Health literacy is the ability for individuals to read and understand health information in order to make health decisions. The American Medical Association recommends that patient information guides are written at or below a sixth grade reading level. However previous studies have found that most patient educational material in urogynecology are written above the recommended sixth grade reading level. The purpose of this research study is to see if patients are better able to better understand informational handouts written at above a sixth-grade reading level compared to informational handouts written below a sixth-grade reading level.
The purpose of this research is to see if a radioactive tracer called (21-[18F]fluoro-16α,17α-[(R)-1'-α- furylmethylidene)dioxyl]-19-norpregn-4-ene-3,20 dione) (also referred to as 18F-FFNP) with positron emission tomography (PET) scanning can provide more information about your response to endocrine therapy when it is combined with Abemaciclib, a member of the class of medications known as CDK4/CDK6 inhibitors.
The goal of this study is to evaluate the role of simulation in the development of technical surgical skills.
This study is designed to determine if measurements of strength, body composition, muscle size, independence, and nutrition can be completed at a patient's pre-anesthesia testing appointment. These measurements will be used to determine a patient's baseline frailty and to ideally give predictions for the risk of postoperative complications. The measurements are all non-invasive and involve the use of a spirometer, hand grip strength tool, bioimipedance tool, ultrasound, and written questionnaire. The study will help guide future pre-anesthesia testing appointment components related to frailty.
This study intends to examine how Black, queer, and disabled individuals navigate risk assessments in a "post-pandemic" era and how this may impact their interpersonal relationships and trust in the authority and credibility of the CDC.
The purpose of this study is to examine approaches to chronic pain in the field of pain management.
To identify OTP Program Director perspectives on expanding methadone dispensing to community pharmacies
The purpose of this study is to explore etentamig (ABBV-383) and its safety and tolerability as a monotherapy or combined with other anti-myeloma agents. This study aims to determine the safest dose of etentamig and if it produces meaningful anti-myeloma activity for participant with multiple myeloma (MM).
The purpose of this study is to determine if treating germinomas with chemotherapy followed by a lower dose of radiotherapy (RT) can be as effective as the current standard of care. Specifically, our primary aim is to determine whether 12 Gy whole ventricular irradiation (WVI) and 12 Gy tumor boost would maintain similar efficacy compared to ACNS1123 stratum 2 as measured by event-free survival (EFS) in eligible patients with localized primary central nervous system (CNS) germinoma who present with serum and/or CSF human chorionic gonadotropin-beta (hCGß) = 100 IU/L and normal AFP, and meet complete response (CR) or continued complete response (CCR) criteria following chemotherapy/second-look surgery (Stratum 1). We are attempting to build upon the excellent results of ACNS1123 stratum 2 by reducing the RT dose even further for patients in a CR after chemotherapy.
To test an intervention for healthcare providers that combines provider education and patient resources to increase referrals to an arthritis management program