Objectives. This study evaluated the effectiveness (changes in health behaviors, status, and service utilization) of a self-management program for chronic disease designed use with heterogeneous group patients. It also explored differential intervention subjects specific diseases comorbidities. Methods. The was six-month randomized, controlled trial at community-based sites comparing treatment wait-list control subjects. Participants were 952 patients 40 years age or older...

Enhancing daily functioning and well-being is an increasingly advocated goal in the treatment of patients with chronic conditions. We evaluated 9385 adults at time office visits to 362 physicians three US cities, using brief surveys completed by both physicians. For eight nine common medical conditions, condition showed markedly worse physical, role, social functioning; mental health; health perceptions; and/or bodily pain compared no Each had a unique profile among various components....

Enhancing daily functioning and well-being is an increasingly advocated goal in the treatment of patients with chronic conditions. We evaluated 9385 adults at time office visits to 362 physicians three US cities, using brief surveys completed by both physicians. For eight nine common medical conditions, condition showed markedly worse physical, role, social functioning; mental health; health perceptions; and/or bodily pain compared no Each had a unique profile among various components....

OBJECTIVES: To describe the changes in activities of daily living (ADL) function occurring before and after hospital admission older people hospitalized with medical illness to assess effect age on loss ADL function. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: The general service two hospitals. PARTICIPANTS: Two thousand hundred ninety‐three patients aged 70 (mean 80, 64% women, 24% nonwhite). MEASUREMENTS: At time admission, or their surrogates were interviewed about independence five...

Objectives. To assess the 1- and 2-year health status, care utilization self-efficacy outcomes for Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP). The major hypothesis is that during period CDSMP participants will experience improvements or less deterioration than expected in status reductions utilization. Design. Longitudinal design as follow-up to a randomized trial. Setting. Community. Participants. Eight hundred thirty-one 40 years older with heart disease, lung stroke, arthritis...

STEWART, A. L., K. M. MILLS, C. KING, W. L. HASKELL, D. GILLIS, and P. RITTER. CHAMPS Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Adults: outcomes interventions. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 33, No. 7, 2001, pp. 1126–1141. Purpose To evaluate effectively interventions to increase physical activity among older persons, reliable valid measures of are required that can also detect the expected types changes in this population. This paper describes a self-report questionnaire men women, developed...

This paper describes the development of a multidimensional self-report measure interoceptive body awareness. The systematic mixed-methods process involved reviewing current literature, specifying conceptual framework, evaluating prior instruments, developing items, and analyzing focus group responses to scale items by instructors patients awareness-enhancing therapies. Following refinement cognitive testing, were field-tested in students mind-body approaches. Final item selection was...

Direct assessment of quality life (QoL) persons with dementia has largely been ignored due to logistical, conceptual and practical issues. This article presents a diseasespecific framework QoL for dementia. Based on this conceptualization, 29-item instrument designed assess by direct interview patients was developed tested 99 participants. The data show that the is reliable shows evidence validity. Nearly all participants (96%) were able respond questions appropriately. Thus, mild moderate...

To further validate and assess the reliability validity of Trust in Physician Scale.Consecutive adult patients (n = 414) from 20 community-based, primary care practices were enrolled a prospective, 6-month study. At enrollment, subjects completed 11-item Scale plus measures demographics, preferences for care, satisfaction with received physician. Continuity, self-reported adherence to treatment measured at 6 months. Reliability, construct validity, predictive assessed using correlation...

OBJECTIVE: Although posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a highly prevalent and often chronic condition, the relationship between PTSD functioning quality of life remains incompletely understood. METHOD: The authors undertook an archival analysis data from National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study. study subjects consisted nationally representative sample male veterans who participated in estimated at time interview with Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress...

The internal consistency reliability of a five-item measure socially desirable response set, the SDRS-5, was examined in two samples: 614 outpatients medical providers and 3053 mental health providers. Alpha estimates were 0.66 0.68, respectively. One-month test-retest 0.75 sample 75 older adults. With appropriate caveats, we recommend SDRS-5 for clinical investigators needing very brief set.

Interoception, the process by which nervous system senses, interprets, and integrates signals originating from within body, has become major research topic for mental health in particular mind-body interventions. Interoceptive awareness here is defined as conscious level of interoception with its multiple dimensions potentially accessible to self-report. The Multidimensional Assessment Awareness (MAIA) an 8-scale state-trait questionnaire 32 items measure self-report was published November...

The Mini-Mental State examination has been found to be a quick and valuable test for simple bedside screening, serial assessment of cognitive function in population 126 neurological patients. Amongst those with impairment, there was close relation between the conventional Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). However, not sensitive indicator focal versus diffuse hemisphere disease. Further refinement areas language visuo-spatial may improve its value.

HARADA, N. D., V. CHIU, A. C. KING, and L. STEWART. An evaluation of three self-report physical activity instruments for older adults. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 33, No. 6, 2001, pp. 962–970. Purpose: To assess the known-groups construct validity measures from CHAMPS Physical Activity Questionnaire, Survey Elderly (PASE), Yale (YPAS). Methods: The questionnaires were administered to a convenience sample adults (N = 87) recruited community centers retirement homes. Validation included...

Enhancing body awareness has been described as a key element or mechanism of action for therapeutic approaches often categorized mind-body approaches, such yoga, TaiChi, Body-Oriented Psychotherapy, Body Awareness Therapy, mindfulness based therapies/meditation, Feldenkrais, Alexander Method, Breath Therapy and others with reported benefits variety health conditions. To better understand the conceptualization in therapies, leading practitioners teaching faculty these were invited well their...