Bourassa, Katelynn A McKibbin, Christine L Hartung, Cynthia M Bartholomew, Kay L Lee, Aaron A Stevens, Anne E Buxton, Yvette Slosser, Andrea E Andren, Katherine A Kitchen
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Journal of health psychology
While youth with emotional and behavioral disorders experience increased rates of obesity, few obesity interventions exist that are tailored to their needs. Qualitative methods were employed to elucidate obesity management practices in this population. In all, 56 participants (i.e. 21 youths with emotional and behavioral disorders, 20 caregivers of...
Lusilla-Palacios, Pilar Castellano-Tejedor, Carmina
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Journal of health psychology
To assess satisfaction with care in acute spinal cord injury patients admitted to a specialized rehabilitation unit prior and after a tailored training in communication skills for the staff, the Picker Patient Experience-33 ((1) Content of the information, (2) Quality of the information, and (3) Quality of the relationship), the Spinal Cord Indepen...
Mamotte, Nicole Wassenaar, Douglas
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Journal of health psychology
Obtaining voluntary informed consent for research participation is an ethical imperative, yet there appears to be little consensus regarding what constitutes a voluntary consent decision. An instrument to assess influences on participants' consent decision and perceived voluntariness was developed and piloted in two South African HIV clinical trial...
Smith, Fran Banwell, Elizabeth Rakhit, Roby
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Journal of health psychology
A qualitative design was used to explore the experience of positive adjustment following a heart attack. Ten men attending a cardiac rehabilitation programme completed in-depth semi-structured interviews. An overarching theme: 'I was in control of it from the start' emerged with six subthemes, relating to intrapersonal and interpersonal factors and...
Marks, David F
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Journal of health psychology
Rankin, Audrey Kuznesof, Sharron Frewer, Lynn J Orr, Karen Davison, Jenny de Almeida, Maria Dv Stewart-Knox, Barbara
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Journal of health psychology
Social Cognitive Theory has been used to explain findings derived from focus group discussions ( N = 4) held in the United Kingdom with the aim of informing best practice in personalised nutrition. Positive expectancies included weight loss and negative expectancies surrounded on-line security. Monitoring and feedback were crucial to goal setting a...
Wali, Imamatu Muhammad Regmi, Krishna
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Journal of health psychology
Noma disease often results in impairment, morbidity and severe facial disfigurement. This article reports a systematic review of literatures published between 2006 and 2015 to establish existing knowledge about social stigma associated with facial disfigurements. Five databases were searched and 114 citations were screened, of which only 15 met the...
Sublette, Victoria A Smith, Sian K George, Jacob McCaffery, Kirsten Douglas, Mark W
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Journal of health psychology
This qualitative study compares and contrasts the perspectives of healthcare professionals who treat hepatitis C with those of patients in treatment. Comparative analysis of semi-structured interviews with 20 healthcare professionals and 20 patients undergoing treatment for hepatitis C concluded that patients and healthcare professionals disagreed ...
Mitchell, Amanda M Pössel, Patrick Van Voorhees, Benjamin W Eaton, William W
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Journal of health psychology
This study extended the literature by examining whether three profiles of depression predicted breast cancer status. In 1076 women of the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study, depression status and hopelessness were measured at baseline and breast cancer status was ascertained 24 years later. Double depression, but not major depression or d...
Aldaz, Bruno E Treharne, Gareth J Knight, Robert G Conner, Tamlin S Perez, David
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Journal of health psychology
This study explored oncology healthcare professionals' perspectives on the psychosocial support needs of diverse cancer patients during oncology treatment. Six themes were identified using thematic analysis. Healthcare professionals highlighted the importance of their sensitivity, respect and emotional tact during appointments in order to effective...