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Psychosocial determinants of burnout in geriatric nursing

International Journal of Nursing Studies, 1995
The purpose of this study was to identify determinants of burnout using an adapted version of Kobasa's theoretical framework, considering work stressors, work support, coping strategies and hardiness. Data were collected through a questionnaire mailed to 1990 randomly selected geriatric nurses. A participation rate of 77.6% was achieved.
A, Duquette, S, Kérouac, B K, Sandhu, F, Ducharme, P, Saulnier   +4 more
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The Psychosocial Determinants of Depression

Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 2004
This cross-sectional study compares depressive risk factors within and between two Western community cohorts. Six hundred eight primary care patients from the rural population of Farranfore, Ireland, and the suburban population of Penrith, Australia, completed a self-report questionnaire designed to be comprehensive in characterizing the psychosocial ...
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[Psychosocial determinants of smoking].

Przeglad lekarski, 2004
Prevalence of smoking is high in the middle age Polish population despite of wide spread knowledge on health hazards. The goal of the paper was to assess the relation between smoking with awareness of smoking hazards and psychosocial factors related to increased risk of coronary heart disease.
Andrzej, Pajak, Ewa, Kawalec
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Cultural and Psychosocial Determinants of Weight Concerns

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1993
Several sociocultural and psychological factors underlie Western society's intense preoccupation with the body. These factors include the social value of attractiveness, the strong correlation between attractiveness and perceived fitness, the interrelation among attractiveness, a good body image, and feelings of self-worth, and the relation between ...
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[Psychosocial determinants of dietary habits].

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin, 1984
To the nutritional-scientific point of view of consumption habits is opposed the sociological one and briefly explained. It is discussed that only a greater knowledge of psychosocial determinants would make it possible to influence eating habits. A project for the collection of these determinants is presented.
L, Cardia-Vonèche, M, Gottraux, F, Grétillat, R, Müller, F, Osiek   +4 more
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[Health and migration. Psychosocial determinants].

Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 2006
The article provides an overview of the contemporary literature on the social and psychological factors which are associated with migration. Derived from the operationalisation of "migration" and an examination of the methodological peculiarities of migration research, a (transactional) stress model of migration is proposed incorporating potentially ...
B, Kirkcaldy, U, Wittig, A, Furnham, M, Merbach, R G, Siefen   +4 more
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Psychosocial determinants of pain during childbirth

2021
Introduction. Childbirth is considered to be one of the most intense painful experiences in a woman’s life. The experience of childbirth pain is the result of a complex interaction of multiple physiological and psychosocial factors that further influence a woman’s individual interpretation of nociceptive stimuli during childbirth.
Fumić Dunkić, Lidija, Vuletić, Gorka
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Determinants and implications of cancer patients’ psychosocial needs

Supportive Care in Cancer, 2009
Cancer patients often experience distress. However, the majority of newly diagnosed patients gradually adapt to the crisis. When symptoms of distress and anxiety persist over months, patients require psychosocial support. The aim of the present study was to determine the proportion of cancer patients who indicate the need for psychosocial support and ...
N, Ernstmann, M, Neumann, O, Ommen, M, Galushko, M, Wirtz, R, Voltz, M, Hallek, H, Pfaff   +7 more
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Psychosocial determinants for treatment decisions in familial retinoblastoma

Ophthalmic Genetics, 2017
Retinoblastoma is a childhood eye cancer that occurs due to biallellic mutation of the RB1 gene.
Sameh E, Soliman, Alissa, Ulster, Heather, MacDonald, Cynthia, VandenHoven, Ants, Toi, Elise, Hèon, Brenda, Gallie   +6 more
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Immunosenescence

2013
Introduction to Ageing of the Adaptive Immune System.- The chronic stress of caregiving accelerates the natural aging of the immune system.- Stress and ageing: Effects on neutrophil function.- Stress, Aging, and Wound Healing.- Psychoneuromicrobiology: cytomegalovirus infection as a putative link between stress, aging and immunity.- Psychosocial ...
Bosch, J.A., Phillips, A.C., Lord, J.M.
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