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Personal creative activity, male chronic illness and perceived stress : an exploratory studyLabuik, Tara Jean 15 September 2010 (has links)
The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate whether personal creative activity predicted perceived stress in men living with a chronic physical illness. Personal creative activity was measured with the Creative Achievement Questionnaire (Carson, Peterson, & Higgins, 2005), select questions from the Flow Questionnaire (Collins, 2006), the Everyday Creativity Questionnaire (Ivcevic & Mayer, 2009) and the Creative Behaviour Inventory (Hocevar, 1979). Perceived stress was measured with the Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983). Sequential Multiple Regression was used to assess the relationship between personal creative activity and perceived stress levels of males with chronic illness. It was hypothesized that there would be a negative relationship between men‟s personal creative activity involvement and their perceived level of stress; that is, higher personal creative activity scores would be associated with lower perceived stress levels. This relationship was expected to be demonstrated by all men regardless of their diagnosis.<p>
Participants included 139 males with chronic illness (mean age: 50 years). Findings indicated that personal creative activity was not related to perceived stress. However the participants reported being involved in many different personal creative activities not included in the four creative measures, which may help explain the low scores on the creativity measures that may have skewed the data and resulted in low correlations. Age and number of symptoms were related to perceived stress. As the participants aged, their perceived stress decreased; and the more symptoms they reported, the higher their perceived stress. The strengths and limitations of the current study are outlined, along with implications for future research and practice. Future research is needed to further examine the relationship between creativity and perceived stress in men with chronic illness as well as to develop creativity measures that include more male-oriented activities.
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Creative coping: a description of experiences of families coping with chronic illness in a childMcGough, Marnique 16 August 2006 (has links)
Chronic illness impacts numerous families in the United States. Children
are increasingly among those affected by a chronic illness. The families undergo
trials and experiences that tax their coping skills and require extensive coping
strategies.
This research project explored how families cope with chronic illness in
one of the children in the family. The objective of the research project was to use
the method of case study to examine the everyday lives, perceptions, and coping
strategies of the family members as they deal with the realities of the effects of a
childÂs illness on a daily basis. Three families were studied using the case study
format. Through interviews, observations, and investigation of data, the
researcher gathered pertinent information about the participants lives and
experiences.
Emergent themes were identified from the facts gathered. These themes
included information and suggestions that various participants offered. Included
among the emergent themes were the following titles: alarming environment,
redefined realities, relational requests, valuable individual, coping concoctions, as well as awareness and advocacy. The studyÂs emergent themes were divided
into numerous subcategories. The multiple realities that the family members face
is evidenced in the number of issues and themes that emerged from the study.
This research project gives additional insight into the reality of the lives of
families experiencing chronic illness in one of the children. Suggestions and
observations by the participants could be useful for family, friends, medical
professionals, educational systems, and support groups that interact with families
facing similar trials. The descriptive style of the study lends itself to the vicarious
interaction of the reader to the circumstances of the participants. This format
allows the reader to transfer knowledge to his or her own experiences. The study
could further be useful by offering detail to the existing knowledge base, in
addition to aiding in the development of theory.
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Utilization of the persistent nature of Brucella in the development of live vaccinesHong, Priscilla Christine 30 October 2006 (has links)
The roles of genes responsible for the survival and persistence of Brucella in the
host and the relationship between these genes and the disease were investigated via
signature-tagged transposon mutagenesis. As much as 8% of the Brucella genome is
important for survival of this organism in the host. This is an unusually high number
and may help to explain the chronic or persistent nature of Brucella infections. Mutants
attenuated in the mouse model were divided into two groups. The early mutants failed
to establish infection or colonize the host. The late mutants colonized the host but failed
to maintain infection. The vaccine potential of two mutants (virB10 and gcvH) that were
unable to sustain infection was compared to that of a vaccine strain, S19. Survival of
strain S19 in vivo was up to 12 weeks while virB10 and gcvH mutants were cleared from
spleen at 8, and 24 weeks post-inoculation, respectively. Mice were vaccinated with
individual mutants and then challenged with virulent S2308 at 8, 16, and 24 weeks postvaccination.
As a result, protective immunity correlated with persistence of the mutant
strain [gcvH>virB10]. These results suggest that survival is one of several factors that may influence
protective immunity making it difficult to compare strains. For example, examination of
host immune response revealed a similar pattern of host immune function (TH1 over
TH2) in all mice except those vaccinated with virB10 mutant. Since gcvH mutant
provided the best immunity, experiments were designed to explore its contribution of
persistence to protection. In an effort to reduce non-specific activation induced by
prolonged survival of gcvH mutant, protection was monitored after different periods of
vaccination exposure followed with doxycycline treatment. In these studies, persistence
of gcvH mutant enhanced protection against challenge. Overall, defined mutations in
genes affecting survival may render mutants as vaccine candidates capable of
stimulating protective immunity equal to or better than fortuitously isolated attenuated
strains. Future studies should focus on characterization of these and other genes
responsible for the persistence of Brucella to improve the safety and efficacy of live
vaccines.
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Factors Related to Quality of Life among Chronic Mental Illness Patients in Kaohsiung CityHuang, Rong-rong 10 August 2009 (has links)
The purposes of this study were 1) to explore the associations between individual factors, disease factors, family factors, social factors and quality of life ( QoL ), 2) to predict QoL in patients with chronic mental illness ( CMI ), and 3) to understand the needs of caregivers. A cross-sectional and cluster sampling was employed. Structured questionnaires, including a living conditions questionnaire and a psychotic symptom assessment scale, Caregiver Burden Scale, 5-item Brief Symptom Rating Scale ( BSRS-5 ), and the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-12 ( MOS SF-12 ) were used to collect data. Totally, 2023 patients were recruited, males 52.9%, females 47.1%, and a mean age of 44.99¡Ó12.09. Most of these cases were high school educated, unemployed, and had been hospitalized. 12.6% had a history of violence, 8.4% had a history of attempted suicide, 10% had substance abuse, and 5.4% had legal related issues. The most common diagnoses were schizophrenia¡]70.5%¡^and affective disorder¡]19.7%¡^. Single-factor analysis showed those who were unmarried, employed, younger, having less psychological problems, and low levels of psychological distress had better QOL. Besides, sex and education were not related to QOL in personal factors. Current psychotic symptoms and positive symptoms were negatively correlated with QOL. Schizophrenic patients and hospitalized patients reported higher QOL than bipolar patients and community patients in disease factors. Caregiver¡¦s attitude and caregiver¡¦s burden were negatively correlated with QOL in family factors. The unstable housing and community life dysfunction were negatively correlated with QOL in social factors. All significantly correlated variables were entered into hierarchical regression analysis followed the sequence of social factors, family factors, disease factors and individual factors. The results showed all four of these dimensions were significant predictors of MCS and PCS of QoL, explained variance 48.2¢H and 21.2¢H, respectively. Conclusions: Individual factors and disease factors are the most important factors in predicting QoL in CMI patients. Second, family factors are more important than social factors in MCS, and social factors are more important than family factors in PCS. The above evidence indicates a wide range of factors must be considered to improve the QoL in CMI patients.
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The role of personality and pain beliefs in chronic pain acceptance and adjustment /Wilson, Deloria Ramos, January 2000 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-71). Also available on the Internet.
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Epidemiology of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer in the endemic area of WyomingEdmunds, David R. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wyoming, 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 19, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.
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Mexican-American women's perspectives on end-stage renal disease and the hemodialysis regimen : pychosocial influences on compliance with treatment recommendations /Tijerina, Mary Sylvia, January 2000 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 242-253). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.
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The role of personality and pain beliefs in chronic pain acceptance and adjustmentWilson, Deloria Ramos, January 2000 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-71). Also available on the Internet.
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A study of the renin-angiotensin system in chronic renal failure in man.Yu, Yue-hong, Richard. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis--M.D., University of Hong Kong. / Typewritten.
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Carbohydrate metabolism in chronic renal and liver disease /Pun, Kin-kee. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1987.
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