDose changesDaily doseMean ageDispensed opioidsPrescription opioidsPrescribing patternsOpioidDose increaseOpioid overdose crisisIncreasing dosesStudy investigated patternsEffect of timeEffects of ageSecondary analysisNursing students' personality (Temperament and Character), burnout symptoms, and health and well-being
Garcia D, Kazemitabar M, Björk E, da Costa Daniele T, Mihailovic M, Cloninger K, Frota M, Cloninger C. Nursing students' personality (Temperament and Character), burnout symptoms, and health and well-being. International Journal Of Nursing Studies Advances 2024, 6: 100206. PMID: 38803822, PMCID: PMC11129095, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnsa.2024.100206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLevel of healthStudent health outcomesNursing studentsHealth outcomesWell-beingAssociated with low harm avoidanceBurnout symptomsAssociated with specific health outcomesEmotional exhaustionSwedish nursing studentsHigh self-directednessLow harm avoidanceSpecific health outcomesMaslach Burnout Inventory-General SurveyEffects of personalityLatent profile analysisHigher self-efficacyWell-Being ScaleHealth-related abilitiesNursing educationCharacter InventoryHarm avoidanceSelf-directednessNursesPersonality traits
2023
Corrigendum: The 18-item Swedish version of Ryff's psychological wellbeing scale: psychometric properties based on classical test theory and item response theory
Garcia D, Kazemitabar M, Asgarabad M. Corrigendum: The 18-item Swedish version of Ryff's psychological wellbeing scale: psychometric properties based on classical test theory and item response theory. Frontiers In Psychology 2023, 14: 1324006. PMID: 38022981, PMCID: PMC10656605, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1324006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpidemiology of substance use and mental health disorders among forced migrants displaced from the MENAT region: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Kazemitabar M, Nyhan K, Makableh N, Minahan-Rowley R, Ali M, Wazaify M, Tetrault J, Khoshnood K. Epidemiology of substance use and mental health disorders among forced migrants displaced from the MENAT region: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0292535. PMID: 37797050, PMCID: PMC10553213, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health disordersSubstance use disordersSystematic reviewRegistration IDHealth disordersJoanna Briggs Institute checklistBias 2 toolRisk of biasInternational Prospective RegisterDatabases of EmbaseMeta-analysis protocolJoanna Briggs InstituteComprehensive systematic reviewRandom-effects modelSystematic review protocolCochrane riskMEDLINE search strategySubgroup analysisProspective RegisterRisk factorsObservational studyUse disordersHealth providersIntervention studies