Publications by authors named "L D HAMILTON"
Resilience through social connectedness and cognition: Is theory of mind a form of enrichment for older adults?
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci
January 2025
Objective: Social connectedness is a modifiable lifestyle factor that delays age-related cognitive decline. Using cross-sectional, longitudinal, and experimental approaches, we examined whether theory of mind - inferring what others think or feel - is a potential mechanism underlying this relationship.
Methods: In Study 1, 305 community-dwelling older adults participating in two different, but related, studies completed comprehensive measures of general cognition, theory of mind, and personal social networks.
Objective: The quality of alcohol-related prevention and treatment in US primary care is poor. The purpose of this study was to describe the extent to which Electronic Health Records (EHRs) used by 167 primary care practices across 7 states currently include the necessary prompts, clinical support, and performance reporting essential for improving alcohol-related prevention and treatment in primary care.
Materials And Methods: Experts from five regional quality improvement programs identified basic EHR features needed to support evidence-based alcohol-related prevention (ie, screening and brief intervention) and treatment of alcohol use disorders (AUD).
Background: Care partners are individuals chosen by a person with an illness to support their care during hospitalization. Patients with persistent critical illness have longer than average critical care admission and often other conditions including dysphagia, communication vulnerability, severe physical deconditioning, the need for an artificial airway, and difficulty weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation. Family presence has been identified as important for patients experiencing persistent critical illness in specialized weaning centers.
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- In rural areas, atrial fibrillation (AF) management is primarily handled by local primary care providers, and there may be differing health outcomes for rural versus urban patients.
- A study analyzed data from the IMPACT-AF trial, comparing a clinical decision support system to standard care for AF management among 1133 patients, with 54.1% living in rural locations.
- Results showed rural patients had more referrals to general internists but fewer to cardiologists, and while there were no overall differences in emergency visits or hospitalizations, rural patients experienced higher rates of recurrent AF-related issues compared to urban patients.
Reproductive efficiency is crucial for animal agriculture. This economically important aspect can be influenced by environmental burdens, nutritional imbalance, and gonadal or gametic malformations of genetic origin. Successful implementation of genomic-driven selective breeding in cattle depends on the reproductive performance of artificial insemination (AI) sires with valuable genomic production traits.
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