BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS WITH PERSISTENT CANCER-RELATED FATIGUE SHOW AN ALTERED RESTING BRAIN CONNECTIVITY According to modern neuroscience cerebral networks, cerebral connectivity is decisive for cognitive and emotional functions. A disturbed cerebral connectivity has now been shown in breast cancer survivors with persistent cancer-related fatigue. In 23 age-matched patients—15 fatigued, 8 nonf...

Chronic refractory cough (CRC) is a common problem in respiratory clinics. Adverse effects on quality of life are documented in the literature, but relatively little is known about the underlying psychological factors in this patient population. We aimed to investigate the association of psychological factors with chronic cough, comparing CRC to explained cough and non-cough groups. 67 patients...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) patients experience significant impairment to quality of life (QOL). Studies to date examining relative contributions of different symptoms to QOL impairment in PBC, and biological associations have been limited by the unavailability of appropriate disease specific symptom quantification modalities. METHODS We applied the PBC-40, a recently deve...

Patients with cancer feel too much anxiety, loss of control, helplessness, severe emotional distress, symptom burden and struggle to adapt with diagnosis and treatment. Beliefs and perceptions about own capabilities influence patients' self-control over functioning. The objective of the study was to explore the personal, disease and treatment-related characteristics with fatigue, self-efficacy,...

PURPOSE The main research question is: "Do CFS patients differ from fatigued non-CFS patients with respect to physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, and emotional determinants?" In addition, group differences in relevant outcomes were explored. METHOD Patients who met the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) criteria for CFS were categorized as CFS; these patients were mainly recruited via a l...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES An association between emotional or physical stressful triggers and adverse cardiovascular events, such as death and myocardial infarction, has been recognized for many years. The clinical features of transient left apical ballooning syndrome have been clearly described, but the effect of chronic stress on the myocardium is unknown. Our objective was to assess left ven...

Post-stroke mood and emotional disturbances are frequent and diverse in their manifestations. Out of the many post-stroke disturbances, post-stroke depression, post-stroke anxiety, post-stroke emotional incontinence, post-stroke anger proneness, and post-stroke fatigue are frequent and important symptoms. These symptoms are distressing for both the patients and their caregivers, and negatively ...

PURPOSE To understand the emotional difficulties associated with living with the ocular condition Retinitis Pigmentosa, and to examine the functioning of a self-report instrument used to assess this construct. METHODS The difficulty of goals and tasks in the emotional health domain of the Dutch ICF Activity Inventory were rated by 166 people with Retinitis Pigmentosa in a cross-sectional stud...

Women diagnosed with stage III or IV ovarian cancer typically are treated with surgery followed by chemotherapy. Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy, the direct administration of chemotherapy into the IP cavity, has been explored as a viable treatment option for some women with advanced ovarian cancer. Fatigue may occur as a result of the disease process, treatment, or a wide variety of physical,...