Objective: Caregivers play crucial roles in cancer treatment and outcomes. However, little is known regarding how caregivers support patients during cancer clinical trials. The aim of this study was to gain insight into the caregiver experience of rural and urban patients enrolled in cancer clinical trials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The psychosocial impact of medical marijuana use is not yet known. This study evaluated short-term changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) over the first three months of medical marijuana use.
Methods: This prospective, observational, longitudinal study followed adults newly recommended for medical marijuana by a physician for any of the more than 20 qualifying medical conditions in Pennsylvania.
There are many benefits of peer interactions for children's social, emotional, and cognitive development, and isolation from peers may have negative consequences for children. Although biological processes may underlie social withdrawal broadly, distinct patterns may be associated with withdrawal behaviors depending on their underlying motivation (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGiven the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to investigate how executive function (EF) assessments were impacted by changes in measurement protocols, context, and timing due to the pandemic. The present study used data from two projects. The first project occurred prior to the pandemic ( = 244, 44.
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