Publications by authors named "M D Litt"
Objective: The study aimed to determine the associations between several important and potentially modifiable health variables and TMD signs and symptoms.
Methods: A total of 209 adult dental patients from two clinics completed surveys on demographics, self-reported awake and sleep bruxism, TMD signs and symptoms, stress, depression, chronic pain, and sleep quality. Correlations and regression analyses were used to identify associations between these health variables and TMD symptoms.
Day-level examination of ego-network effects on college students' alcohol consumption.
Psychol Addict Behav
November 2024
Objective: Egocentric social network analyses show that drinking habits of college students' friends predict personal alcohol consumption. To date, most of this research focused on between-person, cross-sectional, or long-term longitudinal designs to evaluate these effects. This study used intensive longitudinal methods to examine episode-specific effects of social networks (network drinking, network composition) on college students' drinking, comparing within-person and between-person effects on individual episodic drinking, and highlighted social network characteristics that might be targeted for intervention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBrugada Syndrome Risk Stratification: Selecting the Population of Interest.
J Am Coll Cardiol
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- - A study tested a personalized cognitive-behavioral treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD) to see if it could better meet individual patient needs compared to standard programs.
- - 173 participants were randomly assigned to three treatment groups: the Individualized Assessment and Treatment Program (IATP), a conventional cognitive-behavioral program, or a control group, with outcomes measured over 21 months.
- - Results showed that IATP led to better drinking outcomes by helping patients actively cope with high-risk situations, highlighting the importance of personalized treatment, though the findings may not apply to a more diverse population.
Provider Implicit Racial Bias in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
July 2024
Background/objectives: This study is to (1) assess implicit racial bias among pediatric providers and (2) use virtual patient (VP) vignettes to determine the impact of implicit racial bias on clinical decision-making in pediatric sickle cell disease (SCD) pain care.
Design/methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at a mid-sized, freestanding children's hospital in the northeast. Participants (N = 52) were pediatric SCD providers (87% cisgender female, 90% White, M age = 38.