2025
Psychological Interventions for Reducing Distress in Patients with Cardiac Arrhythmias
Särnholm J, Gaffey A, Turchio M, Biviano A, Burg M. Psychological Interventions for Reducing Distress in Patients with Cardiac Arrhythmias. Current Cardiology Reports 2025, 27: 102. PMID: 40560300, PMCID: PMC12198271, DOI: 10.1007/s11886-025-02253-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive behavioral therapyPsychological healthPsychological interventionsAssociated with anxietyBehavioral therapyAvoidance behaviorReduce distressArrhythmia careReduce anxietyPoor quality of lifeAnxietyDepressionQuality of lifeCare CollaborativeCare systemImprove QoLInterventionCareSummaryFurther researchHealthPoor qualityDistressQoLAvoidanceFear“Sleep Is Not Getting the Attention It Deserves”
Gaffey A, Mattocks K, Yaggi H, Marteeny V, Walker L, Brandt C, Haskell S, Bastian L, Burg M. “Sleep Is Not Getting the Attention It Deserves”. Medical Care 2025, 63: 472-478. PMID: 40307672, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000002152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVA careSleep managementSleep healthCohort of U.S. veteransSemistructured qualitative interviewsMental health providersMental health screeningVA Medical CenterSleep management practicesPost-9/11 veteransPrimary careProvider knowledgeHealth providersCare practicesRoutine educationFront lineHealth screeningUnique barriersInductive codingStandard educationQualitative interviewsU.S. veteransCareSleep knowledgeProvidersOptimizing Psychological Health Across the Perinatal Period: An Update on Maternal Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Sharma G, Gaffey A, Hameed A, Kasparian N, Mauricio R, Marsh E, Beck D, Skowronski J, Wolfe D, Levine G, Research T. Optimizing Psychological Health Across the Perinatal Period: An Update on Maternal Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2025, 14: e041369. PMID: 39996493, PMCID: PMC12132617, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.125.041369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal cardiovascular healthPsychological healthCardiovascular healthAmerican Heart AssociationPerinatal periodCare delivery modelsMaternal psychological healthScientific statementPsychological health carePostpartum follow-upHeart AssociationPsychological health conditionsAssociated with adverse pregnancy outcomesCardiovascular outcomesMaternal mortalityAdverse pregnancy outcomesHealth careDelivery modelsHealth conditionsLong-term cardiovascular outcomesHealthStakeholder partnersOffspring neurodevelopmentPregnancy outcomesCareBehavioral Medicine Can Tackle Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Burden: A Call for New Priorities
Burg M, Stewart J, Gaffey A, Särnholm J, Vela A, Kovacs R. Behavioral Medicine Can Tackle Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Burden: A Call for New Priorities. Policy Insights From The Behavioral And Brain Sciences 2025, 12: 28-36. DOI: 10.1177/23727322241306071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiovascular disease riskCardiovascular diseaseHealth-related quality of lifeCosts of cardiovascular diseaseBehavioral medicineHealth-related qualityQuality of lifeCardiovascular behavioral medicinePsychosocial healthPsychosocial factorsCV careProfessional groupsDisease riskModify behaviorAnnual costRiskMedicineCareHealthcareHealthTreatment of cardiovascular diseasesTacklesBurdenPreventionTraining
2022
Post-9/11 deployment history and the incidence of breast cancer among women veterans
Gaffey A, Han L, Ramsey C, Skanderson M, Dziura J, Driscoll M, Burg M, Brandt C, Bastian L, Haskell S. Post-9/11 deployment history and the incidence of breast cancer among women veterans. Annals Of Epidemiology 2022, 77: 98-102. PMID: 36470323, DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.11.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOEF/OIF deploymentBreast cancerWomen veteransHealthcare utilizationHormone replacement therapy useRetrospective cohort studyVeterans Affairs (VA) careHealthy soldier effectOEF/OIFCohort studyTherapy useBC incidenceHormonal contraceptivesLifestyle factorsPrimary careBC diagnosisLower incidenceOperations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi FreedomWomenIncidenceGreater likelihoodIraqi FreedomVeteransCancerCare
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