Publications by authors named "K McTigue"
Objective: To assess patient perspectives on the level of shared decision making (SDM) experienced related to bariatric surgery.
Background: Severe obesity is common and has serious health implications. Yet, few eligible patients pursue bariatric surgery.
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of montelukast versus a placebo in helping outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19 recover from symptoms more quickly.
- The trial included 1,250 participants over 30 years old with confirmed COVID-19 symptoms for less than a week, who were randomly assigned to receive either montelukast or a placebo for 14 days.
- Results showed no significant difference in recovery time between the montelukast and placebo groups, with both groups having a median recovery time of 10 days and no reported deaths.
Objective: To analyze patient and caregiver narratives addressing experiences related to substance use and substance use disorder (SUD).
Methods: Thirty audio-narratives from the MyPaTH Story Booth archive addressed substance use between 5/20/2016 and 2/24/21. Two coders established an average Cohen's kappa statistics of 0.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of montelukast, a medication, versus a placebo in helping outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19 recover from their symptoms more quickly.
- - Conducted as part of the ACTIV-6 trial, 1250 participants aged 30 and older were enrolled from across 104 U.S. sites, receiving either montelukast or a placebo for 14 days.
- - Results showed no significant difference in recovery times between those taking montelukast and those taking the placebo, with both groups having a median recovery time of 10 days and minimal hospitalizations or adverse events reported.
Introduction: Engaging patients, caregivers, and other stakeholders to help guide the research process is a cornerstone of patient-centered research. Lived expertise may help ensure the relevance of research questions, promote practices that are satisfactory to research participants, improve transparency, and assist with disseminating findings.
Methods: Traditionally engagement has been conducted face-to-face in the local communities in which research operates.