- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Sleep and related disorders
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Digital Games and Media
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Artificial Intelligence in Law
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies
University of Toronto
2024
Loyola University Chicago
2023
Lurie Children's Hospital
2021-2023
Loyola University Medical Center
2022
Case Western Reserve University
2018
Traditional interventions for academic procrastination often fail to capture the nuanced, individual-specific factors that underlie them. Large language models (LLMs) hold immense potential addressing this gap by permitting open-ended inputs, including ability customize individuals' unique needs. However, user expectations and limitations of LLMs in context remain underexplored. To address this, we conducted interviews focus group discussions with 15 university students 6 experts, during...
This pilot study measures pain perception, somatosensory amplification and its relationship to health anxiety in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) FM obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); this also examines the effects of OSA on perception FM.In study, diagnosed or OSA, completed three self-reported questionnaires: Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), Somatosensory Amplification Scale (SSAS), Illness Behavior (IBQ). Sleep results were analyzed. Scores summarized using medians interquartile...
Stories about overcoming personal struggles can effectively illustrate the application of psychological theories in real life, yet they may fail to resonate with individuals' experiences. In this work, we employ large language models (LLMs) create tailored narratives that acknowledge and address unique challenging thoughts situations faced by individuals. Our study, involving 346 young adults across two settings, demonstrates LLM-enhanced stories were perceived be better than human-written...
Study Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) negatively impacts health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in adults, but few pediatric studies have explored this relationship or the relationships between HR-QoL domains.Methods: Patients aged 8-17 years visiting laboratory from July 2019 to January 2020 for overnight polysomnography participated study.Controls seen problems other than disturbance were recruited Department Pediatrics outpatient clinics.HR-QoL was assessed by Patient-Reported...
Trust in the doctor-patient relationship assumes special importance among elderly LGBT patients who encountered stigma and discrimination a society based on their sexual orientation. We explored between trust primary care physicians health, life satisfaction old age questionnaires completed by 196 older adults attended programs at an Senior Center South Florida 2014 or 2015. The average of our respondents was 68.6, with 79% identifying as gays 21% lesbians. concept operationalized reported...
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and poor quality of negatively impacts health-related life in adults, but few studies have evaluated the association between disturbance (eg, OSA, inadequate sleep) domains family relations, satisfaction) children.
Traditional interventions for academic procrastination often fail to capture the nuanced, individual-specific factors that underlie them. Large language models (LLMs) hold immense potential addressing this gap by permitting open-ended inputs, including ability customize individuals' unique needs. However, user expectations and limitations of LLMs in context remain underexplored. To address this, we conducted interviews focus group discussions with 15 university students 6 experts, during...
Abstract Introduction To identify the status of health-related quality life (HR-QoL) domains in children with sleep disturbance. Methods Patients ages 5–17 years visiting laboratory from 09/2019 to 01/2020 for overnight PSG participated study. Age and sex matched control participants were seen general pediatrics during 02/2020 issues other than HR-QoL was assessed by PROMIS V1.0 questionnaires. Statistical analysis conducted using R 3.6.0. Results 122 patients included final analysis: 70...
Abstract Introduction To identify the effect of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and sleep duration on problems with health-related quality life (HR-QoL) in children. Methods Children ages 8–18 years visiting laboratory from 07/2019 to 01/2020 for overnight PSG participated study. Controls seen during 01/2020-02/2020 issues other than disturbance were recruited primary care pediatric clinics. HR-QoL was assessed by PROMIS V1.0 questionnaires. Statistical analysis conducted using R 3.6.0....