Development and preliminary testing of the psychosocial adjustment to hereditary diseases scale [PDF]
, 2013 Background: The presence of Lynch syndrome (LS) can bring a lifetime of uncertainty to an entire family as members adjust to living with a high lifetime cancer risk.
Cox, Janet E. +9 more
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Psychosocial risk factors in cardiac practice
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016 A large number of studies investigated the link between psychosocial risk factors and atherosclerosis or cardiac events. They found that emotional factors and chronic stressors strongly influence the course of coronary artery disease, by promoting the ...
Francesco Giallauria +7 more
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Psychosocial predictors of actual turnover among Belgian health care workers [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Turnover of nursing staff is a major challenge for healthcare settings and for healthcare in general, urging the need to improve retention. Aim: The aim was to explore the prospective relations between personal and psychosocial work-related ...
Braeckman, Lutgart +4 more
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Organisational downsizing and musculoskeletal problems in employees: a prospective study [PDF]
, 2001 Objectives: To study the association between organisational downsizing and subsequent musculoskeletal problems in employees and to determine the association with changes in psychosocial and behavioural risk factors.
Ferrie, J.E. +4 more
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Prevalence of obesity and factors associated with it in a worksite setting in Malaysia [PDF]
, 2010 Socio-economic status, lifestyle behaviors, and psychosocial factors have been implicated in the development of overweight and obesity. This study aims to observe the prevalence of overweight and obesity in an academic worksite and to examine the ...
Abu Saad, Hazizi +4 more
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Psychosocial Factors and Rectal Hyposensitivity
Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 2013 TO THE EDITOR: We read with interest the review article by Burgell and Scott1 regarding rectal hyposensitivity (RH). RH is clinically defined as elevated sensory thresholds to simple rectal balloon distension with a hand-held syringes. More exact diagnotic method is a computer-controlled barostat.1 Barostat testing of rectal sensation has been reported
Lee, Tae Hee, Lee, Joon Seong
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Subjective Well-being among the Rural Elderly [PDF]
, 1988 The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychosocial factors and subjective well-being among rural elderly persons. A broad range of psychosocial factors (such as mastery, social support, and perceived health) and measures ...
Meddin, Jay, Vaux, Alan
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Psychosocial Factors and Diabetes [PDF]
Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes, 2021 Bernhard, Kulzer +6 more
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The Influence of Neighborhood Characteristics on the Existence of Asthma in Children [PDF]
, 2012 Asthma is one of the leading chronic diseases in children 17 years of age and under with nine million American children suffering from it. Previous studies to understand causal factors of disease including asthma tend to focus on the individual and ...
Adejuyigbe, Elizabeth
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Psychosocial determinants of depression in the community of the elderly with cardiovascular disease [PDF]
, 2018 The co-morbidity of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and depression is quite frequent in old people, and some potential biological and behavioural mechanisms linking them have been reported. Yet the impact of psychosocial factors on depression in the elderly
Boer, Dorothy D +6 more
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