The International Work Addiction Scale (IWAS): A screening tool for clinical and organizational applications validated in 85 cultures from six continents.

Background And Aims: Despite the last decade's significant development in the scientific study of work addiction/workaholism, this area of research is still facing a fundamental challenge, namely the need for a valid and reliable measurement tool that shows cross-cultural invariance and, as such, allows for worldwide studies on this phenomenon.

Methods: An initial 16-item questionnaire, developed within an addiction framework, was administered alongside job stress, job satisfaction, and self-esteem measures in a total sample of 31,352 employees from six continents and 85 cultures (63.5% females, mean age of 39.

The STRIPED Dietary Supplement Label Explorer: A Tool to Identify Supplements Sold with Weight-Loss, Muscle-Building, and Cleanse/Detox Claims.

Background: Limited federal premarket oversight over United States-sold dietary supplements impedes consumer safety and product efficacy. The Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD) was created to increase publicly available information on United States-sold dietary supplements. Building on what the DSLD was designed to provide, we aimed to create a comprehensive database that can facilitate searches on supplements sold with weight loss, muscle building, and cleanse/detox claims, supplement categories previously flagged for misleading claims and containing toxic ingredients.

Racial/ethnic inequities in potentially harmful supplement use: Results of a prospective US cohort during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objectives: To quantify racial/ethnic inequities in the use of harmful supplements sold with claims to aid in immune boosting, energy boosting, cleansing/detoxing, and weight loss throughout the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study using longitudinal data (April/May 2020-April 2021) drawn from the US-based COVID-19 Substudy (N = 55,098), embedded in the Nurses' Health Studies 2 and 3 and the Growing Up Today Study.

Methods: Modified Poisson models were fit to estimate sociodemographic-adjusted risk ratios (aRRs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) of supplement use by racialized identity.

Mental Health Disparities by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the All of Us Research Program.

Importance: Limited research explores mental health disparities between individuals in sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations and cisgender heterosexual (non-SGM) populations using national-level data.

Objective: To explore mental health disparities between SGM and non-SGM populations across sexual orientation, sex assigned at birth, and gender identity within the All of Us Research Program.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This cross-sectional study used survey data and linked electronic health records of eligible All of Us Research Program participants from May 31, 2017, to June 30, 2022.

From errors to excellence: the pre-analytical journey to improved quality in diagnostics. A scoping review.

This scoping review focuses on the evolution of pre-analytical errors (PAEs) in medical laboratories, a critical area with significant implications for patient care, healthcare costs, hospital length of stay, and operational efficiency. The Covidence Review tool was used to formulate the keywords, and then a comprehensive literature search was performed using several databases, importing the search results directly into Covidence (n=379). Title, abstract screening, duplicate removal, and full-text screening were done.