Peer E-Cigarette and Cannabis Use and Adolescent Anxiety: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Study.

Objective: Adolescents are typically motivated to conform to peer influence, including substance use behaviors, and it is likely that adolescents who deviate from their peers' substance use behaviors might experience stress and anxiety.

Method: A mixed-methods approach was utilized to examine the relationship between peer e-cigarette and cannabis use and symptoms of generalized anxiety among a diverse sample of 12 grade students in Los Angeles County, California, USA ( = 1,867, = 17.04, SD = 0.

Cancer clinical trial participation in socioeconomically vulnerable patients; A risk model to aid in targeted interventions.

Background: In patients with cancer, those with lower incomes are less likely to participate in clinical trials. A broad-based evaluation of variables that could contribute to this disparity has not been conducted.

Methods: We used data from Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) databases for survey years 2014, 2017, and 2020, the survey years that included questions about whether patients with cancer participated in a clinical trial.

Quality of life measures for people following stroke: a structured content review.

Introduction: Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are used widely to collect patient perspectives on their Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) after stroke. Existing reviews on PROMs typically report the psychometric properties but rarely focus on the content validity. We performed a structured review of the content of items of stroke-specific HRQoL outcomes.

Race and Clinical Outcomes in Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative, Node-Positive Breast Cancer in the Randomized RxPONDER Trial.

Background: The phase III RxPONDER trial has impacted treatment for node-positive(1-3), hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer with 21-gene recurrence score (RS) ≤ 25. We investigated how these findings apply to different racial and ethnic groups within the trial.

Methods: The trial randomized women to endocrine therapy (ET) or to chemotherapy plus ET.

Change in depression and anxiety symptoms among university students, staff, and faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic: Trojan pandemic response initiative.

Objective, Participants, & Methods: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health challenges of university students, staff, and faculty alike. We used linear mixed models to examine demographic predictors of, and change over time in, self-reported depression and anxiety symptoms of a cohort of university students and staff/faculty between surveys administered in August-November 2021 and December 2021-March 2022.

Results: Students who identified as "other" race/ethnicity, Lesbian Gay Bisexual or Queer, and female, reported high baseline levels of both depression and anxiety.