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Brain J, Greene L, Tang EYH, Louise J, Salter A, Beach S, Turnbull D, Siervo M, Stephan BCM, Tully PJ. Cardiovascular disease, associated risk factors, and risk of dementia: An umbrella review of meta-analyses. Front Epidemiol 2023; 3:1095236. [PMID: 38455934 PMCID: PMC10910908 DOI: 10.3389/fepid.2023.1095236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Introduction Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have been associated with an increased risk of dementia; yet the evidence is mixed. This review critically appraises and synthesises current evidence exploring associations between dementia risk and CVD and their risk factors, including coronary heart disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, and arterial stiffness. Methods MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were searched to identify systematic reviews with meta-analyses investigating the association between at least one of the CVDs of interest and dementia risk. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal Checklist for Systematic Reviews was used to assess methodological quality. Results Twenty-five meta-analyses published between 2007 and 2021 were included. Studies largely consisted of cohorts from North America and Europe. Findings were variable, with coronary heart disease, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation consistently associated with increased risk for all-cause dementia, but results were inconsistent for Alzheimer's disease. Hypertension was more frequently associated with dementia during mid-life compared to late life. Findings concerning cholesterol were complex, and while results were inconsistent for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and total cholesterol, there appeared to be no associations between triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. All meta-analyses investigating hypercholesterolaemia showed significant increases in dementia risk. There was a paucity of research on the association between arterial stiffness and dementia risk. Conclusion Targeted CVD dementia prevention strategies could reduce dementia prevalence. Future research should determine the underpinning mechanisms linking heart and brain health to determine the most effective strategies for dementia risk reduction in CVD populations.
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- Jacob Brain
- Institute of Mental Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Innovation Park, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men’s Health, Discipline of Medicine, School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men’s Health, Discipline of Medicine, School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, the Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- University of Nottingham Libraries, University of Nottingham, King’s Meadow Campus, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men’s Health, Discipline of Medicine, School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, The University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Mental Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Innovation Park, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia
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Hsu AT, Espadero C, Tanuseputro P, Bennett C, Beach S, Roberts R, Manuel D. Using routinely collected data to develop and evaluate a clinical tool for early identification of palliative care needs in long-term care: The RESPECT Project. Int J Popul Data Sci 2022. [PMCID: PMC9644852 DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Brain J, Tully PJ, Turnbull D, Tang E, Greene L, Beach S, Siervo M, Stephan BCM. Risk factors for dementia in the context of cardiovascular disease: A protocol of an overview of reviews. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0271611. [PMID: 35862400 PMCID: PMC9302739 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background
Dementia is a major public health priority. Although there is abundant evidence of an association between dementia and poor cardiovascular health, findings have been inconsistent and uncertain in identifying which factors increase dementia risk in those with cardiovascular disease. Indeed, multiple variables including sociodemographic, economic, health, lifestyle and education may indicate who is at higher vs. lower dementia risk and could be used in prediction modelling. Therefore, the aim of this review is to synthesise evidence on the key risk factors for dementia in those with a history of cardiovascular disease.
Methods
This is an overview of reviews protocol, registered on PROSPERO (CRD42021265363). Four electronic databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews will be searched. Studies will be included if they are systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses that have investigated the risk of incident dementia (all-cause and subtypes including Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia) in people with a history of coronary heart disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, and vascular stiffness. Study selection will be completed by two independent researchers according to the eligibility criteria, and conflicts resolved by a third reviewer. References will be exported into Covidence for title and abstract sifting, full-text review, and data extraction. Methodological quality will be assessed using the AMSTAR-2 criteria and confidence of evidence will be assessed using the GRADE classification. This overview of reviews will follow PRISMA guidelines. If there is sufficient homogeneity in the data, the results will be pooled, and a meta-analysis conducted to determine the strength of association between each risk factor and incident all-cause dementia and its subtypes for each cardiovascular diagnoses separately.
Discussion
We will create a comprehensive summary of the key risk factors linking cardiovascular diseases to risk of incident dementia. This knowledge is essential for informing risk predictive model development as well as the development of risk reduction and prevention strategies.
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- Jacob Brain
- Institute of Mental Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Innovation Park, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men’s Health, Discipline of Medicine, School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia
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- Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men’s Health, Discipline of Medicine, School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Trials Unit, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, St Luke’s Campus, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- University of Nottingham Libraries, University of Nottingham, King’s Meadow Campus, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Mental Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Innovation Park, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Mental Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Innovation Park, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Conces MR, Beach S, Pierson CR, Prasad V. Submucosal Nerve Diameter in the Rectum Increases With Age: An Important Consideration for the Diagnosis of Hirschsprung Disease. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2022; 25:263-269. [PMID: 34791945 DOI: 10.1177/10935266211049689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Hypertrophic submucosal nerves, defined as ≥40 µm in diameter, are considered supportive of a diagnosis of HSCR, but the effect of age on nerve diameter has not been well-studied. We sought to determine the distribution of the largest nerve diameter in ganglionic rectal biopsies and the significance of hypertrophic submucosal nerves in the diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) based on age. METHODS Rectal biopsies performed in the evaluation of HSCR were retrospectively reviewed from 179 patients (151 ganglionic biopsies, 28 aganglionic biopsies), and the diameter of the largest submucosal nerve was measured. RESULTS In non-Hirschsprung disease (non-HSCR) biopsies, submucosal nerve diameter increased with age. In patients <1 year, the average diameter was 34.1 ± 11.6 µm but increased to 50.8 ± 17.3 µm after 1 year of age. Submucosal nerves ≥40 µm in diameter were significantly associated with HSCR across all ages [HSCR = 25/28 (89.3%) vs non-HSCR = 59/151 (39.1%), p < 0.0001] and remained significant in patients <1 year of age [HSCR = 22/24 (91.7%) vs non-HSCR = 19/91 (20.9%), p < 0.0001]. CONCLUSIONS The diameter of submucosal nerves increases with age, and ≥40 µm nerves are common after 1 year of age.
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- Miriam R Conces
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.,Department of Pathology, 2647The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Biomedical Education and Anatomy, Division of Anatomy, 2647The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.,Department of Pathology, 2647The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio.,Department of Biomedical Education and Anatomy, Division of Anatomy, 2647The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.,Department of Pathology, 2647The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
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Hsu AT, Manuel DG, Spruin S, Bennett C, Taljaard M, Beach S, Sequeira Y, Talarico R, Chalifoux M, Kobewka D, Costa AP, Bronskill SE, Tanuseputro P. Predicting death in home care users: derivation and validation of the Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-Life in the Community Tool (RESPECT). CMAJ 2021; 193:E997-E1005. [PMID: 34226263 PMCID: PMC8248571 DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.200022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND: Prognostication tools that report personalized mortality risk and survival could improve discussions about end-of-life and advance care planning. We sought to develop and validate a mortality risk model for older adults with diverse care needs in home care using self-reportable information — the Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-Life in the Community Tool (RESPECT). METHODS: Using a derivation cohort that comprised adults living in Ontario, Canada, aged 50 years and older with at least 1 Resident Assessment Instrument for Home Care (RAI-HC) record between Jan. 1, 2007, and Dec. 31, 2012, we developed a mortality risk model. The primary outcome was mortality 6 months after a RAI-HC assessment. We used proportional hazards regression with robust standard errors to account for clustering by the individual. We validated this algorithm for a second cohort of users of home care who were assessed between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2013. We used Kaplan–Meier survival curves to estimate the observed risk of death at 6 months for assessment of calibration and median survival. We constructed 61 risk groups based on incremental increases in the estimated median survival of about 3 weeks among adults at high risk and 3 months among adults at lower risk. RESULTS: The derivation and validation cohorts included 435 009 and 139 388 adults, respectively. We identified a total of 122 823 deaths within 6 months of a RAI-HC assessment in the derivation cohort. The mean predicted 6-month mortality risk was 10.8% (95% confidence interval [CI] 10.7%–10.8%) and ranged from 1.54% (95% CI 1.53%–1.54%) in the lowest to 98.1% (95% CI 98.1%–98.2%) in the highest risk group. Estimated median survival spanned from 28 days (11 to 84 d at the 25th and 75th percentiles) in the highest risk group to over 8 years (1925 to 3420 d) in the lowest risk group. The algorithm had a c-statistic of 0.753 (95% CI 0.750–0.756) in our validation cohort. INTERPRETATION: The RESPECT mortality risk prediction tool that makes use of readily available information can improve the identification of palliative and end-of-life care needs in a diverse older adult population receiving home care.
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- Amy T Hsu
- Bruyère Research Institute (Hsu, Manuel, Tanuseputro); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Hsu, Manuel, Bennett, Taljaard, Beach, Sequeira, Kobewka, Tanuseputro), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Chalifoux, Manuel, Spruin, Talarico, Tanuseputro); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Taljaard, Manuel), Division of Palliative Care (Tanuseputro) and Department of Medicine (Kobewka), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Costa), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; ICES Central (Bronskill); Women's College Research Institute (Bronskill), Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
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- Bruyère Research Institute (Hsu, Manuel, Tanuseputro); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Hsu, Manuel, Bennett, Taljaard, Beach, Sequeira, Kobewka, Tanuseputro), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Chalifoux, Manuel, Spruin, Talarico, Tanuseputro); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Taljaard, Manuel), Division of Palliative Care (Tanuseputro) and Department of Medicine (Kobewka), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Costa), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; ICES Central (Bronskill); Women's College Research Institute (Bronskill), Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Bruyère Research Institute (Hsu, Manuel, Tanuseputro); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Hsu, Manuel, Bennett, Taljaard, Beach, Sequeira, Kobewka, Tanuseputro), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Chalifoux, Manuel, Spruin, Talarico, Tanuseputro); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Taljaard, Manuel), Division of Palliative Care (Tanuseputro) and Department of Medicine (Kobewka), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Costa), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; ICES Central (Bronskill); Women's College Research Institute (Bronskill), Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Bruyère Research Institute (Hsu, Manuel, Tanuseputro); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Hsu, Manuel, Bennett, Taljaard, Beach, Sequeira, Kobewka, Tanuseputro), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Chalifoux, Manuel, Spruin, Talarico, Tanuseputro); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Taljaard, Manuel), Division of Palliative Care (Tanuseputro) and Department of Medicine (Kobewka), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Costa), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; ICES Central (Bronskill); Women's College Research Institute (Bronskill), Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Bruyère Research Institute (Hsu, Manuel, Tanuseputro); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Hsu, Manuel, Bennett, Taljaard, Beach, Sequeira, Kobewka, Tanuseputro), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Chalifoux, Manuel, Spruin, Talarico, Tanuseputro); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Taljaard, Manuel), Division of Palliative Care (Tanuseputro) and Department of Medicine (Kobewka), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Costa), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; ICES Central (Bronskill); Women's College Research Institute (Bronskill), Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Bruyère Research Institute (Hsu, Manuel, Tanuseputro); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Hsu, Manuel, Bennett, Taljaard, Beach, Sequeira, Kobewka, Tanuseputro), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Chalifoux, Manuel, Spruin, Talarico, Tanuseputro); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Taljaard, Manuel), Division of Palliative Care (Tanuseputro) and Department of Medicine (Kobewka), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Costa), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; ICES Central (Bronskill); Women's College Research Institute (Bronskill), Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Bruyère Research Institute (Hsu, Manuel, Tanuseputro); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Hsu, Manuel, Bennett, Taljaard, Beach, Sequeira, Kobewka, Tanuseputro), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Chalifoux, Manuel, Spruin, Talarico, Tanuseputro); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Taljaard, Manuel), Division of Palliative Care (Tanuseputro) and Department of Medicine (Kobewka), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Costa), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; ICES Central (Bronskill); Women's College Research Institute (Bronskill), Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Bruyère Research Institute (Hsu, Manuel, Tanuseputro); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Hsu, Manuel, Bennett, Taljaard, Beach, Sequeira, Kobewka, Tanuseputro), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Chalifoux, Manuel, Spruin, Talarico, Tanuseputro); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Taljaard, Manuel), Division of Palliative Care (Tanuseputro) and Department of Medicine (Kobewka), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Costa), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; ICES Central (Bronskill); Women's College Research Institute (Bronskill), Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Bruyère Research Institute (Hsu, Manuel, Tanuseputro); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Hsu, Manuel, Bennett, Taljaard, Beach, Sequeira, Kobewka, Tanuseputro), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Chalifoux, Manuel, Spruin, Talarico, Tanuseputro); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Taljaard, Manuel), Division of Palliative Care (Tanuseputro) and Department of Medicine (Kobewka), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Costa), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; ICES Central (Bronskill); Women's College Research Institute (Bronskill), Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Bruyère Research Institute (Hsu, Manuel, Tanuseputro); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Hsu, Manuel, Bennett, Taljaard, Beach, Sequeira, Kobewka, Tanuseputro), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Chalifoux, Manuel, Spruin, Talarico, Tanuseputro); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Taljaard, Manuel), Division of Palliative Care (Tanuseputro) and Department of Medicine (Kobewka), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Costa), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; ICES Central (Bronskill); Women's College Research Institute (Bronskill), Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Bruyère Research Institute (Hsu, Manuel, Tanuseputro); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Hsu, Manuel, Bennett, Taljaard, Beach, Sequeira, Kobewka, Tanuseputro), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Chalifoux, Manuel, Spruin, Talarico, Tanuseputro); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Taljaard, Manuel), Division of Palliative Care (Tanuseputro) and Department of Medicine (Kobewka), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Costa), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; ICES Central (Bronskill); Women's College Research Institute (Bronskill), Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Bruyère Research Institute (Hsu, Manuel, Tanuseputro); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Hsu, Manuel, Bennett, Taljaard, Beach, Sequeira, Kobewka, Tanuseputro), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Chalifoux, Manuel, Spruin, Talarico, Tanuseputro); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Taljaard, Manuel), Division of Palliative Care (Tanuseputro) and Department of Medicine (Kobewka), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Costa), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; ICES Central (Bronskill); Women's College Research Institute (Bronskill), Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Bruyère Research Institute (Hsu, Manuel, Tanuseputro); Clinical Epidemiology Program (Hsu, Manuel, Bennett, Taljaard, Beach, Sequeira, Kobewka, Tanuseputro), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; ICES uOttawa (Chalifoux, Manuel, Spruin, Talarico, Tanuseputro); School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Taljaard, Manuel), Division of Palliative Care (Tanuseputro) and Department of Medicine (Kobewka), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Costa), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; ICES Central (Bronskill); Women's College Research Institute (Bronskill), Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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Tanuseputro P, Beach S, Chalifoux M, Wodchis WP, Hsu AT, Seow H, Manuel DG. Associations between physician home visits for the dying and place of death: A population-based retrospective cohort study. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0191322. [PMID: 29447291 PMCID: PMC5813907 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND While most individuals wish to die at home, the reality is that most will die in hospital. AIM To determine whether receiving a physician home visit near the end-of-life is associated with lower odds of death in a hospital. DESIGN Observational retrospective cohort study, examining location of death and health care in the last year of life. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS Population-level study of Ontarians, a Canadian province with over 13 million residents. All decedents from April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2013 (n = 264,754). RESULTS More than half of 264,754 decedents died in hospital: 45.7% died in an acute care hospital and 7.7% in complex continuing care. After adjustment for multiple factors-including patient illness, home care services, and days of being at home-receiving at least one physician home visit from a non-palliative care physician was associated with a 47% decreased odds (odds-ratio, 0.53; 95%CI: 0.51-0.55) of dying in a hospital. When a palliative care physician specialist was involved, the overall odds declined by 59% (odds ratio, 0.41; 95%CI: 0.39-0.43). The same model, adjusting for physician home visits, showed that receiving palliative home care was associated with a similar reduction (odds ratio, 0.49; 95%CI: 0.47-0.51). CONCLUSION Location of death is strongly associated with end-of-life health care in the home. Less than one-third of the population, however, received end-of-life home care or a physician visit in their last year of life, revealing large room for improvement.
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- Peter Tanuseputro
- Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Division of Palliative Care, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Population Health and Primary Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Population Health and Primary Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Population Health and Primary Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Population Health and Primary Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Population Health and Primary Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Population Health and Primary Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Petrassi M, Barber R, Be C, Beach S, Cox B, D'Souza AM, Duggan N, Hussey M, Fox R, Hunt P, Jarai G, Kosaka T, Oakley P, Patel V, Press N, Rowlands D, Scheufler C, Schmidt O, Srinivas H, Turner M, Turner R, Westwick J, Wolfreys A, Pathan N, Watson S, Thomas M. Identification of a Novel Allosteric Inhibitory Site on Tryptophan Hydroxylase 1 Enabling Unprecedented Selectivity Over all Related Hydroxylases. Front Pharmacol 2017; 8:240. [PMID: 28529483 PMCID: PMC5418348 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has demonstrated multi-serotonin receptor dependent pathologies, characterized by increased tone (5-HT1B receptor) and complex lesions (SERT, 5-HT1B, 5-HT2B receptors) of the pulmonary vasculature together with right ventricular hypertrophy, ischemia and fibrosis (5-HT2B receptor). Selective inhibitors of individual signaling elements – SERT, 5-HT2A, 5HT2B, and combined 5-HT2A/B receptors, have all been tested clinically and failed. Thus, inhibition of tryptophan hydroxylase 1 (TPH1), the rate limiting step in 5-HT synthesis, has been suggested as a more broad, and thereby more effective, mode of 5-HT inhibition. However, selectivity over non-pathogenic enzyme family members, TPH2, phenylalanine hydroxylase, and tyrosine hydroxylase has hampered therapeutic development. Here we describe the site/sequence, biochemical, and biophysical characterization of a novel allosteric site on TPH1 through which selectivity over TPH2 and related aromatic amino acid hydroxylases is achieved. We demonstrate the mechanism of action by which novel compounds selectively inhibit TPH1 using surface plasma resonance and enzyme competition assays with both tryptophan ligand and BH4 co-factor. We demonstrate 15-fold greater potency within a human carcinoid cell line versus the most potent known TPH1/2 non-specific inhibitor. Lastly, we detail a novel canine in vivo system utilized to determine effective biologic inhibition of newly synthesized 5-HT. These findings are the first to demonstrate TPH1-selective inhibition and may pave the way to a truly effective means to reduce pathologic 5-HT and thereby treat complex remodeling diseases such as PAH.
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- Mike Petrassi
- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San DiegoCA, USA
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchBasel, Switzerland
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San DiegoCA, USA
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San DiegoCA, USA
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK
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- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchHorsham, UK.,Translational Biology, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity IMED, AstraZenecaGothenburg, Sweden
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Tanuseputro P, Hsu A, Kuluski K, Chalifoux M, Donskov M, Beach S, Walker P. Level of Need, Divertibility, and Outcomes of Newly Admitted Nursing Home Residents. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2017; 18:616-623. [PMID: 28377155 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2017.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Revised: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe the level of need and divertibility of newly admitted nursing home residents, describe the factors that drive need, and describe the outcomes of residents across different levels of need. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING A total of 640 publicly funded nursing homes (also known as long-term care facilities) in Ontario, Canada. PARTICIPANTS All newly admitted residents between January 1, 2010 and March 1, 2012. MEASUREMENTS We categorized residents into 36 groups based on different levels of (1) cognitive impairment, (2) difficulty in activities of daily living (ADL), (3) difficulty in instrumental ADLs, and (4) whether or not they had a caregiver at home. Residents were then categorized as having low, intermediate, or high needs; applying results from previous "Balance of Care" studies, we also captured the proportion who could have been cost-effectively diverted into the community. We then contrasted the characteristics of residents across the needs and divertible groupings, and compared 4 outcomes among these groups: hospital admissions, emergency department visits, mortality, and return to home. RESULTS A population-level cohort of 64,105 incident admissions was captured. About two-thirds had great difficulty performing ADLs (65%) and had mild to severe cognitive impairment (66%); over 90% had great difficulty with instrumental ADLs. Just less than 50% of the new admissions were considered to be residents with high care needs (cognitively impaired with great ADL difficulty), while only 4.5% (2880 residents) had low care needs (cognition and ADL intact). Those with dementia (71.0%) and previous stroke (21.5%) were over-represented in the high needs group. Those that cannot be divertible to anywhere else but an institution with 24 hour nursing care comprised 41.3% (n = 26,502) of residents. Only 5.4% (n = 3483), based on community resources available, could potentially be cost-effectively diverted to the community. Those at higher needs experienced higher rates of mortality, higher total cost across all health sectors, and lower rates of return to home. CONCLUSIONS The majority of those admitted into nursing homes have high levels of need (driven largely by dementia and stroke) and could not have their needs met cost-effectively elsewhere, suggesting that the system is at capacity. Caring for the long-term care needs of the aging population should consider the balance of investments in institution and community settings.
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- Peter Tanuseputro
- Bruyère Research Institute, Bruyère Center of Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Population Health and Primary Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Population Health and Primary Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Bruyère Research Institute, Bruyère Center of Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Bruyère Research Institute, Bruyère Center of Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Manuel DG, Abdulaziz KE, Perez R, Beach S, Bennett C. Personalized risk communication for personalized risk assessment: Real world assessment of knowledge and motivation for six mortality risk measures from an online life expectancy calculator. Inform Health Soc Care 2017; 43:42-55. [PMID: 28068156 DOI: 10.1080/17538157.2016.1255632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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In the clinical setting, previous studies have shown personalized risk assessment and communication improves risk perception and motivation. We evaluated an online health calculator that estimated and presented six different measures of life expectancy/mortality based on a person's sociodemographic and health behavior profile. Immediately after receiving calculator results, participants were invited to complete an online survey that asked how informative and motivating they found each risk measure, whether they would share their results and whether the calculator provided information they need to make lifestyle changes. Over 80% of the 317 survey respondents found at least one of six healthy living measures highly informative and motivating, but there was moderate heterogeneity regarding which measures respondents found most informative and motivating. Overall, health age was most informative and life expectancy most motivating. Approximately 40% of respondents would share the results with their clinician (44%) or social networks (38%), although the information they would share was often different from what they found informative or motivational. Online personalized risk assessment allows for a more personalized communication compared to historic paper-based risk assessment to maximize knowledge and motivation, and people should be provided a range of risk communication measures that reflect different risk perspectives.
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- Douglas G Manuel
- a Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa , ON , Canada.,b Departments of Family Medicine , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , ON , Canada.,c Bruyère Research Institute , Ottawa , ON , Canada.,d School of Public and Population Health, University of Ottawa , Ottawa , ON , Canada.,e Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences , Ottawa and Toronto , ON , Canada
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- a Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa , ON , Canada
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- a Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa , ON , Canada.,e Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences , Ottawa and Toronto , ON , Canada
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- a Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa , ON , Canada
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- a Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa , ON , Canada.,e Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences , Ottawa and Toronto , ON , Canada
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Stacey D, Taljaard M, Dervin G, Tugwell P, O'Connor AM, Pomey MP, Boland L, Beach S, Meltzer D, Hawker G. Impact of patient decision aids on appropriate and timely access to hip or knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2016; 24:99-107. [PMID: 26254238 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2015.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Revised: 07/09/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of patient decision aids (PtDA) compared to usual education on appropriate and timely access to total joint arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis. METHOD A randomized controlled trial (RCT) with patients undergoing orthopedic screening. Control and intervention arms received usual education; intervention arm also received a PtDA and a surgeon preference report. Wait times (primary outcome) were described using stratified Kaplan-Meier survival curves with patients censored at the time of death or loss to follow-up, and multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression. Secondary outcomes were compared using stratified Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel chi-squared tests. RESULTS 343 patients were randomized to intervention (n = 174) or control (n = 169). The typical patient was 66 years old, retired, living with someone, and 51% had high school education or less. The intervention was associated with a trend towards reduction in wait time (hazard ratio (HR) 1.25, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.99-1.60, P = 0.0653). Median wait times were 3 weeks shorter in intervention than in control at the community site with no difference at the academic site. Good decision quality was reached by 56.1% intervention and 44.5% control (Relative risk (RR) 1.25; 95% CI 1.00-1.56, P = 0.050). Surgery rates were 73.2% intervention and 80.5% controls (RR 0.91: 95% CI 0.81-1.03) with 12 intervention (7.3%) and eight control participants (4.9%) returning to have surgery within 2 years (P = 0.791). CONCLUSION Compared to controls, decision aid recipients had shorter wait times at one site, fewer surgeries, and were more likely to reach good decision quality, but overall effect was not statistically significant. TRIALS REGISTRATION The full trial protocol is available at ClinicalTrials.Gov (NCT00911638).
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- D Stacey
- University of Ottawa, Faculty of Health Sciences, Canada; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Canada.
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Canada; University of Ottawa, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Canada.
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Canada.
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Canada; University of Ottawa, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Canada.
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- University of Ottawa, Faculty of Health Sciences, Canada.
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- University of Montréal, School of Public Health, Canada.
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- University of Ottawa, Faculty of Health Sciences, Canada.
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Canada.
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- University of Chicago, Department of Medicine, USA.
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- University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine and Women's College Hospital, Canada.
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Stacey D, Jull J, Beach S, Dumas A, Strychar I, Adamo K, Brochu M, Prud’homme D. Middle-aged women's decisions about body weight management: needs assessment and testing of a knowledge translation tool. Menopause 2015; 22:414-22. [PMID: 25816120 PMCID: PMC4470526 DOI: 10.1097/gme.0000000000000326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aims to assess middle-aged women's needs when making body weight management decisions and to evaluate a knowledge translation tool for addressing their needs. METHODS A mixed-methods study used an interview-guided theory-based survey of professional women aged 40 to 65 years. The tool summarized evidence to address their needs and enabled women to monitor actions taken. Acceptability and usability were reported descriptively. RESULTS Sixty female participants had a mean body mass index of 28.0 kg/m(2) (range, 17.0-44.9 kg/m(2)), and half were premenopausal. Common options for losing (82%) or maintaining (18%) weight included increasing physical activity (60%), eating healthier (57%), and getting support (40%). Decision-making involved getting information on options (52%), soliciting others' decisions/advice (20%), and being self-motivated (20%). Preferred information sources included written information (97%), counseling (90%), and social networking websites (43%). Five professionals (dietitian, personal trainer, occupational therapist, and two physicians) had similar responses. Of 53 women sent the tool, 27 provided acceptability feedback. They rated it as good to excellent for information on menopause (96%), body weight changes (85%), and managing body weight (85%). Most would tell others about it (81%). After 4 weeks of use, 25 women reported that the wording made sense (96%) and that the tool had clear instructions (92%) and was easy to use across time (88%). The amount of information was rated as just right (64%), but the tool had limited space for responding (72%). CONCLUSIONS When making decisions about body weight management, women's needs were "getting information" and "getting support." The knowledge translation tool was acceptable and usable, but further evaluation is required.
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- Dawn Stacey
- From the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Population Health, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Département de nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Geriatric Institute of Sherbrooke University, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports, University of Sherbrooke and Research Center on Aging, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; and Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Population Health, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Département de nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Geriatric Institute of Sherbrooke University, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports, University of Sherbrooke and Research Center on Aging, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; and Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Population Health, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Département de nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Geriatric Institute of Sherbrooke University, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports, University of Sherbrooke and Research Center on Aging, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; and Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Population Health, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Département de nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Geriatric Institute of Sherbrooke University, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports, University of Sherbrooke and Research Center on Aging, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; and Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Population Health, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Département de nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Geriatric Institute of Sherbrooke University, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports, University of Sherbrooke and Research Center on Aging, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; and Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Population Health, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Département de nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Geriatric Institute of Sherbrooke University, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports, University of Sherbrooke and Research Center on Aging, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; and Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Population Health, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Département de nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Geriatric Institute of Sherbrooke University, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports, University of Sherbrooke and Research Center on Aging, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; and Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Population Health, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Département de nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Geriatric Institute of Sherbrooke University, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports, University of Sherbrooke and Research Center on Aging, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; and Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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McArthur D, Dumas A, Woodend K, Beach S, Stacey D. Factors influencing adherence to regular exercise in middle-aged women: a qualitative study to inform clinical practice. BMC Womens Health 2014; 14:49. [PMID: 24666887 PMCID: PMC3975263 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND About half of women decrease their regular exercise during middle age. Concurrently, they experience a reduction in basal metabolic rate and loss of lean muscle as they transition to menopause. The combined effects place these women at increased risk for body weight gain and associated co-morbidities. Further research is required to better assess their barriers to regular exercise and to develop more applied knowledge aimed to improve the applicability of clinical interventions aimed at this population. The main aim of this study was to identify enablers and barriers influencing adherence to regular exercise in middle-aged women who exercise. METHODS An interpretive description qualitative study was conducted using individual interviews. The two key questions were focused on planning to engage in physical activity and succeeding or planning to engage in physical activity and not succeeding. Inductive content analysis was used. RESULTS Fifty-three women interviewed were aged 40-62 years and experiencing mild to moderate menopausal symptoms. Six broad themes influencing adhering to regular exercise were: routine, intrinsic motivation, biophysical issues, psychosocial commitments, environmental factors, and resources. Common sub-themes were identified as enabling factors: daily structure that incorporated physical activity (broad theme routine), anticipated positive feelings associated with physical activity (intrinsic), and accountability to others (psychosocial). Other common sub-themes identified as barriers were disruptions in daily structure (routine), competing demands (routine) and self-sacrifice (psychosocial). CONCLUSIONS The most common barrier middle-aged women describe as interfering with adhering to regular exercise was attributable to the demands of this life stage at home and with others. Lack of time and menopausal symptoms were not identified as the common barriers. To support women to adhere to regular exercise, healthcare professionals should consider a narrative approach to assessing barriers and focus on enablers to overcoming identified barriers.
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- Deanne McArthur
- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Room RGN 1118, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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- School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 125 University Private, MNT 366, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6 N5, Canada
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- Trent/Fleming School of Nursing, Trent University, 1600 W Bank Dr, Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8, Canada
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- Centre for Practice-Changing Research, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201B, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8 L6, Canada
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Room RGN 1118, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
- Centre for Practice-Changing Research, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201B, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8 L6, Canada
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Jull J, Stacey D, Beach S, Dumas A, Strychar I, Ufholz LA, Prince S, Abdulnour J, Prud'homme D. Lifestyle interventions targeting body weight changes during the menopause transition: a systematic review. J Obes 2014; 2014:824310. [PMID: 24971172 PMCID: PMC4058255 DOI: 10.1155/2014/824310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Revised: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of exercise and/or nutrition interventions and to address body weight changes during the menopause transition. METHODS A systematic review of the literature was conducted using electronic databases, grey literature, and hand searching. Two independent researchers screened for studies using experimental designs to evaluate the impact of exercise and/or nutrition interventions on body weight and/or central weight gain performed during the menopausal transition. Studies were quality appraised using Cochrane risk of bias. Included studies were analyzed descriptively. RESULTS Of 3,564 unique citations screened, 3 studies were eligible (2 randomized controlled trials, and 1 pre/post study). Study quality ranged from low to high risk of bias. One randomized controlled trial with lower risk of bias concluded that participation in an exercise program combined with dietary interventions might mitigate body adiposity increases, which is normally observed during the menopause transition. The other two studies with higher risk of bias suggested that exercise might attenuate weight loss or weight gain and change abdominal adiposity patterns. CONCLUSIONS High quality studies evaluating the effectiveness of interventions targeting body weight changes in women during their menopause transition are needed. Evidence from one higher quality study indicates an effective multifaceted intervention for women to minimize changes in body adiposity.
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- Janet Jull
- Faculty of Graduate Studies, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart Street, Room 300, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Room RGN 1118, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
- Centre for Practice Changing Research, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201B, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L6
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- Centre for Practice Changing Research, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201B, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L6
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- School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 125 University Private, MNT 366, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5
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- Département de Nutrition, Université de Montréal et CRCHUM, 2405 Côte Ste-Catherine, Pavillon Liliane-de-Stewart, Montréal, QC, Canada H3T 1A1
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- Health Sciences Library, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, RGN Health Sciences Library, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
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- Prevention and Rehabilitation Division, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1Y 4W7
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- School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 125 University Private, MNT 366, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5
- Institut de Recherche de l'Hôpital Montfort, 745 Building A, Suite 202, Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1K 0T1
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- School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 125 University Private, MNT 366, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5
- Institut de Recherche de l'Hôpital Montfort, 745 Building A, Suite 202, Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1K 0T1
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Ciuclan L, Hussey MJ, Burton V, Good R, Duggan N, Beach S, Jones P, Fox R, Clay I, Bonneau O, Konstantinova I, Pearce A, Rowlands DJ, Jarai G, Westwick J, MacLean MR, Thomas M. Imatinib attenuates hypoxia-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension pathology via reduction in 5-hydroxytryptamine through inhibition of tryptophan hydroxylase 1 expression. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2012; 187:78-89. [PMID: 23087024 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201206-1028oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Whether idiopathic, familial, or secondary to another disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by increased vascular tone, neointimal hyperplasia, medial hypertrophy, and adventitial fibrosis. Imatinib, a potent receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, reverses pulmonary remodeling in animal models of PAH and improves hemodynamics and exercise capacity in selected patients with PAH. OBJECTIVES Here we use both imatinib and knockout animals to determine the relationship between platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) and serotonin signaling and investigate the PAH pathologies each mediates. METHODS We investigated the effects of imatinib (100 mg/kg) on hemodynamics, vascular remodeling, and downstream molecular signatures in the chronic hypoxia/SU5416 murine model of PAH. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Treatment with imatinib reduced all measures of PAH pathology observed in hypoxia/SU5416 mice. In addition, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and tryptophan hydroxylase 1 (Tph1) expression were reduced compared with the normoxia/SU5416 control group. Imatinib attenuated hypoxia-induced increases in Tph1 expression in pulmonary endothelial cells in vitro via inhibition of the PDGFR-β pathway. To better understand the consequences of this novel mode of action for imatinib, we examined the development of PAH after hypoxic/SU5416 exposure in Tph1-deficient mice (Tph1(-/-)). The extensive changes in pulmonary vascular remodeling and hemodynamics in response to hypoxia/SU5416 were attenuated in Tph1(-/-) mice and further decreased after imatinib treatment. However, imatinib did not significantly further impact collagen deposition and collagen 3a1 expression in hypoxic Tph1(-/-) mice. Post hoc subgroup analysis suggests that patients with PAH with greater hemodynamic impairment showed significantly reduced 5-HT plasma levels after imatinib treatment compared with placebo. CONCLUSIONS We report a novel mode of action for imatinib, demonstrating TPH1 down-regulation via inhibition of PDGFR-β signaling. Our data reveal interplay between PDGF and 5-HT pathways within PAH, demonstrating TPH1-dependent imatinib efficacy in collagen-mediated mechanisms of fibrosis.
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- Loredana Ciuclan
- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Horsham, West Sussex, UK
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Thomas M, Docx C, Holmes AM, Beach S, Duggan N, England K, Leblanc C, Lebret C, Schindler F, Raza F, Walker C, Crosby A, Davies RJ, Morrell NW, Budd DC. Activin-like kinase 5 (ALK5) mediates abnormal proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells from patients with familial pulmonary arterial hypertension and is involved in the progression of experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension induced by monocrotaline. Am J Pathol 2008; 174:380-9. [PMID: 19116361 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.080565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mutations in the gene for the transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta superfamily receptor, bone morphogenetic protein receptor II, underlie heritable forms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Aberrant signaling via TGF-beta receptor I/activin receptor-like kinase 5 may be important for both the development and progression of PAH. We investigated the therapeutic potential of a well-characterized and potent activin receptor-like kinase 5 inhibitor, SB525334 [6-(2-tert-butyl-5-{6-methyl-pyridin-2-yl}-1H-imidazol-4-yl)-quinoxaline] for the treatment of PAH. In this study, we demonstrate that pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells from patients with familial forms of idiopathic PAH exhibit heightened sensitivity to TGF-beta1 in vitro, which can be attenuated after the administration of SB525334. We further demonstrate that SB525334 significantly reverses pulmonary arterial pressure and inhibits right ventricular hypertrophy in a rat model of PAH. Immunohistochemical studies confirmed a significant reduction in pulmonary arteriole muscularization induced by monocrotaline (used experimentally to induce PAH) after treatment of rats with SB525334. Collectively, these data are consistent with a role for the activin receptor-like kinase 5 in the progression of idiopathic PAH and imply that strategies to inhibit activin receptor-like kinase 5 signaling may have therapeutic benefit.
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- Matthew Thomas
- Respiratory Disease Area, Novartis Horsham Research Centre, Horsham, West Sussex, UK
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Usher J, DeWerd L, Beach S, Selwyn R. MO-E-AUD-07: Calculating the Air-Kerma Strength and Dose-Rate Constant of 125I and 103Pd Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy Sources Using Spectra Measured With a High-Purity Germanium Spectrometer. Med Phys 2007. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2761293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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DeWerd LA, Stump K, Culberson W, Beach S. MO-E-T-618-07: Toward An Energy-Based Dosimetry. Med Phys 2005. [DOI: 10.1118/1.1998304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Sequeira A, Arbour G, Beach S, Huang J. 2 JAUNDICE AND THE ENIGMATIC RED LEG. J Investig Med 2005. [DOI: 10.2310/6650.2005.00006.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Sequeira A, Britten D, Albritton M, Ton A, Reddymasu S, Mitchell L, Arbour G, Beach S, Sturdivant J, Grier L, Huang J. 187 TOO HOT TO HANDLE: MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN. J Investig Med 2005. [DOI: 10.2310/6650.2005.00006.186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Agama K, Beach S, Schoelz J, Leisner SM. The 5' Third of Cauliflower mosaic virus Gene VI Conditions Resistance Breakage in Arabidopsis Ecotype Tsu-0. Phytopathology 2002; 92:190-6. [PMID: 18943093 DOI: 10.1094/phyto.2002.92.2.190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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ABSTRACT Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes vary in their responses to viruses. In this study, we analyzed the variation in response of A. thaliana ecotype Tsu-0 to Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV). This ecotype was previously reported to be resistant to two CaMV isolates (CM1841 and CM4-184), but susceptible to W260. In this study, we show that Tsu-0 is resistant to four additional CaMV isolates. CaMV propagated within the rosette leaves of Tsu-0 plants, but did not appear to spread systemically into the inflorescence. However, virus viability in rosette leaves of Tsu-0 plants apparently was not compromised because infectious CaMV could be recovered from these organs. W260 overcomes Tsu-0 resistance by a passive mechanism (i.e., this virus avoids activating plant defenses). The portion of the viral genome responsible for W260 resistance breakage was mapped to the 5' third of gene VI, which we have termed RBR-1. This region is also responsible for controlling the ability of CaMV to infect different types of solanaceous plants. Hence, the pathways by which plants of different families interact with CaMV may be conserved through evolution.
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OBJECTIVE To examine the constructs of task independence, safety, and adequacy. METHOD Fifty-seven nondisabled (ND) and 56 osteoarthritis-disabled (OAK) women were observed performing daily tasks. RESULTS Intercorrelations among the constructs of independence and adequacy were uniformly high, while the relationship of safety to these constructs was moderate and more variable, although stronger in the OAK group. Task performance of the OAK group was consistently less adequate and independent than that of the ND group; however, the groups were generally equivalent in safety. For individual tasks, adequacy best differentiated between the groups. In both groups, those who performed independently also performed safely, but fewer independent OAK participants also performed totally adequately. CONCLUSION The majority of older women who perform tasks independently also perform them safely and adequately; for a clinically significant minority, independence is not always synonymous with safe and adequate performance. Patients may be placed at risk if independence is the only construct used to determine disability.
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- J C Rogers
- Dept of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. jcr+@pitt.edu
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Genot E, Reif K, Beach S, Kramer I, Cantrell D. p21ras initiates Rac-1 but not phosphatidyl inositol 3 kinase/PKB, mediated signaling pathways in T lymphocytes. Oncogene 1998; 17:1731-8. [PMID: 9796702 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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p21ras is activated by the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) and then co-ordinates important signaling pathways for T lymphocyte activation. Effector pathways for this guanine nucleotide binding protein in T cells are mediated by the serine/threonine kinase Raf-1 and the Ras-related GTPase Rac-1. In fibroblasts, an important effector for the Ras oncogene is Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PtdIns 3-kinase). Activation of this lipid kinase is able to induce critical Rac-1 signaling pathways and can couple p21ras to cell survival mechanisms via the serine/threonine kinase Akt/PKB. The role of PtdIns 3-kinase in Ras signaling in T cells has not been explored. In the present study, we examined the ability of PtdIns 3-kinase to initiate the Rac-1 signaling pathways important for T cell activation. We also examined the possibility that Akt/PKB is regulated by Ras signaling pathways in T lymphocytes. The results show that Ras can initiate a Rac-1 mediated pathway that regulates the transcriptional function of AP-1 complexes. PtdIns 3-kinase signals cannot mimic p21ras and induce the Rac mediated responses of AP-1 transcriptional activation. Moreover, neither TCR or Ras activation of AP-1 is dependent on PtdIns 3-kinase. PKB is activated in response to triggering of the T cell antigen receptor; PtdIns 3-kinase activity is both required and sufficient for this TCR response. In contrast, p21ras signals are unable to induce Akt/PKB activity in T cell nor is Ras function required for Akt/PKB activation in response to the TCR. The present data thus highlight that PtdIns 3-kinase and Akt/PKB are not universal Ras effector molecules. Ras can initiate Rac-1 regulated signaling pathways in the context of T cell antigen receptor function independently of PtdIns 3-kinase activity.
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- E Genot
- Department of Immunology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
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Seven caregivers of a home-dwelling spouse with Alzheimer's disease were trained during 12 weekly home visits to implement behavior management programs including written cuing procedures in response to repetitive verbalizations. Data from 7 trained caregivers and 7 matched control caregivers who only tracked repetitive behavior were compared. Results revealed that trained caregivers were successful at decreasing patient repetitions using written cues. Patients of control subjects showed no systematic changes in behavioral disturbances due to behavior tracking. In addition, intervention effects lasted for 16 weeks or longer and several caregivers reported applying the cuing intervention to other, nontargeted behaviors. Trained caregivers' perceptions of their efficacy in managing difficult patient behavior improved significantly at the 3-month follow-up assessment when program staff were no longer visiting them weekly.
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- M S Bourgeois
- Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306-2007, USA
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The purpose of this study was to investigate primary caregiving spouses' and their lay helpers' divergent opinions about the caregiving environment. Through parallel assessments, both primary and secondary caregivers of a patient with Alzheimer's disease were asked to rate the degree of patient problem behaviors; the degree of strain the primary caregiver was experiencing; and primary care-giver efficacy, or perceived ability to cope with caregiving demands. Analyses concentrated on the general levels of disagreement in these domains, as well as on potential predictors and consequences of such disagreement. Results revealed a substantial divergence in perceptions across caregiving domains, with relatively less disagreement about patient problem behaviors and primary caregiver strain than about primary caregiver coping efficacy. Primary caregivers with relatively pessimistic secondary caregivers experienced relatively less psychosocial distress than primary caregivers with more optimistic helpers. These findings were strongest among female-female caregiving dyads. Theoretical implications and methodological limitations of the study are discussed, along with suggestions for future research.
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- M S Bourgeois
- Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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The purpose of this study was to investigate primary caregiving spouses' and their lay helpers' divergent opinions about the caregiving environment. Through parallel assessments, both primary and secondary caregivers of a patient with Alzheimer's disease were asked to rate the degree of patient problem behaviors; the degree of strain the primary caregiver was experiencing; and primary care-giver efficacy, or perceived ability to cope with caregiving demands. Analyses concentrated on the general levels of disagreement in these domains, as well as on potential predictors and consequences of such disagreement. Results revealed a substantial divergence in perceptions across caregiving domains, with relatively less disagreement about patient problem behaviors and primary caregiver strain than about primary caregiver coping efficacy. Primary caregivers with relatively pessimistic secondary caregivers experienced relatively less psychosocial distress than primary caregivers with more optimistic helpers. These findings were strongest among female-female caregiving dyads. Theoretical implications and methodological limitations of the study are discussed, along with suggestions for future research.
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- M S Bourgeois
- Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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