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Focusing the catastrophic illness debate.
The Quarterly review of economics and business, 1979Unlike other aspects of the American health experience, there is a current void of information on expensive illness experiences. This paper is designed to fill this void and prrsents an analysis of the incidence and cost of catastrophic illness in the United States.
H, Birnbaum +3 more
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Counseling in Catastrophic Illness: A Self-Instructional Unit
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 1975A self-instructional unit is presented to help students in the allied health fields through their initial experiences in counseling patients with serious illness. This unit is intended to be used in combination with didactic approaches. Clinically, the unit may be particularly useful for those who are learning to apply the problem-oriented record ...
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Illness-specific catastrophic thinking and overperception in asthma.
Health Psychology, 2008This study investigated the role of illness-specific catastrophic thinking in symptom perception in asthma.A total sample of 72 patients with intermittent to moderate persistent asthma completed the Catastrophizing about Asthma Scale and completed the Asthma Symptom Checklist to measure retrospective symptom reporting.
Steven, De Peuter +3 more
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Catastrophizing in Comorbid Chronic Pain and Mental Illness
2020Catastrophizing, or the tendency to emphasize and exaggerate the occurrence of negative consequences in a specific situation, has been shown to play an important role in the development and maintenance of chronic pain. Dynamically viewed as a contributor, mediator, and result of chronic pain suffering, catastrophizing has notable importance for ...
Cynthia O. Townsend, Donald R. Townsend
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Pain Catastrophizing and Symptom Severity During Upper Respiratory Tract Illness
The Clinical Journal of Pain, 2003The present study examined the relation of pain catastrophizing to the severity of upper respiratory tract illness.Participants included 50 adults (35 female subjects, 15 male) who were self-diagnosed with upper respiratory tract illness and who agreed to complete a diary of symptoms for 7 days. Illness symptoms were grouped into three categories: pain-
Kristina, Devoulyte +1 more
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Exploring Private Supplemental Insurance for Catastrophic Illnesses
2015Catastrophic illnesses can impoverish a household due to unmanageable expenditures that arise from their treatment or management. The Z Benefits program of PhilHealth aims to protect Filipinos from financial catastrophe due to certain medical conditions.
Noel Juban, Benito Reverente
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Electrocardiographic changes in catastrophic abdominal illness mimicking acute myocardial infarction
The American Journal of Cardiology, 1987Abstract Differential diagnosis between acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and an acute surgical abdomen can be difficult. Although the electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most valuable immediate tool in this differential diagnosis, it is crucial to be aware of certain limitations of the ECG under these circumstances.
I, Thomas +4 more
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A Behavioral Approach to Post-Catastrophic Illness Work Phobias
The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 1978Two patients developed work phobias following major catastrophic physical illness. A combined approach to addressing their specific fears of returning to premorbid levels of work function utilized deep muscle relaxation, imagery based desensitization, social reinforcement, and shaping techniques.
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Intimacy in the Face of Catastrophic Illness
Journal of Couples Therapy, 1998SUMMARY This is a therapist's story of her battle with life-threatening breast cancer and the impact of that illness on the intimacy bond with her husband of thirty years. She reviews the year of treatment, noting the couple's connections at various points in the process of dealing with the disease: the diagnosis, the treatment and the aftermath ...
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Measuring Burden of Care After Catastrophic Illness or Injury
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 2019Burden of care (BoC) is the amount of time a patient requires direct, daily assistance from another person to meet basic needs in the home; it is based on a patient's functional level, obtained using the Functional Independence Measure. Inpatient BoC is a patient's projected resource utilization during a stay at an inpatient facility, assessed using ...
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