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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Symptom cluster"”.
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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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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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Dementia Risk in Elders with Anxiety and Insomnia
… is sufficient evidence that neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety and insomnia, are indicators of prodromal dementia which may lead to treatment with benzodiazepine-receptor agonist medications. Therefore, the association between BZRAs and subsequent dementia may be a spurious correlation …
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Dementia Risk in Elders with Anxiety and Insomnia
… is sufficient evidence that neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety and insomnia, are indicators of prodromal dementia which may lead to treatment with benzodiazepine-receptor agonist medications. Therefore, the association between BZRAs and subsequent dementia may be a spurious correlation …
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Predictors of Response to Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment in Adolescent Major Depressive Disorder
… and age-matched controls (n=16; 10 female). Symptom-specific treatment response, defined as ≥50% symptom reduction, was evaluated. Demographic and symptom profile differences were explored. Interventional rTMS alleviated both anxious and depressive symptoms. lRMF was thinner in responders …
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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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Identifying Trauma Factors That Predict Suicide Specific Helplessness in Female Veterans with Chronic PTSD Resulting from Military Sexual Trauma
… Military Sexual Trauma (MST), and depressive symptoms to suicide specific hopelessness. It also examines specifically which of the PTSD symptom clusters is associated with this type of hopelessness along with the interaction of PTSD symptoms and suicide-specific hopelessness as it might relate …
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Event Centrality After Trauma: Stability, Trauma Type, And Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
… understand posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and PTSD’s etiology, researchers have begun examining whether PTSD symptoms are related to the centrality of the traumatic event (i.e., whether the trauma is central to the individual’s life story and changes the way he or she views the …
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Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the symptom structure for autism spectrum disorders using the baby and the infant screen for children with autism traits
… the diagnostic criteria and conceptualization of symptom structure have undergone many revisions. Currently, under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition-Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2000), ASD is defined by three symptom …
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Detailed item analyses of the Postraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5): Use in public safety personnel
… of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. In a landmark study of Canadian PSP, more than 23% screen positively for PTSD. PSP depend on PTSD screening tools to comprehensively assess their symptoms as part of early warning systems that facilitate rapid access to evidence-based …
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Cognitive Dysfunction in Older Breast Cancer Survivors
… factors, treatment factors, and cancer-related symptoms (depressive symptoms, anxiety, fatigue, sleep disturbance) and cognitive function; 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 …
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The Prevalence of Temporomandibular Disorder in African Americans
… study administered a survey of acute jaw pain symptoms to a convenience sample of 274 participants 18 years and older, 129 African Americans, 116 Caucasians and 29 of other races. The survey assessed TMD symptoms using 19 questions derived from the Research Diagnostic Criteria for TMD. The …
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Coping Strategies Form Systems that Regulate PTSD Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: Exploring the Regulatory Hypothesis
… Stress Disorder (PTSD). It first divided PTSD symptoms and selected coping strategies into cognitive, social/motivational, and emotional types. The study then conceptualized each of the preceding types of coping strategies as being controlled stress responses and the PTSD symptoms as being …
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The Rivermead Post-Concussion Questionnaire as a risk indicator for prolonged recovery from concussion
… one third of people with a concussion will have symptoms which persist for more than three months and some develop Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS). This has been the subject of much research, however there is still no conclusive way to identify those who are at risk of slower recovery (Bunnage, …
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Between trauma and grief in psychosocial crisis intervention and beyond. An integrative biopsychosocial framework model of traumatic loss
… we collected empirical data to examine the symptomatology of PTSD and PGD in the acute phase immediately after the death event (Article 3), identified risk and maintaining factors of PTSD and PGD acutely and after six months (Article 4), and examined promoting factors of posttraumatic growth …