Factor Structure of the Brief Addiction Monitor in a Non-Veteran Substance Use Disorder Outpatient Treatment Sample.

Background: The Brief Addiction Monitor (BAM) was developed as a comprehensive substance use disorder (SUD) outcome metric to fill a gap in quality measurement. Research to date has only examined the psychometric performance of this measure in veteran SUD populations. The purpose of the current research is to examine the factor structure and validity in a non-veteran SUD population.

Effects of Telehealth on Dropout and Retention in Care among Treatment-Seeking Individuals with Substance Use Disorder: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth became a widely used method of delivering treatment for substance use disorders (SUD), but its impact upon treatment engagement and dropout remains unknown. We conducted a retrospective analysis of adult SUD patients (n = 544) between October 2020 and June 2022 among a cohort of treatment-seeking patients at a nonprofit community behavioral health center in Southwestern Ohio. We estimated the likelihood of treatment dropout using survival curves and Cox proportional hazard models, comparing patients who used telehealth with video, telephone, or solely in-person services within the first 14 days of diagnosis.

Biological and clinical correlates of the patient health questionnaire-9: exploratory cross-sectional analyses of the baseline health study.

Objectives: We assessed the relationship between the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) at intake and other measurements intended to assess biological factors, markers of disease and health status.

Design, Setting And Participants: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 2365 participants from the Baseline Health Study, a prospective cohort of adults selected to represent major demographic groups in the USA. Participants underwent deep phenotyping on demographic, clinical, laboratory, functional and imaging findings.

Importance of Social Determinants in Screening for Depression.

Importance: The most common screening tool for depression is the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Despite extensive research on the clinical and behavioral implications of the PHQ-9, data are limited on the relationship between PHQ-9 scores and social determinants of health and disease.

Objective: To assess the relationship between the PHQ-9 at intake and other measurements intended to assess social determinants of health.

Return of individual research results: What do participants prefer and expect?

Newer data platforms offer increased opportunity to share multidimensional health data with research participants, but the preferences of participants for which data to receive and how is evolving. Our objective is to describe the preferences and expectations of participants for the return of individual research results within Project Baseline Health Study (PBHS). The PBHS is an ongoing, multicenter, longitudinal cohort study with data from four initial enrollment sites.

An Analysis of Successful Features of Anesthesiology Journal Clubs.

Background: No studies have examined how journal clubs (JCs) are implemented in anesthesiology residency training programs. The goal of the study was to close this gap by (1) examining the format, content, and goals of JCs; (2) identifying features associated with higher resident attendance and JC success; and (3) examining program directors' perspectives on JCs.

Methods: A 41-question survey was sent to anesthesiology program directors.

Combined Intravenous Sildenafil and L-Arginine Administration in a Porcine Animal Model: Hemodynamic Safety Profile and Effects on Coronary Blood Flow.

Background: Endothelial dysfunction in the nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway is a potential contributor to perioperative myocardial ischemia. The nitric oxide precursor, L-arginine, and the cyclic guanosine monophosphate degradation blocker, sildenafil, have vasodilatory effects under high dosage.

Objective: This study examined the hemodynamic safety and effect profiles of the combined administration of L-arginine and sildenafil using an in-vivo pig model.

'Imi Ho'ola: Creating Pathways to Success for Indigenous Students in Medicine at the University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine.

'Imi Ho'ola is a program for those seeking to heal. Since 1973, 'Imi Ho'ola has provided educational opportunities to students from underrepresented populations in medicine and has demonstrated its success as a pathway for Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders into the University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM).

Strategies for recruiting representative samples of Asian Americans for a population-based case-control study.

Background: Data are limited on effective methods for recruiting persons, especially from ethnically diverse populations, into population-based studies. The goal of this study was to evaluate the variation among and representativeness of controls identified using multiple methods for a population-based case-control study of breast cancer among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Methods: We used a unique combination of targeted recruitment strategies, including address-based sampling, community-based methods, and internet-based and media-based approaches for recruiting controls, frequency matched on age and ethnicity to a population-based sample of cases.