To evaluate outcomes associated with change in migraine-related stigma questionnaire (MiRS) over 1-year among people with migraine.
Bibliometrics studies of library and information science (LIS) faculty scholarly output have explored publication patterns in open access (Grandbois & Beheshti, 2014), health-gender and sexual orientation (Mehra & Tidwell, 2014), and other trends in LIS Research (Wusu & Lazarus, 2018). This study builds upon that literature by exploring the publication characteristics of full-time LIS faculty teaching health courses and the scholarship patterns of this underexplored group. This bibliometric analysis examined the connections between research and practice by examining publications from 2011 to 2021 by LIS faculty that teach health-related courses for library science programs in the United States and Canada. The data sources were located through searching course listings, faculty profiles, and syllabi from school websites and contacting deans and directors to identify full-time LIS faculty teaching health-related courses in American Library Association (ALA) accredited programs. The 29 LIS faculty that were identified through this process were contacted via email in September 2021, inviting them to voluntarily share their curriculum vitae (CVs) for analysis. The final sample of 21 CVs is comprised of the 16 faculty members who responded to the email invitation providing their CVs and five CVs that were publicly available online. The research team used descriptive bibliometrics to explore author, author order, year of publication, source, type of publication, etc. Insight and implications pertaining to connecting LIS faculty research, teaching health-related courses, and practice will be presented, as well as recommendations for future research directions.
Identify treatment needs among patients seeking care for migraine from Neurologists or Headache Specialists.
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To identify factors significantly associated with seeking care for migraine.
Although migraine symptoms can interfere with many aspects of daily life, the relationship between disability burden and migraine frequency has not been fully characterized. We assessed the association between migraine frequency and patient-reported disability in a nationally representative survey. Using 2019 US National Health and Wellness Survey (Kantar Health) data, respondents (aged 18–65 years) reporting ≥1 migraine in the past 30 days were categorized by headache frequency: low frequency episodic migraine (LFEM, 0–4 days/month), moderate frequency episodic migraine (MFEM, 5–9 days/month), high frequency episodic migraine (HFEM, 10–14 days/month), or chronic migraine (≥15 days/month). A general population cohort (no migraine) with similar baseline characteristics was identified by propensity score matching. Outcomes across cohorts were compared using chi-square and analysis of variance tests. Data from 8858 respondents (LFEM, n=1962; MFEM, n=987; HFEM, n=554; chronic migraine, n=926; general population, n=4429) were analyzed. Full-time employment was reported by 54.9% with LFEM, 50.4% with MFEM, 45.5% with HFEM, 34.1% with chronic migraine, and 45.9% of the general population; short- or long-term disability was reported by 4.4% with LFEM, 6.4% with MFEM, 7.9% with HFEM,12.3% with chronic migraine, and 6.9% of the general population (P<0.001). Migraine frequency was associated with lower productivity at work (mean missed work days in the past 6 months among those employed [n=2964]: LFEM, 1.6; MFEM, 3.1; HFEM, 3.4; chronic migraine, 7.0; P<0.001) and at home (mean missed days of household activities in the past 6 months: LFEM, 3.6; MFEM, 6.7; HFEM, 10.5; chronic migraine, 19.8; P<0.001). Respondents with chronic migraine were less likely to be employed full-time and more likely to report being disabled, and miss work or household activities. There was a positive linear relationship between migraine frequency and patient-reported disability status, indicating that greater migraine frequency is associated with increased disability.
This study compared the results of data collected from a longitudinal query analysis of the MEDLINE database hosted on multiple platforms that include PubMed, EBSCOHost, Ovid, ProQuest, and Web of Science. The goal was to identify variations among the search results on the platforms after controlling for search query syntax. We devised twenty-nine cases of search queries comprised of five semantically equivalent queries per case to search against the five MEDLINE database platforms. We ran our queries monthly for a year and collected search result count data to observe changes. We found that search results varied considerably depending on MEDLINE platform. Reasons for variations were due to trends in scholarly publication such as publishing individual papers online first versus complete issues. Some other reasons were metadata differences in bibliographic records; differences in the levels of specificity of search fields provided by the platforms and large fluctuations in monthly search results based on the same query. Database integrity and currency issues were observed as each platform updated its MEDLINE data throughout the year. Specific biomedical bibliographic databases are used to inform clinical decision-making, create systematic reviews, and construct knowledge bases for clinical decision support systems. They serve as essential information retrieval and discovery tools to help identify and collect research data and are used in a broad range of fields and as the basis of multiple research designs. This study should help clinicians, researchers, librarians, informationists, and others understand how these platforms differ and inform future work in their standardization.
Background: COVID-19 has not impacted people or countries uniformly. This disparity has prompted investigations to identify clinical and genetic predictors of COVID-19 mortality. Headache, a COVID-19 symptom, has been associated with positive disease prognosis in small cohorts, but larger confirmatory data-sets are lacking. Moreover, the global predisposition to experience primary headache disorders might be correlated with variances in COVID-19 mortality rates. Methods: We conducted a meta-analysis of studies of COVID-19 inpatient survival that also reported headache as a COVID-19 symptom. Separately, using a generalized additive model regression (GAM), we analysed data across 171 nations to identify variables which impact COVID-19 mortality rates. We performed similar analyses of seasonal influenza mortality. Prevalence data were extracted from the Global Health Data Exchange. Findings: We meta-analysed 48 studies and observed a significantly higher risk ratio of survival (RR:2·178 [1·882-2·520], p<0·0001) among COVID-19 inpatients with headache. In the global population-level analysis, we observed that a higher prevalence of headache disorders was associated with a higher COVID-19 mortality rate, and represented the main variable contributing to differences in COVID-19 mortality rates between countries (37·8%; F value=10·68). By contrast, we observed a negative trend between the prevalence of headache disorders and influenza death rates. Interpretation: Headache as a COVID-19 symptom enhances survival, whereas headache as a primary disorder is more prevalent in nations with higher COVID-19 mortality. Further studies should investigate (1) mechanisms whereby headache is associated with survival from certain viral infections and (2) whether selection pressures from viruses may have contributed to the evolution of primary headache disorders as adaptations. Funding: No funding was received Declaration of Interests: Dr Shapiro has received in the past 12 months financial or editorial compensation as a research consultant for Eli Lilly and Lundbeck. Mr Gallardo reports no disclosures. Dr Caronna reports no disclosures. Dr Pozo-Rosich has received honoraria as a consultant and speaker for: Allergan-AbbVie, Almirall, Biohaven, Chiesi, Eli Lilly, Medscape, Neurodiem, Novartis and Teva. Her research group has received research grants from Novartis; has received funding for clinical trials from Alder, Amgen, Electrocore, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Teva. She is a trustee member of the board of the International Headache Society and the Council of the European Headache Federation. She is in the editorial board of Revista de Neurologia. She is an editor for Cephalalgia, Headache, Neurologia, Frontiers of Neurology and advisor for The Journal of Headache and Pain. She is a member of the Clinical Trials Guidelines Committee of the International Headache Society. She has edited the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Headache of the Spanish Neurological Society. She is the founder of www.midolordecabeza.org. PP-R does not own stocks from any pharmaceutical company. There are no conflicts of interest in regard to this manuscript.
This study compares the results of data collected from a longitudinal query analysis of the MEDLINE database hosted on multiple platforms that include PubMed, EBSCOHost, Ovid, ProQuest, and Web of Science in order to identify variations among the search results on the platforms after controlling for search query syntax. We devised twenty-nine sets of search queries comprised of five queries per set to search against the five MEDLINE database platforms. We ran our queries monthly for a year and collected search result count data to observe changes. We found that search results vary considerably depending on MEDLINE platform, both within sets and across time. The variation is due to trends in scholarly publication that include publishing online first versus publishing in journal issues, which leads to metadata differences in the bibliographic record; to differences in the level of specificity among search fields provided by the platforms; to database integrity issues that lead to large fluctuations in monthly search results based on the same query; and to database currency issues that arise due to when each platform updates its MEDLINE file. Specific bibliographic databases, like PubMed and MEDLINE, are used to inform clinical decision-making, create systematic reviews, and construct knowledge bases for clinical decision support systems. Since they serve as essential information retrieval and discovery tools that help identify and collect research data and are used in a broad range of fields and as the basis of multiple research designs, this study should help clinicians, researcher, librarians, informationalists, and others understand how these platforms differ and inform future work in their standardization.
Residents and Fellows: Teaching Images in Headache Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Caused by Thoracic Disc Disease Robert Fuino MD, Corresponding Author Robert Fuino MD drfuino@gmail.com Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA Address all correspondence to R. Fuino, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont Medical Center, 111 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401, USA, email: drfuino@gmail.comSearch for more papers by this authorScott Raymond MD, PhD, Scott Raymond MD, PhD Department of Radiology, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USASearch for more papers by this authorRobert Shapiro MD, Robert Shapiro MD Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USASearch for more papers by this author Robert Fuino MD, Corresponding Author Robert Fuino MD drfuino@gmail.com Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA Address all correspondence to R. Fuino, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont Medical Center, 111 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401, USA, email: drfuino@gmail.comSearch for more papers by this authorScott Raymond MD, PhD, Scott Raymond MD, PhD Department of Radiology, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USASearch for more papers by this authorRobert Shapiro MD, Robert Shapiro MD Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 06 August 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/head.13916Citations: 1Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume60, Issue8September 2020Pages 1830-1831 RelatedInformation
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The MEDLINE database is publicly available through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed but the data file itself is also licensed to a number of vendors, who may offer their versions to institutional and other parties as part of a database platform.These vendors provide their own interface to the MEDLINE file and offer other technologies that attempt to make their version useful to subscribers.However, little is known about how vendor platforms ingest and interact with MEDLINE data files, nor how these changes influence the construction of search queries and the results they produce.This poster presents a longitudinal study of five MEDLINE databases involving 29 sets of logically and semantically consistent search queries (five search queries for each set).The goal is to understand whether it is possible to reproduce search queries by: a) analyzing search query syntax per database, and b) controlling for total search results.We also highlight the barriers to creating reproducible queries across MEDLINE databases.