The objective of this study was to characterize the erectile function and its impact on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in Japanese men on hemodialysis. This study included 65 consecutive Japanese men <80 years on hemodialysis. Erectile function and HRQOL were evaluated using the Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM) and the Short-Form 8 (SF-8) survey, respectively. These 65 men were cl...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between behavioural problems in patients with dementia and changes in the marital relationship. METHODS Fifty-three spouse caregivers of patients with dementia participated in the study. Questionnaires and interviews were used to examine caregiver perception of changes in the quality of their relationship. Behavioural disturbances in the patient were...

Poor marital quality is a reliable correlate of internalizing problems, but the etiology of this association has yet to be examined. Marital distress may exert its influence by acting as a stressor that enables the expression of latent genetic risk for internalizing psychopathology. The authors examined this question using 379 twin pairs, assessed for marital quality, symptoms of major depressi...

OBJECTIVE To prospectively assess the relation between marital relationship domains (i.e., intimacy and adjustment) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and glycemic control of individuals with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A previous cross-sectional study assessed the relationship between marital quality and adaptation to diabetes for 78 insulin-treated adults. Each participant...

This study tested the theory that mindfulness contributes to greater intimate relationship satisfaction by fostering more relationally skillful emotion repertoires. A sample of married couples was administered measures of mindful awareness, emotion skills, and marital quality. We hypothesized that mindfulness would be associated with both marital quality and partners' emotion skills and that th...

Demographic characteristics, family financial strain, neighborhood-level economic disadvantage, and state of residence were tested as predictors of observed warmth, hostility, and self-reported marital quality. Participants were 202 married African American couples who resided in a range of neighborhood contexts. Neighborhood-level economic disadvantage predicted lower warmth during marital int...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Brazilian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL 4.0) Generic Core Scales and measure the quality of life of healthy children and adolescents and patients with rheumatic diseases. METHODS We followed the translation methodology proposed by the developer of the original English version of the PedsQL 4.0. The instrum...