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Dear Veteran/Supporter,
The Center for Women Veterans (CWV) is sharing information about recently published research related to women Veterans on a monthly basis. You can access additional women Veteran research information on the CWV Research webpage. PubMed.gov is a resource that comprises more than 26 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites. Please contact your local library to obtain the full-text of any of these references.
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VA Center for Women Veterans
02/13/2024 11:37 AM EST
Kirvin-Quamme A, Kissinger J, Quinlan L, Montgomery R, Chernenok M, Pirner MC, Pajarito S, Rapoport S, Wicks P, Darcy A, Greene CJ, Robinson A. Common practices for sociodemographic data reporting in digital mental health intervention research: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2024 Feb 12;14(2):e078029. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078029. PMID: 38346876
02/12/2024 10:32 AM EST
Bulanchuk N, Edwards E, Pietrzak RH, Tsai J. The mediating role of social support in associations between childhood adversity, military sexual trauma, and homelessness in a nationally representative sample of US Veterans. J Community Psychol. 2024 Mar;52(2):399-414. doi: 10.1002/jcop.23105. Epub 2024 Jan 30. PMID: 38289875
Associations between posttraumatic stress disorder and eating disorder symptoms among women Veterans
02/09/2024 12:35 PM EST
Siegel SE, Ranney RM, Masheb RM, Huggins J, Maguen S. Associations between posttraumatic stress disorder and eating disorder symptoms among women Veterans. Eat Behav. 2024 Feb 4;52:101851. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2024.101851. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38324959
02/09/2024 12:35 PM EST
Inderstrodt J, Stryczek KC, Vargas SE, Crawford JN, Hooker T, Kroll-Desrosiers AR, Marteeny V, Wallace KF, Mattocks K. Facilitators and Barriers to Breastfeeding Among Veterans Using Veterans Affairs Maternity Care Benefits. Womens Health Issues. 2024 Feb 6:S1049-3867(23)00216-5. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2023.12.005. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38326149
02/07/2024 03:58 PM EST
Zinchuk A, Srivali N, Qin L, Jeon S, Ibrahim A, Sands SA, Koo B, Yaggi HK. Association of Periodic Limb Movements and Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Feb 6;13(3):e031630. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.123.031630. Epub 2024 Jan 19. PMID: 38240208
02/07/2024 03:58 PM EST
Boyer TL, Solanki P, McGregor JC, Wilson GM, Gibson G, Jurasic MM, Evans CT, Suda KJ. Risk factors for oral infection and dry socket post-tooth extraction in medically complex patients in the absence of antibiotic prophylaxis: A case-control study. Spec Care Dentist. 2024 Feb 6. doi: 10.1111/scd.12965. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38321539
02/07/2024 01:57 PM EST
von Horn A, Hathaway D, Richmond J, Chang G. Fiduciary assignment as a potential intervention for substance use disorder: a retrospective chart review. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2024 Feb 1:1-6. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2023.2286584. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38299775
02/07/2024 01:57 PM EST
Rønning L, Nordstrand AE, Hjemdal O, Bøe HJ. Gender differences in mental health outcomes among Afghanistan Veterans exposed to war zone trauma. J Trauma Stress. 2024 Jan 25. doi: 10.1002/jts.23015. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38270838
02/07/2024 01:57 PM EST
Marra P, Seki T, Nishizawa Y, Chang G, Yamanishi K, Nishiguchi T, Shibata K, Braun P, Shinozaki G. Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis in female Veterans with military sexual trauma and comorbid PTSD/MDD. J Affect Disord. 2024 Feb 1:S0165-0327(24)00262-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.241. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38309478
02/07/2024 01:57 PM EST
Erickson AJ, Ravyts SG, Dzierzewski JM, Carlson GC, Kelly MR, Song Y, McGowan SK, Mitchell MN, Washington DL, Yano EM, Alessi CA, Martin JL. Pain in your day? Get sleep treatment anyway! The role of pain in insomnia treatment efficacy in women Veterans. J Sleep Res. 2024 Jan 21:e14147. doi: 10.1111/jsr.14147. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38246598
02/06/2024 03:08 PM EST
Iwashyna TJ, Seelye S, Berkowitz TS, Pura J, Bohnert ASB, Bowling CB, Boyko EJ, Hynes DM, Ioannou GN, Maciejewski ML, O’Hare AM, Viglianti EM, Womer J, Prescott HC, Smith VA; VA HSR&D COVID-19 Observational Research Collaboratory. Late Mortality After COVID-19 Infection Among US Veterans vs Risk-Matched Comparators: A 2-Year Cohort Analysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Oct 1;183(10):1111-1119. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.3587. PMID: 37603339 Free PMC article.
02/06/2024 03:08 PM EST
Luk JW, Satre DD, Cheung R, Wong RJ, Monto A, Chen JY, Batki SL, Ostacher MJ, Snyder HR, Shui AM, Liao M, Haight CG, Khalili M. Problematic alcohol use and its impact on liver disease quality of life in a multicenter study of patients with cirrhosis. Hepatol Commun. 2024 Feb 3;8(2):e0379. doi: 10.1097/HC9.0000000000000379. eCollection 2024 Feb 1. PMID: 3831514
02/06/2024 03:08 PM EST
Sexton MB, Cochran HM, Schubert JR, Gorin HM, Paulson JL, Boyd MR, Porter KE, Smith ER. Trauma-focused therapy retention among military sexual trauma survivors: relationship with Veterans’ sexual or gender minority identification. Cogn Behav Ther. 2024 Feb 6:1-13. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2024.2313740. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38317621
02/02/2024 01:10 PM EST
Gardella CM, Borgerding J, Maier MM, Beste LA. Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infections and Adverse Reproductive Health Conditions among Patients Assigned Female at Birth in the Veterans Health Administration. Sex Transm Dis. 2024 Jan 26. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001932. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38301633
02/02/2024 01:10 PM EST
Panaite V, Cohen NJ, Luther SL, Finch DK, Alman A, Schultz SK, Haun J, Miles SR, Belanger HG, Kozel FA, Rottenberg J, Pfeiffer PN. Mental health treatment utilization patterns among 108,457 Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans with depression. Psychol Serv. 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1037/ser0000819. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38300588
02/01/2024 12:21 PM EST
Schafer KM, Wilson-Lemoine E, Campione M, Dougherty S, Melia R, Joiner T. Loneliness partially mediates the relation between substance use and suicidality in Veterans. Mil Psychol. 2024 Jan 31:1-10. doi: 10.1080/08995605.2024.2307669. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38294712
01/31/2024 03:28 PM EST
Esmaeili A, Dismuke-Greer C, Pogoda TK, Amuan ME, Garcia C, Del Negro A, Myers M, Kennedy E, Cifu D, Pugh MJ. Cannabis use disorder contributes to cognitive dysfunction in Veterans with traumatic brain injury. Front Neurol. 2024 Jan 16;15:1261249. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1261249. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38292293 Free PMC article.
01/31/2024 03:28 PM EST
Chao LL. Olfactory and cognitive decrements in 1991 Gulf War Veterans with gulf war illness/chronic multisymptom illness. Environ Health. 2024 Jan 30;23(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s12940-024-01058-2. PMID: 38291474
01/31/2024 03:28 PM EST
Wu SY, Chambers M, Khan M, Chinweze M, Cao TM, Zhao H. The Etiology of Abnormal TSH in Veterans Cared by a VA Medical Center – One High Serum Thyrotropin is Associated with Higher 5-Years Mortality. Endocrinol Disord. 2023 Mar;7(2):133. Epub 2023 May 20. PMID: 38292141 Free PMC article.
01/31/2024 01:38 PM EST
Roston S, Minkus CL, Armbrust KR. Incident Ocular Inflammation After COVID-19 Infection in a US Veteran Population. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2024 Jan 9:1-8. doi: 10.1080/09273948.2023.2296035. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38194622
01/31/2024 01:38 PM EST
Katsaroli I, Sidossis L, Katsagoni C, Sui X, Cadenas-Sanchez C, Myers J, Faselis C, Murphy R, Samuel IBH, Kokkinos P. The Association between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and the Risk of Breast Cancer in Women. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2024 Jan 10. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003385. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38196147
01/30/2024 01:30 PM EST
Preddie AK, Donnelly CE, Miech EJ, Myers LJ, Williams LS, Damush TM. Coming back for more: factors linked to higher participation among Veterans with chronic pain in an innovative VA-YMCA wellness clinic. BMJ Open Qual. 2024 Jan 29;13(1):e002523. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002523. PMID: 38286565
01/29/2024 01:09 PM EST
Deeds S, Schuttner L, Wheat C, Gunnink E, Geyer J, Beste L, Chen A, Dominitz JA, Nelson K, Reddy A. Automated Reminders Enhance Mailed Fecal Immunochemical Test Completion Among Veterans: a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jan;39(1):113-119. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08409-8. Epub 2023 Sep 20. PMID: 37731137 Clinical Trial.
01/29/2024 01:09 PM EST
Esmaeili A, Pogoda TK, Amuan ME, Garcia C, Del Negro A, Myers M, Pugh MJ, Cifu D, Dismuke-Greer C. The economic impact of cannabis use disorder and dementia diagnosis in Veterans diagnosed with traumatic brain injury. Front Neurol. 2024 Jan 12;14:1261144. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1261144. eCollection 2023. PMID: 38283672 Free PMC article.
01/25/2024 06:47 AM EST
Li Y, Wang DD, Nguyen XT, Song RJ, Ho YL, Hu FB, Willett WC, Wilson PWF, Cho K, Gaziano JM, Djousse L. Plant-based diets and the incidence of cardiovascular disease: the Million Veteran Program. BMJ Nutr Prev Health. 2023 Dec;6(2):212-220. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2021-000401. Epub 2023 Oct 25. PMID: 38264362 Free PMC article.
01/25/2024 06:47 AM EST
Tomko RL, Gex KS, Davis CN, Schick MR, Kirkland AE, Squeglia LM, Flanagan JC, Gray KM, McRae-Clark AL. Sex and Gender Differences in Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use: a Narrative Review. Curr Addict Rep. 2023 Dec;10(4):628-637. doi: 10.1007/s40429-023-00513-3. Epub 2023 Oct 27. PMID: 38264339
01/25/2024 06:47 AM EST
Glanton Holzhauer C, Sherrill A, Musicaro RM, Ellis RA. The Role of Emotion Dysregulation in Heightened Alcohol Craving Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Symptoms. Subst Use Misuse. 2024 Jan 23:1-12. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2024.2305805. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38263678
01/23/2024 07:14 AM EST
Nguyen XT, Li Y, Wang DD, Whitbourne SB, Houghton SC, Hu FB, Willett WC, Sun YV, Djousse L, Gaziano JM, Cho K, Wilson PW; VA Million Veteran Program. Impact of 8 lifestyle factors on mortality and life expectancy among United States veterans: The Million Veteran Program. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Jan;119(1):127-135. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.10.032. Epub 2023 Dec 7. PMID: 38065710
01/23/2024 07:14 AM EST
Gao G, Vaughan CP, Markland AD, Reinicke K, Annavaram N, Burningham Z. Leveraging A Clinical Dashboard and Process Mappings to Improve Treatment Access and Outcomes for Women Veterans with Urinary Incontinence. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2024 Jan 11;2023:359-368. eCollection 2023. PMID: 38222400 Free PMC article.
01/23/2024 07:14 AM EST
Harding CC, Goldstein KM, Goldstein SA, Wheeler SM, Mitchell NS, Copeland LA. Maternal chronic hypertension in women Veterans. Health Serv Res. 2024 Jan 17. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.14277. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38234056
01/23/2024 07:14 AM EST
Sullivan-Baca E, Rehman R, Lorkiewicz SA, Van Cott AC, Haneef Z. Psychiatric Comorbidities in Women Veterans with Epilepsy. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Jan 3. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2023.0495. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38165659
01/23/2024 07:14 AM EST
Bensken WP. Women Veterans with Epilepsy and Psychiatric Comorbidities: A Call to Action. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Jan 3. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2023.0965. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38170187 No abstract available.
01/19/2024 03:55 PM EST
Cloitre M, Morabito D, Macia K, Speicher S, Froelich J, Webster K, Prins A, Villasenor D, Bauer A, Jackson C, Fabricant L, Wiltsey-Stirman S, Morland L. A home-based telehealth randomized controlled trial of skills training in affective and interpersonal regulation versus present-centered therapy for women veterans who have experienced military sexual trauma. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2024 Jan 15. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000872. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38227462
01/19/2024 03:55 PM EST
Varilek BM, Isaacson MJ. Coming to Terms: Female Veterans’ Experience of Serious Illness. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2024 Jan 16. doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000001004. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38227787
01/19/2024 03:55 PM EST
Crowe ML, Hawn SE, Wolf EJ, Keane TM, Marx BP. Trauma exposure and transdiagnostic distress: Examining shared and posttraumatic stress disorder-specific associations. J Trauma Stress. 2024 Jan 16. doi: 10.1002/jts.23009. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38229407
01/12/2024 11:14 AM EST
Webermann AR, Gianoli MO, Rosen MI, Portnoy GA, Runels T, Black AC. Military sexual trauma-related posttraumatic stress disorder service-connection: Characteristics of claimants and award denial across gender, race, and compared to combat trauma. PLoS One. 2024 Jan 11;19(1):e0280708. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280708. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38206995
01/10/2024 09:50 AM EST
Dichter ME, Agha AZ, Monteith LL, Krishnamurti LS, Iverson KM, Montgomery AE. “Something Has to Be Done to Make Women Feel Safe”: Women Veterans’ Recommendations for Strengthening the Veterans Crisis Line for Women Veterans. Womens Health Issues. 2024 Jan 9:S1049-3867(23)00213-X. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2023.12.002. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38199835
01/10/2024 09:50 AM EST
Padula CB, McCalley DM, Tenekedjieva LT, MacNiven K, Rauch A, Morales JM, Knutson B, Humphreys K, Williams LM, Durazzo TC. A pilot, randomized clinical trial: Left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex intermittent theta burst stimulation improves treatment outcomes in Veterans with alcohol use disorder. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2024 Jan 10. doi: 10.1111/acer.15224. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38197808
