BACKGROUND Increasing evidence show that Type D personality is a risk factor for morbidity, mortality, and quality of life of patients with coronary vascular disease. Few studies examined coping as a potential behavioral mechanism to explain the harmful effect of Type D personality. PURPOSE This study examined the association between Type D personality, coping, and perceived health among Chin...

SUMMARY In recent years, the multiparametric approach for evaluating perceptual rating of voice quality has been advocated. This study evaluates the accuracy of predicting perceived overall severity of voice quality with a minimal set of aerodynamic, voice range profile (phonetogram), and acoustic perturbation measures. One hundred and twelve dysphonic persons (93 women and 19 men) with larynge...

OBJECTIVE Whether social support is associated with severity of body dysmorphic symptoms is unknown. To address this gap in the literature, the present study aims to examine the association between three domains of perceived social support (i.e., family, friends, and significant others) and severity of body dysmorphic disorder symptoms. METHOD Participants (N = 400) with symptoms consistent w...

AIMS Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is widely available in China; but, high rates of illicit opiate use and dropout are problematic. The aim of this study was to test whether cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in conjunction with MMT can improve treatment retention and reduce opiate use. METHOD A total of 240 opiate-dependent patients in community-based MMT clinics were randomly assign...

Summary: In recent years, the multi-parametric approach for evaluating perceptual rating of voice quality has been advocated. The present study evaluates the accuracy of predicting perceived overall severity of voice quality using a minimal set of aerodynamic, voice range profile (phonetogram) and acoustic perturbation measures. One hundred and twelve dysphonic individuals (93 females and 19 ma...

Objective: To explore whether the severity of congenital heart disease is associated with the quality of life and perceived health status of adult patients. Design: Descriptive, cross sectional study. Setting: Adult congenital heart disease programme in one tertiary care centre in Belgium. Patients: 629 patients (378 men, 251 women) with a median age of 24 years. Main outcome measures: Disease ...

Social class is a robust predictor of health, with risk for disease and mortality increasing towards the lower end of the socioeconomic (SES) spectrum. While certain psychological characteristics, such as high sense of control, can protect low-SES individuals from adverse health outcomes, very few studies have investigated the biological mechanisms underlying these relationships. In this study,...

OBJECTIVE To explore whether the severity of congenital heart disease is associated with the quality of life and perceived health status of adult patients. DESIGN Descriptive, cross sectional study. SETTING Adult congenital heart disease programme in one tertiary care centre in Belgium. PATIENTS 629 patients (378 men, 251 women) with a median age of 24 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Disea...

Summary: In recent years, the multi-parametric approach for evaluating perceptual rating of voice quality has been advocated. The present study evaluates the accuracy of predicting perceived overall severity of voice quality using a minimal set of aerodynamic, voice range profile (phonetogram) and acoustic perturbation measures. One hundred and twelve dysphonic individuals (93 females and 19 ma...

Background The Prospective Epidemiological Research on Functioning Outcomes Related to Major depressive disorder (PERFORM) study describes the course of depressive symptoms, perceived cognitive symptoms, and functional impairment over 2 years in outpatients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and investigates the patient-related factors associated with functional impairment. Methods This was...