Patricia A. Thomas

About

Patricia A. Thomas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Purdue University within the College of Liberal Arts. Her research focus is indicated by her association with the CALC Curriculum vitae, although specific details of her research interests and key contributions are not provided in the page text. She is involved in academic and departmental activities at Purdue University, and her contact information includes her office in BRNG 1120, email pthomas4@purdue.edu, and phone number (765) 496-3360.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Cardiology
• Economic growth
• Development economics
• Gerontology
• Internal medicine
• Surgery

Selected publications

• Effect of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement on All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Aortic Stenosis

  JAMA · 2022 · 171 citations

  Importance: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a less invasive alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement and is the treatment of choice for patients at high operative risk. The role of TAVI in patients at lower risk is unclear. Objective: To determine whether TAVI is noninferior to surgery in patients at moderately increased operative risk. Design, Setting, and Participants: In this randomized clinical trial conducted at 34 UK centers, 913 patients aged 70 years or older wi…

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• Exacerbating Inequalities: Social Networks, Racial/Ethnic Disparities, and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

  The Journals of Gerontology Series B · 2020 · 158 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  OBJECTIVES: The disruption and contraction of older adults' social networks are among the less discussed consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our objective was to provide an evidence-based commentary on racial/ethnic disparities in social network resources and draw attention to the ways in which disasters differentially affect social networks, with meaningful insight for the ongoing pandemic. METHODS: We draw upon prior research on social networks and past natural disasters to identify major a…

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• Lost Touch? Implications of Physical Touch for Physical Health

  The Journals of Gerontology Series B · 2020 · 42 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  OBJECTIVES: Growing research on the impact of physical touch on health has revealed links to lower blood pressure, higher oxytocin levels, and better sleep, but links to inflammation have not been fully explored. Physical touch may also buffer stress, underscoring its importance during the stressful time of living in the COVID-19 global pandemic-a time that has substantially limited social interactions and during which physical touch has been specifically advised against. METHOD: We analyze nati…

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• Gaining Faith, Losing Faith: How Education Shapes the Relationship between Religious Transitions and Later Depression

  Journal of Health and Social Behavior · 2021-10-19 · 21 citations

  articleSenior author

  Using the life course perspective, we assess the "resources" and "risks" to mental health associated with transitions in religious attendance between early life and midlife and how this process may be influenced by education. Drawing on over 35 years of prospective panel data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, baseline models suggest that stable, frequent attendance accumulated between adolescence to midlife and increases to frequent attendance by adulthood are associated with the lo…

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• Social connectedness, functional capacity, and longevity: A focus on positive relations with others

  Social Science & Medicine · 2023-11-16 · 20 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

Frequent coauthors

• Kenneth F. Ferraro

  Purdue University West Lafayette

  13 shared

• Madison R Sauerteig-Rolston

  Purdue University West Lafayette

  13 shared

• David M. Rosenberg

  Sandia National Laboratories

  10 shared

• Linda K. George

  University of North Florida

  9 shared

• Matthew E. Dupre

  Trinity College

  9 shared

• Jessica M. Sautter

  Saint Joseph's University

  9 shared

• Debra Umberson

  The University of Texas at Austin

  9 shared

• Cynthia Booth-Lord

  Case Western Reserve University

  8 shared

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