Foley, Hope Steel, Amie Adams, Jon
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Health & social care in the community
The duration and complexity of chronic conditions leads patients to consult complementary medicine (CM) practitioners, yet such care-seeking by this clinical population has not been thoroughly examined. This study describes characteristics and reasons for consultation amongst those with chronic conditions who consult CM practitioners. A cross-secti...
Nagelhout, Gera E Abidi, Latifa de Vries, Hein
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Health & social care in the community
People living in low-income multi-problem households may benefit from participation in a community-based health promotion program. Yet, low participation rates are often a problem. It is important to assess reasons for (not) participating to better tailor programs to the needs of this particular at-risk group. Back2Balance is a health promotion pro...
Jeng, Brenda Sasaki, Jeffer E Cederberg, Katie L Motl, Robert W
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Disability and rehabilitation
This study examined sociodemographic and clinical variables as correlates of device-measured volume and pattern of sedentary behaviour in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Participants were recruited through a standardised invitation letter distributed among 1000 persons randomly selected from the North American Research Committee on MS registr...
Huls, Samare P I van Osch, Sylvie M C Brouwer, Werner B F van Exel, Job Stiggelbout, Anne M
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Psychology & health
The aim of this study was to assess the reliability, dimensionality and validity of the self-report questionnaire Health-Risk Attitude Scale (HRAS-13) in a sample of the general population and a patient population. Sample 1 (n = 930) was recruited from the general population aged 18-65 years in the Netherlands. Sample 2 (n = 486) was recruited from...
Webb, Ashley Tascone, Belinda Wickham, Lucy Webb, Gemma Wijeyaratne, Avisha Boyd, David Thomas Leong, Samuel
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Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals
Smoking near hospital entrances occurs frequently despite smoke-free policies, resulting in multiple issues including second-hand smoke exposure (SHS) to vulnerable populations. Primary school children were engaged through their health curriculum to produce antismoking audio recordings for broadcast over a hospital entrance loudspeaker system to de...
Aim, Marie-Anastasie Lelaurain, Solveig Khatmi, Nicolas Fonte, David Bovina, Inna Dany, Lionel
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Journal of health psychology
This study focuses on life experiences and social representations related to gender in the context of health among young French lay people aged from 18 to 21 years (N = 47). Qualitative analysis of the discursive content of nine focus groups illuminated the lay thinking underlying gender issues in the health context. Broadly speaking, group composi...
Liljehult, Jacob Christensen, Thomas Molsted, Stig Overgaard, Dorthe Mesot Liljehult, Monique Møller, Tom
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Acta neurologica Scandinavica
Improvements in health behaviour are often recommended as part of secondary prevention in patients with stroke and transient ischaemic attack. However, there is a lack of knowledge as to how this is applied in clinical practice. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we examined the effect of counselling or educational intervention directed a...
Gartland, Nicola Wilson, Antonia Lawton, Rebecca O'Connor, Daryl B
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Psychology, health & medicine
High conscientiousness is associated with better health and longer life. This relationship is partly accounted for by the performance of health behaviours. The current study aimed to investigate whether conscientiousness was associated with adherence to national health behaviour guidelines as an indicator of healthy lifestyle. A cross-sectional des...
Sherman, Michelle D Hooker, Stephanie A
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Family practice
Approximately 40% of deaths in the USA are attributable to modifiable health behaviours. Despite clear recommendations and practice guidelines, primary care physicians (PCPs) generally do not dedicate much time to addressing health behaviours, thereby missing opportunities to improve patient well-being. To examine what health behaviour change techn...
Naruse, Sayuri M Cornelissen, Piers L Moss, Mark
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Journal of health psychology
This experimental study evaluated the differential effects of 'giving' and 'receiving' massage on wellbeing in healthy but stressed couples. Forty-two volunteers started the study and of these, 38 (i.e. 19 couples) completed a 3-week massage course. Emotional stress and mental clarity were assessed before and after mutual massage between each pair ...
