Monthly Archives: January 2024

We sent out the survey on September 27, 2017, and responses were completed by October 9, 2017. Participants are reminded to complete the survey 3 days after the initial survey is sent. As modest incentives to encourage survey completion, participants … Continue reading →

The NEO Five-Factor Inventory ascertained characteristics according to the five factor model of personality: degree of neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Parents were given the Child Behavior Checklist to assess level of psychopathological syndromes. The SWM task consisted of 18 21-second blocks … Continue reading →

Computer IP addresses were tracked in the study. If the respondent’s computer indicated that the survey had already been completed, the Qualtrics system would not allow the participant to regain access to the survey. Participants’ contact information was stored in a … Continue reading →

Despite broad implications, there is limited data on clinical outcomes for patients who use marijuana before and after LT and no consensus within the transplant community surrounding marijuana use. Approximately 15,000 patients are currently listed for LT in the US … Continue reading →

In addition to high rates of marijuana use, young adults have higher rates of cigarette smoking, binge drinking and heavy alcohol use than any other age group.As marijuana becomes more widely available, it will be imperative to monitor its use … Continue reading →

In each experiment, therefore, we included a 5-min sampling period prior to the source period to account for the variation in PM2.5 background concentration. For each indoor experiment, we added a 60-min sampling period following the source period for determining … Continue reading →

After regressing all other arrest rates, drunken arrests remains the only significant category affected by MMICs. So with the given data, there is no evidence that marijuana is a substitute for dangerous drugs, other drugs, felony drugs, nor narcotics. It … Continue reading →

Among cancer patients taking prescription opioids, opioid prescribing patterns are associated with the risk of opioid overdose death. Medicinal marijuana has been shown to have analgesic properties, and specifically for cancer patients, has demonstrated relief from adverse effects of therapy like … Continue reading →

A primary limitation is that the parent study was designed to focus on tobacco rather than marijuana use, and thus assessment of the latter was less detailed. However, it is important to note that robust relationships emerged despite this limited … Continue reading →

We used linear mixed-effects models to assess changes in continuous outcomes over time: post-bronchodilator FEV1, post-bronchodilator FVC, SGRQ total score, CAT score, and HRCT metrics. Linear mixed-effects models, specifically proportional odds models, were used to assess changes in respiratory symptoms … Continue reading →