Depressive symptoms in hemodialysis patients with silent cerebral infarction.
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Isao Fukunishi
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Psychosocial predictors of relapse among diabetes patients: a 2-year follow-up after inpatient diabetes education.
In a 2-year follow-up study of diabetes patients (N=309) who received 2 weeks of inpatient diabetes education, the authors investigate the relationship of several demographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors with relapse, defined as the worsening of glycemic control. The patients with no improvement in glycemic control after diabetes education were more likely to have higher scores on the depression subscale of the Profile of Mood States, compared to the patients with improvement. Kaplan-Meier survival analyses showed that patients who had no prior diabetes education, whose meals were prepared by their spouses, and who had less social support were more likely to relapse and relapsed within a significantly shorter period of time than those who had prior diabetes education, cooked for themselves, and had more social support.
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Live organ donation: social context, clinical encounter, and the psychology of communication.
Organ transplantation is increasingly available to the thousands of patients who suffer from end-organ failure. There has been an attendant increase in demand for living donor participation. This combined with a bioethical focus on autonomy increases the burden of decision on donor candidates. The authors review the history of living donor participation in organ transplantation and explore the psychological dynamics of the clinical encounter between donor and transplant surgeon. The field of communication psychology lends to the understanding of coercion and to the importance of donors possessing a status of patient-hood in the classical Hippocratic condition.
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