Publications by authors named "Darcie Moeller"
Objectives: Widespread global transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), continues. Many questions remain about asymptomatic or atypical infections and transmission dynamics. We used comprehensive contact tracing of the first 2 confirmed patients in Illinois with COVID-19 and serologic SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing to determine whether contacts had evidence of undetected COVID-19.
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- - COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was first identified in China in December 2019, and the initial case in Illinois, USA, was investigated by health agencies in January 2020.
- - A woman in her 60s tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after returning from China, leading to the identification of 372 contacts, with 347 monitored for symptoms; out of these, 43 were classified as persons under investigation, but all tested negative for the virus.
- - The findings suggest that while there was direct person-to-person transmission in the initial case, extensive monitoring and testing of contacts, both symptomatic and asymptomatic, did not reveal any further spread of the virus. *
Purpose Of The Study: Older adults' self-care often depends on understanding and utilizing health information. Inadequate health literacy among older adults poses a barrier to self-care because it hampers comprehension of this information, particularly when the information is not well-designed. Our goal was to improve comprehension of online health information among older adults with hypertension who varied in health literacy abilities.
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