Publications by authors named "J F Wilkerson"

Of 1.2 million Americans who would benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), only 36% were prescribed PrEP in 2023. Project HOMES is an ongoing study that evaluates recovery residences for individuals in medication-assisted recovery from opioid use disorder across five Texas cities.

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Article Synopsis
  • Opioid use disorder (OUD) significantly impacts mental and physical health, yet there’s limited research on health comorbidities among those in recovery residences receiving medication for OUD (MOUD).
  • A study involving 358 recovery residence residents in Texas from 2021 to 2023 found a high prevalence of mental health issues and physical comorbidities, with anxiety/depression and pain/discomfort being the most common health-related quality of life (HRQoL) problems reported.
  • Results showed that most comorbidities negatively impacted HRQoL, particularly affecting the ability to perform usual activities, mobility, and pain/discomfort, while older age correlated with increased HRQoL problems.
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Background: Antinuclear antibody (ANA) prevalence in the U.S. population increased from 1988 to 2012, especially in white and more educated individuals.

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Objective: To investigate occupational and hobby exposures to silica, solvents, and heavy metals and odds of idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) phenotypes, dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) versus inclusion body myositis (IBM), lung disease plus fever or arthritis (LD+), and systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease-overlap myositis (OM).

Methods: The sample included 1390 patients (598 DM, 409 PM, and 383 IBM) ages ≥18 years from a national registry. Of these, 218 (16%) were identified with LD+, i.

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Introduction: As the US continues to battle the opioid epidemic, recovery residences remain valuable services for people in recovery. While there is a growing body of literature describing positive outcomes experienced by people who live in recovery residences, little is known about the experience of people who live in these residences while taking medications for an opioid use disorder (MOUD) as part of their recovery. Thus, this study has three aims: (1) expand the availability of recovery residences that meet the National Alliance for Recovery Residences standards in Texas and serve individuals taking medications for an opioid use disorder as part of their recovery; (2) evaluate recovery residences for people taking MOUD as part of their recovery; and (3) compare the cost-effectiveness of recovery residences to treatment-as-usual.

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