Publications by authors named "T Armstrong"
Context: A patient-centered care (PCC) environment allows athletic trainers (ATs) to develop trusting relationships with patients, enabling them to make the most informed care decisions. To provide PCC, the AT should assess health literacy and deliver quality patient education.
Objective: To explore the lived experiences of ATs from different job settings to identify how they deliver PCC specific to health literacy and patient education.
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- Glioblastoma (GBM) is a severe brain cancer that can lead to toxic side effects during treatment, prompting this study to explore genetic and clinical factors associated with vascular toxicities such as thrombosis and hypertension in patients.
- A total of 591 Non-Hispanic White GBM patients were analyzed, with 62 experiencing thrombosis and 59 hypertension, revealing that hypertensive patients had improved survival rates compared to those without hypertension.
- The study found that genetic factors significantly predicted hypertension better than clinical data alone, while corticosteroid use was identified as a notable risk factor for thrombosis, suggesting a need for further research into these associations in cancer treatments.
Patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML) experience a wide range of symptoms due both to their underlying disease and the effects of treatment. Designing early phase trials to explore effective therapies in these patients should not only examine anti-tumor activity, but also consider the effects of treatments on how patients feel and function. Assessing symptomatic toxicities associated with new therapies in early phase trials from the patient perspective is best measured using patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and offers valuable insight and complementary information to the traditional adverse event reporting in cancer clinical trials.
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- Effective gambling messages should focus on reducing time and money spent on gambling to minimize related harm, but research on their effectiveness is limited, especially concerning sports and race betting.
- In a study involving 2,074 participants, two types of messages were tested (positive-emotional and norm-based) against a generic control message, but no significant differences were found in gambling behaviors or reported harms.
- Despite the lack of differences between message types, participants showed a general decrease in gambling activities over five weeks, suggesting the study prompted self-reflection on gambling rather than the messages themselves.
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- Radiation therapy is a common treatment for primary brain tumors, but it may lead to significant sleep disorders that haven't been fully explored.
- A systematic review analyzed 38 studies involving nearly 2,948 patients, finding a high incidence of sleep disturbances particularly from the end of radiation to six months afterward, linked to radiation dosage.
- The review calls for more research on sleep disorders in patients with primary brain tumors and suggests that pharmacological interventions can help manage sleep symptoms, despite inconsistencies in how these symptoms are reported across studies.