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Biopsychosocial determinants of hand function and its trajectories over five years in patients with hand osteoarthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives This study aimed to investigate hand function trajectories over 5 years in primary hand osteoarthritis. Additionally, determinants of baseline and longitudinal hand function were assessed. Methods 538 patients with both baseline and 5‐year study visits were analyzed.
Annemiek V.E.M. Olde Meule, Coen van der Meulen, Jos Runhaar, Frits R. Rosendaal, Margreet Kloppenburg   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Telehealth to increase healthcare access; perspectives of people who use drugs

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Background People who use drugs (PWUD) often face restricted healthcare access despite their heightened healthcare needs. Factors such as stigma, mistrust of the healthcare system, competing priorities, and geographical barriers pose significant ...
Zoi Papalamprakopoulou, Elisavet Ntagianta, Vasiliki Triantafyllou, George Kalamitsis, Arpan Dharia, Suzanne S. Dickerson, Angelos Hatzakis, Andrew H. Talal   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

How substance use preferences and practices relate to fentanyl exposure among people who use drugs in Rhode Island, USA

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: Over 107,000 people died in the United States (U.S.) from drug overdose in 2022, with over one million overdose deaths since 1999. The U.S.
Leah C. Shaw, Katie B. Biello, Jane A. Buxton, Jacqueline E. Goldman, Scott E. Hadland, Susan G. Sherman, Yu Li, Alexandria Macmadu, Brandon D.L. Marshall   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Benefits and Costs of Newer Drugs: Evidence from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey [PDF]

The nation's spending for prescription drugs has grown dramatically in recent years. Previous studies have shown that the replacement of older drugs by newer, more expensive, drugs is the single most important reason for this increase, but they did not ...
Frank Lichtenberg
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Dietary and Lifestyle Practices of People Who Use Drugs

, 2022
Substance use disorder (SUD) is a major public health problem that has a detrimental impact on health, substantially contributing to the global burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Effective treatments for SUD are essential to reduce the impact of substance use on both the individual and society.
openaire   +1 more source

Associations of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity with Frailty Over Five Years of Follow‐up

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective To evaluate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity is associated with frailty both in cross‐section and longitudinally. Methods Participants within the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis registry enrolled from 2003 to 2022 were included. The exposure was RA disease activity measured by Disease Activity Score in 28‐joints (DAS28)
Courtney N. Loecker, Yangyuna Yang, Punyasha Roul, Aaron Baraff, Myra S. Schmaderer, Lani Zimmerman, Kaleb Michaud, Namrata Singh, Grant W. Cannon, Gary Kunkel, Ted R. Mikuls, Ariela R. Orkaby, Joshua F. Baker, Bryant R. England, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Substance use frequency and associations with chronic pain among a cohort of people who inject drugs in Montreal, Canada

Canadian Journal of Pain
Background The relationship between substance use and chronic pain is bidirectional. Although chronic pain and polysubstance use are highly prevalent among people who inject drugs (PWID), few studies have examined how the frequency of use of different ...
Sasha Udhesister, Sarah Larney, M. Gabrielle Pagé, Nanor Minoyan, Stine Bordier Høj, Valérie Martel-Laferrière, Didier Jutras-Aswad, Julie Bruneau   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pain and Patient‐Reported Physical Function Did Not Differ Between Body Composition Profiles in Patients with Hip Osteoarthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective To explore whether higher body fat and lower lean mass are associated with greater pain and worse patient‐reported physical function in individuals with hip osteoarthritis (OA). A secondary aim was to examine whether pain and patient‐reported physical function differ according to four body composition profiles: high body fat, low lean mass ...
Alexandra Ryan, Boliang Wang, Fiona Dobson, Ben Kirk, Travis Haber, Kim L. Bennell, Shirley P. Yu, Kim Allison, Ricardo J.S. Costa, Gabrielle Knox, Michelle Hall   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics and outcomes of male participants in the Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study (ASCS).

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective To determine the differences in demographic, serologic and clinical characteristics between male and female patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in an Australian cohort. Methods Retrospective observational study using data from the Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study (ASCS). Males (M) were compared to females (F) using chi‐squared, Wilcoxon
Emily Lin, Dylan Hansen, Laura Ross, Gene‐Siew Ngian, Susanna Proudman, Gabor Major, Maryam Tabesh, Mandana Nikpour, Jennifer Walker, Lauren Host, Nava Ferdowsi, Alannah Quinlivan, Wendy Stevens, Joanne Sahhar, Diane Apostolopoulos   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘It was like coming back from the clouds’: a qualitative analysis of the lived experience of overdose consequent to drug use among a cohort of people who use drugs in Scotland

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Globally, non-fatal overdose (NFOD) rates consequent to drug use, typically opioids, continue increasing at a startling rate. Existing quantitative research has revealed myriad factors and characteristics linked to experiencing NFOD, but it is
Christopher J. Byrne, Fabio Sani, Teresa Flynn, Amy Malaguti   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source