About JAMA Network Open: JAMA Network Open is an online-only open access general medical journal from the JAMA Network. On weekdays, the journal publishes peer-reviewed clinical research and commentary in more than 40 medical and health subject areas. Every article is free online from the day of publication.
About The Study: In this study of 4,100 multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) hospitalizations in 2021, MIS-C was more common and severe than previously reported, with more racial disparities in outcomes than were seen in patients with COVID-19. The findings of this study suggest that relying on mean outcomes for MIS-C from past studies can be misleading, since outcomes and disparities varied widely with the number of multiorgan dysfunctions.
Authors: William Encinosa, Ph.D., of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in Rockville, Maryland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.44975)
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About The Study: Spouses of patients with cancer experienced increased risk of several psychiatric disorders that required hospital-based specialist care in this study of more than 3 million individuals in Denmark and Sweden. The results support the need for clinical awareness to prevent potential mental illness among the spouses of patients with cancer.
Authors: Qianwei Liu, M.D., Ph.D., of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.49560)
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About The Study: In this study of 3,525 Swedish university students, procrastination was associated with worse subsequent mental health (depression, anxiety and stress symptom levels), having disabling pain in the upper extremities, unhealthy lifestyle behaviors (poor sleep quality and physical inactivity), and worse levels of psychosocial health factors (higher loneliness and more economic difficulties). Considering that procrastination is prevalent among university students, these findings may be of importance to enhance the understanding of students’ health.
Authors: Fred Johansson, M.A., of Sophiahemmet University in Stockholm, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.49346)
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About The Study: There were significant increases in the use of palliative care for recently hospitalized veterans whose primary care team had additional social work staffing, according to the results of this study involving 43,200 veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs health system. These findings suggest that social workers may increase access to and/or use of palliative care. Future work should assess the mechanism for this association and whether the increase in palliative care is associated with other health or health care outcomes.
Authors: Portia Y. Cornell, Ph.D., of the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.49731)
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About The Study: Physical activity interventions were associated with significant reductions in depressive symptoms in children and adolescents compared with a control condition in this systematic review and meta-analysis including 21 studies involving 2,400 participants.
Authors: Parco M. Siu, Ph.D., of the University of Hong Kong, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.5090)
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About The Study: The results of this study of 169 sixth- and seventh-grade students suggest that social media checking behaviors in early adolescence may be associated with changes in the brain’s sensitivity to social rewards and punishments. Further research examining long-term associations between social media use, adolescent neural development, and psychological adjustment is needed to understand the effects of a ubiquitous influence on development for today’s adolescents.
Authors: Eva H. Telzer, Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4924)
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About The Study: In this study of study of 385 patients ages 5 or older with a history of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), no serious adverse events were reported after COVID-19 vaccination. These findings suggest that the safety profile of COVID-19 vaccination administered at least 90 days following MIS-C diagnosis appears to be similar to that in the general population.
Authors: Matthew D. Elias, M.D., of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.48987)
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About The Study: In this large population-based study, patients with cancer had greater risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and worse outcomes than patients without cancer, and the risk was highest for patients with hematologic cancer and any patients with cancer receiving active treatment. Triple vaccination was associated with lower risk of poor outcomes.
Authors: Matthew C. Cheung, M.D., S.M., of the University of Toronto, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.6815)
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About The Study: The findings of this study of 15,000 nursing homes suggest that before the Omicron variant wave, increasing staff vaccination rates was associated with lower incidence of COVID-19 cases and deaths among residents and staff in U.S. nursing homes. However, as newer, more infectious and transmissible variants of the virus emerged, the original 2-dose regimen of the COVID-19 vaccine as recommended in December 2020 was no longer associated with lower rates of adverse COVID-19 outcomes in nursing homes. Policy makers may want to consider longer-term policy options to increase the uptake of booster doses among staff in nursing homes.
Authors: Soham Sinha, M.S., of the University of Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.49002)
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About JAMA Health Forum: JAMA Health Forum is an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports and opinion about national and global health policy; innovative approaches to health care delivery; and health care economics, access, quality, safety, equity and reform. Its distribution will be solely digital and all content will be freely available for anyone to read.
About The Study: The annual number of ransomware attacks on health care delivery organizations more than doubled from 2016 to 2021, exposing the personal health information of nearly 42 million patients, according to the results of this study of 374 ransomware attacks. During the study period, ransomware attacks exposed larger quantities of personal health information and grew more likely to affect large organizations with multiple facilities. Current monitoring/reporting efforts provide limited information and could be expanded to potentially yield a more complete view of how this growing form of cybercrime affects the delivery of health care.
Authors: Hannah T. Neprash, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.4873)
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About The Study: In this study of 578 mental health apps, findings indicate that the current app marketplaces primarily offered basic features such as psychoeducation, goal tracking, and mindfulness but fewer innovative features such as biofeedback or specialized therapies. Privacy challenges remained common, and app popularity metrics provided little help in identifying apps with more privacy.
Authors: John Torous, M.D., M.B.I., of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.48784)
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About The Study: Compared with expected sales, quarterly cigarette sales per capita were lower in eight states and Washington, D.C., higher in 22 states, and unchanged in 20 states during the COVID-19 pandemic according to this analysis. The differential changes in cigarette sales across states may reflect state-level variation in the COVID-19 pandemic response and tobacco control policy environment.
Authors: Samuel Asare, Ph.D., of the American Cancer Society in Kennesaw, Georgia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.48678)
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About The Study: The results of this randomized clinical trial suggest that climate impact menu labels, especially negatively framed labels highlighting high–climate impact items (i.e., red meat), were an effective strategy to reduce red meat selections and encourage more environmentally sustainable restaurant food choices.
Authors: Julia A. Wolfson, Ph.D., M.P.P., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.48320)
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About The Study: The findings of this study suggest that pediatric mental health emergency department visits and revisits are increasing. Markers of disease severity and health care access were associated with revisits. Directing hospital and community interventions toward identified high-risk patients is needed to help mitigate recurrent mental health emergency department use and improve mental health care delivery.
Authors: Anna M. Cushing, M.D., of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4885)
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About The Study: The results of this study of nearly 7,800 women suggest that greater adherence to a Mediterranean diet pattern is associated with lower risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, with evidence of a dose-response association. Intervention studies are needed to assess whether dietary modification around the time of conception can reduce risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and their downstream associations with future development of cardiovascular disease risk factors and overt disease.
Authors: Natalie A. Bello, M.D., M.P.H., of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.48165)
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About The Study: In this study including 20,600 children, residing in higher-opportunity and lower vulnerability neighborhoods in early life, especially at birth, was associated with a lower average body mass index trajectory and a lower risk of obesity from childhood to adolescence. Future research should clarify whether initiatives or policies that alter specific components of neighborhood environment would be beneficial in preventing excess weight in children.
Authors: Izzuddin M. Aris, Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47957)
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Authors: Evan H. Goulding, M.D., Ph.D., of Northwestern University in Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.4304)
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Authors: Latha Palaniappan, M.D., M.S., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47858)
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About The Study: In this study of U.S.-based obstetrics and gynecology clinical trials and publications between 2007 and 2020, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black, and Latinx groups were underrepresented, but underrepresentation varied by race and ethnicity, subspecialty, and funder. Obstetric and family planning trials had the most diversity of the subspecialties. All subspecialties should strive for more equitably representative research.
Authors: Jecca R. Steinberg, M.D., M.Sc., of the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.6600)
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About The Study: Non-Hispanic Black patients were less likely to undergo minimally invasive mitral valve surgery and more likely to die or experience a major complication than non-Hispanic white patients in this study of 103,000 patients. These findings suggest that efforts to reduce inequity in cardiovascular medicine may need to include increasing access to private insurance and high-volume surgeons.
Authors: Laurent G. Glance, M.D., of the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47968)
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Authors: Filoteia Popescu, B.S., of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in Memphis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47691)
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About The Study: The findings of this study of faculty from 144 U.S. medical schools from 1990 to 2019 suggest that representation of women in academic medicine improved with time, while underrepresented groups in medicine overall experienced only modest increases with wide variability across institutions. Among underrepresented groups in medicine, the Hispanic population has lost representational ground.
Authors: Alexander Yoo, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47640)
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About The Study: This study found that over the past 3 decades, glycemic control stagnated and racial and ethnic disparities increased among U.S. adults with diabetes who received insulin. Efforts to improve access to insulin may optimize glycemic control and reduce disparities in this population.
Authors: Elizabeth Selvin, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47656)
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Authors: Carrie L. Nieman, M.D., M.P.H., of the Johns Hopkins Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.21820)
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About The Study: In this study of 38,000 homicides of children age 17 and younger from 1999 to 2020, homicide rates for some geographic and child demographic groups declined; however, rates recently increased across several subpopulations, with some racial and ethnic disparities persisting for more than 20 years. More targeted strategies are needed to (1) protect 6- to 10-year-olds, 11- to 17-year-olds, and children in certain geographic areas and (2) urgently address firearm violence, racism, and inequities at the root of youth violence.
Authors: Rebecca F. Wilson, Ph.D., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4940)
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About The Study: Rates of children with firearm injuries presenting to U.S. children’s hospitals significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated throughout 2021. Non-Hispanic Black children and those with public insurance had greater proportions of firearm-injured children during versus before the pandemic.
Authors: Stephanie E. Iantorno, M.D., of the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4881)
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About The Study: This study found racial and ethnic differences in firearm-related deaths of U.S. youths, with the highest overall burden and recent increase among Black youths. The large increase in firearm-related mortality between 2019 and 2020 may be related to the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest; further follow-up is needed to see if this trend continues.
Authors: Leonardo Mariño-Ramírez, Ph.D., of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities in Bethesda, Maryland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.19508)
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Authors: Perttu Lahtinen, M.D., of Paijat-Hame Central Hospital in Lahti, Finland, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47226)
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About The Study: There were significant increases in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine administration among commercially insured adults ages 27 to 45 after the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended patient-clinician shared decision-making for HPV vaccination for this age group in 2019. Further research is warranted to explore the decision-making process in receiving HPV vaccination and to develop effective decision aids to maximize the cancer prevention benefit in this age group.
Authors: Ryan Suk, Ph.D., M.S., of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.4716)
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About The Study: Researchers found in this study including 11,000 participants that higher pandemic-associated hardships, coping mechanisms, and behavior changes were associated with greater significant symptoms of pandemic-associated traumatic stress in mothers from socioeconomically, ethnically, and racially diverse backgrounds. Programs, policies, and practices targeting mental health during public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic should consider the range and configuration of hardships in designing the most effective interventions to mitigate long-term outcomes.
Authors: Theresa M. Bastain, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47330)
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About The Study: The results of this study of 5.5 million Finnish residents show no evidence of an increased risk of sudden sensorineural hearing loss following COVID-19 vaccination. The study accounted for previous disease and other potential confounding factors. These results are based on diagnosis codes in specialized care but still need to be verified in settings that are capable of evaluating the degree of hearing loss. A large previous study found an increased risk for sudden sensorineural hearing loss following vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Authors: Petteri Hovi, M.D., Ph.D., of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2022.4154)
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About The Study: The findings of systematic review and meta-analysis of 53 studies including 8,900 participants suggest that obesity is not a universal phenotype in children with type 2 diabetes. Further studies are needed to elucidate the mechanisms beyond obesity driving this condition in children.
Authors: M. Constantine Samaan, M.D., M.Sc., of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47186)
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About The Study: In this study of nearly 4,000 patients, increasing time from COVID-19 diagnosis to surgery was associated in a time-dependent fashion with a decreasing rate of a composite outcome of major cardiovascular events. This information should be used to better inform risk-benefit discussions concerning optimal surgical timing and perioperative outcomes for patients with a history of COVID-19 infection.
Authors: Robert E. Freundlich, M.D., M.S.C.I., of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46922)
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About The Study: The results of this study suggest that among children ages 5 to 11, two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine provided modest short-term protection against Omicron infection that was higher for those with prior infection; however, vaccine effectiveness waned after approximately three months in all children. A booster dose restored protection against Omicron and was maintained for at least three months. These findings highlight the continued importance of booster vaccination regardless of history of prior COVID-19.
Authors: Farid L. Khan, M.P.H., of Pfizer in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46915)
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Authors: Fei Yao, M.D., of the Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shanghai, and Min Fang, M.D., of the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shanghai, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46538)
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About The Study: Onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increased hospitalizations with mental health diagnoses among adolescents, according to the results of this study that included eight children’s hospitals in the United States and France. Anxiety, depression, and suicidality or self-injury were the most prevalent conditions. The increase in hospitalizations was particularly notable for adolescent females. These findings support the need for greater resources within children’s hospitals to care for adolescents with mental health conditions during the pandemic and beyond.
Authors: Paul Avillach, M.D., Ph.D., and Florence T. Bourgeois, M.D., M.P.H., of Harvard Medical School in Boston, are the corresponding authors.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46548)
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About The Study: The findings of this study that included 390 participants suggest that involvement in patient-facing dental clinical activities did not pose additional risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with other in-person activities in the presence of intensive control measures.
Authors: William V. Giannobile, D.D.S., D.M.Sc., of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in Boston, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46530)
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About JAMA Network Open: JAMA Network Open is an online-only open access general medical journal from the JAMA Network. On weekdays, the journal publishes peer-reviewed clinical research and commentary in more than 40 medical and health subject areas. Every article is free online from the day of publication.
About The Study: Low-income California immigrants who avoided public programs owing to fear of harming their immigration status were twice as likely to delay needed medical care or prescription fills.
Authors: Joelle Wolstein, Ph.D., M.P.P., of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46525)
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Authors: Eric J. Lenze, M.D., of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.21680)
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Authors: Katherine D. Hoerster, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System in Seattle, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.21177)
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Authors: Stephen P. Messier, Ph.D., of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jama.2022.21893)
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About The Study: The findings of this study that included 422 parents and 422 children suggest that the frequent use of mobile devices for calming young children may displace their opportunities for learning emotion-regulation strategies over time; therefore, pediatric health care professionals may wish to encourage alternate calming approaches.
Authors: Jenny S. Radesky, M.D., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4793)
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