Hiten Naik, James Wilton, Karen C. Tran, N. Janjua, Adeera Levin, Wei Zhang
{"title":"Long-term Health-related Quality of Life in Working-age COVID-19 Survivors: A Cross-sectional Study","authors":"Hiten Naik, James Wilton, Karen C. Tran, N. Janjua, Adeera Levin, Wei Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.05.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.05.016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501668,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Medicine","volume":"55 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141134995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seyyed Sina Hejazian, Alireza Vafaei Sadr, Shima Shahjouei, Ajith Vemuri, Vida Abedi, Ramin Zand
{"title":"Prevalence and Determinants of Long-term Post-COVID Conditions in the United States: 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System","authors":"Seyyed Sina Hejazian, Alireza Vafaei Sadr, Shima Shahjouei, Ajith Vemuri, Vida Abedi, Ramin Zand","doi":"10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.02.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.02.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501668,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Medicine","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139924396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Steven Hopkins, Saivaroon Gajagowni, Yusuf Qadeer, Zhen Wang, Salim S Virani, Jukka H. Meurman, Chayakrit Krittanawong
{"title":"Oral health and cardiovascular disease","authors":"Steven Hopkins, Saivaroon Gajagowni, Yusuf Qadeer, Zhen Wang, Salim S Virani, Jukka H. Meurman, Chayakrit Krittanawong","doi":"10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.11.022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.11.022","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Several studies have examined a potential relationship between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease. This article aims to update the evidence for a potential association by summarizing the evidence for causality between periodontitis and comorbidities linked to cardiovascular disease, including hypertension, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia. We additionally discuss the evidence for periodontal therapy as a means to improved management of these comorbidities, with the larger goal of examining the value of periodontal therapy on reduction of cardiovascular disease risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":501668,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Medicine","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139028288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chen Zheng, Wendy Ya-Jun Huang, Feng-Hua Sun, Martin Chi-Sang Wong, Parco Ming-Fai Siu, Xiang-Ke Chen, Stephen Heung-Sang Wong
{"title":"Association of Sedentary Lifestyle with Risk of Acute and Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae: A Retrospective Cohort Study","authors":"Chen Zheng, Wendy Ya-Jun Huang, Feng-Hua Sun, Martin Chi-Sang Wong, Parco Ming-Fai Siu, Xiang-Ke Chen, Stephen Heung-Sang Wong","doi":"10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.12.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3><p>Evidence suggests that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors could experience COVID-19 sequelae. Although various risk factors for COVID-19 sequelae have been identified, little is known about whether a sedentary lifestyle is an independent risk factor.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p>In this retrospective cohort study, 4,850 participants self-reported their COVID-19 sequelae symptoms between June and August 2022. A sedentary lifestyle, including physical inactivity (<150 min/week of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity) and prolonged sedentary behavior (≥10 h/day), before the fifth COVID-19 wave was recorded. Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the relationships between sedentary lifestyle and risk of acute and post-acute (lasting ≥2 months) COVID-19 sequelae.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>A total of 1,443 COVID-19 survivors and 2,962 non-COVID-19 controls were included. Of the COVID-19 survivors, >80% and >40% self-reported acute and post-acute COVID-19 sequelae, respectively. In the post-acute phase, COVID-19 survivors who were physically inactive had a 37% lower risk of insomnia, whereas those with prolonged sedentary behavior had 25%, 67%, and 117% higher risks of at least one symptom, dizziness, and “pins and needles” sensation, respectively. For the acute phase, prolonged sedentary behavior was associated with a higher risk of fatigue, “brain fog”, dyspnea, muscle pain, joint pain, dizziness, and “pins and needles” sensation. Notably, sedentary behavior, rather than physical inactivity, was correlated with a higher risk of severe post-COVID-19 sequelae in both acute and post-acute phases.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Prolonged sedentary behavior was independently associated with a higher risk of both acute and post-acute COVID-19 sequelae, whereas physical inactivity played contradictory roles in COVID-19 sequelae.</p>","PeriodicalId":501668,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Medicine","volume":"86 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138690959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nilihan E.M. Sanal-Hayes, Lawrence D. Hayes, Marie Mclaughlin, Ethan C.J. Berry, Nicholas F. Sculthorpe
{"title":"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in people with long COVID, ME/CFS, and controls","authors":"Nilihan E.M. Sanal-Hayes, Lawrence D. Hayes, Marie Mclaughlin, Ethan C.J. Berry, Nicholas F. Sculthorpe","doi":"10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.12.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.12.006","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3><p>Prevalences of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) have not previously been compared between individuals with long COVID and individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), and healthy age-matched controls. For these reasons, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of PTSD and CPTSD in individuals with long COVID (n=21) and ME/CFS (n=20) and age-matched controls (n=20).</p><h3>Methods</h3><p>A case-case-control approach was employed, participants completed the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ), a self-report measure of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) of PTSD and CPTSD consisting of 18 items. Scores were calculated for each PTSD and Disturbances in Self-Organization (DSO) symptom cluster and summed to produce PTSD and DSO scores. PTSD was diagnosed if the criteria for PTSD were met but not DSO, and CPTSD was diagnosed if the criteria for PTSD and DSO were met. Moreover, each cluster of PTSD and DSO were compared among individuals with long COVID, ME/CFS and healthy controls.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>Individuals with long COVID (PTSD= 5%, CPTSD= 33%) had more prevalence of PTSD and CPTSD than individuals with ME/CFS (PTSD= 0%, CPTSD= 20%) and healthy controls (PTSD= 0%, CPTSD= 0%). PTSD and CPTSD prevalence was greater in individuals with long COVID and ME/CFS than controls. Individuals with long COVID had greater values controls for all PTSD values. Moreover, individuals with long COVID had greater values than controls for all DSO values. Individuals with ME/CFS had greater values than controls for all DSO values. Both long COVID and ME/CFS groups differed in overall symptom scores compared to controls.</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Findings of this study demonstrated that individuals with long COVID generally had more cases of PTSD and CPTSD than individuals with ME/CFS and healthy controls.</p>","PeriodicalId":501668,"journal":{"name":"The American Journal of Medicine","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138690945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}