BACKGROUND: The objective of the present study was to identify the effects and relative importance of demographic factors and psychosocial stressors on self-esteem of psychiatric patients. METHOD: The present study was carried out on a consecutive sample of 1,190 individuals attending an open-access psychiatric outpatient clinic. Patients were diagnosed according to DSM III-R diagnostic criteri...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore the relationship between current post-traumatic brain injury psychiatric disorders and psychosocial outcome. DESIGN A total of 100 participants and 87 significant others were interviewed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Diagnosis. PARTICIPANTS Participants with mild to very severe traumatic brain injury up to 5.5 years post-injury. M...

OBJECTIVE Although patients' reports of health status and functioning have been shown to be reliable and valid measures for use in health care research, there is limited information on their practical utility in clinical settings. The purpose of this study was to determine if patients' reports of physical and psychosocial health status have prognostic value by predicting future hospital stays i...

BACKGROUND Household service work has been largely absent from occupational health studies. We examine the occupational hazards and health effects identified by immigrant women household service workers. METHODS Exploratory, descriptive study of 46 documented and undocumented immigrant women in household services in Spain, using a phenomenological approach. Data were collected between Septemb...

OBJECTIVES To examine the association between weight status and health service use, while considering the influence of psychosocial functioning and demographic variables. METHODS Two hundred child-parent dyads were recruited from pediatric primary care clinics and completed measures of height, weight, and questionnaires assessing psychosocial functioning. Claims and expenditure data over a 12...

Life indicators, illness characteristics, and psychosocial concomitants were measured in a large sample of persons self-reporting multiple chemical sensitivity. Cross-sectional data are presented for 305 persons who responded to written surveys. Examined are employment status, income, relationship status, illness characteristics such as length, severity, and age respondents became sensitive, mo...

OBJECTIVE Food security (FS) exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their needs. The present research sought to determine whether students from households experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity (FI) had poorer diet quality, higher body weights and poorer psychosocial outcomes than students from households ...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to investigate whether psychosocial work-related hazards, measured by workplace justice and employment insecurity, are associated with depression and suboptimal health status in Taiwan's executive-level employees. METHODS There were 365 executives who have received a series of cardiovascular health examinations, blood sampling, and self-reported questionnaires, whic...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention is effective for reducing psychosocial distress (i.e., depression, psychosocial stress) and the progression of nephropathy (i.e., albuminuria) and for improving the subjective health status of patients with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Patients with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria were...

This study evaluated the association between insomnia and menopausal status and the influence of socioeconomic and psychosocial variables on this association in a cross-sectional analysis of 2,190 university employees (the Pró-Saúde Study). A self-administered questionnaire was used, covering menopausal status, complaints of insomnia, common mental disorders, stressful life events, social suppo...