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Karen Crotty
Researcher at Research Triangle Park
Publications - 21
Citations - 5052
Karen Crotty is an academic researcher from Research Triangle Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medical encyclopedia & Health care. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 20 publications receiving 4145 citations.
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Low Health Literacy and Health Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review
TL;DR: Low health literacy was consistently associated with more hospitalizations; greater use of emergency care; lower receipt of mammography screening and influenza vaccine; poorer ability to demonstrate taking medications appropriately; poorer able to interpret labels and health messages; and, among elderly persons, poorer overall health status and higher mortality rates.
Health literacy interventions and outcomes: an updated systematic review.
Nancy D. Berkman,Stacey L. Sheridan,Katrina E Donahue,David J Halpern,Anthony J. Viera,Karen Crotty,Audrey Holland,Michelle Brasure,Kathleen N. Lohr,Elizabeth Harden,Elizabeth Tant,Ina Wallace,Meera Viswanathan +12 more
TL;DR: Differences in health literacy level were consistently associated with increased hospitalizations, greater emergency care use, lower use of mammography, lower receipt of influenza vaccine, poorer ability to demonstrate taking medications appropriately, poorer able to interpret labels and health messages, and, among seniors, poorer overall health status and higher mortality.
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Interventions for Individuals with Low Health Literacy: A Systematic Review
Stacey L. Sheridan,David J Halpern,Anthony J. Viera,Nancy D. Berkman,Katrina E Donahue,Karen Crotty +5 more
TL;DR: Multiple interventions show promise for mitigating the effects of low health literacy and could be considered for use in clinical practice.
Nonpharmacologic Interventions for Treatment-Resistant Depression in Adults
Bradley N. Gaynes,Linda J Lux,Stacey Lloyd,Richard A. Hansen,Gerald Gartlehner,Patricia Keener,Shannon Brode,Tammeka Swinson Evans,Daniel E Jonas,Karen Crotty,Meera Viswanathan,Kathleen N. Lohr +11 more
TL;DR: Patients with two or more prior treatment failures are considered to have treatment-resistant depression (TRD); these TRD patients represent a complex population with a disease that is difficult to manage.
Drug Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis in Adults: An Update
Katrina E Donahue,Daniel E Jonas,Richard A. Hansen,Robert Roubey,Beth Jonas,Linda J Lux,Gerald Gartlehner,Elizabeth Harden,Tania M Wilkins,Visali Peravali,Shrikant I. Bangdiwala,Andrea Yuen,Patricia Thieda,Laura C Morgan,Karen Crotty,Rishi J. Desai,Megan Van Noord +16 more
TL;DR: Treatment of patients with RA aims to control pain and inflammation and, ultimately, the goal is remission or at least low disease activity for all patients.