Publications by authors named "L Svetkey"
Background: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) is a recommended first-line treatment for adults with hypertension, yet adherence to DASH is low.
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of a digital health intervention (DHI), compared with attention control, on changes in DASH adherence and blood pressure among adults with hypertension.
Methods: Nourish was a 12-month, parallel, 2-arm, randomized controlled trial of a virtually delivered DHI.
Introduction: Clinical trials often enroll nonrepresentative participant samples, limiting generalizability of trial findings. The current analysis explores the influences of remote recruitment and screening protocols on participation in a digital health intervention (DHI) to promote the evidence-based Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating pattern.
Methods: Nourish was a 12-month randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of a DHI to an attention control arm among US adults with hypertension.
Introduction: Clinician implicit racial bias (IB) may lead to lower quality care and adverse health outcomes for Black patients. Educational efforts to train clinicians to mitigate IB vary widely and have insufficient evidence of impact. We developed and pilot-tested an evidence-based clinician IB curriculum, "REACHing Equity.
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- The study aimed to evaluate how communication quality during family-centered rounds differed among caregivers of various racial and ethnic backgrounds.
- Researchers conducted an observational study involving surveys and audio recordings of caregiver interactions with medical teams, analyzing both objective and subjective communication quality.
- The results showed that Black and Latinx caregivers experienced significantly lower levels of participation, respect, and partnership compared to white caregivers, highlighting disparities in healthcare communication.