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Showing 1 to 20 of 1667 for “"Symptom"”.
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Path analytic investigation of stress-symptom relationships: Physical and psychological symptom models
… process variables in the study of stress-symptom relationships. This study examined a model of stress-symptom relationships that included negative life-change events, ongoing, chronic role strains, acute daily stressors, cognitive appraisals of stress, different methods of coping, and …
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Cancer Related Symptom Clusters
Research to examine the co-occurrence of symptoms, both disease-related and treatment related, in cancer patients is in the early stages of investigation. As more individuals survive cancer, the prevalence and consequences of psychological and physical symptom clusters are increasing, yet they are …
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Understanding And Improving Adhd Symptom Recall: An Investigation of Temperament And Childhood Symptom Recall Over Time
… to this delay to treatment and requirement of symptom onset before the age of 12, adults seeking ADHD assessments provide a challenge to clinicians to determine if symptoms were present in childhood. The current study investigated the consistency of retrospective parental and self-recall of …
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Symptom Clusters in Lung Cancer Patients
SYMPTOM CLUSTERS IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS By Debra Rattican, PhD, RN A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2012 Major Director: Debra E. Lyon, PhD. Professor …
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Spirituality and Symptom Self Management of Osteoarthritis
… endorsed by patients as effective strategies for symptom management of osteoarthritis, which is the single most common cause of disability in older adults. Research in this area may direct the development of interventions to ensure that older adults are afforded every opportunity to remain active …
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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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Symptom Self-Management Across Settings Emphasizing Virtual Reality
Symptom management is a cornerstone of nursing practice. Symptoms are of clinical and research importance because they are the most common reason for which individuals seek healthcare. Rapid innovations in technology have made it possible to deliver interventions to alleviate a number of symptoms, …
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Construct Validity Of The Child PTSD Symptom Scale
… Instruments designed to accurately capture symptoms of PTSD are needed in order to understand how children respond to stressful events, such as violence, abuse, war, and natural disasters. The current study attempts to address the need for valid and reliable instruments in childhood PTSD …
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Symptom Dimensions and Neurocognitive Functioning in Adult ADHD
… for studies examining whether <i>DSM-IV</i> ADHD symptom dimensions and subtypes identified in research with children are valid for adults. Firm symptom criteria validated by data from adult samples have not been developed. Moreover, many clinic-referred adults present with attentional complaints …
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Symptom Burden and Healthcare Utilization in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
… survival, improving functional status (FS), and symptom mitigation. Symptom burden (SB) can impact quality of life (QOL), and lead to increased healthcare utilization. Palliative care (PC) has been associated with higher QOL, decreased depression, aggressive care, and mortality. The Institute of …
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Exploring Subgroups of Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms through Symptom Experience
… within diagnosis, or unique combinations of symptoms diagnosed as BPD, is excessive within this disorder. Researchers have attempted to identify subgroups of BPD symptoms to identify the underlying structure of BPD and inform this issue; however, results have been inconsistent. The purpose of …
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Symptom Experience and Influenza-Like Illness in a Military Population
… objective of this study was to identify if symptom presentation expressed over the course of an influenza-like illness (ILI) can predict virus type by use of unsupervised machine learning. The secondary objective was to describe clinical characteristics of strain specific coronavirus. …
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Psychopathy Symptom Profiles and Neuropsychological Measures Sensitive to Orbitofrontal Functioning
… male offenders and their psychopathy symptoms. The study's rejected hypothesis had predicted a significant relationship between measures of OF functioning and the Defective Affective Experience (DAE) and Impulsive and Irresponsible Behavioral Style (IIB) factors of the Cooke and Michie …
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A study of symptom profile and clinical subtypes of delirium
… is characterised as a unitary syndrome, not all symptoms follow the same trajectory over the course of an episode; non-cognitive symptoms are more fluctuating. Attention is characteristically disproportionately impaired, relatively less fluctuating, and a key indicator of delirium. Longer …
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The Role of Social Support in PTSD and Depression Symptom Severity
… disorder (PTSD) have been shown to experience symptoms of avoidance. These symptoms decrease access to social support, which has been shown to be a resilience factor associated with developing PTSD after trauma. MST-related PTSD represents a relative gap in the research. The aim of the current …
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Gender, Population Type, and Coping as Predictors of PTSD Symptom Severity
… coping, as independent predictors of PTSD symptom severity. In total, 124 individuals participated in the current study. The sample consisted of 64 civilians and 60 military personnel. The results indicated that gender and avoidant emotional coping were significant predictors of PTSD …
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Trauma Symptom Presentation of Neurodevelopmentally Diverse African American and Hispanic Youth
… The purpose of this study was to identify common symptoms in youth exposed to trauma and diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Participants were 25 male and female Hispanic and African American patients between the ages of 7–23 years who were receiving primary care at a local medical …
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The Symptom Experience of Patients Receiving Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitors
<p>This study explored the symptom experience of patients receiving epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors (EGFRIs) for breast, colon, head and neck, and colon cancer. EGFRIs are targeted therapies used at various points along the treatment continuum for these solid tumors, and may be first, …
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