Publications by authors named "C L Whitmore"
Background: Anxiety disorders are prevalent amongst older adults and negatively impact their quality-of-life and health. Anxiety disorders often go undetected or are misattributed to age-related changes. The aim of this systematic review of reviews, was to synthesize existing evidence on risk factors associated with anxiety in older adults to improve opportunities for early detection and intervention.
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- - The study seeks to analyze international Learning Health Systems (LHSs) to understand their evaluation methods and how they measure improvement in healthcare.
- - It aims to identify challenges in establishing clear benchmarks for evaluating new care approaches compared to traditional "usual care."
- - A thorough literature search will be conducted to find LHSs and describe their specific evaluation frameworks and methodologies, following recognized reporting guidelines.
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- - Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a temporary heart condition triggered by stress, occurring mainly in patients without serious coronary artery disease, and was studied in patients who experienced it after liver transplantation (LT).
- - A multicenter study included 55 adult patients who developed TCM following LT, mainly affecting older women, with common causes being alcohol-related liver disease; TCM diagnosis often occurred just days after surgery, leading to a significant drop in heart function.
- - Most patients were treated successfully using medications like diuretics, with a high rate of recovery in heart function observed over time; those who regained heart function had better survival rates compared to those who did not recover.
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- As the population gets older, it's important to include older adults in making health policies that affect them!
- This review looked at many different activities aimed at getting older adults involved in these decisions and found that most were organized by the government!
- While many initiatives focused on including older adults, there wasn’t enough effort to include a diverse group of participants, and some activities were even reported to have negative impacts!
Background: With US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding, from 2018 to 2022, 4 large healthcare systems (n = 53 health centers across 7 states) serving people of reproductive age trained staff and provided implementation support for alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI). This cross-site evaluation explores each healthcare system's implementation approach to implement SBI, reduce excessive alcohol use, and prevent prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
Methods: The SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) Program Matrix framed the multilevel strategies to implement alcohol SBI programs from 2018 to 2022.