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PSYCHOLOGIC DISTRESS AS A PREDICTOR OF MORTALITY

American Journal of Epidemiology, 1989
In a 12-year follow-up study of 610 persons (239 black and 371 white) in Evans County, Georgia, psychologic distress as measured by total score on the Health Opinion Survey, a 20-item questionnaire, was a predictor of mortality. The hazard ratio, comparing the 95th percentile score with the median, was 1.93 (97.5% confidence interval (CI) 1.42-2.62 ...
P D, Somervell, B H, Kaplan, G, Heiss, H A, Tyroler, D G, Kleinbaum, P A, Obrist   +5 more
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Psychological Distress Associated with Algodystrophy

Journal of Hand Surgery, 1997
We have carried out a prospective study of the level of psychological distress in patients with Colles’ fractures. Those who developed algodystrophy did not show increased distress before the onset of the condition.
J, Field, F V, Gardner
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Psychological Distress in a Sample of Teachers

The Journal of Psychology, 1990
This article describes a cross-sectional study of the links between job-related stressors and depressive and psychophysiologic symptoms and morale in 67 New York City teachers. The teachers' mean score on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D; M = 13.03) was higher than might be expected from average community residents.
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Psychological distress and occupational asthma

Current Opinion in Allergy & Clinical Immunology, 2009
To summarize recent findings on the psychological impact of occupational asthma, on the basis of a review of medical and psychological literature published between 1998 and 2008. For the purposes of this review, 'psychological impacts' are defined as the experience of psychological stress or distress, which refers to the experience of negative emotions
Kim L, Lavoie, Maryann, Joseph, Simon L, Bacon   +2 more
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Psychological Distress of Psoriasis Patients

British Journal of Hospital Medicine
This review explores the psychological challenges experienced by people with psoriasis. Psychological distress is associated with a wide range of challenges including depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties and sleep disorders. Though psychological distress is prevalent and may significantly impact the quality of life, treatment
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Type A, hardiness, and psychological distress

Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 1986
This study examined the effects of hardiness and Type A behavior to burnout and psychological distress in the face of daily life hassles. Measures of hassles, hardiness, Type A behavior, and psychological distress were collected for 193 employees in the human services over 4 months.
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Psychological Distress, Hopelessness and Welfare

Women & Health, 2001
This article assesses the validity of the claim that welfare in itself has deleterious psychological consequences for single mothers. The analysis compares single mothers who are recipients of AFDC with single mothers who are not recipients in terms of their depressive symptoms (as measured by the CES-D) and hopelessness (as measured by Pearlin Mastery
S M, Petterson, L V, Friel
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Unemployment, coping and psychological distress

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 1997
This study addressed the role of coping sytle in anxiety and depression of unemployed people. Two‐hundred thirty‐three people checking in at unemployment services participated. They filled in Carver, Scheier and Weintraub’s (1989) coping measure (COPE), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HAD), gave information as to age, duration of ...
J, Smári, E, Arason, H, Hafsteinsson, S, Ingimarsson   +3 more
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Psychological distress in adolescents with cancer

Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 1996
A exploratory descriptive study was conducted to investigate psychological distress among middle and late adolescents recently diagnosed with cancer. Respondents consisted of 40 males and 20 females who were diagnosed with a malignancy within the past 100 days and received outpatient treatment.
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A scale for the evaluation of psychological distress

Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1977
A state measure of psychological distress (DI) was developed from the MMPI item pool. The DI scale was found to be reliable (internally consistent and stable) and to be unaffected by social desirability. MMPI measures of stress and anxiety measure external to the MMPI were found to correlate well with the DI scale.
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