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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Symptom distress"”.
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Symptom Burden at End of Life in Patients with Terminal and Life-Threatening Illness in Intensive Care Units
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the symptom burden and severity of symptom distress reported by ICU patients at high-risk for death and to compare patient-rated symptoms and distress for concordance with symptoms reported by a family member. A prospective, correlational design with two …
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An Exploratory Study of Functional Status in Post Cardiac Arrest Survivors Discharged to Home
… physical functional performance, mental health, symptom distress, and demographic factors in survivors of cardiopulmonary arrest after discharge to home and to examine the relationship among perceived functional capacity, mental health and physical functional performance in the survivor of …
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Analysis of an Online Support Group for Women with Breast Cancer
… group, and to assess the relationship between symptom distress, emotional well-being and benefit finding using baseline assessment measures. Qualitative content analysis and computerized text analysis were used to characterize the emotional, cognitive, and structural components present in …
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Clinical Exercise, Stress, and Hiv Infection: Identifying the Associations and Testing theEffects
… a variety of psychological and physiological symptoms associated with the virus itself, related medications, or a combination of both. Due to the nature of these symptoms being experienced concurrently the general well-being and overall quality of life in this population is often reduced. …
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Symptoms Experienced By Post-Menopausal Breast Cancer Survivors On Aromatase Inhibitors: A Secondary Analysis Of Baseline Data
… AI therapy is associated with a variety of symptoms including musculoskeletal complaints, which have contributed to discontinuation of treatment. It is significantly important to explore the symptom profile of AIs that contribute to patients' quality of life and adherence behavior. …
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Mindfulness Training for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study
… evidenced significant decreases in emotional symptom distress. Analysis of ER as a potential change process found significant improvement for four participants, but slopes demonstrated that improvement initiated before treatment, a confound for determination of change processes. Further …
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Effectiveness of the Trauma Practice Approach for Adults in Trauma Treatment
… the intervention, significant decreases in PTSD symptoms, trauma-symptom distress, and workplace impairment were seen. These gains were demonstrated to be maintained at follow-up; however, follow-up sample sizes were small. In addition, high levels of therapeutic alliance were maintained …
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Psychological and neuropsychological correlates of Postconcussional Disorder
Chronic symptoms of Postconcussional Disorder (PCD) occur in a significant minority of mild brain injury patients. The latest research suggests an interactionistic perspective as the most logical and empirically supported pathogenesis for the development and maintenance of PCD. The interactionistic …
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The Relationship Among Wellness, Severity Of Disturbance, And Social Desirability Of Entering Master's-level Counseling Students
… difficulty in Interpersonal Relations, Symptom Distress, and Difficulty in Social Roles were lower than those scoring below each cutoff score. Results of the study were summarized, factors to consider in the interpretation of the results were discussed, and implications for counselor …
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Assessing Item and Scale Sensitivity to Therapeutic Change on the College Adjustment Scales: Working Toward a Counseling Center Specific Outcome Questionnaire
… traditionally looked primarily at a client's symptom distress (e.g. depression, anxiety, suicidality, etc.) and are used to detect changes in the client's life that are due to therapy. Unfortunately, there is no measure that has been exclusively created and validated for use with college …
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Dysphoria, Fatigue, and Sleep in Employed Postpartum Women
… provide challenges to her health status. The symptoms of dysphoric mood, fatigue, and sleep disturbances have been recognized as reasons for which postpartum women seek health care services. Yet, unless the symptom experience is clinically significant, few interventions are offered. The …
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Resilience in Men with Prostate Cancer: Relationship between Resilience, Social Support, and Distress
… among men in Iceland. While heightened levels of distress have been reported among PCA patients there is a group of patients that show low levels of distress. Therefore, it is important to find out what protects those men that show less distress, which would give suggestion for intervention. In …
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Normative data for the Brief Symptom Inventory for mature and independent living adults
… adults who completed the Brief Symptom Inventory. Relevant norms and symptom dimensions of the BSI that hold confounding items for individuals 65 and older were determined. Four hundred eighty-nine individuals 65 and older (322 females, 167 males, mean age of 75.91) living …
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An exploration of symptom burden among breast and gynaecological cancer patients accessing care at University of Ilorin teaching hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
… availability for treatment imply significant symptom burden; the relief of which poses a challenge for the health care providers. Aim: This study was conducted to measure symptom burden and relief among breast and gynaecological cancer patients accessing care in a tertiary health institution …
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Men And Therapy: Comparisons Of College Men Who Have Sought Therapy And Have Not Sought Therapy
… towards help seeking, and psychological symptoms will all be significant variables in predicting membership into the group of men who have sought therapy and those who have not sought therapy. The following secondary hypotheses are also examined in the current study. In comparison to men …
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The Geriatric Cancer Experience in End of Life: Model Adaptation and Testing
… in quality of life is explained by the person's symptom experience and spiritual experience. As the number of symptoms and the associated severity and distress increase, the person's quality of life significantly decreases (ß -0.8). As the spiritual experience increases (the expressed need for …
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Evaluating the efficacy of an internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for infertile women : a feasibility study
Negative psychological functioning, such as symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress are often comorbid with an infertility diagnosis. Infertile women are an exceptionally high-risk group for severe psychological distress. However, only a small proportion of this population receives appropriate …
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Family Communication between Parents and AYAs in the Childhood Cancer Context
… age, cancer treatment status, and the level of symptom distress in both cases of mother and AYAs (0.26,p=0.0024, R2=0.07, medium effect), and a father and AYAs (0.25,p=0.0042, R2=0.06, medium effect). Next, we also revealed that the family cohesion was a significant mediator of the …