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Showing 1 to 20 of 101 for “"Physical functioning"”.
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Association between Physical Functioning and Depressive Symptom.
본 연구는 65세 이상 노인의 일상생활수행능력(ADL)과 도구적 일상생활수행능력(IADL)이 우울증과의 관련성을 알아봄으로써 노인의 건강증진 방안과 노인보건정책수립의 기초 자료를 제공하고자 시행하였으며 연구도구로는 한국 노동연구원에서 2006에 조사한 고령화연구패널조사(Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing)를 사용하였다. 대상자의 일반적 특성과 우울과의 관계에 있어서 배우자가 없는 경우 우울점수가 높은 것(t=11.783, p<0.001)으로 분석되었으며, 개인자산이 적을수록 우울점수가 높은 …
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A Study of Fetal Tissue Implantation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: Can Self-Efficacy and Social Support Predict Physical Functioning and Perceived Treatment?
… and social support have on the overall functioning of those living with chronic disease, specifically PD (Chenoweth, Gallager, Sheriff, Donoghue, & Stein-Parbury, 2008; Montgomery, Lieberman, Sing, & Fries, 1994; Schreurs, De Ridder, & Bensing, 2000; Simpson, Haines, Lekwuwa, Wardle, & …
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Nutrition, body composition and physical activity in malignant pleural disease: associations with patient outcomes and response to an exercise intervention
… (HR-QoL) and participation in daily physical activities. Supportive care interventions such as nutrition and exercise could offer benefit to patients. However, there is a lack of information on the prevalence of low muscle mass (i.e., pre-sarcopenia), malnutrition, inactivity and poor …
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Ethnic differences in illness representations, coping and adjustment in people with coronary heart disease
… with illness representations, coping and physical functioning. Illness representations were associated with adjustment measures, however there were few associations between illness representations and coping, and between coping and adjustment. Overall, ethnicity did not account for any of …
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The Role of Rumination, Negative Affect, and Fitness on Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Outcomes following a Discrete Cardiac Event
… cardiac rehabilitation (CR) can have large physical and psychological benefits. This study investigates the role of depression, anxiety, and rumination on CR outcomes including program completion and fitness improvements. Fifty-one patients with cardiovascular disease who were enrolled in CR …
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The Effect of Glucosamine Usage Combined with Non-Traditional Exercise on the Ability to Meet Self-Care Requisities for Clients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee
… age, female sex, being overweight or obese, and physical inactivity. The primary goals of managing OA of the knee are to control pain and to maintain or improve the knee joint’s range-of-motion and stability while limiting functional impairment.</p> <p>The current descriptive pilot study …
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Differential Sensitivity of Intraindividual Variability Dispersion and Global Cognition in the Prediction of Functional Outcomes and Premature Mortality in Precariously Housed and Homeless Adults
… factors negatively impacting neurocognitive functioning. Intraindividual variability (IIV) across neuropsychological tests (i.e., IIV dispersion) has been used as a marker of frontal system pathology. Increased IIV dispersion has been associated with worse cognitive functioning, everyday …
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Health-related Quality of Life One Year After Coronary Angioplasty and/or Coronary Stenting
… measuring general health; the subscales were: physical functioning, role functioning-physical, role functioning-emotional, social functioning, bodily pain, mental health, vitality, and general health perception. The SAQ consisted of 19 questions measuring specific concepts of CAD; the subscales …
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Health-Related Quality of Life and Future Care Planning Among Older Adults: Exploring the Role of Hope as a Moderator
… data were collected on five HRQoL domains (physical function, physical role function, emotional role function, social function, and bodily pain) and trait hope. Moderated multiple regression was used to test the moderator hypothesis controlling for personal characteristics. Post-hoc probing …
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Unpacking mindfulness: Psychological processes underlying the health benefits of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program
… in mindfulness, psychological symptoms and physical functioning were examined, along with their relationship to course compliance variables and group support, and the mediational roles of mindfulness acquisition and mindfulness practice. The influence of gender, diagnostic factors and …
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The Impact Of Personality, Mindfulness, And Symptoms On Response To Brief Meditation
… have a beneficial effect on psychological and physical functioning (Baer, 2003; Grossman, et al., 2004). However, the factors that predict the extent to which one may enter into and benefit from an inducted mindful state have not been thoroughly investigated. The current study sought to …
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The effects of physical function and genetics on cognition and blood biomarkers in individuals at-risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
… are warranted to blunt the alarming rate. Physical function (PF) declines with age, but higher physical function is associated with better cognitive functioning in middle-to- older age individuals. Moreover, greater physical activity (PA) is associated with better global cognition; however, …
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The Relationship Between Perceived Wellness, Physical Function and Traditional Medical Outcomes in Physical Therapy
… of mortality and morbidity than measurements of physical disability, disease, and biological or lifestyle risk factors. Most healthcare professionals, including physical therapists, do not utilize wellness measures in patient assessment. The purpose of this research was to determine if there is a …
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Presurgical Behavioral Medicine Evaluation for Implantable Devices for Pain Management: Clinical Effectiveness for Predicting Outcomes
… of each category were examined using various physical/functional and psychosocial measures. As hypothesized, the Green group, with the lowest mean scores for each measure, yielded the most positive biopsychosocial profile at initial evaluation. The Green group reported low levels of depression …
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Association Between Walking Speed and Cognitive Executive Function in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
<p>Physical dependency and cognitive impairment are both found to increase with advanced adult aging and a positive association has been established between cognition and physical functioning. This investigation sought to determine this association specific to walking speed. Objectives were to …
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Religious Coping and Depression in Home Care Patients
… and Self-Directing), the SF-12 Health Survey (Physical Health and Mental Health), the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI), and Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDIII). The data were analyses by means of Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression analyses. The test results suggested …
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Cognitive Dysfunction in Older Breast Cancer Survivors
… and c) comorbidity and cognitive function and physical functioning, and quality of life (QoL) in older BCS. In an integrative review, to address aim 1, 12 studies were identified. Up to 41% of older BCS showed objective cognitive dysfunction on neuropsychological assessment, up to 64% reported …
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The Examination of N'Balance, a Community -Based Fall Prevention for Older Adults
… intervention for older adults, exploring physical functioning and balance self-efficacy and leisure self-efficacy. Research suggests that fall prevention interventions with multifactorial, multidimensional interventions should include components of flexibility, balance, gait mobility, and …
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