"As I Grew Older, My Life Got Better": Conceptions of Successful Aging among Older Women Living with or at Risk of HIV.

Successful aging (SA) is an important target for HIV care. However, we have insufficient understanding of how older women living with HIV (OWLH) in the US define SA. We explored conceptions of SA by OWLH and older women at risk of HIV and examined whether SA conceptions differed by (1) HIV serostatus, and (2) participation in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS).

Combined impact of Hepatitis B virus and gestational diabetes mellitus on ultrasound-measured fetal growth and adverse perinatal outcomes: A seven-year retrospective study.

Aims: To investigate the impact of pregnancy with combined hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on fetal growth and adverse perinatal outcomes.

Methods: All the pregnant women with HBV infection and/or GDM who delivered at Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University between January 2015, and September 2022 were included. A total of 1633 pregnant women were recruited in the final analysis, including 409 women with HBV infection and GDM, 396 with HBV infection only, 430 with GDM only, and 398 without HBV infection and GDM.

Association between gut microbiota and its functional metabolites with prenatal depression in women.

Background: The gut microbiota may affect mood through the microbiota-gut-brain axis. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the gut microbiota and its metabolites, such as short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), on prenatal depression and to determine the role of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) on prenatal depression in association with the gut microbiota and its metabolites (i.e.

Point-of-care communication for patients with limited language proficiency: A scoping review of healthcare interpretation applications.

Objective: Linguistic diversity has the potential to create barriers for limited language proficiency (LLP) patients when navigating the healthcare system. When a verified interpretation method is utilized, there are improvements in LLP patient outcomes. The purpose of this scoping review is to identify articles that outline applications used for point-of-care tasks between LLP patients and providers.

Online Patient Education Materials on Iron Deficiency Anemia Are Too Difficult to Read and Low Quality: A Readability and Quality Analysis.

Introduction Patients increasingly rely on online health information to understand and manage their diseases. Concerns about the quality and readability of these materials have been reported in the literature. Poor quality and difficult-to-read information lead to delayed diagnoses and adverse outcomes.

Associations of nighttime light exposure during pregnancy with maternal and neonatal gut microbiota: A cohort study.

Background: Nighttime light (NTL) pollution has been reported as a risk factor for human health. However, the relationship between NTL and gut microbiota has not been reported in pregnant women and neonates. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between NTL and gut microbial diversity and composition in mothers and their neonates.

Defining ultra-massive transfusion through a systematic review.

Background: Despite the widespread use of ultra-massive transfusion (UMT) as an intervention for trauma patients in hemorrhagic shock, no standard definition exists. We performed a systematic review to determine a consensus definition for UMT.

Methods: A search was performed from 1979 to 2022.

Heart failure symptom burden, dietary intake, and inflammation: An integrative review of the literature.

Heart failure (HF) is characterized by high symptom burden including, but not limited to fatigue, dyspnea, and edema. Up to 21.5% of HF patients experience significant depressive symptoms, much higher than 7.

Cumulative and lagged effects of varying-sized particulate matter exposure associates with toddlers' gut microbiota.

Particulate matter (PM) is an important component of air pollutants and is associated with various health risks. However, the impact of PM on toddlers' gut microbiota is rarely investigated. This study aimed to assess the cumulative and lagged effects of varying-sized PMs on toddlers' gut microbiota.

Addressing Nursing Students' Understanding of Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health: An Innovative Teaching-Learning Strategy.

Immersive learning opportunities across care settings enhance nursing students' understanding of the environmental, social, cultural, and policy factors that influence patients' health (e.g., social determinants of health) and care utilization.

Effects of psychosocial sleep interventions on improving infant sleep and maternal sleep and mood: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Infant sleep problems are prevalent and have a negative impact on infant growth and development, maternal sleep, and maternal mood. The effects of psychosocial sleep interventions on infant sleep and maternal sleep and mood are unclear. This study aimed to systematically evaluate the effects of psychosocial sleep interventions on improving infant sleep, including nocturnal total sleep time, daytime total sleep, total sleep time, night wakings, and maternal sleep and mood problems (ie, depression and fatigue).

Catamenial Pneumothorax: An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain.

A catamenial pneumothorax is a very rare condition resulting in spontaneous and recurrent pneumothoraces that occur in relationship with menses (T. Marjański et al., 2016).

Inflammatory cytokines and prenatal depression: Is there a mediating role of maternal gut microbiota?

Objective: The mechanism of levels of inflammatory cytokines that affects brain function and mood through gut microbiota has not been fully elucidated. This study aimed to investigate the potential mediating role of gut microbiota between maternal inflammatory cytokines levels and prenatal depression.

Design: There were 29 women in the prenatal depression group and 27 women in the control group enrolled in this study.

Performance of PROMIS Measures to Assess Fatigue and Sleep Symptom Severity Among African American Patients Newly Diagnosed With Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

This pilot study examined the concurrent validity of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS), Short Form, measures with the longer Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory among patients living with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). A total of 26 African American patients living with prediabetes and newly diagnosed with OSA completed the six-item short form versions of PROMIS Fatigue and PROMIS Sleep Disturbance, and the longer 20-item Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory. Both PROMIS Fatigue and Sleep Disturbance scales demonstrated high reliability with Cronbach's α of .

Does PM exposure during pregnancy impact the gut microbiota of mothers and neonates?

Background: Ambient air pollutant exposure can change the composition of gut microbiota at 6-months of age, but there is no epidemiological evidence on the impacts of exposure to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤1 μm (PM) during pregnancy on gut microbiota in mothers and neonates. We aimed to determine if gestational PM exposure is associated with the gut microbiota of mothers and neonates.

Methods: Leveraging a mother-infant cohort from the central region of China, we estimated the exposure concentrations of PM during pregnancy based on residential address records.

WHEN REPRODUCTION IS NO LONGER AUTONOMOUS: FEELING RESPECTED BY MATERNITY CARE PROVIDERS MODERATES THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN AUTONOMY IN DECISION MAKING AND BIRTH-RELATED PTSD SYMPTOMS IN A COMMUNITY SAMPLE OF POSTPARTUM BLACK WOMEN.

Black individuals are at particularly high risk for birth-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, in part due to a lack of opportunity to lead maternity care decisions. Maternal care providers need evidence-based ways to reduce pregnant persons' risk for birth-related PTSD symptoms despite reduced autonomy in decision making resulting from heightened restrictions on reproductive rights. We investigated whether a potential relation between autonomy in decision making and birth-related PTSD symptoms would be moderated by being mistreated or feeling respected by maternity care providers in a community sample of Black women (N = 52; M = 28.

Original Research: The Impact of COVID-19 on Pain Care Among Older Adults.

Purpose: In this qualitative descriptive study, we sought to understand the professional experiences and perceptions of pain management nurses who cared for older adults in the United States during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Data were collected between July 2020 and July 2021 through individual, semistructured interviews with a nonprobability sample of 18 pain management nurses. An inductive content analysis approach, in which categories were derived from a coding process based on a close reading of data extracts from the interview transcripts, was used to reveal the major theme related to the study aim.

Effects of cognitive stimulation therapy on patients with dementia: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Background: Dementia is characterized by significant cognitive decline that results in disturbance of daily activities. Increasing number of meta-analyses has examined the efficacy of cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) for dementia. However, there is a lack of comprehensive reports that specifically discuss the strength of evidence to support CST for dementia.

Changes in the gut microbiome in the first two years of life predicted the temperament in toddlers.

Background: Temperament has been shown to be associated with the change of gut microbiome. There were no longitudinal studies to explore the role of gut microbiome changes in the development of temperament in toddlers.

Methods: This study used longitudinal cohort to investigate the associations between changes in gut microbiome and temperament in toddlers in the first two years of life.

Factors associated with emergency physician income.

Objective: Income fairness is important, but there are limited data that describe income equity among emergency physicians. Understanding the magnitude of and factors associated with income differences may be helpful in eliminating disparities. This study analyzed the associations of demographic factors, training, practice setting, and board certification with emergency physician income.

Hepatitis C care cascade in a large academic healthcare system, 2012 to 2018.

To determine the hepatitis C virus (HCV) care cascade among persons who were born during 1945 to 1965 and received outpatient care on or after January 2014 at a large academic healthcare system. Deidentified electronic health record data in an existing research database were analyzed for this study. Laboratory test results for HCV antibody and HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) indicated seropositivity and confirmatory testing.

Neighborhood Deprivation and Rurality Associated With Patient-Reported Outcomes and Survival in Men With Prostate Cancer in NRG Oncology RTOG 0415.

Purpose: Rurality and neighborhood deprivation can contribute to poor patient-reported outcomes, which have not been systematically evaluated in patients with specific cancers in national trials. Our objective was to examine the effect of rurality and neighborhood socioeconomic and environmental deprivation on patient-reported outcomes and survival in men with prostate cancer in NRG Oncology RTOG 0415.

Methods And Materials: Data from men with prostate cancer in trial NRG Oncology RTOG 0415 were analyzed; 1,092 men were randomized to receive conventional radiation therapy or hypofractionated radiation therapy.