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The long-term multidimensional impact of persistent multisite pain on physical and psychological disability, and mortality in community-dwelling older adults
Persistent multisite pain is highly prevalent, affecting 25-43% of community-dwelling older adults. Although existing evidence suggests that persistent multisite pain is associated with physical and psychological disability, ...
Influences of social relationships, illness characteristics, and personality on chronic pain and depression
Subjects with myofascial pain disorders (n = 67) and arthritis (n = 84) were studied to examine the contribution of personality traits and social relationships to their complaints of pain and depression. Structured interviews ...
The relationships of nurses' critical thinking ability and patients' self-disclosure to accuracy in nursing assessment of depression in elderly medical patients
This study investigated the relationships of nurses' critical thinking ability and patients' self-disclosure to accuracy in nursing assessment of depression in elderly medical patients. The sample consisted of 120 female ...
The process of recovering in women who have been depressed
Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from depression and one woman in four is likely to suffer from a serious depressive episode at some time in her life (Wood, 1989). Literature abounds on the treatment of depression ...
Simultaneous experiences of type 2 diabetes and symptoms of depression and/or anxiety among Latina women 60 and older
Background: Latina older adult women disproportionately suffer from type 2 diabetes (diabetes) and symptoms of depression and/or anxiety. These disease states are associated with serious declines in health outcomes and a ...
A nationally representative survey of depression symptoms among Jordanian adolescents: Associations with depression stigma, depression etiological beliefs, and likelihood to seek help for depression
Problem and Purpose: Arab adolescents are considered a particularly vulnerable population to depression. The substantial lack of mental health services and the stigma associated with mental illness on the one hand; and ...
Learned resourcefulness, cognitive processes, and adaptive functioning in depressed adults
Approximately 19 million American adults suffer from depressive illness in given 1-year period. Research has shown that depressed persons have difficulty with performing daily tasks, meeting their own personal care needs, ...
Meaning-in-life, depression and suicide in older adults: A comparative survey study
This study compared meaning-in-life (MIL) and other related variables in two populations, those elderly who were and those who were not depressed. The model developed for this study assumed in older adults that spirituality, ...
Relationships among parental alcoholism, sense of belonging, resilience and depressive symptoms in Korean people
Although adult children of alcoholics (ACOA) are at risk for alcohol or other drug abuses and serious emotional problems, including depressive symptoms, "resilient" ACOAs grow up striving to adapt, survive and succeed under ...
Predictors and correlates of fatigue in people living with HIV/AIDS
The purposes of this study were to: describe the intensity of fatigue by selected person, environment, and health/illness variables in (n = 372) men and women with HIV/AIDS; to explore the potential confounding effects ...