Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatologic condition in children. JIA is a chronic autoimmune disease with no known cure affecting more than 1 in 1,000 children. With the development of targeted biologic therapies for JIA in the late 1990s, the outlook for children with JIA dramatically improved. Since that time, many children have received biologic therapies, allowing for better disease control and even disease remission. Given the frequency of JIA and increasing use of biologic medications, primary care providers require a basic understanding about these medications and their side effects as well as how the primary care provider can best support the patients who are receiving biologic therapy. .
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Ann Intern Med
January 2025
Department of Epidemiology and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore; and Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (T.M.B.).
Background: Guidelines emphasize quiet settings for blood pressure (BP) measurement.
Objective: To determine the effect of noise and public environment on BP readings.
Design: Randomized crossover trial of adults in Baltimore, Maryland.
J Med Internet Res
January 2025
NOCD, Inc, Chicago, IL, United States.
Background: An effective primary treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents as well as adults is exposure and response prevention (ERP), a form of intervention in the context of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Despite strong evidence supporting the efficacy and effectiveness of ERP from studies in research and real-world settings, its clinical use remains limited. This underuse is often attributed to access barriers such as the scarcity of properly trained therapists, geographical constraints, and costs.
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January 2025
Unitat de Recerca i Innovació, Gerència d'Atenció Primària i a la Comunitat de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped social dynamics, fostering reliance on social media for information, connection, and collective sense-making. Understanding how citizens navigate a global health crisis in varying cultural and economic contexts is crucial for effective crisis communication.
Objective: This study examines the evolution of citizen collective sense-making during the COVID-19 pandemic by analyzing social media discourse across Italy, the United Kingdom, and Egypt, representing diverse economic and cultural contexts.
JMIR Res Protoc
January 2025
Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.
Background: Postpartum depression remains a significant concern, posing substantial challenges to maternal well-being, infant health, and the mother-infant bond, particularly in the face of barriers to traditional support and interventions. Previous studies have shown that mobile health (mHealth) interventions offer an accessible means to facilitate early detection and management of mental health issues while at the same time promoting preventive care.
Objective: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Leveraging on Virtual Engagement for Maternal Understanding & Mood-enhancement (LoVE4MUM) mobile app, which was developed based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy and psychoeducation and serves as an intervention to prevent postpartum depression.
Health Psychol
January 2025
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University.
Objective: Sleep deprivation and reduced sleep quality are common in adolescents and negatively impact their physical and mental wellbeing. This study evaluates the effect of a participatory-developed school-based healthy sleep intervention for adolescents.
Method: A 16-week long intervention, cocreated with adolescents, was conducted with two schools with four schools serving as measurement-only controls.
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