JAMA network open
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Comparative Study
Comparative Performance of Private Equity-Owned US Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
It is not known whether nursing homes with private equity (PE) ownership have performed better or worse than other nursing homes during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. ⋯ In this cross-sectional study, PE-owned nursing homes performed comparably on staffing levels, resident cases, and deaths with nursing homes with other types of ownership, although their shortages of PPE may warrant monitoring.
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Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of death in women worldwide. Yet the racial/ethnic disparity in incidences and distributions of breast cancer remains largely unknown. ⋯ This cohort study found notable disparities in incidences and proportions of different molecular subtypes, histological grades, pathological patterns, T stages, TNM stages, and tumor sites associated with race/ethnicity. The findings suggest that combining epidemiologic with genomic and molecular profiling data warrants further research.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Feasibility and Efficacy of a Resiliency Intervention for the Prevention of Chronic Emotional Distress Among Survivor-Caregiver Dyads Admitted to the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
To our knowledge, there are no evidence-based interventions to prevent chronic emotional distress (ie, depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress [PTS]) in critical care survivors and their informal caregivers. ⋯ In this pilot randomized clinical trial, RT was feasible and potentially efficacious in preventing chronic emotional distress in dyads of survivors of the neuroscience intensive care unit and their informal caregivers.
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Little is known about cannabis vaping trajectories across adolescence and young adulthood or the co-occurrence with nicotine vaping. ⋯ In this cohort study, the prevalence and type of nicotine vaping and cannabis vaping developmental trajectories from late adolescence to young adulthood were similar. Polysubstance vaping was common from late adolescence to young adulthood, particularly among those reporting more frequent vaping use. The findings suggest that public health policy and clinical interventions should address polysubstance vaping in both adolescence and young adulthood.