2022
Complementary and integrative medicine perspectives among veteran patients and VHA healthcare providers for the treatment of headache disorders: a qualitative study
Kuruvilla DE, Lindsey H, Grinberg AS, Goldman RE, Riley S, Baird S, Fenton BT, Sico JJ, Damush TM. Complementary and integrative medicine perspectives among veteran patients and VHA healthcare providers for the treatment of headache disorders: a qualitative study. BMC Complementary Medicine And Therapies 2022, 22: 22. PMID: 35078450, PMCID: PMC8790919, DOI: 10.1186/s12906-022-03511-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationVeteran patientsHeadache managementClinical providersBackgroundThe Veterans Health AdministrationFavorable adverse effect profileVHA healthcare providersAdverse effect profileManagement of veteransChronic headache managementCIM modalitiesWhole health systemEffect profileHeadache centerChronic headacheHeadache disordersPatients' perceptionsHeadache treatmentSafe additionPatientsTreatment efficacyIntegrative medicineHealth AdministrationProviders' perceptionsHealthcare providers
2019
Polysomnography Utilization in Veterans Presenting Acutely with Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
Koo BB, Sico JJ, Myers LJ, Perkins AJ, Levine D, Miech EJ, Damush TM, Rattray N, Homoya B, Ferguson J, Myers J, Zhang Y, Bravata DM. Polysomnography Utilization in Veterans Presenting Acutely with Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack. Cerebrovascular Diseases 2019, 48: 179-183. PMID: 31722335, DOI: 10.1159/000504406.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBrain IschemiaComorbidityFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHealth StatusHumansIschemic Attack, TransientMaleMiddle AgedPolysomnographyPractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'Predictive Value of TestsPrognosisRisk FactorsSleep Apnea, ObstructiveStrokeTime FactorsUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeterans HealthConceptsTransient ischemic attackAcute ischemic strokeObstructive sleep apneaVeterans Administration Medical CenterTreatment of OSAIschemic strokeIschemic attackClinical dataExact testVA Corporate Data WarehouseCerebrovascular risk factorsMixed-effects logistic regressionFisher's exact testCorporate Data WarehouseEffects logistic regressionTwo-sample t-testAcute strokeClinical characteristicsHospital dischargeHeart failureSleep apneaFunctional outcomeRisk factorsUS veteransRecent guidelines