Research-Practice Partnership to Develop and Implement Routine Mental Health Symptom Tracking Tool Among Older Adults During COVID-19.

OBJECTIVE: Older adults are disproportionally impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, causing a mental health crisis in late life, due to physical restrictions (e.g., quarantine), limited access to services, and lower literacy and access to technology. Despite established benefits, systematic screening of mental health needs of older adults in community and routine care settings is limited and presents multiple challenges. Cross-disciplinary collaborations are essential for identification and evaluation of mental health needs and service delivery. METHODS: Using a research-practice partnership model, we developed and implemented a routine mental health needs identification and tracking tool at a community-based social services organization. Repeated screenings were conducted remotely over 5 months and included depression, anxiety, perceived loneliness, social support, and related domains such as sleep quality, resilience, and trauma symptoms linked to COVID-19. We examined symptomatic distress levels and associations between different domains of functioning. RESULTS: Our project describes the process of establishing a research-practice partnership during the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected 292 screenings from 124 individuals; clients were mildly to moderately depressed and anxious, reporting large amounts of time alone and moderate levels of loneliness. Those reporting higher depressive symptoms reported higher anxiety symptoms, poorer sleep quality, lower quality of life, lower capacity to adapt to challenging situations, and greater trauma symptoms due to COVID-19. CONCLUSION: Our routine screening tool can serve as a blueprint for case management agencies and senior centers nationwide, beyond the pressing mental health crisis due to COVID-19, to continue identifying needs as they emerge in the community.

Reporte de un caso de estrongiloidiasis con coinfección por HTLV-1 y onicomicosis / Report of a case of strongyloidiasis with a coinfection by HTLV-1 and onychomycosis

La infección por el virus linfotrópico humano de células T tipo 1 (HTLV-1) (HTLV-I), presenta una distribución mundial, estimándose que está propagándose hacia áreas no endémicas para convertirse en un problema de salud pública. La coinfección del HTLV-1 con Strongyloides stercoralis y manifestaciones digestivas no es infrecuente, pero sí lo es la asociación simultánea con otros agentes patógenos ocasionando infecciones bacterianas y onicomicosis múltiple. Presentamos un paciente de 34 años con tales coinfecciones, pero además con compromiso vascular periférico. Se discuten aspectos de la patogenia del HTLV-1, la coinfección con el nemátodo y con los agentes patógenos simultáneos señalados, sugiriendo solicitar la prueba para HTLV-1 en tales casos...

The infection caused by the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) (HTLV-I) has a worldwide distribution. This condition has a worldwide distribution and now it is spreading towards non-endemic areas and it is becoming a public health problem. It is not unusual to see patients with HTLV-1 coinfected with Strongyloides stercoralis and presenting with digestive manifestations, but it is less frequent to find the additional occurrence of other pathogens leading to bacterial infections and multiple onychomycosis. We present the case of a 34-year old man with all those coinfections with peripheral vascular involvement. Some aspects of HTLV-1 pathogenesis are discussed, emphasizing the presence of this virus and the other associated pathogens, and we suggest that tests for determining the presence of HTLV-1 infection may be requested in such cases...

[Report of a case of strongyloidiasis with a coinfection by HTLV-1 and onychomycosis]. / Reporte de un caso de estrongiloidiasis con coinfección por HTLV-1 y onicomicosis.

The infection caused by the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) (HTLV-I) has a worldwide distribution. This condition has a worldwide distribution and now it is spreading towards non-endemic areas and it is becoming a public health problem. It is not unusual to see patients with HTLV-1 coinfected with Strongyloides stercoralis and presenting with digestive manifestations, but it is less frequent to find the additional occurrence of other pathogens leading to bacterial infections and multiple onychomycosis. We present the case of a 34-year old man with all those coinfections with peripheral vascular involvement. Some aspects of HTLV-1 pathogenesis are discussed, emphasizing the presence of this virus and the other associated pathogens, and we suggest that tests for determining the presence of HTLV-1 infection may be requested in such cases.