Pain management in burn patients consistently occupies a position of prominence at national and regional burn conferences and in related publications. Burn care professionals have come to acknowledge the importance of optimal pain management and have been challenged to increase their knowledge base surrounding this critical aspect of burn care. The understanding and management of pediatric pain...

BACKGROUND Previous studies of childhood psychosocial adversity and age at menarche mostly evaluated single or a few measures of adversity, and therefore could not quantify total psychosocial adversity. Limited knowledge is currently available regarding childhood psychosocial adversity in relation to age at menopause and reproductive lifespan. METHODS We examined the associations of total and...

OBJECTIVE To review key advances in the behavioral science literature related to psychosocial issues and therapies for persons with diabetes, to discuss barriers to research progress, and to make recommendations for future research. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Key findings from the literature on psychosocial research in diabetes are reviewed separately for children and adults. Specific issues...

PURPOSE The present study examined the profile of physical and psychosocial changes that occur in physiotherapy intervention when patients also participate in a psychosocial intervention. The psychosocial intervention, delivered by physiotherapists, was designed to target catastrophic thinking, fear of pain, perceived disability, and depression. METHODS The study sample consisted of 48 indivi...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To develop and implement a survey of Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) members focused on their current practices and needs in relation to providing psychosocial care. DESIGN Descriptive, cross-sectional. SETTING Web-based survey of ONS members. SAMPLE An invitation was e-mailed to 11,171 ONS members. Of those, 623 followed the link to the electronic survey and 64% of thos...

BACKGROUND The effects of psychosocial risk factors on population health and health inequalities has featured prominently in epidemiological research literature as well as public health policy strategies. We have conducted a meta-review (a review of reviews) exploring how psychosocial factors may relate to population health in home and community settings. METHODS Systematic review (QUORUM) of...

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The Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) psychosocial treatment recommendations provide a comprehensive summary of current evidence-based psychosocial treatment interventions for persons with schizophrenia. There have been 2 previous sets of psychosocial treatment recommendations (Lehman AF, Steinwachs DM. Translating research into practice: the Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Res...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To assess the direct and indirect contributions of material, behavioural, and psychosocial factors to the explanation of educational inequalities in mortality simultaneously. DESIGN Prospective observational study (1991-1998). SETTING General population from south east Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 3979 men and women aged 15-74 years without severe chronic disease at baseline...

BACKGROUND Psychosocial stress caused by war, ongoing conflict, lack of security, and restricted access to resources promotes mental suffering and diseases in many resource-poor countries. In an exemplary setting, the present study compares the efficacy of psychosocial counselling with routine pharmacological treatment in a randomised trial in Mazar-e-Sharif (Afghanistan). METHODS Help seekin...