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- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
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Hartford Financial Services (United States)
1996-2021
Hartford Hospital
2011-2021
University of Connecticut
2000-2019
UConn Health
2007-2019
Duke University
2018
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2018
Cornell University
2018
London Rebuilding Society
2016
Yale University
2013
General Department of Preventive Medicine
2008
Controversy remains about whether depression can be successfully managed after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and the costs benefits of doing so.To determine effects providing post-ACS care on depressive symptoms health costs.Multicenter randomized controlled trial.Patients were recruited from 2 private 5 academic ambulatory centers across United States.A total 150 patients with elevated (Beck Depression Inventory [BDI] score ≥10) to 6 months an ACS, between March 18, 2010, January 9,...
In Brief OBJECTIVE: To estimate the safety and efficacy of treatment with 2-mg nicotine gum for smoking cessation during pregnancy. METHODS: Pregnant women who smoked daily received individualized behavioral counseling random assignment to a 6-week or placebo followed by taper period. Women did not quit were instructed reduce number cigarettes substituting gum. Measures tobacco exposure obtained throughout study. RESULTS: Participants in (nequals;100) (nequals;94) groups comparable age,...
Electronic cigarette use is rapidly gaining in popularity. However, little known about correlates and reasons for electronic by women of reproductive age, a group which the safety efficacy particular interest.As part clinical trial smoking cessation, we surveyed pregnant smokers their lifetime cigarettes, previous any adjunctive treatments cigarettes during pregnancy. We examined associations between participant characteristics.Fifty-three percent (55/103) participants had previously tried...
In a large (N = 1,744) study of previously hospitalized psychiatric patients, multiple follow-up attempts were made to contact the ex-patients over 1-year period after their discharges. When contacted they asked provide information about posthospital adjustment; 59.5% sample was reached at least once and usable data obtained either in telephone interview or from mailed survey form. The noncontacted people represented very different subpopulations, both demographically terms typical...
Journal Article Genetic Vulnerability to Menthol Cigarette Preference in Women Get access Cheryl Oncken, MD, MPH, MPH 1Department of Medicine and Obstetrics Gynecology, University Connecticut School , Farmington, CT ; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Richard Feinn, PhD, PhD 2Department Medical Sciences, Frank H. Netter MD Medicine, Quinnipiac Hamden, Jonathan Covault, 3Department Psychiatry, Valerie Duffy, 4Department Allied Health College...
In Brief OBJECTIVE To evaluate a peer counseling intervention for pregnant smokers. METHODS One hundred forty-two pregnant, predominantly Hispanic women were assigned to peer-led smoking cessation program or usual care. RESULTS Compared with care, reduced (−9.1 versus −4.5 cigarettes daily, P = .03), but did not affect absolute quit rates (24% 21%) at 36 weeks' gestation. Infant birth weight negatively correlated smoked per day (r −0.29, < .01) and expired carbon monoxide −0.39, (P .001)...
Abstract Purpose: To examine changes in readiness to quit and self-efficacy among adolescents who received a clinic-based, brief office intervention (BOI) for smoking cessation. Methods: This study utilized prospective, pre–post- treatment design. Participants were adolescent smokers (34 females, 35 males) with mean ± SD age of 15.8 1.4 years; 86% Caucasian, randomly assigned receive the BOI as part larger clinical trial. They recruited from three cities Midwest Northeastern United States....
Abstract Background Postmenopausal smokers have difficulty quitting smoking and experience considerable weight gain with cessation. We examined whether adjunctive treatment exercise, compared to a relaxation control condition, could improve cigarette abstinence, decrease cigarettes smoked per day (CPD), ameliorate changes in body mass index (BMI) postmenopausal smokers. Methods Women (N = 301) signed informed consent were randomized at two sites (Universities of Connecticut Minnesota)....
Objective: To present the design of a multicenter, randomized trial testing effects stress reduction treatment (SRT) on prevalence shock-treated ventricular arrhythmias among patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Significant adjustment problems secondary to ICD shock can increase likelihood requiring for termination. Whether SRT reduce termination in ICDs has not been tested clinical trials. Methods: New recipients and previous who have received appropriate...
A scale measuring attitudes toward seeking medical help was devised and pretested with college students. The internally consistent had evident factorial congruent validity. In a second sample, both the revised its primary attitudinal component—an action–intention subscale—had strong test–retest reliability correlation reported appointments contacts assessed approximately 2 months later. sample of Hartford, CT residents, scale's structure remarkably similar to that Help-seeking differentiated...