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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"chronic physical illness"”.
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Mothers with Chronic Physical Illness and the Parentification of Their Children
More than 133 million Americans are living with chronic conditions and this number continues to rise (Partnership for Solutions, 2004); by 2020, it is estimated that 157 million people will suffer from chronic illnesses (Anderson, 2003), a large percentage of whom are in their child-rearing stage …
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Hope in individuals living with chronic physical illness : correlates of hope across illness populations and predictors of hope in individuals with cardiovascular disease
… exist so the search was broadened to hope in chronic physical illness. The review attempts to determine what the strongest and most consistent correlated variables with hope are in chronic illness populations. Links to theory and recommendations for future research are then made.Part two is an …
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Emergent approaches to improving psychological wellbeing in long-term physical health conditions
… and Psychological Adjustment in Adult Chronic Physical Illness: A systematic review</b><br/><br/>The review examined how immersive virtual reality (VR) interventions are used and evaluated in adult chronic physical illness populations to improve individual psychological adjustment. A …
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Levels of personal disclosure and engagement in communication of later-life couples coping with chronic illness
… communication of later-life couples coping with chronic, physical illness, caregiver depression and marital satisfaction were examined in this study of 25 patients and their spouse caregivers. Guided by Bowen Theory, lag sequential analyses and sequence repetition analyses were conducted on …
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Cumulative lifetime stress variables as predictors of depression and chronic illness in women
… stress to the prediction of depression and chronic illness. Data acquired from a sample of three hundred and eight women who volunteered for an earlier study examining the impact of changing lifestyles on health were analyzed for this study. Subjects completed a wide variety of psychosocial …
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The Delivery System Design of a Community Mental Health Center and Provision of Quality: Cardiometabolic Screening for Persons with a Severe Mental Illness Prescribed Atypical Antipsychotic Medication
<p>Background: Persons with a severe mental illness (SMI) prematurely lose up to 25 years of life when compared to the general population. This patient population has increased morbidity and mortality due to higher than normal rates of obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. …