Publications by authors named "Adair K"

Importance: Compromised well-being in health care workers (HCWs) is detrimental to the workforce, organizations, and patients.

Objective: To test the effectiveness of Well-Being Essentials for Learning Life-Balance (WELL-B), a web-based continuing education program to deliver brief, evidence-based, reflective, psychological interventions to improve 4 dimensions of HCW well-being (ie, emotional exhaustion, emotional thriving, emotional recovery, and work-life integration).

Design, Setting, And Participants: A randomized clinical trial (RCT) of US inpatient and outpatient HCWs randomized 1:1 was conducted from January 3 through May 31, 2023, using a web-based intervention.

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Objective: Test sustainability of Web-based Implementation for the Science of Enhancing Resilience (WISER) intervention efficacy in reducing healthcare worker (HCW) emotional exhaustion (EE), a key component of burnout.

Design: One-year follow-up of WISER RCT using two cohorts (one waitlist control with shortened intervention period) of HCWs of four NICUs each, to improve HCW well-being (primary outcome: EE).

Results: In Cohorts 1 and 2, 194 and 312 WISER initiators were identified by 1-year, and 99 and 80 completed 1-year follow-up, respectively.

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We have developed a one-credit semester-long research experience for undergraduate students that involves the use of CRISPR/Cas9 to edit genes in zebrafish. The course is available to students at all stages of their undergraduate training and can be taken up to four times. Students select a gene of interest to edit as the basis of their semester-long project.

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  • The study aimed to explore the therapeutic effects of self-compassion letters written by healthcare workers, assessing how the content aligns with the concept of self-compassion.
  • Conducted in a US academic healthcare system, participants wrote letters as if from a supportive friend, which were then analyzed using content analysis techniques.
  • Results revealed five key categories in the letters, mainly focusing on positive self-reflection and future aspirations, highlighting the importance of self-compassion in reducing burnout and improving patient care.
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Objective: To compare the relative strengths (psychometric and convergent validity) of four emotional exhaustion (EE) measures: 9- and 5-item scales and two 1-item metrics.

Patients And Methods: This was a national cross-sectional survey study of 1409 US physicians in 2013. Psychometric properties were compared using Cronbach's alpha, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), and Spearman's Correlations.

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  • The COVID-19 pandemic has significant mental health consequences for healthcare workers (HCWs), particularly concerning post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, though data on this are still limited.
  • A study involving 2,038 HCWs revealed correlations between demographics and job roles with PTSD symptom severity, finding that younger HCWs and nurses reported higher symptoms compared to older HCWs and physicians.
  • This research contributes to understanding the mental health challenges faced by HCWs during the pandemic, emphasizing the need for targeted support strategies.
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Most animals and plants have associated microorganisms, collectively referred to as their microbiomes, which can provide essential functions. Given their importance, host-associated microbiomes have the potential to contribute substantially to adaptation of the host-microbiome assemblage (the "metaorganism"). Microbiomes may be especially important for rapid adaptation to novel environments because microbiomes can change more rapidly than host genomes.

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  • The study aimed to identify different subgroups of nurses based on their levels of burnout and resilience, focusing on characteristics associated with each subgroup.
  • Four distinct profiles were discovered: "exhausted," "exhausted with thriving," "exhausted with thriving and recovery," and "thriving and recovery," each varying in emotional exhaustion and well-being measures.
  • The findings suggest that interventions to enhance nurse well-being should be personalized according to their specific emotional profiles, as those in the "thriving and recovery" subgroup reported the most positive outcomes.
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Although most cell membrane proteins are modified by glycosylation, our understanding of the role and actions of protein glycosylation is still very limited. β1,3galactosyltransferase (C1GalT1) is a key glycosyltransferase that controls the biosynthesis of the Core 1 structure of O-linked mucin type glycans and is overexpressed by many common types of epithelial cancers. This study reports that suppression of C1GalT1 expression in human colon cancer cells caused substantial changes of protein glycosylation of cell membrane proteins, many of which were ligands of the galactoside-binding galectin-3 and the macrophage galactose-type lectin (MGL).

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Objective: To compare short- and long-term clinical variables between dogs undergoing a modified percutaneous cystolithotomy (PCCLm) and open cystotomy (OC) and evaluate for risk factors associated with complications and outcomes within the groups.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Animals: A total of 218 dogs.

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Healthcare workers are experiencing high stress and burnout, at rates up to 70%, hindering patient care. Studies often focus on stressors in a particular setting or within the context of the pandemic which limits understanding of a more comprehensive view of stressors experienced by healthcare workers. The purpose of this study was to assess healthcare workers' self-reported major stressors.

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Previous studies have shown that cysteine-reactive drug metabolites bind covalently with protein to activate patient T cells. However, the nature of the antigenic determinants that interact with HLA and whether T cell stimulatory peptides contain the bound drug metabolite has not been defined. Because susceptibility to dapsone hypersensitivity is associated with the expression of HLA-B*13:01, we have designed and synthesized nitroso dapsone-modified, HLA-B*13:01 binding peptides and explored their immunogenicity using T cells from hypersensitive human patients.

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  • Paratyphi B infections are rare in England but can lead to serious health issues.
  • An outbreak linked to travel from Iraq was identified through sentinel surveillance at a key laboratory.
  • Enhanced PCR testing was used for Swift diagnosis of these infections during the outbreak.
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Background: Engaged and accessible leadership is a key component of care excellence. However, the field lacks brief, reliable, and actionable measures of feedback and coaching-related behaviors of local leaders (for example, provides frequent feedback). The current study introduces a five-item Local Leadership (LL) scale by examining its psychometric properties, providing benchmarking across demographic factors and work settings, assessing its association with psychological safety, and testing whether LL predicts reports of restricted activities and absenteeism.

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Protein quantitation via mass spectrometry relies on peptide proxies for the parent protein from which abundances are estimated. Owing to the variability in signal from individual peptides, accurate absolute quantitation usually relies on the addition of an external standard. Typically, this involves stable isotope-labeled peptides, delivered singly or as a concatenated recombinant protein.

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Background: Leadership is a key driver of health care worker well-being and engagement, and feedback is an essential leadership behavior. Methods for evaluating interaction norms of local leaders are not well developed. Moreover, associations between local leadership and related domains are poorly understood.

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The onset of menopause elicits changes in body composition that negatively influence adipokine levels. Consequently, various health risk factors (e.g.

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Importance: Emotional exhaustion (EE) rates in healthcare workers (HCWs) have reached alarming levels and been linked to worse quality of care. Prior research has shown linguistic characteristics of writing samples can predict mental health disorders. Understanding whether linguistic characteristics are associated with EE could help identify and predict EE.

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Importance: Problems with the wellbeing of healthcare workers (HCWs) are widespread and associated with detrimental consequences for the workforce, organizations, and patients.

Objective: This study tested the effectiveness of the Web-based Implementation for the Science of Enhancing Resilience (WISER) intervention, a positive psychology program, to improve six dimensions of the wellbeing of HCWs.

Design: We conducted a randomized controlled trial of HCWs between 1 April 2018 and 22 July 2019.

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β-Lactamase inhibitors such as clavulanic acid and tazobactam were developed to overcome β-lactam antibiotic resistance. Hypersensitivity reactions to these drugs have not been studied in detail, and the antigenic determinants that activate T-cells have not been defined. The objectives of this study were to (i) characterize clavulanate- and tazobactam-responsive T-cells from hypersensitive patients, (ii) explore clavulanate and tazobactam T-cell crossreactivity, and (iii) define the antigenic determinants that contribute to T-cell reactivity.

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Importance: Extraordinary strain from COVID-19 has negatively impacted health care worker (HCW) well-being.

Objective: To determine whether HCW emotional exhaustion has increased during the pandemic, for which roles, and at what point.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This survey study was conducted in 3 waves, with an electronic survey administered in September 2019, September 2020, and September 2021 through January 2022.

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Objectives: The current study aimed to guide the assessment and improvement of psychological safety (PS) by (1) examining the psychometric properties of a brief novel PS scale, (2) assessing relationships between PS and other safety culture domains, (3) exploring whether PS differs by healthcare worker demographic factors, and (4) exploring whether PS differs by participation in 2 institutional programs, which encourage PS and speaking-up with patient safety concerns (i.e., Safety WalkRounds and Positive Leadership WalkRounds).

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Objectives: The COVID 19 pandemic placed unprecedented strain on healthcare systems and workers, likely also impacting patient safety and outcomes. This study aimed to understand how teamwork climate changed during that pandemic and how these changes affected safety culture and workforce well-being.

Methods: This cross-sectional observational study of 50,000 healthcare workers (HCWs) in 3 large U.

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Southeast Texas is home to some of the largest refineries in the United States. During Hurricane Harvey, emergency shutdowns took place. In this exploratory investigation, we examine how government air monitors performed in measuring air quality in Beaumont, Texas during and in the months following Hurricane Harvey.

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