Background: Technology-enabled services (TES; clinical services that include both technology-driven [e.g., personal sensing technologies] and person-powered support elements) may address gaps in depression and anxiety treatments in healthcare settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBreast lymphedema is a common sequela of breast conservation that delays healing and reduces quality of life. No rigorous classification system exists for this condition. We explored approaches for classifying breast lymph-edema based on breast ultrasound, physical exam, and patient-reported outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Due to the high rates of overweight and obesity in Mexican and Puerto Rican women, interventions that target these groups are in great need. The purpose of this cross-sectional study is to explore the role of four cultural variables (acculturation, acculturative stress, ethnic identity, and cultural values) that may help to explain ethnic disparities in correlates of obesity (diet, physical activity, and body image) among Mexican and Puerto Rican women. This paper describes the study design, measures, and initial analyses of participant characteristics, as well as implications for the development of an obesity intervention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Despite the high burden of anxiety and hypertension in Hispanic/Latino adults, little is known about their association in this population.
Purpose: To examine the associations of anxiety symptoms with 6-year changes in blood pressure (BP) and incident hypertension in Hispanic/Latino adults.
Methods: We examined data from a probability sample of 10,881 Hispanic/Latino persons aged 18-74 who attended visits 1 (V1; 2008-2011) and 2 (V2; 2014-2017) of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), a prospective cohort study.