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As adults spend about 30% of each day asleep, having a sleep disorder can negatively affect their functioning. The study objective was to determine the factors that influence sleep quality among patients and healthcare providers in the primary healthcare setting. This study included respondents of both sexes aged 18-90 years, comprising outpatients and the healthcare providers working in the General Medicine Service at the "Liman" Department of the "Novi Sad" Health Center in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia.

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Consistent direction despite wavering policy: reductions in resident physician extended duration shifts over 20 years.

Am J Med

January 2025

Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

We examined data from 17,498 physicians-in-training who reported on 92,662 months of work over a 20 year study interval that included three major revisions to work hour limits. Extended duration shifts (≥24 hours; EDS) are much less common than they used to be. On average, first-year resident physicians (PGY1s) currently work a total of 4 EDS per year and 3 EDS per month during months in which any EDS are worked.

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Background: Pediatric respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related acute lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) commonly requires hospitalization. The Clinical Progression Scale Pediatrics (CPS-Ped) measures level of respiratory support and degree of hypoxia across a range of disease severity, but it has not been applied in infants hospitalized with severe RSV-LRTI.

Methods: We analyzed data from a prospective surveillance registry of infants hospitalized for RSV-related complications across 39 U.

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Characteristics and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among students under school supervision in Japan: a descriptive epidemiological study (2008-2021).

Environ Health Prev Med

January 2025

Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University.

Background: A comprehensive understanding of the epidemiology of pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) occurring under school supervision is lacking. We aimed to comprehensively describe the characteristics and outcomes of OHCA among students in elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, and technical colleges in Japan.

Methods: OHCA data from 2008-2021 were obtained from the SPIRITS study, which provides a nationwide database of OHCAs occurring under school supervision across Japan.

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Importance: 2021 Advance child tax credit (ACTC) monthly payments were associated with reduced US child poverty rates; however, policymakers have expressed concerns that permanent adoption would increase parental substance use.

Objective: To assess whether 2021 ACTC monthly payments were temporally associated with changes in substance use among parents compared with adults without children.

Design, Setting, And Participants: The primary sample included adults aged 18 to 64 years who responded to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2021.

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Background: Granulation tissue formation and tracheitis are common pediatric tracheostomy complications. Ciprofloxacin/dexamethasone is frequently prescribed, but the influence of social determinants on this topic is unexplored.

Methods: This study extends a prior cohort study of pediatric tracheostomy patients at a single academic institution from 2016 to 2020.

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Prior research has assessed the ways in which neighborhoods promote or inhibit children's development but has paid less attention to delineating the particular processes through which neighborhoods are linked to child outcomes. This study combines geospatial data with survey data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Cohort of 2010-2011, a nationally representative sample of kindergarteners followed through 5th grade (N ~ 12,300), to explore how differences in neighborhood resources (parks and services) and stressors (crime and neighborhood disadvantage) are associated with variations in parental inputs-school involvement and provision of out-of-home enrichment activities. Using multilevel models assessing within- and between-family associations, we found mixed evidence concerning how neighborhood features are linked to parental inputs.

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Background: Setting rules about alcohol use and minimizing its availability in the home are known effective parent-level strategies for reducing underage drinking risk. However, parents' restrictions and their perceptions of their child's alcohol access have rarely been considered in combination (e.g.

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Beyond Connectivity: Exploring the Influence of Digital Access on the Social Determinants of Health for Youth in Out-of-Home Care.

Health Soc Work

December 2024

research and evaluation specialist, Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center, School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA.

This study explores digital inclusion for youth in out-of-home placement within the child welfare system, a group impacted by significant social determinants affecting health. Recognized as a "super social determinant of health," digital inclusion holds promise in addressing key health factors, such as social relationships, support systems, and information access. The study surveyed 131 foster parents and 152 kinship providers across varied U.

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Objectives: Emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians are in a unique position to screen for child maltreatment as they are often the first point of contact with the health care system and they may encounter children in their home environment. However, EMS training regarding the signs of child maltreatment is lacking. Although several child maltreatment screening tools have been developed for the primary care and emergency department (ED) settings, there appears to be no published literature describing or evaluating a prehospital screening aid.

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Feasibility, Acceptability, and Validity of Home Continuous Glucose Monitoring-Based Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Youth.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab

December 2024

Center for Pediatric Research in Obesity and Metabolism and Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Context: Home-based approaches to type 2 diabetes (T2D) screening in youth may facilitate early diagnosis.

Objective: To evaluate feasibility, acceptability, and validity of a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)-based oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).

Design: Prospective observational study.

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Purpose: The Parent-Enhanced Moved by Reading to Accelerate Comprehension in English (Parent EMBRACE) program offers a bilingual parent-training literacy intervention for Latino families. Within the context of shared book reading, the application leverages both the home language and technology to increase parent question-asking during shared reading. Research goals were to (a) examine the potential of the Parent EMBRACE tutoring system at teaching parents to increase the quantity and variety of their question-asking during shared book reading, (b) examine changes to parents' reading attitudes or motivation, and (c) examine whether children's reading attitude is correlated with parent interactions.

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Objective: To test the feasibility of implementing The Pittsburgh Study's (TPS) Early Childhood Collaborative, a population-level, community-partnered initiative to promote relational health by offering accessible preventive parenting program options for families with young children.

Study Design: TPS partnered with healthcare and community agencies serving families in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, to enroll and screen 878 parents of 1040 children 4-years-old and under. Participants were assigned to 1 of 4 tiered groups based on identified needs: (1) universal, (2) targeted/universal, (3) secondary/tertiary, or (4) tertiary programs.

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The current article describes the Remote Infant Studies of Early Learning, a battery intended to provide robust looking time measures of cognitive development that can be administered remotely to inform our understanding of individual developmental trajectories in typical and atypical populations, particularly infant siblings of autistic children. This battery was developed to inform our understanding of early cognitive and language development in infants who will later receive a diagnosis of autism. Using tasks that have been successfully implemented in lab-based paradigms, we included assessments of attention, memory, prediction, word recognition, numeracy, multimodal processing, and social evaluation.

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Sleep tracking by consumers is becoming increasingly prevalent; yet, few studies have evaluated the accuracy of such devices. We sought to evaluate the accuracy of three devices (Oura Ring Gen3, Fitbit Sense 2, and Apple Watch Series 8) compared to the gold standard sleep assessment (polysomnography (PSG)). Thirty-five participants (aged 20-50 years) without a sleep disorder were enrolled in a single-night inpatient study, during which they wore the Oura Ring, Fitbit, and Apple Watch, and were monitored with PSG.

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What to expect, when you expect. The neurosurgical perspective.

J Clin Neurosci

November 2024

Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece. Electronic address:

Article Synopsis
  • The study focuses on the experiences of women in neurosurgery who face challenges in balancing their careers with motherhood, particularly due to the timing of pregnancy coinciding with demanding training periods.
  • Through interviews with 21 women in varying stages of their neurosurgery careers, the research found that many feel social stigma around pregnancy and that support in the workplace tends to be more theoretical than practical.
  • The conclusion emphasizes the need for greater flexibility and support in the field to help women integrate their professional aspirations with family life, which is crucial for retaining talented professionals in neurosurgery.
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Objective: KeepCalm is a digital mental health application, co-designed with community partners, that incorporates wearable biosensing with support for teams to address challenging behaviors and emotion dysregulation in children on the autism spectrum.

Methods: We followed a user-centered design framework. Before app development, we conducted design workshops, needs assessment interviews, a systematic review, and created an Expert Advisory Board.

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Objective: To test whether pediatrician training leads to provider utilization of stimulant diversion prevention strategies as reported by adolescent patients with ADHD.

Methods: Pediatric practices received a stimulant diversion prevention workshop (SDP) or continued treatment-as-usual (TAU) in a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Surveys were completed by 341 stimulant-treated patients at baseline and three follow-up assessments.

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Toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may exhibit less pretend play than their neurotypical counterparts. Previous research suggests that caregivers' input during play influences children's play behavior, and children's behavior may in turn prompt caregivers of differently developing children to talk about play in different ways. Caregiver input about pretend play during toy play at home was examined at 18- and 36-months in toddlers with an older sibling with ASD, who are at elevated likelihood (EL) for ASD (n = 40), and toddlers with typical likelihood (TL) for ASD (n = 12).

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  • Research shows a significant rise in chlorine and chloramine gas exposures in the U.S. during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, with total cases increasing by 61% from 2015 to 2022, especially from 2019 to 2020.* -
  • Out of 85,104 reported exposures, the majority (84.9%) occurred at home, with many being mild and requiring minimal treatment, while a small percentage led to hospital admissions (1%) or deaths (0.03%).* -
  • The shift towards increased cleaning and disinfecting practices during the pandemic likely contributed to this ongoing issue, as many individuals continued these habits even as routines returned to normal.*
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A large body of literature has established that chaos in the home environment, characterized by high levels of disorganization, lack of household routine, crowding, noise, and unpredictability, undermines social-emotional and behavioral development in early childhood. It is less clear whether household chaos is linked to elevated risk for behavior problems in adolescence. The aims of this study were 3fold: (1) characterize the variability of adolescent and caregiver reports of household chaos over time; (2) examine associations among caregiver and adolescent reports of chaos over a 9-month period; (3) consider how between- and within- individual variability in household chaos predicts adolescent externalizing and internalizing problems.

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Purpose: Automatic speech analysis (ASA) and automatic speech recognition systems are increasingly being used in the treatment of speech sound disorders (SSDs). When utilized as a home practice tool or in the absence of the clinician, the ASA system has the potential to facilitate treatment gains. However, the feedback accuracy of such systems varies, a factor that may impact these gains.

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Social Environment and Neurobehavioral Outcomes 1 Year After Severe Pediatric TBI in the Intensive Care Unit.

J Head Trauma Rehabil

August 2024

Author Affiliations: Divisions of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology (Ms Miley), Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (Ms Patronick and Drs Wade and Kurowski), Biostatistics and Epidemiology (Dr Zhang), and Critical Care Medicine (Dr Chima), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (Ms Patronick and Dr Wade); Departments of Pediatrics (Drs Zhang, Chima, Wade, and Kurowski) and Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine (Ms Bode and Dr Kurowski), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Epidemiology, Epidemiology Data Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Drs Fabio and Wisniewski); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Treble-Barna); School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, England (Dr Adlam); Department of Critical Care Medicine, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Bell); and Department of Psychiatry and Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Beers).

Article Synopsis
  • The study’s goal was to investigate how home and neighborhood environments affect neurobehavioral outcomes in children who experienced severe traumatic brain injuries (TBIs).
  • It involved children under 18 years old, who were admitted to intensive care with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 8 or lower, and used a multicenter observational design to track various outcomes after 12 months.
  • Results showed that factors related to home and neighborhood life significantly influenced neurobehavioral outcomes like intellectual ability and behavior adjustment, particularly in older children, while global functioning was not as affected.
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Objective: Prospectively validate the accuracy of smartphone-based digital cranial measurements for the diagnosis and treatment of deformational plagiocephaly and/or brachycephaly (DPB), compared with calipers used in the standard of care.

Design/methods: Bird's-eye-view head photos were captured via smartphone, and their heads were measured with hand calipers by an expert user. CI/CVAI/CVA were calculated from photos and caliper measurements, and from 3D photogrammetry of the head as ground truth.

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  • * This study (COGITO) investigates the effectiveness of a combined exercise and cognitive training intervention in older adults with MCI using digital tools for remote monitoring and support.
  • * A total of 160 participants will be randomly assigned to one of four groups for a 3-month program, focusing on different interventions, to assess improvements in cognitive function and overall health.
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