Abstract: Background: The high prevalence of obesity among US Veterans has profound impacts on morbidity and mortality. Although many individual social risks have been linked to …
Abstract:Background: Our understanding of the illness experience of long COVID comes mostly from studies conducted among long COVID online communities and support groups or …
Abstract: Background: Telehealth can improve glycemic control for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), but programs must be designed in a manner that facilitates real-world uptake …
Abstract: Rationale: Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) is a unique phenotype with important prognosis and management implications in patients with idiopathic …
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between receipt of post-hospitalization care coordination and VA-delivered, VA-purchased, and Medicare fee-for-service hospital …
Abstract:After serving their country, US veterans often continue public service by volunteering to participate in Veterans Affairs (VA) research studies. Their contributions have …
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether Veterans infected with SARS-CoV-2 have an elevated risk for needing mental health emergency care (MHEC) relative to uninfected comparators, …
Abstract: Long COVID is a serious chronic illness that can present in many forms and impact daily functioning and quality of life. Without curative treatments, management of long …
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Psychological resilience has been characterized as the ability to recover from stressful life events. Not well studied is whether self-reported measures of …
Abstract: Background: Community-acquired acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) occurs outside of the hospital and is the most common form of AKI. CA-AKI is not well understood, which …
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Social risks (individual social and economic conditions) have been implicated as playing a major role in the opioid epidemic and may be more prevalent in the …
Abstract: Background: Research suggests an association between COVID-19 infection and certain financial hardships in the shorter term and among single-state and privately insured …