Publications by authors named "T Simpson"

Objective: We aim to describe healthcare, vocational, and educational transitions in young adults with pediatric-onset disabilities and to examine the associations with social determinants of health and depressive symptoms.

Design: This cross-sectional study used multinomial and binary logistic regression to examine the associations of sociodemographic factors and depressive symptoms with healthcare, educational, and vocational transitions.

Setting: Participants were recruited from outpatient specialty clinics in a Rehabilitation Medicine department at a quaternary academic children's hospital.

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Aim: The present study aims to investigate the outcomes of Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: A systemic search was conducted from electronic databases (PubMed/Medline, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar) from inception to 15 September 2023. All statistical analyses were conducted using Review Manager 5.

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Importance: Given the personal and social burdens of opioid use disorder (OUD), understanding time trends in OUD prevalence in large patient populations is key to planning prevention and treatment services.

Objective: To examine trends in the prevalence of OUD from 2005 to 2022 overall and by age, sex, and race and ethnicity.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This serial cross-sectional study included national Veterans Health Administration (VHA) electronic medical record data from the VHA Corporate Data Warehouse.

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Objective: The primary aim of this study was to determine if neighborhood disadvantage predicted internalizing symptoms and body mass index (BMI) in youth with spina bifida (SB), while accounting for several sociodemographic factors. We also explored whether resilience factors helped explain associations between neighborhood disadvantage and internalizing symptoms or neighborhood disadvantage and BMI.

Methods: Participants (n = 69, Mage=14.

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