A5028604193- Herbal Medicine Research Studies
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Sinusitis and nasal conditions
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2016-2025
University of Wisconsin Health
2018-2025
Brown University
2024
University of Kentucky
2024
Park University
2024
ORCID
2024
Pennsylvania State University
2021
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
2021
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2021
University of California, Los Angeles
2021
Abstract Mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) are widely used to prevent mental ill health. Evidence suggests beneficial average effects but wide variability. We aimed confirm the effect of MBPs and understand whether how baseline distress, gender, age, education, dispositional mindfulness modify on distress among adults in non-clinical settings. conducted a systematic review individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis (PROSPERO CRD42020200117). Databases were searched December 2020 for...
The Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey (WURSS) is an illness-specific health-related quality-of-life questionnaire outcomes instrument. Research questions were: 1) How well does the WURSS-21 assess symptoms and functional impairments associated with common cold? 2) can this instrument measure change over time (responsiveness)? 3) What minimal important difference (MID) that be detected by WURSS-21? 4) are descriptive statistics for area under severity curve (AUC)? 5) sample sizes...
This study was designed to evaluate potential preventive effects of meditation or exercise on incidence, duration, and severity acute respiratory infection (ARI) illness.Community-recruited adults aged 50 years older were randomized 1 3 groups: 8-week training in mindfulness meditation, matched moderate-intensity sustained exercise, observational control. The primary outcome area-under-the-curve global illness during a single cold influenza season, using the Wisconsin Upper Respiratory...
Background: Echinacea preparations are widely used to treat the common cold. Objective: To assess efficacy of dried, encapsulated, whole-plant echinacea as early treatment for Design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled community-based trial. Setting: University Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. Participants: 148 registered students with colds recent onset. Intervention: An encapsulated mixture unrefined purpurea herb (25%) and root E. angustifolia (50%) taken in 1-g doses six...
Background. It is generally agreed that randomized controlled trials should be powered to detect small but clinically significant treatment effects. Toward these ends, minimal important difference (MID) was proposed as a benchmark for designing and interpreting health-related quality-of-life instrument scores. MID defined in 1989 “the smallest score the domain of interest which patients perceive beneficial would mandate, absence troubling side effects excessive cost, change patient’s...
Background: Echinacea is widely used to treat the common cold. Objective: To assess potential benefits of echinacea as a treatment Design: Randomized, controlled trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov registration number: NCT00065715) Setting: Dane County, Wisconsin. Patients: 719 patients, aged 12 80 years, with new-onset Intervention: Patients were assigned 1 4 parallel groups: no pills, placebo pills (blinded), or (unblinded, open-label). groups received equivalent 10.2 g dried root during first 24...
Background Practice of meditation or exercise may enhance health to protect against acute infectious illness. Objective To assess preventive effects and on respiratory infection (ARI) Design Randomized controlled prevention trial with three parallel groups. Setting Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Participants Community-recruited adults who did not regularly meditate. Methods 1) 8-week behavioral training in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR); 2) matched moderate intensity sustained (EX); 3)...
While great interest in health effects of natural product (NP) including dietary supplements and foods persists, promising preclinical NP research is not consistently translating into actionable clinical trial (CT) outcomes. Generally considered the gold standard for assessing safety efficacy, CTs, especially phase III are costly require rigorous planning to optimize value information obtained. More effective bridging from CT was goal a September, 2018 transdisciplinary workshop....
Greenhouse gases from human activities are causing climate change, creating risks for people around the globe. Behaviors involving transportation, diet, energy use, and purchasing drive greenhouse gas emissions, but also related to health well-being, providing opportunity co-benefits. Replacing shorter automobile trips with walking or cycling, eating plants rather than animals, example, may increase personal health, while reducing environmental impact. Mindfulness-based practices have been...
To assess quality of life (QOL) in patients with sinonasal symptoms response to hypertonic saline nasal irrigation (HSNI), and HSNI use patterns.The study was an uncontrolled 12-month follow-up a randomized controlled trial (RCT) used community setting. We included 54 participants recurrent or chronic symptoms. Forty had been the intervention group previous study; 14 control participants. Primary outcome measures were Rhinosinusitis Disability Index (RSDI), sinus-symptom severity assessment...