Safe at home: Acceptance of surveillance technology among caregivers for persons with dementia.

The increasing incidence of dementia calls for effective and innovative approaches to alleviate societal and personal burdens. Aging in place is a sustainable paradigm which ensures the best utilization of societal resources, supports caregivers, secures normalcy, and optimizes care for persons with dementia (PwD). Home-based surveillance technology can support PwD in safely aging in place.

Extra-genital infections with genetic mutations conferring ciprofloxacin resistance among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Lima, Peru.

Background: The increasing prevalence of drug-resistant (NG) infections has caused great concern. Ciprofloxacin remains the empiric antimicrobial recommended to treat NG infections in Peru disregarding the susceptibility profile of circulating NG strains. We report the prevalence of individuals infected with NG strains presenting mutations in the gene that confers ciprofloxacin resistance.

A Culturally Tailored Narrative Decreased Resistance to COVID-19 Vaccination Among Latinas.

Purpose: This study tested the relative efficacy of a culturally tailored dramatic narrative promoting COVID-19 vaccination in changing attitudes and behavioral intent among unvaccinated Latinas compared to a nonnarrative control containing similar information.

Design: A pretest-posttest experimental study with unvaccinated Latinas randomly assigned to watch either a dramatic narrative featuring Latina characters countering prevalent myths about COVID-19 vaccines or a nonnarrative film containing similar information (control condition).

Setting: The experiment was hosted online with the films embedded in the survey.

A Case of Mediastinal Emphysema Following Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery.

Mediastinal emphysema is an extremely rare and potentially fatal complication of endoscopic sinus surgery. The case presented involves a 73-year-old man who developed mediastinal emphysema following endoscopic sinus surgery for severe sinonasal polyposis. We describe the multiple etiologies that may have contributed to his condition including possible microtrauma at the time of intubation or during intubation, microfracture of the orbital wall/lamina papyracea, and severe hiccups.

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Biological Aging and Their Life Course Socioeconomic Determinants: The 2016 Health and Retirement Study.

This study examined differences in accelerated biological aging among non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanics, and non-Hispanic Whites in the United States and assessed whether including life course socioeconomic conditions attenuated observed racial/ethnic differences. Data came from the Venous Blood Collection Subsample of the Health and Retirement Study. We used a comprehensive summary measure of biological age (BA-22).

Factor Analysis of the Einstein Neonatal Neurobehavioral Assessment Scale in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease and Healthy Controls.

Administration of the Einstein Neonatal Neurobehavioral Assessment Scale (ENNAS) can be time-consuming, and items can be highly correlated. We aimed to determine: (1) its factor analytic structure; (2) the validity of the factor structure; and (3) the associations of physiologic measures with factor scores. A factor analysis reduced 21 ENNAS items into 5 factors in 57 congenital heart disease (CHD) and 35 healthy infants.

Political Participation Among Middle-Aged and Older Asian Americans.

Political civic participation is an important dimension of engagement in adulthood, but low rates are often reported among middle-aged and older Asian American immigrants. Acculturation to American culture has been associated with more civic participation, yet little is understood about how informal social contexts may play an additional role in these relationships. Using data from the 2015 survey, this study examined how political civic participation was associated with acculturation and social contexts in a diverse sample of Asian Americans aged 40 and above in Central Texas.

Project SUN: Pilot Study of a Culturally Adapted Smoking Cessation Curriculum for American Indian Youth.

American Indian Alaska Native (AIAN) youth have disproportionately higher rates of commercial tobacco product use compared to other racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. These rates underscore a need for commercial tobacco product cessation interventions that are culturally informed.

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Brain Health: A Systematic Review of Structural, Functional, and Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Investigations.

Background: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of genetic disorders that affects the adrenal glands and is the most common cause of primary adrenal insufficiency in children. In the past few decades, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been implemented to investigate how the brain may be affected by CAH. A systematic review was conducted to evaluate and synthesize the reported evidence of brain findings related to CAH using structural, functional, and diffusion-weighted MRI.

Peer Crowd Identification of Young and Early Middle Adulthood Customers at Vape Shops.

Vape shops specialize in the sales of e-cigarettes and other vaping products. In recent studies, young adults who use e-cigarettes have tended to identify with at-risk peer crowds. This is the first study to examine vape shop customers' clientele.

A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials on Interventions Adopting Body-Mind-Spirit (BMS) Model on Holistic Well-Being.

Background: This systematic review aims to examine existing randomized controlled trials on interventions adopting Body-Mind-Spirit (BMS) model and evaluated the effectiveness of holistic well-being outcomes. Following three key concepts of the BMS model, our review questions included (1) How was BMS defined? (2) What activities were included, and how were they related to BMS dimensions? (3) What were interventionists' backgrounds, and whether they received BMS training? (4) What were holistic outcomes? and (5) What were the effectiveness and qualities of studies?

Methods: Searches were performed using nine databases for the studies published through August 2020. The process follows PRISMA protocol, and the "risk of bias" tool from the Cochrane Handbook was utilized to determine the quality of included studies.

Novel Forms of Reluctance Among Suspected Child Sexual Abuse Victims in Adolescence.

Adolescents tend to be neglected in research examining child sexual abuse (CSA) interviews, yet are often said to be particularly reluctant. This study examined reluctance among 119 10- to 17-year-old females questioned about suspected CSA ( = 25,942 responses), utilizing a scheme identifying previously overlooked types of reluctance in commercially sexually exploited (CSE) youth. In contrast to the CSE youth in a prior study, in which 26% of responses were reluctant, only 8% of CSA victims' responses expressed reluctance.

Optimizing Post-Acute Care Patient Safety: A Scoping Review of Multifactorial Fall Prevention Interventions for Older Adults.

Accidental falls are preventable adverse events for older post-acute care (PAC) patients. Yet, due to the functional and medical care needs of this population, there is little guidance to inform multidisciplinary prevention efforts. This scoping review aims to characterize the evidence for multifactorial PAC fall prevention interventions.

Pseudotemporal Invitations: 6- to 9-year-Old Maltreated Children's Tendency to Misinterpret Invitations Referencing "Time" as Solely Requesting Conventional Temporal Information.

Forensic interviewers ask children broad input-free recall questions about individual episodes in order to elicit complete narratives, often asking about "the first time," "the last time," and "one time." An overlooked problem is that the word "time" is potentially ambiguous, referring both to a particular episode and to conventional temporal information. We examined 191 6-9-year-old maltreated children's responses to questions about recent events varying the wording of the invitations, either asking children to "tell me about" or "tell me what happened" one time/the first time/the last time the child experienced recent recurrent events.

Autoimmune disease of head and neck, imaging, and clinical review.

Autoimmune disease of the head and neck (H&N) could be primary or secondary to systemic diseases, medications, or malignancies. Immune-mediated diseases of the H&N are not common in daily practice of radiologists; the diagnosis is frequently delayed because of the non-specific initial presentation and lack of familiarity with some of the specific imaging and clinical features. In this review, we aim to provide a practical diagnostic approach based on the specific radiological findings for each disease.

Qeirat Values and Victim Blaming in Iran: The Mediating Effect of Culture-Specific Gender Roles.

Sexual assaults are a social problem in Iran; however, psychological factors that predict perceptions of sexual assault remain largely unexamined. Here, we examine the relationship between moral concerns, culture-specific gender roles, and victim blaming in sexual assault scenarios in Iranian culture. Relying on Moral Foundations Theory and recent theoretical developments in moral psychology in the Iranian context, we examined the correlations between five moral foundations (Care, Fairness, Loyalty, Authority, and Purity), a culture-specific set of values called (which includes guarding and [over]protectiveness of female kin, romantic partners, broader family, and country), and victim blaming.

"You cannot stop talking about palliative care:" Perspectives and Learnings from Providers on Communicating about Home-based Palliative Care to Patients and Physicians.

Background: Home-based palliative care (HBPC) programs are proliferating across the U.S, yet face significant, documented challenges in promoting uptake of services and sustaining sufficient patient referrals. There is a huge need to understand effective methods for engaging physicians, patients, and caregivers in palliative care.

Depressive Symptoms Partially Mediate the Association of Frailty Phenotype Symptoms and Cognition for Females but Not Males.

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate whether depressive symptoms mediated the relationship between frailty phenotype and cognitive function by sex.

Methods: Data came from the Health and Retirement Study from 2012-2016. The outcome was measured by Fried's frailty criteria, our outcome was continuous global cognition, and mediator was depressive symptoms.

Comparing Variations in Advance Directives Timing among Older Adults with End-Stage Renal Disease versus Cancer.

Having an advance directive (AD) is associated with better care at end of life and better quality of death. However, AD completion rates among End-Stage Renal Disease patients are lower than among cancer patients. ESRD patients commonly experience cognitive impairment, reducing their ability to make their own care choices as their disease progresses.

Exploration of Demographic Differences in Past and Anticipated Future Care Experiences of Older Sexual Minority Adults.

Care experiences of sexual minority (SM) adults are largely characterized by the need for receiving care and providing care to their chosen family. This is due, in part, to the lack of family and social support and higher rates of health disparities. Using data from the "Maintaining Dignity: Understanding and Responding to the Challenges Facing Older LGBT Americans" AARP survey ( = 1694), we examined factors associated with past and anticipated future care experiences among older SMs.

Factors Associated With Advance Care Planning by Race.

Objective: This study aims to quantify and interpret Black-White differences in the factors associated with advance care planning (ACP), with specific attention to self-reported presence of chronic conditions and healthcare stereotype threat (HCST) in medical settings.

Method: Black and White individuals aged 50 and older (N = 499) were recruited from community centers and assisted living facilities in southern California and on Amazon Mechanical Turk. Six sequential logistic regressions assessed the effect of age, presence of chronic conditions, income, and HCST on predicting 3 components of ACP by race.

Race, Ethnicity, and Age Differences in Social Relationships and Obesity: Findings From the National Survey of American Life.

ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to examine race, ethnicity, and age differences in the association between social relationships and body weight in a nationally representative sample of African American, Caribbean Black, and non-Hispanic White adults. : Data were drawn from the 2001-2003 National Survey of American Life ( = 5684). Multiple linear regressions were conducted to examine the links between race, ethnicity, and age with social relationships and weight.

Pre- and Perinatal Risk Factors for Child Maltreatment in Military Families Across the First Two Years of Life.

Military families are exposed to a unique constellation of risk factors, which may impact maltreatment outcomes. The present study examined prospective relationships between demographic, health, birth-related, and military-specific risk factors identified prior to a child's birth on their risk for maltreatment in the first two years of life. Data from the Millennium Cohort Study, Department of Defense (DoD) operational records and Family Advocacy Program data on met-criteria maltreatment, and Birth and Infant Health Research program data on suspected maltreatment were linked for 9076 service member parents.

Religious Involvement and Sleep Among Older African Americans.

This study sought to determine whether religious involvement is associated with sleep quality in a nationally representative sample of older African Americans. The analytic sample included African American respondents aged 55+ from the National Survey of American Life-Reinterview ( = 459). Religious involvement variables included service attendance, reading religious texts, watching religious television programs, listening to religious radio programs, prayer, and subjective religiosity.

Linguistic Adaptation and Cognitive Function in Older Chinese and Korean Immigrants in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Objectives: To examine the cross-sectional association of linguistic adaptation with cognitive function, as well as its interactions with sociodemographic and health profiles in older Chinese and Korean immigrants in the U.S.

Methods: Using harmonized data ( = 5063) from the Population Study of Chinese Elderly (PINE) and the Study of Older Korean Americans (SOKA), we examined between- and within-group differences in the role of linguistic adaptation (English use in older Chinese Americans and English proficiency in older Korean Americans) in cognitive function.