Perspectives of Adult Rheumatologists Regarding Family Planning Counseling and Care: A Qualitative Study.

Objective: Little is known about whether and how rheumatologists provide family planning counseling and reproductive health care (FPCC) to reproductive-age women with rheumatic diseases. This qualitative study sought to assess rheumatologists' perspectives, attitudes, and practices regarding FPCC.

Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted with a geographically diverse US sample of rheumatologists (n = 12).

Contraception Use Among Reproductive-Age Women With Rheumatic Diseases.

Objective: To determine contraception use among a cohort of reproductive-age women (ages 18-50 years) with rheumatic diseases.

Methods: We conducted a study of administrative data from a single, large medical center between the years 2013 and 2014. Women who had 1 of 21 possible rheumatic disease diagnoses and had at least 2 outpatient rheumatology visits were included in this analysis.

Trends in Any and High-Dose Opioid Analgesic Receipt Among Aging Patients With and Without HIV.

Harms of opioid analgesics, especially high-dose therapy among individuals with comorbidities and older age, are increasingly recognized. However, trends in opioid receipt among HIV-infected patients are not well characterized. We examined trends, from 1999 to 2010, in any and high-dose (≥120 mg/day) opioid receipt among patients with and without HIV, by age strata, controlling for demographic and clinical correlates.

Predonation health-related quality of life scores predict time to recovery in hematopoietic stem cell donors.

The physical reactions to hematopoietic stem cell donation have been extensively studied, but less is known about factors that predict poorer donation experiences. The aim of this prospective study was to examine demographic and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) factors that might be associated with recovery and side effects. We also described the changes in HRQOL during the donation process.