abstract：:From experience, most people know about a link between psychological processes and gastrointestinal sensory and motor functions. Cognitive processes (e.g., attention) as well as affective processes (e.g., fear) play a role in gastrointestinal sensations in healthy controls and patients with irritable bowel syndrome (I...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Rapps N,van Oudenhove L,Enck P,Aziz Q

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adult attachment has been suggested to mediate the effect of social support on stress protection. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of adult attachment and social support on psychological and endocrine responses to psychosocial stress. METHODS:Sixty-three healthy men who were married o...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Ditzen B,Schmidt S,Strauss B,Nater UM,Ehlert U,Heinrichs M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To discover whether positive affect and purpose in life (eudaimonic well-being) are associated with good sleep independently of health problems and socioeconomic status, and to evaluate their role in mediating the influence of psychosocial risk factors on poor sleep. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carri...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Steptoe A,O'Donnell K,Marmot M,Wardle J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To date, few results on well-being in chronic-pain patients have been published, while several studies in patients without pain have indicated that well-being may not be equivalent to absence of psychological distress. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between psychological dist...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Huber A,Suman AL,Biasi G,Carli G

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Training and Support Program (TSP) was designed to equip parents of children with disabilities with a simple massage skill for use with their children in the home environment. The effectiveness of the TSP was examined in a randomized controlled trial with a wait-list control group. METHODS:Parents were t...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Barlow JH,Powell LA,Gilchrist M,Fotiadou M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to review the current literature evaluating the effect of carotid revascularization on neurocognitive function. METHODS:A PubMed search was performed using the following keywords: carotid surgery, carotid stenosis, cognition, and cognition disorders. Bibliographies were cross ...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Berman L,Pietrzak RH,Mayes L

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the clinical effect of pulmonary rehabilitation (with or without education) on anxiety and depression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Secondary outcomes were generic and disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL). METHODS:Systematic review and meta-ana...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Coventry PA,Hind D

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Dispositional optimism has been associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular mortality, but the underlying mechanisms are still largely unknown. We therefore studied whether dispositional optimism was associated with healthy lifestyle and dietary habits. METHODS:In 773 (87.1%) of 887 Dutch elderly communit...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Giltay EJ,Geleijnse JM,Zitman FG,Buijsse B,Kromhout D

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little work has investigated the relationship between unfairness and risk factors for heart disease. We examine the role of unfairness in predicting the metabolic syndrome and explaining the social gradient of the metabolic syndrome. METHODS:The design is a prospective study with an average follow-up of 5.8...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： De Vogli R,Brunner E,Marmot MG

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We compared the psychosocial and psychosexual concerns of single and partnered women with gynecologic cancer, since relationship status and psychosocial context are known to affect sexuality, a life domain commonly affected by this cancer. METHOD:A cross-sectional convenience sample of 49 women (68% response...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： de Groot JM,Mah K,Fyles A,Winton S,Greenwood S,DePetrillo D,Devins GM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In order to identify publishing patterns in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), we compared the annual number of peer review articles for CFS, fibromyalgia (FM), and non-CFS fatigue over a recent decade (1995-2004). METHOD:Citations were drawn from Ovid/Medline, PsychInfo, and the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Synd...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Friedberg F,Sohl S,Schmeizer B

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Detailed evidence for the construct validity of stress questionnaires has been repeatedly demanded. This study aimed to investigate the construct validity of the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) in the context of a transactional view of stress. METHODS:The examination was based on the PSQ and on standard...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Kocalevent RD,Levenstein S,Fliege H,Schmid G,Hinz A,Brähler E,Klapp BF

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We explored the factor structure of the Massachusetts General Hospital Hairpulling Scale (MGH-HPS), a self-report measure for trichotillomania (TTM). METHODS:Self-reported hairpullers who responded to an Internet-based survey (N=990) completed the MGH-HPS, demographic items, and other survey instruments. Pri...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Keuthen NJ,Flessner CA,Woods DW,Franklin ME,Stein DJ,Cashin SE,Trichotillomania Learning Center Scientific Advisory Board.

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We explored the extent to which changes in emotional states following exposure to images of idealized bodies predict unhealthy body change attitudes and behaviors in women and men, and whether particular psychological traits mediate these effects. METHOD:One hundred thirty-three women and 93 men were assesse...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Cahill S,Mussap AJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate electronic diaries as a tool for investigating associations between physical symptoms and psychological variables. METHODS:A qualitative systematic review of electronic diary studies in pain and symptoms research was performed. RESULTS:Studies of electronic diary ...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Burton C,Weller D,Sharpe M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This review aimed to examine evidence for the role of hormonal changes in the onset and course of depressive symptomatology and to assess the possible future role of hormonal therapies in the treatment of depression. METHODS:A Medline and PsycINFO search of the literature published between 1965 and 2006 was ...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Ancelin ML,Scali J,Ritchie K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to summarize the available literature on the effectiveness of ambulatory nurse-led case management for complex patients in general health care. METHOD:We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and Cinahl. We included randomized controlled trials, controll...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Latour CH,van der Windt DA,de Jonge P,Riphagen II,de Vos R,Huyse FJ,Stalman WA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire (CFQ) is an instrument used to measure physical and mental fatigue. We translated and adapted the questionnaire and tested its reliability and validity in a Brazilian primary care setting. METHOD:A pilot study with 204 consecutive primary care attenders in Sao Paulo, Brazil,...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Cho HJ,Costa E,Menezes PR,Chalder T,Bhugra D,Wessely S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between alexithymia and perinatal depressive symptoms and the stability of the alexithymia construct in a sample of low-income, predominantly Latina women during pregnancy and the early postpartum period. METHODS:Seventy-seven pregnant women completed...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Le HN,Ramos MA,Muñoz RF

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Little is known about whether illness perceptions affect health outcomes in primary care patients. The aim of this study was to examine if patients' illness perceptions were associated with their self-rated health in a 2-year follow-up period. METHODS:One thousand seven hundred eighty-five primary care patie...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Frostholm L,Oernboel E,Christensen KS,Toft T,Olesen F,Weinman J,Fink P

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to identify certain clinical parameters and personality characteristics associated with various forms of psychopathology in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. METHODS:Fifty-six SSc patients participated in the study, and 74 healthy participants served as controls. A wide rang...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Hyphantis TN,Tsifetaki N,Pappa C,Voulgari PV,Siafaka V,Bai M,Alamanos Y,Drosos AA,Mavreas V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Two studies were conducted to assess the construct validity of the Symptom Interpretation Questionnaire (SIQ) with particular attention to its relationship to social desirability, daily symptom, mood, hassles reports, and personality. METHODS:Participants completed a battery of self-report measures collected...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Aronson KR

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to examine the behavioral and psychological responses of pregnant women during the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Hong Kong. METHODS:Ethnographic interviews were first conducted to identify the common psychological and behavioral responses to the ou...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Lee DT,Sahota D,Leung TN,Yip AS,Lee FF,Chung TK

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We studied the prevalence of alexithymia, its distribution in different age groups in a wide age range, its association with sociodemographic and health-related variables, and its co-occurrence with depression. METHODS:The study forms part of the Health 2000 Study. The original sample comprised 8028 subjects...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Mattila AK,Salminen JK,Nummi T,Joukamaa M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to test relations of physical self-concept and self-efficacy with voluntary physical activity in preadolescents enrolled in an after-school physical activity program. METHODS:Participants in the 2003 (n=41) and 2005 (n=84) versions of the Youth Fit For Life protocol and the control group (n=...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Annesi JJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Beliefs about mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) may affect complaints and their persistence. This study investigates the relationships between knowledge, experience, and expectation in the general population. METHODS:One hundred seventy-one people reported symptoms expected from vignettes about MTBI, depres...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Mulhern S,McMillan TM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to determine the profile of dementia in a sub-Saharan Africa country and assess its effects on role functioning and quality of life. METHODS:Using a multistage, stratified, clustered sampling of households in the Yoruba-speaking areas of Nigeria, representing 22% of the national population, ...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Gureje O,Ogunniyi A,Kola L

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to investigate a theoretically predicted deficit in the capacity to process emotions in alexithymia. The performance of patients high and that of patients low in alexithymia was tested in a computerized emotional Stroop task. METHODS:Reaction times of high and low self- and ob...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Mueller J,Alpers GW,Reim N

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following the 1991 Gulf War (GW) there was much controversy surrounding service-related health effects. Evidence from the Vietnam experience suggested that self-reported ill health following that conflict might be related to how service during the conflict is framed. The aim of this article is to determine i...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Murphy D,Hooper R,French C,Jones M,Rona R,Wessely S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate actual counseling models for gynecological patients in Switzerland and in Germany. METHODS:A questionnaire investigating psychosomatic care was sent to all Swiss (N=183) and German (N=1078) departments of gynecology, obstetrics, and/or endocrinology. RESULTS:One hundred twenty-eight (27%) com...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Leeners B,Imthurn B,Hugi A,Neises M,Delex-Zaiontz N

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the drug-eluting stent era, we compared women's and men's health status 6 and 12 months post-PCI and investigated whether predictors of poor health status at 12 months are similar for women and men. METHODS:Consecutive patients (n=692; 28%...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Pedersen SS,Ong AT,Lemos PA,Erdman RA,Serruys PW,van Domburg RT

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study evaluates the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief IPQ), a nine-item scale designed to rapidly assess the cognitive and emotional representations of illness. METHODS:We assessed the test-retest reliability of the scale in 132 renal outpatients. We assessed concurrent validity by comparing...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Broadbent E,Petrie KJ,Main J,Weinman J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The diagnostic criteria of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) define a heterogeneous population composed of several subgroups. Past efforts to identify subgroup markers have met with mixed success. This study was designed to examine natural killer cell activity (NKCA) as a potential subgroup marker by comparing t...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Siegel SD,Antoni MH,Fletcher MA,Maher K,Segota MC,Klimas N

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the basic psychometric properties, reliability, and validity of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life-Short Form (KDQOL-SF) questionnaire in kidney transplant patients. METHODS:The reliability and validity of the instrument were determined in 418 kidney transplant patients...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Barotfi S,Molnar MZ,Almasi C,Kovacs AZ,Remport A,Szeifert L,Szentkiralyi A,Vamos E,Zoller R,Eremenco S,Novak M,Mucsi I

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article analyzes the psychometric and structural properties of the Brief Symptoms Inventory 18 in a sample of patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), given the convenience of a brief evaluation of distress in these patients. METHODS:Confirmatory factor analysis was carried out in a sample of 1...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Durá E,Andreu Y,Galdón MJ,Ferrando M,Murgui S,Poveda R,Jimenez Y

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is hypothesized that somatic symptom alleviation is a significant predictor of overall outcome in depressed primary care patients. METHODS:Depressed primary care patients (N=205) meeting DSM-IV-TR criteria received open-label antidepressant therapy. The primary symptom measurement tool used was the 17-it...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： McIntyre RS,Konarski JZ,Mancini DA,Zurowski M,Giacobbe P,Soczynska JK,Kennedy SH

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to examine whether mental vulnerability is a risk factor for the development of ischemic heart disease (IHD) after adjustment for well-established risk factors. METHODS:In three prospective cohort studies in Copenhagen County, Denmark, we recorded the level of mental vulnerabilit...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Eplov LF,Jørgensen T,Birket-Smith M,Petersen J,Johansen C,Mortensen EL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether absorption and spirituality predict the placebo response independently of expectancy. METHOD:This was an open study of self-treatment with self-selected Bach flower essences. Participants' expectancy of the effect of flower essences, attitudes to complementary m...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Hyland ME,Geraghty AW,Joy OE,Turner SI

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The demanding behavioral changes for weight control to manage diabetes might contribute to lower quality of life (QOL). This research examines whether the demands of diet and exercise contribute to lower QOL among persons with diabetes. METHODS:Data were from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (B...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Smith DW,McFall SL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The effect of support, from dependable non-household relationships, on breast cancer progression was studied using a prospective, longitudinal design. METHODS:Dependable social support was assessed in women with invasive breast carcinoma Stages II and III within 18 months after diagnosis. Disease outcome was...

journal_title：Journal of psychosomatic research

authors： Weihs KL,Simmens SJ,Mizrahi J,Enright TM,Hunt ME,Siegel RS

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00