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Gusler S, Guler J, Petrie R, Marshall H, Cooley D, Jackson Y. Adversity Interpreted: A Scoping Review of Adversity Appraisal Measurement. TRAUMA, VIOLENCE & ABUSE 2022; 23:1111-1133. [PMID: 33511918 DOI: 10.1177/1524838020985544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Although evidence suggests that individuals' appraisals (i.e., subjective interpretations) of adverse or traumatic life events may serve as a mechanism accounting for differences in adversity exposure and psychological adjustment, understanding this mechanism is contingent on our ability to reliably and consistently measure appraisals. However, measures have varied widely between studies, making conclusions about how best to measure appraisal a challenge for the field. To address this issue, the present study reviewed 88 articles from three research databases, assessing adults' appraisals of adversity. To be included in the scoping review, articles had to meet the following criteria: (1) published no earlier than 1999, (2) available in English, (3) published as a primary source manuscript, and (4) included a measure assessing for adults' (over the age of 18) subjective primary and/or secondary interpretations of adversity. Each article was thoroughly reviewed and coded based on the following information: study demographics, appraisal measurement tool(s), category of appraisal, appraisal dimensions (e.g., self-blame, impact, and threat), and the tool's reliability and validity. Further, information was coded according to the type of adversity appraised, the time in which the appraised event occurred, and which outcomes were assessed in relation to appraisal. Results highlight the importance of continued examination of adversity appraisals and reveal which appraisal tools, categories, and dimensions are most commonly assessed for. These results provide guidance to researchers in how to examine adversity appraisals and what gaps among the measurement of adversity appraisal which need to be addressed in the future research.
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- Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
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Relationship of Social Support and Coping Strategies with Post-Traumatic Growth and Functional Disability Among Patients with Cancer: Meditating Role of Health Literacy. IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL 2020. [DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.98347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Papava I, Oancea C, Enatescu VR, Bredicean AC, Dehelean L, Romosan RS, Timar B. The impact of coping on the somatic and mental status of patients with COPD: a cross-sectional study. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2016; 11:1343-51. [PMID: 27382270 PMCID: PMC4920257 DOI: 10.2147/copd.s106765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most debilitating somatic diseases, having anxiety and depression frequently as comorbidities. The coping style, the way in which the subject manages to control the difficult and stressful situations of life, can influence its evolution and also the existence of the comorbidities. In this study, coping styles in a group of subjects with COPD and their association with the intensity of depressive and anxiety symptoms as well as medical determinants were identified. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 28 male patients with COPD risk class D were enrolled. The patients performed spirometry tests, Borg scale, 6-minute walking test, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and COPE Inventory were recorded. RESULTS According to their higher coping subscale score, the depression score was the highest in patients with avoidance-type coping and the lowest in patients with problem-focused coping (11.0 vs 5.6; P=0.042), respectively, patients with social support-focused coping having the highest anxiety score in contrast to patients with emotion-focused coping, which had the lowest anxiety score (11.6 vs 5.0; P=0.006). Regarding respiratory parameters, significant differences were present for the variation of the medians between the four groups only for forced vital capacity (FVC%) (the lowest FVC% was in patients with predominant social support-focused coping and the highest in patients with problem-focused coping) and 6-minute walking test (%) (the lowest score for patients with social support-focused coping and the highest value in patients with avoidance-type coping). Problem-coping score was significantly and positively associated with FVC% (Spearman's r=0.400; P=0.035), emotion-focused coping score was significantly and positively associated with FVC% (Spearman's r=0.395; P=0.038), and social support-focused coping score was negatively and significantly correlated with forced expiratory volume in 1 second/FVC% ratio (Spearman's r=0.389; P=0.041). A significant, negative correlation was found only between depression score and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (Spearman's r=-0.435; P=0.026) with respect to psychiatric symptoms. CONCLUSION Coping styles in patients with COPD affect the intensity of associated depressive and anxiety symptoms as well as medical determinants, thus the coping style should be considered an important part in the multidisciplinary approach of these patients.
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- Ion Papava
- Department of Neurosciences - Discipline of Psychiatry
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- Department of Functional Sciences, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania
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Timmerman L, Laging M, Timman R, Zuidema WC, Beck DK, IJzermans JN, Betjes MG, Busschbach JJ, Weimar W, Massey EK. The impact of the donors' and recipients' medical complications on living kidney donors' mental health. Transpl Int 2016; 29:589-602. [DOI: 10.1111/tri.12760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Revised: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Lotte Timmerman
- Department of Internal Medicine; Section Nephrology and Transplantation; Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Section Nephrology and Transplantation; Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry; Section Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy; Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Section Nephrology and Transplantation; Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Section Nephrology and Transplantation; Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of General Surgery; Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Section Nephrology and Transplantation; Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry; Section Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy; Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Section Nephrology and Transplantation; Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Section Nephrology and Transplantation; Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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Timmerman L, Timman R, Laging M, Zuidema WC, Beck DK, IJzermans JNM, Busschbach JJV, Weimar W, Massey EK. Predicting mental health after living kidney donation: The importance of psychological factors. Br J Health Psychol 2016; 21:533-54. [DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Revised: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Lotte Timmerman
- Department of Internal Medicine; Section Nephrology & Transplantation; Erasmus Medical Center; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry; Section Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy; Erasmus Medical Center; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Section Nephrology & Transplantation; Erasmus Medical Center; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Section Nephrology & Transplantation; Erasmus Medical Center; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Section Nephrology & Transplantation; Erasmus Medical Center; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of General Surgery; Erasmus Medical Center; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry; Section Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy; Erasmus Medical Center; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Section Nephrology & Transplantation; Erasmus Medical Center; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine; Section Nephrology & Transplantation; Erasmus Medical Center; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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Quintard B, Gana K, Constant A, Quintric C, Taïeb A, Léauté-Labrèze C. Social isolation in parents of children with hemangiomas: Effects of coping styles and emotional distress. PSYCHOL HEALTH MED 2013; 18:698-704. [DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2013.766351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Waiting narratives of lung transplant candidates. Nurs Res Pract 2013; 2013:794698. [PMID: 23476760 PMCID: PMC3583085 DOI: 10.1155/2013/794698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2012] [Accepted: 01/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Before 2005, time accrued on the lung transplant waiting list counted towards who was next in line for a donor lung. Then in 2005 the lung allocation scoring system was implemented, which meant the higher the illness severity scores, the higher the priority on the transplant list. Little is known of the lung transplant candidates who were listed before 2005 and were caught in the transition when the lung allocation scoring system was implemented. A narrative analysis was conducted to explore the illness narratives of seven lung transplant candidates between 2006 and 2007. Arthur Kleinman's concept of illness narratives was used as a conceptual framework for this study to give voice to the illness narratives of lung transplant candidates. Results of this study illustrate that lung transplant candidates expressed a need to tell their personal story of waiting and to be heard. Recommendation from this study calls for healthcare providers to create the time to enable illness narratives of the suffering of waiting to be told. Narrative skills of listening to stories of emotional suffering would enhance how healthcare providers could attend to patients' stories and hear what is most meaningful in their lives.
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Chen L, Huang D, Mou X, Chen Y, Gong Y, He J. Investigation of quality of life and relevant influence factors in patients awaiting lung transplantation. J Thorac Dis 2012; 3:244-8. [PMID: 22263098 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2010.08.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2011] [Accepted: 08/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the quality of life and influence factors in patients awaiting lung transplantation. METHODS Fifty five participants who waited for lung transplantation were enrolled and received multiple surveys including Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaires (SF-36), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Perceiving Social Support Scale (PSSS). RESULTS The subjects awaiting lung transplant scored ranging from (23.18±37.53) to (74.57±26.02) regarding SF-36, significantly lower than norms (p<0.01); they scored (48.09±9.06) and ( 52.18±9.98) in SAS and SDS respectively, which were significant higher compared with norms (p<0.01), the patients scored (5.56±1.04) regarding social total support factor in PSSS questionnaire, and the scores of family support factor was significantly higher than that of outside family support factor (p<0.05). Single factor analysis revealed that the factors affecting quality of life included monthly family per capita income, medical cost source, dyspnea, BMI, anxiety, depression, and social support (p<0.05). Multiple factor analysis screened dyspnea (p<0.001) and depression (p<0.05) as influence factors of quality of life in patients awaiting lung transplantation. CONCLUSION Affected by various factors, the quality of life in patients awaiting lung transplant surgery is relatively poor, among which dyspnea and depression are dominant influence factors. Therefore, clinicians should take psychological and physiological measures to effectively enhance the quality of life in patients awaiting lung transplantation.
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- Lihua Chen
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratary of Respiratory Disease
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Evon DM, Burker EJ, Galanko JA, Dedert E, Egan TM. Depressive symptoms and mortality in lung transplant. Clin Transplant 2011; 24:E201-6. [PMID: 20438580 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01236.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether depressive symptoms predicted survival before and after lung transplantation. We hypothesized that depressive symptoms might predict survival of wait-listed patients, but would not predict survival post-transplant. METHODS This was a prospective, longitudinal study. Participants completed the Beck Depression Inventory pre-transplant. Pre-transplant survival analyses were conducted (n = 124) based on time from list date, to death, transplant, or censoring, if still alive. Post-transplant survival analyses were conducted (n = 76) based on time from transplant, to death or censoring. Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were utilized. RESULTS In the unadjusted model, depressive symptoms predicted mortality for candidates awaiting lung transplant (p = 0.02); however, once models were adjusted for demographics and pulmonary status, the relationship between depressive symptoms and mortality rates was attenuated (p > 0.05). Depressive symptoms did not predict survival after lung transplant (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Pre-transplant depressive symptoms were associated with mortality among lung transplant candidates in an unadjusted model and a model fit with demographics and forced expiratory volume in one second. Depressive symptoms do not exert an independent effect when forced expiratory vital capacity is added. Depressive symptoms do not predict mortality after transplant. Future studies need to determine whether pre-transplant psychosocial characteristics confer a greater risk for poorer transplant outcomes.
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- Donna M Evon
- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7205, USA
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Janowski K, Steuden S, Kuryłowicz J. Factors accounting for psychosocial functioning in patients with low back pain. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2009; 19:613-23. [PMID: 19756782 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1151-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2007] [Revised: 02/26/2009] [Accepted: 08/16/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Low back pain (LBP) is a chronic disorder which exerts a profound impact on various spheres of psychosocial functioning, including emotional distress, functional limitations and decrements in social contacts. The objective of this study was to investigate the associations between the indices of psychosocial functioning in patients with chronic LBP and a range of psychological factors. Specifically, the study aimed at exploring the relative participation of personality, social support, disease-related cognitive appraisals and coping styles in accounting for the differences in psychosocial functioning of patients with LBP. One-hundred-twenty patients with LBP took part in the study and completed a battery of psychological questionnaires: NEO-Five Factors Inventory, Ways of Coping Questionnaire, Disease-Related Social Support Scale, Disease-Related Appraisals Scale and Psychosocial Functioning Questionnaire (PFQ). The PFQ dimensions were used as dependent variables in a series of stepwise regression analysis models with the scores from other questionnaires entered as independent variables. A cognitive appraisal of the disease in terms of an obstacle was strongly related to all domains of functioning; however, other appraisals (threat, challenge, harm, profit and overall disease importance) were uniquely associated with particular domains of functioning. Deprivation of social support was a significant predictor of distress experienced in interpersonal context and of sense of being disabled. Among basic personality traits, agreeableness was negatively associated with distress in interpersonal context, and conscientiousness was positively related to acceptance of life with the disease. Problem-focus coping was linked to higher acceptance of life with the disease. Among sociodemographic variables, older age and lower educational level were related to greater subjective feelings of being disabled. Pain severity was found unrelated to any of psychosocial functioning domains. Different aspects of psychosocial functioning are best accounted for by diverse patterns of psychological factors, which suggests involvement of different psychological mechanisms in development of LBP-related disability.
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- Konrad Janowski
- Department of Adult Clinical Psychology, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Raclawickie 14, 20-950, Lublin, Poland.
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Burker EJ, Madan A, Evon D, Finkel JB, Mill MR. Educational level, coping, and psychological and physical aspects of quality of life in heart transplant candidates. Clin Transplant 2009; 23:233-40. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.00966.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Kim HW, Rim HD, Kim JH, Lee SJ. Alexithymia and Stress Response Patterns among Patients with Depressive Disorders in Korea. Psychiatry Investig 2009; 6:13-8. [PMID: 20046368 PMCID: PMC2796034 DOI: 10.4306/pi.2009.6.1.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2009] [Revised: 02/05/2009] [Accepted: 02/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Alexithymic characteristics may represent cognitive and affective mediators between stressors and stress responses among those with depressive disorders. This study evaluated how alexithymic characteristics, as measured by the Korean version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20K), could be related to stress response patterns, as measured by the Stress Response Inventory (SRI), within a sample composed of individuals diagnosed with depressive disorders. METHODS Participants comprised a cross section of patients diagnosed with depressive disorders (n=98). Data on demographic and psychosocial factors (i.e., sex, age, and level of education), clinical profiles {i.e., primary and comorbid psychiatric conditions meeting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV) criteria at the time of the evaluation}, duration of illness, medications, and Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scores, and the results of psychological assessments (TAS-20K, SRI) were analyzed. RESULTS Patients having depressive disorders with alexithymia obtained significantly higher scores in terms of all seven subscales of the SRI, as compared to those without alexithymia, a logistic regression model was used to assess possible predictors for the presence of alexithymia in patients with depressive disorders, including the seven subscales of the SRI, gender, age, and duration of illness. We found that aggressive and somatizing responses to stress were significantly associated with the presence of alexithymia among patients with depression. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that patients having depression with alexithymia were more susceptible to stress than those without alexithymia. Clinicians might improve their treatment of depression by identifying the clinical predictors for alexithymia and by helping those individuals demonstrating such symptoms in coping with emotionally stressful situations.
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- Hea Won Kim
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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Taylor JL, Smith PJ, Babyak MA, Barbour KA, Hoffman BM, Sebring DL, Davis RD, Palmer SM, Keefe FJ, Carney RM, Csik I, Freedland KE, Blumenthal JA. Coping and quality of life in patients awaiting lung transplantation. J Psychosom Res 2008; 65:71-9. [PMID: 18582615 PMCID: PMC3594772 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2007] [Revised: 01/28/2008] [Accepted: 04/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Patients with end-stage lung disease (ESLD) experience significant decrements in quality of life (QOL). Although coping strategies are related to QOL in patients with ESLD, the extent to which specific native lung disease moderates this relationship is unknown. METHODS We investigated the relationship between coping, native lung disease, and QOL among 187 patients awaiting lung transplantation, including 139 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 48 with cystic fibrosis (CF). Participants completed a psychosocial battery assessing psychological QOL, physical QOL, and coping strategies. RESULTS For both COPD and CF patients, higher levels of Active Coping (P< .0001) and lower levels of Disengagement (P< .0001) were associated with better psychological QOL. For physical QOL, we observed a Native Disease x Coping interaction (P=.01) such that Active Coping was associated with better physical QOL in patients with COPD but not in patients with CF. CONCLUSIONS The relationship between coping and QOL may vary as a function of native lung disease. Patients' native disease may need to be considered in order to develop effective interventions to help patients cope successfully with ESLD.
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- Duke University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Address correspondence to: Patrick Smith, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3119, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Durham, NC 27710; 919-681-2426 (office); 919-684-8629 (fax);
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- Washington University Department of Medicine
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Yorke J, Cameron-Traub E. Patients’ perceived care needs whilst waiting for a heart or lung transplant. J Clin Nurs 2008; 17:78-87. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02078.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Golfieri L, Lauro A, Tossani E, Sirri L, Dazzi A, Zanfi C, Vignudelli A, Amaduzzi A, Cucchetti A, La Barba G, Pezzoli F, Ercolani G, Vivarelli M, Del Gaudio M, Ravaioli M, Cescon M, Grazi GL, Grandi S, Pinna AD. Coping Strategies in Intestinal Transplantation. Transplant Proc 2007; 39:1992-4. [PMID: 17692674 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.05.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The psychological construct of coping has been studied extensively in other medical populations and has more recently been applied in the field of transplant psychology. Coping can be defined as all abilities used by people to face problematical and stressful situations, as the data in literature describe the experience of transplantation. The purpose of this study was to describe the coping styles used by 25 intestinal transplant recipients. To assess the coping strategies, we used the Italian version of Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) by Sica, Novara, Dorz, and Sanavio (1997). The authors divided these strategies into three classes: problem-focused, emotion-focused, and potentially disadaptive strategies. This questionnaire is usually used in a medical setting. Even if the long process of psychological-clinical adaptation required by intestinal transplantation put patients in a passive acceptance of their situation and their incapacity to face it, our patients showed high levels of problem-focused strategies, indicators of positive outcomes for this intervention. Anyway, this is a slow and gradual path that goes with the psychological distress and the need for a peculiar psychological support of problem-focused strategies. The result suggested that assessment of coping strategies should be explored in intestinal transplant to encourage the use of action-oriented methods and discourage those with possible negative effects.
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- L Golfieri
- Liver and Multiorgan Transplant Unit, Policlinico S Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Burker E, Evon D, Ascari J, Loiselle M, Finkel J, Mill M. Relationship between coping and depression in heart transplant candidates and their spouses. Prog Transplant 2006. [DOI: 10.7182/prtr.16.3.51510w3131m2124j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Burker EJ, Evon DM, Sedway JA, Egan T. Religious and Non-Religious Coping in Lung Transplant Candidates: Does Adding God to the Picture Tell Us More? J Behav Med 2005; 28:513-26. [PMID: 16237611 DOI: 10.1007/s10865-005-9025-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Individuals use many non-religious coping (NRC) and religious coping (RC) strategies to cope with stress. In previous studies with lung transplant candidates, we found that NRC and RC predicted depression, anxiety, and disability. The present study aimed to (a) assess whether RC and NRC contributed uniquely to the prediction of distress and disability, or whether they were redundant and offered no additional information, and (b) evaluate the unique contribution of each subscale to determine the strongest associations with outcomes. Participants were 81 patients with end-stage lung disease being evaluated for lung transplant. Our findings suggest that RC and NRC are not functionally redundant. The best RC predictor was reappraising the situation as a punishment from God, and the best NRC predictors were mental disengagement and denial. Our findings suggest that NRC and RC are independent components of psychological functioning, and measuring both coping styles provides more information than studying each alone.
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- Eileen J Burker
- Department of Allied Health Sciences, Medical School Wing E, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7205, USA.
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Burker EJ, Evon DM, Marroquin Loiselle M, Marroquin Losielle M, Finkel JB, Mill MR. Coping predicts depression and disability in heart transplant candidates. J Psychosom Res 2005; 59:215-22. [PMID: 16223624 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe the coping strategies used by cardiac patients who are pursuing heart transplant and to determine which coping strategies are related to depression and self-reported disability. METHOD This is a cross-sectional design with 50 cardiac patients (74% male) who were inpatients being evaluated for heart transplant at a large medical center. Coping styles were measured using the COPE Inventory (Carver CS, Scheier MF, Weintraub, JK. Assessing coping strategies: a theoretically based approach. J Pers Soc Psychol 1989;56:267-83). Depression was assessed with the Structured Interview Guide for the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-SIGH-D; Hamilton M. A rating scale for depression. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1960;23:56-62), and disability was assessed using the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP; Bergner M, Bobbitt R, Carter W, Gilson B. The Sickness Impact Profile: development and final revision of a health status measure. Med Care 1981;19:787-805). RESULTS Patients reported using a variety of adaptive coping strategies, but depression and disability were only significantly correlated with maladaptive coping strategies. Multiple regressions demonstrated that denial had the strongest association with depression, and focusing on and venting emotions had the strongest association with disability. CONCLUSIONS Maladaptive coping styles, such as denial and focusing and venting of emotions, can serve as markers of emotional distress and disability that may identify patients who may benefit from psychologic and psychiatric interventions.
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- Eileen J Burker
- Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7205, USA.
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Burker EJ, Evon D, Loiselle MM, Finkel J, Mill M. Planning helps, behavioral disengagement does not: coping and depression in the spouses of heart transplant candidates. Clin Transplant 2005; 19:653-8. [PMID: 16146558 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2005.00390.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To describe the coping strategies used by the spouses of cardiac patients who are pursuing heart transplant and to determine whether coping strategies predict depression in these spouses. METHOD This is a cross-sectional design with 28 spouses (86% female) of cardiac patients who were being evaluated for heart transplant at a large medical center. Coping styles were measured using the COPE Inventory (Carver CS, Scheier MF, Weintraub JK, J Pers Soc Psychol 1989: 56: 267). Depression was assessed with the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (Radloff LS, Appl Psychol Meas 1977: 1: 385). RESULTS Spouses reported using adaptive coping strategies more than the less adaptive strategies. Increased levels of depression were positively correlated with 'behavioral disengagement' and negatively correlated with 'planning' coping strategies. CONCLUSIONS Most studies find that maladaptive coping styles are associated with psychological distress. Consistent with these findings, we found that behavioral disengagement was associated with increased levels of depression. However, in the present study the more adaptive coping strategy of planning was associated with lower levels of psychological distress. These findings suggest that in the spouses of heart transplant candidates, both maladaptive and adaptive coping strategies may serve as markers of the presence or absence of emotional distress and thus may help in identifying spouses who may benefit from psychological, social work, or nursing interventions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Eileen J Burker
- Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7205, USA.
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