Telecommunications technology as an aid to family caregivers of persons with dementia.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between total cholesterol (TC) and cognitive performance within the context of the Framingham Heart Study, a large, community-based, prospective investigation of cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS:Participants were 789 men and 1105 women from the ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Elias PK,Elias MF,D'Agostino RB,Sullivan LM,Wolf PA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that perfectionism is an important moderator of the neuroendocrine stress response, with higher perfectionism predicting increased neuroendocrine activation. METHODS:A total of 50 middle-aged men underwent an acute standardized psychosocial stress task (Trier Social Stress Test). Perfe...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Wirtz PH,Elsenbruch S,Emini L,Rüdisüli K,Groessbauer S,Ehlert U

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Depression has been reported to increase cardiac event rates and functional impairment in patients with coronary disease. This article describes the impact of depression on subsequent healthcare utilization for such patients. METHODS:One hundred ninety-eight health maintenance organization patients with stab...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Sullivan MD,LaCroix AZ,Spertus JA,Hecht J,Russo J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate the relationship between waist circumference as a measure of abdominal obesity and brain responses to stress among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS:Patients with CAD (N = 151) underwent acute mental stress tasks in conjunction with high-resolution positron ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Moazzami K,Wittbrodt MT,Lima BB,Levantsevych O,Kaseer B,Martini A,Haffar A,Nye JA,Quyyumi AA,Shah A,Vaccarino V,Bremner JD

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) often co-occurs with major depressive disorder (MDD). Both conditions share common psychobiological and biobehavioral characteristics, but little is known about differential patterns in brain function. In this study, we compared resting-state functional brain connectivity betwee...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Ahn J,Han DH,Hong JS,Min KJ,Lee YS,Hahm BJ,Kim SM

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether work characteristics and social support are predictors of physical, psychological, and social functioning. METHOD:Work characteristics (Karasek and Siegrist models) and social support at baseline were used to predict health functioning measured by the SF-36 General Health Survey 5 years lat...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Stansfeld SA,Bosma H,Hemingway H,Marmot MG

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the sociocultural transformation of neurasthenia (shenjing shuairuo, SJSR), as both disease and illness, in Chinese society. METHOD:This is based on a critical review of evidence drawn from the psychiatric and anthropological literature, and the use of a single case study. RESULTS:SJSR remains a ub...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Lee S

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cancer-related distress due to the psychological and physical challenges of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) may result in symptoms of depression, which negatively affects quality and may influence quantity of life. This study investigated how depression affects MBC stress reactivity, including autonomic (ANS) ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Giese-Davis J,Wilhelm FH,Conrad A,Abercrombie HC,Sephton S,Yutsis M,Neri E,Taylor CB,Kraemer HC,Spiegel D

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychosocial work characteristics, such as work demand, work control, and social support at work, have been shown to be related to the development of coronary heart disease in epidemiological studies. However, the mechanisms which mediate the social and psychological effects on the cardiovascular system are not known....

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Undén AL,Orth-Gomér K,Elofsson S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Two important determinants of physiological stress responses have been identified, uncontrollability of the stressor and amount of effort involved in coping with the stressor. In the present experiment, we tried to identify the specific contributions of effort and uncontrollability to immune system responses ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Peters ML,Godaert GL,Ballieux RE,Brosschot JF,Sweep FC,Swinkels LM,van Vliet M,Heijnen CJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two studies on the effects of psychological treatment on cancer patients are reviewed. Only studies that compared one or more experimental conditions with at least one control group have been considered. The studies were evaluated with respect to a) research methods, b) psychological interventions, and c) resul...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Trijsburg RW,van Knippenberg FC,Rijpma SE

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Exposure to child abuse (CA) is associated with an increased risk of developing asthma and allergies; it is unknown if that risk is present across generations. This study investigated if 2-year-old children born to mothers with a history of CA were at an increased risk of receiving a diagnosis of asthma or a...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Tomfohr-Madsen LM,Bayrampour H,Tough S

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mortality on medical intensive care units (ICU) is approximately 25%. It is associated with age, severity of illness, and comorbidities. Preexisting depression is a risk factor for worse outcome in many diseases. The impact of depression on outcome of ICU patients has not been investigated. We assessed a poss...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Wewalka M,Warszawska J,Strunz V,Kitzberger R,Holzinger U,Fuhrmann V,Zauner C,Miehsler W,Moser G

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The new DSM-5 somatic symptom disorder was introduced to improve the diagnosis of persons experiencing what used to be called somatoform disorders. So far, it is unclear whether existing self-report measures are useful to detect the new somatic symptom disorder. This study investigates the diagnostic accuracy...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Laferton JAC,Stenzel NM,Rief W,Klaus K,Brähler E,Mewes R

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The effect of stress exposures and mental health sequelae on health-related outcomes is understudied among older women veterans. We examined a) the impact of wartime stress exposures on later-life functioning and disability in Vietnam-era women veterans and b) the extent to which mental health conditions know...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Smith BN,Spiro A,Frayne SM,Kimerling R,Cypel Y,Reinhard MJ,Kilbourne AM,Magruder KM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ambulatory saliva collections for subsequent analysis of free cortisol levels are now frequently applied to measure adrenocortical activity in healthy subjects and patient populations. Despite the prime importance of accurate timing of saliva collection outside the laboratory, no data are available on the com...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kudielka BM,Broderick JE,Kirschbaum C

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES AND METHODS:Self-report studies have shown an association between music performance anxiety (MPA) and hyperventilation complaints. However, hyperventilation was never assessed physiologically in MPA. This study investigated the self-reported affective experience, self-reported physiological symptoms, and car...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Studer RK,Danuser B,Hildebrandt H,Arial M,Wild P,Gomez P

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation was designed to study the role of stress on the physiologic mechanisms of the colon in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Patients with IBS were compared with normal controls during resting and stress (mental arithmetic, cold pressor, and fear stressor). The results indicated that IBS patients h...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Welgan P,Meshkinpour H,Hoehler F

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate the construct validity of the five-item Women's Health Initiative Insomnia Rating Scale (WHIIRS) by comparing women taking hormone therapy (HT) versus those taking a placebo and by comparing women known to differ in vasomotor symptoms. METHODS:The WHIIRS was includ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Levine DW,Dailey ME,Rockhill B,Tipping D,Naughton MJ,Shumaker SA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:While depression has been found to predict mortality in acute myocardial infarction, results from many other groups of medical patients are inconclusive. It is, therefore, unclear whether depression also predicts mortality in the typical mixed patient populations treated on medical hospital wards and whether ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Herrmann C,Brand-Driehorst S,Kaminsky B,Leibing E,Staats H,Rüger U

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Shift-and-persist is a resilience construct hypothesized to be beneficial to physical health among individuals with low socioeconomic status (SES). This shift-and-persist construct entails a combination of reframing stressors more positively while also enduring adversity through finding purpose in life. In th...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Chen E,McLean KC,Miller GE

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine individual differences in levels of emotional awareness as a predictor of the blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) response to trauma script-driven imagery in trauma-exposed individuals with (n = 25) and without (n = 16) posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHODS:Participants completed the ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Frewen P,Lane RD,Neufeld RW,Densmore M,Stevens T,Lanius R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) with hostility, a component of Type A behavior, has not been investigated. Previous studies have found an association between coronary arterial disease and hostility. We used Doppler tests to define PAD as consisting of a resting index less than 0.9, absence of post...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Joesoef MR,Wetterhall SF,DeStefano F,Stroup NE,Fronek A

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of psychosomatic studies have suggested that alexithymia, impairment in identifying and expressing inner feelings, might somehow affect the course of various illnesses. However, none of these studies have distinguished between an impact of alexithymia on actual pathophysiological change versus an impact only ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kauhanen J,Kaplan GA,Cohen RD,Salonen R,Salonen JT

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Primary insomnia is one of the most prevalent sleep disorders and assumed to be initiated and maintained, among other factors, by psychological variables such as coping strategies, sleep hygiene techniques, and arousability. Althouugh the number and kind of stressors seem to be important initiators of insomni...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Voss U,Kolling T,Heidenreich T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis published in this issue of Psychosomatic Medicine provides convincing evidence that certain psychiatric populations have shorter telomeres than nonpsychiatric controls, in accord with the strong evidence linking psychiatric disorders with premature mortality. After addressing the clinical significance ...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Kiecolt-Glaser JK,Wilson SJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recent academic debate has centered on whether functional somatic syndromes should be defined as separate entities or as one syndrome. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there may be significant differences in the etiology or precipitating factors associated with two common functional syndromes...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Moss-Morris R,Spence M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obesity is associated with differences in task-evoked and resting-state functional brain connectivity (FC). However, no studies have compared obesity-related differences in FC evoked by high-calorie food cues from that observed at rest. Such a comparison could improve our understanding of the neural mechanism...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Donofry SD,Jakicic JM,Rogers RJ,Watt JC,Roecklein KA,Erickson KI

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether increased sleep during viral or bacterial infections supports host defense mechanisms. METHODS:To test this assumption in humans, healthy male subjects were assigned either to sleep from 2300 to 0700 hours (n = 10) or to stay awake through the night (n = 10). In the sleeping subjects Salmo...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Haack M,Schuld A,Kraus T,Pollmächer T

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite the abundant literature on the consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV) on mental health, psychological abuse has rarely been considered, and the separate effects of the different types of IPV have been understudied. The aim of this study was to analyze the association between physical, psychol...

journal_title：Psychosomatic medicine

authors： Ruiz-Pérez I,Plazaola-Castaño J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00