Publications by authors named "K L Brigham"
Importance: Residents must prepare for effective communication with patients after medical errors. The video-based communication assessment (VCA) is software that plays video of a patient scenario, asks the physician to record what they would say, engages crowdsourced laypeople to rate audio recordings of physician responses, and presents feedback to physicians.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of VCA feedback in resident error disclosure skill training.
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- ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder) is prevalent among youth with nutrition-related medical issues, and this study examines its medical comorbidities and nutritional markers compared to healthy controls.
- In the study of 100 youth with ARFID and 58 healthy controls, those with ARFID reported significantly higher instances of gastrointestinal (37% vs. 3%) and immune-mediated conditions (42% vs. 24%).
- Youth with ARFID also showed higher rates of elevated triglycerides (28% vs. 12%) and hs-CRP levels (17% vs. 4%), indicating potential cardiovascular risks potentially linked to their restricted diets.
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- The study aimed to compare bone health outcomes in adolescent and young adult women with atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN), typical anorexia nervosa (AN), and normal-weight healthy controls (HC) based on DSM-5 criteria.
- A total of 432 participants, aged 12-21, underwent bone density assessments, showing that bone outcomes in AAN were generally intermediate between AN and HC, with specifics on various bone metrics.
- Factors such as lower BMI, lean mass, and illness duration were linked to poorer bone health, highlighting the impact of AAN on bone density compared to AN and HC.
Importance: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected youth mental health. Increases in site-specific eating disorder (ED) care have been documented; however, multisite studies demonstrating national trends are lacking.
Objective: To compare the number of adolescent/young adult patients seeking inpatient and outpatient ED care before and after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.