The Effectiveness of Common Interventions in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease in Primary Care Settings: A Review.

Sickle cell disease (SCD), a chronic condition that affects men and women equally, continues to present a public health burden in the United States due to its associated morbidity and complications. Despite advances in medical knowledge and the design of novel therapies for managing the disease, its burden remains compounded because of increasing rates of immigration arising from global displacements and economic unrest in many countries. We thus conducted a comprehensive literature review of publications from 2000 to 2022 to gather guidelines on managing SCD, with a search through four databases, PubMed, Embase, Google Scholar, and Cochrane; 42 articles met the final inclusion criteria after the full-text article screening process.

Association Between the Use of Wearable Devices and Physical Activity Among US Adults With Depression and Anxiety: Evidence From the 2019 and 2020 Health Information National Trends Survey.

Objective The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between wearable device (WD) use and physical activity (PA) levels among US adults with self-reported depression and anxiety. Methods Data were pooled from 2026 adults who self-reported depression and anxiety from the 2019 and 2020 Health Information National Trends Survey. The explanatory variable was WD use, and the outcomes were weekly PA levels and resistance strength training.