Background: Migraine is a neurological disorder that causes disabling headaches that can impede day-to-day normal activities. It is three times more prevalent in women than men following puberty. Menstrual migraine, a ...
Introduction: There are currently no dietary guidelines for the transgender community, and very little is known about the specific nutritional needs of this population. Previous studies suggest that transmasculine spectrum ...
Presentation of machine learning (ML) model results plays an important role in decision makers’ trust and use. Yet, there has been little agreement on how information should be visualized to present models' evaluations. ...
Background: Loneliness, a common negative emotion, is prevalent in college students. Studies have reported a relationship between loneliness and bodyweight in young adults, but there is a lack of studies examining loneliness, ...
In the first chapter, I investigate whether nonprofit hospitals increase(decrease) with more(less) market power using the 2010-2016 IRS Form 990 Schedule H, American Hospital Association Annual Survey, and Healthcare Cost ...
Introduction. Home health patients, who are members of minority and other vulnerable groups, suffer disparate outcomes. Culturally-competent care (CCC) and patient-centered care (PCC) aim to facilitate equitable, high-quality ...
Purpose: Increased performance and perceived fatigability during sustained walking is often present in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Cardiorespiratory fitness is also often diminished in people with PD, and this ...
Introduction: A significant number of nurses are overweight and obese, which poses a risk to their health and wellbeing. This study uncovered a theory illustrating how nurses who are obese manage their weight and how the ...
Patient data are regarded as highly sensitive and protected by federal, state and local policies that make it available to only those who have been given access to protected health information. Synthetic data generation ...
This dissertation research examines how hospitals and providers respond to the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model. In the first essay, Does ACO Status Influence Patients’ Hospital Charges? Evidence from Inpatient ...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to (1) characterize the relationship between chronotropic incompetence (CI) and exercise capacity in patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and to ...
Background Interlimb coordination, between arms, legs, and arm – leg pairs, is affected by Parkinson’s Disease. The impaired coordination is not the result of slower gait speed, a common characteristic of Parkinson’s ...
Background: The work environment and organizational culture are theoretically important in the profession of nursing. Nurses trust that the organizations in which they practice will provide support and safety for them and ...
AMONG PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE Caitlin Ann Bryson, PT, PhD, DPT, SCS George Mason University, 2020 Dissertation Director: Dr. Clinton Wutzke Purpose: People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) demonstrate ...
Purpose: This study investigated the differential response of the human urinary proteome to acute and chronic exercise perturbation in healthy adults with self-reported habitually highly active and sedentary physical ...
Purpose: This study aimed to characterize the role of ionic buffering capacity, as measured by non-metabolic expired carbon dioxide (nm-V ̇CO2), in the relationship between recovery and performance fatigability. Methods: ...
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is not only the most common genetic condition in persons of northern European descent (de Graaff et al., 2015), it also remains significantly misdiagnosed. The primary reason for this failure ...
Arab Americans are under-represented in cardiovascular (CV) research, but recent evidence reveals they are at disproportionate risk for poor CV health behaviors when compared to the overall United States of America population. ...
“Evidence-based follow-up intervals have the potential to reduce healthcare costs per person and improve access without compromising or restricting care” In prediction modeling and causality, one of the main goals is ...
Purpose: Following stroke, reduced motor control may lead to walking impairment with subsequent limitations in community participation and quality of life. Kinematic variability may reveal changes to motor control of the ...