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Objective To demonstrate that first-year trends in a self-reported subjective general health assessment tool can...
Background Few data exist examining how patients’ preferred role orientation (patient-centered or provider-centered) is associated...
Background: There is increasing interest in the role that patient and physician health-related attitudes may...
Objective To evaluate patients' reported reasons for discontinuing employment following treatment for head and neck...
Background. As the methodologies for evaluating health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in head and neck...
Research examining the role of social support in patient adjustment to chronic illness has been...
Background. Evidence that social support influences health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in oncologic patients could...
Background. This study examined the prevalence and risk factors of persistent (versus short-term) depressive symptoms...
Among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on hemodialysis, death from withdrawal from life-sustaining dialysis is...
Consecutive patients identified as having osteoporosis on screening dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans were randomized...
Participants in the present study were 207 patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who completed...
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Evidence suggests that patients diagnosed with osteoporosis are often undertreated. One potential solution to undertreatment...
Objectives To determine the magnitude of clinically significant differences in domain scores for a quality-of-life...
Background: Poor patient adherence is a widespread problem among patients undergoing hemodialysisfor end-stage renal disease.
Behavioral telehealth, health informatics, organ and tissue transplantation, and genetics are among the areas that...
This case report describes a novel outpatient behavioral treatment intervention for chronic polydipsia. The program...
Background. This article presents the validation of the Head and Neck Cancer Inventory (HNCI), a...
The authors examined the degree to which the supportiveness of a patient's family environment predicts...
The present study examined the efficacy of a behavioral intervention designed to increase adherence to...
The present study examined the role of personality as a predictor of mortality among patients...
Inadequate patient adherence to treatment regimens is a ubiquitous problem in health care and carries...
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a chronic, life-threatening condition afflicting over 300,000 Americans. Patient nonadherence...
Personality characteristics are clinically believed to predict posttransplant adherence and outcome; however, data, as to...
Patients who continue to use tobacco following treatment for head and neck cancers are at...
Improvement in patient quality of life is a central goal of renal transplantation. This study...
Previous reviews have concluded that there is little or no evidence supporting a predictable association...
Abstract Waiting for an organ transplant is a stressful experience frequently associated with symptoms of...
Patients who continue to use tobacco or alcohol following treatment for head and neck cancers...
Attributions have been found to influence theimpact of stressful life events. This study examined therole...
This study examined the influence of cognitivedistortion (e.g., catastrophizing, overgeneralization)on functional impairment among coronary heart...
The purpose of the present research was to provide initial validation of the 20-item Irrational...
The role of social support as a predictor of long-term survival among patients with schizophrenia...
Background This study investigated the assignment of preference values to health states which may follow...
Previous conclusions regarding the role of social support in hemodialysis adherence are inconsistent, suggesting that...
Previous research involving individuals facing chronic health problems suggests that an attentional style characterized by...
The present study compared ambulatory blood pressure in male and female subjects preselected for high...
Research examining the main effects of health beliefs and personality on medical regimen adherence has...
The present study examined the joint role of cynical hostility and powerful others health locus...
Previous reviews have concluded that there is no evidence for a predictable association between person...
An emerging view in the literature regarding health locus of control (HLC) and health behavior...
Because most patients with chronic medical illness do not suffer from diagnosable depressive conditions, models...
Recent theory and evidence suggests that bodily self-focusing tendencies (e.g., private body consciousness [PBC]) may...
One objective of the present research was to examine the immunological effects of self-disclosing personal...
Examined 57 hemodialysis patients. The association of a particular type of coping to adherence was...
The five-factor taxonomy of personality traits has received increasing attention in the literature regarding personality...
We classified 52 in-center hemodialysis patients and 34 self-treated, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients...
The authors examined the role of perceived family support and symptoms of depression as predictors...
Previous studies have demonstrated that cognitive distortion is associated with increased levels of self-reported depression...
Recent research suggests that hostility might contribute to the development of coronary heart disease (CHD)...
Patient noncompliance is a pervasive problem among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Previous studies have...
Recent epidemiological research has identified a variety of interpersonal risk factors as possibly contributing to...
Research on the association between health locus of control and depression in chronic illness has...
To help quality assurance (QA) professionals and clinical practitioners keep up with advances in health...
This study examined the effects of attempting social influence on cardiovascular reactivity. Subjects were randomly...
Less tangible types of social support (emotional, informational, and companionship) were shown to predict reports...
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is associated with an increased incidence of psychological distress. The present...