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Herpes Zoster Not Tied To Increased Risk Of Dementia, Research Indicates
According to HealthDay (6/9, Preidt), herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles, appears not to be tied to an increased risk of dementia. Investigators arrived at this conclusion after they “analyzed data from more than 247,000 people in Denmark who visited a hospital or were prescribed antiviral medication for shingles over the course of 20 years, and 1.2 million age- and sex-matched people without the illness.” After adjustment for confounding factors, the study revealed that “people with shingles actually had a 7% lower risk of dementia than people who did not have shingles.” The findings were published online in the journal Neurology.
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— “Shingles Won’t Raise Risk for Dementia: Study “Robert Preidt, HealthDay, June 9, 2022
Telehealth Utilization Rates Correspond With How Clinicians Perceive Quality Of Virtual Care Services During Pandemic, Survey Study Finds
mHealth Intelligence (6/9, Melchionna) reports “telehealth utilization rates correspond with how clinicians perceive the effectiveness level, ease of use, and quality of virtual care services” amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey study findings published in JAMA Network Open. The survey including “866 participants, who worked in clinics that specialized in either mental health (MH), primary care (PC), or specialty care (SC),” found “that MH respondents were more likely than their PC and SC counterparts to rate video care as having the highest quality, and they preferred this modality to the phone.”
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— “Clinician Perception of Quality Linked to Telehealth Modality Use Rates “Mark Melchionna, mHealth Intelligence, June 9, 2022
Social Isolation May Be Tied To Significantly Increased Risk Of Dementia In Older People, Scan Study Indicates
Medscape (6/8, Burton, Subscription Publication) reports, “Social isolation is associated with a significantly increased risk of dementia in older people,” investigators concluded after examining “data from the UK Biobank from 462,619 people from across the” UK. The study revealed that “individuals who reported feeling socially isolated had worse cognitive function at baseline than those who did not report social isolation and were 26% more likely to have dementia at follow-up.” What’s more, magnetic resonance imaging “scans conducted nearly nine years after study enrollment also showed that those who reported feeling socially isolated had lower gray matter volume…in areas of the brain linked to learning and memory.” The findingswere published online in the journal Neurology.
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— Medscape (requires login and subscription)
In Partnership With Other Organizations, APA Denounces Attempts To Tie Mental Illness To Gun Violence
According to Psychiatric News (6/8), the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has “denounced the ‘false and harmful attempts to link mental illness and gun violence’ in a statement issued” June 7 “in partnership with 59 other health, mental health, and youth services organizations.” The statement said, “The horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two adults on May 24th is just one in a long series of mass shootings throughout our country,” adding, “These shootings have one thing in common – easy access to weapons that can kill with terrifying efficiency on a massive scale.”
Related Links:
— “APA Joins Numerous Organizations in Denouncing Attempts to Link Mental Illness and Gun Violence, Psychiatric News, June 8, 2022
Physicians Working To Remove Stigmatizing Language Regarding Mental Health On Licensing And Credentialing Applications
Healio (6/7) reports studies have “shown that questions about physicians’ mental health on state licensing and credentialing applications often discourage them from seeking mental health treatment.” Such “questions frequently contain stigmatizing language that lead to concerns about potential repercussions to the physicians’ medical licensure if they acknowledge having mental health conditions, according to Saranya Loehrer, MD, MPH, the founder of C3 Collaboratives and a faculty member at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and Ankita Sagar, MD, MPH, FACP, the system vice president for Clinical Standards and Variation Reduction and Physician Enterprise at CommonSpirit Health.” The two physicians “are working with a national coalition group to remove stigmatizing language regarding mental health on licensing and credentialing applications” as “part of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, which was recently signed into law to address the stigma that health care professionals face when seeking mental health services.”
Related Links:
— “Q&A: Physicians call for changes to medical licensing applications, Healio, June 7, 2022
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