Identifying unique profiles of perceived dyspnea burden in heart failure.

Background: Dyspnea is a common symptom of heart failure (HF) but dyspnea burden is highly variable.

Objectives: Identify distinct profiles of dyspnea burden and identify predictors of dyspnea symptom profile.

Methods: A secondary analysis of data from five studies completed at Oregon Health and Science University was conducted.

The Association Between Social Isolation and Health: An Analysis of Parent-Adolescent Dyads from the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating Study.

We examined the relationship between social isolation and health among parents and their adolescent children. Data came from the 2014 Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating Study (FLASHE), a cross-sectional internet study from the National Cancer Institute. Parents and their adolescent children (ages 12-17) completed surveys about demographics, physical activity, and diet; analyses include all dyads in which at least one member provided information for any of the analyzed variables ( = 1851).

Pain-associated stressor exposure and neuroendocrine values for premature infants in neonatal intensive care.

Recurrent stress during neonatal intensive care taxes the adaptive capacity of the premature infant and may be a risk factor for suboptimal developmental outcomes. This research used a descriptive, cross-sectional design and a life course perspective to examine the relationship between resting adrenocorticoid values at 37 postmenstrual weeks of age and cumulative pain-associated stressor exposure in prematurely born infants. Subjects were 59 infants born at under 35 completed weeks of gestation, who were at least 2 weeks of age, and who had been cared for in the NICU since birth.