Implementation of a Technology-Enabled Diabetes Self-Management Peer Coaching Intervention for Patients With Poorly Controlled Diabetes: Quasi-Experimental Case Study

by Andrew Baird | Oct 25, 2024 | Research Journals

Patients with diabetes experience worse health outcomes and greater health care expenditure. Improving diabetes outcomes requires involved self-management. Peer coaching programs can help patients engage in self-management while addressing individual and structural...

Improvement of Social Isolation and Loneliness and Excess Mortality Risk in People With Obesity

by Andrew Baird | Jan 24, 2024 | Research Journals

These findings support the improvement of social isolation and loneliness in people with obesity to decrease obesity-related excess risk of mortality.

Loneliness and Time Alone in Everyday Life: A Descriptive-Exploratory Study of Subjective and Objective Social Isolation

by Andrew Baird | Oct 3, 2023 | Research Journals, Uncategorized

Danvers, A. F. | SSRN | October 2023

The prevalence of chronic and episodic loneliness and social isolation from a longitudinal survey

by Andrew Baird | Aug 2, 2023 | Research Journals

Lim, M.H., Manera, K.E., Owen, K.B. | Sci Rep | August 2023

Fluctuations in loneliness due to changes in frequency of social interactions among older adults: a weekly based diary study

by Andrew Baird | Apr 3, 2023 | Research Journals

Loneliness functionally varies and is determined by the degree of interaction with others. This study examined weekly fluctuations in reported loneliness as a function of frequency of social interactions in old age. The study hypothesized that emotional and social...

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs Escitalopram for the Treatment of Adults With Anxiety Disorders

by Ellen Annis | Nov 9, 2022 | Research Journals

Is mindfulness-based stress reduction non-inferior to escitalopram for the treatment of anxiety disorders? In this randomized clinical trial of 276 adults with anxiety disorders, 8-week treatment with mindfulness-based stress reduction was non-inferior to...