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Research into the process of becoming mother or father shows very conclusively that this important life transition is accompanied by both a decrease in marital quality and a more traditional division of labour. In this paper these changes are analyzed with special emphasis on the rel...
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PMID: 22059310
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We analyzed self-reported computer use, demographic variables, psychosocial variables, and health and well-being variables collected from 460 ethnically diverse, community-dwelling elders to investigate the relationship computer use has with demographics, well-being, and other key psychosocial varia...
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PMID: 22046718
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We explore Sri Lankan Tamil immigrant women's views on factors contributing to intimate partner violence (IPV). We conducted eight focus groups with young, midlife, and senior women and women who experienced IPV. Three main themes emerged: postmigration sources of stress and conflict, patriarchal so...
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PMID: 21834718
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Olfactory impaired patients have decreased quality of life and may need to develop a coping ability for the olfactory loss. This study investigated how factors like olfactory function, disease duration, etiology, age, and gender affect patients` quality of life and emotional ability to cope.
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PMID: 21858266
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that disproportionately affects women of childbearing age during their most productive years. Current therapeutic measures have improved patient survival; however, the impact of interventions on general and specific domains...
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PMID: 21633837
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Social workers provide services to a variety of clients and are challenged with finding interventions that meet the multifaceted needs of diverse populations. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is becoming an increasingly popular therapy that offers flexibility and effectiveness in treating chal...
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PMID: 21936331
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These results provide new and valuable insights regarding the onset, course, progression, and treatment of SD....
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PMID: 21859056
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We measured the frequency of perceived stigma and discrimination among caregivers of veterans with TBI and examined whether perceived stigma and discrimination are associated with caregiver strain, social isolation, depression, and anxiety.
Seventy caregivers of veterans with TBI com...
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PMID: 21723524
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Personality factors have shown to be related to mortality, morbidity, and psychological aspects in chronic disorders. Little is known about the effect of personality on disease severity in sarcoidosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The aim of this study was to assess the pr...
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PMID: 21796893
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Purpose. This study described the role normalization played for parents related to their young children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Design and Methods. The data source for this secondary analysis was 30 interviews with 16 parents. Results. Three themes were identif...
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PMID: 21702878
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Purpose. To examine the effectiveness and feasibility of using the computerized interactive virtual space in reducing depressive symptoms of children hospitalized with cancer. Design and Methods. A nonequivalent control group design was employed. Children (8-16 years of age; n=...
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PMID: 21702879
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For youth today to achieve their full potential, outdoor-based play and reconnection to nature are essential.
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PMID: 21786412
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) may lead to long term behavioral, cognitive, physical, mental, social deficits which might influence daily activities of patient and caregiver.
To determine the disability aspects and its levels among patients with TBI and their caregivers...
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PMID: 21150858
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We studied MR gene haplotypes constituted by the two single nucleotide polymorphisms MR-2G/C (rs2070951) and MRI180V (rs5522). The haplotypes showed differences in cortisol-induced gene transcription and protein expression while the structural variant MRI180V did not affect ligand binding. Moreover,...
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PMID: 21095064
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This study examined the relationship between perceived coaching behaviors, coping strategies during a sport competition, and sport achievement. A prospective design was used in which 80 athletes from individual sports completed measures of perceived coaching behaviors two days before a competition (T...
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PMID: 21659673
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Attachment theory has been proposed as a framework for understanding the development of chronic pain, with evidence supporting the overrepresentation of insecure attachment styles in chronic pain populations and links between insecure attachment and factors known to impact one's ability to cope with...
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PMID: 21095633
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Internet-delivered CBT has specific effects that cannot be attributed only to treatment credibility, expectancy of improvement, therapeutic alliance, or attention. Furthermore, a treatment based on exposure exercises specifically tailored for IBS may be a better treatment option than general stress a...
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PMID: 21537360
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Nurse educators are challenged by students who did not learn Standard American English as a primary language. It is not only language that makes these students stand out-cultural beliefs, values and practices need to be appreciated as well. The purpose of this article is to synthesize the current qu...
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PMID: 19645373
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The occupational health nurse usually encounters reduction in force issues from a company perspective. This article discusses strategies for the occupational health nurse who is downsized.
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PMID: 19552341
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Community nurses have a central role in the provision of palliative and end-of-life care; helping people to die with dignity is an important component of this care. To conserve dignity, care should comprise a broad range of actions addressing the distress that might impact on the patient's sense of d...
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PMID: 21642928
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Objective. To explore the nature and management of needle-related distress in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF). Design. Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. Methods. Fourteen child-parent dyads took part. Children (5 male; 9 female) had a mean age of 12.4 yea...
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PMID: 21489060
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Objectives. The Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief IPQ) is a commonly used questionnaire that aims to assess patients' illness beliefs. There is, however, no direct information on how people interpret and respond to this questionnaire, nor on the nature and extent of problems people hav...
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PMID: 21489052
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Alexandrea L AL Harmell,
Brent T BT Mausbach,
Susan K SK Roepke,
Raeanne C RC Moore,
Roland R von Känel,
Thomas L TL Patterson,
Joel E JE Dimsdale,
Paul J PJ Mills,
Michael G MG Ziegler,
Matthew A MA Allison,
Sonia S Ancoli-Israel and
Igor I Grant
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We conducted secondary analyses of the other two self-efficacy scales to explore the relationship between each dimension and MAP. We found that there were no significant relationships found between MAP and self-efficacy for stopping unpleasant thoughts/emotions or self-efficacy for getting social su...
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PMID: 21489059
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This study investigated how the in-session change in a client's verbal behavior might influence the effectiveness of counseling sessions. 10 sessions of counseling with a male undergraduate suffering from depressive mood were conducted by a humanistically oriented counselor. The two...
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PMID: 21675577
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We found a pattern of correlations consistent with rumination partially mediating a causal link between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms, hostility, anger, and aggression. In White participants, by contrast, the significant associations between perceived discrimination and these indi...
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PMID: 21604836
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We conducted a three-phase, mixed method empirical study to assess microaggressions among LGBT-POC. The LGBT People of Color Microaggressions Scale is an 18-item self-report scale assessing the unique types of microaggressions experienced by ethnic minority LGBT adults. The measure includes three su...
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PMID: 21604840
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This case study describes the history of an older person, born in 1942 preterminally, who suffered from a brain injury in 2005. Problems in rehabilitation elicited the search for a new meaning in life. In analysing and interpreting the brain injury, preterm birth played a crucial role. The theme of l...
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PMID: 21480177
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The purpose of this review is to synthesize what is known about the issues and concerns of families of adult burn survivors from research and clinical articles written between 1973 and 2009. Electronic database searching, ancestry searching, and electronic hand searching were perform...
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PMID: 21422946
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Results at 3 weeks show a significant difference between the groups for both anxiety and event impact. CONCLUSION: In terms of prevention, the brief early intervention tested in this study appears to be particularly pertinent following miscarriage.
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PMID: 21367538
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Communication with person with dementia (PWD) is becoming worse and worse during the course of illness, and at the end may be totally lost. Non-pharmacological interventions may be beneficial in increasing the behavioural disturbances which appears frequently during the progression o...
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PMID: 21448117
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Exposure to racism has been linked to poor health outcomes. Little is known about the impact of racism on diabetes outcomes. This study explored African American women's beliefs about how racism interacts with their diabetes self-management and control. Four focus groups were conducted with a conveni...
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PMID: 21528110
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Child death before term affects many parents. This article is the story of one of those circumstances, but quite a rare one. Revd. Daniel Richards talks of how his daughter Abigail grew to five months before it was discovered she had anencephaly. The article will discuss: Narrative of the situation:...
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PMID: 21473319
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Previous surveys on www.menopausematters.co.uk and published in this journal show that women are reluctant to seek help for reduced libido, vaginal atrophy and dyspareunia despite adverse effects on health and wellbeing. Additionally, health professionals frequently fail to explore these areas during...
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PMID: 21427419
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The aim was to determine the satisfaction with life together with positive and negative emotions in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, and correlate them with clinical manifestations of the disease and method of treatment. The study included 83 SLE patients. Satisfaction with life was measu...
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PMID: 21489359
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